# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=448 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 449 --- ## [Gilligan's Island Castaways as superheroes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-castaways-as-superheroes/841207)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-castaways-as-superheroes/841207 "2020-01-21T08:57:28Z")
Branching off this thread, Bob Denver as the joker. Suppose the castaways find a tropical berry that gives them super powers. What kind of heroes would each one become? What kind of superhero team would they have? Woul… --- ## [Any Post-Rock fans here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-rock-fans-here/846590)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-rock-fans-here/846590 "2020-01-21T02:29:24Z")
For me this is the most magnificent genre of music. It’s like a cross between classical music and contemporary rock/indie sound — mostly instrumental but some do have lyrics. So blissful, relaxing and at the same time th… --- ## [Besides “method”, what other styles of acting are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-method-what-other-styles-of-acting-are-there/846284)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-method-what-other-styles-of-acting-are-there/846284 "2020-01-21T01:23:01Z")
I’ve heard of “method acting” which, if I understand correctly, is a style of acting where the actor tries to experience the emotions of the character, usually by actually experiencing some facets of the character’s life… --- ## [Am I just stupid or is "The Dead Never Die" a bad movie? Spoilers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-just-stupid-or-is-the-dead-never-die-a-bad-movie-spoilers/835584)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-just-stupid-or-is-the-dead-never-die-a-bad-movie-spoilers/835584 "2020-01-20T21:23:51Z")
I watched it today at an indie theather, and I’m trying to figure out if it’s just another arthouse movie that is too laden with allusions and symbolism for a dullard like me to get it. Certainly there were moments that… --- ## [Wang Ron Rollin's Chick Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wang-ron-rollins-chick-chick/846711)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wang-ron-rollins-chick-chick/846711 "2020-01-20T18:12:48Z")
Dear China, Could I please have some of whatever it is you’re smokin’? I've been listening to this all morning. I cannot stop laughing. --- ## [The plot twist is that s/he is not a ghost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plot-twist-is-that-s-he-is-not-a-ghost/846055)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plot-twist-is-that-s-he-is-not-a-ghost/846055 "2020-01-20T17:03:20Z")
Please bear with me a moment as I try to articulate what I’m looking for in a movie/tv/book plot. We’ve probably all seen movies where the big plot twist is that the character is a ghost all along, and someone else is j… --- ## [Bob Denver as the joker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-denver-as-the-joker/841139)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-denver-as-the-joker/841139 "2020-01-20T14:22:45Z")
Batman the sixties version was going to get another season on another station but the sets were torn up. Suppose after Gilligan is canceled ceaser Romeo is unavailable i was wondering how Gilligan would do in the role. A… --- ## [Anyone else rembember Troubadour Press coloring books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-rembember-troubadour-press-coloring-books/846688)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-rembember-troubadour-press-coloring-books/846688 "2020-01-20T12:45:01Z")
I woke up this morning thinking about my sister who died last year and a very specific memory of Troubadour Press coloring books. The books were high quality on heavy paper and they were larger than a typical coloring b… --- ## [Sherlock Holmes - Best portrayal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-holmes-best-portrayal/846483)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-holmes-best-portrayal/846483 "2020-01-20T12:40:09Z")
Question is in title. As a fan of old time movies. I am pleasantly tickled by the new releases (sorry, I lag behind current trends). My vote is for Robert Downey Jr. No offence to Mr. Basil Rathbone. Arthur Wontner. R… --- ## [Suffering For Your Art: A Tale Of Miniatures Gaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suffering-for-your-art-a-tale-of-miniatures-gaming/846682)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suffering-for-your-art-a-tale-of-miniatures-gaming/846682 "2020-01-20T08:57:52Z")
A memory from long ago: My roommates, Max and Winnie, were goin’ to the coast for the weekend. I would have liked to have gone along, but it was strongly implied that there would be much slap and tickle, and I didn’t wa… --- ## [Two Star Trek observations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-star-trek-observations/846686)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-star-trek-observations/846686 "2020-01-20T03:23:52Z")
Please refer me to any ST: Discovery scene that can match this from The Defector There are several great scenes from that ep also. I don’t…think…Star Trek lends itself well to 15 episode seasons as seen in Discovery… --- ## [Crisis on Infinite Earths - CW Arrowverse crossover 2019-20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crisis-on-infinite-earths-cw-arrowverse-crossover-2019-20/841930)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crisis-on-infinite-earths-cw-arrowverse-crossover-2019-20/841930 "2020-01-20T02:25:19Z")
This season’s Arrowverse crossover, as announced at the end of last year’s “Elseworlds” crossover, is “Crisis on Infinite Earths”. Ordinarily, you could just watch the crossover without much regard for anything else. B… --- ## [What Genre is John Wick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-genre-is-john-wick/846417)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-genre-is-john-wick/846417 "2020-01-19T23:29:43Z")
I watched John Wick 3 yesterday and I know it sounds weird but the story it most reminded me of is Harry Potter of all things. The way there is a secret world right under our noses with intricate rules and laws. It makes… --- ## ["Model Citizen" A Short YouTube Film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-citizen-a-short-youtube-film/846672)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-citizen-a-short-youtube-film/846672 "2020-01-19T19:10:40Z")
I watched this and thought I would share it. Has a Fallout vibe if you are a fan of that but either way is a good short animated Dystopian film. --- ## [Why all the disdain for George Lucas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-disdain-for-george-lucas/522626)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-disdain-for-george-lucas/522626 "2020-01-19T18:40:56Z")
When the recent 3 movies came out (episodes 1,2,3) I heard some people were not happy with them. But I had no idea idea the level of complaints until I started visiting this board. I must say I am surprised that Luca… --- ## [Food Fit For Tourists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486 "2020-01-19T18:13:31Z")
I went to Iceland a few years ago. Some hotels had tasters menu featuring foods Icelanders rarely eat since they taste awful — fermented shark and puffin. In Canada, moose burgers and screech (rum so foul it makes Jama… --- ## [Evil, TV show (Many spoilers)!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-many-spoilers/842300)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-many-spoilers/842300 "2020-01-19T16:46:08Z")
Ok, I have now watched all the currently broadcast episodes of Evil, the CBS series. And even tho the acting is pretty good, I have had enough. The female protagonist has four little daughters. And now, in every single… --- ## [Setup and punchline are the same](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setup-and-punchline-are-the-same/845790)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setup-and-punchline-are-the-same/845790 "2020-01-19T07:13:44Z")
Norm Macdonald has said that the perfect joke is one where the setup and the punchline are the same. An example is the weekend update bit that went: This just in , Yippie Abby Hofmann has died; excuse me, I misread th… --- ## [Disney dropping Fox name from the studios they bought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-dropping-fox-name-from-the-studios-they-bought/846583)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-dropping-fox-name-from-the-studios-they-bought/846583 "2020-01-19T01:14:08Z")
You can probably figure out the reason. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/17/disney-ditches-fox-name-from-branding-emails-and-logos.html --- ## [Food from cans: the good, the acceptable, the horrifying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-from-cans-the-good-the-acceptable-the-horrifying/845734)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-from-cans-the-good-the-acceptable-the-horrifying/845734 "2020-01-19T01:12:21Z")
I’ve generally had a prejudice against canned food. In fact, I distinctly recall that in my 20s I did not even own a can opener for at least four years, though in retrospect I am puzzled how I managed a total canned food… --- ## [College Humor is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-humor-is-dead/846490)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-humor-is-dead/846490 "2020-01-18T22:29:57Z")
Apparently the College Humor website and platform is dead. Just about everyone laid off. No new content coming. The company that bankrolled them pulled out. I’m not quite sure I understand what happened. I’m seeing thin… --- ## [Food Delivery Box Services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-delivery-box-services/846411)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-delivery-box-services/846411 "2020-01-18T22:20:15Z")
I’m interested in trying one of those food delivery boxes like BlueApron or HelloFresh. Has anybody ever used one? Did you find it worthwhile? Was everything generally pretty fresh? The biggest issue I’ve noticed when I… --- ## [proufound songs from bands that surprised you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proufound-songs-from-bands-that-surprised-you/846272)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proufound-songs-from-bands-that-surprised-you/846272 "2020-01-18T07:46:23Z")
I have to qualify this a bit, because when I first heard this song I was 17 or so, so I had no expecations, but now 40 years later it still resonates. If The Eagles were a new band playing “Take It Easy” and “Teqillla S… --- ## [Christopher Tolkien has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-tolkien-has-died/846518)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-tolkien-has-died/846518 "2020-01-18T04:35:14Z")
Christopher Tolkien, the son of J.R.R. Tolkien, who had acted as editor and curator of his father’s works that had not yet been published when the senior Tolkien had died in 1973, has, himself, passed away. Christopher … --- ## [Twilight Zone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-zone/846551)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-zone/846551 "2020-01-18T03:14:28Z")
So I was scrolling around trying to find something to watch when I stumbled across Twilight Zone. Specifically “Sounds and Silences” episode. I thought I’d seen every episode at least 5 or 6 times. To my delight I had ne… --- ## [Who likes Oat Groats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-likes-oat-groats/378247)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-likes-oat-groats/378247 "2020-01-18T02:12:46Z")
I like oat groats! Well, a bit anyway. I had a mess of 'em for a snack last night, and the rest for breakfast. Duly soaked for hours, simmered for 60 minutes, and dressed with butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar, this … --- ## [Actors that you can't get enough of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-you-cant-get-enough-of/846297)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-you-cant-get-enough-of/846297 "2020-01-18T01:05:17Z")
Inspired byt he thread actors you cant stand mine Roddy Mcdowall. Sally Field --- ## [Why no commercially frozen tomatoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-commercially-frozen-tomatoes/846310)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-commercially-frozen-tomatoes/846310 "2020-01-18T00:31:29Z")
Last night I pulled a couple of bags of our home-grown slow-roasted tomatoes out of the freezer to make cream of tomato soup and realized that for whatever reason, the only forms of preserved tomatoes I have seen commerc… --- ## [How easy of a mark are? How easily emotionally manipulated by movies/tv?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-of-a-mark-are-how-easily-emotionally-manipulated-by-movies-tv/846550)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-of-a-mark-are-how-easily-emotionally-manipulated-by-movies-tv/846550 "2020-01-17T23:03:06Z")
On a scale of 1-10…I’m an 11. If you hook me, I’m along for the ride. Just stay consistent. Finales? Stay even the slightest bit consistent and I’m yours. BSG? I’ll defend it vociferously. Game of Thrones? I had no pro… --- ## [Medical Police on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-police-on-netflix/846521)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-police-on-netflix/846521 "2020-01-17T21:29:27Z")
When I first saw the trailer on Netflix I just thought it was some cheesy medical drama. It took a couple of times of having the trailer shoved in my face before I realized it’s a comedy show. I was about three glasses … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=447) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=449)