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gorehound
10/26/09

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unfortunately it has been something like 24 years or so since the last mad max movie.that is to bad cause we need mel to comeback and do it or it is not mad max.how can it be without him ??? #madmax
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gorehound
10/26/09

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unfortunately it has been something like 24 years or so since the last mad max movie.that is to bad cause we need mel to comeback and do it or it is not mad max.how can it be without him ??? #madmax
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themats
10/26/09

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That guy hovering over Miller in the background is the premier of NSW. He governs a state of lawless, faction-ridden, backstabbing, megalomaniacal politicians who are only too happy to turn this country into a vision of one of Miller's earlier Max films.

Also, One of the greatest experiences I ever had in a cinema was seeing Happy Feet with a full audience of tap dancing children. Laugh riot
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AmishJohn
10/26/09

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Did anyone else read that as 'Furry Road' at first? My first thought was of Mel Gibson in a kangaroo costume. #madmax
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micah1_8
10/26/09

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What ever happened to a good, old fashioned trilogy? Rather than kill a good franchise with a sub-par shoe-horn story, why not just do a new, original idea with a flavour of the old classics? #madmax
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Communist Pope
10/26/09

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Anyone who has doubts about this because of Thunderdome should remember that Miller only directed the action sequences for that one, with some other dude handling everything else. And Thunderdome's action sequences were top notch. Miller deserves the benefit of the doubt that Fury Road will be as well-directed as Mad Max and Mad Max II.

Anyone who has doubts about it because it won't feature Mel Gibson in the title role... well. I have no comfort for you there. I wouldn't mind some myself, actually.
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GreyHammer
10/26/09

@Communist Pope: i dont know once the peterpan action started (little kids besting grown men) i dont think you can call the action top notch.

to me thunderdome ends when max is put on a horse and sent into the desert. #madmax
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Tyrunn
10/26/09

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$100m!? How does that budget compare to the cost of the first three movies? #madmax
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disatess
10/26/09

@Tyrunn: they were pennies on the dollar compared to this one ,I think box office mojo has ther budget numbers . #madmax
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Zyg
10/26/09

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He's absolutely right w/ his views on Aussie Cinema.

I would like to believe in this film. I can't see how it can be as good as the originals. I'm willing to have an open mind and see what comes of it.

If you want to see a great film on Aussie Genre Cinema (including Mad Max) watch Not Quite Hollywood. #madmax
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Allen_Richards
10/26/09

@Zyg: I just watched NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD a few weeks ago and second the suggestion. It covers some great material, especially on the first third which focuses on Aussie sex comedies, but only about a minute of the entire doc is on MAD MAX and George Miller....

After watching, I had to break out my copies of DEAD END DRIVE-IN, PATRICK, and DARK FORCES to give them a re-watch. Still haven't even opened the plastic on my aging copy of MAD MAX though.... #madmax
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collex
10/26/09

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Miller says Del Toro is Mexican. He's Spanish right? I guess he was unsure, because he began to say Spanish then said Mexican. Someone should tell him his first guess was the correct one. #madmax
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Allen_Richards
10/26/09

@collex: He's Mexican. #madmax
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Communist Pope
10/26/09

@collex: Definitely Mexican, born in Guadalajara Jalisco. Never second guess George Miller, even if he second guesses himself! After all, the man brought cartoon-style surprised bulging eyes to live action cinema.

However, I wonder why he needed to point out Del Toro's nationality at all. I didn't hear him throw in a country of origin for any of the others he mentioned. #madmax
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collex
10/26/09

@Communist Pope: Oh, my bad. I got mistaken because Pan's Labyrinth, which is set in Spain. #madmax
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LittleDragon
10/26/09

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So is he saying things have changed in thirty years? And is Fury Road really the best they could come up with? #madmax
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Random434
10/26/09

@LittleDragon: What, you want to go Back to Thunderdome? #madmax
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LittleDragon
10/26/09

@Random434: I was thinking farther back to, say, The first Mad Max. Some one pointed out that one of the things that made that movie so cool was that it showed the world on that edge between our world and the lawless chaos before Thunderdome. I would kind of like to see what that would be like in this day and age. Just imagine all the Twilighters, or what ever they are called, crying about Edward and Bella as the motorcycle gangs run them down. Or would that be Max running them down? At lest Thunderdome had a catchy song, Fury Road sound like a made for tv movie about some woman out for justice for something, and I keep typing furry road. #madmax
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WLDaywalker
10/26/09

@LittleDragon: Fury Road, that's a song by Springsteen, right?

Hopefully, Mr. Miller's idea of "really lifting the bar" doesn't mean making whatever this turns out to be more 'xplodery, CGI infested, ignorant of the laws of physics, and/or in the fashion of an extended cut scene like "Death Race".

Do like the idea of Edward and Bella being run down, though... #madmax
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Rtrain
10/26/09

@WindowlickinDaywalker: I like to think that the Twilight vamps are such pussies that they sparkle in sunlight so drivers wouldn't hit them. It's like wearing an orange safety vest. #madmax
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rajanKazhmin
10/26/09

@WindowlickinDaywalker: Thunder Road is the Springsteen song. And it would make a better title. #madmax
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Random434
10/27/09

@WindowlickinDaywalker: I've loved a lot of Miller's movies.. And he's done some amazing CGI, and Some oscar winning stories, Both in one with Happy Feet. Even nominated for best picture with Babe.

So.. I'm just wondering if there will be pigs and penguins in Mad Max now :) #madmax
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WLDaywalker
10/27/09

@Random434: At the very least they could slap a penguin bobblehead on a dashboard and maybe spray paint "Babe" along the side of one of the vehicles. #madmax
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Random434
10/27/09

@WindowlickinDaywalker: But that would make him too much like Pixar. :) #madmax
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mrabinowitz000
10/26/09

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Very interesting remarks about New Zealand keeping a sustained production schedule to retain the talent pool.
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Allen_Richards
10/26/09

@mrabinowitz000: His comments about XENA are exactly why I thought Jackson would have gone with Raimi over Del Toro on THE HOBBIT. Sort of saying "thanks for helping us get kick-started so many years ago." While I've often quoted Sam as my favorite director adn the reason I studied film, I have to admit that Del Toro is far more visionary....
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collex
10/26/09

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Is Mel back? That's the only thing that's matter #madmax
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Pessimippopotamus
10/23/09

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But I thought she was playing Baron Harkonnen on the new Dune movie.

...or was that entirely fabricated in my imagination?
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CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
10/22/09

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And, I refuse to believe that good ol' Mel can't get his alcoholic ass into shape and fit into that leather riding suit one more time.

An old rumor is that he want's to do ANOTHER Lethal Weapon movie. He could get fit for Mad Max and knock out both movies in the same year.
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Bootknife-Jackson
10/22/09

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yeah if i were shelling out the cash for Charlize Theron, i'd definetly want to get my money's worth. wait... what are we talking about again? #madmax
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