h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Depends on their tastes.

The movies of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are my favorites.

If comedy is what's wanted, there's a slew of Mel Brooks classics to consider.

Animation? "Toy Story" and its sequels, as well as the series started by "Shrek," "Ice Age," and 'Madagascar."

If violence and action is key, there are series that I've never seen but keep hearing about: "Die Hard," "Fast and Furious."

Horror? Take your pick among "friday the 13th," "Nightmare on Elm Street," and "saw"

Young adult classics adaptations? "Twilight," Hunger Games, "Divergent." Or, if golden-age Hollywood can be tolerated, there are all the "Andy hardy" movies.

Pastey did you say film box sets or TV series box sets?

For films the obvious choice would be the Blues Brothers, not only because it is a favourite of mine but it always goes down well. Music, comedy, car chases, great star cameos, great quotes. For TV I would go for classic comedy or maybe even old detective series or Dixon of Dock Green, Z cars. Can you get hold of 20-year old episodes of Coronation street?

Silent movies would be great because people can still chat while watching. Can also be accompanied by live music.

Both film and TV. I was thinking of kicking it off with starting with Firefly from lunchtime followed by Serenity in the evening.

I like the idea of silent films!

Does Leeds still have a silent film festival? We saw 'Metropolis' on the big screen there, and they used to have silent films in a gothic church with live music dating from the 1920s played on the church organ, which was very atmospheric…

You didn't want to go for a pub-themed film? 'The World's End' and 'Shaun of the Dead' would work well if you wanted a modern film. Or there's always the traditional drinking game films like 'Withnail and I'.

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If you want an upscale concept, how about a restaurant setting like "My dinner with Andre?"

World's End - the film about the pub - is really fitting. Talking of the World Ending, there is of course quite a long scene in a pub in the Hitchhiker's film, too. You know, where the barman asks if they should be putting paper bags over their heads and hiding under the table.

As the world population grows, so does the genre of end-of-world stories.

It seems to me the real question is, what kinds of films do your patrons like?

Do they prefer action, romance, old classics, scifi?

That's the beauty of it, at the moment we don't have any patrons. So we've got the opportunity to chose how this goes.

Although we could chose some weird/wonderful stuff and no-one might turn up. There's already a few film nights dotted about the city, but generally they're very obscure films, or far too pretentious for normal people.
I guess I'm looking for films like I do my beers, good quality ones that you can sit and enjoy, rather than whittering on about some bizarre concept or other than the maker was aiming for

That sounds like a good plan. After all, you want customers.

I don't have any films to recommend because I have no idea what normal people in the UK watch, not being either normal or from the UK. with it!

Our customers so far are definitely not normal!

Okay, some of them are very normal. Others make up for them

How about movies that feature pubs?

Not sure I want to give them ideas to go visit a pub instead of the brewery

Well, there's "Strange Brew."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086373/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

I'll come up with some more as I think of them.....

We watched Inside Out this evening.

I'm not going to attempt to describe it. Just, everybody should see it.

Mol

How about this Buster Keaton film?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1R5D2WFAfQ

PP.

So on the one hand you want something broadly pleasing to attract as many customers as possible, but on the other hand, you can control who comes by your choice of film.

How about drawing up a short list and asking your best customers which they would prefer.

This should now move to another thread.

That sounds like a good plan.

Just don't ever show the 1930s "Robin Hood" to ladies at a retirement home .

As if ladies from a retirement home would go for an outing to a brewery!

You'd be surprised!

But I showed "Robin Hood" to them where they lived, a big mistake . I got chewed out .

As I aid earlier, if I think of more brewery-related films, I'll mention them here, if anyone is still on this thread. [My mind is as fast as a turtle these days ]