# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=555 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 556 --- ## [What was this TV movie and possible series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tv-movie-and-possible-series/826911)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tv-movie-and-possible-series/826911 "2018-12-31T13:07:20Z")
I recall a TV movie, probably from the late 80s or early 90s. It involved an alien spaceship where some criminals escaped. The female guard chased them down to earth and she worked with a human to track them down. The o… --- ## [Has this set a record for the most dislikes on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-set-a-record-for-the-most-dislikes-on-youtube/826967 "2018-12-31T13:00:51Z")
Behold the horrible Pitbull cover of Toto’s Africa featured in the thoroughly mediocre Aquaman movie. Currently sitting at 101,000 dislikes. Amazingly, 21,000 people, probably watching drunk, accidentally missed the disl… --- ## [Spiderman's webs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spidermans-webs/825355)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spidermans-webs/825355 "2018-12-31T11:49:53Z")
What happens to them? Is the whole city a hazard to drone navigation and pigeons? Guess I need to read more comics. Dennis --- ## [Missing commercials this Christmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-commercials-this-christmas/826934)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-commercials-this-christmas/826934 "2018-12-31T07:10:06Z")
While some of the usual commercials aired this Christmas - the Hershey’s “kisses bells” was all over the place - did anybody else notice any that aired regularly but didn’t air this year? One that I know I did not see: … --- ## [A Walk Off The Earth member has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-walk-off-the-earth-member-has-died/826952)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-walk-off-the-earth-member-has-died/826952 "2018-12-31T02:07:06Z")
I just heard that Mike Taylor of the band Walk Off The Earth, also known as “Beard Guy,” died last night. He was certainly a fan favourite, and a very talented multi-instrumentalist. Among other things, I think he was u… --- ## [Explain layering of flavors to me...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-layering-of-flavors-to-me/826854)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-layering-of-flavors-to-me/826854 "2018-12-31T01:05:50Z")
This is a companion to my thread about what I’m missing by not being an expert in things, in this case food. Food show judges will often tell the contestants that their dish needed an extra “layer of flavor”, sour, swee… --- ## [What's the scoop on frozen avocado?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scoop-on-frozen-avocado/826819)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scoop-on-frozen-avocado/826819 "2018-12-31T00:51:37Z")
Was in Costco tonight and saw a (I believe) three pound bag of frozen avocado chunks. It intrigued me and horrified me all at once, and with a price tag of almost $20, this wasn’t something I wanted to experiment with an… --- ## [President Carter and EVERY Movie He Saw as President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-carter-and-every-movie-he-saw-as-president/826885)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-carter-and-every-movie-he-saw-as-president/826885 "2018-12-30T20:05:01Z")
I just read a few weeks ago that President Carter was a movie buff… I just found this… I’m only 20 movies in, but he would make a great member on this site! (if he’d stopped building houses for humanity!) All the Pres… --- ## [Why no good Christmas movies this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-good-christmas-movies-this-year/826728)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-good-christmas-movies-this-year/826728 "2018-12-30T19:14:42Z")
I dont get Hollywood. Christmas movies like Christmas Vacation, Elf, Its a Wonderful Life, Christmas with the Kranks,The Santa Clause, A Christmas Story, and many others do well both at the box office and for years to c… --- ## [Movies you have to stop and watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-to-stop-and-watch/826908)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-to-stop-and-watch/826908 "2018-12-30T19:11:03Z")
I remember before the internet and before streaming flipping through the channels and seeing what is on there was one movie I always had to stop and watch. One memory I have is while I was in graduate school, studying fo… --- ## [What is your Mt. Rushmore of food combos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mt-rushmore-of-food-combos/826713)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mt-rushmore-of-food-combos/826713 "2018-12-30T19:10:25Z")
(possible poll in the future) You get 4 nominations and unlimited seconds. I’m looking for classic food and/or drink combos - you know, liver & onions, milk & cookies, mac & cheese, etc. Entries outside of the spirit … --- ## [Mobile cities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-cities/826328)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-cities/826328 "2018-12-30T19:09:25Z")
Inspired by criticism late in this thread, what are some examples of mobile (ground based) cities in fiction? the first that comes to mind for me is in\* 2312 \*by KSR, which includes a city on Mercury, constantly moving o… --- ## [Welcome To Marwen - new movie based on documentary, Marwencol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-marwen-new-movie-based-on-documentary-marwencol/825212)
**Author:** [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-marwen-new-movie-based-on-documentary-marwencol/825212 "2018-12-30T19:01:56Z")
I remember learning about the documentary film Marwencol from reading about it here on the SDMB, I think. I watched it way back then and really liked it. It showed a very unusual and interesting situation. The story i… --- ## [Oscars - I wish there were more time between nominees being announced and awards ceremony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-i-wish-there-were-more-time-between-nominees-being-announced-and-awards-ceremony/826919)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-i-wish-there-were-more-time-between-nominees-being-announced-and-awards-ceremony/826919 "2018-12-30T17:59:12Z")
Every year I try to see all the Best Picture nominees before the Academy Awards event. Last year I failed. This year, the nominees will be announced on January 22; the awards ceremony will be held on February 24. This … --- ## [Bleed Out - seen it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleed-out-seen-it/826867)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleed-out-seen-it/826867 "2018-12-30T14:18:31Z")
We just watched this documentary about a medical cock-up with not quite fatal consequences. It shows what happens when the medical system is controlled by the bean-counters and insurance companies. Maybe there’s more to… --- ## [Art Nouveau Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-nouveau-music/240544)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-nouveau-music/240544 "2018-12-30T13:19:38Z")
From 1890 to 1910… Art Nouveau revolutionized the way people looked at the objects that made their world. Its sinuous, slinky, undulating, vegetal, exotic lines sensualized the world of design. “Art Nouveau was a moveme… --- ## [Favorite Interviews?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-interviews/826570)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-interviews/826570 "2018-12-30T12:52:18Z")
People in music, movies, comedy especially… I’ve come to love interviews all by themselves, even finding leisure from those whose music or movies I might not like. Or people whose work I like, but who are even more inter… --- ## [What makes one diamond ring worth 300 times as much as another?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-one-diamond-ring-worth-300-times-as-much-as-another/826014)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-one-diamond-ring-worth-300-times-as-much-as-another/826014 "2018-12-30T05:32:44Z")
So I’m doing research on diamond rings and some rings go for around $200; some go for around $4,000 to $6,000 or even more. I’m at the most novice of novice laymen at this, so other than simply the cartel-factor at work … --- ## [A probably impossible to answer movie question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-probably-impossible-to-answer-movie-question/826864)
**Author:** [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-probably-impossible-to-answer-movie-question/826864 "2018-12-30T05:26:19Z")
I realize this is the longest of shots, but perhps it’s worth a try. In the early 1950’s I saw my first movie. All I remember about it was a final scene: A young woman is walking between two rows of hedges, unaware tha… --- ## [Your Movie Story and How Your Tastes Were Formed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-story-and-how-your-tastes-were-formed/826873)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-story-and-how-your-tastes-were-formed/826873 "2018-12-30T04:08:28Z")
Before 17, I liked movies just like the next person, but when I got my license, I got a Blockbuster membership (video store) and they had a good deal. $10/month enabled me to “Rent One, Get One Free” from Tue-Saturday… I… --- ## [Christmas song meaning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-meaning/826723)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-meaning/826723 "2018-12-30T01:54:36Z")
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus I’ve heard this song for years and it just dawned on me that “Santa Claus” might be the dad. Opinions, Dad or Cheating Mom? --- ## [Great Directors Not Appreciate In Their Time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-directors-not-appreciate-in-their-time/826795)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-directors-not-appreciate-in-their-time/826795 "2018-12-30T01:43:51Z")
Orson Welles? It took about 20 years before many considered “Citizen Kane” one of the greats. --- ## [Getting rid of cable - how do we watch sports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-cable-how-do-we-watch-sports/826875)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-cable-how-do-we-watch-sports/826875 "2018-12-30T00:56:52Z")
So we’re thinking of cutting the cord here at Chez Athena. 90% of the stuff we watch, we watch online anyway, so it makes sense. But that last 10% - mostly sports - I can’t get a good answer on. What do we get so that Mr… --- ## [Louis B. Mayer forced Jimmy Stewart and other male stars to go to a brothel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-b-mayer-forced-jimmy-stewart-and-other-male-stars-to-go-to-a-brothel/826804)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-b-mayer-forced-jimmy-stewart-and-other-male-stars-to-go-to-a-brothel/826804 "2018-12-30T00:52:42Z")
… to prove they weren’t homosexual? I’ve seen this link and one or two that seem to repeat the same story – Recapping, this claims that Louis B. Mayer, autocrat of MGM studios, owned a brothel just outside the MGM lo… --- ## [Identify this 1980's movie - Astronaut is exposed to something and something happens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-1980s-movie-astronaut-is-exposed-to-something-and-something-happens/826886)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-1980s-movie-astronaut-is-exposed-to-something-and-something-happens/826886 "2018-12-29T23:02:57Z")
Yes, descriptive I know. I have vague memories of my dad and brother watching a movie, or possibly a TV show in the mid to late 1980’s. An astronaut is on a space-walk and something unexpected happens where he is expose… --- ## [Recommend a cut of meat I've never had before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-cut-of-meat-ive-never-had-before/826699)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-cut-of-meat-ive-never-had-before/826699 "2018-12-29T22:34:01Z")
This won’t be hard, I’m not sophisticated, tell me what unappreciated cut of any meat that you’ve learned to appreciate. Preferably with a hint toward procurement and cooking instructions. For my part I will offer tha… --- ## [Decent sites for free movie downloads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sites-for-free-movie-downloads/826881)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-sites-for-free-movie-downloads/826881 "2018-12-29T21:52:08Z")
My laptop is in for repairs this weekend, and it’s pretty much my only movie-watching device (I don’t have broadband speed on my phone, so no streaming to the phone, no working TV, either) and I was looking for reliable … --- ## [What do I have to do to get a good beef roast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-a-good-beef-roast/826816)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-a-good-beef-roast/826816 "2018-12-29T17:37:38Z")
This is the fifth year in a row I have attempted to get a prime rib roast for Christmas. The reason is that once, decades ago, I had prime rib at a restaurant, and it was wonderful. So, I have tried the regular grocery … --- ## [What do we do with Riseccoli?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-riseccoli/826847)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-riseccoli/826847 "2018-12-29T16:45:58Z")
My Beloved got a bottle of Mosto Cotto Riseccoli for Christmas-any suggestions? --- ## ["They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-shoot-horses-dont-they/826701)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-shoot-horses-dont-they/826701 "2018-12-29T14:11:32Z")
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