# Check out the trailer for the new Mad Max movie.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876 "2014-12-10T19:52:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/1 "2014-12-10T19:52:23Z")
[Mad Max: Fury Road](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWNWi-ZWL3c) Growing up in Australia in the late '70s and early’80s, Mad Max was one of my childhood icons. _Beyond Thunderdome_ was awful, but the first two movies were great, each in its own way. I was worried when i heard they were reviving the franchise, but this trailer looks pretty exciting. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/2 "2014-12-10T20:02:04Z")
Meh. Think I’ll wait until late night cable. Oh, I don’t have cable. Meh. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/3 "2014-12-10T21:01:10Z")
Soooooooooooooooooo, I take it it’s a reboot? Original director, which is good, but it still looks like every movie made today, i.e.a series of soulless, video game CGI set pieces… ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/4 "2014-12-10T21:06:41Z")
I’ll watch it, I hope it’s good…I really hope it’s not like Transformers or the Avengers movies. non-stop CGI action with no soul. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/5 "2014-12-10T21:22:55Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I’ll watch it, I hope it’s good…I really hope it’s not like Transformers or the Avengers movies. non-stop CGI action with no soul. I’ve got my fingers crossed. The visuals are good, and i like Charlize Theron. I also trust George Miller to do what he can, within the constraints imposed by studio bosses, to remain true to the original idea. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/6 "2014-12-10T21:47:33Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > > [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > > > I’ll watch it, I hope it’s good…I really hope it’s not like Transformers or the Avengers movies. non-stop CGI action with no soul. > > I’ve got my fingers crossed. The visuals are good, and i like Charlize Theron. I also trust George Miller to do what he can, within the constraints imposed by studio bosses, to remain true to the original idea. The second and third movies were so iconic in their costume and design work that I fear any modern sequel/remake/reboot will look like a parody. And, no amount of CGI wiz-bangery can outdo the final chase sequence in _The Road Warrior_. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/7 "2014-12-10T22:18:29Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > And, no amount of CGI wiz-bangery can outdo the final chase sequence in _The Road Warrior_. Well, it looks like they’re gonna try. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/8 "2014-12-10T22:29:03Z")
I liked the trailer and have some hope for the movie, but I gotta say, the opera music didn’t do it for me. It detracted from the action rather than complementing it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/9 "2014-12-10T22:40:39Z")
I have to say, that is quite possibly the \*brownest \*movie I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/10 "2014-12-10T23:44:22Z")
I’ll go out on a limb and say Thunderdrome was rather enjoyable, whereas i don’t have any huge desire to see the first movie again. The first is just a more violent late 70s while the other two (three) are actually post-apocalyptic. I think there’s a trope on the future being brown/gray/sepia, but I can’t find the name. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/11 "2014-12-10T23:58:14Z")
Looks great and I will probably see it in theater because, fun special effects. Why the hate for CGI? ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/12 "2014-12-11T00:00:59Z")
Looks like stylized nonsense. I didn’t see any indications of a plot. Why do movies have such a budget for effects, but apparently not for a decent screenplay? Even the recent Terminator trailer is highly suggestive of a plot. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/13 "2014-12-11T00:12:44Z")
> [@DrForrester](#): > > Looks like stylized nonsense. I didn’t see any indications of a plot. That describes The Road Warrior pretty well too, and that was a kick-ass movie if you’re into that kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/14 "2014-12-11T00:17:48Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Soooooooooooooooooo, I take it it’s a reboot? Original director, which is good, but it still looks like every movie made today, i.e.a series of soulless, video game CGI set pieces… I’ve seen it. (test screening Monday night) Mild spoilers below… [spoiler] Not a reboot exactly. There’s nothing in it that precludes the original three from having happened basically the same as we saw them before. Even the 2nd and 3rd had weird continuity with the gyro-captain and the pilot being played by the same actor. I prefer to think this the 4th in the series rather than starting fresh. One small thing is Max’s child from Mad Max is shown briefly and is depicted as older like 6 where in the original the kid was a toddler. The movie is incredibly fast-paced with only a very short section where people aren’t actively running or driving very fast. That might be exhausting or eventually boring for some people…but those people I don’t know if they’d even be interested in the first place. The thing that I found the most interesting was the world building. Lexicon, setting, costumes all of it was fascinating–the movie doesn’t let up long enough to try shoe-horn explanations for things, you just go with it. I didn’t even know Nicholas Hoult was in the movie and he was awesome. He doesn’t steal the show but he’s definitely one of the most fun things to watch other than the explosions and insane cars. Tom Hardy plays Max like… well… like he’s gone a little mad–doesn’t talk much, slight nervous tics, etc. Charlize is also good. Its interesting the primary cast is mostly women–something I don’t think we’ve seen in a Post-Apo movie since “She” 🙂 Also… the music is a huge part of the movie and it’s not opera. [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/15 "2014-12-11T00:20:54Z")
> [@DrForrester](#): > > Looks like stylized nonsense. I didn’t see any indications of a plot. Why do movies have such a budget for effects, but apparently not for a decent screenplay? > > Even the recent Terminator trailer is highly suggestive of a plot. Who looks at futuristic or post-apocalyptic movies for plot and screenplay? I mean, it’s great when such films make an effort but let’s face it, that genre is all about the special effects. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/16 "2014-12-11T00:30:26Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Also… the music is a huge part of the movie and it’s not opera. I assumed as much, seeing that Junkie XL did the soundtrack. It seemed out of place in the trailer. I thought the music from the [first trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdLl1GVjOrc) was a better fit. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/17 "2014-12-11T00:49:28Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I think there’s a trope on the future being brown/gray/sepia, but I can’t find the name. Peak Color. Well technically speaking post Peak Color. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/18 "2014-12-11T00:58:33Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > _Beyond Thunderdome_ was awful… The first half was awesome. The second half was a different movie, which sucked. > [@DrForrester](#): > > Looks like stylized nonsense. 😕 And your point is what, that they succeeded in delivering what we all want in a Max Max? Think of it as Noh theater, Oz style. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/19 "2014-12-11T01:43:00Z")
I liked The Road Warrior a whole lot and Beyond Thunderdome was okay. Mad Max just didn’t do it for me. But what could go wrong with Tom F’in Hardy as Mad Max? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/20 "2014-12-11T02:02:48Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > …but it still looks like every movie made today, i.e.a series of soulless, video game CGI set pieces… > [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I’ll watch it, I hope it’s good…I really hope it’s not like Transformers or the Avengers movies. non-stop CGI action with no soul. > [@JKilez](#): > > And, no amount of CGI wiz-bangery can outdo the final chase sequence in _The Road Warrior_. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Well, it looks like they’re gonna try. Not to worry folks, there isn’t much CGI. [ > [@Cracked.com](#): > > If that sounds crazy, check this out – Miller went back to the bygone era of strapping stuntmen inside cars and flinging them through the air, performing 80 percent of the film’s stunts without any CGI whatsoever. Instead of parking actors in front of green screens, he hiked everyone out into the Namibian desert and just filmed that shit. ]([http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-signs-mad-max-4-probably-craziest-movie-ever-made\_p2/](http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-signs-mad-max-4-probably-craziest-movie-ever-made_p2/)) [ > [@](#): > > Miller also stated that the movie will feature very little CGI with 80% of the reel capturing naturally executed stunts. ](['Mad Max: Fury Road' News: Original Villain Set To Return In New Movie [VIDEO]](http://www.enstarz.com/articles/41981/20140722/mad-max-fury-road-news.htm)) Do y’all have any idea how this movie was made? It was freaking awesome! For almost 4 months, the entire cast and crew were in the Namibian Desert, shooting this thing _in order_. > [@](#): > > “It was mental in a brilliant way,” Hardy said. “You have no concrete, no coffee shops. We were in the middle of a sandpit.” > > The story in EW also reveals that the shoot was exceptionally gruelling given the desert heat, dust and gritty atmosphere. Doing action sequences in these circumstances only made it tougher. “Nothing about this movie was a walk in the park,” Theron told the publication. “Vanity went out the window.” > > Miller also spoke to IndieWire recently about avoiding reliance on a script and dialogue: “To not have to rely on dialogue…I knew right off the bat that this was going to be like a huge ballet.” > > The story in EW reveals that the shoot was exceptionally gruelling given the desert heat, dust and gritty atmosphere. Doing action sequences in these circumstances only made it tougher. “Nothing about this movie was a walk in the park,” Theron told the publication. “Vanity went out the window.” There’s almost no dialogue in the entire film, apparently, and no CGI means that when you see that car get flung into the air and come crashing into another speeding car going the opposite direction, _they really catapulted a car into another car_. I simply cannot imagine this movie as being anything other than awesome, and wish that it were opening sooner than 15 May 2015. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876.md?page=2)