WAYNE CHIRNSIDE -> ROSS SAUER wrote:
 -=>> ED HULETT wrote to ROSS SAUER <=-

 EH>> ROSS SAUER -> ED HULETT wrote:
 RS>>>> It's a horror movie, (naturally,) but is hilarious in many parts

 ->>> Whatever.

 RS>> Oh well...

 RS>> What movies do you enjoy watching, Ed?

 EH>> What do you care?

 RS>> Perhaps at least a couple we can agree on.

 RS>> Westerns?
 RS>> Sci-Fi?
 RS>> Horror?
 RS>> War movies?
 RS>> Comedies?
 RS>> Others?

 EH>> Yes and no.

 RS>> One film I just got the DVD for, is "Patton."

 WC> I've but one ordered in advance anticipating success in
 WC> getting Linux Mplayer working, "Charley Varrick" with
Walter Matthau.

 WC> I'd pretty much forgotten it but knew I'd liked it a lot.
 WC> Great choice too and better than the little I recalled.

 WC> I can only think of one other movie I'd consider worth paying for and
 WC> that's "The Great Escape."

 WC> Varrick's a bank robbery drama with Matthau the dramatic lead.
 WC> I highly recommend it.
 WC> Walmart had it 8 bucks delivered in the mail, outstanding.

 WC> I got Mplayer working the day after I received the DVD.
 WC> There's a legal issue with the decryption codecs needed to unlock and play
 WC> movie DVD's on a computer thus making configuring one's DVD playing
 WC> software
 WC> a bit less than straightforward to configure.

That's strange, I've never had any trouble playing a DVD with Mplayer on
any of my Linux systems.

Ed

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