# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=838 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 839 --- ## [Nashville (season four)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-season-four/731766)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-season-four/731766 "2016-08-25T01:16:42Z")
The new season starts Wednesday – obviously I’m not the only person still watching, since they renewed the show, but I may be the only one willing to admit it in public. Will Deacon live? Will Juliette calm the fuck dow… --- ## [Questions About Practical vs. CGI FX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-practical-vs-cgi-fx/763582)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-practical-vs-cgi-fx/763582 "2016-08-24T23:53:58Z")
Been watching old live-action “superhero” TV shows from the '70’s and early '80’s and I’m now wondering about some of the effects. For example, when showing The Hero bending metal bars/guns/peeling the door off a safe o… --- ## [A zillion people tell me I should read Terry Pratchett](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-zillion-people-tell-me-i-should-read-terry-pratchett/763101)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-zillion-people-tell-me-i-should-read-terry-pratchett/763101 "2016-08-24T23:44:32Z")
Ok, where do I start? What’s his funniest? Is that different from his best? If so, what’s that? --- ## [Wow, they brought back Crystal Pepsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-brought-back-crystal-pepsi/763667)
**Author:** [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-brought-back-crystal-pepsi/763667 "2016-08-24T23:44:14Z")
Never expected that. No link, I just happened across it at Krogers a few days ago. Bought a bottle but haven’t opened it yet, so can’t say if it’s exactly the same as the original, which I liked. --- ## [Serious Music Question: Does Bach’s Invention #1 sound like . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-music-question-does-bach-s-invention-1-sound-like/763721)
**Author:** [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-music-question-does-bach-s-invention-1-sound-like/763721 "2016-08-24T21:22:59Z")
Serious Music Question: Does Bach’s Invention #1 sound like . . . My kid is studying music and as a result I get to hear the same music over and over and over again each day and sometimes day after day, and for particul… --- ## [Best Answer Song Battle #1: Eminem vs. Rihanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-answer-song-battle-1-eminem-vs-rihanna/763726)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-answer-song-battle-1-eminem-vs-rihanna/763726 "2016-08-24T19:32:02Z")
This is the first in which might, if people are into it, be a series of poll threads about “answer songs” - songs released around the same time, by artists with a personal or professional connection to each other, where … --- ## [Why has “Brokeback Mountain” affected me so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-brokeback-mountain-affected-me-so-much/373338)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-brokeback-mountain-affected-me-so-much/373338 "2016-08-24T19:00:34Z")
Let’s try this again - Now with Content! I watched “Brokeback Mountain” a couple of months ago, and I have never been affected by a movie as deeply and as long as I have been by “Brokeback Mountain.” I am having a hard … --- ## [The Dark Tower books, worth a try?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-books-worth-a-try/762752)
**Author:** [@Corporal\_Nobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporal_Nobbs)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-tower-books-worth-a-try/762752 "2016-08-24T18:54:15Z")
I am stuck at sea on a particularly boring four month trip at the moment (work not pleasure) I have had the Dark Tower books by king sitting about on my computer for a while but unsure if I should start reading them. I l… --- ## [All is Lost (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-is-lost-spoilers/763386)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-is-lost-spoilers/763386 "2016-08-24T18:49:55Z")
A thought came to me while watching the movie: Many of the actions of the protagonist are foolish if we presume he wants to live. However, if we presume that he has a terminal illness and wants to give himself a more me… --- ## [Is Tyler Henry, Hollywood Medium, a fraud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tyler-henry-hollywood-medium-a-fraud/763797)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tyler-henry-hollywood-medium-a-fraud/763797 "2016-08-24T17:59:16Z")
Hi SD, I’d like to know the straight dope on Tyler Henry, Hollywood Medium, who purportedly communicates with the dead and has celebrities as clients. I understand hot reading and cold reading, but I can’t wrap my mind … --- ## [Joni Mitchell is out and about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joni-mitchell-is-out-and-about/763647)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joni-mitchell-is-out-and-about/763647 "2016-08-24T02:03:37Z")
So glad to hear this good news. http://jonimitchell.com/news/newsitem.cfm?id=899 --- ## [Stephen King's Dark Tower movie discussion. Spoilers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-dark-tower-movie-discussion-spoilers/746653)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-dark-tower-movie-discussion-spoilers/746653 "2016-08-24T00:59:13Z")
The Dark Tower is going to be adapted to the big screen. So far Idris Elba has been cast as Roland and Matthew McConaughey is going to portray The Man in Black. Both of them seem like excellent choices. This article has … --- ## [Should I write this magician with a tip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-write-this-magician-with-a-tip/762924)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-write-this-magician-with-a-tip/762924 "2016-08-23T23:37:03Z")
I recently attended a fairly big magic show at a resort. The magician was pretty good, and though he did some of the standard tricks, for the most part he executed them quite well. I happen to enjoy trying to figure out … --- ## [Works with ghosts "possessing" artificial bodies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/works-with-ghosts-possessing-artificial-bodies/763645)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/works-with-ghosts-possessing-artificial-bodies/763645 "2016-08-23T23:08:51Z")
There’s any number of works of fiction where ghosts or spirits of dead people “possess” the bodies of living people; and there’s at least a healthy subgenre of ghosts possessing otherwise inanimate objects, such as vehic… --- ## [The Visit (newest M. Night Shyamalan movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-visit-newest-m-night-shyamalan-movie/731720)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-visit-newest-m-night-shyamalan-movie/731720 "2016-08-23T22:50:55Z")
I didn’t see a topic about it yet. Anyway, I hate the last three movies this guy has written/directed. The Village, Lady in the Lake, and the \[del\]Crap\[/del\]Happening were all horrible, in my opinion. This guy’s first … --- ## [I found Hostess Zingers!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529 "2016-08-23T22:21:31Z")
For the first time since their drama-fueled bankruptcy some years ago, I found a three-pack of vanilla Hostess Zingers. Yummy!!! --- ## [What should be my next Discworld book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-my-next-discworld-book/763025)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-my-next-discworld-book/763025 "2016-08-23T19:55:35Z")
I have pushed myself repeatedly to love Discworld. It should be everything I love and I have tried and stopped a few times. However, I have read the following books and here are my thoughts: Colour of Magic - Adequate, … --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: 2.08 "Grotesque" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-08-grotesque-open-spoilers/763588)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-08-grotesque-open-spoilers/763588 "2016-08-23T17:59:05Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Nick’s search for answers leads him into deadly terrain; a dark part of his past is revealed \[/QUOTE\] The 2nd half of season 2 starts tonight at 9pm. Dave Erickson, Danay Garcia, & Kim Dickens are on Talk… --- ## [Talk to me about opening weekends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-opening-weekends/763712)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-opening-weekends/763712 "2016-08-23T12:47:46Z")
I don’t understand the whole “opening weekend” thing for movies. Firstly, it seems to me that the opening weekend is pretty much unique in terms of how useless it is for judging how good a movie is, since by definition … --- ## [Extend "Knocking on Heaven's Door"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extend-knocking-on-heavens-door/760865)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extend-knocking-on-heavens-door/760865 "2016-08-23T07:40:42Z")
Yeah, it’s hubrissy all to hell, but given that Dylan’s “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” is one of the ten or twenty greatest songs ever written, it always feels like a bad radio edit, ending after two small verses. Everyone… --- ## [People who deserve to have biographies written about them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-deserve-to-have-biographies-written-about-them/763710)
**Author:** [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-deserve-to-have-biographies-written-about-them/763710 "2016-08-23T05:32:43Z")
Is there any notable person, living or dead, that you really wish somebody would write a biography of? This could be someone who hasn’t had a bio written about them or somebody who is the subject of one that’s simply not… --- ## [Why did actors stop using stage names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-actors-stop-using-stage-names/760783)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-actors-stop-using-stage-names/760783 "2016-08-23T05:13:08Z")
Now it’s rare for them to use a stage name. I guess only rappers do that now. I suppose they figure now nobody will care if their name is Jewish,Polish, etc. I always think Eliza Dushku is a classic example of som… --- ## [Black Widow vs Silk Spectre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-widow-vs-silk-spectre/763709)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-widow-vs-silk-spectre/763709 "2016-08-23T04:49:31Z")
The hand-to-hand grandmaster heroines from Avengers and Watchmen, respectfully. Which would win? --- ## [Barney fife vrs Giliugan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barney-fife-vrs-giliugan/763662)
**Author:** [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barney-fife-vrs-giliugan/763662 "2016-08-23T04:42:00Z")
who was sillier? Don knots Barney fife or Gilligan’s played by bob Denver? --- ## [Help settle a massive debate regarding what the best meal of all time is.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-settle-a-massive-debate-regarding-what-the-best-meal-of-all-time-is/763128)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-settle-a-massive-debate-regarding-what-the-best-meal-of-all-time-is/763128 "2016-08-23T03:53:48Z")
Somewhere else on the net, a tournament was held and out of 300 starting foods (foods that have to be reciped foods or made up of other things, it can’t be a single thing by itself. So “Apple pie” is allowed, but “apples… --- ## [Are time travel stories relatively new](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-time-travel-stories-relatively-new/762966)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-time-travel-stories-relatively-new/762966 "2016-08-23T02:54:26Z")
There’s a thread about time travel books. It got me to wondering, is time travel fiction new? We’re there stories in the Middle Ages of time traveling heros? Or in ancient Egypt? --- ## [Superman Funeral Scene: who's in the box?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-funeral-scene-whos-in-the-box/763596)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-funeral-scene-whos-in-the-box/763596 "2016-08-23T02:10:44Z")
“Superman” is buried in Arlington Cemetery, apparently. Clark Kent was buried in the family plot in Smallville. Who/What was in Superman’s casket? --- ## [What does "Sit on it!" mean? (Fonzie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sit-on-it-mean-fonzie/763537)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sit-on-it-mean-fonzie/763537 "2016-08-23T01:28:41Z")
When Fonzie would get pissed at someone he would tell them to “Sit on it!” What does that even mean? --- ## [Should they really make more X-files episodes again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-they-really-make-more-x-files-episodes-again/763549)
**Author:** [@onething](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onething)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-they-really-make-more-x-files-episodes-again/763549 "2016-08-23T01:02:14Z")
Fox is apparently ordering another run. No surprise there after the botched ending we saw in the new run of the series not too long ago. Should they take it further, or leave the truth on hiatus for now? --- ## [Are sea scallops really made from shark/skate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sea-scallops-really-made-from-shark-skate/84561)
**Author:** [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sea-scallops-really-made-from-shark-skate/84561 "2016-08-23T00:57:14Z")
Ok, when I was growing up it was common knowledge that while “bay scallops”, the small kind, were really from shellfish, the larger “sea scallops” were actally made from the flesh of skate, shark, or some other “trash fi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=837) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=839)