[SGVLUG] way-off-topic (?) [but came up after BC...]

[Emerson, Tom]

This will interest a few, I'm sure, but during some of the more obscure
after-the-after-meeting discussions, the topic of really bad sci-fi
movies came up (or maybe just so-bad-they-are-good movies) and the
thought arose that maybe sometime we'd get together for a movie night...

That aside, but relevant, I just saw this pop into my inbox here at
work:

-----Original Message-----
From: Employee Communications 
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 3:52 PM
Subject: COMPANY HEADLINES: November 10, 2006

WHV TO RELEASE SIX NEW HIGH DEF TITLES AND MUCH MORE ON NOVEMBER 14  
On November 14, Warner Home Video will release "Casablanca" and "Mutiny
on the Bounty" on HD DVD; "Million Dollar Baby," "The Last Samurai" and
"ATL" on Blu-ray Disc; and "Forbidden Planet: 50th Anniversary Edition"
on both HD DVD and standard DVD. On that same day, WHV will also release
on standard DVD "The West Wing: The Complete Seventh Season" and  The
Paul Newman Collection, featuring "The Drowning Pool," "Harper," "The
Left Handed Gun," "The Mackintosh Man," "Pocket Money," "Somebody Up
There Likes Me" and "Young Philadelphians," along with much more.  
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So, who needs a copy of forbidden planet? (in HD...)

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WBHEG, MICROSOFT TO OFFER FILMS, TV SERIES ON XBOX 360
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has signed an agreement with
Microsoft Corp. making select films and television series from the
Warner Bros. library available for download via the Internet for viewing
on the Xbox 360 gaming console.  Beginning November 22, gamers will be
able to download to rent such films as "The Matrix," "Superman Returns"
and "Batman Forever."
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I debated including this one, but the subject of x-boxes and such came
up during the meeting last night, so I left it in -- sounds like the
Xbox is ripe for a mythTV upgrade...