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Summary: American Idol 2002
Review: DON'T BUY IT! You don't get to see ALL of the performances, nor the judges critiques. Waste of time.
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Summary: Totally disappointing...content lacking
Review: I was a big fan of the original American Idol show and I was looking forward to re-living some of the best moments. But instead, this turned out to be one of their cheesy highlight episodes that basically shows nothing. It is so lame and a total rip. So many performances have not been included and it's missing the essential judges' reviews. Don't buy if you're expecting to see the whole season that was aired last summer.
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Summary: Very Little Content... Not Worth Buying
Review: I am a big American Idol fan but only saw a few episodes from the 1st season. I bought this DVD because I wanted to find out what happened on the episodes I did not see. This DVD was so disappointing. There is only about an hour and a half of footage and you only get to see a few performances. Really lame!I am so sick of these TV shows putting out "highlights" DVDs. There is so much more to show and I for one would be willing to pay a lot more for complete seasons (like some shows are starting to do). Even if it is only one disc... you can fit a whole lot more than an hour and a half onto 1 disc. I would not recommend this DVD to anyone. There is so little content and if you watched only a little bit of American Idol last year you are not going to see much more here.
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Summary: The less you saw the more you will like this DVD recap
Review: I started watching "American Idol" the week after Tamyra Grey was booted off the show. I teach a Popular Culture class so I figured I was going to have to know who Justin Guarini was and why he did not like Simon Cowell. What I discovered during those final episodes was that it was obvious that Kelly Clarkson should win the competition and that in our house we usually agree with Simon's comments. Oh, and that Brian Dunkleman and Ryan Seacrest were two clowns trying to do a job that only required one clown (Seacrest is ten times better this year not having to try to outshine Dunkleman). So when I checked out this "American Idol" DVD it was a combination of seeing what I had missed (Gray's performance of "A House Is Not a Home" and what the finalists did to qualify in the first place) and what I wanted to see again (Clarkson unable to make it all the way through "A Moment Like This" after she won and singing a duet with her idol Reba McIntire). Consequently, like most people who watch this DVD I got some of what I wanted, but not as much as I hoped. I really think the producers of this "American Idol" recap was geared more for a 90-minute videotape than for taking full advantage of what you can cram on a DVD (oh, and cutting something out as quickly as possible). The limited chapter search does focus on the songs, organized by who sang them, but there are only 15 songs and I really assumed that the DVD would go way beyond what we had from the CD. The focus is more on the competition, so that we get clips of each of the nine verdicts being read along the way and it is not until the final couple of decisions that you get to hear what American had to choose between on that particular night. For the most part the focus is also on the performers rather than the judges; most of those fun moments between the judges and the contestants (and each other) are part of the extra features (pay attention as you go through these options because they loop back on each other in strange ways). The emphasis is also on the top three, who are the only finalists to get more than one song. Since I missed most of the first season of "American Idol" there was more "new" stuff for me to see than those who rode the roller coaster the whole way. So when I get to hear Christina Christian sing "Ain't No Sunshine," I am ahead of the game but I also know that I also wanted to hear a lot more of the songs these kids sang. As for Simon, not only do I usually agree with his opinions more than those of Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson, but I also would rather hear his few choice positive comments preserved than a constant barrage of his caustic comments. He probably told every single one of these kids that they could do better, so where is that golden moment when he says after a performance that for the first time he is looking at them and thinking "American Idol"? I am not going to take the extreme position that we need the entire season of the show available on DVD ..., but 90 minutes is just too damn brief. Then again, I suppose it is because of this DVD that Fox did not rerun the series on FX.
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Summary: its ok
Review: I just bought the DVD yesterday and a watched EVERYTHING that was on it and it doesn't even have any RJ performances, it only has little clips from each show, but it does have a TON of extra stuff on it, there's bloopers, they go inside the mansion, they have so much funny stuff! I think everyone who liked the show would like the DVD.
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Summary: Seattle Fan
Review: Don't waste your money. This DVD is more for the producers of the show than the fans. A quick payday riding on the success of the show. It DOES NOT include all of the songs even of the final 10 contestants. I expected to see the full show or a least the full show for the final ten; but you only get a few songs (Kelly has 4, Christine only 1) and you don't get the judges comments at all. We get to see more of the auditions that we do of the finalists. Wait before you buy, the producers won't miss out on another opportunity to make a buck. I am sure there will be another DVD of maybe the entire show coming soon.\
Keep your money!
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Summary: American idol Fan
Review: This DVD is Good, nice behind the scenes coverage, the finalists singing altogether. it included a few complete songs for the 10 finalists but one finalist they didn;t play his song was RJ
How come they played two songs for Nikki, NIkki is a cool singer, but so is RJ, AJ and EJ, i thought i was gonna see their performances, but not unfortuanetly, and the auditions. all that was showing in the auditions, was "you're comiing to hollywood"
and " you're going to holly wood" we want to hear the contestants auditioning, the good contestants, not just the worse contestants
If American idol want to make another DVD I hope That they include More performances
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Summary: Dissapointment
Review: This DVD does give a recap of the show, but it still [is bad]. I got this as a gift and when I read the back it seemed really neat because it claimed to show the finalists full aditions and everything, but when I put it in, I searched all the bonus footage and watched the actual "show" and only found clips of the finalists but not very much singing at all. The producers obviously were in a rush to get this DVD out in stores because the just didn't put in a lot of the good performances. The only good part I say would be is the trivia footage, and that too was only about a minute long.
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Summary: Great Collection!
Review: If you are an Idol fan, this DVD is a great re-cap of the show. It features many of the best performances, and a lot of behind the scenes footage from the auditions, and the mansion where all the contestants stayed.
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Summary: Great Show, Wretched DVD
Review: As a big fan of the guilty-pleasure summertime smash American Idol, I could not have been more disappointed in this "Limited Edition" DVD; it's absolutely dreadful.
A few highlights:
- Much of the contestant's performances have been cut, including the ENTIRE swing night (arguably the best night of the show).
- The DVD packaging promises "The Complete Auditions". Nope. Only the same short clips we saw on TV.
- Endless hype for American Idol 2, to the point that the DVD feels like one big commercial.
- Some "uncensored" footage of Seacrest and Dunkleman being even more revolting than usual. Ughh.
- The most pointless bonus disk in the history of the medium.
There are exactly two (mildly) good things about this DVD, and they are:
-"A Day in the Life of Justin", where Guarini effortlessly charms us through his day.
And
- Some extra footage of the judges selection process, the highlight of which is Simon playing his usual mindgames with the poor unsuspecting contestants. Heh heh. And that's it folks. Save your money; I wouldn't put it past the producers to put out an additional, more complete DVD. And believe me, it couldn't be worse then this one.
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