# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=826 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 827 --- ## [Why is Marvel Turning All Its Superheroes Into Women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-marvel-turning-all-its-superheroes-into-women/766374)
**Author:** [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-marvel-turning-all-its-superheroes-into-women/766374 "2016-09-25T06:40:29Z")
I’m OK with the idea of female superheroes, really. I even read \*Wonder Woman \*when I was a boy back in the 1950s and 60s even though everyone thought it was a comic book for girls. And I’m not the biggest Marvel fan; I’… --- ## [Ray Lamontagne's new album Supernova. :-(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-lamontagnes-new-album-supernova/688819)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-lamontagnes-new-album-supernova/688819 "2016-09-25T04:58:07Z")
Don’t know if there are any Ray fans on here but I’ve been a huge fan of his for years and anxiously awaited his latest album as he’s always awesome. Until now. Supernova has to be the worst album to album decline in m… --- ## [I Didn't Realize How Much an Abuser Khan Was](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-realize-how-much-an-abuser-khan-was/765492)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-realize-how-much-an-abuser-khan-was/765492 "2016-09-25T04:54:58Z")
I’m watching Space Seed on BBC as part of the 50th anniversary celebration and I’m shocked at how much Khan abuses Lt. McGivers, and how much she’s willing to accept it. Yikes. --- ## [ID this two three cartoon memories.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-two-three-cartoon-memories/766797)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-two-three-cartoon-memories/766797 "2016-09-25T04:37:50Z")
These have been bugging me for years. Was the opening sequence to what, I think, was a series. I saw this between the ages of 6-8 (so, 1996-1998) while visiting relatives who had a cousin near my age and I don’t have a… --- ## [Life After ... Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-after-death/766794)
**Author:** [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-after-death/766794 "2016-09-25T02:33:15Z")
A week or so ago I saw a preview of a show, described as a web series, called ‘Life After …’. The premise is that these two young ladies are struck, and killed, by a car, but still are quickly finding that they are dead… --- ## [Albums or compilations that define American Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-or-compilations-that-define-american-music/766696)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-or-compilations-that-define-american-music/766696 "2016-09-25T02:16:32Z")
Well, it’s Friday night again, so here’s my next musical thread ;): I’m listening to Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits, and thought once more what a perfect and flawless compilation and document of country music it is. If s… --- ## [Les Miserables - original cast video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/les-miserables-original-cast-video/766518)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/les-miserables-original-cast-video/766518 "2016-09-24T23:37:47Z")
I would like to have a video of the original cast performing Les Mis. I know there have been many great productions and fine casts since then, but I’d really like the original cast, if possible. I don’t know if it’s ava… --- ## [TV History folks I gotta question about TV Hosts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-history-folks-i-gotta-question-about-tv-hosts/766557)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-history-folks-i-gotta-question-about-tv-hosts/766557 "2016-09-24T22:50:10Z")
Ok, first off, I don’t mean the kind of Hosts like Oprah or Ellen or even the Game Show Hosts like Bob Barker or Charles Darwin. I’m currently watching “Penn and Tellers Fool Us.” and they have had a Host on there since… --- ## [Super-secret soul sauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-secret-soul-sauce/766689)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-secret-soul-sauce/766689 "2016-09-24T19:49:53Z")
Sit-com. '70s. Someone has cooked dinner and it has ‘super-secret soul sauce’. ‘That super-secret soul sauce wouldn’t have anything to do with those bandages on your fingers, would it?’ That’s all I remember. Was th… --- ## [Unforgettable shows and their forgettable songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unforgettable-shows-and-their-forgettable-songs/766663)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unforgettable-shows-and-their-forgettable-songs/766663 "2016-09-24T13:28:11Z")
Can you name a memorable song from West Side Story? Sure you can, there’s ‘America’, ‘Maria’, ‘Tonight’…but what about ‘Gee, Officer Krupke’? (okay, if maybe you might remember it, but not as well as the others) And wh… --- ## [Car vs helicopter in films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-vs-helicopter-in-films/766411)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-vs-helicopter-in-films/766411 "2016-09-24T06:02:11Z")
You have probably seen it a time or two. A helicopter comes straight at a car with the landing skid at windshield height. At the last moment the car swerves into the ditch. Now it seems to me that in a car/helicopter co… --- ## [What book did I read last year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-did-i-read-last-year/766637)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-did-i-read-last-year/766637 "2016-09-23T22:58:38Z")
…I think it was by a Japanese woman. A saga of four or five guys growing up and living in New York. One was very rich. One had had a mysterious (for most of the book) accident with a car that crippled him, physically … --- ## [I want to see a silent movie.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-silent-movie/766512)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-silent-movie/766512 "2016-09-23T21:00:17Z")
The silent movie should show a team of workers raising a barn. Now, the iconic image in movies of barn raisings is where all the workers, having constructed the frame of a wall on the ground, gather along the “roofline,… --- ## [Why can't DC get it right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-dc-get-it-right/766114)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-dc-get-it-right/766114 "2016-09-23T20:22:34Z")
Ever since Iron Man Marvel/Disney turns out blockbuster after blockbuster yet DC/Warner Brothers movies just seem to always be met with critical and fan rejection. What is the magic formula that Disney seems to have that… --- ## [SF story ID: AR-18, Esso, We-ans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-id-ar-18-esso-we-ans/766653)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-id-ar-18-esso-we-ans/766653 "2016-09-23T19:40:33Z")
Help me identify a science fiction book or story. Here’s what I remember, or think I remember: \[ul\]\[li\]The protagonist was Black (I think).\[/li\]\[li\]He discovers an Armalite AR-18 (or the civilian AR-180 version) hidden… --- ## [Most dominant person in a competitive reality show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dominant-person-in-a-competitive-reality-show/766552)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dominant-person-in-a-competitive-reality-show/766552 "2016-09-23T16:10:56Z")
For competitive reality shows like Top Chef, Project Runway, Survivor, The Apprentice etc. who has come in and been so clearly above and beyond their competitors that it was clear from Day 1 that they would be the winner… --- ## [Does anyone, ever, in real life.......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-in-real-life/765948)
**Author:** [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-in-real-life/765948 "2016-09-23T16:02:46Z")
… sweep everything off any available surface any time they get angry? I’ve just seen (yes, in a gormless TV soap opera) yet another such scene of a jilted lover trashing his workplace. But where did the idea come from -… --- ## [Books written by an escort, preferably male for female](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-written-by-an-escort-preferably-male-for-female/766647)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-written-by-an-escort-preferably-male-for-female/766647 "2016-09-23T14:59:17Z")
Does anyone know of any good books written by escorts? Preferably male escorts who serviced women? It doesn’t even have to be sexual, some male escorts just act like dates and give the boyfriend experience without sex. B… --- ## [I've won a competition to take your favourite performer out for a meal, do you want it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-a-competition-to-take-your-favourite-performer-out-for-a-meal-do-you-want-it/766568)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-a-competition-to-take-your-favourite-performer-out-for-a-meal-do-you-want-it/766568 "2016-09-23T06:58:27Z")
I’ve won a competition with the prize the chance to take the person who happens to be your favourite performer, (so actor, singer etc. but not author, scientist etc.), out for a meal. The competition lets you go out for … --- ## [blackish Disney World commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555)
**Author:** [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-disney-world-commercial/766555 "2016-09-23T01:51:55Z")
Anthony Anderson and Lawrence Fishburne have sold the last slivers of their soul. The blackish season premier is nothing more than a 30 minute Disney commercial. ABC/Disney has just shown itself to be the real Lucifer, n… --- ## [ID This artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-artist/765467)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-artist/765467 "2016-09-22T20:41:35Z")
Hopefully someone on the SDope can provide the name of the artist well known for impossible objects, like a castle’s stairs that appear to climb while leading you back around to where you started. I believe the artists d… --- ## [Speechless ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speechless-ad/766505)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speechless-ad/766505 "2016-09-22T18:46:58Z")
I’ve been seeing the ad for the new TV series Speechless. And it kind of annoys me. The premise of the show is there’s a family where one of the kids is handicapped. And the mother does this big “mama bear” thing to def… --- ## [I grew up with Sequel-Per-Year franchises. Has this stopped? Or am I not noticing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grew-up-with-sequel-per-year-franchises-has-this-stopped-or-am-i-not-noticing/766499)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grew-up-with-sequel-per-year-franchises-has-this-stopped-or-am-i-not-noticing/766499 "2016-09-22T17:37:20Z")
I recently rewatched the Nightmare on Elm Street films and was thinking about how the sequel-per-year trend seems to have fallen out of fashion. Am I missing any franchises from the past decade that have turned out a seq… --- ## [RIP Brangelina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-brangelina/766455)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-brangelina/766455 "2016-09-22T15:48:04Z")
I really thought those crazy kids were going to make it. --- ## [W.P. "Field of Dreams" Kinsella Died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-p-field-of-dreams-kinsella-died/766157)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-p-field-of-dreams-kinsella-died/766157 "2016-09-22T06:30:51Z")
Again, the DEath Pool thread observed it, but I figure he deserves his own thread. I didn’t read Shoeless Joe until I saw the movie, but it’s definitely worth the read. Harlan Ellison was a big fan long before it was p… --- ## [Almond Joy (and other wonderful cheap candies)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016 "2016-09-22T06:27:59Z")
There are lots of cheap candies that I love – Snickers, M&Ms, Flake bars, Reese’s PB cups, and more – but Almond Joy is the only cheap candy I can think of that tastes like a gourmet confection… the others all taste like… --- ## [Jonbenet Ramsey Special - CBS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonbenet-ramsey-special-cbs/766369)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonbenet-ramsey-special-cbs/766369 "2016-09-22T04:59:26Z")
Did anyone watch this until the end? I started watching but it had such a “reality show” vibe, I couldn’t take it. I assume nothing new came out of their “investigation”? --- ## [Scariest YouTube videos.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543 "2016-09-22T03:06:40Z")
There are plenty of funny video threads. In fact, there’s a bumped zombie thread that got me thinking of this. What youtube video scared the crap out of you? I don’t mean ‘jump scare’ videos. You know the ones-- pleasant… --- ## [Help me identify this album cover.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-album-cover/643136)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-album-cover/643136 "2016-09-22T02:20:35Z")
Time frame: Early to mid 1980s. Genre of music: I’m guessing rock or post-punk. Description: The album cover was very hippy/surreal looking. It had one or two people on the cover, and one of them (a young woman, I thin… --- ## [Inspector Morse, Inspector Lewis... Inspector Hathaway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspector-morse-inspector-lewis-inspector-hathaway/766410)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspector-morse-inspector-lewis-inspector-hathaway/766410 "2016-09-22T01:15:57Z")
Inspector Morse ran from 1987 to 2000. Inspector Lewis ran from 2006 to 2015. It seems that in Inspector Lewis they’re setting up for another series staring Laurence Fox as Inspector Hathaway. Will there be an Inspect… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=825) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=827)