# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/101 "2025-01-10T16:20:28Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > FYI, this is now available on Netflix (in USA at least) – know what I am watching tonight. It ended up as my #1 movie of the year. I watched again with my wife and it’s an extremely impressive movie. The question remains, “Why is this old guy George Miller making the type of youthful movies the younger guys out there should be making?” And…how did this not become a massive hit? Fury Road is hard to equal. I mean, it’s probably the best action movie of all time. Also made by a man nearing 80. George Miller is kind of amazing. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/102 "2025-01-10T17:58:22Z")
FWIW this was my entry into the universe. I then followed it with Fury Road as a double feature. I enjoyed both but I clearly get why fans of Fury Road would not be as thrilled with it. OTOH seeing them Furiosa first works fine. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/103 "2025-01-10T18:40:16Z")
Really loved this movie and am still sore that it didn’t make enough to allow George to get the finances needed to make his next one which was going to be Mad Max the Wasteland. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/104 "2025-01-10T21:41:33Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > I enjoyed both but I clearly get why fans of Fury Road would not be as thrilled with it. Fury Road is my favorite movie of this millennium, and I still think the Furiosa movie got a bum deal. It was an excellent, but different, movie in the same universe. I can’t fathom how you could be a Fury Road fan and dislike Furiosa:AMMS. Fans like that are mediocre. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937/105 "2026-01-16T14:18:20Z")
It’s been so long since I saw _Fury Road_ that I regarded this not as a prequel but basically a standalone movie. My issue is that this is essentially a fantasy and I’m not a big fan of that genre. But they sure had lots of over-the-top action sequences and the use of CGI was very good. I enjoyed it but frankly didn’t find the actual story very compelling, but that’s just me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/993937.md?page=5)