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In the ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the fact of a police force bent on stopping them. But they underestimate one officer. Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson). And when the bikers brutalize Max's best friend and family, they send him into a mad frenzy that leaves him with only one thing left in the world to live for--revenge!

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In action movie annals, few compare with this full-throttle epic of speed and carnage that rockets you into a dreamlike landscape where the post-nuclear future meets the mythological past. More simply, it's also one of the most mind-blowing stunt movies every made. Under the direction of George Miller (Babe, Happy Feet), Mel Gibson first made his mark on movie history as heroic loner Max, who drives the roads of outback Australia in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defenders of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by The Humungus. With The Road Warrior on your side, screen action doesn't get any better.

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Two men enter. One man leaves. That's the law in Bartertown's Thunderdome arena. But lawmaker Aunty Entity will soon add another: Don't get Max mad!
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome stars Mel Gibson (Lethal Weapon, Maverick) for his third go-round as the title hero who takes on the barbarians of the post-nuclear future--and this time becomes the savior of a tribe of lost children. Music superstar Tina Turner steals what's left of the screen as Aunty Entity, a power-mad dominatrix determined to use Max to tighten her stranglehold on Bartertown.
Directors George Miller and George Ogilvie deliver another rousing final apocalypse-on-wheels and one of the best movie fight scenes ever, as Max and the gladiatorial Blaster face off with maces, chainsaws and anything not nailed down inside Thunderdome. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: watch and you'll agree with the soundtrack song that "We Don't Need Another Hero."

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“Mad Max: Fury Road”–the fourth in the franchise’s history–stars Tom Hardy (“The Dark Knight Rises”) in the title role of Max Rockatansky, alongside Oscar(R) winner Charlize Theron (“Monster”, “Prometheus”) as Imperator Furiosa.

According to Miller, “Mad Max is caught up with a group of people fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by the Imperator Furiosa. This movie is an account of the Road War which follows. It is based on the Word Burgers of the History Men and eyewitness accounts of those who survived.”

Tom Hardy posted:

Speaking of changing your look, have you grown out this beard for a role?
Yeah, that’s for Mad Max; that’s in preparation for that.

Tom Hardy posted:

"It was going to be a year of filming, then six months, and now we’re supposed to be doing it in six days. It's a musical - we’re going to be going around shopping centres in a little wagon and singing songs. People were expecting big, but we're going to give them small. It'll be a live, free-running musical and it's coming to a place near you soon."

Charlize Theron posted:

What is it he’s asking of you? Is it something you’ve never done?
"No, it’s a really challenging piece of material. I think for me originally when they were like, ‘Oh, ‘Mad Max.’’ I was like, ‘Uh, I’m not going to play the loving girl for ‘Mad Max.’’ Then I read it and I was like, ‘Oh, ‘Mad Max.’ I feel sorry for you.’ (Laughs) That rarely happens. It’s just really, it’s two great characters. It’s not the original ‘Mad Max.’ It’s the revamped ‘Mad Max.’ It’s Tom Hardy, who’s incredible. So, the whole thing is just exciting, very, very exciting."

Mad Max References posted:

* James Wan and Leigh Whannell credit the film's final scene, in which Johnny is given the option of cutting off his own foot to escape, for inspiring the entire Saw series.

* The music video for the 2001 single Addicted to Bass by Puretone was heavily inspired by the opening chase sequence in Mad Max featuring a Pursuit Special.

* Fist of the North Star can be easily linked to the universe of Mad Max, from the looks of the characters, vehicles, setting and episodic scenarios.

* In the comic Watchmen, Rorschach handcuffs a child killer to a stove in a burning building and provides him with a hacksaw to free himself (either by cutting the chain or his own ankle). He uses very similar language to describe the killer's predicament as Max does with Johnny the Boy at the end of the movie.

* The video game Borderlands features a beast creature known as the Skag, possibly inspired by the slang term in Mad Max.

* Road Avenger lifts the film's entire premise for its plot.

* The popular video game series Rockman X (Mega Man X outside Japan) features a character known as VAVA (or Vile), with the name and personality inspired by Bubba from Mad Max.

* Buronson the writer of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) the Japanese manga comic and animation revealed that the main character "Kenshiro" and much of the premise for the story was inspired as an amalgamation of Mad Max and Bruce Lee.


* In The Crow sequel City of Angels a scene plays out between the protagonist and character Spider Monkey which mirrors the dialogue and motivation found in the scene between Max and the Mechanic.

* The film its self can be considered a product of earlier renegade exploitation road movies with similar themes of weaponised automobiles, bike gang culture and the breakdown of civilization, such as Stone (1974 film), The Cars That Ate Paris and Wake in Fright

* Pop singer Ke$ha noted that the vibe of her Get $leazy Tour was "very heavily influenced" by the Mad Max series. Several of the costumes she and her friends wear throughout the show are very reminiscent of characters throughout the Mad Max franchise. Note: this influence appears to have been carried over into her "Die Young" music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOubzHCUt48

* The 2009 video game Fuel features a post-apocaliptic scenery partly similar to the films.

Mad Max 2 references posted:

* Filmmakers Guillermo Del Toro, David Fincher, and Robert Rodríguez have cited Mad Max 2 as one of their favorite movies. James Cameron also credits the movie, along with Star Wars, for having a major influence on him.

* In the The Boondocks episode "The Fried Chicken Flu", the final chase scene includes multiple references to the Mad Max films. When the Woodcrest Fried Chicken Flu Militia shows up to take the food and water that Huey has stashed away in his house, one of the militia members is dressed like Lord Humungus with face mask and bare-chested leather straps. As the Freeman family escapes the house with their food and water tied on top their car, Aunty Entity's hairstyle and large earrings (from Thunderdome) are worn by the Woodcrest Militia leader as she orders her gang to get on a schoolbus to give chase.

* In the 1985 comedy film Weird Science, Vernon Wells plays "Lord General," a mutant biker reminiscent of his role as "Wez" in Mad Max 2.

* In the 2001 television series Power Rangers Time Force, Vernon Wells played the main antagonist Ransik and was involved in a Mad Max parody in one of the episodes.

* The final episode of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is a parody of The Road Warrior.

* English pop star Gary Numan's image for his 1983 Warriors album, singles, and live tour (consisting of a black leather costume with weapon accessories, set against a post-apocalyptic backdrop) was influenced by Mad Max 2.


* English pop group Duran Duran based the music videos for their singles "Union of the Snake" (1983) and "The Wild Boys" (1984) on Mad Max 2.

* In the Fallout series, many references are made to the film, including armor heavily inspired by Mad Max's leather suit and an advertisement with the player character donning the armor along with a dog at his side. Also, in the first three Fallout games, an Australian Cattle Dog appears, acting as a companion for the player.


* "Two Tribes" (1984), the second single by English dance-pop group Frankie Goes to Hollywood, was influenced by Mad Max 2. The song's lyric "When two tribes go to war" is derived from a line from the film's opening narration, "...two mighty warrior tribes went to war."

* "Bad Life", the opening track of English post-punk group Public Image Ltd's album This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get (1984), contains several lyrics which refer to Mad Max 2, namely "Now this machine is on the move/Now looking out for number one/The open road/I'm getting gasoline." The lyrics also mention The Humungus. On PiL's prototype version of the This is What You Want... album, Commercial Zone (1983), "Bad Life" is entitled "Mad Max."

* Italian metalpunk band Children of Technology are very influenced by this film within their lyrical themes.

* The Italian movie 1990: The Bronx Warriors and its sequel Escape from the Bronx have been inspired by this film.

* The game Borderlands was heavily influenced by the art direction and setting of Mad Max 2. Many references are made to elements of the Mad Max universe, including a boss named Mad Mel who looks like Lord Humungous.

* A federal lawsuit, deciding a major loss for feminist equality was decided by a woman queefing the Road Warrior, an enraged Wez and Lord Humungus, in "Eat, Pray, Queef", an episode in the thirteenth season of South Park. The film is also parodied in the episode "Proper Condom Use" in the fifth series. Additionally, Stan Marsh has a Road Warrior poster in his room.

* In the Cheers episode "Never Love a Goalie: Part 1," Dr Frasier Crane is jailed after getting involved in a fight at a hockey game. Upon returning to Cheers, Frasier says, "I've just spent the last six hours in a holding cell with the cast of The Road Warrior," to which Woody Boyd says, "Wow, Dr. Crane! Did you get Mel Gibson's autograph??"

* In The Simpsons episode "Bart vs. Australia", the enraged Australian crowd chasing the Simpsons includes some Mad Max 2-style bikers.

* Another episode of The Simpsons, "Lemon of Troy", makes a reference to Mad Max 2 in the car compound scenes. The Springfielders watch their impounded van through binoculars from their vantage point, while the children from Shelbyville ride their bikes in circles around the compound - parodying the scene in Mad Max 2 in which Max and the Gyro Captain observe the bikers circling the oil refinery.

* WWE Superstar Chris Jericho frequently referred to himself as the "Ayatollah of Rock-n-rolla" during the 2000s. This is a direct reference to one of nicknames Toadie gives The Humungus in the film.

* In the 1986 Clint Eastwood film Heartbreak Ridge, Mario van Peebles' character of "Stitch Jones" refers to himself as the "Ayatollah of Rock-n-rolla".

* In the ReBoot animated TV series, episode 17 is titled Bad Bob and is clearly based on the Mad Max universe, taking place in a desert where the heroes and villains fight while driving tuned cars and motorcycles. At the end of the episode, there is a car chase with Bob driving a semi truck (which Megabyte "rebooted" into, and containing the energy that Megabyte attempted to steal) similar to the truck in Mad Max 2.

* On April 18, 2005, in San Antonio, Texas, 29 people organized a re-enactment of the tanker chase scene from The Road Warrior as they were travelling from Boerne to San Antonio to attend a movie marathon. Several motorists reported to police a "militia" armed with machine guns surrounding a tanker truck. When police pulled over the convoy, they found out the machine guns were fake; 9 of the participants were arrested and charged with obstruction of a highway and two other re-enactors were arrested for obstruction of a highway and carrying illegal knives. As a result, the movie marathon was cancelled. One of the re-enactors recorded video proving that the convoy was in fact in compliance with traffic laws, and all charges were later dropped.

* The World of Warcraft game features a minor villain called "The Ginormus" whose looks and feel appear to be inspired by Lord Humunugus'. He is referenced as "Ayatollah of Kaja Cola" and also quotes Lord Humungus during battle.

* In the level creator DLC for Portal 2, Cave Johnson, the narrator says "Cave Johnson here. Just a reminder that the core goal of Aperture Gas-Finding Science is to find gas, so make sure you let us know if you see any. If we meet our quarterly gas-finding target, I promise you we will don our bondage gear, fuel our death cars, and drive around in circles, whooping it up and shooting arrows at people. Who is ready to rule the wasteland? Alright, start looking." http://youtu.be/IPG3eDTy-yo?t=23m22s

* Blackie Lawless from US metal band W.A.S.P. cited the film as having a huge effect on the visual theme they were to employ in their 1980s stage shows.

* Both professional wrestling tag teams, The Road Warriors and Demolition (professional wrestling) were based off the 2nd Mad Max movie. Hawk & Animal had mohawks and wore facepaint & spiked football pads to the ring. Ax & Smash wore spiked black lether outfits & hockey masks, (and also facepaint), similar to The Humungus character.

* Additionally, the professional wrestling gimmick Lord Humongous is based upon The Humungus

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome References posted:

* The episode of The Simpsons in which Mel Gibson guest-stars is entitled "Beyond Blunderdome", and contains several visual references to the Mad Max films. Whilst making a getaway from the film studio, Gibson and Homer Simpson hijack "The Road Warrior Car" from the auto museum (the car resembles The Humungus' vehicle in Mad Max 2). When Gibson pushes aside the Mad Max dummy in the car, he says "Shove over, junior!"

* In the Seinfeld episode "The Dealership", George Costanza says of a car dealership, "There’s no laws in this place. Anything goes! It’s Thunderdome!!"

* The Futurama episode "Raging Bender" contains a parody of the "Two men enter, one man leaves" line from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Describing the sport of robot wrestling, Professor Hubert Farnsworth says, "There are no rules. Two robots enter, one robot leaves, then later the other robot leaves after being declared the winner."

* In the music video of 2pac's "California Love", elements from this film were used including car chases in the desert and the Thunderdome itself. The director of the video, Hype Williams, was inspired by this film when making "California Love."[8]

* In the game World of Warcraft, a woman named Katrina Turner hosts a series of battles at The Thunderdrome, an obvious reference to the film.

* In the game Borderlands, many references are made to elements of the Mad Max universe, including Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, which features a series of challenges in a Thunderdome setting and an achievement titled, "Can't We Get Beyond Thunderdome?".

* In the track from Snoop Dogg, "Gangbanging 101" it is referenced "we just slip and slide out, we rip and ride out Let it see known, nigga welcome to da Thunderdome."[9]

* In the video game Fallout: New Vegas there are two achievements titled "Master Blaster" and "You Run Bartertown", named after a character and a quote by the same character in the film.

* In the movie Waiting..., the character Floyd welcomes a newly hired employee with the line "Welcome to the Thunderdome, bitch".

* Kimya Dawson references it in her song "The Beer" saying "I was dressed like Tina Turner in Beyond Thunderdome."

* The South Park episode "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" references the scene where the pre-apocalyptic world is described to the children.

* In Superbad two of the main characters are told, "Welcome to Thunderdome." as they arrive at a house party.

* The Goth/Industrial dance organizers Death Guild have built a working Thunderdome at Burning Man since 1998. Battles are done with soft weapons, and a trademark "0 days since last injury" sign adorn the dome. As in the movie, onlookers climb the sides of the dome for a better view.

* In the comedy film Liar Liar, Fletcher Reede, played by Jim Carrey, refers to Tina Turner as "...beyond Thunderdome" when speaking to his client Samantha Cole, played by Jennifer Tilly.

* While referring to his digestive system, Meatwad says, "It's like the Thunderdome in here, only two men enter, no man leaves. Rated R. Starring Mel Gibson and Master Blaster." in season 3 episode 2 of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

* In the manga Princess Resurrection, an arc is based around Mad Max 2 style marauding vampires on motorcycles attacking a truck. Then in later half of the arc the main characters are forced to fight in a "Death Dome", with the champion being an enormous cyclops with a helmet like the character Blaster.

* In the VH1 TV show I Hate My 30's, in the episode, "Always a Bridesmaid to order," characters Corey, Bruce and Travis play, "Beyond Pokerdome," a game of poker with each of them dressed as various characters from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. Bruce is dressed as Aunty Entity, Corey as Master Blaster and Travis as Max.

* The "Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal" vignette to promote Halloween Havoc 1992 is similar to, albeit a reversal of, the wheel used to determine punishments for broken deals.

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OneThousandMonkeys posted:

This guy looks like a lot of fun to know.

Sentinel Red posted:

Blimey, looking at those pics it's coming across more like a Riddick spin-off than a Mad Max film. That pale dude in the mask is certainly something...

Either way, Hardy and Theron = sold, the gloriously ridiculous cars are just the cherry on top.

Blind Sally posted:

I doubt there's any connection to the character, though. Miller likes reusing actors in different roles for these films. Like Max Fairchild in 1 & 2 (as Benno and the "Broken Victim" respectively), and Bruce Spence in 2 & 3 (as the Gyro Captain and Jedidiah the Pilot respectively).

scary ghost dog posted:

Pale dude's not so much more ridiculous than this guy:

James Woods posted:

The Gyro Captain and the pilot in Thunderdome are two different people?

scary ghost dog posted:

Pale dude's not so much more ridiculous than this guy:

James Woods posted:

The Gyro Captain and the pilot in Thunderdome are two different people? I recently re watched the trilogy and noticed that at the end where Max and the Lost Boys are escaping and Max sees the pilot and says "You've got an airplane." that its the first time he sees Bruce Spence's character's face in this movie. The only other time they crossed paths was in the beginning when he steals Max's truck and camels and he was wearing a mask at the time. Max never even sees the pilot in Bartertown because he's ducking him the whole time. After Max gets into town his vehicle and supplies have already been sold and are now in the possession of Master Blaster. It seems to me that the only way he could have immediately recognized the pilot and knew he had a plane was that they had a history together as he's the Gyro Captain. I always thought it was just a funny coincidence that the movie starts with Max being unknowingly gaffled by his comrade from the previous film

Terrifying Effigies posted:

My best memory of the series was renting the Mad Max DVD and seeing that there were 'English' and 'Australian' audio tracks. "I thought they spoke English in Australia?" I thought and loaded up the Australian. Cue the Night Rider scene and total gibberish

Terrifying Effigies posted:

My best memory of the series was renting the Mad Max DVD and seeing that there were 'English' and 'Australian' audio tracks. "I thought they spoke English in Australia?" I thought and loaded up the Australian. Cue the Night Rider scene and total gibberish

Terrifying Effigies posted:

My best memory of the series was renting the Mad Max DVD and seeing that there were 'English' and 'Australian' audio tracks. "I thought they spoke English in Australia?" I thought and loaded up the Australian. Cue the Night Rider scene and total gibberish

Nutsngum posted:

Wait im confused, is the "English" track a terribly dubbing track or something?

penismightier posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWkSyF7tNgQ

Jonah Galtberg posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb1uDc_qa-4

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They dubbed in American voices because they didn't think American audiences would understand what they were saying.

Seriously.

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Good thing they did, because I never would have understood what they were talking about otherwise. Is that bad? No. Nothing to apologize for. I'm not sorry I don't understand a strong English, Scottish or Australian classic accent corresponding slang, nor am I sorry they don't understand mine. Shrug.

Blind Sally posted:

Counterpoint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Bcov5SGU0
The Horrible American Dub

Blind Sally posted:

I'm pretty sure Terrible Effigies was having a go, but yeah, the American dub is atrocious. It's especially egregious considering how easy to understand the original track is.

Soylent Green posted:

My favourite example of this is Lord Humungus being Goose. Originally the plan was to have this be directly stated in the film but instead they pulled it right back so you can interpret it that way based on the couple of clues in the film if you wish, but they're easy to miss and could even then be seen as coincidence.

Cantide posted:

It's SO much better in australian.
Btw the sound mixing in that movie is probably considered poo poo by modern standards but is actually absolutely fantastic, the ambient noises and radio chatter instantly come to my mind when I see anything Mad Max related.

VoodooXT posted:

Whoa, I've never heard this. If that were true, Goose really worked out since getting out of the ER.

James Woods posted:

The Gyro Captain and the pilot in Thunderdome are two different people? I recently re watched the trilogy and noticed that at the end where Max and the Lost Boys are escaping and Max sees the pilot and says "You've got an airplane." that its the first time he sees Bruce Spence's character's face in this movie. The only other time they crossed paths was in the beginning when he steals Max's truck and camels and he was wearing a mask at the time. Max never even sees the pilot in Bartertown because he's ducking him the whole time. After Max gets into town his vehicle and supplies have already been sold and are now in the possession of Master Blaster. It seems to me that the only way he could have immediately recognized the pilot and knew he had a plane was that they had a history together as he's the Gyro Captain. I always thought it was just a funny coincidence that the movie starts with Max being unknowingly gaffled by his comrade from the previous film

OneThousandMonkeys posted:

This guy looks like a lot of fun to know.

Mad Max is a weird trilogy, because I don't think either the first or third movie compares to the fun insanity that is The Road Warrior.

...of SCIENCE! posted:

Road Warrior loving owns. There's like 5 lines of dialogue in the entire first 15 minutes of the movie.

The chase scenes are the most incredible thing to me from a modern standpoint, just because having an all-practical car chase with a shitload of vehicles and people is something that just doesn't happen anymore. Outside of The Good, The Bad, and The Weird.

I'm not looking forward to hearing teenagers complaining that Fury Road is "ripping off Fallout"

scary ghost dog posted:

Pale dude's not so much more ridiculous than this guy:

Blind Sally posted:

Lastly, I swear Jedediah has much nicer teeth than the Gyro Captain has. I can't find any proper screen caps, so I could be off on this one, but I'll fast-forward through the movies again tonight to confirm this. (If true, I figured they were different characters because the Gyro Captain never would have been able to find proper dental work in the wasteland).

Silentgoldfish posted:

The weirdest thing about Mad Max is playing Fallout first, then watching the movies and catching all the references in reverse. There's a scene in Beyond Thunderdome where Max is stripped of all his weapons and I swear every gun taken off him is a gun they put in the game.

Jimbot posted:

All you did was wish for Ron Pearlman to be the narrator for the upcoming film. But yeah, Fallout is pretty much a love letter to all the post-apocalyptic films, books, ect. put out with some pop culture references thrown in for good measure. The leather armor is pretty much Max's Road Warrior get-up and one of the best handguns is Deckard's gun from Blade Runner. You can play a drinking game of "spot the reference" in those games.

nimh posted:

Humungus is Goose? It thought it was indicated that he was ex-military