# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=943 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 944 --- ## [Substituting ingredients: What works, what doesn’t](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substituting-ingredients-what-works-what-doesn-t/740071)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substituting-ingredients-what-works-what-doesn-t/740071 "2015-12-18T00:54:03Z")
Recently I tried my wife’s recipe for cheese cake, which suggests that plain yogurt can be substituted for half the amount of cream. Yogurt being a lot cheaper than cream in these parts, I gave it a try and was pleased … --- ## [What to watch before I die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-watch-before-i-die/740425)
**Author:** [@Leonard33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard33)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-watch-before-i-die/740425 "2015-12-17T23:37:38Z")
I am in need of a good movie. I personally haven’t really watched any good movies (According to my friends), so I am here to hear what you guys would recommend me watching. (I’m not a big fan of horror films) Thanks guys… --- ## [Need help identifying space movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-space-movie/740732)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-space-movie/740732 "2015-12-17T22:47:55Z")
I can’t recall the name or enough info to google. What I do remember… The movie takes place in a space ship. The astronauts awaken from suspended animation not knowing where they are. They awaken at different times. Th… --- ## [Independence Day: Resurgence trailer is out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-resurgence-trailer-is-out/740428)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-resurgence-trailer-is-out/740428 "2015-12-17T22:32:14Z")
And I hadn’t a clue they were filming a new movie. I moderately like the original, though I know it’s kind of hokey and full of plot holes. At any rate: Here’s the new trailer. I may see it in the theater, depending … --- ## [Gros Michel banana vs Cavendish bananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gros-michel-banana-vs-cavendish-bananas/728727)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gros-michel-banana-vs-cavendish-bananas/728727 "2015-12-17T22:00:25Z")
I was wondering if anyone ever had the Gros Michel cultivar. My understanding is until the 1950s it was the main type of banana. When it became a victim of a fungus disease it was replaced by the Cavendish variety. I wa… --- ## [Something odd about the awards scene in Star Wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-odd-about-the-awards-scene-in-star-wars/740479)
**Author:** [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-odd-about-the-awards-scene-in-star-wars/740479 "2015-12-17T21:58:49Z")
No, not that Chewie didn’t get a medal. There are a shitload of fighter pilots in the crowd. Uh, didn’t every pilot except Luke, Wedge, and whoever was in the only Y Wing left sort of get sploded during the battle? Wher… --- ## [Less than pretty faces on television: US vs UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-than-pretty-faces-on-television-us-vs-uk/740695)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-than-pretty-faces-on-television-us-vs-uk/740695 "2015-12-17T21:50:34Z")
It seems British television is much more likely to feature people and characters on television shows that do not meet the conventional notions of what’s commonly considered ‘attractive.’ Take for instance a show like ‘Do… --- ## [Should I Go Back to Watching "The Good Wife"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-back-to-watching-the-good-wife/740434)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-back-to-watching-the-good-wife/740434 "2015-12-17T20:42:36Z")
I watched it faithfully for the first few seasons. Last season it seemed to be ebbing from its high point. I watched a couple three of the episodes for the current season, and haven’t been able to muster up the interes… --- ## [Strangest or grossest thing you've seen online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-or-grossest-thing-youve-seen-online/734443)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-or-grossest-thing-youve-seen-online/734443 "2015-12-17T20:40:58Z")
I know there are other threads about this topic, but I can’t find them so I’m going to start my own. You Tube has literally thousands of videos of people draining abscesses and sebaceous cysts; some are done by physicia… --- ## [Epiphany while watching "Turn" ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epiphany-while-watching-turn/739984)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epiphany-while-watching-turn/739984 "2015-12-17T20:20:13Z")
I was watching the revolutionary war spy series “Turn” when suddenly the thought struck me: that the psychopathic villain of the series, the murderer and creepy stalker of the leading lady, was … actually intended to be … --- ## [Thoughts on the 1927 movie Metropolis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-1927-movie-metropolis/740368)
**Author:** [@Futurist110](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futurist110)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-1927-movie-metropolis/740368 "2015-12-17T19:47:24Z")
Did anyone here see the 1927 movie Metropolis? If so, what exactly did you think of it? :slight\_smile: --- ## [The Big Bang Theory: Season 9, Episode 10 (December 10, 2015) -- "The Earworm Reverberation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-10-december-10-2015-the-earworm-reverberation/740079)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-10-december-10-2015-the-earworm-reverberation/740079 "2015-12-17T18:45:03Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## ["Men are getting weaker" and 60s entertainment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-are-getting-weaker-and-60s-entertainment/740333)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-are-getting-weaker-and-60s-entertainment/740333 "2015-12-17T16:12:29Z")
I watch a lot of TV shows and movies from the 60s (born in 1975). One thing I’ve noticed (most notably in “It’s a Mad World” and a couple of “Dick Van Dyke” episodes) is plots that mention the idea American men have bec… --- ## [Not knowing whether the 'good guys' will prevail - prefer or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-knowing-whether-the-good-guys-will-prevail-prefer-or-not/740456)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-knowing-whether-the-good-guys-will-prevail-prefer-or-not/740456 "2015-12-17T16:01:18Z")
As a book reader or movie viewer, do you think it’s better to know in advance that the “good guys” will prevail over the villains, or genuinely not find out until the end? (I don’t mean spoilers. I mean making the audie… --- ## [Which grown-up characters had something that seemed unacceptably childish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-grown-up-characters-had-something-that-seemed-unacceptably-childish/740307)
**Author:** [@oara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oara)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-grown-up-characters-had-something-that-seemed-unacceptably-childish/740307 "2015-12-17T15:07:55Z")
Shirley Feeney had Boo-Boo Kitty, and I couldn’t buy the idea that a grown-up would have that awful thing. Cliff Huxtable had pajamas very similar to those that my mother had bought for me, but he was a grown man and pa… --- ## [A G rated horror movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-g-rated-horror-movie/740452)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-g-rated-horror-movie/740452 "2015-12-17T14:54:25Z")
Do you think it is possible to make one? Or at least a scary PG rated movie? And how would you make one? I think I have the idea for a possibly scary horror movie that could be rated PG or even G-you be the judge! Plea… --- ## [Whose dick have you seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-dick-have-you-seen/739580)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-dick-have-you-seen/739580 "2015-12-17T14:43:38Z")
Because my family is strange, we were discussing dicks on actors we have seen. I mention that the first dick I ever saw in the movies was Robert Logggia’s in An Officer and a Gentleman. I walk down the stairs click on th… --- ## [How Great a Writer was JRR Tolkien?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-a-writer-was-jrr-tolkien/740597)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-a-writer-was-jrr-tolkien/740597 "2015-12-17T12:22:22Z")
Back in the 1980’s the only people who’ve read LOTR were English majors for their comp lit assignments, and a handful of fantasy buffs (just a small handful.) Paperbacks of his works were very rare, and among the current… --- ## [Star Trek : Beyond - Trailer is here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-beyond-trailer-is-here/740432)
**Author:** [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-beyond-trailer-is-here/740432 "2015-12-17T07:31:28Z")
Looks fun - personally - can’t wait - you bashers can have fun with it all you want. “well, that’s typical” --- ## [How good wiil the new Star Wars movie be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-wiil-the-new-star-wars-movie-be/740408)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-wiil-the-new-star-wars-movie-be/740408 "2015-12-17T04:43:16Z")
What do you all anticipate? Did they learn their lesson from episode I? --- ## [Ethiopian food - suggestions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopian-food-suggestions/740522)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopian-food-suggestions/740522 "2015-12-17T03:37:49Z")
I’m getting an AirBNB a couple blocks away from little Ethiopia in LA over the holidays. I’m sure I’ll explore a little. Just want to know what food is accessible to a typical midwestern american couple. I like flavor… --- ## [Help with a band's name.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-bands-name/740372)
**Author:** [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-bands-name/740372 "2015-12-17T00:08:34Z")
I remember seeing (on TV) this indie-pop-folk band. There were lots of people (two keyboards, violin, some brass, etc). Men and women. The main singer had a Hippie Jesus vibe. Any idea of what band I’m talking about? … --- ## [Star Wars prequels. Would the have been better if Episode I was replaced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-prequels-would-the-have-been-better-if-episode-i-was-replaced/740531)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-prequels-would-the-have-been-better-if-episode-i-was-replaced/740531 "2015-12-17T00:08:18Z")
I’m sure a thread like this has been done before, but with the new movie coming out I thought I’d try this idea out again. Would the prequels have been better if The Phantom Menace hadn’t been made? Attack of the Clones… --- ## [Who was Buffy's Best "Big Bad"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-buffys-best-big-bad/740376)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-buffys-best-big-bad/740376 "2015-12-16T23:32:31Z")
The question should really be “Who’s the second-best Buffy Big-Bad, since all good and righteous people know that Glory is the correct answer” :wink: :stuck\_out\_tongue: One note: It’s not “What’s the best season?” (I mi… --- ## [Who here is stoked about The Expanse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-is-stoked-about-the-expanse/725622)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-is-stoked-about-the-expanse/725622 "2015-12-16T20:36:57Z")
Reason to be stoked : a. The original authors are involved heavily in the script writing and production b. The SyFy network says they are spending more money than on anything else they have ever done c. It’s suppos… --- ## [Bad movie: great soundtrack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885 "2015-12-16T19:41:18Z")
So what was the worst movie with the best soundtrack. You can choose a truly horrible movie with a decent soundtrack. You can choose a mostly bad movie with a fantastic soundtrack. Even better, find a horrible movie with… --- ## [Help With an old "Outer Limits" Episode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-an-old-outer-limits-episode/740609)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-an-old-outer-limits-episode/740609 "2015-12-16T19:27:38Z")
I cannot recall the name of this one, hopefully somebody remembers it. basically, it relates to a weird old house that a young couple stops at-inside the house, time has stopped-the woman was about to be married, and an… --- ## [Movie Polls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-polls/740449)
**Author:** [@Leonard33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard33)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-polls/740449 "2015-12-16T17:56:06Z")
I have a project due for my project. I have chosen to do one on movies(motivated by a recent post). I ask 3 questions. Which genre is your favorite, what is your gender. (You don’t have to answer this one), and how many… --- ## [Movies/Shows you watched in school.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-watched-in-school/740046)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-watched-in-school/740046 "2015-12-16T06:44:54Z")
So, what movies or TV shows (in any format) did you watch in school? School being anything from elementary all the way to college. These are what I can remember, so probably missing some. The one’s I can’t remember the t… --- ## [Charming Psychopath Protagonists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charming-psychopath-protagonists/740270)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charming-psychopath-protagonists/740270 "2015-12-16T04:52:37Z")
A lot of my favorite shows have protagonists who are charming/entertaining psychopaths. Greg House, Thomas Durant, Cumberbatch’s Holmes, etc. I’m sure there’s a long, rich tradition of these, but who were the earliest? I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=942) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=944)