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George Miller set to oversee a new age of leather & asphalt & blood with a new ROAD WARRIOR?!?!
Hey folks, Harry here... With STAR TREK soaring, JAMES BOND booming and a certain DARK KNIGHT's heights - it seems almost an absolute certainty that we'd see a return of the Road Warrior.
The real good news is that original director GEORGE MILLER is back. I even spoke with someone earlier this year that had seen the 100% Storyboarded Script - who basically described it as being genius. This is, of course, the legendary FURY ROAD that I'm referring. Earlier this year I was required to visit Los Angeles to record some comments and thoughts on the place of MAD MAX in the history of both Australian and World film history. And I mentioned the word that I'd heard this could be in the works. There have been a lot of whispers about MAD MAX hitting the road again. At this point, we don't know if this will be FURY ROAD or another story that George Miller has set in motion.
Now - if this story is to be believed, apparently the new MAD MAX will be set underway later this year! Let's hope their sources are solid and that the road is easy for this project, as George Miller with digital tools and a fully amazing budget and story to shoot - well, that'd be amazing. So, who do you see at the next Max? Who do you NOT see?
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Eric Bana... James Purefoy...
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when they are in production... we've been hearing about this for ages. I'll put this on the evil dead 4 pile. Would be awesome though. Would gibson return?
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will there be pengiuns?
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Will he or won't he? Comeback role of the decade, I'd dare to say.
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I certainly wouldn't complain. It definitely wouldn't hurt his career at this point.
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To easy?
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Jai Koutrae, check him out, perfect
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PLEASE DON"T FUCK IT UP
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Im getting sick of retreads and reimaginings and sequals that are twenty some odd years after there unneeded brothers and sisters...i give up on you hollywood...i give up.
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After Star Trek, I actually think Urban might be a more interesting choice than Bana...
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Eric Bana easy? Yes. Is he capable? Yes, more than capable. Plus he's a big fan of the movies.
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Gibson returning as an evern more battered, weathered, battle- scarred Max would be pretty cool.
One last adventure for Mr. Rockatansky.
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Maybe he's just a little bit to capable? Never felt that Mad Max was a Superhero, and I'm afraid thats what a Mad Max Bana would feel like... Am I wrong?
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I'd actually be ok with Jackman, but I'd rather see Bones 2.0.
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What you do is have it that Max's son didn't die in the first film and that he grew up to become Colin Farrell.
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Rough him up abit? Just sayin.
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Why not. Crazy or not, he's still damn good at what he does. It's not like he's ridiculous, Harrison Ford old. I like how South Park put it, "Say what you want about Mel Gibson, the son-of-a-bitch knows good storytelling!" And that's completely true. Remember, their actors, Mel Gibson has probably hated the Jews for a long time, but he still made Lethal Weapon, Braveheart, and yes, Mad Max. Stigma in his personal life shouldn't reflect on him being considered as the character he brought to life.
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I guess George Miller was Joking when he said he was going to do Mad Max 4 as a CGI movie. Or maybe they where talking to George Lucas and confused?
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And Yahoo Serious as his #1 Henchman.
No, I'm not serious, I just wanted to name australian actors who are not Eric Bana and unfortunately these were the only two that came to my mind. -
I'm really sorry, but I could see that too... Farell actually seems almost like lazy casting... I'm still sticking with Bones.
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..."I'm Yahoo Serious". I mean, that I was just kidding.
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I'd take him as a villain. It seems I'm accepting pretty much everything you trow at me..
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Have Mel Gibson go back in time to try and kill Toecutter to save his wife and kid, but in doing so creates an alternative reality where he is played by a rising TV star and meets a young Goose played by Shia LaBeouf!
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was the stunt work - the cars and the bodies. You could almost smell the sweat and diesel coming off the screen. If the remake is full of CGI car crashes and people then it will be shit.
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...the original movie is far more entertaining and involving.
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If the stunt guy who got cracked round the head my his motorbike in the original was alright.
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Dear Mr. Miller,
For sometime, I have hoped that you would shoot a new Mad Max/Road Warrior film. I am happy to see that you have finally chosen to begin production on such a film, but if I could, I would like to offer some suggestions, if this is not too presumptuous. I would love to see a new Mad Max/Road Warrior franchise staring Sam Worthington, a truly great actor...but not starring as Max, rather, but as the grown Feral Child from Mad Max II: The Road Warrior, a wild boy who learned certain feats of combat by witnessing Max. Taking on his manner, that of Max, it would be nice to see him become the new Road Warrior. I hope that you take this under consideration, as I think it would make the perfect new Mad Max film franchise, while serving to maintain established continuity for the series. BTW, I have another cool idea for the movie, but that is for another time...and not the open internet.God Bless, and thank you for your time, and for your ear.Sincerely, MM -
It's gotta be Sam Worthington. This time next year he'll be all over the bloody shop.
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Yeah, I fear this will end up like Indy 4.
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I was on acid when I first saw mad Max. 15 years old, double dipped Zippy Pinhead and I can't watch it now without thinking every single character (especially Toecutters gang) is also on a major dose of LSD. Was it just my experience that makes me think this or is Mad Max actually just one seriously trippy surreal film?
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Been off and on and mooted as an anime. Please let this be true, gaggin for Miller/McCarthy's Fury Road to be made.
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That I'd pay to see!
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...ok.
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I hope this is true but the herald sun is a shonky Rupert Murdock owned almost tabloid like newspaper. A lot of thier sensation exclusives/political beat ups are exposed as fakes on media watch... I hope it is true but I don't have much faith in the herald sun regarding accuracy and/or the facts. It doesn't seen to be the kind of paper to let the facts get in the way of a good story... I hope this helps.
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MM2/Road Warrior is a milestone in 'Car War' road rash cinema, nothing can best it imho, Miller's finest hour(s).
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Let it go!
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This has to take Max back to the brutality of the first two movies, if it's still based on McCarthy's draft which it sounds like,then it's going to be off the hook.
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Haven't seen it in years, but I remember quite enjoying it.
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Mad Max three sucked.
If it's kick ass. I will go though. -
the only choice.
And.....I like Beyond Thunderdome. -
May 18, 2009 5:29:54 AM CDT
Can someone please officially say that Justice League is dead.
by hallmitchell
Everyone knows it is except Warner's management.
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...or nobody else, it also helps that Gibbo is truly barking in real life...
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George, do the right thing here - hire Mel. Do the whole Death of the Hero thing, Mel dies at the end and a new road warrior takes his place.
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That movie (and the sequel) are so good... Screw CGI -- the best moment is just seeing Mel stand back up and limp along the road. I guess I'm a product of when I grew up that I can appreciate actual grown men who can act.
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Miller should throw this script out and break down the 4th wall and have Mel play himself and have a booze induced breakdown where he thinks he is Mad Max and takes to the LA Highways to clear the streets of women and Jews.
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That is all.
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He is the only dude that I can think of that would fit apart from Mr Gibson himself.
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It probably would be a coup to have him as Max after Terminator and Avatar are released. You wont be able to avoid the mofo by the end of the year. As long as it's not that fucktard that they have picked to play Thor. I've seen that guys acting chops in Home & Away and he has been FOUND LACKING. We used to make jokes about how fucking terrible he was. I dont give a fuck about comic books or Thor but that guy is a walking deathknell on the quality control. Bet he was dirt cheap though, they're paying him in snacks.
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It is not as good as Mad Max 2 (UK Title)
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He owns the character. No Mel? No Max!
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So what if he does not like the Jews, who actually does?
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That's some alternate title for "Mad Max II", right?
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sucking Worthington's dong. I agree Mel should be involved... it's hard to replace him. I might... MIGHT consider Colin Farell... he was brilliant in In Bruges... and has the bravado and looks like max. Throw some leather pads on him -- http://www.imdb.com/media/rm402102528/nm0268199
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Do it.
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He's the most courageous director in Hollywood now, he has several projects ready on the shelf... it's unlikely that he'd be interested in recooking a franchise from the 80s. He'd have to be interested in it, he wouldn't take it just to get paid - he's not Harrison Ford.
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'nuff said.
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Deja Vu brother.
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I've said this on other forums and boards and i still believe it to be true. All you guys with fond memories of the original movies? THIS ISN'T FOR YOU. This is going to be for all the kids who won't watch anything more than three years old, who probably haven't even seen a Mel Gibson movie (as actor, not director) let alone any of the original Max movies. The film-makers might throw the original's fans a bone - a cameo appearance, or a knowing reference - but other than that, expect CGI fx, PG-13 violence and a pretty-boy cast all under the age of 30.
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Mel in Edge of Darkness.
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And Harold Bishop could be his nemesis
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Can Max join the League, perhaps?
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Can't believe no one mentioned him yet.
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Toadfish even sounds like a Mad Max villin. Perhaps Mudguts could make a cameo on Ramsey Street to link the universes together!
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May 18, 2009 6:04:13 AM CDT
Worthington would make a good Max, but a too young for a sequel
by killakane
Bana's a better fit, a true aussie and a motorhead to boot (with a passion for the Ford Falcon...Loving the Beast).
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as thunderdome.../sarcasm
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is a black mute kid with a flare.
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http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940262.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&ref=ssp
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why not? he's weaseled into everything else round here--
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What if you have a brand new road warrior hiking around and someware down the road he forced to deal whit this little isolated society thats lead and protacted by a old scruffy, bearded fellow named Rockatansky... yes? no?
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died in the recent fires in Australia.
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Why in gods name did they call it Road Warrior in the States?
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http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25034188-5001021,00.html
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He'd make an action packed, violent-as-hell flick! And you know he doesn't give a shit about what any studio says to him.
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but will not hold my breath, not until there's concrete evidence that it's actually in production. And this series shouldn't have any "digital tools", this is old school like Eddie Shore.
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Will Bruce Spence the gangly guy who played the Gyrocaptain in ROAD WARRIOR return?
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Who would though that?
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That biker who catches a wheel to the head , during the crash, was apparently fine.He was doubling for a much bigger guy, the helmet was way too big and it just rotated around his head.It does look like his neck was snapped though!Another stunt that was botched is the bit in road warrior , where the mohawk guy comes flying of his bike after smashing into an overturned car.He was meant have just been thrown over the car, but his leg clips the top and sends him spinning.if you look the camera pans with him and theres no crash mat or anything for him to actually land on !
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Bizarre trivia.
Bruce Spence has appeared in the third film of the following cinematic trilogies.
MAD MAX 3 BEYOND THUNDEROMDe.
STAR WARS EP.3 ROTS.
LORD OF THE RINGS: ROTK. (extended edition).
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Rameses, that spinning mohawk guy in ROAD WARRIOR is perhaps the craziest stunt ever caught on camera!
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an anime? I sure hope so... http://tinyurl.com/bmtyzh
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Christian Bale is a fucking loony tunes (just like the young Gibster) so surely that qualifies him to be Mad Max above any other candidate.
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Really looking forward to this bad-boy now.
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They called it Road warrior , because the first Mad Max , made very little impact there and the new distributer , felt it needed a more commercial title.
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See you on the road , skag!
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or Sam Worthington...all would be excellent choices.
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On the special edition of Mad Max they talk to him and he says that he didn't even feel the bike hit him. Looks worse than it feels I guess.
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FIRST PROFESSIONAL TERMINATOR SALVATION REVIEW UP AT VARIETY - V.POSITIVE ...
Darker, grimmer and more stylistically single-minded than its two relatively giddy predecessors, "Terminator Salvation" boasts the kind of singular vision that distinguished the James Cameron original, the full-throttle kinetics of "Speed" and an old-fashioned regard for human (and humanoid) heroics. Only pic's relentlessly doomsday tone -- accessorized by helmer McG's grimy, gun-metal palette -- might keep auds from flocking like lemmings to the apocalypse. The fourth in the celebrated sci-fi series, "Salvation" opens and closes with humanity at war with the machines. In other words, this thing isn't going to end soon. Nor should it, if it keeps on like this.
McG, whose segue from music vids to movies resulted in two "Charlie's Angels" extravaganzas and the woeful "We Are Marshall," exhibits an unexpected flair for the dreadful, abrupt and awesome. What we get here -- which was perhaps missing on the relatively sunny mental landscapes of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" -- is a sense of real horror: When humans are snatched up like Cheez-Doodles by skyscraper-sized Go-bots, there's no slo-mo relief or stalling. Stuff happens as it might were the world actually overtaken by demonic appliances.
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Mad Max: Maddest!
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Yeah that's basically it... Mad Max 2 was renamed "The Road Warrior" for North American distribution because the first Mad Max had such a limited release there.
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...i'll see it!
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should play him
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thats what people say about me, cant argue with that.
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2 jews enter...Mel Gibson leaves.
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Let it die
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Gibson on the other hand...I case a Wild Turkey might do the trick.
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is he still in hollywood?
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Loolk on you tube for him on Jimmy Kimble about 2 months ago
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And his young romantic co-star should be Suri Cruise if she's not already booked to be starring as Pacino's or Deniro's girlfriend. Yes they are all potential sex offenders.
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Wez = Shane Hurlbut.
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Review looks good.
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but I agree with Stuntcock. Bana could pull it off. If they're not going to remove their heads from their asses and go through this, then Bana is the way to go. Ironically in the movie Finding Nemo, Bana was one of the sharks. One of the others was the dude who was the whirlybird chopper guy from The Road Warrior. Watch these assholes plan to remake the trilogy, and put Beyonce in the Tina Turner chain mail miniskirt.
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The answer is yes. Is he capable of being intense? Yes. But the real question is he the man to pull off a new Mad Max? Look into his eyes and say no!!!
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Mad Max isn't some kind of mantle to be handed over to someone else.You would need to set it up like the first film and show how an idealistic and good man (doesn't need to be a cop though)does become crazy in the first place. Family murdered, partner torched, bones broken etc..Making it a title provides no believable motivation for the character and just detracts from the suggestion of batshit fruit-loopyness implied by the nickname 'Mad'.
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I have no clue. Bana is possible from a banking-perspective. But I don't think he could pull it off. I think much as the "studios" would hate it - go w/ another unknown or near-unknown. If he wasn't so good in Star Trek, I think I'd nominate Chris Pine. Alternatively, I wouldn't mind Matt Damon, but I think he's getting on in years to start a franchise.
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May 18, 2009 8:31:10 AM CDT
The "next" Max??!! I just woke up...did Mel die last night?...
by flickapoo
...What the fuck? I want to see another ROAD WARRIOR flick as much or more than next guy, but what's wrong with an older, grizzled, angry, and maybe a little anit-Semitic Mad Max??!! Fuck.
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he couldnt even pull off the hulk!
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like him, but no!
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he has the face, can act drama and badass & has the haircut already!:)
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...over the years...angry...badass...wild-eyed...a little unhinged.
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I've said before and will again, he looks like early Gibson. It'd be great to see a bridge between 1 and 2, not that this movie will be that. The world officially going under... down under.
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Rhys Meyers is about as batshit crazy an idea as I can think of. I mean, you may as well cast Angelina Jolie.
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Hopefully that line will be included in the new script.
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..when I first read your post I thought it was the stupidest thing I heard all day. And I hear a lot.But I just looked on IMDB and YOU ARE RIGHT! I saw it.Damm you for being corrector than me and damm you for spotting it first.He just needs to get his face pounded in some bar fight (like Gibson famously did before the Mad Max audition) to take that pretty-boy sheen and the aren't-I-the-fuckin-shiznet grin he is always wearing on his smug fuckin' face.
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that is all
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they'll be fine. Crazy that we have to go overseas to find someone that resembles a man for these movie. I think there are probably less than 5 American actors under 35 that aren't complete pantywaists or escapees from the midget circus. They have tons of story room in the universe and can tie tangentially to Max's story probably but I'd rather not see someone else play Max. I just wonder if Miller feels like he'd be free to direct the movie or if he'd end up co-directing with Gibson. In any case they have made some bad ass movies together.
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Question is, who is going to play the Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla?
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May 18, 2009 9:17:24 AM CDT
Well they already fucked up with The Turd of Thunderdome
by stuntcock mike
It's time to kick Thunderspunks ass with a new one.
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Maybe he was just brainstorming outloud during an interview. Or maybe it was just a baseless rumor. I would prefer a live action treatment anyway. And they should keep the title Fury Road. Too bad Ledger aint around, he'd make a good Max.
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if they get in a new actor they will make it an origin story, in spite of the fact that nobody really wants to see origin stories. fuck them.
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as long as Shia is there to pick up the one-sleeved leather jacket in the end, this movie can't fail
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Could even use his own car. I hear it still needs a new front end. He could kill two birds with one stone.
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You're just gonna hate it like you hate everything else.
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I agree that this couldn't be any worse than Thunderdome was and it would be odd to see someone else in the role if Gibson doesn't do it but no matter who's in it it will probably look like transformers, since that's the new hollywood rule..bunch of dumbfucks.
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seems to me the general opinion is: they're gonna fuck it up anyway...
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-06/mad-max-creator-describes-proposed-4th-film-as-anime
if not this live action news is kind of a bummer
i think it would be amazing if miller went back to his idea of doing it animated
a sad day for film fans if he wants to go the live action route
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... he used to be a very well known and very sucessful comedian in Australia. He was even pointed as the new Paul Hogan. And i suspect that some of his comedy moments he must had mocked Mad Max. Can you see, from an australian point of view, how a very popular comedian who used to make fun of Mad Max now now make a Mad Max movie for real? People would be rolling in the ailes laughing their heads off. Nobody would take it seriously. It would be a laugh riot!
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this sounds so much cooler:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-06/mad-max-creator-describes-proposed-4th-film-as-anime
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Have you sobered up and re-read the talkback news about Peter Berg's Battleship movie? Yup, it's true, it wasnt a dream nor an alchoolic allucination.
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May 18, 2009 10:00:55 AM CDT
LACK of 'digital tools' is just one of the many reasons
by dr gregory house
'The Road Warrior' is fucking awesome!
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re: origin story / back story - that's some shit directors give to actors to help them 'find' the character. That's where it should stay. As STAR WARS prequels proved it doesnt necessarily make for good viewing. I for one don't want/need to be thinking about young Anakin whilst watching Darth Vader do his thing in EMPIRE.
The prelude in MAD MAX 2 strikes a nigh on perfect balance. The b&w footage of war ("their world crumbled...") and then of Max himself ("in the roar of an engine he lost everything, and became a shell of a man... a burnt out desolate man...") tells you everything you need and then - woosh, straight into a car chase. -
Asimov, that's not Continentalop, spelling's different.
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World explodes from professionalism overdose.
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"Shall we, erm, hit the road? Hmm?"
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right
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BSB, Mel's first act as director is to hire Shane Hurlbut as DOP to help keep Bale 'in character'.
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Period. If you want to make a movie similar to "The Road Warrior" with some other character, go for it. But its not "Mad Max".
But re-making "The Road Warrior" or doing a sequel with another actor seems kinda counterproductive. Its not like Star Trek or Batman or some other large universe property with lots of stories to tell. There's not a lot of room to expand on the Mad Max history or character.
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I'm sure this will be recast but, for the love of God -- TRY to get him!
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rite
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rite
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Max cracks open a can of dog food, surely to feed said dog, then EATS THE FOOD HIMSELF!Road Warrior is clearly the best of the three. Sure, this new one won't be "The Road", but I'm always up for some car-fu.
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thanks
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right
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Think about it
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You know, the dude that played the Trainman in the Matrix films and was in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. What's-his-face. Him. He better be in it.
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Bale willing, Shane Hurlbutt will be cast as the rock in the road that he will run over.
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May 18, 2009 10:31:25 AM CDT
There's nothing wrong with using a different character
by toilet_terror
I don't think 'Mad Max' the character is as memorable as much as the films themselves are. Cast Eric Bana as a new badass road warrior. Fuck he can even still be called Max just change his last name.
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actor? Mel Gibson is not Australian.
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rite
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"Digital tools" would take my interest in this from 100% to about 65% (maybe even 64%). Happy Feet looked like shit.
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He's Aussie, and he's getting cast in everything else
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May 18, 2009 10:45:16 AM CDT
If it's a reboot Craig Horner would be a perfect choice.
by the outlander
A young Aussie actor that is currently staring in the TV series Legend of the Seeker.
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Astrologic..."Just walk away - leave the pipes, the oil, the number 2's"
"Just walk away - we give you safe passage in the wilderness"
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That would really stick it to Mel.
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No more shitty remakes and it's gotta be Mel.
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Mad Max as a drag queen kicking ass at the sound of ABBA. Played by Mel Gibson.
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...based on the premise that this film will follow 'Thunderdome'. Because it it's some sort of re-launch/re-make then obviously we need a younger actor. But if this is meant to be an older Max, older than when we last saw him, even more grizzled and beaten and world weary, well...VIGGO MORTENSEN would get my vote, hands down.
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To see Mad Max at an Imax while drinking Pepsi Max... that would be awesome.
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I can't picture anyone else playing MM.
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Seriously. Eric Bana would be best, fuck a bunch of Australian comedy. Anyway they ought to just cast Mel Gibson.
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But I'm still certain no one can play Max other than Mel.
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Natch.
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Hands down my pants while I wank to the thought of it that is.
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He's doing this in every TB.
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You don't even have to suggest it. Bale is perfect for anything, yes even roles written for Emma Thompson, but especially for tough guy roles. Cause he's - you know - tough.
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not really.
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But, I do love Tom Hardy. And he's as tough as they come. What of Tom Hardy?! Yes? No. Maybe? So many Australians!
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And I love me Australians! I'm just saying that all the sudden, with Sam Worthington and Chris Hemsworth, a lot of new Aussies to contend with. An English actor like Tom Hardy, it just got that more difficult. But he's wonderful! Just saying. :)
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no mel gibson no mad max....how about forget thunderdome ever happened and just start after the road warrior and have mel playing an old max....he would sure be better than harrison ford as the old indy
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Before he was Mad, he was Affable!!! Affable Max!!!!
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Nuff said.
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Colin Farrell NEEDS to play Mad Max to make up for Bullseye in Daredevil.
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practical fx and stunts were what made roadwarrior, etc different from the others- what would a new one need with digital tools?
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I have always liked the Aussie badguy from ROAD WARRIOR and COMMANDO. However, ever since it was pointed out to me that in COMMANDO he looks like a fat Freddie Mercury, I have not been able to erase the image from my brain.
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http://tinyurl.com/pmyaqk
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that this was the new poster, i just said, 'poster'....i designed in french.
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Not until tomorrow actually. Jeez, it's been a decade and my fucking ass still hurts.
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thinking Jews were responsible for his family's murder. (Even though there has never been a Jew named, "Toe Cutter" in the history of Judaism). Adam Sandler and Sasha Cohen as the gay leather-clad heroes.
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"With STAR TREK soaring, JAMES BOND booming and a certain DARK KNIGHT's heights - it seems almost an absolute certainty that we'd see a return of the Road Warrior.""With apples budding, oranges blooming and a certain bananas heights - it seems an absolute certainty that we'd see a return of the melon." WTF!
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This will happen. Sure. You betcha!
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But we have to do it MY WAY. MY WAAAAY.
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May 18, 2009 12:34:11 PM CDT
YOU KNOW, I GOTTA SAY IT. IN A WORLD OF POINTLESS REMAKES
by thepilgrim
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This will be a passing of the torch type of film. Mad Max passes the torch to kid with the razor bommerang. Let's skip over Beyond Thunderdome and forget that one ever happened.
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AND HE HAS A STORY TO TELL AS WELL. IF GIBSON DOESN'T RETURN WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE ELSE PLAYING HIM. BRING SOMEONE NEW INTO IT. TELL HIS STORY!!
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and only if he doesnt come back. and we all know Eric Bana is that man.....
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Clint as Max's estranged Father, Bana as Max's estranged Son.
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Dude, stop snorting coke off your keyboard while blogging.
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She was in Road Warrior. She's great. Pulls off serene and dark/do not fuck with me VERY well. You may know her from Farscape as Zhaan. She was "warrior woman" in Road Warrior. Hard to recognize, but it's her. She has tremendous range and subtlety. I know it'd be a huge risk, but to have her back in it would be true stunt-integrity, especially if she played some kind of leader "with a warrior past". Man that sounds as-a-rock stupid reading it back, but she really IS good.
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dropping crap from his gyro copter!!!!
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the mutherfucker was almost the T-1000 in Terminator 2. Him or Keith Richards, or Abe Vigoda, oh fuck who am I kidding. Kurt "Other Mother Fucking" Russell!!!! and you gotta get Michael Berryman in there somehow as some freaking looking thing...
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that part. Like when Stallone dies no one else can play Rocky or Rambo. Why even bother with another actor? At the end of Thunderdome he's walking off into the sunset. Heading towards his next adventure.
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into movieland artificial mainstream crap... unlike the naturalistic Kurosawa feel of "The Road Warrior" or the passion filled cruel plot of "Mad Max"
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Max aint shit with out a Little Man in the mix.
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If you want somebody to play the role of a grizzled beaten down man who rolls alone, there is no better choice.
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Revenge!!!!
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damn. I'm always getting those two confused.
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Keep it Australian. It's that distinctly Aussie "diesel & dust" that gave the first films their grit. I don't want to see Tina Turner or any such box-office-draw American on screen. And I'm American.By now, there are tons of available high-quality and high-profile Aussie actors who could carry the commercial weight of a film.What made the first two Max films so great was their complete, unwavering internal seriousness and focus. No stunt celebrity casting, no spectacles bigger than could be achieved with cars and cameras. That all went to hell with the third film, and everyone knows it.Keep the integrity, keep the grit, don't try to make the story too big or transcendantly sappy, and they should end up with a terrific film. I hope they do.And I hope Gibson is involved. His performances in the first two films are toweringly powerful.And, to cite the common refrain around here, make it R rated. Not because it's cool, but the world of Max should be too serious for anything less.
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with shortround as his +1
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I really like your concise characterizations of the first two films. I haven't been able to put my finger on what makes the world of RW so internally natural and complete, but a Kurosawa comparison is a great idea. As for MM, passion and cruelty covers it--from the sweat on everyone's tanned Aussie skin to the disturbing rawness of the villains. Nicely done.
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There's no source at all and then it just repeats the same shit we've been hearing for years. Didn't they already start doing the cartoon version of Fury Road? Too bad, I want to see this movie bad.
I agree that if Gibson won't do it then Eric Bana would be a great choice. I would've thought that even before I knew about his documentary and how he's obsessed with cars. But I think he could also be in a Mad Max movie as a villain, it might give him a chance to recapture that Chopper craziness for once. -
Reading this talkback makes me want to play Fallout 3 again...
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Yeah Jason Statham was so great in Death Race!!!
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there's NO fucking CG in it at all. It's all fucking real in camera. There's no cheesy wide vistas with matte painted in ruined tanker ships, or bombed out iconic buildings, or any of the cliches of all those fucking movies. It feels like you are actually fucking there.
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Bale is Rokatansky and everyone knows it.
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one from variety that applauds its visuals but says a lot of its hokey, and four that say it stinks. fuck you mcg. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator_salvation/
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Yes, Woody for Mad Max. I'm sure Mel would be ecstatic! "You Jews start all the wars...and steal my best roles, sugar-tits!"
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and never get tired of it. If you read AICN and you haven't seen this movie you're such a whore, Steven Soderbergh is making an experimental art film about you.
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to fight terrorists!
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on a Sunday morning back when it first appeared on video in the early 80s. Most of my schoolmates were probably in church and my Dad came in from working outside all morning and put that into a VCR he just bought that was the size of a Volkswagen and laughed his ass off nearly the whole movie. Yes my Dad is awesome. I watched the whole thing and was scarred with awesome for life.
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Mad Max is far more of a cult franchise than any of those other reboots Harry mentioned. Max isn't like Batman or Bond, because he started out as a screen creation. And unlike Star Trek, his world has never enjoyed the same widespread popularity or incarnations (ie. books; comics; spinoffs; etc.) as Roddenberry's universe. This is why bringing the character back without the original actor simply wouldn't carry the same level of significance. There's only been one Max Rockatansky, but there have been a slew of imitators and ripoffs. Unless Miller is interested in launching an entirely new series- which seems highly unlikely- a fourth movie without Mel wouldn't seem much different from another imitator, ripoff, or homage. Gibson is slightly younger than Bruce Willis, so there's no reason why he couldn't pull it off. It would mean a lot more to longtime fans- and give the media a much better story- if an aged Max ended up driving down Fury Road.
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Either one...Bana is an avid gearhead, so he may be even better for the role of Max....please let this happen
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The Road Warrior vs. The Street Fighter! Or, Russell Crowe as post-apocalyptic Russell Crowe who stumbles across Max's performance in Thunderdome and realizes this is the fight he's been fightin' 'round the world for all these years. Two men enter, one non-minority leaves.
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hee hee - easily done sunshine. Especially in his Gimli outfit.Meyers I mean.Thinking about it Matchpoint would have been more like the Woody Allen films of old if it had been JRD boffing Scarlet Johansen instead..
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Your dad is awesome.
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Owee!
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The Musical!
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...because he's kinda already been doing the role in the Fast & Furious movies.He might have the built in audience thing working on his behalf.
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best idea ever
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period. No way this works w/out mel.
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i have a disk where one side is standard and one is widescreen. never realized i was watching the standard cut all my life. when you watch the widescreen- you see there are quite a few punk chicks in the gayboy berserker clan....they are all off to the sides and cropped in standard format. in widescreen, suddenly the baddies are alot less gay....check it out sometime.
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Hes not that old.
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Ackles should re-boot Die Hard. Let Bana take on Max.
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He owes his whole career to this franchise. Just because you're old doesn't mean you can't pull off a movie like this. ( though I obviously haven't seen the script ) The worst thing would be to do a reboot, because like it or not the original story is pretty cliche now days.
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He's still no Mel fucking Gibson though. The Jews are obviously still pissed at Mel. If that incident would of never happened, we wouldn't even be discussing other casting alternatives right now.
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i'll audition for the role and if i get the part i'll tella guys
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...Nathan Phillips could pull it off as a reboot.
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I sure hope they dont put any pop songs in this one.The one thing i loved about THE ROAD WARRIOR was its ominous tone, and the bleak, hot, windy wasteland. So i'm not getting my hopes up. and Mel doesn't need to be in it, just give me a good story!
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too late man, i already talked to the producers and we agreed that the song "Lady Gaga - Just Dance" will be the perfect choice for the theme song
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I think Aussies and Kiwis don't get along.
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Yes he is, and kiwis don't like to be mistaken for aussies.
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... but they don't like to be mistaken for one another. Same way canadians don't like to be mistaken for americans, but without the hate.
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you said: "Im human and i need to be loved just like everybody else..."
lol dude dont get all emotional about it, we were just messing with you. good luck -
What the fuck are you on? Quit sniffing household products, G.
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As long they don't go with the fashion of today and turn Mad Max into an emo played by a too young actor who still looks like a teen, like they did with Star Trek, a Mad Max movie could still work, even after all this years. I guess.
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that would be cool.
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the nutter actioner roles, or he'll permanently blow a gasket.
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the Highlander remake!
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I guess it depends on the story but why assume it's not going to be Mel Gibson? I'd love to see Mel Gibson as an older Mad Max. It would be so inspirational to see an older Mad Max driven to kick hardcore ass again, if it was done right. Right?
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hes too dangerous
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Hey! We'll have Zac Efron play John McClane as a teen!Some nutty losers in trench coats try to massacre the school, but little do they know senior John Mclane has other plans! Then they could reboot Lethal Weapon w/ an unknown bi-sexual Aussie male underwear model and Marlon Wayans!!! YAY!!!
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wtf? yay!
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part of the greatness of the Mad Max movies was watching Max get older and tougher. I think this movie NEEDS an older, tougher Gibson as Max. Just wanna see him walk off into the wasteland one last time....
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Fuck off. Seriously, just fuck off and die. Vin fucking Diesel in a Mad Max movie? While we're at it let's cast fucking John Krasinski in Martin Scorcese's next movie and let's cast Tara Reid as Ripley's daughter in the next Alien film. Fuck off with that.
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Swear to God I read this there a while back. I remember them saying it's supposed to be animated, japanese anime style. Let's hope not, but fifty bucks says if it's live action, Jason Statham's the lead.
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With one caveat - Russell Crowe. Even we Aussies are appalled at how willfully he abandoned his national identity. Having said that, if anyone knows the story of "Russ Le Roq", maybe he was actually driven out and had no choice...
He shed his Kiwi-ness faster than Portia Rossi lost her Aussie Accent (approx 2 weeks) and daggy real name (Mandy Rodgers). Mel at least kept his Aussieness a bit longer. Gone now, but that's O.K. 'cause we don't really want him anyway. We've got Road Warrior on DVD. That'll do. -
The following must apply 1) Max is played by an aussie. If not Mel, than he should be from Wollongong, 2) No CGI dick-in-a-nintendo bullshit, 3)A strong villain (more Lord Humungous than Tina Turner) 4) Violence. The end of the world will not come in pg-13, 5)Some sort of feral kid with a bizarre futuristic boomerang, 6) no token love interest, no matter how fantastic her exposed breasts may be, 7) keep Max (or new Max) close to silent ala the 2nd film. No "I love u lil lost kids" shite. If he even grunts more than 5 times I won't be satisfied, 8)Take advantage of the desert environment and the natural challenges it throws up (similar to how the frozen wastelands in "the road" make life near impossible for the father and son), 9) Cannibalism? I say yes =p
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...maybe one as Max, and one as some crazy fuck cannibal villain. I don't care which is which.
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of Anthony Hopkins sitting on a throne on top of some crazy refurbed semi getting killed in spectacular fashion by a Mel Gibson Max with a Nick Fury eye patch. I need to go to sleep. Maybe it was the cannibal suggestions above.
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"You'd die for a pipedream."
"Wrong...we fight for a belief. I stay."
Who's gonna play the badass girl in white? Famke Janssen?
Damn, I loved those movies.....good guy in the first who loses it by the end....a bad ass mercenary out for himself in the second, beginning of the third....and he becomes good again by the end of Thunderdome. All classics. Hope they don't shit the bed on this one. -
The Roadwarrior was a terrific film. Don't try to remake it, but I would approve of a new movie in the same vein or timeline.
And digital effects? What I always like was how it really LACKED digital effects... was all real cars crashing and real stunts. -
He's 4'3" of fury on the road. The Knight Rider, Bubba Zinetti, The Toe Cutter, Wez and The Lord Humongus would all tremble in fear at sight of the top of the Dinks head barely clearing the dash on the last of the V-8 interceptors.
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Real car gags with real stunt drivers is what made the previous movies so damn fun to watch.
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Obviously someone did not understand why the first two MAD MAX movies were outstanding masterpieces.
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May 19, 2009 12:57:48 AM CDT
Of course Russell abandoned his Kiwi heritage....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...you know why? Because he's not a fucking pussy.
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Live with it. At 60, he won't hit the roads like when he was 30.
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His age isn't a factor. Ford is swinging around ropes at 65 while Mel is in his early 50s and playing a character less physical than Indy, a guy in a brace who rides arond cars shooting stuff with a shotgun. Cmon . also whats with the shit of someone else playing him? Mel is Max, you cant replace him when HE was the FIRST iteration of the character in any medium ever. can you replace Ford as Indy? no. so FUCK OFF SHITHEADS!
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Connery is Bond. Shatner is Kirk. Stallone is Rocky and Mel Gibson IS Mad Max.....A 53 year old Max beating the shit out of punk kids and smashing into cars with the Interceptor is what we need. Also a great Aussie actor like Guy Pearce as a new Toecutter-Esq villain. And Harry your way off, digital graphics will ruin this film and make Miller more lazy in his approach to film making
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to show girls nowadays what a real man looks like.
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Russ le Roq. Youtube it if you can stand to see Rusty being exactly that - a pussy. Blow-wave, eye makeup, the works! Bale's sake!!
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despise his politics, I would still want to see Mel Gibson in this as Max...
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May 20, 2009 8:29:34 AM CDT
why not follow a different character in the same world?
by the amazing g
Mad Max is awesome of course, but he's still just one person in a very large and fascinating world, heck they could make it where Max is deceased, but a legendary figure, a "messiah of the wasteland" if you will (sort of like the vault dweller in Fallout)
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The different character in the same world, i point you to the Star Wars prequels which showed that it's as much about the ragtag heroes of the OT as much as it was about the world.
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