Product Details

• Actors: Victoria O'Coin
• Directors: Robert Weber
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• DVD Release Date: September 1, 2002
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006JP4X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #502,546 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable..., October 16, 2005

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C. Winter "Tango" (Ashburn, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bicycling through History #1: Early Colonial Washington, The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (DVD)

At first, I thought that I couldn't possibly write a review of this video. I didn't want to be mean. Then I realized that I had to do so, if for no other reason, just to be sure that nobody would be fooled by the glowing "five-star" reviews of the videographer's friends....

In short, I would describe this video (and perhaps the entire series of eight they've done so far!) not with five-stars, but rather deserving the full five martinis -- that is the number of drinks you'll need to get through the experience if you buy this DVD.

Among my "Top 10" bits you surely must not miss:

10. Where Vickie, the helmetless (!!) rider who "stars" in the film, at one point comments that the camera battery is probably running out, so they'll have to stop filming, thus ending a segment....

9. The repeated and excessively rapid zooms of the camera that give scant milliseconds of time to sites of historic interest as Vickie rides on by. Indeed, most places are passed without comment! Indeed, no research or forethought appears to have gone into this video; they just film as they go, riding and commenting seemingly almost at random, oftimes not even knowing where they are or what they're looking at.

8. The segments where we follow Vickie's backside as she rides along bike trails that could as easily be in Maine, North Carolina, Ohio or, for that matter, the Ukraine.

7. The mismatched music track drones away in the background; for instance, at one point, something like the William Tell Overture thunders away, leading the viewer to perhaps expect an impending bicycle accident or explosion along the bike trail.

7 and a Half. When Vickie comments that the video itself is "filmed by my 48-year old boyfriend who thinks we'll be millionaires by doing these cheap videos... so please help us reach our goal..." or somesuch (I have to paraphrase here, as I cannot bear to watch this video another time to get the exact quote).

6. The depressing sneer on Vickie's face as she rides along, every now and then making really astounding comments like (and I'm not kidding here), "That sign says 'No Trespassing'," or while huffing along, she suddenly sticks her tongue out, dismounts from her bike and says, "that was a short hill."

5 and a Half. The wonderful moment where Vickie, in mid-sentence , suddenly interrupts herself and points skyward, saying, "Do you hear that?" -- the camera zooms up to a DC-9 passenger jet as it flies low overhead, both drowning out and distracting her from the rest of whatever she was going to say.

5. When Vickie, while riding along the C

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Drink a lot of coffee to stay awake., July 15, 2003

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This review is from: Bicycling through History #1: Early Colonial Washington, The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (DVD)

Boring, Boring, Boring. This woman did not want to do this DVD. She seems to be half asleep most of the time. Nice to have a DVD on this subject (riding a bike and letting us see) but someone who wants to be on the bike would be nice.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Some Kind of Stupid, August 15, 2008

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W. Fisher "the fish tank" (USA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bicycling through History #1: Early Colonial Washington, The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (DVD)

Wow...that was by far the worst video I have ever seen. Don't get me wrong it has absolutely ZERO educational and informational value, but it is the funniest thing I have ever seen. I haven't laughed so hard in my life. Keep cranking out more! I'll just check them out at the library after a hard day.