# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=828 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 829 --- ## [Do you have shows you watch repeatedly just because you like hanging out with the characters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-shows-you-watch-repeatedly-just-because-you-like-hanging-out-with-the-characters/765491)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-shows-you-watch-repeatedly-just-because-you-like-hanging-out-with-the-characters/765491 "2016-09-19T00:45:57Z")
I’m this way with the Inspector Lewis series. I love the two lead characters, the humor, the scholarly references, the Oxford setting, the scenery-- all that stuff. I own the boxed set and I’ve watched every single episo… --- ## [Anyone else having trouble getting to allrecipes.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-to-allrecipes-com/766301)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-to-allrecipes-com/766301 "2016-09-19T00:31:34Z")
I can’t seem to get to allrecipes.com. Is anyone else having trouble? --- ## [Dancing With The Stars-Season 23](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-23/764503)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-23/764503 "2016-09-19T00:16:24Z")
Anyone want to stick their neck out and make predictions about losers and/or winners? :smiley: Here’s the line-up(from here): Jake Austin with Jenna Johnson Babyface with Allison Holker Marilu Henner with Derek Hough … --- ## [The Voice: Miley Cyrus/Alicia Keys are replacing Pharrell Williams/Christina Aguilera. It's no joke.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-miley-cyrus-alicia-keys-are-replacing-pharrell-williams-christina-aguilera-its-no-joke/750465)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-miley-cyrus-alicia-keys-are-replacing-pharrell-williams-christina-aguilera-its-no-joke/750465 "2016-09-18T19:09:41Z")
I have a lot of respect for Alicia Keys. That woman can sing and she appeals to a younger audience. Girl on Fire :eek: wow, thats how you sing the shit out of a song. I really like how she varies the intensity of he… --- ## ["The Big Chill 2"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-chill-2/766222)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-chill-2/766222 "2016-09-18T16:35:41Z")
Inspired by the “Bachelor Party 2” thread. Recently rewatched “Big Chill” with the Mrs. and kicked around the idea for a sequel. Mostly the same cast, back together for another funeral. Probably William Hurt’s charact… --- ## [Why did Ben-Hur bomb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-ben-hur-bomb/763702)
**Author:** [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-ben-hur-bomb/763702 "2016-09-18T16:18:05Z")
Turns out the the new Ben-Hur movie came in fifth or sixth on its opening weekend, earning only $11.4M on a budget of at least $100M. I didn’t see it, and I’m wondering if anyone actually saw it and can report on it. I … --- ## [Bare cleavage in women's clothing: mere fashion element? Or practical? Or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bare-cleavage-in-womens-clothing-mere-fashion-element-or-practical-or-what/765947)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bare-cleavage-in-womens-clothing-mere-fashion-element-or-practical-or-what/765947 "2016-09-18T16:06:14Z")
Contemporary magazines have shown plunging necklines on dresses, blouses, and such for several decades. I have wondered whether this was just the whim of a (most likely male) fashion dictator; or whether, as I supposed w… --- ## [Is there a rule on eating cheese rind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-on-eating-cheese-rind/724118)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-on-eating-cheese-rind/724118 "2015-07-03T15:00:55Z")
Picked up a block of manchego for the first time, and tried to eat the thin rind which I assumed was an edible wax with dye. NOPE NOPE whatever it is the taste was very much of the non-edible variety, chemically and stro… --- ## [Podcasts going to s\*\*t](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-going-to-s-t/765664)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-going-to-s-t/765664 "2016-09-18T01:59:10Z")
Just want to rant about some of my favorite podcasts’ decline. It’s getting to the point where there’s no reason to fire up iTunes… Before you say it: yes I know, it’s all free entertainment, I have no right to complain… --- ## [Hating on Star Trek: The Next Generation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hating-on-star-trek-the-next-generation/689871)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hating-on-star-trek-the-next-generation/689871 "2016-09-18T01:54:36Z")
Ok, so somebody resurrected a thread about hating Deanna Troi (a.k.a. Counselor Cleavage). But some of the posts seem to be drifting into all-purpose hating on the series itself. So I thought an all-purpose ‘hating on TN… --- ## ["Dark Matter" Spoiler Requested (just a little one)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-matter-spoiler-requested-just-a-little-one/765843)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-matter-spoiler-requested-just-a-little-one/765843 "2016-09-18T01:41:42Z")
I have just started watching Dark Matter on Amazon. I’m halfway through episode 2, and there’s one thing that bugs me. If it was me, I would at least say, “please” and “thank you” to the android. I know she started out … --- ## [A trip through the Arctic with Colonel Chris Hadfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-through-the-arctic-with-colonel-chris-hadfield/766226)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-through-the-arctic-with-colonel-chris-hadfield/766226 "2016-09-18T01:09:27Z")
I am really enjoying some YouTube videos that have started to pop up after a small team of creative people have completed an Arctic journey on an Icebreaker ship accompanied by astronaut Chris Hadfield. Quark Expedition… --- ## [41 - a time travel sci-fi film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/41-a-time-travel-sci-fi-film/766225)
**Author:** [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/41-a-time-travel-sci-fi-film/766225 "2016-09-18T01:06:57Z")
i have just watched a film called 41 here. I love a good sci-fi film, especially a good time travel film. Unfortunately, it’s so easy to do them badly. 41 is a very nice film. At heart, it’s more a romantic drama tha… --- ## [Whatcha Watchin' in the new 2016-2017 TV season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-watchin-in-the-new-2016-2017-tv-season/765287)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-watchin-in-the-new-2016-2017-tv-season/765287 "2016-09-17T23:05:40Z")
I saw the first two episodes of \*\*Atlanta \*\*last night. Very good! It’s a dramedy about trying to build a rap career in Atlanta, starring and written by Donald Glover (Troy from Community). It’s dark and raw but has a de… --- ## [RIP Edward Albee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-edward-albee/766149)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-edward-albee/766149 "2016-09-17T21:33:44Z")
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Finding the Sun, At Home at the Zoo, and a host of other work. Not exactly pop star famous, but a rock star for a generation of playwrights. You will be missed, sir. --- ## [It's time for Tom Hanks to do 'Bachelor Party 2'. Who's with me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972 "2016-09-17T21:10:44Z")
If I were emperor, Tom Hanks would be forced to make this movie. His character is getting remarried, so the surviving cast throw him a bachelor party. They can be joined by some of today’s young comic actors, like Seth… --- ## [Executive meddling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/executive-meddling/766133)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/executive-meddling/766133 "2016-09-17T20:34:48Z")
Oftentimes when a movie bombs the director and most of those involved will claim “Executive meddling” led to a good film being turned into a bad film and it was all the director and the cast could do to prevent the facel… --- ## [About the Li'l Drummer Boy (French version)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-lil-drummer-boy-french-version/274065)
**Author:** [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-lil-drummer-boy-french-version/274065 "2016-09-17T14:14:59Z")
Okay, so as one of the froggier Canadians, I first learned Christmas carols in French. And I always used to wonder, “What the heck does the Little Drummer Boy have to do with Christmas?” The French lyrics have nothing … --- ## [Wagakki Band - any fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagakki-band-any-fans/765992)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagakki-band-any-fans/765992 "2016-09-17T09:28:06Z")
Slowly, I’ve been exploring Asian pop & rock music. Most of it I can leave, some I like (Aldious, for one. L’Arc-en-Cielfor another. Maximum The Hormone are awesome, as referenced in the Death Note thread) But Wagakki Ba… --- ## [Advice on Montreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-montreal/765808)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-montreal/765808 "2016-09-17T06:30:04Z")
I’ll be visiting Montreal for the first time this coming Friday. It’s for a guys’ trip that one of my friends invited me on. I booked very late (thank god for Porter Airlines!) and am staying at a different hotel than … --- ## [Agatha Christie Reference (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie-reference-spoilers/645705)
**Author:** [@Patience\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patience_Jones)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie-reference-spoilers/645705 "2016-09-17T02:59:27Z")
Ok, this is driving me crazy. I keep thinking that there is a reference to the conclusion of \*\*Murder on the Orient Express \*\*in a later Christie novel. From what I remember, someone directly asks Poirot if he can let t… --- ## [Favourite 'Naked Gun' style movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-naked-gun-style-movies/764970)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-naked-gun-style-movies/764970 "2016-09-17T01:08:55Z")
Yes, I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley. Anyway, now that’s out of the way, apart from the classic Airplane and Naked Gun movies what other examples in the genre would you recommend? Hot Shots part one and deux ar… --- ## [The more I think about Captain America Civil War...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-i-think-about-captain-america-civil-war/765896)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-i-think-about-captain-america-civil-war/765896 "2016-09-16T23:11:13Z")
…the more I think they put CA on the wrong side. I get that it becomes more about his loyalty to Bucky but his argument against oversight early in the movie at the conference table was basically Robert Redford’s argument… --- ## [Snowden - open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowden-open-spoilers/766095)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowden-open-spoilers/766095 "2016-09-16T20:11:20Z")
I accidentally stumbled into the premier showing of Snowden Live, which included a post-movie live interview with Oliver Stone, the two lead actors, and Ed Snowden piped in from Moscow. In the interview Oliver Stone sai… --- ## [Is Jessica Jones as dark in tone as Daredevil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jessica-jones-as-dark-in-tone-as-daredevil/765990)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jessica-jones-as-dark-in-tone-as-daredevil/765990 "2016-09-16T17:05:15Z")
Hi folks. I’m approaching the end of Daredevil Season 1 on Netflix. Mrs Snowman started off watching it with me, but she quickly decided that it was all a bit grim and dark for her tastes - not just the violence, but al… --- ## [Awesome short moments in songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816 "2016-09-16T13:28:56Z")
I’m not necessarily thinking of awesome guitar solo’s or stuff like that, I’m more referring to quick, one or two note instances. Or maybe just an exclamation or background sound in a song. A couple examples and favorit… --- ## [ID this plant? 2 pics! (climbing, potted, dainty foliage)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-plant-2-pics-climbing-potted-dainty-foliage/765945)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-plant-2-pics-climbing-potted-dainty-foliage/765945 "2016-09-16T13:07:59Z")
Not really a houseplant, since it prefers to be outside. Little else known about it … asking for a friend. Anyone seen this before or know what it is? http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160914/9fa5b22bad6738929d6ff35b77… --- ## [At last a worthy Beatles live document (Live At The Hollywood Bowl)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-worthy-beatles-live-document-live-at-the-hollywood-bowl/765494)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-worthy-beatles-live-document-live-at-the-hollywood-bowl/765494 "2016-09-16T11:22:15Z")
I know we had an interesting Beatles thread just the other day, and a side discussion was if the boys were a good live band. I was always convinced that they were, especially in their Cavern and Hamburg days, but what wa… --- ## [XKCD's Climate Change Comic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcds-climate-change-comic/765786)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcds-climate-change-comic/765786 "2016-09-16T10:39:13Z")
Randall has done it again. Take your time to explore this comic/graphic/infograph/whatever you want to call it, then come back here. This may be the best visual I’ve seen about climate change. I mean, it’s a story you … --- ## [IRT Darrell Ward R.I.P.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irt-darrell-ward-r-i-p/766067)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irt-darrell-ward-r-i-p/766067 "2016-09-16T06:21:47Z")
Wow, so at the end of Ice Road Truckers it said, “In Memory of Darrell Ward.” I was shocked and wondered how he died, so I look it up. Turns out he died in a plane crash. Ironically, Oops. Anyway, I feel bad for hi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=827) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=829)