# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=701 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 702 --- ## [Terry Pratchett's unfinished works have been destroyed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-pratchetts-unfinished-works-have-been-destroyed/795095)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-pratchetts-unfinished-works-have-been-destroyed/795095 "2017-08-31T19:03:23Z")
Terry Pratchett’s unfinished works have been destroyed, as per his wishes. And they have been destroyed in the way he specifically asked for: By crushing the hard disk containing all of his unfinished materials with a s… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- August 2017 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-august-2017-edition/792449)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-august-2017-edition/792449 "2017-08-31T18:58:40Z")
Sooooo… summer in the Northern Hemisphere is on the wane. Thank Heavens! Those of us out West are thoroughly baked through! I am currently chilling in Northern Michigan, this desert child tried walking outside…very odd… --- ## [Simpsons composer Alf Clausen fired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-composer-alf-clausen-fired/795128)
**Author:** [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-composer-alf-clausen-fired/795128 "2017-08-31T14:19:27Z")
The producers of The Simpsons have fired composer Alf Clausen, who has been with the show since 1990 and has scored over 560 episodes. This story in Variety says that Clausen was given the standard we’re-going-in-a-diff… --- ## [2 small LOTR questios (movie related but answers may come from the books)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-small-lotr-questios-movie-related-but-answers-may-come-from-the-books/794947)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-small-lotr-questios-movie-related-but-answers-may-come-from-the-books/794947 "2017-08-31T13:31:05Z")
Question the first: In the final battle of the 2nd age, before the elves and men engage with the army of orcs and other baddies, what is the word that Elrond says as a sort of call to arms to his people (in the movie, th… --- ## [A question about Brian Azzarello's "100 Bullets"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-brian-azzarellos-100-bullets/795150)
**Author:** [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-brian-azzarellos-100-bullets/795150 "2017-08-31T05:33:44Z")
I’ve read this series twice now. There is a big outstanding question. How are the Minutemen caused to lose their memories? I was sort of waiting the entire series for it to be revealed that Graves was involved in the M… --- ## [Chinatown (1974 Movie)/Recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinatown-1974-movie-recommendations/794929)
**Author:** [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinatown-1974-movie-recommendations/794929 "2017-08-31T01:36:51Z")
Just watched this movie, I am shocked at how fantastic it was. It just reinforces my idea that the older movies have so much more substance to them. Seeing good classic movies like this makes me wonder if modern movie ma… --- ## [Musicians canceling gigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-canceling-gigs/795030)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-canceling-gigs/795030 "2017-08-30T23:21:34Z")
A few days ago, singer Imelda May posted on Facebook that she was going to have to cancel a performance at a music festival for a “once in a lifetime opportunity” which turned out to be singing the Irish national anthem … --- ## [Alice In Chains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alice-in-chains/794824)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alice-in-chains/794824 "2017-08-30T22:18:01Z")
Any fans in the audience? I love them and am constantly bemused/amused/taken aback by a band like this where the lead singer is basically openly singing about heroin addiction. Shit, their entire “Dirt” CD was basicall… --- ## [ID 1980s Horror Paperback?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-1980s-horror-paperback/795064)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-1980s-horror-paperback/795064 "2017-08-30T21:45:28Z")
Early 1980s (possibly very late 70s?) paperback about a squid-like creature terrorizing a lakeside resort. The book opened with a rich developer buying the land and the cabins, and moving in with his family. After openin… --- ## [Game of Thrones 7.06 "Beyond The Wall" 8/20/17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-7-06-beyond-the-wall-8-20-17/794223)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 432\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-7-06-beyond-the-wall-8-20-17/794223 "2017-08-30T21:07:01Z")
7.01 “Dragonstone” 7.02 “Stormborn” 7.03 “The Queen’s Justice” 7.04 “The Spoils of War” 7.05 “Eastwatch” This is the discussion thread for the show on its own. The books do not exist in this thread. Open discussion … --- ## [Question about tonight's Twilight Zone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-tonights-twilight-zone/795077)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-tonights-twilight-zone/795077 "2017-08-30T20:31:21Z")
“The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine,” with Ida Lupino and Martin Balsam. When the episode opens, Lupino (like Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard) is watching an old movie in which she’s kissing a soldier goodbye. Judging fro… --- ## [Is Star Trek: TOS available on DVD/Blu-ray in the original, unenhanced version?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-star-trek-tos-available-on-dvd-blu-ray-in-the-original-unenhanced-version/795039)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-star-trek-tos-available-on-dvd-blu-ray-in-the-original-unenhanced-version/795039 "2017-08-30T18:04:39Z")
The question is in the title. Yeah, it’s nice seeing Star Trek with modern effects. But I think the enhanced versions lack some of the charm of the originals. It would be nice to have an ‘as-filmed’ set of the series.… --- ## [\[Story/Movie A\] is really just a reworking of \[story/movie B\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-movie-a-is-really-just-a-reworking-of-story-movie-b/794282)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-movie-a-is-really-just-a-reworking-of-story-movie-b/794282 "2017-08-30T13:47:48Z")
Yesterday afternoon, my laptop was laid low due to a virus, so I had to resort (gasp!) to reading a book. From some guy selling used books on the street corner, I picked up a copy of Stephen King’s “The Mist”, which I’ve… --- ## [Superhero headquarters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superhero-headquarters/794532)
**Author:** [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superhero-headquarters/794532 "2017-08-30T04:47:57Z")
Here is an intriguing list of superhero-related buildings in a size comparison chart: http://www.worldcomicbookreview.com/index.php/2015/12/21/urban-architecture-in-comic-books/ There are some notable omissions, though: … --- ## [Earthquake (1974). Man, does this movie suck.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-1974-man-does-this-movie-suck/794877)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-1974-man-does-this-movie-suck/794877 "2017-08-30T02:44:59Z")
MoviePlex is playing the 1974 flick Earthquake. I was a teenager when it came out and it was one of the top grossing movies of that year. Man, does it suck. You wouldn’t believe how bad the acting is. And the special e… --- ## [Their Satanic Majesties' Request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-satanic-majesties-request/786685)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-satanic-majesties-request/786685 "2017-08-30T02:41:55Z")
What are SD’s thoughts on this often overlooked '67 Stones foray into psychedelia? --- ## [Albums perhaps not widely known that you think should be huge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161)
**Author:** [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-perhaps-not-widely-known-that-you-think-should-be-huge/794161 "2017-08-30T01:33:01Z")
I’ll start off with this album. A band with left wing, anti-nazi, anarcho punk sensibilities but I don’t think this album (or the band themselves) ever got the recognition it or they deserved. Pointed lyrics and great ha… --- ## [What's the tastiest butter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920)
**Author:** [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920 "2017-08-30T00:53:09Z")
I love Mac n Cheese and I used butter that my sis uses. I think there’s better butter out there. What’s yours? That bowl you can use to cook in the microwave and eat out of is great. It’s made just for Mac n Cheese. --- ## [New hosts of Great British Bake Off announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hosts-of-great-british-bake-off-announced/782326)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hosts-of-great-british-bake-off-announced/782326 "2017-08-29T22:35:38Z")
So the juggernaut baking reality competition show, GBBO, will be moving from BBC to Channel 4. Judge Mary Berry and hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins decided not to go, leaving male judge (lol) Paul Hollywood the sole s… --- ## [Anybody ele watching "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ele-watching-leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath/775581)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ele-watching-leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath/775581 "2017-08-29T22:23:15Z")
We’ve been watching the A&E show "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, and it is fascinating (and terrifying). Anyone else watching and being as horrified as we are? I knew Scientology was pretty bad, but this is… --- ## [First Reactions to 'It'; Scary as shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-reactions-to-it-scary-as-shit/794827)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-reactions-to-it-scary-as-shit/794827 "2017-08-29T21:43:08Z")
The first half of It looks to be bloody good. Besides the horror, the filmmakers also include the real life horror of adults failing to protect their children which is at the heart of the book. The film opens 9-8 --- ## [MARVEL Q. (not MCU)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-q-not-mcu/794658)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-q-not-mcu/794658 "2017-08-29T21:00:07Z")
In Winter Soldier, the antagonist is a man called Alexander Pierce. In Logan there’s a bad guy called Donald Pierce. In the comics, are these two related? --- ## [Movie inside jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-inside-jokes/794429)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-inside-jokes/794429 "2017-08-29T20:54:52Z")
In the movie Swordfish (2001) (SPOILERS) there is a road escape scene with a bus and it’s picked up by a freight helicopter to confuse the police. The make of the bus is Flyer which most of the population would never re… --- ## [Bird's Birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birds-birthday/795038)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birds-birthday/795038 "2017-08-29T18:57:23Z")
Shout-out to Mr. Charlie Parker, who would have been 97 years young today. If you’re lucky enough to still have a local jazz radio station, tune in in hopes of catching an all-night, all-frantic birthday broadcast where… --- ## [Does Glen Campbell's song Galveston mean anything special to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glen-campbells-song-galveston-mean-anything-special-to-you/794854)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glen-campbells-song-galveston-mean-anything-special-to-you/794854 "2017-08-29T16:21:48Z")
I remember when Glen released Galveston and it became another of his huge pop hits, Jimmy Webb wrote the masterpieces and Glen performed them. I happened to watch a Youtube vid with Glen and Steve Wariner performing Gal… --- ## [Where can I buy the final season 6 of 'Lost' on DVD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-the-final-season-6-of-lost-on-dvd/794734)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-the-final-season-6-of-lost-on-dvd/794734 "2017-08-29T16:19:11Z")
It doesn’t seem to be available anywhere! We have purchased seasons 1-5 on Amazon, but there is no DVD available for American DVD players, or it’s on Blue Ray or on VOD. All we want is the DVD version for 'Murica of se… --- ## [The Graduate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-graduate/795032)
**Author:** [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-graduate/795032 "2017-08-29T15:58:00Z")
I’ve just watched The Graduate on the big screen, part of the 50th anniversary celebration, and noticed something I thought might be worth mentioning… At the start of the party, Benjamin is hiding in his room sitting wi… --- ## [So what's the deal with Despacito?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-deal-with-despacito/794889)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-deal-with-despacito/794889 "2017-08-29T15:55:50Z")
I can understand Gangnam style, it was something crazy, original and new to most people who had trouble even finding South Korea on the map. I can understand when a popular singer like Eminem, Lady Gaga,etc. makes a vid… --- ## [The thread of TV shows that suck: "Goliath"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-tv-shows-that-suck-goliath/795020)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-tv-shows-that-suck-goliath/795020 "2017-08-29T13:47:08Z")
We watched “Goliath” with Billy Bob Thornton. Because it’s only eight episodes, we got through it. Had it been more I dunno. The show had great promise, with an absolutely slam bang cast, I mean holy shit - Billy Bob … --- ## [Bad Non-American TV Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-non-american-tv-shows/794966)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-non-american-tv-shows/794966 "2017-08-29T13:41:46Z")
Whenever Americans talk about bad TV shows, they usually mention Small Wonder or My Mother, the Car. Sometimes, if they want to make some waves, they’ll mention Hogan’s Heroes or The Beverly Hillbillies. I’m just wonde… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=700) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=702)