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More MAD MAX: FURY ROAD BTS Vehicle Shots!! Is This An Interceptor, Perhaps?
Aint It Cool reader David has been incredibly excellent at locating Behind The Scenes pics of vehicles from George Miller's forthcoming MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, and is now back to call our attention to a new wave of photos from the shoot.
This first batch originates HERE. David wonders if the metallic car seen on the right side of the frame of that second pic is, perhaps, an Interceptor?
Here's two more - check out the apparently impaled infants on the Spiky Truck!! Or, are those supposed to be dolls? I'm going with infants...it has to be! Slightly EMBIGGENABLE versions by clicking.
Here's a very slight enlargement of that suspected Interceptor (Interceptor variant?) seen above? What do you think - is David right?
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Where's the kleenex?
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Yeah
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"Last of the V8 interceptors".
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Aug. 12, 2012, 4:04 p.m. CST
I really love that Impale-O-Mobile. It's *so* wrong in so many right ways...
by Merrick
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He said before that they came up with an interesting look for Max, like a half drowned cat. I want to see what he was talking about.
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Aug. 12, 2012, 4:09 p.m. CST
After Miller rocks us all with NuMad Max, bring him back to Justice League...
by ThulsaBoom
...realistic or fantastic, he will knock it out of the park and give Whedon a run for his money.
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We don't need another hero.
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Aug. 12, 2012, 4:10 p.m. CST
Can't help but think of Blood Meridian when looking at the truck.
by UGG
What's the release date for this? Also does the V8 have the engine sticking out the hood I can't tell?
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Aug. 12, 2012, 4:32 p.m. CST
sweet another mediocre remake that pales in comparison to the original
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
I'm so glad these things are making money, I hope they never run out of things to remake and reboot.
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Not an original movie idea left unmade.
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Aug. 12, 2012, 4:46 p.m. CST
I know that this project has been is development hell for a number of years...
by WeylandYutani
but I am unclear if this is a reboot, prequel or sequel... Is there anyone here who is in the know?
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Aug. 12, 2012, 4:49 p.m. CST
I don't care what it is - it looks like a Mad Max/Road Warrior movie like should!
by Jaka
And that's FAR MORE than I was expecting.
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like Prometheus,Nu Trek,etc. The director's career is over so he goes back to what he made his career in the first place.He gets a decent budget and he announces to the fans that he is making a sequel but with a different actor. But in reality it is just a modern remake of his iconic movie for a new generation and with the hope that it will resurrect the long dead franchise into a new, profitable one. Expect a new Prometheus/Nu Trek debacle, regardless its success it will be one more cash grab job with better production values but derived of soul and artistic vision.
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Part of what made these movies great were the stunts.
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It's not a remake. I too won't support a remake. I will never pay to rent of buy a ticket to a remake. This isn't one of them.
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Maybe 2 years ago or so a dude posted on a car forum that the film will feature "138 cars and bikes and 298 stunts". Apparently they built doubles of every car as well, so that tells me there will be alot of REAL action.
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Is a V-8 Interceptor ...just compared it to pics of one from the first movie ...same body style. Obviously it looks like Cousin Cletus got hold of one and got it ready for Redneck Round-up Weekend. My interest in this movie is rising.
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fuck-n-a right it is
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Seriously, how fucking cool would it be to see the real Max one last time?? Miller, you're done!
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this film seems to promise much more of the highway savagery of Road Warrior. Those truck are incredible.
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...it'd be a shame to blow it up.
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Why is this remake happening? I'm sure it sounds good on paper, but do we really need it? If they're itching to use a post-apocalyptic theme, create a new idea or turn Fallout into a movie.
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http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/rip-joe-kubert-comic-book-art.html
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So how come there's a more pimped up variant?
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this directors career is far from over. happy feet?
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Aug. 12, 2012, 7 p.m. CST
That's no Inteceptor...it's Snot Rod from Disney's Cars movie.
by tylerzero
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Aug. 12, 2012, 7 p.m. CST
You know what, though? These are almost *too* designy, too clean, too perfect.
by NeonFrisbee
What's so great about the ass-kickingly awesome car art design in the original 2 especially is that they were beat up looking cars and were mostly practical. They were cartoony and outlandish and tricked out, but in a more low-tech, loose, rag tag, chop shop way. These look kinda neat, but too clean to me somehow.
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you just nailed perfectly what's wrong with this movie and a lot of other remakes: the creator has now a bigger budget and better movie technology and a fanbase to cater for, so he focuses so much in the iconography that he ends up neglecting the most important part of the movie: the storytelling part.
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Can I also see an armoured tanker? MM2 all over again?
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why do you guys put up from shit from that winona guy when you should be celebrating a possible return to: violent,viscous,vibrant,disturbing,exhilirating,morbid,macho,dystopic,depressing,haunting... movie thought this was a fuckin movie lovers site
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This is: http://tinyurl.com/cmq5x53
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this could turn out to be a pretty unnerving film
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maybe have society re-organizing a bit, getting the old police station back up and running, return of the old Sarge and a horrifically burned and creepy as hell Goose comes back like the ghost frigging rider. Reign in a lot of the post apoco crazy shit, get back to simple glass and metal.
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He's too old to do this anymore. Maybe if all the villains in this one were Jews... Just joking. I love Mel, in spite of his big stupid drunk mouth. This is a sequel to Thunderdome. How would we explain Max suddenly being decades older than the last film? Fucking fucktards go fuck off. Tom Hardy is a good choice for this film.
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You don't have a fucking clue what you're talking about. Miller's last three movies have made more than all of his other films COMBINED.
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Who really fucking cares or expects this to be any fucking good. Piece of shit.
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In THE ROAD WARRIOR the vehicles looked like what skilled mechanics improvising with limited access to spare parts and with a desperate need to conserve fuel might come up with. The Batmobile-on-monster-truck-tires looks stupid. It doesn't look like anything you'd put together if you were out on the wasteland trying to scrounge enough gas to make it to the next pillage opportunity. It looks like something a production designer would put together to make an Idiocracy audience think it looked *cool* or *badass*. The Impale-O-Mobile also looks stupid. Do you know how much that thing would weigh? You'd burn all the gas left in Australia getting it out of the parking lot.
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Is this a sequel, with Tom Hardy merely pulling a James Bond and continuing the role in a Part IV, or is this a reboot? Because, if this is a reboot of the original "MAD MAX", the spiky vehicles and the gas shortage and the post-apocalypse shouldn't have even happened yet. In the original MAD MAX, Max was just a highway patrolman fighting an out-of-control gang of crazy drivers in souped-up cars. I'll assume that, if it IS a reboot, they're just rebooting THE ROAD WARRIOR and forgetting about the original MAD MAX altogether ... otherwise, none of this shit makes a lick of goddamn sense.</p><p> Also, while I shouldn't have to point this out, if it IS just a "Part IV", the V8 died in THE ROAD WARRIOR and Max was using what was left of it as a horse (or camel, I think) cart in BEYOND THUNDERDOME. It could be a new car of some sort, maybe even Max's new ride, but I'm pretty sure it ain't the Interceptor. That fucker was bad-ass black, even in BEYOND THUNDERDOME. And if this is a reboot, why give the new ride a shitty paint job?
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Aug. 12, 2012, 8:39 p.m. CST
IT'S A FUCKING SEQUEL! It takes place after Thunderdome.
by Queefer Sutherland
Fucking twats pay attention for once.
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Aug. 12, 2012, 8:43 p.m. CST
Taking place after Thunderdome and having vehicles that aren't made of comupter graphics is so far two of the greatest reliefs. also the same director. this should be fine.
by crazy4dragons13
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Really? Based on the remarks by the contributors and about half the goddamn posters on here, it might be a remake. A remake that would make zero goddamn sense, but a remake, nonetheless. I actually assumed it was just gonna be Part IV, though they might have to explain how Max went back in time and is actually younger than he was in THUNDERDOME, but that being said, my point was: NOT THE V8 INTERCEPTOR.
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Aug. 12, 2012, 9:15 p.m. CST
I read a bunch of Joe Kubert's war comics over and over as a kid
by Autodidact
RIP.
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Aug. 12, 2012, 9:16 p.m. CST
Baby corpses impaled is nothing compared to how hot this brunette singing we will rock you is
by UltraTron
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all of these oversized cars running about
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or maybe the truck that ate Paris
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Aug. 12, 2012, 10:50 p.m. CST
This is looking better all the time I like that they are using vintage cars
by cgih8r
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Aug. 12, 2012, 11:07 p.m. CST
You idiots realize Miller has wanted to make this movie for years right?
by Don_Drapers_Acid_Trip
This isn't some cash grab made at the request of some Warner Bros exec who was thumbing through the Warner Catalog looking for any titles left that sounded vaguely familiar to throw on some new piece of shit movie, this is a Mad Max movie by George Miller, creator and director of Mad Max, and one he's wanted to make since the nineties with Mel Gibson, so show some respect you stupid fucking cunts. Also since Mel's too old now it's not taking into account the other films, it's just a new thing now which is why Max still has his interceptor, it's not specifically taking place after Thunderdome anymore etc.
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Aug. 12, 2012, 11:08 p.m. CST
As long as there are no dancing penguins in this, I am fine...
by RockHardTobascoSlimJim
George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. Seriously. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. George Miller directed Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two.
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as the Interceptor, with a blower and a similar custom fiberglass front. Looks a little too "jacked up" in the rear and modified with harpoon weapons in the back ala baddies vehicles in MM2. I wouldn't want to corner at speed with that car's centre of gravity!
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Aug. 12, 2012, 11:28 p.m. CST
To all the people bitching about Tom Hardy being "younger" than Mel Gibson, when Beyond Thunderdome was shot Gibson was 29. As of right now Tom Hardy is 35….
by Jt
so to all the clueless people out there Hardy is 6 years older than Gibson was when he shot Beyond Thunderdome.
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Aug. 12, 2012, 11:29 p.m. CST
oh, and this is a sequel taking place after Thunderdome, keep up with the facts, this is no reboot
by Jt
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Actually, the fact that this was either a straight-up (series of) sequel(s) meant in the vein of James Bond (different actors playing the same role but continuing the franchise) or a reboot was NEVER really "made clear", not on here or anywhere else. At one point, they were speculating that Heath Ledger was gonna play Max's son (or Max himself), at another point, they were speculating that Tom Hardy would play Max's son (or Max himself), there was speculation that it was a continuation of the original series and there was speculation that it would be a reboot. Nobody seems to know ... except you guys who keep insisting it's a sequel to THUNDERDOME. You guys seem pretty fucking sure.
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... as for Hardy being older than Gibson at the time he did THUNDERDOME, I think most people are responding to the fact that, for whatever fucked-up reason, Miller gave Gibson that white-sidewalls "Reed Richards" 'do that made Gibson seem around mid-to-late forties or early fifties in the movie. Maybe they'll weather-beat Hardy to the point where he looks age-appropriate, but if THIS MEANS WAR is any indicator, Hardy looks like a fucking kid by comparison to Gibson '85.
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Mel Gibson was born in 1956. Thunderdome was made in 1985. Tom Hardy was born in 1977. That makes him older than when Gibson did Thunderdome. So if it's a sequel, that shouldn't be a problem. If it's a remake (and I have to admit I don't really know for sure, I just like being an ass) he'll be quite a bit older. I suppose they could cover the first one pretty quickly, then get all Road Warriory on us, as they obviously plan to do from the photos. But we're probably not going to know for a while. They COULD just make a Mad Max movie and not even mention events in the past films. In such case, is it a sequel or is it a remake? It's possible we'll never get a concrete answer to that questions.
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Aug. 13, 2012, 1:09 a.m. CST
But yeah, I can see where somebody would think Gibson was older.
by Queefer Sutherland
He looked like hell in Thunderdome. But the guy is only 56 years old now. He started out very young.
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When I think of Hawkman it's always the Joe Kubert Hawkman... does anyone know if he finished inking all of Nite Owl before he passed? It would be a jarring transition and a sad reminder... his inks define the look of the book more than the pencils
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Aug. 13, 2012, 1:13 a.m. CST
Been trying to post a link to Moviehole where it says the film isn't a sequel
by Queefer Sutherland
But it won't post here. Stupid fucking site.
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Aug. 13, 2012, 1:14 a.m. CST
moviehole.net/201254284fury-road-is-a-complete-reboot-of-the-mad-max-series
by Queefer Sutherland
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They don't say it in the movie, but THUNDERDOME supposedly takes place 18 years after THE ROAD WARRIOR. Which makes sense, because it would have taken Auntie Entity quite a while to organize all the savages and build Bartertown. Plus, the older kids have virtually no knowledge about the war or what came before it, and the Gyro Captain has a ten-year-old kid. Actually, that was the single thing that really bothered me about THUNDERDOME. You would think Max and the Gyro Captain would remember each other after all the shit they went through together.
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Aug. 13, 2012, 1:28 a.m. CST
@fluffyunbound Absolutely agree. These are over-the-top.
by Bedknobs and Boomsticks
Which might not be bad in another series, but here they seem silly. Like something out of the old CARtoons comic book/magazine.
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Once more, I'll believe this is happening only when I see actual two-legged, human-type ACTORS in these set pics... No men enter - no movie leaves!
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Aug. 13, 2012, 1:38 a.m. CST
So the porcupine one? How does one enter that vehicle to say, I don't know, drive it?
by Kabrix
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Aug. 13, 2012, 1:44 a.m. CST
They're not going to recover old ground from Mad Max 1
by Don_Drapers_Acid_Trip
He's already going to be Mad Max, with his interceptor and all, because we know the story. We're not getting another origin story. So in that sense it's a sort of stand alone sequel, like road warrior was, but other than that it's not taking the old movies into account so it's also "reboot" or whatever. It sounds like the best possible outcome here to me and I don't why people are being a bunch of bitches about it. Also don't see why so many people think Mel Gibson is critical to the Mad Max role, he isn't. It's a nameless drifter archetype. He can be anyone.
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Can't picture Max in that.
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It's not a remake or a reboot, dickhead.
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This is strike two for Hardy.
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...but yeah, it should have been Mel Gibson in one last round. Max isn't James Bond. There's actually something poignant and personal about his journey, and I think that's largely because of Gibson's portrayal of the main character. Hardy's a good actor and will probably be a good Max. But even if you give him the same backstory and the same name, he will be a DIFFERENT Max. I would like some kind of closure to his story. He's been wandering in the Australian outback for two sequels, looking (subconsciously, I think) for some kind of meaning. Even if he dies at the end, it would cool if he finds some kind of peace.
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Oh it's not a reboot or a remake or a prequel? I heard it was a sequel with a different main character. But then why is it called MAD MAX? Mad Max is Mel Gibson. Mel Gibson is MAD MAX. There is no difference between this movie and the Thing premake, the Friday the 14th remake, the Nightmare on Elm Street remake, the Star Wars prequels, that Crystal Skullfuck movie, fuck I can go on and on. They sure as fuck don't make movies like they used to, and I bet my left nut this one will be no different! That truck with spikes all over it looks cool as hell though!
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As crazy as this may sound, the Gyro Captain from 'Road Warrior' and the Pilot from 'Beyond Thunderdome' are not the same person. It's why he appears in the credits of Road Warrior as 'The Gyro Captain' and in the credits of Thunderdome as 'Jedediah the Pilot'. It's also why Max and the Pilot don't recognise each other in 'Thunderdome'. That has been a source of confusion for many fans over the years. However I was at a con in Brisbane about 6 years ago where Bruce Spence (who plays both of the pilot roles) confirmed that they weren't the same person. And even he couldn't adequately explain why the writers decided to play it that way.
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At the point in Thunderdome, where they finally meet face to face, Max is being chased by Auntie's men, who probably dont want to just shake his hand. They did put in that ambigous "YOU" that Max says, but i dont think in terms of pace or just logic that would have developed into "your the guy who saved me when we were fighting Humungus around that protected oil derek blah, blah, blah". I always felt he recognised him, but a big recap/reunion just wasnt appropriate at that point. Its a shame Mel's not in this, but if they dont rely on cgi and have a original plot, then i'm willing to give Hardy a chance in the role.
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Seems like each one of them takes place in a very different world with no definite chronology for when things happen. He's just a character with a sad history plunked down into various settings. They could do Mad Max in space and it would probly work.
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Okay. So that article answered my question ... I think. Not a (direct) sequel, not a prequel, not a remake. It's a "reboot" where some new guy is being called "Mad Max" and it takes place in the same post-apocalyptic Australia THE ROAD WARRIOR and BEYOND THUNDERDOME did. Makes sense to me.</p><p> I don't think they could have remade the franchise from MAD MAX, anyway, because the leap from MAD MAX to THE ROAD WARRIOR never made a lick of goddamn sense. In the first movie, it's semi-indicated that it's the near future, but like a CARS THAT ATE PARIS kind of near future, where they just gotta fight some out of control gangs, but there's still laws and electricity and gas and there's TV broadcasts, and Max Rockanatowsky is just a cop who happens to be a decent driver and he gets pushed over the edge by the end. It's like they mixed DIRTY HARRY with THE WARRIORS and VANISHING POINT. Then, in THE ROAD WARRIOR, fucking WORLD WAR III happened in between the first and second movies, so, suddenly, there's no more electricity or gas or cops or anything, but Max is still driving around in the Interceptor with the leg brace like he'd been pissing at a rest stop when all the bombs fell. I don't think anybody minds that much of a leap, because both movies are pretty good, but from the outside, it would have been like if, in the second DIRTY HARRY movie, they'd had Clint Eastwood's character take a glider into New York City to rescue the President. Actually, and, surprisingly, most people who love THE ROAD WARRIOR and BEYOND THUNDERDOME probably never saw MAD MAX, and would hate it if they did.</p><p> Anyway, back on point, I guess this makes Hardy's age and the facts regarding the Interceptor pretty moot ... aside from the fact that, if that IS the Interceptor, there's a serious design flaw in having what appears to be either its nitrous oxide injector or gas tank (a spare?) right under the fucking rear bumper, where anybody could either shoot it or ram into it.
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Although you could kind of explain away the fact that he had a kid in between ROAD WARRIOR and THUNDERDOME, since he snagged or raped that blonde chick by the end of ROD WARRIOR, the one thing they'd really have to explain is, how he got his fucking TEETH FIXED. Apparently, a really great dentist and all his gear survived World War III. No wonder Max didn't recognize him.
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It's a different character. That's why he and Max don't recognise each other.
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The Gyro Captain/ different character thing is weird all right. Last time I watched Beyond Thunderdome I could have sworn I recognised other actors from the Road Warrior in Aunties prison. Probably not supposed to be the same characters as well? Weird. George Miller lost his buddy (the cinematographer I think) in a tragic helicopter /location scouting accident (again not sure of the details) so the Bruce Spence thing was probably the last thing on Millers mind. He probably just wanted the movie finished and done with.
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Aug. 13, 2012, 7:36 a.m. CST
To me it seemed like ROAD WARRIOR kinda rebooted the MAD MAX concept and THUNDERDOME was a sequel to that but made for kids essentially
by Autodidact
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Love it!!
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Aug. 13, 2012, 7:48 a.m. CST
Hey ultratron... reactors are my biggest worry when it comes to post-apocalyptic scenarios
by Autodidact
Even if you can survive the zombies, or the asteroid strike, you better head over to the nearest reactor and RTFM.
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I read somewhere that the gyro captain in beyond thunderdome was supposed to be a completely different character from the one in road warrior. Its on the imdb website I believe.
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Ditto you hit it right on the head.
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a completely different character, he is not the Gyro captain. That's why they don't seem to know each other from their previous adventure. Why they decided to do it like this is beyond me.
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Aug. 13, 2012, 9:20 a.m. CST
All I know is that these pictures of all these vehicles + the awesome-ness of Tom Hardy = me feeling very confident about this film.
by Dogmatic
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Aug. 13, 2012, 9:53 a.m. CST
Lee Van Cleef is two different guys in Few Dollars More and Good Bad Ugly
by Don_Drapers_Acid_Trip
Nobody has trouble with that, don't see why the pilot guy is any different.
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that car has a turret and deck on teh rear. Also, if this is a sequel, didnt Max's car get exploded? I gotta go find a clip to remind me.
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Aug. 13, 2012, 9:57 a.m. CST
Mel Gibson's Max's arc was complete with Thunderdome
by Don_Drapers_Acid_Trip
He sacrificed himself to get the kids away, give society a chance at a new start, etc. Why not start fresh now? No way is the role of a burnt out wasteland drifter exclusive to the actor Mel Gibson. You guys sound like the dumbasses who we're signing petitions and shit that "NOBODY SHOULD PLAY THE JOKER EVER AGAIN BECAUSE I LIKED HOW HEATH LEDGER PLAYING THE JOKER AND HE DIED SO SAD"
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Aug. 13, 2012, 10:22 a.m. CST
Despite the absolute suckitude of ST:Nemesis Tom Hardy's Shinzon was actually very well acted and one of the parts that didn't suck in Nemesis.
by Dogmatic
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Can't we all just get beyond... Thunderdome?
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if Max's story was completed with Thuderdome, then what's the point of starting fresh? The story of Max was told. the end.stop there. tell us a new, different story. tell us the story of the feral kid if you want. how it grew up in the harse wastelands and how Max inspired him to become the great leader of his tribe. But yes sorry i forgot, Max is selling the remake and merchandise, the feral kid is a risky investment.
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Aug. 13, 2012, 11:11 a.m. CST
Because the character and settings are too awesome to not do more with
by Don_Drapers_Acid_Trip
This isn't fucking citizen kane here, we're not defiling consecrated ground, Mad Max is great pulp stuff. Like Doc Savage or some shit. There's nothing wrong with starting over again with a "volume two" and doing some things differently. You guys get way too wrapped up in CANON and CONTINUITY and shit. You seriously want a continuation of the feral kid and his adventures? Fuck that. I never heard of anything so stupid. Like if Conan Doyle went to bring Sherlock Holmes back from the dead and everyone was like "FUCK THIS REBOOT HORSESHIT. I WANT TO SEE THE BOLD NEW ARTISTIC NARRATIVE OF THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS. LETS SEE THEM GROW INTO CRIME FIGHTING ADULTS DONT BE PUSSIES ABOUT IT THIS IS A STORY THAT MUST BE TOLD."
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Monster truck madness! Seats only twelve dollars, but you'll only need the edge!
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Aug. 13, 2012, 12:20 p.m. CST
Mad Max isn't just some generic character - he's a bonafide pop culture icon, and Mel Gibson charisma is why.
by Mosquito March
He's like Indiana Jones, Han Solo, Rocky, Rambo, Dirty Harry, The Man With No Name, John McClane, The Terminator, Shaft - all signature roles for the actors who played them. They haven't even been able to find a better Superman than Christopher Reeve, yet. And the cast of Abrams's STAR TREK, though entertaining, will never replace the original cast. Same with THE A-TEAM, same with MIAMI VICE. Casting Steven Weber as Jack Torrance in the SHINING TV movie didn't work, and while Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling wasn't the worst thing about HANNIBAL, it just added to the wrongness of the whole affair. Bond has been hit or (mostly) miss over the years, Batman has been way up and way down. Tom Hardy is a good actor, and I'm going to give him a chance because George Miller is making the film. But, to everyone I know who loves the Max movies, Mel Gibson IS Max.
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Aug. 13, 2012, 1:39 p.m. CST
I think that almost no one is really gonna care about this movie
by corplhicks
Almost no one under 40 knows who Mad Max is, let alone the Road Warrior movie of days long gone. that Post-apocolyptic every man for himself is old by now, and *almost* doesn't work anymore. Not to mention that if the only way it could work would be a Gibson containing movie, but that would NOT work because he is such an unlikable, sickening, disgusting, racist, crazy fuck
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Aug. 13, 2012, 2:08 p.m. CST
Anybody who thinks Hardy is lacking presence and charisma hasn't seen Chopper
by Queefer Sutherland
He can play Mad Max, no problem.
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Aug. 13, 2012, 2:13 p.m. CST
That's 100% an XB Coupe Falcon body, jacked up to the max, blower's there...it's an Interceptor but not as we know it Jim
by KillaKane
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Aug. 13, 2012, 2:15 p.m. CST
Oh and there's the rear header pipes too, it's the last of the last of the V8s!
by KillaKane
They should've got Eric Bana behind the wheel tho (after Mel passed) he's a died in the wool petrol head and a true aussie
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I LOVE the Mad Max movies, but I'm completely willing to let Hardy do it, and I'll judge him on his own merits. Yes Mell Gibson HAS been Max, but no longer. To continue the series they need a new actor. Just like they did with Star Trek. Who the fuck wanted to see 70 year old William Shatner waddle around in uniform again? Only assholes. Same with Gibson. I love Mel and still support his films, but I don't want to see him limp around as Max again. His time for that role is done.
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You mean Bronson. Chopper is Eric Bana (whatever happened to him?).
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I don't know why I get those one-named films mixed up. But yeah, people need to see Bronson before they judge Hardy. Dork Knight Rises was not the film to showcase his talent. And yeah, sad about Bana. When you watch Chopper you wonder what happened. The guy ate up the screen.
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Aug. 13, 2012, 2:47 p.m. CST
Bana's Loving the Beast is testament to his love of the Falcon/MM...
by KillaKane
A crying shame Miller went for Hardy over Bana, I just don't get it - it's not Hardy's abilities, he's a terrific actor - he just doesn't look/feel like Max, Bana excudes that 'stray dog' rogue vibe evinced by Mad Mel
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Yes, original is good, but you know what? If it worked before let it work again. If it ain't for you stay home, but there are plenty of us who are anxious to see this franchise resurrected. All hail Miller. No more games!
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Aug. 13, 2012, 3:21 p.m. CST
I don't get why some of you are being negative aout this.
by Elgyn6655321
It's the original director coming back to make a new "Mad Max" movie, and it's not a throwaway remake. What the hell is there NOT to like? Yes I would have preferred Mel Gibson back, but let's face it: Gibson was not replaced because of his age. He was replaced because right now no studio wants to touch him with a ten-foot pole. And I don't blame them.
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Aug. 13, 2012, 3:22 p.m. CST
read somewhere Vernon Wells has a cameo...
by Clarence_Boddickers_Optometrist
I checked IMDB one day to find mysterious "Ice Cream Vendor Who's Gangraped on Nitro Truck" but the next day it vanished.
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I love both actors, however I think Hardy has the star power to drive (no pun) the film. Bana's sorta disappeared into RomCom land.
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Bana only showed me his Mad Max once in Chopper. Since then it's like he's become emasculated. He hasn't impressed me in years. Hardy was amazing in Bronson, and even with that stupid mask and stupid story, he still stood out in Dark Knight Rises.
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I was sorta 'straw manning'it. I think Hardy is going to be a fantastic Max. I still have love for Banna. Hope he finds his next "chopper", ya know.
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I didn't see Chopper until I'd seen many other Bana films, and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. This was an Eric Bana I'd never seen. It amazed me to see that performance after having seen so many, safer, much less impressive stuff. So far for me, Hardy hasn't lost his edge, but he's close. He was a near non-entity in Inception, but nobody impressed me in that one. Bronson was his "Chopper" and hopefully he can remember that intensity and use it as Max. I have faith in him.
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apocalypto anybody?
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Apparently Warner put out a press release, which contained this: “Mad Max Fury Road” sees Mad Max (Hardy) caught up with a group of people fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by the imperator Furiosa (Theron). A battle erupts on the road in front of them over the course of the film as they attempt to push the rig to safer terrain.
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First site I found that appears to have the entire press release: http://www.financialpost.com/markets/news/Road+Warrior+Returns+Fury+Road+Kennedy+Miller+Mitchell+Production/7084270/story.html That said: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley?
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Strange as it is, that single picture of a car-on-a-car-on-a-monster-truck just screams "SEE THIS DAMN MOVIE!"
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That release also confirms the names of some other characters, Nathan Jones as "Rictus Erectus"? I'm sold already!
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http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=93461 CS: How much did George Miller try and persuade you to do a "Mad Max 4"? Gibson: We talked about this very project like 10 years ago. I actually wanted to do it, but then what happened was, the budget was nuts. It was crazy. I certainly hope they've become more realistic about it. CS: Is it true that Tom Hardy asked for your approval? Gibson: No, they cast him, but I sat down with the guy and I quite like him. I think he's a good choice for that. CS: Will you see the film? Gibson: Oh yeah, I'll have a look. It'll be fun. I think he's a good actor. He commits completely and he looks great. There's this scary thing about him which is kind of right for that. Tom needed to sit down and talk more than I did. I'm really happy about that. But I hope they do a great job. I'm a big fan of George's. CS: Is there a character at all that you played that you'd like to revisit? Gibson: Nah. I've done it. There are new challenges. CS: And there's no way you'll be enticed into doing a "Lethal 5." Gibson: No I think the way things are going with "Total Recall," they'll just remake those somehow. Though it's really tough to replace Danny. He was so amazing in those things. It was a good gig for us. It worked. But we knew it would. CS: Do you regret doing four movies? Gibson: No, I had fun on every one of them and they were lucrative and good to me. And they really afforded me the opportunity to slow down and pick things and do things that really interested me. Like this "Gringo" thing which didn't pay but it was a good thing to have done
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Aug. 14, 2012, 8:11 p.m. CST
Queefer - I just watched GET THE GRINGO. Saying Mel can't still kick as is absurd.
by Mosquito March
If he wanted to do it, he would have been awesome. And if you were that big a fan of the series, you'd agree.
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