Mad Max: Fury Road

CB2001 said:
You know, after some thinking, I can see how the Feral Kid as the new Max theory could be possible. I mean, Max acts rather animalistic at the start of the film, much like the kid did. And there is the music box that turns up in this film, which Max gave to the kid. But I noticed smaller details that could make the argument for the theory. For example, Max in the film has a voice that almost sounds more like the gruffly voice of the Feral Kid's adult narration. And the child Max hallucinates is apparently his daughter (while Max had a son in the first film). So, with those details in mind, maybe the Feral Kid is actually the new Max, and that he became him because he lost his family like how Max lost his, and took up the name because he went insane to the point where he couldn't be himself anymore.

Now, I know, "But how did the Feral Kid get a V8 Interceptor with the same mods when the mechanic in the first film said he had to salvage what he could find to put the car together?" After some thinking, I've got a possible explanation: the body of the car may not be as difficult to find. And in The Road Warrior, the gas tanks exploded the back of the car, so there's a very slim chance the car's engine may have still been mostly intact (I say very slim, taking not only the explosion into account, but the crash that occurred before that. The main engine block and some of the other parts for it may have survived and years later, after the Feral Kid grew up, he put together his Interceptor, long before he lost everything).

Like I said, I can see how the theory could be possible, though unlikely.
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I cant really remember but didn't the new Max have flash backs that only the original could have.
 
3phase said:
I cant really remember but didn't the new Max have flash backs that only the original could have.
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Max had a half second flashback to the Toecutter's eyes popping out of his head right before he got flattened by the big rig in the first movie, I'm not sure of any others.
 
3phase said:
I cant really remember but didn't the new Max have flash backs that only the original could have.
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Not really. I mean Max's opening narration has him saying that he was a cop, but we never see any replay of events from the first three films (like any of the events from the first film showing him as a cop, unlike the opening of The Road Warrior which has a recap) and then he mentions the economical crisis and the eventual outbreak of the war (which we do see bits and pieces of). For the Feral Kid hypothesis, that makes sense, as the opening narration of The Road Warrior, the adult Feral Kid's introduction narration has him recalling the same information as we see at the start of the new film (which includes circumstances he knew lead to Max becoming who he is, which is surprising because this old man Feral Kid somehow knew Max's story, yet only Max never told the Feral Kid his story within the two days that he knew him). But in that opening narration of Fury Road doesn't show anything of Max's past, but shows bits and pieces of how the world fell, even though it's Max's recalling what happened. For the Feral Kid hypothesis, all he knew of Max was that he was a cop and that he lost someone, so the black screen during the mention of Max's past could be seen as the Feral Kid not knowing the events of the first film with Max's personal history, but knew of the economic collapse and the nuclear war, because he remembered it (which in itself contradicts The Road Warrior opening narration if the hypothesis was true).

Like I said, I like the tall-tale Max interpretation than the Feral Kid hypothesis.
 
Mola Rob said:
Max had a half second flashback to the Toecutter's eyes popping out of his head right before he got flattened by the big rig in the first movie, I'm not sure of any others.
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Even just to have this and the interceptor I think the director writers etc were going with this being Max. Personally I would have preferred they went another way with the kid or something so not to mess with the originals
 
When they make a new Batman movie, it doesn't imply continuity with the old movies just because he's named Bruce Wayne and wears black & yellow. Same with Superman being named Clark Kent, wearing red & blue, flying around, dodging Kryptonite. We expect these character basics to be retained. At the same time we also expect a new continuity for the good of the storytelling.


Fury Road is a new Mad Max movie. It still stars "Max". He's a former cop, wearing black leather, with a leg brace, roaming the post-apoc desert wasteland in a blown '73 Falcon.

There's no reason to keep looking for continuity with the old movies just because it's the same framework. Miller is the original writer/director but he has shown every sign of treating his old 3 movies like he's a different person remaking it.
 
I been wanting to see this, but keep having some stuff come up. Hope to see it next week as everyone keeps telling me I will regret not seeing it on the big screen. The soundtrack I can say I love though.
 
shiveringmelody said:
I been wanting to see this, but keep having some stuff come up. Hope to see it next week as everyone keeps telling me I will regret not seeing it on the big screen. The soundtrack I can say I love though.
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I saw it on the big screen but at a shoddy theater with iffy sound, so the next week found the biggest, best sounding theater I could and saw it in the best environment I could. I live in the boondocks, so it was a chore...but it was worth it :) Definitely try to get out to see this one!
 
I dont mind there being a discrepancy between the films. Mostly because those earlier ones weren't fully realized IMHO.

For me the real question of continuity has to do with the time between the first one and the rest.

Did nuclear fallout happen after the first one?

Or is the struggle simply a matter of location? At the end of the first one he drove off into the wasteland. Does that mean those coastal towns are still in existence?

I believe George miller said that this one takes place about 90 years after the fall. Which says that this max was definitely not a cop. Or he was a cop in a different location, that still has some forms of civilization
 
I think you guys are wasting your time trying to find continuity here.
I think of Fury Road as just another story about the mythological figure of Mad Max - who may or may not be based in reality.
Like the Iliad. We don't know if the Trojan war actually happened, or if it's participants actually existed. And when you pick it apart, it falls apart.
But it's still a heck of a story.
 
astroboy said:
I dont mind there being a discrepancy between the films. Mostly because those earlier ones weren't fully realized IMHO.

For me the real question of continuity has to do with the time between the first one and the rest.

Did nuclear fallout happen after the first one?
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According to what someone stated about the novelization, the nuclear war broke out two weeks after the ending of the events in the first film. The start of The Road Warrior is said to take place two years after the first film.
 
No THAT'S the chapter I wanna see. I want to see Max survive the nukes

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Well since Miller has sort of jettisoned the series continuity the war could now have taken place just about anytime.
 
Lots of things have simple plots if you wanna look at it that way.



Romeo & Juliet:
Two horny teenagers get together & make their parents mad.

Star Wars:
A farm boy rescues a princess.

Raiders:
Americans & Nazis compete to find an artifact.

Titanic:
Romeo & Juliet on a sinking ship.

The Exodus:
A bunch of people escape from slavery.

The New Testament:
A rabbi does miracles & gets executed by the govt.
 
I love a simple plot, told beautifully. Broke back mountain, children of men, etc....


Yet at the same time, I also like a story that breaths on it's own. One of the reasons I prefer ESB over ANH is that empire has a very odd plot structure. It just kinda begins until it ends. We follow our heroes while they're on the run. It just flows organically and there's no other movie like it.

Whereas ANH feels like it has a video game structure. It's a single stand alone structure.

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astroboy said:
Yet at the same time, I also like a story that breaths on it's own. One of the reasons I prefer ESB over ANH is that empire has a very odd plot structure. It just kinda begins until it ends. We follow our heroes while they're on the run. It just flows organically and there's no other movie like it.
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That's why I love ESB, too. Does it even have a plot?
I mentioned the Iliad earlier. It also has virtually no plot. But it's been considered the ultimate classic of literature for almost 3,000 years.
Plot of the Iliad: Trojans and Achaeans kill each other. A lot.
Plot of Fury Road: Woman rescues girls from slavery and cars explode. A lot.
 
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