# Silly, weird, perhaps unanswerable questions about movies and TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401 "2013-03-31T03:09:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/421 "2024-05-03T00:35:20Z")
Yes, if you bring enough to share. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/422 "2024-05-03T04:05:28Z")
Some sort of spinach dish? “To all employees bring drugs into the workplace- did you bring enough to share?” 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/423 "2024-05-03T19:19:47Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Some sort of spinach dish? It’s a savory pastry from the Balkans - filo dough stuffed with spinach and cheese. Traditionally, feta cheese is used, but I prefer it with a softer, less salty goat’s cheese like manouri. It’s delicious, and easy to make (unless you insist on making your own filo, in which case you’re on your own). It looks something like this: [![](https://kobiedri.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_0015-12-1024x683.jpg) ](https://kobiedri.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_0015-12-1024x683.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/424 "2024-05-03T19:59:40Z")
Did Popeye ever get treatment for his olecranon bursitis? > **[Olecranon bursitis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olecranon_bursitis)** > > Olecranon bursitis is a condition characterized by swelling, redness, and pain at the tip of the elbow. If the underlying cause is due to an infection, fever may be present. The condition is relatively common and is one of the most frequent types of bursitis. > It usually occurs as a result of trauma or pressure to the elbow, infection, or certain medical conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis or gout. Olecranon bursitis is associated with certain types of work including plumbing, mining, gardeni... ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/425 "2024-05-04T01:35:28Z")
There’s a Mediterranean place around here that makes an amazing spanakopita, except theirs are individual-serving-size pastries. I think they’re Turkish, though, so it might be regional variation. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/426 "2024-05-04T17:25:18Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > There’s a Mediterranean place around here that makes an amazing spanakopita, except theirs are individual-serving-size pastries. They’re in every Greek restaurant I’ve ever been to, in one form or other. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/427 "2024-10-19T23:55:56Z")
“Silly, weird, perhaps unanswerable questions about movies and TV”; and now I’ll add video games: In the original _Half-Life_, the saga of the Black Mesa Incident takes place over multiple days; is there any point in the game flow where Gordon Freeman plausibly found a safe place to lay down for at least a few hours sleep? (I don’t think his getting knocked out counts). ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/428 "2024-10-20T02:29:44Z")
Iirc the first Half Life game takes place in under 2 days, since Gordon only sees one night at Black Mesa and Opposing Force confirms from Marine insertion to the destruction of Black Mesa was just a single day ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/429 "2024-10-20T21:21:57Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Spoken by someone who’s probably never eaten a proper spanakopita. But you start with fresh spinach. Canned spinach is slimy ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/430 "2024-10-20T21:59:56Z")
In the original _Star Wars_, after escaping from the DEATH STAR, Leia figures out that the evil Galactic Empire is tracking them. So why the hell does she tell Han to fly the Millenium Falcon to the rebels’ secret base? She should contact them by radio (or whatever they use), they’d send a transport to meet her on some neutral planet, and take her to the base from there. It kinda leaves Han hung out to dry with a tracker still on the Falcon, but he’s screwed in any case. I know what you’re thinking; Leia wanted to lead Vader to her base so they could attack the DEATH STAR and destroy it. That’s very short-sighted. She doesn’t yet know if the schematics stored on R2-D2 will reveal a vulnerability on the DEATH STAR. Plus, X-wing’s have hyperdrive (how else could Luke get to Hoth), so the rebels can attack anywhere; they don’t need to lure the Empire to Yavin. They could have kept their original base secret, wouldn’t have had to move to Hoth and waste all that money on parkas and tauntaun chow. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/431 "2024-10-20T22:45:21Z")
I figured that once the hyperspace coordinates are laid in and the jump made, the destination of the jump was relayed by the tracker. Although that just bumps the question to why would they jump directly to the Yavin system instead of to an intermediate point, make sure they’d shook off any pursuit and then proceeded on. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/432 "2024-10-20T23:55:04Z")
Did Leia know that they were being tracked, though? I thought she only figured that out once the Death Star showed up at Yavin. I mean, you can argue that she should have known, or at least suspected, but I don’t think she did. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/433 "2024-10-21T00:35:46Z")
No, right after they destroy the TIE fighters, they have this conversation. Leia: They let us go. It’s the only explanation for the ease of our escape. Han: Easy? You call that easy? Leia: They’re tracking us. Han: Not this ship, sister! But of course, Leia was right. They were. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/434 "2024-10-21T03:46:33Z")
We were watching an episode of “Castle,” tonight and Rick references that sequence during a police stakeout that’s going too smoothly. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/435 "2024-10-21T03:52:25Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > A tribe of cannibals has captured the hero and is preparing to cook him alive in a giant metal stewpot. Where did they get the stewpot? It was probably flown in by witches via broom. I mean, they use the same style of giant black cooking pot, it makes sense there’s a connection. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/436 "2024-10-21T05:22:54Z")
I sometimes rewrite the ending to Green Mile so that John Coffey is able to give the dad of the murdered twins his handshake video replay of Wild Bill doing the deed. The warden and his wife should have arranged it somehow. That the warden could stand there and watch him get executed after he saved his wife was bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/437 "2024-10-21T09:59:10Z")
A missionary is about to be thrown in a cauldron by a pack of cannibals. “You can’t boil me!” he cries. “I’m a friar!” ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/438 "2024-10-21T19:04:33Z")
The idea that Tom Hanks’ character is being punished to live until he’s 200 is ridiculous. There’s not a single thing he could have done to help John Coffey. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/439 "2024-10-22T02:06:41Z")
I thought his long life was attributed to the magical crotch grab, and Hank’s considered it punishment. He and the mouse lived extra long lives. What about the warden’s wife? She got a big dose of magic. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/440 "2024-10-22T18:29:45Z")
You’re not wrong, but we see at least one of his S. O.'s die how many others is he going to have to watch die? I call it punishment too, [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401.md?page=23)