crossbones116 i mean what do you expect from a country of tax dodgers, criminals, degenerates and a few English pawns who got tricked into going down there to watch over the degenerates in question? The evolution turned out what we see as Bogans, Bogans Fucking everywhere that's the Australia I know 🇦🇺
The thing is that the whole "Post-Nuclear Apocalypse" is actually a ret-con, there was no nuke in the first films, it was set during a societal colapse caused entirely by non-nuclear factors (Lack of resources, war, enviromental damage, etc) with the original being set as civilisation that was on the brink of colapse while desperately struggling to keep it going, hence something as lawyers still existing and criminals getting away, and Road Warrior was after it colapsed bringing tribalism back, it was a cross movie arc. However since everybody and their mother proceed to copy the Mad Max films because they wanted to do their own apocalyptic settings they decided to skip the first film setting (the collapse) and go inmediately into the second because they were to lazy to do their own worldbuilding, so they decided to go for the easy solution, instead of a slow descent they went "Nukes hit, everything is shit now, this is the new normal". And just like the developers of the new Thief who based their game not on the Thief trilogy but on games that were loosely based on them, George Miller proceeded to ret-con that there was a nuclear war in "Beyond Thunderdome", because that is what EVERYBODY associate with the genre, even if Mad Max was an aversion, and probably thought it was needed or that people would be confused if it wasn't there.
Because it was Australia? Which is mostly desert already? And even then they still had relatively well mantained roads, unlike "Beyond Thunderdome" and "Fury Road", the after Nuke films. Again, people took a lot of Mad Max for their post-apocaliptic films or games, like the desert enviroment, and forgot that is what some parts of Australia simply looks like already.
The irony of the "environmental catastrophe" turning the world into a desert in the future? The place where Mad Max was filmed actually turned green with vegetation after a rainy season, so they couldn't film Fury Road there. Almost as if the climate on Earth changes on it's own. Anyways, Mad Max 1 takes place after a massive meltdown of the world's industry and economy. If you look at places where the government died for a while (Yugoslavia or Venezuela being a good examples) you'll see similar stuff: 1. Bandits 2. Militias 3. Uniformed thugs (the Lord Humongous brigade were dressed as cops).
I'm Colombian, I have Venezuela right next door, you don't have to tell me twice. Also originally Lord Humongous was supposed to be Goose, hence the burns and the mask, that was left out though.
Yeah, the whole Mad Max aesthetic never made much sense. If they were just in a regular desert, why try to live there and if the place was a irradiated wasteland, where are all the destroyed buildings. Atomic bombs don't turn all concrete into sand.
The developers of Fallout 1 & 2 used to have the Mad Max movies running in their office all the time for grasping the required aesthetics.......speaking of which has any fellow rageaholic over here played these two games..................coz you should.
Trigger Town Fallout 1 and 2 were by far my favorite. Fallout 3 was pretty mediocre, but New Vegas brought back the fell of 1&2. And don't even get me started on Fallout 4.
The first Mad Max is not post apocalyptic, this was Mad Max 2. The first one was just mIldly dystopian due to lack of budget. Still deserving of all the praise, it spawned a whole genre, not just in cinema, but in visual arts and even literature.
I would appreciate if you'd read the comment I posted replying to Dorian Winston who stated the same (it's right above yours), it might provide a clue, or at least an idea.
@Where Is Waldo It's not hidden, not at all. IF you can't see it, it's silent banned. And it's nothing less lazy as scrolling for 2s, with an exception that I don't like to repeat myself. Since you are too lazy to scroll, here it is: "There's a movie, also Australian, I don't remember the title, and I think Bryan Brown acted in it, where a war started, A and H bombs were dropped but none on Australia, however, there were radioactive clouds going towards Australia. The movie portraits lives of people living in some town, where some decided to move, some to stay, and some arriving, running away from radiation. If I remember correctly, radiation would take months to get there, but it's inevitable. If we would observe MFP, we'd see it as a police station basically in ruins, at the edge of what I'll call safe world. There's even a sign in the beginning warning not to go beyond that point. By the time Max takes the Pursuit Special, the police station is abandoned. Now, I don't think these movies are related at all, however, the idea of incoming radioactive clouds might fit Mad Max. [edit] Movie title is: On the Beach, 2000"
I love how every major car in this film is exclusively Australian. The patrol cars and basic interceptors are (ex-taxi) Ford XA Falcons. Nightrider's stolen Pursuit Special is a classic Holden HQ Monaro Max's family shaggin' wagon is the legendary Holden Sandman (absolutely not a riceburner) (pretty sure it's also of the HQ series, but don't quote me on that). And of course, the glorious black-on-black Pursuit Special is a Ford XB Falcon coupe - the second best looking Aussie muscle car of the 70s.
The Monaro I think was the faster car (without mods), but I'm not sure. The Sandman was a modified HJ, so my bad: madmax.wikia.com/wiki/Holden_Sandman_HJ_Panel_Van_1975
they had $500,000 back then to make this film Goose had an actual get out of jail free card. The producers informed the local police about their filming and the crew all had cards to contact the producers and say they were part of the film so they would be allowed to go. Also all the injuries you saw minus the burn ward.
This first film is still my favorite in the series. The limitations the crew worked around were what gave it its character, and ended up producing a film far better than the ones after in which they had the resources to do whatever they wanted. Art thrives on the limitations and expectations placed upon it, and THIS FILM is my go-to example of that.
Its a shockingly good movie for what they had to work with and that grittiness if you will makes it feel less like a movie to me and more like some omnipotent being is showing me the trials of a how a man named Max went Mad. The only thing that betrays that feeling to me is the rocket booster on the crashing Holden Monaro when the Night Rider dies. Oh and lets not forget the great actors, i cant honestly think of any bad acting in this movie and that can really carry any film.
It was bloody brilliant for its time. I remember watching the uncut version on VHS in high school somewhere around 1983. And not the "uncut" version documented today either, the cut I saw showed The Goose's crisped up and oozing face in the hospital scene, eyes staring wildly out of the burned flesh. Only time I ever saw it, searched for the damned thing high and low since but every cut I've seen since omits those few seconds with a watery edit of Gibson's expression turning to horror (as well it might).
Basically an independent film. IIRC George Miller made it with some funding from his brother who was a dentist. Hollywood and film industry/MSM was not involved. It was much like "Phantasm" but Miller had more funding, because of his brother.
One of the scenes that always stood out to me was when Toecutter's gang are tearing the car apart, Bubba Zanetti just stands there watching not moving with his reflective visor down. Creeped me the hell out when I was younger.
""i don't know what the fuck sprog is either, but its Australia so ill assume its 7 foot long and poisonous!!" That might just be the funniest words man can put together!
A few months ago, I watched Mad Max and Mad Max: The Road Warrior for the first time. I was hooked. And I can see from where and why every portrayal of a post-apocalypse since has involved gimp suits, car pursuits, and bits and pieces of metal strapped on as armor.
I actually like the setting of the first movie much better than the straight-up post-apocalypse of the others. A world mid-apocalypse isn't used very often. Also, I laughed at how ridiculously convoluted his wife's death was. "Yeah, I was almost raped and murdered by a roving pack of thugs, but that's no reason to stop our vacation. I'm off sunbathing on my own, bye!" And even that doesn't kill her, she avoids death like four times in the span of a day.
In the novelization written after the movie Max surprises Jesse and tells her that the farm is their new home and they love it because it’s away from the violence of the cities. However, the gang just asks around until they get an idea of where Max and his family are which is actually a very long distance from the ice cream incident (Australia is huge)
"We'll see you on the road, skag!" One of my all-time favorite movie lines. Holy shit, what a timeless fucking classic. This movie pretty much codified the "road violence" genre, and by God and gentle Jesus, we have all feasted upon the bountiful fruits of its labor ever since. I have to say, while The Road Warrior is almost in a class by itself, if I had a gun pressed to my head, I'd probably say the original Mad Max is my favorite of the series. The vicious and utterly ruthless way Max takes his revenge on Toecutter and his shitbags is always so goddamn satisfying. Since my birthday is on the 16th, I'll gladly consider Mad Max Month a Rageaholic-worthy birthday present. While we're on the subject of ol' crazy Mel G., Mr. Fist, what say you about a Rageaholic Cinema for Lethal Weapon? At the very least the first two films were made before the vile stench of the 90s set in.
5:20 - this filming location is the Melbourne University car park. It is still here to this day and hasn't changed one bit. The entrance to the carpark is like a Gothic looking labyrinth. It's epic.
As an Aussie (born and bred) its nice too see some of our films are appreciated. The few attempts at cult flicks, Ozploitation the states call it. Personal preference is MM2, and the less said about 3 the better (despite a strong opening). Baldy from 3, Angry Anderson sang a song for our soapie, Neighbours, back in the late 80's lol
Upon watching this review, I dug up my parents old VHS tape of this film out of the basement, and proceeded to feed it into my VCR tape player for Old Times Sake, only to discovered to my horror that the film was one of the original crappy American dubbed versions, and it... was... SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT.
I can understand Razor not liking the use of the Rokatansky surname, but the police chief does use it in this movie, so its not a new addition by Fury Road...
The Rageaholic That sounds about right, I guess they didn't have the budget for additional effects or whatever. Congrats on the subs razor, God Fucking Speed!
Do ya see me toecutter! Do ya see me man! I remember watching this movie and the first two death wish movies on vhs when I was about 14. Frickin awesome.
Having watched a hundred episodes of a show called Prisoner, I recognized the grandma character from that show. Australia must have had a really small Actor's Guild for a long time. Makes me wonder if it's any better now.
I fucking love these movies. So unique even today. Great visuals, great realistic stunts, great characters. I hope you do a video on all of them razor. Plus I hope Gorge makes a follow up to fury road
I remember watching this when I was real young with my dad. The one thing that stood out for me was that beautiful black rage machine. The Intahceptah! The first Mad Max and the second were the best. I didn't like the third one and never seen the latest one. The video game was good though but I have some issues with it that would take to long to explain. It had some good concepts that I wish someone would make into a game with character customization and a more interactive world.
Also, the nuke stuff didn't happen until after Road Warrior. The first two were a delayed collapse after an energy collapse. The nukes flew in between Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome.
Annnnd wallpaper. I shudder to think where we would be had this low-budget masterpiece never came to fruition. Those who doubt the original for its quotability and mythos should be the result of anxiety.
I went to the place where the final scene was shot once with mi dad and we recreated the scene, it was brilliant. The place where the explosion happened is now covered in a pile of shrubbery.
There is a reading of the Novelization on the Audiobooks for the Damned, gives a lot of Max's backstory and the decline of society well worth listening too
All here really appreciate your attention to the Mad Max universe, awesome first video in the run (as ever). Our review on the game can be seen on Virtua's channel; so it is going to be really interesting (and let us face it, probably far more entertaining) to see your review. Big F'in A from Virtua!
Waited so long for this. Love the films, love novels like a Canticle for Leibowitz who partially inspired it. CONGRATULATIONS ON 100K, GOD FUCKING SPEED!!!
The documentary madness of Mad Max is fantastic. When the movie was released on vhs Gibson's voice was dubbed. The studio stated in would be hard to understand. Thank God they released with the original voice tracks. Hugh Keys Burns was doing Shakespeare's plays when George found him. But the best was to come. In 1982 I did not see E.T. The Road Warrior was coming in all its glory.
The scene where Max psychologically breaks the Night rider with a game of chicken is so satisfying. Dude was talking mad shit till he ran afoul of Max.
Wasn't the post-apocalyptic element of Mad Max retconned into the timeline of the series? I mean the first movie just looks like Australia (where I live) under great-depression conditions, the post apocalyptic part didn't seem to come in until Mad Max 2
There's a movie, also Australian, I don't remember the title, and I think Bryan Brown acted in it, where a war started, A and H bombs were dropped but none on Australia, however, there were radioactive clouds going towards Australia. The movie portraits lives of people living in some town, where some decided to move, some to stay, and some arriving, running away from radiation. If I remember correctly, radiation would take months to get there, but it's inevitable. If we would observe MFP, we'd see it as a police station basically in ruins, at the edge of what I'll call safe world. There's even a sign in the beginning warning not to go beyond that point. By the time Max takes the Pursuit Special, the police station is abandoned. Now, I don't think these movies are related at all, however, the idea of incoming radioactive clouds might fit Mad Max. [edit] Movie title is: On the Beach, 2000
No it doesn't. It's only in 1, 2, and 4. It gets destroyed in 4 and isn't in 3 at all. And it's not even in the 2015 video game until you beat the game sideways.
Congrats man, love your channel. I've actually started getting into so much of the fucking music you put into your videos. Blind Guardian and Perturbator are fucking glorious! God speed!
This first film never struck me as being post-apocalyptic. There still is a functioning infrastructure with well-paved roads, cops, ambulances, hospitals, jails, jobs, and vacations. The worst bit is that the police station has paper strewn all over.
