Mad Max 4

balut · 10-29-2009, 08:09 PM

Apparently Charlize Theron is going to star in Mad Max: Fury Road. No word on whether or not Mel Gibson will be in it.

Sarkus · 10-29-2009, 08:19 PM

We'll see. This movie pops up every few months but never starts filming. Once they get to the actual filming stage (still almost a year away according to that article) then I'll take it more seriously.

I don't have high hopes for it, though. I'm trying to imagine a reason to do another one.

Creole Ned · 10-30-2009, 12:34 AM

We don't need another hero.

Sarkus · 10-30-2009, 12:41 AM

Also, I thought I'd add that while George Miller has done some other interesting things (though they are a LOT different: see "Babe" and "Happy Feet"), there are a lot of people who argue that it was the collaboration between Miller and producer Byron Kennedy that made the first two Max films work. Sadly Kennedy was killed in an accident shortly after "Road Warrior" was finished. Miller did the much more poorly received "Thunderdome" on his own, but refused to actually direct anything other than the action sequences. He may have had legitmate reasons for that, but I do think it odd that years later he wants to do another Max film.

But I'm also jaded by all the delays and my feeling that a Max film without Gibson isn't going to work.

Aleck · 10-30-2009, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Sarkus

But I'm also jaded by all the delays and my feeling that a Max film without Gibson isn't going to work.

How do you make a Mad Max movie without Max? Isn't that like an Indiana Jones movie without Indy?

Hanzii · 10-30-2009, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Creole Ned

We don't need another hero.

Over and done. Thread's finished.

BennyProfane · 10-30-2009, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Aleck

How do you make a Mad Max movie without Max? Isn't that like an Indiana Jones movie without Indy?

Yeah, as low as my opinion of Mel Gibson is these days, it would be stupid and pointless to make another without him as the main actor/character.

I can see them doing something along the lines of what Clint Eastwood did last year, with the thinly veiled "Dirty Harry in Retirement" movie. That might be an interesting take on Max--what does the Road Warrior do when civilization has been saved, but now there's no place for him in it?

Nellie · 10-30-2009, 08:00 AM

Blame the Jews?

Houngan · 10-30-2009, 08:03 AM

This thread keeps delivering. Continue.

H.

Twosixteen · 10-30-2009, 10:03 AM

Sugar-Tits?

Acid · 10-30-2009, 10:44 AM

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Sugar-Tits?

Dammit, I was gonna say that.

Ain't we a pair, raggedy man.

graller · 10-30-2009, 11:00 AM

Two days ago I saw a rig that would haul that tanker

walTer · 10-30-2009, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Aleck

How do you make a Mad Max movie without Max? Isn't that like an Indiana Jones movie without Indy?

And that probably would have made a better movie?

alexlitel · 10-30-2009, 05:00 PM

Personally, I'd rather have Babe 3.

Really, I would - Babe: Pig in the City is one of the best sequels of all-time and one of the few that tops its predecessor (not to mention the precursor to the darker family cinema like Where the Wild Things Are and Pixar as of late).

walTer · 10-30-2009, 05:08 PM

Babe: Pig in the City made my daughter cry. She watched the first one sometimes 2 times a day...but we never got thru more than 15 minutes of the sequel.

alexlitel · 10-30-2009, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by walTer

Babe: Pig in the City made my daughter cry. She watched the first one sometimes 2 times a day...but we never got thru more than 15 minutes of the sequel.

It's essentially a fully realized version of the fantasy film Terry Gilliam has tried to make for the last fifteen years.

Also, Tom Hardy is apparently replacing Mel. In this case, I'm excited and you should be too.

BennyProfane · 10-31-2009, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by alexlitel

It's essentially a fully realized version of the fantasy film Terry Gilliam has tried to make for the last fifteen years.

Also, Tom Hardy is apparently replacing Mel. In this case, I'm excited and you should be too.

No. Just....no.

Scrax · 10-31-2009, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by alexlitel

Also, Tom Hardy is apparently replacing Mel. In this case, I'm excited and you should be too.

Where can I get this movie?

Murbella · 10-31-2009, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by BennyProfane

Yeah, as low as my opinion of Mel Gibson is these days, it would be stupid and pointless to make another without him as the main actor/character.

I can see them doing something along the lines of what Clint Eastwood did last year, with the thinly veiled "Dirty Harry in Retirement" movie. That might be an interesting take on Max--what does the Road Warrior do when civilization has been saved, but now there's no place for him in it?

He marries Charlize Theron, has a kid with her, gets in to a fight with bandits, they kill his family and then he wrecks "civilization" getting revenge.

Sarkus · 10-31-2009, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Murbella

He marries Charlize Theron, has a kid with her, gets in to a fight with bandits, they kill his family and then he wrecks "civilization" getting revenge.

You know, I could see that being the plot.

Or maybe Charlize dies and he has to take his kid on a long walk for survival. :-)

Miller might as well do the whole thing as a rebooot rather then try and somehow make a successor story. The talk in recent years about the main character being either Max's son or his clone or whatever just sound horrible to me.

gameoverman · 10-31-2009, 11:30 AM

The Feral Kid for Road Warrior, it should be his story.

That way you could do the "That might be an interesting take on Max--what does the Road Warrior do when civilization has been saved, but now there's no place for him in it?" and you wouldn't need Mel Gibson's Max. The Feral Kid, having learned under Max's tutelage, becomes leader of the Great Northern Tribe in the fullness of time but how? There's your story.

You could have the conflict of people wanting to live in a civilized fashion with the Feral Kid's insistence on doing things with Max's trademark sneaky booby traps and slambang action(otherwise known as 'violence').

What would have happened at the end of The Searchers if Ethan had insisted on coming in rather than walk away? We could find out in Mad Max 4.

Houngan · 10-31-2009, 09:41 PM

No, you know what would be awesome? The Rise of Humongous. Give me a parallel story to Road Warrior about Humongous and how he became the anti-Max. That would rock, provided George Lucas has nothing to do with it.

H.

corsair · 11-05-2009, 12:03 AM

It can't be a Mad Max movie without Mad Max. Now, maybe it is time to replace Mel Gibson as Mad Max (how many times have they replaced James Bond, for heaven's sake), but I can't say I'd be too worked up to see a Mad Max movie without the title character.

copet · 11-05-2009, 12:11 AM

Mel Gibson is a douche for the things he has done in the past few years, but if he can still pull off the acting and look for Mad Max, I'm all for him starring. I just hope he doesn't look like a grandpa, such as Harrison Ford did. He ran like he was wearing diapers and his pants looked like they were tied up with a cord.

corsair · 11-05-2009, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by copet

Mel Gibson is a douche for the things he has done in the past few years, but if he can still pull off the acting and look for Mad Max, I'm all for him starring. I just hope he doesn't look like a grandpa, such as Harrison Ford did. He ran like he was wearing diapers and his pants looked like they were tied up with a cord.

See the opening sequence in Raiders of the Lost Ark - he ran like that then, too.

zengonzo · 11-05-2009, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Houngan

No, you know what would be awesome? The Rise of Humongous.

DING

Houngan · 11-09-2009, 10:59 PM

Right, yeah!? I mean, you can have Max, but he's always fifty yards away on the other end of your sweet-ass battle buggy and megaphone. It would be like Clockwork Orange met Lord of the Flies.

H.

10-29-2009, 08:09 PM	#1
balut New Romantic Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Who are you that flies so good? Are you insane?? Posts: 5,218	Mad Max 4 Apparently Charlize Theron is going to star in Mad Max: Fury Road. No word on whether or not Mel Gibson will be in it.

10-29-2009, 08:19 PM	#2
Sarkus New Romantic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 7,965	We'll see. This movie pops up every few months but never starts filming. Once they get to the actual filming stage (still almost a year away according to that article) then I'll take it more seriously. I don't have high hopes for it, though. I'm trying to imagine a reason to do another one.

10-30-2009, 12:34 AM	#3
Creole Ned Social Worker Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 2,933	We don't need another hero.

10-30-2009, 12:41 AM	#4
Sarkus New Romantic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 7,965	Also, I thought I'd add that while George Miller has done some other interesting things (though they are a LOT different: see "Babe" and "Happy Feet"), there are a lot of people who argue that it was the collaboration between Miller and producer Byron Kennedy that made the first two Max films work. Sadly Kennedy was killed in an accident shortly after "Road Warrior" was finished. Miller did the much more poorly received "Thunderdome" on his own, but refused to actually direct anything other than the action sequences. He may have had legitmate reasons for that, but I do think it odd that years later he wants to do another Max film. But I'm also jaded by all the delays and my feeling that a Max film without Gibson isn't going to work.

10-30-2009, 08:00 AM	#8
Nellie Social Worker Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Wearing a beard made of bees. Posts: 4,783	Blame the Jews?

10-30-2009, 08:03 AM	#9
Houngan New Romantic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Louisville Posts: 5,252	This thread keeps delivering. Continue. H.

10-30-2009, 10:03 AM	#10
Twosixteen Hustle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Thread Killer Posts: 331	Sugar-Tits?

10-30-2009, 11:00 AM	#12
graller Social Worker Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 2,148	Two days ago I saw a rig that would haul that tanker

10-30-2009, 05:00 PM	#14
alexlitel Social Worker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California, America Posts: 2,385	Personally, I'd rather have Babe 3. Really, I would - Babe: Pig in the City is one of the best sequels of all-time and one of the few that tops its predecessor (not to mention the precursor to the darker family cinema like Where the Wild Things Are and Pixar as of late).

10-30-2009, 05:08 PM	#15
walTer Mad Chester Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: So Cal Posts: 1,224	Babe: Pig in the City made my daughter cry. She watched the first one sometimes 2 times a day...but we never got thru more than 15 minutes of the sequel.

10-31-2009, 11:30 AM	#21
gameoverman Broad Band Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 216	The Feral Kid for Road Warrior, it should be his story. That way you could do the "That might be an interesting take on Max--what does the Road Warrior do when civilization has been saved, but now there's no place for him in it?" and you wouldn't need Mel Gibson's Max. The Feral Kid, having learned under Max's tutelage, becomes leader of the Great Northern Tribe in the fullness of time but how? There's your story. You could have the conflict of people wanting to live in a civilized fashion with the Feral Kid's insistence on doing things with Max's trademark sneaky booby traps and slambang action(otherwise known as 'violence'). What would have happened at the end of The Searchers if Ethan had insisted on coming in rather than walk away? We could find out in Mad Max 4.

10-31-2009, 09:41 PM	#22
Houngan New Romantic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Louisville Posts: 5,252	No, you know what would be awesome? The Rise of Humongous. Give me a parallel story to Road Warrior about Humongous and how he became the anti-Max. That would rock, provided George Lucas has nothing to do with it. H.

11-05-2009, 12:03 AM	#23
corsair Hustle Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 388	It can't be a Mad Max movie without Mad Max. Now, maybe it is time to replace Mel Gibson as Mad Max (how many times have they replaced James Bond, for heaven's sake), but I can't say I'd be too worked up to see a Mad Max movie without the title character.

11-05-2009, 12:11 AM	#24
copet Spinning Toe Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Nebraska Posts: 545	Mel Gibson is a douche for the things he has done in the past few years, but if he can still pull off the acting and look for Mad Max, I'm all for him starring. I just hope he doesn't look like a grandpa, such as Harrison Ford did. He ran like he was wearing diapers and his pants looked like they were tied up with a cord.

11-09-2009, 10:59 PM	#27
Houngan New Romantic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Louisville Posts: 5,252	Right, yeah!? I mean, you can have Max, but he's always fifty yards away on the other end of your sweet-ass battle buggy and megaphone. It would be like Clockwork Orange met Lord of the Flies. H.

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