The first Mad Max was based on scarcity matters that have also demonstrated itself here in the States. (I remember the long lines and even-odd rationing during the 1970s OPEC cartel and gas crisis.)
The whole point of Mad Max was yes, we’ll get kooky about our cars when scarcity hits and everyone goes spooky.
When As the climate crisis starts chewing on the big agriculture machine that feeds us, Mad Max will serve as a good model for what’s going to happen, only with fewer cars and more cannibalism.
Famine really sucks, and the international community are bastards for allowing shit to get bad in Gaza.
It was good, but the end credits shouldn’t have played scenes from Fury Road. Outside of that, it mostly tells a distinct story that happens to be set in the same universe. The movie stands better on its own.
Which may explain why we get the concept of the “First History Man” here as GM’s way out of a studio mandate. Truth be told, the franchise has ALWAYS felt like tales handed down, mostly because 2 and 3 followed Joseph Campbell to a T.
I really liked that aspect and kinda wish all Mad Max movies had been framed that way. That would certainly explain why Max is a very different man in Fury Road. (Hardy played him as traumatized loner, while Gibson always managed to give him a wry sense of nihilist humour.)
Watched Fury road for the billionth time last night. God it’s good. Doesn’t set out to be anything it shouldn’t be; delivers what you want. Not too much dwelling on the past, no shoehorned romances. Just fast and fun.
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