# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=527 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 528 --- ## [The uselessness of armored trucks in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uselessness-of-armored-trucks-in-movies/830448)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uselessness-of-armored-trucks-in-movies/830448 "2019-04-05T03:16:22Z")
I cannot think of any movie or TV clip in which armored Brinks trucks were not next to useless. The robbers blow up or hold up the truck at gunpoint, the doors easily are blasted or jimmied open like they’re nothing, and… --- ## [Champagne vs. Sparkling Wine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/champagne-vs-sparkling-wine/831291)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/champagne-vs-sparkling-wine/831291 "2019-04-05T03:07:03Z")
I have heard it said that only the fermented products from the grapes from the Champagne section of France can be called “champagne”. All others must call their products “sparkling wine”. But, who enforces this? Are ther… --- ## [Yet Another Discworld Question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-discworld-question/832059)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-discworld-question/832059 "2019-04-05T00:18:27Z")
I’m asking in which novel this happens. Rincewind and Cohen the Barbarian are taken in by a band of warriors. This band is dependant on their horses. Besides transportation they’re a source of food for them. Rincewind a… --- ## [Recommend some flowering plants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-flowering-plants/831958)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-flowering-plants/831958 "2019-04-04T23:56:41Z")
I have an area that goes across my front yard in an irregular swath. I planted white crocuses and white lacey daffodils, which are beautiful in the spring. But the rest of the season, nothing. It’s a western exposure, bu… --- ## [Fantastic Beasts questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-beasts-questions/831942)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-beasts-questions/831942 "2019-04-04T20:57:51Z")
I swear I have a terrible memory. Why was Newt Scarmander in New York? Do they ever explain how he makes money? Spoilers are probably a good idea. --- ## ["Shoot ' Em Up" is the craziest action movie EVER!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoot-em-up-is-the-craziest-action-movie-ever/831898)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoot-em-up-is-the-craziest-action-movie-ever/831898 "2019-04-04T20:05:51Z")
Going through some boxes in the attic I found a DVD of the 2007 movie Shoot ’ Em Up. So we watched it again, first time in about 10 years. I had forgotten how absolutely fucking bananas this flick is. It’s non-stop acti… --- ## [Movie 'Arrival' question: what were the last words of General Shang's wife?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-arrival-question-what-were-the-last-words-of-general-shangs-wife/825909)
**Author:** [@wei\_ji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wei_ji)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-arrival-question-what-were-the-last-words-of-general-shangs-wife/825909 "2019-04-04T19:48:51Z")
Warning: contains movie spoilers. In the science fiction movie ‘Arrival,’ the heroine, Louise Banks, makes a desperate call to Chinese general Shang on his private number to prevent an attack on an alien ship. By havin… --- ## [Woman in "Major Tom (Coming Home)" video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-in-major-tom-coming-home-video/832005)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-in-major-tom-coming-home-video/832005 "2019-04-04T19:00:19Z")
The one towards the end of the video for Peter Schilling’s epic song - seen blowing kisses to the Heavens as the world realizes Major Tom is not coming home. I thought she was known but can’t seem to find a name. Was it… --- ## [Mystery Cartoon Memory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994)
**Author:** [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994 "2019-04-04T18:15:23Z")
I’m posting this question for a friend of mine. Don’t let my bragging on you guys come to nothing Dopers! From\*\* PT:\*\* --- ## [Another "movie you'd like to see made" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-movie-youd-like-to-see-made-thread/831042)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-movie-youd-like-to-see-made-thread/831042 "2019-04-04T17:20:40Z")
I nominate Idiocracy 2: Darwin’s Revenge. The children of the first movie’s characters restore intelligence as a trait favored for selection by deliberately introducing lots and lots of ways for really stupid people to a… --- ## [DOJ polietly tells oscars academy they cant ban netflis ,,,,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-polietly-tells-oscars-academy-they-cant-ban-netflis/831991)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-polietly-tells-oscars-academy-they-cant-ban-netflis/831991 "2019-04-04T15:10:16Z")
Apparently Spielberg wont get his wish because apparently it violates antitrust laws https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/oscars/justice-department-warns-academy-over-potential-oscar-rule-changes-threatening-netflix-exclus… --- ## [Help me find a cartoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-cartoon/831997)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-cartoon/831997 "2019-04-04T11:17:11Z")
My memory is that it was possibly drawn by Mad Magazine cartoonist Sergio Aragonés. Possibly something like “A mad look at modern art.” The cartoon depicts people in an art gallery looking thoughtfully at a piece of art… --- ## [Bands: live vs studio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-live-vs-studio/831877)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-live-vs-studio/831877 "2019-04-04T06:11:25Z")
Which bands (historic and current) do you prefer live? What makes their shows so great? --- ## [A fun Calvin and Hobbs twist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-calvin-and-hobbs-twist/831981)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-calvin-and-hobbs-twist/831981 "2019-04-03T23:58:57Z")
Link to comic panel: --- ## [Bohemian Rhapsody Arranged For Bass...Super Amazing Dude Zander Zon.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-arranged-for-bass-super-amazing-dude-zander-zon/831985)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-arranged-for-bass-super-amazing-dude-zander-zon/831985 "2019-04-03T22:37:24Z")
Man! This guy can REALLY play. His execution of harmonics, melody, everything in this interpretation of Bohemian Rhapsody is EXCELLENT. It also makes me want to throw my guitar out the freaking window! This is unbelieva… --- ## [Great "one off" acting performances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-one-off-acting-performances/831653)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-one-off-acting-performances/831653 "2019-04-03T20:13:02Z")
The quotes because the actors may or may not have had actually had acting roles before but weren’t full time actors at the time or known as “actors” such but scored good performances in a movie: Richard Dawson in “Runni… --- ## [Has "In Search of..." et al ever found anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-in-search-of-et-al-ever-found-anything/831589)
**Author:** [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-in-search-of-et-al-ever-found-anything/831589 "2019-04-03T15:33:43Z")
I’m a hard core skeptic, but one of my guilty pleasures is periodically watching episodes of shows like In Search of, Monsterquest, Mysteryquest, Destination Truth, Destination Unknown etc. I really do want to believe. A… --- ## [Weirdest Music Video - 2019 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-music-video-2019-edition/831830)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-music-video-2019-edition/831830 "2019-04-03T14:23:59Z")
This is from 2015, but it’s my new absolute favorite in the “WTF?” genre. Whatcha got to compete with that? :cool: --- ## [Top 10 Performance of the 70s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-performance-of-the-70s/831808)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-performance-of-the-70s/831808 "2019-04-03T14:02:25Z")
Gena Rowlands (A Woman Under The Influence) Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest) Art Carney (Harry and Tonto) Marlon Brando (The Godfather) Stacy Keach (Fat City) Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) Ro… --- ## [Escape from this one, David](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-this-one-david/831912)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-this-one-david/831912 "2019-04-03T12:24:01Z")
David Blaine is under investigation after reports of sexual assault were made against the magician, New York Police Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said on Monday. He might find this a little trickier than his other fea… --- ## [Netflix's "The Dirt"...Motley Freaking Crue!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-the-dirt-motley-freaking-crue/831928)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-the-dirt-motley-freaking-crue/831928 "2019-04-03T12:08:03Z")
Anyone else watched this movie? It’s certainly not high art, nor is it necessarily completely accurate, but it is entertaining. Machine Gun Kelly was surprisingly good as Tommy Lee, and the actors that played Nikki Sixx… --- ## [If there's no hardsubs in a movie, does that mean it was untranslated in the cinema?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-theres-no-hardsubs-in-a-movie-does-that-mean-it-was-untranslated-in-the-cinema/831965)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-theres-no-hardsubs-in-a-movie-does-that-mean-it-was-untranslated-in-the-cinema/831965 "2019-04-03T11:56:33Z")
I was watching “A Bridge Too Far” a few days ago and noticed that none of the German or Dutch was subtitled, I had to hit the subtitle button on my remote to get an English translation of what they were saying. This mean… --- ## [spielberg says netflix orginal movies are tv not cinema for oscars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spielberg-says-netflix-orginal-movies-are-tv-not-cinema-for-oscars/811249)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spielberg-says-netflix-orginal-movies-are-tv-not-cinema-for-oscars/811249 "2019-04-02T23:19:32Z")
here ya go MSN I could see his point I mean they made hbo and others stick to the emmys … --- ## [I have an ancient Star Trek mail-order pamphlet for scripts and merch. Is it worth anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-ancient-star-trek-mail-order-pamphlet-for-scripts-and-merch-is-it-worth-anything/831939)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-ancient-star-trek-mail-order-pamphlet-for-scripts-and-merch-is-it-worth-anything/831939 "2019-04-02T22:20:44Z")
I have an old mimeographed, multi-page foldout mail order pamphlet which I’ve had since probably the early 70s. I have no memory of how I got it, but I probably requested it through the mail. It’s kind of yellowed and … --- ## [Pussy Galore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-galore/831601)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-galore/831601 "2019-04-02T20:38:13Z")
Female character in Ian Fleming’s Goldfinger, later in the movie of the same name, where she was played by Honor Blackman (who had previously played John Steed’s companion on the TV series The Avengers). A lesbian leadin… --- ## [What was the best dish you've ever eaten in your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-dish-youve-ever-eaten-in-your-life/831793)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-dish-youve-ever-eaten-in-your-life/831793 "2019-04-02T19:54:34Z")
For me it was paella at a hole in the wall restaurant in Valencia, Spain. The rice all by itself was incredible (it was yellow–saffron I think), but the seafood took it to a whole other level. Then there was the freshly … --- ## [Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - why no Mark Lindsay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-why-no-mark-lindsay/831806)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-why-no-mark-lindsay/831806 "2019-04-02T16:05:23Z")
So the Zombies just made it. Good for them. But I question how they were inducted over other deserving bands of that type. One of those bands being Paul Revere and the Raiders. Ive been tempted to start a thread about t… --- ## [Santa Clarita Diet - Season 3!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-clarita-diet-season-3/831899)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-clarita-diet-season-3/831899 "2019-04-02T14:37:38Z")
Okay. Just finished season 3. I vote it as the best season! I won’t spoil, so… GO! --- ## [Kevin Hart Steps Down From Hosting The Oscars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-hart-steps-down-from-hosting-the-oscars/825737)
**Author:** [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-hart-steps-down-from-hosting-the-oscars/825737 "2019-04-02T13:49:58Z")
On Tuesday, comedian Kevin Hart was announced to be the host for the 91st Academy Awards, but early this morning he said he was stepping down due to mounting pressure from people who called him homophobic for (in particu… --- ## [SF story ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-id/799780)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-id/799780 "2019-04-02T13:31:48Z")
Trying to help out on another board with answering a story ID question. “Does anyone recall the name of a SF first contact story where humans encounter an alien ship, and use the weak force to define left and right. At … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=526) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=528)