Normally DVD's by bands tend to be boring, even by those bands you like. This however is pure entertainment. The amount of camera angles, remixes, extras et al is quite astonishing. I used to think you couldn't remix Hey Ladies until I tried the others out and my god they certainly have made me have second thoughts about my original belief. I can hardly begin to tell you of the amount of fun this DVD is. It's one DVD that will get many repeat viewings.....even with the remixes involved. You may feel hard done by with the swearing bleeped out which I admit is a little bit unfortunate but that's only a minor gripe when you consider the amount of fun there is here. An essential purchase for every fan.

First Off, I Want To Tell You That It This DVD Is Unbelievable! (It's Packed With Extras, Over 100 Video Angles & Audio Tracks Switchable At Any Time During Playback). Everything I've Ever Seen That Has 'The Criterion Collection' Written On It, Is Beautifully Put Together. Way To Go (Kudos) To Another Awesome DVD Collection.

Here You Have More Than 40 Remixes By The Beastie Boys, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Fred C., Mario Caldato, Joey Chavez, Colleone & Webb, Count Bass D, DJ Cheapshot, DJ J-Rocc & DJ Truly OdD, DJ Moe Love, DJ Strictnine & Paranorm, Dub Hackers, Egon & Jon Doe, Evidence, Fatboy Slim, Kut Masta Kurt, Large Professor, Latch Brothers, Madlib, Micky Finn & Special K, Moby, Mum's The Word, Mike Nardone, OD, DJ Paul Nice, Peanut Butter Wolf, Shawn J. Period & Wizdom Life, Prince Paul, Prisoners Of Technology, Prunes, J Rawls, Sam Sever & Johnathan Hoffman, Soul Assassins & Last But Not Least 'T-Ray'.

There Is Also : Audio Commentary By The Beastie Boys & The Video Directors, Including Adam Bernstein, Evan Bernard, Tamra Davis, Spike Jonze, Ari Marcopoulos & David Perez.

You Also Get The World-Premeire Director's Cut Of Nathanial Hornblower's Intergalactic Spin-Off 'The Robot vs. The Octopus Monster Saga'. There Are Interviews With The Cast Of Sabotage, Still Photographs & A Collectible Poster (That Is Double-Sided). Get The Hint, This 2-DVD Set Is Loaded With Extras.

The Coolest Part About This DVD Set Is How 'You' The End-User Can Navigate Through This DVD, The Way 'You' Want To. Example.. Each Disc Is Divided Into Two Sections. Section One Is The Videos In Sequence & Section Two Let's 'You' Watch The Videos With Supplements. Back To 'Section One' All Of The Videos Are Presented To 'You' In Back To Back Order, As They Were Placed On The DVD. They Are Presented To 'You' In The Highest Possible Image Quality & Contains Band & Director Commentaries (They Are In 2.0 Stereo Or 5.1 Surround Audio). You Can Use The 'Audio/Subtitles' Menu To Select Audio Or Subtitles At Any Time While Watching These Videos. Now On To Section Two (The Coolest Thing I've Ever Seen). Here, Each Video Is Presented Individually With A Selection Of Supplementary Material (Additional Video Footage Is Available On Alternate Angles). Remixes & Alternate Versions Of Songs Are Available On Additional Audio Tracks. See Below For Examples.

On Disc 1

The Song - 'Intergalactic'

Has These 'Video Angles'
1) Final Cut
2) Slo-Mo Lip Sync
3) Fast-Mo Lip Sync
4) Vogue
5) Platform
6) Spin Cam
7) The Jogger
8) The Scientists
9) Officer Side Streets

And It Has These 'Audio Tracks'
1) Album Version W/ Sound Effects
2) Colleone & Webb Remix 1
3) Colleone & Webb Remix 2
4) Sever & Hoffman Remix
5) Prisoners Of Technology Remix
6) A Cappella Version

(With Video Angles & Audio Tracks You Get To Choose Which Video Angle & Which Audio Track Combo You Would Like To Make). Like I Said Earlier, "The Coolest Part About This DVD Set Is How 'You' The End-User Can Navigate Through This DVD" (It Is Way Cool!) I Especially Love How 'You' Can Pick A Combo & Change It The Next Time You Watch The DVD. Example : You Pick 'Intergalactic' 'Fast-Mo Lip Sync' (Video Angle) With 'Colleone & Webb Remix 1' (Audio Track) & The Next Time You Watch The DVD, You Can Pick 'The Jogger' (Video Angle) With 'Sever & Hoffman Remix' (Audio Track). It's An Endless Number Of Combo's That 'You' Get To Create.

Note : Some Songs Like 'Something's Got To Give' Have No Additional Video Angles Or Audio Tracks Available.

Another Note : Some Songs Like 'Hey Ladies' Have Audio Tracks, But No Additional Video Angles Available.

Yet Another Note : With This DVD, You Get A 'Operations Manual' (Don't Lose This, You Will Need This To Guide Yourself Through The DVD), Which Helps You Navigate Through This DVD. It Not Only Shows You Every Song In Order That It Is On The DVD, But It Shows You If Additional Video Angles Or Audio Tracks Are Available & What They Are. It Also Has An Icon Legend With Pictures Of Objects Next To Each Song. It Shows You If There Are Alternate Angles, Remixes, Additional Program, Storyboards Or Still Photos.

Here Is The Complete Track List Of The 2 DVD's.

Disc 1
1) Intergalactic (9-Video Angles & 6-Audio Tracks & Additional Material 'The Robot vs. The Octopus Monster Saga')
2) Shake Your Rump (4-Video Angles & 5-Audio Tracks)
3) Gratitude (2-Video Angles & No Audio Tracks & Additional Material 'Live Version')
4) Something's Got To Give (No Video Angles & No Audio Tracks)
5) Sure Shot (2-Video Angles & 6-Audio Tracks & Additional Material 'Photos By Spike Jonze')
6) Hey Ladies (No Video Angles & 5-Audio Tracks)
7) Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun (No Video Angles & 6-Audio Tracks)
8) Body Movin' (No Video Angles & 5-Audio Tracks & Additional Material 'Don't Loose Your Head' & Storyboards)
9) So What'Cha Want (3-Video Angles & 5-Audio Tracks)

Disc 2
1) Sabotage (4-Video Angles & No Audio Tracks & Additional Material 'Ciao L.A.','Photos By Spike Jonze')
2) Shadrach (3-Video Angles & 6-Audio Tracks)
3) Three MCs And One DJ (6-Video Angles & No Audio Tracks)
4) Ricky's Theme (No Video Angles & No Audio Tracks & Additional Material 'Photos By Spike Jonze')
5) Pass The Mic (No Video Angles & 5-Audio Tracks)
6) Holy Snappers (No Video Angles & No Audio Tracks & Additional Material 'Photos By Robin Moore')
7) Root Down (No Video Angles & 4-Audio Tracks)
8) Netty's Girl (No Video Angles & No Audio Tracks & Additional Material 'Science')
9) Alive (9-Video Angles & 7-Audio Tracks)

All You Trekkies & TV Addicts. Don't Mean To Diss. Don't Mean To Bring Static. All You Klingons, In Your Grandmas House. Grab Your Backstreet Friend & Get Loud. Blowin' Doors Off Hinges. I'll Grab You With The Pinchers & No I Didn't Retire. I'll Snatch You Up With The Needle Nose Pliers.

I'm A Lumber Jack DJ Adrock. If You Try To Knock Me, You'll Get Mocked. I'll Stir Fry You In My Wok. Your Knees'll Start Shaking & Your Fingers Pop. Like A Pinch On The Neck Of Mr. Spock.

I Looked Out The Window & Seen His Bald Head. I Ran To The Fridge & Pulled Out An Egg. Scoped Him With My Scopes, He Had No Hair. Launched That Shot & He Was Caught Out There. Saw The Convertible Driving By, Loaded Up The Slingshot & Let One Fly. He Went For His To Find He Didn't Have One. Put Him In Check Correct With My Egg Gun. The Egg, A Symbol Of Life. Go Inside Your House & Bust Out Your Wife. Pulled Out The Jammy He Thought It Was A Joke. The Trigger I Pulled His Face, The Yoke. Reached In His Pocket Took All His Cash. Left My Man Standing With An Egg Moustache. Suckers They Come A Dime A Dozen. And When I Say Dozen You Know What I'm Talking About Boyee. Yeh, That's Right, I'm The Egg Man!

****Now If You Are Still Reading This, And You Haven't Clicked On The 'Purchase ASAP Button', There Must Be Something Wrong With You. I'm (NOT) Making All This Up People, This Puppy Is Loaded & Everyone Should Already Own This. I Think I'm Going To Purchase 2/3 More Of These DVD's (In Case I Wear Mine Out, From Watching It Sooooo Many Times, & Each Time You Can Watch A Different Version Of Audio Track With Video Angles, To Enhance Each Viewing). Enjoy Folks, & Once You Purchase This, Don't Say I Didn't Warn You On How Awesome This DVD Really Is. Thanks & A Big Kudos To 'Criterion' For Putting Together A Beautiful DVD (For The Beastie Boys), They Definately Deserve 'Criterion'!

On the back of each DVD box, The Criterion Collection proclaims to offer "an ongoing collection of classic and contemporary films." Why, then, did they decide to distribute the Beastie Boys video collection? While the two-disc set is excellent and quite generous, its inclusion in the Criterion library is something of an anomaly.

First, the positives. The menu design is really cool, alternating between green and blue color schemes. The layout is impressive as well, with commentaries by the band and director for each video. What's most impressive, however, is the way they have edited all the video angles and various remixes so that they still synch up with the final cut! If you don't want to hear the normal version of "Intergalactic," just choose one of the multitude of remixes and the video will still synch up!! Awesome!

Now, the negatives. Firstly, they picked the wrong band to make this music video collection. The Beastie Boys video catalog just isn't that impressive. With the notable exception of "Body Movin'", "Intergalactic," "Sabotage," and "3 MC's and One DJ", there isn't much else to look at. Early Beastie Boys videos were pretty standard "fisheye camera lens" fare. They should have waited until they released the video for "Ch-Check It Out" which is, in my opinion, one of their best videos. Also, I'm sure hundreds of folks have already mentioned it, but I cannot deny that the video for "Fight For Your Right" is sadly missing from this collection.

Bottom line is if you're a Beastie fan, get this collection now! Everyone else probably ought to wait until they try this kind of collection out on a different band or artist, preferably someone with a more-interesting video library.

Their music is great, the videos aren't the most amazing thing I've ever seen. I listen to the b-boys quite a bit, but I don't find a video dvd to have much replay value.

Oh my. This is a brilliant DVD. First of all, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that the Beasties make some seriously awesome music videos. Case in point: my brothers are not B-boy fans, but they worship at the altar of Sabotage every time it plays. So compiling the videos (minus those during the Def Jam days) by itself is a fantastic idea. Then, there's the countless different camera angles, often several per video. The stills. The commentaries from directors and the Boys themselves. (Even though theirs don't bring much new knowledge to light. Whatever, even as kickback as their commentary is, it works.) The different remixes. Again, often several per song. The extra clips like the interview with the cast of Sabotage (my sides hurt after that one) and the Intergalactic short. This DVD is so jammed with goodies that you won't want to leave your house. Ever. Okay, for at least a very long time. Bonus points for making everything clear and concise, the instruction manual, and the kick ass Sabotage poster that now resides on my ceiling.