# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=526 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 527 --- ## [Rocketeer builds a Space Truck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-builds-a-space-truck/832098)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-builds-a-space-truck/832098 "2019-04-08T17:11:54Z")
Lately I’ve been watching MST3K:The Gauntlet, and the hero Jonah drives a stubby little vehicle apparently based on a cabover truck. That got me to thinking, and I pulled an old Revell 1/48th scale White truck cab out o… --- ## [About Alien's xenomorphs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-aliens-xenomorphs/831901)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-aliens-xenomorphs/831901 "2019-04-08T13:24:05Z")
Xenomorph is just another word for “alien.” Has anyone connected to the Alien canon come up with the official name for the species? --- ## [RIP: The Ghoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-the-ghoul/831963)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-the-ghoul/831963 "2019-04-08T13:17:04Z")
Ron Sweed, AKA The Ghoul, noted TV horror movie host from the seventies has passed away. He was big in Cleveland but his show also aired in Detroit. When I was in college we’d watch him every Saturday on the TV in th… --- ## [Alien: 40th Anniversary Short Films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-40th-anniversary-short-films/832197)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-40th-anniversary-short-films/832197 "2019-04-08T00:48:59Z")
Have you guys seen these? Apparently there’ll be six of them? Containment Specimen Six shorts set in the Alien universe by independent filmmakers. Holy crap the first two are good. They capture the mood of the firs… --- ## [A Touch of Frost (British detective show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-touch-of-frost-british-detective-show/832047)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-touch-of-frost-british-detective-show/832047 "2019-04-08T00:42:35Z")
My wife and I have been streaming this for a few weeks – we’re a few episodes from the end. We like it a lot, but lately it’s gotten a bit ridiculous – about the time the show switched to HD, nearly every episode ends w… --- ## [You are the casting director](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-casting-director/832134)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-casting-director/832134 "2019-04-07T15:08:40Z")
So there is a new show on TV. You are the casting director. It can be a comedy or a drama or anything in between. But you can only cast people that you loved in old shows or a movie that you never saw act again or who go… --- ## [Sunshine (2007) is the best hard sci fi movie I've ever seen (spoilers, long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunshine-2007-is-the-best-hard-sci-fi-movie-ive-ever-seen-spoilers-long/831791)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunshine-2007-is-the-best-hard-sci-fi-movie-ive-ever-seen-spoilers-long/831791 "2019-04-07T13:23:40Z")
I’m going to spoiler a lot in this movie, so if you’re interested in seeing a hard sci-fi movie about humanity in the face of the end of the world, and/or a difficult and dangerous space journey ala 2001, watch the movie… --- ## [Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Biopic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-queen-biopic/823510)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-queen-biopic/823510 "2019-04-07T12:11:59Z")
I’m not sure I’ve got the preferred approach for Cafe society spoilers is, but I’ll add a few lines and hope that does it. . . . . . . . . . I went and saw this today, and I really liked it. (I’m a massive fan … --- ## [Known musicians who joined multiple established bands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-musicians-who-joined-multiple-established-bands/831988)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-musicians-who-joined-multiple-established-bands/831988 "2019-04-07T12:10:46Z")
There are plenty of examples of musicians who have achieved some success, either solo or in a band, then later on joined some other established band: Bill Bruford started out with Yes, then later joined King Crimson, an… --- ## [Galactic gladiators vs Florida Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactic-gladiators-vs-florida-man/832166)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactic-gladiators-vs-florida-man/832166 "2019-04-07T11:08:32Z")
Alien fighters come to earth to battle Florida Man: Reddit writing prompt thread. Hopefully dopers find this as funny as I did. Quote (as the alien gladiator’s assistant researches their foe): \*The tech typed a few m… --- ## [New Robin Hobb Fitz/Fool trilogy announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-robin-hobb-fitz-fool-trilogy-announced/670771)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-robin-hobb-fitz-fool-trilogy-announced/670771 "2019-04-07T07:13:17Z")
Not many details as yet, but Robin Hobb has just confirmed she’s writing a new trilogy about Fitz and the Fool on her Facebook page According to her own site, the book will be called The Fool’s Assasin, and is due out O… --- ## [Identify the quote: "Screwing would be DEADLY!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-quote-screwing-would-be-deadly/800480)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-quote-screwing-would-be-deadly/800480 "2019-04-07T05:30:13Z")
I remember watching some show (probably in the '90s, but possibly a bit earlier or later) where a cool guy character is proposing to “screw” some lady (?) friend and he reflects “Screwing would be deadly!” (where “deadly… --- ## [What sort of recipe would make a dish called Porkmanteau?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930 "2019-04-07T05:19:20Z")
I forget where I came across the word porkmanteau, but I keep thinking that it should be the name of an entree. Possibly ground pork balls\* with a filling that contains another protein. That’s in honor of ‘portmanteau … --- ## [Id Like to Share a Forgotten Soul Song...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-share-a-forgotten-soul-song/832144)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-share-a-forgotten-soul-song/832144 "2019-04-06T22:18:37Z")
There must be thousands of other forgotten yet great songs out there. --- ## [American cake names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cake-names/831989)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cake-names/831989 "2019-04-06T20:13:52Z")
Okay, so I’m an American woman of a ‘certain age’ and it seems to me that the names we use for cakes are pretty straightforward descriptions. E.g. yellow cake, chocolate cake, pineapple upside down cake. About as obliqu… --- ## [Actors cast in the same historical roles in completely unrelated properties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-cast-in-the-same-historical-roles-in-completely-unrelated-properties/832127)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-cast-in-the-same-historical-roles-in-completely-unrelated-properties/832127 "2019-04-06T17:43:00Z")
Dunno how many of these we’ll find. Maybe inspired by another property should be allowed. Anyhooo…Richard Mulligan appeared as Custer in “Little Big Man” and as a teacher playing Custer in “Teachers” Olivia Spencer in … --- ## [Great line in a crummy movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-line-in-a-crummy-movie/831810)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-line-in-a-crummy-movie/831810 "2019-04-06T16:48:55Z")
Last night I watched The Astounding She Monster, a zero-budget piece of rubbish from the Fifties. The director, who appears to have no knowledge whatsoever of how to create suspense, settled for a man with a deep voice … --- ## [Great Films Written By Directors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-films-written-by-directors/832092)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-films-written-by-directors/832092 "2019-04-06T03:13:07Z")
Richard Brooks is a great example of a writer turned director. John Huston, too… John Cassavetes wrote a handful of his movies, “A Woman Under The Influence” --- ## [You're a vegetable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-vegetable/832061)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-vegetable/832061 "2019-04-05T19:36:55Z")
Heard MJ’s song You Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ on the radio today. I always assumed that I was misunderstanding the lyrics, and finally looked it up. Sure enough: Any clue as to what this is supposed to mean? It sure … --- ## [Movie Fair Use usage for parody - Can you really use the entire film without paying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-fair-use-usage-for-parody-can-you-really-use-the-entire-film-without-paying/832025)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-fair-use-usage-for-parody-can-you-really-use-the-entire-film-without-paying/832025 "2019-04-05T17:04:21Z")
Okay this is all stuff I heard in a podcast recently but the person who said it actually was the producer on several shows for CBS so I assume what he said was true albeit with maybe a bit of exaggeration. Basically at … --- ## [Bobby McGee, one day up near Salinas, is Kristofferson tipping his hat to Steinbeck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-mcgee-one-day-up-near-salinas-is-kristofferson-tipping-his-hat-to-steinbeck/831964)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-mcgee-one-day-up-near-salinas-is-kristofferson-tipping-his-hat-to-steinbeck/831964 "2019-04-05T15:50:31Z")
Me and Bobby McGee, one day up near Salinas I let him slip away. Steinbeck’s book - East of Eden is set near Salinas. Is Kristofferson paying homage to Steinbeck? Kris is a Rhodes Scholar and holds a degree in Literat… --- ## [For fans of Leonid and Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-leonid-and-friends/832096)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-leonid-and-friends/832096 "2019-04-05T15:38:08Z")
I know there are many fans on the Dope of Leonid and Friends, the amazing band from Russia that does a spot-on Chicago tribute. Here’s a set from their 2019 U.S. tour. --- ## [How can Captain Marvel be a woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-captain-marvel-be-a-woman/831594)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-captain-marvel-be-a-woman/831594 "2019-04-05T15:33:41Z")
I thought Captain Marvel was this buff dude in a red Lycra leotard with gold boots, a lightning bolt across his chest, and a gold cape. And a day job of being Billy Batson, a not-particularly-remarkable nebbish of a lad… --- ## [Help me find a horror short story featuring a guy hiding from something scary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-horror-short-story-featuring-a-guy-hiding-from-something-scary/832065)
**Author:** [@Sandwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandwood)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-horror-short-story-featuring-a-guy-hiding-from-something-scary/832065 "2019-04-05T14:45:08Z")
… that I only know about because of a friend’s re-telling, a long time ago, and that I’ve never read myself. To begin with, I am only reasonably sure it was a short story, but I don’t actually know. The genre was old-fa… --- ## [Great Comedies w/ Older Man as The Lead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedies-w-older-man-as-the-lead/831945)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedies-w-older-man-as-the-lead/831945 "2019-04-05T14:00:06Z")
Harry and Tonto (I consider old 65+) --- ## [This is Us: Season 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-3/822415)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-3/822415 "2019-04-05T13:39:31Z")
I didn’t see a thread on this yet. We know from the Season 2 finale that there are a lot of changes for the Big 3, and in the first two episodes we start to see how that plays out. Randall and Beth are adopting Deja, b… --- ## [Spot-on covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-on-covers/825482)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-on-covers/825482 "2019-04-05T13:25:27Z")
Cover songs. Some artists, most in fact, choose to rub their own stink on all over someone else’s song. A good argument could be made that this is really the only valid point of recording a cover, but in this case that… --- ## [Art appropriation AKA how do they get away with this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-appropriation-aka-how-do-they-get-away-with-this/832068)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-appropriation-aka-how-do-they-get-away-with-this/832068 "2019-04-05T13:22:49Z")
Here’s a link from FineArtAmerica: \ As you can see there are many Calvin and Hobbs ripoffs for sale by many different artist. In addition to using the images in a new configuration some are just reproduct… --- ## [Doom Metal - can I get some recommendations (particularly mid 90s to early 00s Doom Metal)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-metal-can-i-get-some-recommendations-particularly-mid-90s-to-early-00s-doom-metal/831986)
**Author:** [@Kennedy1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kennedy1960)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-metal-can-i-get-some-recommendations-particularly-mid-90s-to-early-00s-doom-metal/831986 "2019-04-05T05:35:42Z")
Hi, If you guys could give me some recommendations for good doom metal albums, particularly ones put out between say, 94 and 2000, I would really appreciate it. Really heavy melodic stuff basically --- ## [Rolling Stone's cancel tour due to Mick's bad health](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-cancel-tour-due-to-micks-bad-health/831779)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-cancel-tour-due-to-micks-bad-health/831779 "2019-04-05T03:27:11Z")
Story here, but no details as to what’s keeping Mick from rolling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=525) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=527)