Tina was huge in my life for 2 reasons. 1, quite literally for this movie and 2 because she's all my grandmother would talk about...how great Tina is how much energy she has how great her legs are blah blah blah LOLOLOL......so yes as a young preteen and teen boy, Tina became like an icon to me because my grandmother adored her and then I saw beyond thunderdome and to be a part of a movie that I literally as a boy would play with Legos and set up my own road warrior truck battles and then go outside and play with the matchbox cars and set up huge battles with my small G.I.joes. there was constantly a road war happening in my bedroom at age 11!
That gave us Furiosa, but the strong woman from the Mad Max universe everyone and their mums was dying to see more of was Aunty Entity. RiP Tina Turner, you are a true legend.
My abiding memory of Mad Max films is being a teenager, just got my own TV in my room - desperately searching all 4 TV channels for something good to watch very late night - coming across this crazy, violent, weird film while half asleep in the middle of the night and being transfixed, burry-eyed for the duration and then not having any friends who’d seen the films and could talk about it with me. Love UA-cam for that reason - we can re-visit these together and connect over these nostalgic oddities.
ozzyg82....that 82 by chance your birth year? same brother same....I don't remember how many channels I had growing up but i grew up in the country so not many, whatever the antenna would pick up, including on occasion Canada (grew up in michigan)
Same here. I watched these films in my early teens in the late 80s and didn't know anyone else who watched them. And glad also for UA-cam for same reason. Thunderdome has always been my favourite of the Mad Max films.. loved it for the lost kids watching it as a kid, and love both the story and seeing Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb (Flying Doctors series), Bruce Spence, etc watching it as an adult.
Nice memory. I grew up in the 70s and 80s myself, I remember renting this movie in the early days of VHS as I was a little bit too young to see this movie in the theaters at the time. It was an instant classic and brings me back fond memories of what cinema was capable of as a young kid. Cheers!
Oh man i miss watching your retrospectives! In 2020-2021 i have manage to devour all retrospectives from you. What a diamond on the internet. You are a legend.
It's not considered to be the best entry in the trilogy, but this still has a lot going for it - a strong opening, the Bartertown world-building, the Thunderdome battle, Tina Turner in basically everything, and a fantastic final chase. Great review!
I have a soft spot for this movie, saw it when it came out in the cinema. It expands the Mad Max universe, has such memorable characters and has an awesome soundtrack. It is my second favourite after Mad Max 2. When I hear Tina Turner sing One of the Living over the titles, it still gives me goosebumps.
What makes "We don't need another hero" such a great track is how subtle it starts out and then builds to an epic crescendo and right back down to a serious chill vibe with the heart and soul of Tina.
I really like the section with the kids because it illustrates how religions are made as Walker moves from a real man to being mythologized by the kids.
I must be the only person who likes the oasis with the kids. Shows actual world building and since Max encounters them it maintains the whole he wondered into someone else’s story vibe.
Easily my most rewatched of the trilogy, it's the only Mad Max film that has a traditional plot-driven narrative and that has Max fully realized as a classic hero (and with more personality than ever) by the end of his character arc when Max finally steps up and earns his legacy, fully prepared to sacrifice himself for his accomplices in the final chase. The world-building of the Mad Max universe is also at its most interesting here, especially how Bartertown is presented (perfect TV show material right there) and of course the whole thunderdome sequence is one of the coolest and most inventive fight contests ever put to celluloid. I do wish it had something closer to the hard-edged brutality of the tanker chase in Road Warrior but all of the above is to such a high standard that it still manages to stand as the best of the trilogy for me, hands down.
Having seen them all now, I still think Thunderdome is the best one. Tina Turner's epic soundtrack makes a big difference too, quality lacking in other entries.
It's not better than Road Warrior or Fury Road .. but I respect your opinion. I get tired of people trashing Thunderdome .. It's a solid movie. I always liked it more than the first movie Mad Max.
@@Fiveash-Artbut it's all personal preference isn't it, what you think is "the best" doesn't necessarily mean it works with someone else, I personally think MadMax3 has aged the best, visually and sound quality, 1 is really hard to watch in my opinion, audio is terrible, 2 is such a good film, but unfortunately it's audio is also pretty weak, fury road is great, but is a bit extreme and personally don't think it will age as good once it reaches 40 years old, like the others Again, personal preference.
“Before he’s too old for the role.” Man, Mel’s already 68 years old. 68. With Miller needing at least 3-5 years to get from script-to-pre-production-to-shooting, Mel’s would be in his mid-70’s when that film finally hit the silver screen. I’m sorry, but Mel’s already too old for the role. By the way, I would’ve love to have seen Mel in Fury Road, but I understand why Warner Bros. nixed his potential casting for that film at the time. 7/24/24 | 12:20 p.m. | EDT
He was still the right age around the time of 'Blood Father' but unless cameras started rolling within the next 2 - 3 years after Lethal Weapon 5 releases, I'd say he'd be just a little too old.
@@Maxxroad Great performances recently in Fatman, Boss Level, Father Stu, Desperation Road and the upcoming Monster Summer and Lethal Weapon 5 seem equally promising.
For me MDBT is a fitting closing chapter for the trilogy. To me the film series was a showcase of how humanity destroys itself, hits rock bottom, and then begins to crawl back towards some civilized society. Fury Road is a story from the wasteland using the character of Max to help people like Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. There's a number of stories you can tell here as I see them like a new modern western or something like Dredd. But MDBT does feel like a closing chapter on all that. I loved the score and soundtrack and had it in the CD changer while I drew. I'm sad I wasn't aware of the limited edition CD that came out because now I think I'm going to have to spend some silly money to get it. Great retrospective! Thanks, Oliver!
This was my first Mad Max movie. The first half of the movie was great. Master Blaster, the fight in the Thunderdome, and road chase climax were awesome.
@@wstine79 The good bits of thunderdome are a pale imitation of Mad Max:The Road Warrior. RW launched a thousand clones. Thunderdome a thousand groans.
Saw this movie when I was a kid in the 80's. I loved it, but I understand how different it is from the first 2 films. For me, The Road Warrior is the best out of all 3 films.
Just saw Beyond Thunderdome leading into the release of Furiosa, and I have to say, it has the best production design and cinematography of the original trilogy. It has the look and feel of a David Lean epic like Lawrence of Arabia and Bridge of the River Kwai. Also, Mel Gibson looks absolutely looks incredible physically and amazing gray side burns.
@orwellianson yeah this one is pretty bad. Everything at Bartertown and the Thunderdome is good but it goes downhill after the first act. It feels like Max is taken from his bleak post apocalyptic war world and dropped off in a kid friendly Peter Pan world. It's like two films are in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome with those tonal conflicts, pacing issues, and problematic writing, especially towards the end. Especially compared to literally everything other film in the series, Beyond Thunderdome is just so jarring and questionable and only has nostalgia going for it from 80s kids. Imagine if Conan the Barbarian teamed up with the Goonies and it feels too unnatural
At the time I watched the first 3 films, years before Fury Road was announced, I really didn't liked Beyond Thunderdome but slowly started to appreciate it a bit more, even if the brutality of the previous two films was tonned down. The last shot with the city ruins remains as a haunting image, and Is even more accentuated after playing the 2015 videogame, where the abandoned oil rigs and islands have now become towers and small hills due to the lack of oceans.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is the best in the Mad Max Trilogy of films i do have great memories with this film thank you Oliver Harper you are my favorite UA-camr i watch your Retrospective videos since the beginning also please make more Retrospective Videos on films like Red Dawn Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Nightbreed Donnie Darko Clue 1985 Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension Brazil Streets of Fire and many many many more including the Japanese film The Castle of Cagliostro aka Lupin III The Castle of Cagliostro from 1979 also great video on Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Your Retrospective Are Best Oliver❤
This was the first mad max film I watched, and loved it, still do. I will say that mad max 2 the road warrior is the best out of the original 3, but I'm starting to like the first mad max more than the second one for some reason.
16:25 Fun Fact: At the time they did this shot, Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor (rest in peace) were part of the legendary Albert Whitlock's matte department at Universal, with Syd being his assistant painter, and Bill Taylor working as the optical effects cameraman (which is what he is well known for, as the optical effects work he did were well renowned, especially for the 1979 version of The Prisoner of Zenda.) This film came out the year the matte department was shut down, with Syd and Bill going their own way and forming their own effects company; Illusion Arts.
I absolutely love this movie. I love Road Warrior but always have had this movie right next to it. I love the scenes with The Waiting Ones and love when Max takes control.
I love the original three Gibson movies. The second one is a classic and the template for all of the apocalyptic movies that we loved to rent at the time. This was the first one I went to see at the cinema and remember loving it. I see the flaws more now when I watch all three together. Great Vid Oliver. Would love to see your take on Fury Road and Furiosa.
I know everyone loves road warrior but.. This is probably my favorite mad max movie. The ending shot of him walking towards the sunset just hits me in the feels lol
I am aware about what Miller says about the timeline and Jedediah and Gyro Captain being 2 different characters, however i'd argue since Jed see's Max in Barter Town and clearly recognises him even though he didnt see him when he stole his vehicle and camels at the start, then Max see's Jed and says "You,- you have plane", how would Max have known he was a pilot if he didnt recognise him. Also the kid...., since Gyro Captain left at the end of Road Warrior with blonde chick you could speculate they had a kid and blondie didnt make it, she died or kidnapped/murdered. They have a different name... well Gyro Captain isnt a name.
Yeah, to me, they're the same character. I don't care what anyone says. I didn't even know it was questioned until "Fury Road" came out and people were talking about Mad Max again.
Also, there is a shot at the end of the movie when Jed’s kid enters their hideout which is clearly the same location of the oil rig from part two (where max and the gyrocopter pilot hang out and eat dog food)
Excellent film!! Mel and Tina's roles were solid. I watch the Thunderdome fight all the time it never gets old. Btw the intro to this video was brilliant, the last 10 seconds gave me chills!! Well done Mr. Harper!!
I've always loved Mad Max 3 and think it's much better than people give it credit for, especially in recent years when it seems to get hated on in comparison to Fury Road. At the time of its release I had no problem with its Hollywood-ization, it lacked the rawness and brutality of Mad Max 2, but you could see where the bigger budget had been spent and it had a bigger, adventure movie feel. Max became more human but still a bad ass, Tina Turner was fantastic and Auntie is best villain in the series IMO. I hope the franchise hasn't been killed by the (unjustified) underperformance of Furiosa, it would be awesome to see Mel back in the role somehow.
Always recommend Oliver's and Rob's chanel its just awesome, like everything about it. I think in future Oliver has potential to direct the movie. So best wishes to your future projects!!
Thanks for finding out why in this film they went far away from having sorta normal looking cars into what was then filmed. I'd say that was a key reason this film has been derided when it came out, and the years after.
Try watching the series in the following 'machete' order: 1./ Max Max 2./ The Road Warrior 3./ Furiosa 4./ Fury Road 5./ Beyond Thunderdome The timeline kind of makes sense this way.
This was a movie that grew on me, when I first saw it at the theater, I was disappointed I wanted the Max from Road Warrior, but over time I came to realize that this movie created a different kind of world then what was in the second Max. It was a more complicated movie and it humanized Max he was no longer just out for himself.
I LOVE the first half of this movie. The second half starts off interesting, and becomes more slap stick and ridiculous as it goes on, leaving a bad taste in everyone's mouth, and the negative vibe a lot of people have towards this film. My actual biggest gripe about this movie is that the version of "One Of The Living" that starts the film isn't available anywhere but in the film, as the studio version is a very pop / produced version that has none of the grit and kick the one in the film does, and the film version is only one chorus and verse.
My head canon is that the Mad Max movies and game are stories "told to us" by the kids many, many years later who became the History Men and Women. The deep voiced intro narrators fit with this. Conflicting continuity and muddled facts mixed like so many of our stories from centuries ago. All of them (official canon) are sort of true and any conflicting details are unintentional mistakes made by the keepers of History. Hence the 2015 game and Fury Road destroying the 'Last of the Interceptors' is ok despite it being destroyed in Mad Max 2 and the similar appearance of the two pilots.
Madmax 2 and Thunderdome was the Madmax for me and my childhood buddies. This was how I remembered and how I picture madmax for the rest of my life. It was only on my teenage life that I went to see Madmax 1 and I found it boring back in the day. 🤣
I still loved this movie when I was younger. I do understand why this movie has the view of being the weak one. I seem to remember hearing that the child lost in the desert to the sand was Savannah's child. The impact was to hit better knowing that
Great review. I liked this one. I loved Tom Hardy as Max, but I do believe Mel should have continued the part in "Fury Road". When I was a kid, this one would play all the time, so this was my introduction into the series. I'm really hoping "Wasteland" gets a greenlight, I'd love to see another Mad Max movie.
Sooo much nostalgia. This is my all time favorite Mad Max movie. Great intro to your vid. When Tina Turner's 'We don't need another hero' came on I screamed "YEAH! FUCK YES!
19:26 For a brief moment a glimpse of an alternate reality where Queen does the soundtrack to the film flashed in my mind. Mid 80's Queen were in top form (post Live Aid confidence boost)😊
I once got in touch with 'One of the Living' songwriter Holly Knight and asked her if there was an extended version of the song from the films title credits. Sadly, it was a slightly rearranged and shortened version of the demo. It's unfortunate as I've always loved the more cinematic sound it has. Holly was gracious and appreciated the compliments, and even went so far as to rummage around in her vault to see if she could find any trace of it but alas the odds are it's sitting somewhere in Warner Brother's vaults. The expanded score by Maurice Jarre is well-worth picking up as it includes some material/cues that never made it into the film.
I'm pretty sure I saw this one, first, then managed to track down Road Warrior soon after, all before I was 12. I watched Thunder Dome a ton. I was kinda shocked and laughed a bit when I finally got to see the first film, but have loved them all. I still think that Thunder Dome was the best of the first three, just for how full the world felt compared to the other two.
I had never seen ANY of the Mad Max films until AFTER I saw Mad Max: Fury Road. Beyond Thunderdome is incredible. I watched it on 4K and fell in love with it. I like it more than Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and more than the first film. I haven't seen Furiousa. Great films!
Nicely done, as always Oliver! I'm curious, have you watched The Rover (2014)? It's like a weirdly cynical side-quel to Mad Max 1 with great acting work from Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson.
The clanging metal is just the intro, Bartertown is my favourite song! It's so sassy - the saxophone song in a strange 7-beat timing you had a clip of at 12:12, so sassy :D
Great objective review. I get tired of listening to people whine about how bad Thunderdome is. It's not as good as Road Warrior .. But I always enjoyed it more than the first Mad Max movie.
I don't care, I love this movie from start to finish. Is it the "best" of the trilogy? Debatable, but IMHO they are all "good" movies in their own right. All three of them are different from the other two, and I see that as a strength. Mad Max starts us on the journey with Max and a world that's falling apart. Road Warrior shows us a world in chaos where only the strong survive. Thunderdome shows us a world attempting to rebuild SOME kind of society, even if it's a shitty one.
12:07 Angry Anderson isn't just an average Australian rockstar! He's the singer of Rose Tattoo since the first album in 1978. Rose Tattoo is "one of the most revered bands of all time. The Tatts played peerless, street-level heavy blues with the emphasis on slide guitar and strident lyric statements". They aren't famous like AC/DC but for sure they are one of the most important Australian bands and American bands have made tribute to their legacy through the years. 'Nice Boys' was covered by Guns N' Roses in 1986 and 'Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw' was covered by Keel in 1987 and by L.A. Guns in 2004.
I honestly thought the weird clanking noise (song I guess) in barter town was literally what the place sounded like. Like I though someone in the town was really making the noises and playing it on the loud speakers or something.
Great video thank you. Mad Max 2 is in my top 10 movies ever and as a kid growing up I actually really liked this movie and you have to commend it for trying something different but then also giving fans what they want at the end. I actually prefer this to Fury Road - I just hope one day we’ll get maybe an old man Mad Max movie with Gibson - but I doubt it as Miller is getting on now and I’ll be surprised if he does another MM related movie. I know Wasteland is in pre production but will we actually see it given how long it takes to get these movies off the ground?
As an adult I associate George Spartells with the mechanic role in the film, but as a child growing up in the mid 80s he was George from Play School, one of the warmest children's TV hosts I have early memories of.
I enjoy Thunderdome quite a bit, but my biggest problem with the movie is they should’ve made Bruce Spence’s character the Gyro Captain instead of a new character. Aside from his teeth being fixed, he’s basically the same character. So why not make him the same character Tina Turner is really an interesting antagonist and gives a great performance. Anyway, nice retrospective!
RIP, Tina Turner, 1939-2023.
She was great in Thunderdome.
@@DeliveryServiceFan06 she was great PERIOD! 😉
Tina was huge in my life for 2 reasons. 1, quite literally for this movie and 2 because she's all my grandmother would talk about...how great Tina is how much energy she has how great her legs are blah blah blah LOLOLOL......so yes as a young preteen and teen boy, Tina became like an icon to me because my grandmother adored her and then I saw beyond thunderdome and to be a part of a movie that I literally as a boy would play with Legos and set up my own road warrior truck battles and then go outside and play with the matchbox cars and set up huge battles with my small G.I.joes. there was constantly a road war happening in my bedroom at age 11!
Simply The Best,Heaven Bless Her,Now & Forever:)
That gave us Furiosa, but the strong woman from the Mad Max universe everyone and their mums was dying to see more of was Aunty Entity. RiP Tina Turner, you are a true legend.
My abiding memory of Mad Max films is being a teenager, just got my own TV in my room - desperately searching all 4 TV channels for something good to watch very late night - coming across this crazy, violent, weird film while half asleep in the middle of the night and being transfixed, burry-eyed for the duration and then not having any friends who’d seen the films and could talk about it with me. Love UA-cam for that reason - we can re-visit these together and connect over these nostalgic oddities.
ozzyg82....that 82 by chance your birth year? same brother same....I don't remember how many channels I had growing up but i grew up in the country so not many, whatever the antenna would pick up, including on occasion Canada (grew up in michigan)
Same here. I watched these films in my early teens in the late 80s and didn't know anyone else who watched them. And glad also for UA-cam for same reason. Thunderdome has always been my favourite of the Mad Max films.. loved it for the lost kids watching it as a kid, and love both the story and seeing Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb (Flying Doctors series), Bruce Spence, etc watching it as an adult.
Nice memory. I grew up in the 70s and 80s myself, I remember renting this movie in the early days of VHS as I was a little bit too young to see this movie in the theaters at the time. It was an instant classic and brings me back fond memories of what cinema was capable of as a young kid. Cheers!
One of my favorite movies. Tina Turner's "We Don't Need a Hero" is an epic song. Songs like that made me appreciate music other than metal as a kid.
The 80s literally had the best movie soundtracks ever.
Oh man i miss watching your retrospectives!
In 2020-2021 i have manage to devour all retrospectives from you. What a diamond on the internet. You are a legend.
He is. Oliver should be hired for all making ofs for every major studio. What a voice, what an editor.
TWO MEN ENTER!
ONE MAN LEAVES!
It's not considered to be the best entry in the trilogy, but this still has a lot going for it - a strong opening, the Bartertown world-building, the Thunderdome battle, Tina Turner in basically everything, and a fantastic final chase. Great review!
I have a soft spot for this movie, saw it when it came out in the cinema. It expands the Mad Max universe, has such memorable characters and has an awesome soundtrack. It is my second favourite after Mad Max 2. When I hear Tina Turner sing One of the Living over the titles, it still gives me goosebumps.
What makes "We don't need another hero" such a great track is how subtle it starts out and then builds to an epic crescendo and right back down to a serious chill vibe with the heart and soul of Tina.
This will always be my favorite Mad Max movie despite the kids.
Yeah, the pivot to the part with the kids was bizarre
I really like the section with the kids because it illustrates how religions are made as Walker moves from a real man to being mythologized by the kids.
@@kenpeters3744 That's a very good point I hadn't considered
That part with kids is not that bad. if it was a stand alone scene without mad max i would like it
Just skip ahead to the chase lol.
I must be the only person who likes the oasis with the kids.
Shows actual world building and since Max encounters them it maintains the whole he wondered into someone else’s story vibe.
Easily my most rewatched of the trilogy, it's the only Mad Max film that has a traditional plot-driven narrative and that has Max fully realized as a classic hero (and with more personality than ever) by the end of his character arc when Max finally steps up and earns his legacy, fully prepared to sacrifice himself for his accomplices in the final chase. The world-building of the Mad Max universe is also at its most interesting here, especially how Bartertown is presented (perfect TV show material right there) and of course the whole thunderdome sequence is one of the coolest and most inventive fight contests ever put to celluloid. I do wish it had something closer to the hard-edged brutality of the tanker chase in Road Warrior but all of the above is to such a high standard that it still manages to stand as the best of the trilogy for me, hands down.
Having seen them all now, I still think Thunderdome is the best one. Tina Turner's epic soundtrack makes a big difference too, quality lacking in other entries.
Agreed, it's the only Mad Max film that has a traditional plot-driven narrative and also has Max fully realized as a classic hero.
It's not better than Road Warrior or Fury Road .. but I respect your opinion. I get tired of people trashing Thunderdome .. It's a solid movie. I always liked it more than the first movie Mad Max.
Drop that knowledge
@@Fiveash-Artbut it's all personal preference isn't it, what you think is "the best" doesn't necessarily mean it works with someone else, I personally think MadMax3 has aged the best, visually and sound quality, 1 is really hard to watch in my opinion, audio is terrible, 2 is such a good film, but unfortunately it's audio is also pretty weak, fury road is great, but is a bit extreme and personally don't think it will age as good once it reaches 40 years old, like the others
Again, personal preference.
I was actually watching Beyond Thunderdome last night, man I wish we could get just one more Mad Max with Mel before he's too old for the role.
“Before he’s too old for the role.”
Man, Mel’s already 68 years old. 68. With Miller needing at least 3-5 years to get from script-to-pre-production-to-shooting, Mel’s would be in his mid-70’s when that film finally hit the silver screen. I’m sorry, but Mel’s already too old for the role.
By the way, I would’ve love to have seen Mel in Fury Road, but I understand why Warner Bros. nixed his potential casting for that film at the time.
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He was still the right age around the time of 'Blood Father' but unless cameras started rolling within the next 2 - 3 years after Lethal Weapon 5 releases, I'd say he'd be just a little too old.
Why? He's become a terrible actor.
@@Maxxroad Great performances recently in Fatman, Boss Level, Father Stu, Desperation Road and the upcoming Monster Summer and Lethal Weapon 5 seem equally promising.
@@thetalentof crap, crap, crap, crap, crap
Another banger Oliver. Best retrospectives on the internet
For me MDBT is a fitting closing chapter for the trilogy. To me the film series was a showcase of how humanity destroys itself, hits rock bottom, and then begins to crawl back towards some civilized society. Fury Road is a story from the wasteland using the character of Max to help people like Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. There's a number of stories you can tell here as I see them like a new modern western or something like Dredd. But MDBT does feel like a closing chapter on all that. I loved the score and soundtrack and had it in the CD changer while I drew. I'm sad I wasn't aware of the limited edition CD that came out because now I think I'm going to have to spend some silly money to get it. Great retrospective! Thanks, Oliver!
This was my first Mad Max movie. The first half of the movie was great. Master Blaster, the fight in the Thunderdome, and road chase climax were awesome.
Same here it was mine as well. My mom loves Tina Turner lol and remember watching it with her.
@@wstine79 The good bits of thunderdome are a pale imitation of Mad Max:The Road Warrior. RW launched a thousand clones.
Thunderdome a thousand groans.
@@Assassin90Ninelol my mum was also a huge Tina fan hence why I first watched this 👍
@@MixologistMilo lol there are probably more of us out there. Lol
Saw this movie when I was a kid in the 80's. I loved it, but I understand how different it is from the first 2 films. For me, The Road Warrior is the best out of all 3 films.
Thank you for this! My favorite 80’s movie. Saw it on opening night in theaters. 13y/o. I became obsessed.
Just saw Beyond Thunderdome leading into the release of Furiosa, and I have to say, it has the best production design and cinematography of the original trilogy. It has the look and feel of a David Lean epic like Lawrence of Arabia and Bridge of the River Kwai. Also, Mel Gibson looks absolutely looks incredible physically and amazing gray side burns.
I love this movie. I love the action parts, I love the dreamy parts.
It's impressive that there has never been a bad Mad Max movie.
This one is
@@Micke12312no it isn’t.
@@orwellianson Opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one & they all stink.
@orwellianson yeah this one is pretty bad. Everything at Bartertown and the Thunderdome is good but it goes downhill after the first act. It feels like Max is taken from his bleak post apocalyptic war world and dropped off in a kid friendly Peter Pan world. It's like two films are in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome with those tonal conflicts, pacing issues, and problematic writing, especially towards the end. Especially compared to literally everything other film in the series, Beyond Thunderdome is just so jarring and questionable and only has nostalgia going for it from 80s kids. Imagine if Conan the Barbarian teamed up with the Goonies and it feels too unnatural
Now Oliver has gotten beyond Thunderdome.
Brilliant,Flawless Editing in that Opening Montage,Oliver Harper.:)
At the time I watched the first 3 films, years before Fury Road was announced, I really didn't liked Beyond Thunderdome but slowly started to appreciate it a bit more, even if the brutality of the previous two films was tonned down. The last shot with the city ruins remains as a haunting image, and Is even more accentuated after playing the 2015 videogame, where the abandoned oil rigs and islands have now become towers and small hills due to the lack of oceans.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
is the best in the Mad Max Trilogy of films i do have great memories with this film thank you Oliver Harper you are my favorite UA-camr i watch your Retrospective videos since the beginning also please make more Retrospective Videos on films like Red Dawn Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Nightbreed Donnie Darko Clue 1985 Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension Brazil Streets of Fire
and many many many more
including the Japanese film
The Castle of Cagliostro aka
Lupin III The Castle of Cagliostro
from 1979 also great video on
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Your Retrospective Are Best Oliver❤
This was the first mad max film I watched, and loved it, still do.
I will say that mad max 2 the road warrior is the best out of the original 3, but I'm starting to like the first mad max more than the second one for some reason.
“But upon seeing that Blaster has learning difficulties…” I can’t tell if that was extremely PC, or a joke
I get Ewok vibes when Max comes across those kids 😂
Other than that, this is two movies in one and it’s full on bonkers worth it!
16:25 Fun Fact: At the time they did this shot, Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor (rest in peace) were part of the legendary Albert Whitlock's matte department at Universal, with Syd being his assistant painter, and Bill Taylor working as the optical effects cameraman (which is what he is well known for, as the optical effects work he did were well renowned, especially for the 1979 version of The Prisoner of Zenda.) This film came out the year the matte department was shut down, with Syd and Bill going their own way and forming their own effects company; Illusion Arts.
Thank you for reviewing this it is my favorite of the series. I was about 10yo when I caught the Mad Max bug after I saw it on HBO back in the 80's.
I absolutely love this movie. I love Road Warrior but always have had this movie right next to it. I love the scenes with The Waiting Ones and love when Max takes control.
As always sir, exceptional work and very much appreciated.
I love the original three Gibson movies. The second one is a classic and the template for all of the apocalyptic movies that we loved to rent at the time. This was the first one I went to see at the cinema and remember loving it. I see the flaws more now when I watch all three together. Great Vid Oliver. Would love to see your take on Fury Road and Furiosa.
I know everyone loves road warrior but.. This is probably my favorite mad max movie. The ending shot of him walking towards the sunset just hits me in the feels lol
I am aware about what Miller says about the timeline and Jedediah and Gyro Captain being 2 different characters, however i'd argue since Jed see's Max in Barter Town and clearly recognises him even though he didnt see him when he stole his vehicle and camels at the start, then Max see's Jed and says "You,- you have plane", how would Max have known he was a pilot if he didnt recognise him. Also the kid...., since Gyro Captain left at the end of Road Warrior with blonde chick you could speculate they had a kid and blondie didnt make it, she died or kidnapped/murdered.
They have a different name... well Gyro Captain isnt a name.
i 100% agree, anyone new coming to this franchise and will also assume they are the same person.
Yeah, to me, they're the same character. I don't care what anyone says. I didn't even know it was questioned until "Fury Road" came out and people were talking about Mad Max again.
Also, there is a shot at the end of the movie when Jed’s kid enters their hideout which is clearly the same location of the oil rig from
part two (where max and the gyrocopter pilot hang out and eat dog food)
People tend to hate on this film, but it's the one everyone quotes & did more to pop culture than any of the other two.
Tina Turner had acted before in the movie Tommy (1975) as the acid queen.
I was watching your vids on the first two movies to prep for Furiosa, so great to see you cap off the trilogy!
Excellent film!! Mel and Tina's roles were solid. I watch the Thunderdome fight all the time it never gets old. Btw the intro to this video was brilliant, the last 10 seconds gave me chills!! Well done Mr. Harper!!
I've always loved Mad Max 3 and think it's much better than people give it credit for, especially in recent years when it seems to get hated on in comparison to Fury Road. At the time of its release I had no problem with its Hollywood-ization, it lacked the rawness and brutality of Mad Max 2, but you could see where the bigger budget had been spent and it had a bigger, adventure movie feel. Max became more human but still a bad ass, Tina Turner was fantastic and Auntie is best villain in the series IMO. I hope the franchise hasn't been killed by the (unjustified) underperformance of Furiosa, it would be awesome to see Mel back in the role somehow.
i immediately pulled up the tina turner song after this!
Thank you Oliver 😊
These videos are entertaining and informative
It’s much better than the original one for me.
I absolutely live your intro Oliver.
Best movie retrospective channel on UA-cam!!!!
I have to salute you, the order of these reviews is a bit like a car chase with assless chaps and a metal boomerang. Exciting and unpredictable!
Always recommend Oliver's and Rob's chanel its just awesome, like everything about it.
I think in future Oliver has potential to direct the movie.
So best wishes to your future projects!!
Beyond Thunderdome feels like 2 screenplays mashed together. The first half is enjoyable and the second half is like another movie has begun.
I'd argue the second movie is still enjoyable, but it is noticeable.
What's next? King Kong 1976? Ooh, ooh, wait! How about Clash of the Titans (1981)?
Amen to both of those options
@@christermyrberg3661 Been asking for the former for at least a decade.
Thanks for finding out why in this film they went far away from having sorta normal looking cars into what was then filmed. I'd say that was a key reason this film has been derided when it came out, and the years after.
Love these re caps - so happy he did this one
12:29 would've been great to see Billy Idol in Beyond Thunderdome, or any Mad Max flick for that.
Love the new intro Oliver. Well played!
Wow sounded like Oliver cranked up the sound for Tina Turner's "Hero" song at the beginning, it was crazy loud on my computer.
Bust a deal, FACE THE WHEEL.
Words to live by
Max: What's the plan?
Pig Killer: Plan? There ain't no plan.
"Remember: wherever you go, there you are."
I enjoyed the kids story. It does slow down during, but the storyline of kids waiting someone to take them to morrowland is one of bittersweet.
Try watching the series in the following 'machete' order:
1./ Max Max
2./ The Road Warrior
3./ Furiosa
4./ Fury Road
5./ Beyond Thunderdome
The timeline kind of makes sense this way.
Pretty sure Furiosa takes place before Road Warrior for the majority of its runtime
This was a movie that grew on me, when I first saw it at the theater, I was disappointed I wanted the Max from Road Warrior, but over time I came to realize that this movie created a different kind of world then what was in the second Max. It was a more complicated movie and it humanized Max he was no longer just out for himself.
Magnificent video. Like the others. Thank you!
I remember catching this on tv. I recorded it but NEVER watched past the kids...
I LOVE the first half of this movie. The second half starts off interesting, and becomes more slap stick and ridiculous as it goes on, leaving a bad taste in everyone's mouth, and the negative vibe a lot of people have towards this film.
My actual biggest gripe about this movie is that the version of "One Of The Living" that starts the film isn't available anywhere but in the film, as the studio version is a very pop / produced version that has none of the grit and kick the one in the film does, and the film version is only one chorus and verse.
My head canon is that the Mad Max movies and game are stories "told to us" by the kids many, many years later who became the History Men and Women. The deep voiced intro narrators fit with this. Conflicting continuity and muddled facts mixed like so many of our stories from centuries ago. All of them (official canon) are sort of true and any conflicting details are unintentional mistakes made by the keepers of History. Hence the 2015 game and Fury Road destroying the 'Last of the Interceptors' is ok despite it being destroyed in Mad Max 2 and the similar appearance of the two pilots.
Outstanding review. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome is a great movie.
"Learning difficulties"
😂
Madmax 2 and Thunderdome was the Madmax for me and my childhood buddies. This was how I remembered and how I picture madmax for the rest of my life. It was only on my teenage life that I went to see Madmax 1 and I found it boring back in the day. 🤣
I still loved this movie when I was younger. I do understand why this movie has the view of being the weak one. I seem to remember hearing that the child lost in the desert to the sand was Savannah's child. The impact was to hit better knowing that
Great review. I liked this one. I loved Tom Hardy as Max, but I do believe Mel should have continued the part in "Fury Road". When I was a kid, this one would play all the time, so this was my introduction into the series. I'm really hoping "Wasteland" gets a greenlight, I'd love to see another Mad Max movie.
Blaster was in fact played by two actors, a different one for the majority of screen time to the one you see his face briefly of.
Sooo much nostalgia. This is my all time favorite Mad Max movie. Great intro to your vid. When Tina Turner's 'We don't need another hero' came on I screamed "YEAH! FUCK YES!
19:26 For a brief moment a glimpse of an alternate reality where Queen does the soundtrack to the film flashed in my mind. Mid 80's Queen were in top form (post Live Aid confidence boost)😊
I once got in touch with 'One of the Living' songwriter Holly Knight and asked her if there was an extended version of the song from the films title credits. Sadly, it was a slightly rearranged and shortened version of the demo. It's unfortunate as I've always loved the more cinematic sound it has. Holly was gracious and appreciated the compliments, and even went so far as to rummage around in her vault to see if she could find any trace of it but alas the odds are it's sitting somewhere in Warner Brother's vaults. The expanded score by Maurice Jarre is well-worth picking up as it includes some material/cues that never made it into the film.
these reviews are gifts. His Dracula one was excellente
I'm pretty sure I saw this one, first, then managed to track down Road Warrior soon after, all before I was 12. I watched Thunder Dome a ton. I was kinda shocked and laughed a bit when I finally got to see the first film, but have loved them all.
I still think that Thunder Dome was the best of the first three, just for how full the world felt compared to the other two.
I had never seen ANY of the Mad Max films until AFTER I saw Mad Max: Fury Road. Beyond Thunderdome is incredible. I watched it on 4K and fell in love with it. I like it more than Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and more than the first film. I haven't seen Furiousa. Great films!
I love the way you stopped yourself laughing when you read out him being voted sexiest man alive! :-)
Nicely done, as always Oliver!
I'm curious, have you watched The Rover (2014)? It's like a weirdly cynical side-quel to Mad Max 1 with great acting work from Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson.
Thanks for that. I didn't already know all that but at least the last 60 seconds included opinion. It was good. OK.
Always said to my friends that this one has some of the best and worst stuff of the Mad Max saga. Love the Tina Turner songs though.
The clanging metal is just the intro, Bartertown is my favourite song! It's so sassy - the saxophone song in a strange 7-beat timing you had a clip of at 12:12, so sassy :D
How the hell was Tina 45 in this?
I love this film! Superb!
You enjoy it more if you view it as a stand alone movie, if you constantly compare it to 1 & 2 you just spoil it for yourself.
"Welcome to another edition of ThunderDome!"
The Tadlow 2CD soundtrack set is fantastic. The track "The Big Chase" alone is worth the purchase price.
Great objective review. I get tired of listening to people whine about how bad Thunderdome is. It's not as good as Road Warrior .. But I always enjoyed it more than the first Mad Max movie.
I don’t mind the kids, I unironically love all Mad Max films in their own way.
I don't care, I love this movie from start to finish. Is it the "best" of the trilogy? Debatable, but IMHO they are all "good" movies in their own right. All three of them are different from the other two, and I see that as a strength. Mad Max starts us on the journey with Max and a world that's falling apart. Road Warrior shows us a world in chaos where only the strong survive. Thunderdome shows us a world attempting to rebuild SOME kind of society, even if it's a shitty one.
Great video!
Love this film, only one Mad Max… bring back Mel.
12:07 Angry Anderson isn't just an average Australian rockstar!
He's the singer of Rose Tattoo since the first album in 1978.
Rose Tattoo is "one of the most revered bands of all time. The Tatts played peerless, street-level heavy blues with the emphasis on slide guitar and strident lyric statements".
They aren't famous like AC/DC but for sure they are one of the most important Australian bands and American bands have made tribute to their legacy through the years.
'Nice Boys' was covered by Guns N' Roses in 1986 and 'Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw' was covered by Keel in 1987 and by L.A. Guns in 2004.
Maybe I should give this one a quick watch. I hear a lot of people dismiss this one, and so did I back in the day.
I honestly thought the weird clanking noise (song I guess) in barter town was literally what the place sounded like. Like I though someone in the town was really making the noises and playing it on the loud speakers or something.
Great video thank you. Mad Max 2 is in my top 10 movies ever and as a kid growing up I actually really liked this movie and you have to commend it for trying something different but then also giving fans what they want at the end. I actually prefer this to Fury Road - I just hope one day we’ll get maybe an old man Mad Max movie with Gibson - but I doubt it as Miller is getting on now and I’ll be surprised if he does another MM related movie. I know Wasteland is in pre production but will we actually see it given how long it takes to get these movies off the ground?
I loved this movie! I love all 3!
For some strange reason i always feel sad when i see the final shot of max towards the end of the film....like we aint gonna see him again...
Because we havent.
Madmax was NOT in any of the new GYNOCENTRIC movies.
Max left us in 1985
As an adult I associate George Spartells with the mechanic role in the film, but as a child growing up in the mid 80s he was George from Play School, one of the warmest children's TV hosts I have early memories of.
Fun fact: The gyro pilot went on to play drums for the Police.
It´s Jedediah the pilot. The Gyro Captain was from Mad Max 2.
what an insane lie
Hilarious.
I enjoy Thunderdome quite a bit, but my biggest problem with the movie is they should’ve made Bruce Spence’s character the Gyro Captain instead of a new character. Aside from his teeth being fixed, he’s basically the same character. So why not make him the same character
Tina Turner is really an interesting antagonist and gives a great performance.
Anyway, nice retrospective!