# 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:** 12
**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:** [June 12, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/221 "2015-06-12T19:52:47Z")
> [@grude](#): > > How does the timeline work though, I noticed right away that Furiosa implied she was born into a post apoc world, but that seems impossible. Max was an adult with a wife and child when the world went to shit, and he looks just as old as Furiosa. > > In Thunderdome it is less than two decades since society crumbled, the only way Fury Road’s timeline makes sense is if it was originally written for an older Max maybe played by Gibson. Fury Road supposedly takes place roughly 45 years after the collapse of civilization. That leads to a few possibilities: 1) Max ages very well, 2) Max is “some sort of corporeal undead Ronin” as suggested by **dzeiger** , 3) Max’s backstory has changed and in this timeline he was never a cop with a family, or 4) look over there! Shiny! I waver between #3 and #4. ETA: Actually, he says he was a cop in the opening monologue. So #4 it is for me. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/222 "2015-06-12T19:56:37Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Fury Road supposedly takes place roughly 45 years after the collapse of civilization. That leads to a few possibilities: 1) Max ages very well, 2) Max is “some sort of corporeal undead Ronin” as suggested by **dzeiger** , 3) Max’s backstory has changed and in this timeline he was never a cop with a family, or 4) look over there! Shiny! > > I waver between #3 and #4. Heh definitely #4 for me. 😃 The timeline is never going to make any sense, isn’t really supposed to. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/223 "2015-06-12T19:57:03Z")
> [@grude](#): > > You’re probably right, I was assuming some backstory where Furiosa is such a pain in the ass for Joe he kicks her out of the harem and sends on some suicide mission she surprisingly survives(maybe how she loses her arm). > > How does the timeline work though, I noticed right away that Furiosa implied she was born into a post apoc world, but that seems impossible. Max was an adult with a wife and child when the world went to shit, and he looks just as old as Furiosa. > > In Thunderdome it is less than two decades since society crumbled, the only way Fury Road’s timeline makes sense is if it was originally written for an older Max maybe played by Gibson. The timeline really _doesn’t_ work. In the first Mad Max movie the world is in chaos, but hasn’t fallen yet - in the second and third, everything is post-apocalyptic and has been for some time. In Fury Road, only Max and the old women remember the time of Civilization, and everyone else has only been told about it. Maybe Max is immortal. Poor bastard. On an entirely different note, I loved the way that Hardy portrayed Max as being genuinely insane. Not just “Woo hoo! I’m so CRAAAYZZZYYYY!!!” but as being legitimately psychologically damaged by his experiences. A figure to pity as much as to cheer for. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/224 "2015-06-12T20:02:30Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > You also could not have a fully functioning rock concert mounted on the back of a truck capable of going seventy miles an hour. (Absent a way of finding crude oil and refining it, you could have no vehicles at all. Gasoline doesn’t keep for long.) I think it has to be borne in mind the film isn’t supposed to be entirely realistic; it is, indeed, a very deliberate combination of the realistic and the absurd. One of the three settlements Joe rules is a refinery. The guy with the missing nose and the gross feet runs it. As for the fully functioning rock concert mounted on the back of a speeding truck, [my understanding is that what we see on the screen is exactly what they built and raced out in Namibia.](http://noisey.vice.com/blog/we-talked-to-the-dude-who-plays-a-flame-throwing-guitar-in-mad-max-fury-road) ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/225 "2015-06-12T20:07:56Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > The timeline really _doesn’t_ work. In the first Mad Max movie the world is in chaos, but hasn’t fallen yet - in the second and third, everything is post-apocalyptic and has been for some time. In Fury Road, only Max and the old women remember the time of Civilization, and everyone else has only been told about it. > > Maybe Max is immortal. Poor bastard. > > On an entirely different note, I loved the way that Hardy portrayed Max as being genuinely insane. Not just “Woo hoo! I’m so CRAAAYZZZYYYY!!!” but as being legitimately psychologically damaged by his experiences. A figure to pity as much as to cheer for. I thought the first three offered a fairly sensible timeline, only this one makes no sense. Is Fury Road even set explicitly in Australia? ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/226 "2015-06-12T20:11:22Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Is Fury Road even set explicitly in Australia? It _looks_ exactly as I picture Australia - only less beer and cane toads. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/227 "2015-06-12T20:11:39Z")
This thread is no longer shiny or chrome. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/228 "2015-06-12T20:15:12Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > This thread is no longer shiny or chrome. Sorry it is my nature 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/229 "2015-06-12T23:46:23Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Sorry it is my nature 🙂 Mediocre. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/230 "2015-06-13T00:16:01Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > It _looks_ exactly as I picture Australia - only less beer and cane toads. 😃 Oddly enough, this one wasn’t filmed there. It was filmed in Namibia. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/231 "2015-06-13T02:43:50Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > This thread is no longer shiny or chrome. [WITNESS!](https://www.flickr.com/photos/lego-will/sets/72157649385515455) (and for those who want more descriptions on links, someone posted pictures of Mad Max-inspired LEgo builds, including a Doof Wagon. Though the double-Ghostbusters hearse was pretty cool as well) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/232 "2015-06-13T02:46:11Z")
We have all seen the flamethrowing ukulele, yes? > **[Guy Builds Flamethrower Ukulele Inspired By Guitar Used In ‘Mad Max’](https://www.boredpanda.com/flamethrower-fire-ukulele-mad-max-caleb-kraft/)** > > This flamethrower ukulele is Caleb Kraft's fiery homage to the 2015 action-movie Mad Max: Fury Road. The ukulele was inspired by Doof Warrior’s flamethrower guitar from Mad Max. (and for those who want more descriptions on links, it’s a flamethrowing ukulele.) ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/233 "2015-06-15T17:46:39Z")
Is it wrong of me to think that maybe at the end Max was going back to get what’s left of his car? They left an awfully long debris field across the desert, he might be able to put it back together with all the spare parts out there. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/234 "2015-06-15T20:08:44Z")
It not only isn’t wrong, it’s brilliant. I hope Dr. Miller is reading along and taking notes for the next movie. ETA: By the way, I never got the sense that Immortan Joe ruled anything other than his little water empire. It seemed to me that Gas and Bullets were their own city-states and that the 3 had an alliance because they were mutually interdependent to a great degree. I’m not sure where some of y’all got the idea that Joe ruled all 3 places. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/235 "2015-06-15T20:31:47Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > ETA: By the way, I never got the sense that Immortan Joe ruled anything other than his little water empire. It seemed to me that Gas and Bullets were their own city-states and that the 3 had an alliance because they were mutually interdependent to a great degree. I’m not sure where some of y’all got the idea that Joe ruled all 3 places. If he doesn’t have some sort of power over them, why were they participating in the war party to track down the wives? They don’t give a shit if Joe gets his kid back. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/236 "2015-06-15T20:40:01Z")
> [@Big\_Norse](#): > > Is it wrong of me to think that maybe at the end Max was going back to get what’s left of his car? They left an awfully long debris field across the desert, he might be able to put it back together with all the spare parts out there. **Fury Road 2: Mad Max Rebuilds a Car** _And so began the journey north to find my V8 Interceptor, to find the parts in the desert. Among them I found a new steering wheel - the part that blew off the War Rig…the Skull. And just as Furiosa had planned, we traveled far beyond the reach of the Buzzards. The parts, the precious parts, were hidden in the sand._ > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > By the way, I never got the sense that Immortan Joe ruled anything other than his little water empire. It seemed to me that Gas and Bullets were their own city-states and that the 3 had an alliance because they were mutually interdependent to a great degree. I’m not sure where some of y’all got the idea that Joe ruled all 3 places. It seemed like the leaders of the Gas and Bullet farms were joining the chase not entirely of their own free will. One of them commented about all this effort for a family squabble. If Joe didn’t hold some power over them, I don’t think they would have participated. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/237 "2015-06-15T21:10:14Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > If he doesn’t have some sort of power over them, why were they participating in the war party to track down the wives? They don’t give a shit if Joe gets his kid back. Joe calling in his favours, or the others wanting to put Joe under an obligation? Even if he can’t out-and-out order these other leaders to help him, he can make it worth their while, or they may want to oblige him. It wasn’t clear whether Joe was a leader issuing orders, or a first-among-equals in an alliance requesting favours. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/238 "2015-06-15T21:22:32Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > Joe calling in his favours, or the others wanting to put Joe under an obligation? > > Even if he can’t out-and-out order these other leaders to help him, he can make it worth their while, or they may want to oblige him. It wasn’t clear whether Joe was a leader issuing orders, or a first-among-equals in an alliance requesting favours. People will die in three days without water, and that’s what Joe has control of. You can live your whole life without gasoline and bullets. I think he has the most necessary of the resources, so they other two have to listen when he squawks. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/239 "2015-06-15T21:44:50Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > People will die in three days without water, and that’s what Joe has control of. You can live your whole life without gasoline and bullets. > > I think he has the most necessary of the resources, so they other two have to listen when he squawks. True, but there is a whole lotta room between being first among nominally equal chiefs, and ruling them as a god-king like he rules his own folks. In the movie, I sorta got the impression that the rulers of the other two towns were chiefs in alliance with Joe, not total subordinates. True that Joe was the most important and he had the most weight, but all three acted in concert. For example, where Joe’s own folks literally worshipped him as a god, the leaders of the other two towns did not: hence the wearied aside “all this over a family squabble”, which could not have come from a true Joe-worshipper. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876/240 "2015-06-15T21:48:58Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > True, but there is a whole lotta room between being first among nominally equal chiefs, and ruling them as a god-king like he rules his own folks. > > In the movie, I sorta got the impression that the rulers of the other two towns were chiefs in alliance with Joe, not total subordinates. True that Joe was the most important and he had the most weight, but all three acted in concert. > > For example, where Joe’s own folks literally worshipped him as a god, the leaders of the other two towns did not: hence the wearied aside “all this over a family squabble”, which could not have come from a true Joe-worshipper. True. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-new-mad-max-movie/706876.md?page=13)