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I was comparing these posts with another movie, "Crash And Burn", a Charles Band thing that I think went straight to cable, and video. I have always heard that some of the leftovers (props, costumes, possibly effects footage) from this film ended up in that one. The box on "Crash And Burn" proclaims "From the people that brought you "Arena" and "Robot Jox", and it does seem like it, although this film, (allegedly severely cut at the last minute to snag a lower rating) is much better, overall. Kind of Peter Watkins "The Peace Game" meets "Robotech". heh Much better direction for this one too.

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I agree that the robot at the end was by far the best thing going on here. It didn't leave for a better movie, it CAME from a better movie in the first place. I've always heard that this had leftovers from "Robot Jox", a Stuart Gordon film that was pretty impressive, despite studio meddling. I believe this brief sequence here, is some of the footage that was cut in the attempt to get "Robot Jox" a PG rating, despite nudity, and abundant violence.

Excellent documentary on the original Alice Cooper BAND. Works in some amusing sidepieces, and features most of the big hits, excellently played and presented. But this was the '70's, so, in the tradition of "Myra Breckinridge" and the like, much of it has been re-edited to provide commentary by contrasting the band with old film clips. Other than the Shirley Temple footage, most of this is pretty weak, and quite distracting from the concert footage. I have heard that a version is out there that does not have all this ancillary footage, but I have never seen one. I've never seen a proper release of this, but it is found at many record shows, and all over the grey market.

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