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Looks truly awesome.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

I am the Nightrider! I'm a fuel injected suicide machine. I am the rocker, I am the roller, I am the out-of-controller!

I will remember you when I look to the night sky!

There is so much craziness going on in this gif my brain can't even handle it!

So fucking excited!

 

[Blues1990]

action
CARnage
mayhem
survival
post-apocalypse
vagabond
adventure

miller himself said he storyboards before a script....

Seriously, the only thing I know about this film series, is that the premise & story for 'Fist of the North Star' is loosely inspired by the first film in the Mad Max series, from the roving gangs of marauders & raiders to Kenshiro having a similar appearance to the film's protagonist.

 

[Space Runaway]

Seriously, the only thing I know about this film series, is that the premise & story for 'Fist of the North Star' is loosely inspired by the first film in the Mad Max series, from the roving gangs of marauders & raiders to Kenshiro having a similar appearance to the film's protagonist.

Fist of the North Star specifically stole their design concepts and world from Mad Max 2. Why does Kenshiro have a random bandage on one arm in the tv series? Cause Max had one at the end of Mad Max 2, that's why. =P Some of the characters were lifted from Mad Max too like Spade was clearly Wez and Jackal was the Toe Cutter. Course Fist lifted stuff from all over 80's pop culture. Though as far as story goes, aside from having a lead char that wanders around a post-apoc wasteland, they're very different.

 

[todahawk]

This looks awesome. Really liked the trailer music.

The music was great, really helped set the proper mood and tone. Insanely good.

 

[Simo]

Yeah this screens in less than 4 hours...

Not sure if any gaffers are attending but I know a couple of people who are so maybe tonight or tomorrow I can post some spoiler free impressions from them.

 

[zulfate]

Yeah this screens in less than 4 hours...

Not sure if any gaffers are attending but I know a couple of people who are so maybe tonight or tomorrow I can post some spoiler free impressions from them.

I better hear something in 5 hours, I am waiting........

 

[Simo]

I better hear something in 5 hours, I am waiting........

Mikah McAllister
‏@MikahMcAllister
@wbpictures Just saw a screening of #MadMaxFuryRoad and it was INCREDIBLE!! I will watch it again in theaters. Charlize stole the show!
11:33 PM - 30 Jul 2014

Kid Vermon
‏@pmojica
Just finished screening #madmax , fucken AWESOME!!!! #TomHardy was perfect. Must see next year, will post ticket later. #MadMaxFuryRoad

ELRIC
‏@Elrickane
@russfischer close on the cut, LOTS of effects to go.
11:35 PM - 30 Jul 2014

Maria Paola Chironi
‏@disaxster
@russfischer I'd say pretty close but cannot talk about it. I loved it.
11:10 PM - 30 Jul 2014

This is from a fan who attended:

Just back from the screening. Hard to digest what I've just seen. I'm not going to post spoilers, sorry. Think I need a night to really absorb it. It's an insane movie. Seriously. Probably the most unique big budget movie I've ever seen. It's closer in tone and style to Thunderdome than MM2, I think but it's very removed from the original trilogy. MUCH bigger, for one thing. Reminded me of Damnation Alley in places. For those of you worried about the sci-fi bent, you're not going to be happy. It's packed full of ideas, sometimes overwhelmingly so. The car chases and stuntwork are absolutely breathtaking. The movie looks beautiful. Cast are great although Hardy's unpredictable. He won't be for everyone. All this talk about the BoB but you'll fall in love with the War Rig, so it evens out nicely. Couldn't see it being an R. There's nothing here as gnarly as MM2.

A friend saw it too, said it was a different cut from April's showing and stuff they improved or cleaned up was Max's VO and stuff. I asked him for some info so maybe I'll have to post later!

 

[UrbanRats]

Sounds like it could be very divisive, especially if you're a MM fan.

 

[zulfate]

This is from a fan who attended:


A friend saw it too, said it was a different cut from April's showing and stuff they improved or cleaned up was Max's VO and stuff. I asked him for some info so maybe I'll have to post later!

Thanks for the info, just what I want to hear. impressions from earlier screenings make it sound like this movie will deliver. Now to wait until next year.....

 

[Simo]

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Nice! Thanks, Simo!


Now I really hope that somehow Fallout 4 releases next autumn.

 

[Toa TAK]

I just saw this and I have to say that Theron looks more of a badass then Hardy in the trailer so far.

Looks fantastic and I can't wait to check it out.

 

[chifanpoe]

I said Wow.

Need to re-watch originals now.

 

[SJRB]

I rewatched Road Warrior yesterday after probably 15 years or so. It still holds up surprisingly well even though some of the camera effects are pretty weird [the 2x speed thing to indicate high car speed, mostly]. The visuals and the camerawork are awesome though, I really love that one take when Max approaches in the truck and that gang member jumps in his car and moves in to intercept. Talking about interceptors: I want one, haha.

It also made me realise how much I want to play the videogame, seeing those large vistas of empty desert with car trails and dust in the distance is so awesome. Intense car-on-car action exploring the crazy wastelands. Please don't screw up, Avalanche.


Beyond Thunderdome tonight!

 

[sixpackrules]

that looks good, and insane, that´s a good combination for a MM movie, the stunt work seems top notch too

 

[Space Runaway]

Ah man and he has the sawed-off too. Fucking sweet.

I rewatched Road Warrior yesterday after probably 15 years or so. It still holds up surprisingly well even though some of the camera effects are pretty weird [the 2x speed thing to indicate high car speed, mostly]. The visuals and the camerawork are awesome though, I really love that one take when Max approaches in the truck and that gang member jumps in his car and moves in to intercept. Talking about interceptors: I want one, haha.

Yeah the undercranked footage is my only issue with Road Warrior. It gives sorta an unfortunate 3 Stooges effect to a couple shots but luckily those are minimal.

It may sound like heresy to some people but I really wish they'd do a 3d conversion for MM2/Road Warrior. There's so many shots that would look excellent in 3d, especially with all the dust and debris that gets kicked up during the chases. After seeing Predator's 3d conversion I'm convinced it would work out great.

 

[Simo]

I rewatched Road Warrior yesterday after probably 15 years or so. It still holds up surprisingly well even though some of the camera effects are pretty weird [the 2x speed thing to indicate high car speed, mostly]. The visuals and the camerawork are awesome though, I really love that one take when Max approaches in the truck and that gang member jumps in his car and moves in to intercept. Talking about interceptors: I want one, haha.

It also made me realise how much I want to play the videogame, seeing those large vistas of empty desert with car trails and dust in the distance is so awesome. Intense car-on-car action exploring the crazy wastelands. Please don't screw up, Avalanche.


Beyond Thunderdome tonight!

Road Warrior is perfect. I mean it has one of the best openings in a movie ever with the back story narration at the beginning and then BOOM! The loud fucking blower and V8 kicking in and we're in a chase!

I wish WB would remaster and do a true release for TRW and Thunderdome on Blu.

Same fan's response about the recent trailer vs movie and if it's a bait and switch:

It's a truly fantastic trailer. Does exactly what it's supposed to do. I don't know that ANY movie could live up to what it's selling. Everything in there is in the movie, if that helps. Haha! If WOM is going to hurt it, that won't be the reason. This isn't like Prometheus, which had one of the greatest trailers of all time in my opinion, but ended up sucking giant ballsacks as a finished movie.

The trailer's vibe is very much present in the movie, I would say. It's a crazy movie. No joke.

 

[SJRB]

Beyond Thunderdome is a terrible movie. Watched it last night and realised I basically deliberately wiped it from my memory. First half is kinda okay I guess but then it turns into this bizarro Peter Pan kiddie movie up until the last chase scene, which is suddenly all-out Road Warrior-esque in terms of scope, direction and stunts. I did some reading and apparantly Miller only directed the action scenes. Which is extremely obvious in retrospect, because those were awesome.

I was also really confused at some of the stuff. So apparantly there actually was a WWIII? I thought Road Warrior made it clear oil supplies ran out which toppled everything? It speaks of war and conflict, but no world war bringing down civilization. Also, why are the Gyro Captain and Max treating each other like total strangers, is the Gyro Captain supposed to be a different character than he was in Road Warrior? He's on IMDB as "Jedidiah the Pilot". Super weird nontheless.


But yeah, Road Warrior is a million times better. Way more gritty too, makes you feel uncomfortable and dirty.

 

[Simo]

Yeah Miller's production partner and long time friend, Byron Kennedy, was killed in a helicopter crash prior to BTD filming and so Miller lost interest and only wanted to direct the action and stunts. The film didn't start out as a Mad Max project either.

The world is bizarre and sort of contradicts with the prior films because Mad Max 1 and 2 weren't set in a post-nuclear world but Beyond Thunderdome is. I suppose the big ones must of dropped in 15 years so that BTD takes place after MM2.

The Gyro Captain and Jedidiah are 2 separate characters. Miller just wanted Bruce Spence to have a role and gave him one. Kind of like how some Spaghetti Westerns have reoccurring actors but play different roles.

Personally, yeah there are issues with Beyond Thunderdome but I still like it and it's honestly more enjoyable a viewing for me over the first film which I think hasn't aged that well. Mad Max 2/Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome though were two of the first movies I saw as a young kid along with Star Wars so I've always had a special place for those movies. lol

 

[Blader]

Tom Hardy can really pull off the face mask look.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

that sucked to me but I'm an 80s kid so it must be the lack of Mel Gibson

 

[zulfate]

Beyond Thunderdome is a terrible movie. Watched it last night and realised I basically deliberately wiped it from my memory. First half is kinda okay I guess but then it turns into this bizarro Peter Pan kiddie movie up until the last chase scene, which is suddenly all-out Road Warrior-esque in terms of scope, direction and stunts. I did some reading and apparantly Miller only directed the action scenes. Which is extremely obvious in retrospect, because those were awesome.

I was also really confused at some of the stuff. So apparantly there actually was a WWIII? I thought Road Warrior made it clear oil supplies ran out which toppled everything? It speaks of war and conflict, but no world war bringing down civilization. Also, why are the Gyro Captain and Max treating each other like total strangers, is the Gyro Captain supposed to be a different character than he was in Road Warrior? He's on IMDB as "Jedidiah the Pilot". Super weird nontheless.


But yeah, Road Warrior is a million times better. Way more gritty too, makes you feel uncomfortable and dirty.

yeah not the best but still fun i say. wish they would have tossed in more action in the middle...the movie just stops after the fight in barter town.

so the early impressions sounds great but hows the soundtrack?

 

[Simo]

yeah not the best but still fun i say. wish they would have tossed in more action in the middle...the movie just stops after the fight in barter town.

so the early impressions sounds great but hows the soundtrack?

It's not done yet so the score in the screenings is temp and the sound mix not final. Junkie XL is in Sydney right now until October working on the score.

If you follow him on Twitter he posts regular updates like a recent 60+ string recording they did this week.

 

[SJRB]

It's so surreal seeing Junkie XL doing soundtracks for major Hollywood movies, dude has come a long way. Zerotonine man, 1999. Little Less Conversation, super popular Elvis remix from 2002. Enter the Matrix, SSX Blur. And now bigtime buddies with Zimmer.

Very cool.

The film didn't start out as a Mad Max project either.

Yeah, about that. I wonder at what point they thought "let's make this a Mad Max movie", because the similarities between Road Warrior and this are basically zero aside from some aesthetics.

 

[Mohonky]

Where were all the Aussie accents :/

 

[zulfate]

It's not done yet so the score in the screenings is temp and the sound mix not final. Junkie XL is in Sydney right now until October working on the score.

If you follow him on Twitter he posts regular updates like a recent 60+ string recording they did this week.

no i dont have twitter but i hope it has good style and with its own distinction.

 

[Currygan]

man, there's more energy in that shot where Max cranks the engine and the turbine starts spinning than in the whole Burton's Batman movie with his fucking nuclear powered asshole

 

[The Return of]

Seriously, the only thing I know about this film series, is that the premise & story for 'Fist of the North Star' is loosely inspired by the first film in the Mad Max series, from the roving gangs of marauders & raiders to Kenshiro having a similar appearance to the film's protagonist.

lol loosely

 

[Neverender]

Why does nobody ever talk about Mad Max 1? My favorite of the series.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Why does nobody ever talk about Mad Max 1? My favorite of the series.

I watched it again a few days ago. It doesn't completely stand the test of time but it is still a very engaging movie. Love the bike and car porn. Also, by not spelling out everything it causes the viewer to fill in the majority of the backstory.

 

[Tunesmith]

I was also really confused at some of the stuff. So apparantly there actually was a WWIII? I thought Road Warrior made it clear oil supplies ran out which toppled everything? It speaks of war and conflict, but no world war bringing down civilization.

IIRC in Mad Max it sets up the decline of civilization due to energy shortages and then during it and in the years that passes between Mad Max and Mad Max 2 a global war for energy breaks out. A lot of it is left ambiguous though.

 

[Maddocks]

Yeah, part 1 was just a the earth running out of supplies and it was turning toward chaos, that is why they tried to hard to keep Max around because he was one of the few police still around. But he left anyway and that is when the turn came where he finally snapped and gave up on humanity pretty much with the death of his wife and child.

Part 2 was so good because while he gave up on people and really doesn't care if he lives and dies he finds a reason to keep going.

 

[Kenshin001]

It's closer in tone and style to Thunderdome than MM2...

I can't see how that can be a good thing. Thunderdome was an awful movie.

 

[Discotheque]

it really does look like the most unique blockbuster in ages. that review seems pretty reliable, for it's faults and all (i hate thunderdome)

this looks like such a breath of fresh air compared to everything else coming out these days though. i hope this kills at the box office.

 

[adamsappel]

Why does nobody ever talk about Mad Max 1? My favorite of the series.

I can't get past the poor dubbing. I know what Mel Gibson sounds like, and that ain't it.

 

[Simo]

Why does nobody ever talk about Mad Max 1? My favorite of the series.

I don't think it's aged that well to be honest and despite good performances from the cast, as someone else said the car porn, the pacing is all off and for me personally my least favorite. I get what they're doing with the world but I mean, Max at one point up and takes his family on a beach vacation all while the world is supposedly gone to shit. lol

Also doesn't help, and I still see this, think that either The Road Warrior was the first film and Thunderdome the second with the first film never existing or a weird spin off. I've also spoken to people who had no idea The Road Warrior was Mad Max 2 so I digress. lol

I did manage to find all the comic con posters in high res:

Also I'm pretty sure Toledo is about to turn in to Fury Road. Yesterday was a little nutty here in SE Michigan...

 

[KennyLinder]

I can't get past the poor dubbing. I know what Mel Gibson sounds like, and that ain't it.

I think the latest Blu-Ray release has the option to select the original Australian audio track.

 

[Simo]

A "review" surfaced from the test screening. Positive reaction and some minor spoilers:

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Gets An Early Spy Review

Aug 04, 2014 Billy Donnelly

Admittedly, I went into the screening for FURY ROAD with really high expectations. I had tried my very best not to (and I almost went in clean), but that damn Comic-Con footage has just been replaying in my mind ever since I first saw it. Chances are you saw it too, bearing witness to what looked like Miller really returning back to the MAD MAX universe with a vengeance: distinctive tribal characters chasing after each other in refitted cars with incredibly choreographed action.

And, after I sat in on the screening Wednesday night and filled out the comment card I was handed, I realized that we had that. And, despite all of the unfinished work (particularly narrative-wise in the first act) that has yet to be completed in preparation for its release next May, I realize that I had gotten that and THEN some. Because if this workprint is any indication, it’s very clear that this is ABSOLUTELY the movie that George Miller has wanted to make for so long, and he got everyone to buy whole-hog into the MAD MAX universe. The acting is great, the action remains amazing (including an ending sequence that’s just as good as the third act in THE ROAD WARRIOR), and best of all, it’s consistent with Miller’s vision that he created in the original trilogy. It’s bleak, dark, and incredibly gritty, but just like Max Rockatansky himself, there’s an impenetrable humanity to it that resonates throughout it.

It’s hard to outline the story because the first act was almost completely piecemeal with a lot of stuff missing, but the gist of it is that Max (Tom Hardy) is taken prisoner by the elderly (but evil) Immortan Joe so that he can be harvested and used as a “blood bag” for his sickly band of mutants that do his bidding. Immortan Joe is a tyrannical beast, lording over hundreds of subjects and granting them only a small portion of his considerable water supply. One of the sickly mutants, Nux (Nicholas Hoult), is preparing for a mission led by the fearsome imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) to siphon gas from a local town. However, it quickly becomes apparent that Furiosa is using the mission as a cover to smuggle Immortan Joe’s beautiful set of breeders (among them Zoe Kravitz and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) and take them elsewhere. Eventually, the film turns into a race as Mad, Furiosa, and their crew attempt to outrun the many tribes after them as they try to liberate everyone from the iron fist of the Immortan.

I could tell you more about the plot, but I’m fairly confident that most of this won’t change and I don’t want to spoil any key points for you. The storyline is pretty bare-bones for the most part and doesn’t, as such, doesn’t really stand out from the first three films in that regard. But Miller does make some pretty bold choices with his characters in the second act (which will remain unspoiled) that I genuinely wasn’t expecting and I hope that they remain in the final cut. But the story moves at a good clip and there wasn’t really any point where things lagged or didn’t make sense. There’s one continual plot device meant to examine Max’s guilt with losing his family, but while the first MAD MAX movie dealt with it bluntly and unflinchingly, this time around it feels cliched and awkward whenever it’s addressed. But aside from that, I couldn’t find that much wrong with the story (other than the glaring errors in the first act that I mentioned earlier).

But the two things that really make this a MAD MAX movie are the spectacular action sequences and the performances from all of the leads. It felt like Miller tried to make an arc in terms of the chase sequences, and while they’re all good, there’s definitely a sense of escalation and the entire film culminates in an action sequences that is one of the best in the series, with very little CGI to go around at all. The technology and weapons utilized during the sequences (everything from exploding spears to these sort of ultra-smart buzz saws meant to take out tires) don’t really resemble anything we’ve seen in a MAD MAX movie before, but still feel like an organic growth from the earlier films.

Also, while some other people in the audience didn’t agree with me, I totally bought into Tom Hardy as Max. He only says maybe a handful of sentences throughout the film, but the way he reacts to the situations around him and retains this sort of guarded hostility through most of it is VERY evocative of the Mel Gibson “Max” that we’ve seen before. Still, Charlize Theron totally steals the film for me. At first, she looks totally hardened and badass (and she is), but when the chips are down and her vulnerable side comes out, she totally owns it. When you consider that she had to work with an unwieldy prosthesis for the film, it makes her performance that much more remarkable. The rest of the cast is solid, but the cast Miller went with (many of whom are physically handicapped) blend seamlessly into the universe and help create a more immersive experience as a result.

So… yeah. First impressions are that we’re in for a really great ride when it’s finished. Miller made a concerted effort to create a balanced film that can stand alone on its own and will more than satisfy fans of the series. I can’t wait to see how they re-tool it and to see how it looks when the first act is in one whole piece, but as it stands, it looks like an early cut to a very, VERY good ride.

http://thisisinfamous.com/mad-max-fury-road-early-review/

 

[SJRB]

Sounds awesome.

I still can't believe this movie is still 10 months out, it's insane.

 

[MisterFalcon]

I rewatched Road Warrior yesterday after probably 15 years or so. It still holds up surprisingly well even though some of the camera effects are pretty weird [the 2x speed thing to indicate high car speed, mostly]. The visuals and the camerawork are awesome though, I really love that one take when Max approaches in the truck and that gang member jumps in his car and moves in to intercept. Talking about interceptors: I want one, haha.

The sped up parts really stand out as the rest is so stunning. It's remarkable how it's so good as most of the stuntwork was far more challenging then anything done before in Australia and they had no way to look at the footage they shot and just had to get it right immediately.

http://www.cinemasquid.com/screensh...-warrior/9e539ae3-dac0-4bb7-8a56-9bd39061dff5

 

[TheJollyCorner]

I love Thunderdome... even the 'Lost Boys' part. Those dirty little rascals helped draw the humanity back out of Max.


When I heard of this kind of reboot with a new Max I was initially bummed we'd never get to see Gibson's Max find peace... or come full circle. Now I realize the end of Thunderdome turned out to be a pretty damn good send-off for that version of Mad Max.
Spoilers for those who might be watching these for the first time:

Spoiler

Unlike in The Road Warrior, he makes a conscious choice to sacrifice himself for people he's trying to help (as opposed to being tricked into it), which leads me to believe after all of the violence and survival he'd been through he still had that old Max (the loving husband and father) in him. He still had his humanity.

I just find Beyond Thunderdome easily watchable.
It has a good emotional core that is kind of needed after the bleakness of the end of MM, throughout The Road Warrior, and considering the first part of Thunderdome.

 

[Simo]

Talking about interceptors: I want one, haha.

Head on over to here bud!
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=4

Just try not to get too jealous...haha

I love Thunderdome... even the 'Lost Boys' part. Those dirty little rascals helped draw the humanity back out of Max.


When I heard of this kind of reboot with a new Max I was initially bummed we'd never get to see Gibson's Max find peace... or come full circle. Now I realize the end of Thunderdome turned out to be a pretty damn good send-off for that version of Mad Max.
Spoilers for those who might be watching these for the first time:

Spoiler

Unlike in The Road Warrior, he makes a conscious choice to sacrifice himself for people he's trying to help (as opposed to being tricked into it), which leads me to believe after all of the violence and survival he'd been through he still had that old Max (the loving husband and father) in him. He still had his humanity.

I just find Beyond Thunderdome easily watchable.
It has a good emotional core that is kind of needed after the bleakness of the end of MM, throughout The Road Warrior, and considering the first part of Thunderdome.

Same here!

Interesting point to the spoiler

Spoiler

one of the deleted scenes depicted Max at the Crack in the Earth having a nightmare of his family and Goose questioning him as why he became just like the filth of the Earth he had once been fighting against and who took the lives of his friends and family to begin with. He wakes up from it and just breaks down crying.

 

[SJRB]

I guess Max's

Spoiler

redemption

is kind of okay in Thunderdome, but it's not nearly enough to carry the weight of an otherwise pretty bland movie [in terms of narrative].

Road Warrior isn't exactly overflowing either, but it's way more focussed. Max is a broken man wandering the wastelands without purpose an in complete disregard of anyone's life including his own. He acts arrogant and selfish and gets punished severely, which results in him helping the villagers because fuck it, he literally has nothing to left lose. I think in the end when he discovers

Spoiler

the truck was a decoy

he doesn't even really care one way or another, which makes the narrative even more bleak.


I don't know, I think I just like the grim and hopeless narrative in MM2 more than the eventual kind of happy ending of MM3.

 

[UrbanRats]

it really does look like the most unique blockbuster in ages. that review seems pretty reliable, for it's faults and all (i hate thunderdome)

this looks like such a breath of fresh air compared to everything else coming out these days though. i hope this kills at the box office.

Nah, this will bomb hard, because i'm excited for it, and that's basically a death sentence.

 

[BloodMoney]

Best trailer at Comic Con.

 

[AgentOtaku]

Hey Simo, you don't recommend this set?

I love Thunderdome... even the 'Lost Boys' part. Those dirty little rascals helped draw the humanity back out of Max.


When I heard of this kind of reboot with a new Max I was initially bummed we'd never get to see Gibson's Max find peace... or come full circle. Now I realize the end of Thunderdome turned out to be a pretty damn good send-off for that version of Mad Max.
Spoilers for those who might be watching these for the first time:

Spoiler

Unlike in The Road Warrior, he makes a conscious choice to sacrifice himself for people he's trying to help (as opposed to being tricked into it), which leads me to believe after all of the violence and survival he'd been through he still had that old Max (the loving husband and father) in him. He still had his humanity.

I just find Beyond Thunderdome easily watchable.
It has a good emotional core that is kind of needed after the bleakness of the end of MM, throughout The Road Warrior, and considering the first part of Thunderdome.

No seriously, Tina Turner is FUCKING AMAZING in Beyond Thunderdome. Like, I was genuinely surprised as I hadn't seen the film since I was a kid. It's a damn shame how little she ended up being in the film though

 

[Simo]

Hey Simo, you don't recommend this set?

Nah grab it if you want to see the movies on Blu right now!

Mad Max and Mad Max 2/Road Warrior in the set is just a reissue of the individual Blu's that were available before and Beyond Thunderdome was included and the first time made available on Blu Ray but you can now pick it up separately. Transfers are pretty decent but WB didn't exactly put much effort in to them either or the audio and extras which is sad considering the amount of supplemental stuff out there for the movies and supposedly MGM has a 4K transfer of the first film.

ShoutFactory is also putting out a Collector's Edition of Mad Max on Blu next year that will be loaded.

For me I'd already purchased the first 2 individually when they were released and picked up Thunderdome last month at Best Buy for $7.99. lol I actually ended up watching MM2 and BTD Saturday night back to back on a relatives 80" or whatever it was 4K TV along with trying out the 2K HD Fury Road trailer...fucking awesome stuff!

 

[AgentOtaku]

Guess I'll just wait for the Shout Factory release Then

 

[Simo]

New review, for what its worth from AICN:

I know what happens when you give George Miller hundreds of millions of dollars to make a contemporary MAD MAX sequel. It may take a few years, and countless days, hours, seconds of anticipation, but it'll get completed into a full, exhibitable feature film. And baby, it's a thing of beauty.

The film starts out with the shot you've seen of Max's back and the two-headed lizard, before launching right into a chase where Rockatansky is eventually bested and caught. Max is taken to a citadel run by Immortan Joe, the masked, decrepit warlord worshipped by his devout slaves and a handful of captains, led by Furiosa (Charlize Theron). When Furiosa goes rogue and appears to be hijacking a rig (and its contents) for herself, Immortan Joe sends his army after them. Max only gets involved because one of Joe's footsoldiers, Dux (Nicholas Hoult), straps him to the hood of his car as his "blood bank," literally syphoning off his blood to increase his adrenaline. Through a series of events, Max ends up fighting alongside Furiosa and her cargo, Immortan Joe's bevy of young, gorgeous "breeders" (read: wives), including Joe's crown jewel, a quite-pregnant Rosie Huntington-Whitely. Cue the batshit vehicular mayhem.

This is the movie many of us always dream about, and rarely ever actually get. By that I mean this is a huge, multi-hundred-million-dollar production done by a major Hollywood studio that is both grand and odd, epic and intimate, crowd-pleasing and self-indulgent.

It's not uncommon to see one-time greats falter when given free reign and a limitless budget. Whether they're out of touch with contemporary demands, or that they just don't have the drive they once did, a bunch of directors (Lucas, Cimino, De Palma, Coppola) have hurt their legacies by putting out later films that failed to live up to the promise of their earlier work.

This did not happen with George Miller.

FURY ROAD is just as weird, bombastic, and MAD MAX-y and you'd want a MAD MAX movie to be. Sure, it's apparently PG-13, and Max himself has the least amount of dialogue (and is given the least to do) of the whole series, but there's no doubt this movie is cut from the same cloth. From the chrome Immortan Joe sprays on the teeth of the more worthy of his warriors to the guitar-playing minstrel live-scoring the car chases while harnessed to a moving car, FURY ROAD is permeated with the kind of bizarro world-building that keep the first three so distinctive amidst the wide range of post-apocalyptic action/sci-fi out there. Furiosa, Immortan Joe, and especially Nicholas Hoult's fanatical, half-mad Dux are extremely captivating, original characters; every moment with Dux, the first sorta-sympathetic henchman of the entire series, is striking and surprising, and adds a nice layer to the MAD MAX mythos. Charlize also deserves a ton of credit, both for her take-no-shit, grease-painted asskickery and for still being the most luminous female in the movie with a bald head and head-to-toe dirt and alongside dolled-up supermodels half her age. Furiosa is as much the hero of this movie as Max, and Charlize manages to make you forget she's an international superstar and believe she's an armless, carved-from-an-engine-block Road Warrior.

You'll hear many describe the film as "one long chase scene," and while that's not entirely true (nor would many of us want it to be), it's understandable why it comes across as such. It has such a breakneck pace, only stopping to linger on plot details very briefly and seldomly, that it does kind of feel like one sustained set-piece for the 2-hour running time. Once Furiosa takes off with her rig, the tension never lets up, and the film starts alternating between ROAD WARRIOR's epic vehicular madness and SORCERER-style, "Is something about to happen right now?" slow-burn intensity. I wouldn't dare reveal any more about the joys of the film, except to say that the storm scene you've seen in the trailer really does achieve a sort of mythic beauty in and of itself. But it comes relatively early, and the film's got plenty of gas left in the tank at that point, so don't think that's the end-all-be-all of the movie's action.

I'm not sure whether this movie's going to "set the world on fire," as my buddy said he thought it will, but the people who are going to love this movie are going to LOVE this movie. As a fan of the series, I was hoping for something that (unlike, say, INDY 4) could sit alongside the rest of the series as a worthy entry in Miller's ouvre. FURY ROAD cleared that high bar like it had springs for legs, and transcended into rarified territory: a blockbuster with balls, a pulse, and an unwillingness to do anything safe, all from within the confines of a PG-13 rating. This is a great movie, guys. I really can't wait 'till we can sit around and talk about it with the giddiness and glee I had last Monday.

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