# Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 1, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937 "2023-12-01T03:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 2, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/21 "2023-12-02T16:33:59Z")
Im just happy the timeline is more established and the Feral Kid/Fury Road Max theory can come back. I will die on this hill… ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/22 "2023-12-03T03:16:21Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > this looks a bit more “polished CGI” Wow, I’d say. Even the non-action scenes in that trailer look like CGI. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/23 "2024-05-16T00:34:16Z")
Reviews are starting to come out. The Guardian gives it high praise, calling it an “immersive, spectacular prequel.” And they like ATJ as an action hero. So…slight optimism from me? > **[Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review – Anya Taylor-Joy is tremendous as chase resumes](https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/15/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy-is-tremendous-chris-hemsworth)** > > Taylor-Joy makes a fantastic action heroine, facing down a hilariously evil Chris Hemsworth in signature high-speed fights ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/24 "2024-05-16T05:33:42Z")
The one negative review I’ve seen is from Owen Gleiberman, who is probably the stupidest major film critic currently working, so I think it’s safe to say the movie is at least pretty good. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/25 "2024-05-16T14:12:08Z")
I’m excited for this. I’ve heard it is quite different than Mad Max 4, but that is fine. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/26 "2024-05-16T17:01:57Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > The one negative review I’ve seen is from Owen Gleiberman, who is probably the stupidest major film critic currently working, so I think it’s safe to say the movie is at least pretty good. The BBC review I read was kind of lukewarm (3 out of 5 stars). E.g. was anyone really asking for a version of Mad Max: Fury Road with more backstory? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/27 "2024-05-16T17:06:48Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > It really is a triumph of game design, isn’t it? I mean, the plot and characters are rudimentary, there are no real side quests, and it’s ridiculously “edgy”, but it’s so well made and so immersive that you just don’t care. The game actually depressed me, it was so well made. All of the empty spaces and scraps of humanity just barely making it day to day. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/28 "2024-05-16T18:05:22Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The BBC review I read was kind of lukewarm (3 out of 5 stars). E.g. was anyone really asking for a version of Mad Max: Fury Road with more backstory? Metacritic accounts for range in reviews. It has it at 82 overall right now out of 100. > **[Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/)** > > As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland they come across the Citadel presided over by the Immortan... Fury Road ended up with a 90 from Metacritic. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/29 "2024-05-16T19:32:23Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The BBC review I read was kind of lukewarm (3 out of 5 stars). E.g. was anyone really asking for a version of Mad Max: Fury Road with more backstory? [Raises hand] To be more specific, I didn’t want a _version_ of Fury Road with more backstory. One of many great things about Fury Road was how it just jumped in with “here’s the world” and you learn the rules by seeing them in action, not by explanations. It’s the ultimate “show, don’t tell” example and including a backstory in that movie would have been to its detriment. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want a _different_ movie about that backstory. The [BBC review](https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240515-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-more-exhausting-than-exhilarating) comments, “what this means is that Furiosa sacrifices the runaway-train momentum of Fury Road in favour of slow, digressive world-building.” That’s a fair complaint if you are looking for another version of Fury Road. It’s a ridiculous complaint if you’re not looking for a repeat. @Cervaise said it well back in December: > [@Cervaise](#): > > _Furiosa_ is likely going to be a large-scale sprawling epic, rather than the razor-sharp thrill ride of _Fury Road._ I absolutely trust Miller, I think he’s a genius and I can’t wait to see what he’s doing with this… but shallow fans who just want _Fury Road Redux_ are probably going to be perplexed and frustrated. Based on the reviews I’ve seen, it sounds like this prediction was spot on. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/30 "2024-05-16T20:11:38Z")
In definitely looking forward to it. My only reservation is we know the general outline of Furiosas character arc. Fury Road did an awesome job of telling you enough about it to flesh out the character and tell her story without telling you everything. I’m not sure what the extra details are going to add to that? But in the other hand before Fury Road I would never have predicted George Miller was going to knock it out the park and produce the best Max film by a country mile. So I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt here. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/31 "2024-05-16T21:23:30Z")
For those who may have missed it, this was the final trailer from a month ago: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FVswuip0-co/maxresdefault.jpg "FURIOSA : A MAD MAX SAGA | OFFICIAL TRAILER #2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVswuip0-co) As expected, CGI looks much better, much less obtrusive. ATJ doesn’t seem so overwhelmed. Hemsworth seems to be having a blast. Release is next Friday. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/32 "2024-05-16T21:36:54Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > Hemsworth seems to be having a blast. You know, I see him quite happily transitioning into a long career of playing villains. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/33 "2024-05-16T21:49:39Z")
I’m encouraged by the reviews, but I still think that trailer looks awful from a visual perspective. Obviously there was CGI in Fury Road, but the practical effects made it grounded. That trailer looks like a cartoon at parts. Other parts gave me chills though, so I guess I’ll see what wins out in the end. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/34 "2024-05-17T14:26:52Z")
The main musical theme in that trailer is extremely reminiscent of another song I know, but I can’t remember what it is and it’s driving me fucking crazy… ---
**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:** [May 17, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/35 "2024-05-17T14:27:46Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > The main musical theme in that trailer is extremely reminiscent of another song I know, but I can’t remember what it is and it’s driving me fucking crazy All Along The Watchtower by Bob Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/36 "2024-05-17T14:30:36Z")
No, I just hummed it into Google and it’s Bowie’s _The Man Who Sold the World._ Seems like an almost note-for-note copy, actually. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/37 "2024-05-17T14:35:40Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > No, I just hummed it into Google and it’s Bowie’s _The Man Who Sold the World._ Seems like an almost note-for-note copy, actually Oh, you are right. I mixed up the two riffs. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/38 "2024-05-17T17:39:28Z")
If you want to get a better sense of the style and radically expanded scope of this movie — and if you don’t mind having the (probable) structure of the whole film revealed — this five-minute forty-five-second preview has you covered. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/I5SoKyUlYtY/maxresdefault.jpg "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: Exclusive Preview") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5SoKyUlYtY) Spoilerphobes beware. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/39 "2024-05-20T09:48:32Z")
Anya Taylor-Joy isn’t who I would have chosen, but then I don’t know who could have done “stone-cold badass” as a young woman. Maybe it’s the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/40 "2024-05-25T03:36:44Z")
Just got back from it. As the reviews point out, it’s very different than Fury Road. I liked it, but don’t think it’ll be nearly as iconic as Fury Road. Anya Taylor Joy was fantastic and very much channeled the same energy as Charlize Theron. My main concern from the trailers is that it wouldn’t live up to Fury Road visually. It doesn’t, but it wasn’t as jarring as I thought it would be. Instead of S tier of Fury Road I’d go B+. Maybe some pacing issues, but I could live with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937.md?page=3)