# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=902 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 903 --- ## [Hotel (TV series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-tv-series/680485)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-tv-series/680485 "2016-03-14T23:17:24Z")
I really enjoyed the “Hotel” TV series back in the 1980s. I recently found Season 1’s DVDs, and have been re-enjoying the show. Has anybody else, and are there plans to put subsequent seasons on DVD? --- ## [Game of Thrones 2.05 "The Ghost of Harrenhal" No Book Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-2-05-the-ghost-of-harrenhal-no-book-spoilers/620338)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-2-05-the-ghost-of-harrenhal-no-book-spoilers/620338 "2016-03-14T20:54:44Z")
Episode 1: The North Remembers Episode 2: The Night Lands Episode 3: What is Dead May Never Die Episode 4: “Garden of Bones” This is the thread for people who want to discuss the show without outside information that… --- ## [Going Clear, Alex Gibney's new documentary about Scientology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-clear-alex-gibneys-new-documentary-about-scientology/716259)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 328\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-clear-alex-gibneys-new-documentary-about-scientology/716259 "2016-03-14T19:39:42Z")
I’m so excited for this! Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief is a documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, based on Lawrence Wright’s book of the same name. It’s been playing in a few theaters fo… --- ## [What Foods Does Your SO Not Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-does-your-so-not-like/748655)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-does-your-so-not-like/748655 "2016-03-14T17:38:52Z")
We’ve done personal preferences before…now let’s see how well you know your SO. Ivylad can’t eat citrus. The vitamin C makes him break out in cold sores. He doesn’t care for tomatoes, but will eat them chopped up on a… --- ## [Anna Kendrick in seven movies this year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423 "2016-03-14T13:16:21Z")
Ever notice how an actor can become popular and suddenly they’re appearing everywhere? I was trying to remember the name of an upcoming movie I had seen a trailer for. I remembered it had Anna Kendrick in it. So I check… --- ## [Name a country and recommend a movie from there.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-country-and-recommend-a-movie-from-there/748605)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-country-and-recommend-a-movie-from-there/748605 "2016-03-14T11:17:55Z")
Or do a few countries, but limit yourself to one movie from each country. Basically just recommend a movie from there you love dearly and want others to see. Japan - Paprika. I know, a animated movie. But, they have a w… --- ## [Help me identify this reality tv game show that is like The Amazing Race.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-reality-tv-game-show-that-is-like-the-amazing-race/748940)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-reality-tv-game-show-that-is-like-the-amazing-race/748940 "2016-03-14T08:47:10Z")
It’s not Treasure Hunters or that one that has “Expedition” in the title either… …this is a reality show that came out sometime in the last five or six years, I think. It involves: Teams that have to do tasks each rou… --- ## [I made a meat casserole. What's your latest experiment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-meat-casserole-whats-your-latest-experiment/748951)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-meat-casserole-whats-your-latest-experiment/748951 "2016-03-14T05:41:41Z")
I had a bunch of thin cut pork chops plus chicken thighs and was too lazy to figure out what separate dishes to make with them so I put them together. In a dutch oven, I put the thighs on the bottom, a layer of portobel… --- ## [What do you think would be a cool band name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899)
**Author:** [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899 "2016-03-14T04:10:42Z")
I was talking to Spoz earlier today about hot and sour soup, and happened to mention that despite having had it hundreds of times over the years, I could only reliably identify a few ingredients: carrots, black fungus, a… --- ## [The Most Redone T.V. Show.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-redone-t-v-show/747613)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-redone-t-v-show/747613 "2016-03-14T04:03:23Z")
I just have to wonder, what is the most redone (perhaps even overdone) TV show? In other words, a show that has been done again and again and again, to receive that title? I at least think it might be the Twilight Zone.… --- ## [Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey cast for The Dark Tower movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idris-elba-and-matthew-mcconaughey-cast-for-the-dark-tower-movie/747683)
**Author:** [@inedible\_knapsack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inedible_knapsack)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idris-elba-and-matthew-mcconaughey-cast-for-the-dark-tower-movie/747683 "2016-03-14T02:20:21Z")
Finally the primary roles are cast and production is set to begin! Supposedly the movie will be released January 2017, but that seems aggressive. I love Elba as Roland and McConaughey as Walter. I’m excited to see what … --- ## [Is there an app that alerts when a movie is streaming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-that-alerts-when-a-movie-is-streaming/748858)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-that-alerts-when-a-movie-is-streaming/748858 "2016-03-14T00:59:42Z")
I get all my video content now from Netflix, Hulu, Crackle, Yahoo Screen, and other apps available on my Apple TV. But if I am looking for a particular movie to watch, I have to open each one and search. Is there an ap… --- ## [I'm a whisk(e)y novice...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-whisk-e-y-novice/748712)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-whisk-e-y-novice/748712 "2016-03-13T18:29:46Z")
I’ve been thinking recently how it’d be good to have a small stash of barter goods on hand in the event of an extended lawless situation (colloquially known as the SHTF situation), be it weather related, solar flare, soc… --- ## [Bread making question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-making-question/747848)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-making-question/747848 "2016-03-13T15:42:35Z")
So I am trying to teach myself to make French baguette type bread, soft inside, with a crust on the outside. Found a recipe I liked the look of, gave it a try, but I screwed it up somehow and it failed. Took another try… --- ## [Examples of this movie plot device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-this-movie-plot-device/748837)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-this-movie-plot-device/748837 "2016-03-13T13:56:58Z")
Hi SD, I’m wondering what the origin is of the plot device where the protagonist has to fix everything just in time so that other powerful characters (e.g. parents, teachers, bosses) don’t find anything amiss? I am sur… --- ## [The Most Retired Man in The World.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-retired-man-in-the-world/748506)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-retired-man-in-the-world/748506 "2016-03-13T12:38:47Z")
Dos Equis ends ad campaign. It’s been running since 2006. He will get a final send-off, a one way trip to Mars. --- ## [Ok help me out here. 70's vs. music of the last 10 years.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-help-me-out-here-70s-vs-music-of-the-last-10-years/748278)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-help-me-out-here-70s-vs-music-of-the-last-10-years/748278 "2016-03-13T09:17:31Z")
I’m going to grab mostly randomly seven songs of the 70’s that I think are high quality, and i’d like for people to post seven songs of the last ten years they think are better or as good. And I mean this in seriousness,… --- ## [More famous George Martin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-famous-george-martin/748515)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-famous-george-martin/748515 "2016-03-13T08:49:42Z")
As you probably know by now, Beatles producer George Martin passed away this week…but I’ve noticed a lot of internet posts by people who assumed the writer George R.R. Martin (of “Game of Thrones” fame) passed away. So … --- ## [RIP, Keith Emerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-emerson/748683)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-emerson/748683 "2016-03-13T05:17:27Z")
I just saw the news on the ELP Facebook page. What an amazing keyboard player he was. I’ll be spending the rest of workday listening to ELP. I only got to see him in concert once, as part of the short lived Emerson, Lak… --- ## [The Piano in the Street meme.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piano-in-the-street-meme/748608)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piano-in-the-street-meme/748608 "2016-03-13T00:52:41Z")
It seems like every WWII movie has an instance where there is an upright piano abandoned in the street.\* Fury\* and Saving Private Ryan both had them, for instance. Was this an actual thing? Was Europe littered with aban… --- ## [What song(s) do you think would have been popular at any time since the 1950s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-do-you-think-would-have-been-popular-at-any-time-since-the-1950s/748633)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-do-you-think-would-have-been-popular-at-any-time-since-the-1950s/748633 "2016-03-12T22:24:50Z")
Some, probably most, songs are of their time - I can’t imagine Styx’s Mr. Roboto being popular if it were newly released in, say, 1998, for example - but I do think that some songs would have been popular no matter in wh… --- ## [Great B-sides/unreleased tracks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-b-sides-unreleased-tracks/748738)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-b-sides-unreleased-tracks/748738 "2016-03-12T14:41:32Z")
Kate Bush-“Under the Ivy” Peter Gabriel-“Curtains” --- ## [Rush have decided not to tour any more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-have-decided-not-to-tour-any-more/748483)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-have-decided-not-to-tour-any-more/748483 "2016-03-12T13:05:54Z")
This really doesn’t surprise me. They’re all in their 60s, and Alex Lifeson has serious health issues. The band is not breaking up, and they may do occasional shows if the stars are aligned :p. --- ## [What's the most underated Sci-Fi movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-underated-sci-fi-movie/747782)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-underated-sci-fi-movie/747782 "2016-03-12T05:25:30Z")
I know this must have been discussed before, but maybe an update. Not an update for a film in my case, but I’m watching the original The Planets of the Apes (1968-9?), which I haven’t seen in decades. There was a lot b… --- ## [What did you think of the film Heavenly Creatures then?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-of-the-film-heavenly-creatures-then/748594)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-of-the-film-heavenly-creatures-then/748594 "2016-03-12T04:03:17Z")
It’s a Great film with Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey in it. Well you have to watch it a few times because it’s quite confusing so what did you think of this film then? --- ## ["If someone disliked \_\_\_\_\_\_ (or thought it was crappy/boring/etc) then their opinion is wrong"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-disliked-______-or-thought-it-was-crappy-boring-etc-then-their-opinion-is-wrong/747866)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-disliked-______-or-thought-it-was-crappy-boring-etc-then-their-opinion-is-wrong/747866 "2016-03-12T03:52:07Z")
We all have them. Certain movies where you have to go “I’m sorry, I’m sorry…but if you really thought this was a boring/stupid/crappy movie, your opinion is wrong.” Also see: “I know opinions can’t be wrong, but yours i… --- ## [I Have Duck Legs. Now What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-duck-legs-now-what/748603)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-duck-legs-now-what/748603 "2016-03-12T03:26:01Z")
Some savvy (maybe) bartering resulted in my acquisition of some duck legs. Now what the heck do I do with them? I thought maybe slow cooker duck legs. Or baked duck legs. Duck leg tacos? Any ideas? Please note that… --- ## [Keith Emerson has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-emerson-has-died/748711)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-emerson-has-died/748711 "2016-03-12T02:35:18Z")
I searched and didn’t find any other threads on this. Keith Emerson, the co-founder and keyboardist of progressive rock group Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has died aged 71. I loved their stuff, and especially their eponym… --- ## [Slow cooker recipes for thick boneless pork chops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-cooker-recipes-for-thick-boneless-pork-chops/748663)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-cooker-recipes-for-thick-boneless-pork-chops/748663 "2016-03-12T02:11:28Z")
Title kind of says it all: any slow cooker recipes you particular like for thick boneless chops? Also, I live alone (except with a dog) so I usually just cook one (sometimes 2 if they’re smaller). Was interested if the… --- ## [Can you make decent enchiladas from corn tortillas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-decent-enchiladas-from-corn-tortillas/745416)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-decent-enchiladas-from-corn-tortillas/745416 "2016-03-12T01:35:48Z")
My experience says no. The damn things are just too brittle to roll up without splitting, if not immediately then within 2 or 3 minutes of sitting there in the pan, all stuffed with goodies. I’ve tried warming them up … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=901) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=903)