Thunderdome: Which Mad Max Movie?
11Is the cargo cult of postapocalyptic feral children waiting for their captain to return and fly them home in Thunderdome? If so, that one.
Thunderdome: Which Mad Max Movie?
132207 wrote:Thay are all crap.
I am sending vockins over to kick your ass. When vockins is done kicking your ass, he's going to send me over to kick your ass.
Thunderdome: Which Mad Max Movie?
14vockins wrote:Road Warrior has its moments, but, come on. The Goose is a far better sidekick than the goofy helicopter dude. Toecutter is a superior antagonist than Lord Humungus. Johnny the Boy is incredible. The blond boy toy doesn't even have any lines. The feral kid is amusing for about five minutes, but he's no Fifi.
The ratio of classic lines is like twelve classic lines in Mad Max for every one in Road Warrior. The motorcycles are far dumber in the Road Warrior. There are no sax solos in the Road Warrior. There are no Sandman Panel Vans in the Road Warrior.
Mad Max, by a mile.
I refuse to acknowledge that Thunderdome exists.
My initial vote was for Road Warrior, but I've been persauded by Vockins' compelling argument. Mad Max.
Thunderdome: Which Mad Max Movie?
15These "thunderdome" polls owe their existence to the 3rd film in the series. just thought I'd point that out.
the way to gauge the strength of these films is on the length, choreography, and vehicle designs in the chase scene(s). number one most important, with these films, for me.
I actually just happened upon Thunderdome on cable a week or two ago. I never picked up on all the subtleties of the writing in this film before.
maybe because it's the chase scenes that matter.
I dig the way Tina Turner's character just leaves him in the desert at the end of the film. She could kill the shit out of him. But she's got some code. I dig that.
the way to gauge the strength of these films is on the length, choreography, and vehicle designs in the chase scene(s). number one most important, with these films, for me.
I actually just happened upon Thunderdome on cable a week or two ago. I never picked up on all the subtleties of the writing in this film before.
maybe because it's the chase scenes that matter.
I dig the way Tina Turner's character just leaves him in the desert at the end of the film. She could kill the shit out of him. But she's got some code. I dig that.
"The bastards have landed"
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Thunderdome: Which Mad Max Movie?
16The first one sends me to sleep.
Can I vote for A Boy and His Dog?
Can I vote for A Boy and His Dog?
Thunderdome: Which Mad Max Movie?
17If Thunderdome ended when they put him on the camel with that mask on his head and sent him off into the desert to die, It would have rocked! that is how the series should have ended. Just a 15 minute shot of that camel trotting off into the desert. The End. Fuck all that shit with the children. I hate children.
Road Warrior. But is close. Mad Max is almost as good.
Road Warrior. But is close. Mad Max is almost as good.
Thunderdome: Which Mad Max Movie?
18Tree wrote:2207 wrote:Thay are all crap.
I am sending vockins over to kick your ass. When vockins is done kicking your ass, he's going to send me over to kick your ass.
Misters Tree and Vockins,
May I humbly request that when you're done handing this fucking clown his own ass that you contact me so that I may give him the old Videodrome treatment by shoving Mad Max VHSes into his stomach?
Yours,
Charlie
Oh, and Mad Max by a country mile.
Thunderdome: Which Mad Max Movie?
19Very close, but I'll go with Road Warrior, it's a tad better that Mad Max.
Thunderdome: Which Mad Max Movie?
20Obviously Thunderdome is the weakest. It had potential but it is basically just a cash in sequel. Get rid of most the sentimental aspects of it, ie, the children's story, and you might have a pretty good sequel to The Road Warrior. As it is, you have the Disneyfied sequel to The Road Warrior and one that almost copies it in it's story arc, ie, innocent underdogs saved by Max with a stunt infused car chase at the end. Weak.
Mad Max is great on its own. Its only real initial weakness was the dubbed dialogue that we were subjected to in America when the Australian dialogue was far superior in conveying the emotions of the lines. That and because of it's low budget it looks a bit too 70's to really be the '90s (which is when it is supposed to take place). But the characters and the action do overshadow that weakness for the most part. Bubba Zanetti has maybe half a dozen lines of dialogue yet is one of the most interesting villains in the film. Toecutter and Johnny The Boy help make that gang a trifecta of perfect depravity and criminality. They are nihilists who don't believe in anything but the viewer believes them. We all already know people who are just like them.
I know every line, every facial expression, every grimace of The Road Warrior. My brother and I had that movie on Beta growing up and watched it dozens of times. It takes most of the good aspects of Mad Max and pumps up the production values. It stands on its own as a film, it does not feel like a sequel the way Thunderdome does. The Humongous and Wez are interesting villains with some great lines but a bit too cartoony compared to Toecutter, et al. But only just a bit. With some of the other characters like the Feral Kid and the costumes and hairstyles it does skate that line between awesome and cheese. There are times when watching it that I have looked at their costumes and just thought "1980's". But that's after many repeated viewings and only long after the 80's ended and it's no where near as bad as it is in Thunderdome. Otherwise I don't think it's that noticeable. Plus it did set the bar for post nuclear holocaust films in it's look and style.
In a perfect poll I would vote equally for Mad Max and Road Warrior because their pros and cons negate each other to the point that both are equal to me. But since I have to choose I choose The Road Warrior for the larger production. But it's only a hair better.
Mad Max is great on its own. Its only real initial weakness was the dubbed dialogue that we were subjected to in America when the Australian dialogue was far superior in conveying the emotions of the lines. That and because of it's low budget it looks a bit too 70's to really be the '90s (which is when it is supposed to take place). But the characters and the action do overshadow that weakness for the most part. Bubba Zanetti has maybe half a dozen lines of dialogue yet is one of the most interesting villains in the film. Toecutter and Johnny The Boy help make that gang a trifecta of perfect depravity and criminality. They are nihilists who don't believe in anything but the viewer believes them. We all already know people who are just like them.
I know every line, every facial expression, every grimace of The Road Warrior. My brother and I had that movie on Beta growing up and watched it dozens of times. It takes most of the good aspects of Mad Max and pumps up the production values. It stands on its own as a film, it does not feel like a sequel the way Thunderdome does. The Humongous and Wez are interesting villains with some great lines but a bit too cartoony compared to Toecutter, et al. But only just a bit. With some of the other characters like the Feral Kid and the costumes and hairstyles it does skate that line between awesome and cheese. There are times when watching it that I have looked at their costumes and just thought "1980's". But that's after many repeated viewings and only long after the 80's ended and it's no where near as bad as it is in Thunderdome. Otherwise I don't think it's that noticeable. Plus it did set the bar for post nuclear holocaust films in it's look and style.
In a perfect poll I would vote equally for Mad Max and Road Warrior because their pros and cons negate each other to the point that both are equal to me. But since I have to choose I choose The Road Warrior for the larger production. But it's only a hair better.