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Mad Max: Fury Road
Sagrilarus wrote: Looks like a Transformers film done in browns.
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I'm on board.
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wadenels wrote:
Sagrilarus wrote: Looks like a Transformers film done in browns.
TAKE IT BACK!
I'm on board.
Road Warrior had great pacing, a nice mix of faster and slower passages. It would be out of the theaters in 48 hours if it was released today though, because that's no longer considered compelling for its genre. If this is more of that I'm all in, but I'm concerned it's going to be "an amazing thrill-ride of non-stop action!" At that point it will merely be good.
I appreciate trailers are supposed to be crazy exciting, so I'm optimistic they'll work a little of the Mad Max magic into it. I'll be interested to see how the paint the world, given that the first three show a civilization sliding back into its medieval former self. In the last film they were out of fuel, so I don't know if this one is supposed to be a continuation or something inserted in the middle.
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I'm a big fan of Tom Hardy, but I really wish they'd gone with Mel if it's going to be called 'Mad Max'. In my mind, there are some characters that are simply tied to the actor that portrayed them. Jack Burton is Kurt Russell. The Terminator is Arnold. Peter Venkman is Bill Murray.
Mad Max is Mel Gibson.
I understand Hollywood isn't hip on Mel, and I won't get into politics, but if that's the case, and you want to reboot a franchise, why not simply go with a new character? You have free reign to play in the world then.
I said it on page one (4 years ago) and stand by it...in his current state (grizzled, pissed off, wacked out, and probably feeling against the world) Mel Gibson would be in the _perfect_ frame of mind to play an older Mad Max. I'd like to see where the character and the world is at 30yrs later.
This, while looking fun, doesn't seem to me that it'll add much to the story besides a take on the Road Warrior with modern special effects.
Could have been something cool and lasting, but instead it seems to likely be a fun night at the theater. I'm up for that too, but feels like a missed opportunity.
EDIT: And another thought...as this looks like a new take on the Road Warrior...why go there? If you want to simply revisit one of the films, but dress it up with updated technical know how...why not redo the original? Start from scratch and go. Or even redo ThunderDome if you're at a total loss as to what do to. I mean why cause comparisons against what many consider the best of the originals and one of the greatest action films ever made? It seems like a lose-lose...either this'll not be as good as the Road Warrior, or the Road Warrior will no longer be as cherished.
(Obviously, I say the above if this, indeed, is similar to the Road Warrior...and it appears to be.)
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Mr. White wrote:
Mad Max is Mel Gibson.
There are still people thinking James Bond is Sean Connery.
Gibson is just shy of 60 now, 30 years older than his most-recent Mad Max film. That presents some issues, though Tron proved it's not necessarily an insurmountable one.
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Michael Barnes wrote: Oh my god that is so freaking weird. In my mind, I imagine you as BOB from the BLACK HOLE, Barney.
The new MAD MAX movie will never happen. It's been floundering around in pre-production for over a decade at this point. I remember reading news about it in the 1990s "George Miller puts out casting call for local punks" and whatnot. For a while, it was being talked about as an "anime" movie (I guess by people who don't really know what anime is), and a video game for a while. If _anything_ happens, it'll probably be a game. The post-apoc zeitgeist kind of came and went over the past year, which would have been prime time for it happen. When a movie flops around for so long like this, it usually means there's signficant problems either with the script, financing, involved principles, or other issues that are keeping it from going anywhere.
George Miller would do better to revisit his BABE franchise, that would have more likelihood of a resurgence.
Tom Hardy is the fucking man. BRONSON is a terrific picture, his performance in that is aim-for-the-fences great. He was good in INCEPTION too, even if it was more of support role. That guy could do big things in the right projects.
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At any rate, we've got our opening night tickets at the Drafthouse. I haven't seen a flick opening weekend, much less opening night, since Phantom Menace.
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So it sounds like i'm going to have to eat my hat on the Mad Max biness. I was totally predicting another John Carter and it sounds like Tom Hardy totally has delivered the goods. I look forward to seeing it now. The trailers still turn me WAY off though.
Barnes, I forgot you said that BOB from Black Hole comment. So awesome. Cuz of my IBS/IBD, I'm very much like Bob right after I eat. A total mess.
edit: White, it's averaging a 9/10 on Rotten. I forgot that they disclose scores now too and not just thumbs. Sounds like the real frickin' deal this movie.
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Be warned, I understand that this Furiosa character is almost pretty much the main character in the film and Max is along for the ride. I'm cool with that. Then again, as much as I dig Hardy, I'd still prefer he wasn't playing the Max Rockatansky character, but some other wasteland warrior.
I see no reason we couldn't continue to have stories in this universe with non-Rockatansky characters.
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Black Barney wrote: edit: White, it's averaging a 9/10 on Rotten. I forgot that they disclose scores now too and not just thumbs. Sounds like the real frickin' deal this movie.
Which seems incredible because it feels like this film has been in development hell for the better part of a decade and a half. If it's really this great, I'd be interested in hearing the story on how this was pulled off. Maybe some future documentary on the making of Fury Road?
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