# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=134 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 135 --- ## [If you could make a horror anthology film set in preexisting universes what settings would you use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-a-horror-anthology-film-set-in-preexisting-universes-what-settings-would-you-use/1000715)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-a-horror-anthology-film-set-in-preexisting-universes-what-settings-would-you-use/1000715 "2024-04-25T07:32:04Z")
If you could make a horror anthology film with segments set in preexisting universes what settings and characters would you use and why? My example: 1: Sheriff Hoyt helps an unsuspecting traveler with a flat tire (Texa… --- ## [David Bowie music video featuring acrobatic dancer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-music-video-featuring-acrobatic-dancer/1000712)
**Author:** [@InfraBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InfraBlue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-music-video-featuring-acrobatic-dancer/1000712 "2024-04-25T07:30:49Z")
What’s the David Bowie music video where he kinda just stands there holding a dancer’s hand while she’s performing all of these acrobatic dance moves? Thank you much --- ## [Is Quentin Tarantino Making His Last Film? \[The Movie Critic\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204 "2024-04-24T16:26:11Z")
Quentin Tarantino is back for the last time. The filmmaker behind some of the most indelible movies of the past three decades, Pulp Fiction and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood among them, is putting together what sources … --- ## [Question for Fans of The Sopranos \[possible spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fans-of-the-sopranos-possible-spoilers/1000622)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fans-of-the-sopranos-possible-spoilers/1000622 "2024-04-24T16:07:23Z")
Last night, I was watching what I thought was an unedited version of the episode in which Silvio whacks Adriana. (The profanity, violence, and sex was left intact, anyway.) To my amazement, the scene where Christopher … --- ## [New Ghostbusters movie "Frozen Empire"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ghostbusters-movie-frozen-empire/992835)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ghostbusters-movie-frozen-empire/992835 "2024-04-24T03:19:03Z")
…Trailer I honestly didn’t watch Afterlife just because I didn’t have the chance but heard it was at least…fine if not good. This…this looks like an unrelated script that got repurposed. What do you all think? --- ## [Never mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623 "2024-04-24T02:08:27Z")
Again, never mind. --- ## [Does Amazon Prime always censor content?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-amazon-prime-always-censor-content/988818)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-amazon-prime-always-censor-content/988818 "2024-04-23T23:10:54Z")
I’ve started watching The Lincoln Lawyer series. Episodes from Season 1 have all the curse words bleeped. Words like shit air on network tv now. But it’s bleeped by Amazon? The dialog in this show is salty and adult. Sh… --- ## [Who was the biggest star kicked off of their own show and the show kept going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-biggest-star-kicked-off-of-their-own-show-and-the-show-kept-going/1000458)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-biggest-star-kicked-off-of-their-own-show-and-the-show-kept-going/1000458 "2024-04-23T19:18:24Z")
Not a co-star but the main character. The one that comes to my mind is Roseanne Barr being fired from “Roseanne”. The show needn’t be named for the actor like my example was. --- ## [Colorado this summer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-this-summer/1000341)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-this-summer/1000341 "2024-04-23T00:17:54Z")
I have 7 days, including travel(flying into DEN) to spend in the Rocky Mountain state. I’ll be with my wife and adult daughter. I’d like to include a trail horse back ride at some point and am considering the Silverton D… --- ## [Back bacon on pizza - Cooked, or uncooked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-bacon-on-pizza-cooked-or-uncooked/1000599)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-bacon-on-pizza-cooked-or-uncooked/1000599 "2024-04-22T23:11:36Z")
I have quite a lot of uncooked back bacon (‘Canadian bacon’). Suppose I want to pit it on a pizza. Do I have to cook it first? Or can I put it on a pizza uncooked, and will it cook with the pizza? FWIW, when I make p… --- ## [Have you ever gone to a live podcast taping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gone-to-a-live-podcast-taping/1000507)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gone-to-a-live-podcast-taping/1000507 "2024-04-22T22:46:36Z")
I went to one last night, for a podcast I’ve been listening to regularly since 2021. They’re on tour now, in the US. Another podcast I listen to on occasion just announced their European tour (they’re US-based and cover … --- ## [Conan O'Brien Must Go -- new series on Max](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conan-obrien-must-go-new-series-on-max/1000551)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conan-obrien-must-go-new-series-on-max/1000551 "2024-04-22T21:50:27Z")
Along the lines of Conan Without Borders, the 4 episodes feature the tall redhead’s international visits with fans and the people of Norway, Argentina, Thailand and Ireland. You’ll probably enjoy the series if you like … --- ## [Which fast food items still taste the same as they used to, let's say 20 years ago or longer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fast-food-items-still-taste-the-same-as-they-used-to-lets-say-20-years-ago-or-longer/997328)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fast-food-items-still-taste-the-same-as-they-used-to-lets-say-20-years-ago-or-longer/997328 "2024-04-22T13:12:51Z")
Which fast food items still taste the same as they used to back in the day? Let’s start with at least 20 years ago, but feel free to go back further if you remember any specific changes further back. The question was i… --- ## [Judgement at Nuremberg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judgement-at-nuremberg/1000579)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judgement-at-nuremberg/1000579 "2024-04-22T03:29:43Z")
I just finished watching this movie for the first time. Wow, what an incredible movie. It is very clever because it makes the trial about people (judges) that you can kind of understand why they should be found guilty, b… --- ## [Fallout Episode 1: The End](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-1-the-end/1000136)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-1-the-end/1000136 "2024-04-22T03:14:16Z")
Fallout TV series on amazon prime video.. Because they release the whole season at once, that complicates discussing the show. People watch at different rates, which means that if we just have 1 thread, someone might be… --- ## [Fallout Episode 2: The Target](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-2-the-target/1000137)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-2-the-target/1000137 "2024-04-22T03:11:19Z")
Spoiler policy: Anything in this episode and any previous episodes are open spoilers. Please do not discuss what happens in later episodes in this thread. Rather, go to the thread for that episode and discuss it there. A… --- ## [Was Perry Mason unique for the era? Showing Police and Prosecutors as incompetent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-perry-mason-unique-for-the-era-showing-police-and-prosecutors-as-incompetent/1000526)
**Author:** [@Midtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Midtown)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-perry-mason-unique-for-the-era-showing-police-and-prosecutors-as-incompetent/1000526 "2024-04-21T23:27:48Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of Perry Mason on one of those old TV stations. I think he pretty much always wins. Usually cuz the cops didn’t do a good job finding the real killer. While I am sure there were isolated movie… --- ## [Screen Director's Playhouse: A Midsummer Daydream (1955) -- Script?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-directors-playhouse-a-midsummer-daydream-1955-script/1000590)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-directors-playhouse-a-midsummer-daydream-1955-script/1000590 "2024-04-21T21:48:39Z")
Here’s why I ask: Roy Glenn is credited as a Bootblack, but does not appear onscreen. With the exception of one quick outside scene the whole episode takes place in an office, so I don’t see where this character would … --- ## [Incredible powers discovered/revealed on Star Trek that are used once and dismissed forever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963 "2024-04-21T20:35:58Z")
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Elementary, Dear Data” (S2E3) it is revealed that the ship’s computer and holodeck are capable of literally creating sentient, intelligent life. While the character Moriarty… --- ## [Billy Joel actually releases a new song - Turn the Lights Back On](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joel-actually-releases-a-new-song-turn-the-lights-back-on/996973)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joel-actually-releases-a-new-song-turn-the-lights-back-on/996973 "2024-04-21T14:20:17Z")
River of Dreams was a big album for me when it was new. I don’t know how it is received by others, but I loved every single song on it. I have been disappointed that he basically retired from making new songs, but was gl… --- ## [A problem with Tales From The Crypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-problem-with-tales-from-the-crypt/1000556)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-problem-with-tales-from-the-crypt/1000556 "2024-04-21T06:43:48Z")
I am talking about the 1972 movie, starring Joan Collins and Peter Cushing. It is a tale of five evil people gathered in a crypt, telling their tales before being cast into The Pits Of Hell. The problem I have is the fo… --- ## [The Jinx: Robert Durst](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jinx-robert-durst/715089)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jinx-robert-durst/715089 "2024-04-20T21:53:54Z")
Anyone following this 6-part documentary series about the strange (and corpse-strewn) life of Robert Durst? It’s by the director who made the fictionalized account of Durst’s life, the disappearance of his wife, the murd… --- ## [Have you ever personally seen a celebrity tantrum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-personally-seen-a-celebrity-tantrum/1000379)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-personally-seen-a-celebrity-tantrum/1000379 "2024-04-20T20:15:16Z")
I can’t compete with the tantrums mentioned in the Grauniad below. But I did see a seriously annoyed (and very mediocre) Counting Crows lose it when they played at a general music festival where everyone knew and liked A… --- ## [CNN documentary on the Columbia space shuttle disaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-documentary-on-the-columbia-space-shuttle-disaster/1000330)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-documentary-on-the-columbia-space-shuttle-disaster/1000330 "2024-04-20T18:37:49Z")
Did you see this documentary? Titled, Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight (CNN); CNN article link here On our eclipse road trip I was listening to CNN on satellite radio and caught a commercial about it. Fortunatel… --- ## [DC has pulled ahead of Marvel with The Flash (and Suicide Squad)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-has-pulled-ahead-of-marvel-with-the-flash-and-suicide-squad/989705)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-has-pulled-ahead-of-marvel-with-the-flash-and-suicide-squad/989705 "2024-04-20T16:55:00Z")
So just watched The Flash and its actually really really good. I was surprised as the reviews were just OK. At the very least its definitely better than anything from the MCU post Endgame. Its a really good superhero … --- ## [R.I.P. Dickey Betts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-dickey-betts/1000465)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-dickey-betts/1000465 "2024-04-20T15:05:00Z")
The great Allman Brothers guitarist has passed away at age 80. Iconic Southern rock legend. --- ## [How many children did Nick "Nastos" Masters have.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-children-did-nick-nastos-masters-have/553557)
**Author:** [@stw004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stw004)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-children-did-nick-nastos-masters-have/553557 "2024-04-20T14:15:05Z")
And what are they doing now. I know he has one daughter who is a musician, what about sons? For those who don’t know I am speaking about the guitarist who played with Bill Haley and the Comets, for about 20 years. I’ve g… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter U and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[FINAL POLLS ADDED\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/1000359)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/1000359 "2024-04-20T10:07:17Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter U . Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first relea… --- ## [“The West” Ken Burns’ Documentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-ken-burns-documentary/1000489)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-ken-burns-documentary/1000489 "2024-04-20T05:26:13Z")
I really enjoyed watching “The West”, a film by Stephen Ives presented by Burns and in that style (12.5 hrs, 9 episodes). I didn’t see it when first broadcast in 1996. It shows the story of American exploration and exp… --- ## ["Scavengers Reign", new animated sci-fi series on Max](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scavengers-reign-new-animated-sci-fi-series-on-max/992959)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scavengers-reign-new-animated-sci-fi-series-on-max/992959 "2024-04-19T21:45:45Z")
There’s a new show on Max – animated sci-fi, called “Scavengers Reign”. The premise is a familiar one – human explorers marooned on an alien planet. But this one is truly special – maybe the best animated sci-fi series… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=133) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=135)