The opening narration is one of the finest beginnings of any movies. Perfectly summed up society's collapse through one man. The reveal at the end was beautiful.
Interesting.. my dog is exactly like this dog.. and because of this movie ive always wanted the perfect dog like this and i got it.. his name is dozer the dog and he hasnt had a leash on in years. He sticks with me and keeps an the car safe.. nobodies gettin in there, hes about the same size too, just big enough
This movie shaped so much of my life. From my love of post apocalyptic settings, to muscle cars, to the period of my life where I drove big trucks... to even the fact that my dog is a blue healer. LOVE this movie!
Grew up having seen all of orignal series on TBS (Ted Turner may be a whackjob,but i dug his taste in movies), and they inspired a love of anything post-apocalyptic, the numerous knock off movies, various book series, FALLOUT,etc. Hell right now due to quarantine-Layoff, i'm finishing up some very Mad Max-espue 1/25scale models, couple big rigs, a charger,and a toyota pick up truck for my kid
Literally my favorite movie of all time. I remember laying on the floor as a kid, watching this movie over and over. I still watch this film on occasion.
I'm with you brother....a great film. Have you seen Stone? Without that this would never be. I just learned about it 3 years ago and I'm 51 now....it's never too late.
Me too, Reaper !!! I LOVE this movie SO much. It is a masterpiece. I also love the original, too. This one just has a magic to it, then again I saw it when I was 12, and it was one of the best days of my life !!!!
Many years ago, I got to sit in the original V8 interceptor at a show. The owner started it up and drove me about 15 metres to park it by the truck and trailer that was used to transport it from place to place. It was one of the greatest moments of my entire life.
The best thing I learned in this video is that the dog in the movie was a saved rescue dog that was later adopted. Well done Minty for that piece of information that made me smile.
He actually lived out his life on a cattle ranch. I dated a girl in the 90s who’s parents had an Australian cattle dog. Didn’t think anything of it as I wasn’t aware there were films prior to Thunderdome
@@Kokopilau77 That's great information. My brother has a blue heeler. He looks like that dog and is very loyal and protective of my niece and nephew. He bit the UPS man because the driver hopped out of his truck with the kids in the yard. Needless to say he beeps his horn with the door closed when he makes deliveries now.
@@donweatherwax9318 I would include the Saint Bernard from Cujo, but I believe that was a trained dog. Dog from Mad Max2 was a random pick up that made an excellent showing. Still makes me mad when they killed him in the movie.
Hawk and Animal were originally called "The Legion of Doom"??? In that regard, the name change to "The Road Warriors" was much more appropriate, considering that they looked as if they could've been extras for the mad max movies
@@karlsmith2570 they were originally the road warriors. Animal was originally named "The Road Warrior" in his debut in the early 80s before joining Hawk.
@@ShogunX11 Thank you sir. You are correct. They were part of a group called The Legion of Doom with Jake Roberts, King Kong Bundy, Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer, The Road Warriors, and The Spoiler. They became known as The LOD until their WWF days because Vince McMahon didn't want them being called The Road Warriors because of marketing reasons. That is how you tell an old territory wrestling fan from a WWF/WWE fan. We call them The Road Warriors and WWF fans call them LOD.
@@ShogunX11 Old GCW, AWA, and NWA is the stuff to watch for classic Road Warriors matches and their Japanese matches if you can find the Japanese matches.
Same with me. If I recall, this got heavy play on Home Box Office (now we just call it HBO) and cable TV was so new they had a limited supply of movies. I probably watched this movie 10 times as an early teen. It is my favorite movie of all time. I even have an original movie poster!
We had a VHS copy of The Road Warrior when I was a kid, and it wasn't until around the mid-90's that I found out it was a sequel. And even though Fury Road is something I can watch any time, I still hold Mad Max 2 as the pinnacle of the series.
Same here. I only saw the original a few years ago and thought it was alright. It's an interesting story, even if one has to stretch their mind a bit to put it in the same universe as The Road Warrior. Beyond Thunderdome was 'meh'. I liked the first half, but then after the Thunderdome scene it just got weird; in an annoying rather than entertaining sense. I love Fury Road and can take it as either a stand-alone or part of the story's canon.
_Same. I didn't know it was a sequel till many years after it came out. Come to think of it, I've seen only "The Road Warrior" and "Fury Road". I think that stupid Tina Turner song made me skip over "MM Beyond Thunderdome"._
Hence forth you shall now be known as Feral Boy! Lol, awesome sauce there Minty. Keep up the good work. Now you gotta do Thunderdome. That narration at the end always brings a tear to my eye.
i feel like Max 1 was losing his humanity, Max 2 was saving his humanity and Thunderdome was saving humanity itself. I like the recent Mad Max but i do not really feel it is in cohesion with the first three.
@@darklordmaguire207 it both is and isn't. Fury road was originally meant to be a finally for mad max but over it's years of development that idea shifted and you can look at it two ways. You can see it as a continuation of the trilogy or you can look and see the first of a new trilogy. In the end it is just another legend of the road warrior max
Right on man. Apparently its not supposed to have anything to do with the "real" ones.. the 1st 3 are perfect! These guys were actually jumping off cars doing 90 for christ sakes. Nobodies gunna do that these days.
Great line! My mate is a bodybuilder and I always send him that clip on his birthday. 😂 Want to get him and play it in the gym one day and proper shame him.
I absolutely love this movie. I remember when it came out in Canada I was only 12 years old. My friend and I paid to see Kenny Rogers' Six Pack and as soon as the lights dimmed, we snuck into Mad Max 2 - the Road Warrior. This was the first time sneaking into a "mature" movie - and it was Hella' worth it! Also: Love the channel!
I love ancient cultures recreated in film so I bought a ticket for bad santa but watched passion of the christ that way crazy ass mel hitler gibson wasn’t getting my money...
Phil Mellor If Mel had voiced condemnation of what Israel does to the Palestinians, I would have loved that. Instead he showed the world that he is a conspiracy theory nutter. I love a lot of Tom Cruise movies even though he’s bat shit too.
@@_robustus_ Gotta separate the two. There have been and are, some serious assholes actors. But for me as long as it's legal then I'm not going to let it detract from a performance.
When I first saw The Road Warrior it was one of those times where my friends and I got drunk and said 'Lets check out this movie." We had no idea what it was about and it blew my mind! One of my all time favorites.
The Road Warrior was released in the U.S. in May 1982. A year before, Superman II was released in the U.S. in June 1981. Although in Australia, it was released in December 1980, just as Mad Max 2 was released in Australia in December 1981. At the time this six month delay was not unusual. It served several purposes. One reason though was simply that movies rolled out much slower back in the day. Up until the mid 70s films would often be released domestically in the U.S. by region rather than a single nationwide release. And while most international releases came after the domestic release, some U.S. studios liked to use Australia as a test screening as general audiences in both the U.S. and Australia were considered to have similar taste in film. So after receiving feedback from the Australian film release, the studio would then have five to six months to tweak and make adjustments to the film before the U.S. release. Of course another reason for the delay is that some films are considered to work better in certain times of the year. In the U.S. in the early 80s, drive in movies were still a considerable factor. Drive ins are a warm weather activity. Films such as The Road Warrior have a drive in movie flare. Also, in the summer, kids are out of school and can go to the mall. Buy a ticket to see E.T. but then sneak into The Road Warrior. The R rated thing was not strictly enforced back then either.
@@legionarybooks13 Me too. My town actually had one until 2005. The last film to play there was A History Of Violence. But it would be great to see older films like The Thing or Conan The Barbarian on a huge outdoor screen again. Some films definitely work better at drive ins than others.
This movie entered my life when I was a teenager back about 1984. This and the prequel were on heavy rotation in our VCR and I often yearned for Goose's KZ1000 or a Ford Falcon with a super charger. I lived in an area of the U.S. that looked a lot like the landscape of Mad Max 2. I was just a kid but absolutely LOVED these movies. That being said I did not like Beyond Thunderdome and Fury Road was ok but just seemed overdone. Thank you for reviewing these!
Hell yeah 👍 i had a fox body 5.0 that reminded me of the mad maxs pursuit interceptor.. i had fun with that car, stroked 347 with a badass cam and a custom built promotion bulletproofed 5spd.. it was wicked fast with the right amount of dirty. The kinda car that IF u had to ram someone outta your way itll get it done lol
You left out the most important thing: When Max drives back through warlord's camp, you can see _tent girl's_ hoo-ha when his vehicle blows away the tent by freezing the picture frame. There are not very many main stream movies where you can actually get a glimpse of a woman's privates like this.
Heya! I'm 55, and saw The Road Warrior in Los Angeles when it was new. I remember the local news talking about the movie, and gathering with people in the lobby and chatting about the movie when. It was a fun time! You would have liked being there back in that day. :)
This is a great movie and I always felt it was such a shame Gibson would not make Mad Max 4, even though he did 4 Lethal Weapon movies! For me Gibson will always be Mad Max.
@@sr.bootsnpants664 that would be cool.. continue with the kid.. makes sense because the kid is why max changed his mind to drive the truck and regain his humanity... right on man 👍
"Mad Max 2" just sounds uninspiring to me. All the other Mad Max movies have better names attached: like "Beyond Thunderdome," or "Fury Road." So why can't the movie just bloody be referred to as "Road Warrior" to complete this cycle of awesomeness?? Why is this a problem?!
@@shindari Because that's how it's known here in Australia. People know how great the movie is. I don't think many even know what the title is in the states.
I enjoy your videos, Minty! Always very educational, and entertaining.. I actually live in Broken Hill, where the movie was made.. so I actually knew a lot about the things you mentioned in this video.. MM2 is one of my all time favs!!
I love this movie. I always thought Goose was the bad guy wearing the police uniform covered from head to toe with mirrored shades that pauses when he sees Max up close
I've actually got a pair of Mad Max tattoos based on Fury Road. I didn't know about Mad Max until like a decade after seeing Road Warrior. Still such an amazing amazing film. Great video Minty!
This movie has a huge impact in pop culture, and of all the things that I could comment about it I must say that this is a movie were the stunt performers shined as much as the actors, they really need more recognition.
I don't remember how I found this channel, but after watching one of the videos, I remember saying to myself, "Please God, let his first name be Emil." Seriously, great channel. There are a lot of "10 thing you didn't know" type channels on YT, but this one actually lives up to the title.
@@Nelo_Wolf Miller has said their is no real continuity to these films, but I would put it third in order due to Barter Town seeming a little more organised and civilized then Water Town. (gee I really want to call it Water World) and then there is the whole XB Interceptor issue.
@@RoverIAC like most of sequel trilogy breaks the lore of star wars. I don't see fury road doing that. The game mad max is before fury road. But like I said it's your own head canon
Dear Mr Minty, I enjoy your channel very much, the content is always good. I would suggest you use a clip on mic perhaps when you are doing your studio shots and maybe tighten up your editing when you count down the topics. I had heard that a stunt man was killed during one of theses films and the scene was left in at the request of his parents, but it turned out to be an urban legend. The stuntman is alive and well to this day. Keep up the good work.
Not sure why he thinks Miller was an ambulance driver, it's well documented he did a medical degree and my understanding is the likely inspiration for the Maurauders were the tribes of Darlinghurst gay punks who used to come into St Vincents A&E.
I remember watching this at my cousin's in the early 80s on Beta and being blown away by the massive car chase and of course the ending. IIRC he also had a copy of Mad Max that had been dubbed with American V/A.
I only knew of the “Road Warrior” when I saw it in the theater, then I saw Mad Max on VHS and it blew our American minds! Great stuff Minty, thank you!
One of the best and iconic action movies of all time and one of my favorite movies overall. It's cinema in it's purest form that tells a simple but effective story with almost no dialogue only through pictures. Also you're spot on with the plot on Mad Max 1 & 2. It's the only two movies that really matter and that tell the complete story. All the other movies just explore the world a little bit more and tell further adventures of Max on his journey, but would by the end probably come to the same conclusion and ending. From a studio perspective I can see why they want to continue to make more movies in this setting, because it's an interesting and already established world that has fans that love the first two movies and that might want to linger a bit longer with Max and this world. Although fun movies, ultimately nothing that came out after Mad Max 2 was really needed or better. I can see that the first movie had low budget, but I didn't know that Miller wanted to make the first movie like the second one from the get go. I actually like that he made the movies this way, because one thing that I always liked about the first two movies is the progression into madness. Not only with Max, but society and the world in general. The first movie plays in a dystopian society that is crime ridden and seemingly on the brink to fall apart completley. It has this dark, eerie, paranoid almost horroresque atmosphere where you can sense that something terrible is going to happen. It is also pretty unique in this way and feels different than the other entrys in this franchise. In the second movie the world plays after a nuclear holocaust and society is completely at the bottom, it doesn't really get more worse than that. By the end of the movie Max regains his humanity, but it also seems that the world regains it's humanity and leaves hope to rebuild a better new world that learns from the mistakes of the old one.
As the officially unofficial representative of the US. I do hereby offer our everlasting thanks to all citizens of Australia, past present, and future, for George Miller and the Mad Max films.
I'm a big fan of the 'Mad Max' films, particularly this one. The stunts in here were pretty cutting edge for its time when it was released. Such an incredible film!
To say this is “probably just as good as its original, if not better.” Is a colossal understatement. It’s probably the most drastic improvement over an original ever.
Different setting. This was more post apocalyptic. It was good but the first one had better supporting characters like Goose, Johnny Boy and Captain Fifi.
Thanks for the review, I first saw Mad Max 2 on HBO and I was blown away by it, no CG and all real stunts. Like the rest of you, I didn’t know it was sequel and thought it was a stand alone movie. Plus the name change didn’t help either, I saw Mad Max sometime later and Thunderdome in the theaters when it first came out. I love these movies as much as the first two Terminator movie and jump started the post-apocalyptic movie craze in the 80’s. I love that Max’s dog was a rescue dog, that’s cool.
When you mentioned a TV series, I thought of The Highwayman. I had to look it up since I didn't remember the name of the show, but I did remember the Aussie actor Jacko who also did Energizer battery commercials. Oi!
The best Aussie action film ever made IMO, as a fun aside, about 15 years ago I was cruising along a hwy in southern Victoria and was stuck behind a replica of Mad Max's Sandman panel van....complete with a torn off arm dangling from a chain attached to the back of the Sandman. It was awesome, the bloke got a thumbs up from me!
One of my favorite movies ever! Love the vehicles! Max's interceptor is one of the most iconic film cars ever. Even featured on the video game gta 5 arena wars.
Humongous also inspired a professional wrestler in the U.S. called Humongous. One of the versions later went on to be known as Sid Vicious/Sid Justice/Sycho Sid!
The Mad Max series inspired so much in pro wrestling. The Roadwarriors Demolition The powers of pain The master blasters The thunderdome cage match WCW's "spin the wheel, make the deal" from Halloween Havoc 1992
I remember when I first saw Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior and then saw the wrestling version also known in my area as Lord Humongous, It was supposed to be the same guy and young as I was I could not figure out how he was still alive and why he came to Southeast Championship Wrestling . Needless to say it scared the heck out of me, ah to be young again.
I was personally always fascinated with the Mack R Model truck in the movie. As a American I have always been fascinated in general with the Australian Road Trains. An Australian friend and I had a conversation about the scene where Mad Max goes back with fuel to get the truck back to the compound. The truck like many Australian trucks at that time featured a air starter. My argument was there would be no way that there would be any air left in the tanks to engage the air starter. He mentioned to me that Road Train drivers carry a air hose with them and will take air out of the tires to put back into the air tanks which of course deflates the tires. Once the truck is running they simply inflate the tires back up. As a diesel mechanic I found the list of things the mechanic in the movie said that was wrong was kinda funny. The Mack truck in the movie was a twin stick. We had twin stick Mack trucks in American as well but air starters were not very popular and only used for tanker applications mainly. The movie was made when I was a kid but when I became a truck mechanic I have drive twin stick Mack trucks. The "Earth" truck was my favorite vehicle in that movie.
The start and end scenes are done at Mundi-Mundi lookout, Silverton, NSW. If you look in the distance, you can see the road corner. I the movie, your meant to believe its a long straight section of road. If you make the trip there, (don't bother to look for movies stuff at the site, its been cleaned), go and see the Mad Max museum. Cheers Mark for this info.
Excellent insight into this movie... and nice learning a few new things about it! In my mind the best MadMax movie. Still remember watching it at a neighbour's when it first came out on VHS.
Spence was such an underrated actor. He's an Australian icon. And yep mad max is very Australian in so many ways. It needed an Australian voice over always.
@@davidurbach7882 Heck yeah! My channel has a bunch of quality Waterworld deep dives, so feel free to check those out. I am also going to create an Instagram too (the_atoll)
I was delighted to see that "The Lord Minty" himself had made a film on my favorite film of my childhood that at the age of 8 blew my mind in the theater back in the early 1980s in Washington DC. Thx for your content Minty. I have enjoyed dozes of your video's and while viewing most I have laughed hysterically. I loved viewing the reviews you made on jaws 4, and I think even Jaws 5....can that be correct? I seem to remember laughing as you played a scene, I think jaws 5,....possibly Jaws 4 where a ship was traveling in or out of a small harbor, and they played music that was an obvious ripoff from the old "Star Wars" films. Don't know if you remember that video but I laughed so hard I had to shed tears while still smiling. You kick ass Minty. Keep on keeping on! Great video M8!!!! God bless!
Love Mad Max! Mel Gibson deserved to be in Mad Max Fury Road, George Miller could do with a Ghost writer aswel like you said always felt the same since Mad Max 2🤣🇬🇧👍
I still think of the movie as "The Road Warrior", but the character was simply "Max". In truth I didn't know it was a sequel when I first saw it, I remember seeing Mad Max listed in print ads in our local newspaper but never connected the two movies till I found them side by side at a video rental store.
I'm from the US and yeah we call him Road Warrior. I remember loving this movie and Thunder Dome as a teenager. We were surprised to learn that there was a previous film we knew nothing about.
Interesting video. I saw both mad max and (in Canada) the road warrior in theaters as a teenager. Both had the original sound track (Australian accents). But when video cassettes came around both had been dubbed in early versions. Likely since they came from the USA. I still haven't met a Canadian who couldn't understand the Aussie accent. All four films are good to watch, but Mad Max 2 remains my favorite. Thanks for posting.
I think it's interesting how the Humungus character is always associated with Goose. Personally for a long time I thought Humungus was actually Max's Captain instead. Humungus has a huge focus on loyalty and Captain Macaffee has that breakdown in the first movie when Max says he's leaving. I just felt it made more sense. There's that powerful scene when you see the pristine weapon case Humungus has which is contrasted with how everything else around him has fallen into chaos, kinda like Macaffee was ranting about. An interesting villain either way.
The reason why those TV cuts are often longer or shorter with alternate footage is they have to be a certain length so with commercials they end at PRECISELY the 00 or 30 minute mark. It is only recently that times for shows/movies have slightly more slop. It was pretty rare to have filler material to take up the slack back in the day (but DID happen occasionally)...
i never saw the character of max to be the same man... he is more of a folklore story to those he saves. and it happens that all these societies remember him just as max.
I like the idea that Max has become a folk hero, so each subsequent story is just a retelling by someone who was told the story before, like a big game of telephone.
The way I look at the 4 movies is: Mad Max: The Man Mad Max: The Myth Part I Mad Max: The Myth Part II Mad Max: The Myth Part III So, still basically a 2 part story
Yeah, that's good. I heard a take on it where the series is Chinese whispers. The original is told to you by a guy who either knew Max or knew a guy who did, but each successive story is at a further remove and more of who Max Rockatansky was gets lost in translation.
The opening narration is one of the finest beginnings of any movies. Perfectly summed up society's collapse through one man. The reveal at the end was beautiful.
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That intro is spectacular!
Humungus' dialog is amazing.
Deazerts... sprauted cities of peyyype...
The way it then transitions to the supercharger, the noise, the chase.. incredible start to a film.
Fun fact about Dog: They had to put cotton in his ears, so he wouldn't be deafened by the car noises.
Interesting.. my dog is exactly like this dog.. and because of this movie ive always wanted the perfect dog like this and i got it.. his name is dozer the dog and he hasnt had a leash on in years. He sticks with me and keeps an the car safe.. nobodies gettin in there, hes about the same size too, just big enough
When Minty dives beneath his desk at the end, he's going into a hole in the ground. Feral Boy confirmed.
Minty has that Boomerang ready for any dislikes lmao
Ha ha awesome
I didn't pick that up. Well done.
Not to mention, the feral kids real last name was Minty....
I always thought he was going down the rabbit hole.
There's an excellent Mad Max museum in Silverton, outside of Broken Hill. A must see if you're in that area.
This movie shaped so much of my life. From my love of post apocalyptic settings, to muscle cars, to the period of my life where I drove big trucks... to even the fact that my dog is a blue healer.
LOVE this movie!
Maybe you're MAD and you don't know it.
@EpicToadRage EPIC story this was ! cool how much of it has seeped into your life ; I hope you don't epic ROAD rage tho !! CHEERS Mate!!
Blue healers are awesome. Let's just agree on that one fact.
EpicToadRage Wow
Grew up having seen all of orignal series on TBS (Ted Turner may be a whackjob,but i dug his taste in movies), and they inspired a love of anything post-apocalyptic, the numerous knock off movies, various book series, FALLOUT,etc.
Hell right now due to quarantine-Layoff, i'm finishing up some very Mad Max-espue 1/25scale models, couple big rigs, a charger,and a toyota pick up truck for my kid
Running around in a leather Speedo and a hockey mask is a great look. Sadly my employers said I can't dress like that at work, again!
@gopher wiretap no I wish. They said if I like to dress like Lord Hamongous then I could do it as a outside sign waver
You should quit. Tell them that you identify as a post apocalyptic mutant overlord.
Post Apocalyptic Mutant Lives Matter.
All Hail Humungus!
@Jeff Kopis neither I work at a warehouse, I mean you have to be some sort of mutant to work there but they said the hockey mask was to far
Keep the speedo's, loose the mask...
See what they say then.
Literally my favorite movie of all time. I remember laying on the floor as a kid, watching this movie over and over. I still watch this film on occasion.
I'm with you brother....a great film. Have you seen Stone? Without that this would never be. I just learned about it 3 years ago and I'm 51 now....it's never too late.
Me too, Reaper !!! I LOVE this movie SO much. It is a masterpiece. I also love the original, too. This one just has a magic to it, then again I saw it when I was 12, and it was one of the best days of my life !!!!
Same! You know what's weird though? While I still love this film dearly I find it more disturbing and shocking as an adult!
@@michiganmikeupnorth what is Stone? I’m 49 and grew up loving Mad Max, actually the first three. Not sure what you’re referring to.
Me too
Many years ago, I got to sit in the original V8 interceptor at a show. The owner started it up and drove me about 15 metres to park it by the truck and trailer that was used to transport it from place to place. It was one of the greatest moments of my entire life.
The best thing I learned in this video is that the dog in the movie was a saved rescue dog that was later adopted. Well done Minty for that piece of information that made me smile.
They had a problem with the dog riding in the car. They had to put cotton in his ears because he was scared of the engine noise.
He actually lived out his life on a cattle ranch. I dated a girl in the 90s who’s parents had an Australian cattle dog. Didn’t think anything of it as I wasn’t aware there were films prior to Thunderdome
@@Kokopilau77 That's great information. My brother has a blue heeler. He looks like that dog and is very loyal and protective of my niece and nephew. He bit the UPS man because the driver hopped out of his truck with the kids in the yard. Needless to say he beeps his horn with the door closed when he makes deliveries now.
Dog was a brilliant actor. Seriously. Other than _The_ _Hidden,_ what genre film had a better random critter performance?
@@donweatherwax9318 I would include the Saint Bernard from Cujo, but I believe that was a trained dog. Dog from Mad Max2 was a random pick up that made an excellent showing. Still makes me mad when they killed him in the movie.
The retelling of a story with the same protagonist championing a difficult task is part of the myth and the hero complex tho. Nice vid homeboy.
One of the best Aussie movies ever
Pretty much. I'm having a hard time thinking of one that's actually better.
@@dragonskulle7283 chopper is pretty sweet.
@@SkellingtonFan never heard of it, what's it about?
There's been some good ones too......
@@muskokamike127 chopper reed, one of Australia's most notorious criminals. Eric Bana plays chopper, it's soooo good!
Bruce Spence " the gyro captain " also played the mouth of sauron in LOTR return of the king.
@Lebo leigh Leigh haha!
Damn
Legend of the Seeker!
Never seen LOTR and never will. However, Bruce was in Ace Ventura 2, when nature calls. Another classic.
@@4dbullshitpatroll6 if you like a movie in which the "star" makes faces throughout
This movie also helped Legion of Doom Animal and Hawk become the Road Warriors one of the greatest tag teams of all-time
Hawk and Animal were originally called "The Legion of Doom"???
In that regard, the name change to "The Road Warriors" was much more appropriate, considering that they looked as if they could've been extras for the mad max movies
@@karlsmith2570 they were originally the road warriors.
Animal was originally named "The Road Warrior" in his debut in the early 80s before joining Hawk.
@@ShogunX11 Thank you sir. You are correct. They were part of a group called The Legion of Doom with Jake Roberts, King Kong Bundy, Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer, The Road Warriors, and The Spoiler. They became known as The LOD until their WWF days because Vince McMahon didn't want them being called The Road Warriors because of marketing reasons. That is how you tell an old territory wrestling fan from a WWF/WWE fan. We call them The Road Warriors and WWF fans call them LOD.
@@pauljoyner4338 though I first started watching wwf, I became a huge wrestling fan in my teen years.
@@ShogunX11 Old GCW, AWA, and NWA is the stuff to watch for classic Road Warriors matches and their Japanese matches if you can find the Japanese matches.
When I saw it as a kid, here in the US, it was just The Road Warrior. I didn't even know there was a Mad Max movie until later.
Me too, I didn't know about Mad Max until years later.
@@MrToband I first knew it by
Watching the first one then road warrior then thunderdome and fury road
Same with me. If I recall, this got heavy play on Home Box Office (now we just call it HBO) and cable TV was so new they had a limited supply of movies. I probably watched this movie 10 times as an early teen. It is my favorite movie of all time. I even have an original movie poster!
While here in Norway, I only knew it as "Mad Max 2", and didn't know it had a second title.
when I was a kid, I saw Beyond Thunderdome first, then the Road Warrior, then finally the original Mad Max
We had a VHS copy of The Road Warrior when I was a kid, and it wasn't until around the mid-90's that I found out it was a sequel.
And even though Fury Road is something I can watch any time, I still hold Mad Max 2 as the pinnacle of the series.
Same here. I only saw the original a few years ago and thought it was alright. It's an interesting story, even if one has to stretch their mind a bit to put it in the same universe as The Road Warrior. Beyond Thunderdome was 'meh'. I liked the first half, but then after the Thunderdome scene it just got weird; in an annoying rather than entertaining sense. I love Fury Road and can take it as either a stand-alone or part of the story's canon.
My first Max film was Beyond the Thunderdome. Thought it was a stand-alone film until I was much older.
Not having seen either back in the day, i could never tell which was the 1st & 2nd entry
_Same. I didn't know it was a sequel till many years after it came out. Come to think of it, I've seen only "The Road Warrior" and "Fury Road". I think that stupid Tina Turner song made me skip over "MM Beyond Thunderdome"._
Fury Road sucked. Beyond Thunderdome was far better.
Hence forth you shall now be known as Feral Boy! Lol, awesome sauce there Minty. Keep up the good work. Now you gotta do Thunderdome. That narration at the end always brings a tear to my eye.
"Feral Boy"? No, he was the Feral Kid.
I think that this is by far the best of the Mad Max films.
@the jack Who run Barter Town?
I saw this film 3X at the theatre the first week. This was the first videocassette I ever watched. Loved that rewind button!
i feel like Max 1 was losing his humanity, Max 2 was saving his humanity and Thunderdome was saving humanity itself. I like the recent Mad Max but i do not really feel it is in cohesion with the first three.
Well Mad Max Fury road isn't a sequel to the first 3 movies
@@patrikpolda It is
@@darklordmaguire207 it both is and isn't. Fury road was originally meant to be a finally for mad max but over it's years of development that idea shifted and you can look at it two ways. You can see it as a continuation of the trilogy or you can look and see the first of a new trilogy. In the end it is just another legend of the road warrior max
Right on man. Apparently its not supposed to have anything to do with the "real" ones.. the 1st 3 are perfect! These guys were actually jumping off cars doing 90 for christ sakes. Nobodies gunna do that these days.
"Greetings from The Humungus! The Lord Humungus! The Warrior of the Wasteland!
The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla!"
Great line! My mate is a bodybuilder and I always send him that clip on his birthday. 😂
Want to get him and play it in the gym one day and proper shame him.
You go girl
My favorite line from the movie. 👍😂
Amber Lopez... Was leaving my own comment when I noticed your pic... eye-catching gorgeous!
That's all I have to say about that
If that is a real pic of you, the fact that you know this movie so well would leave me awe-struck.
I absolutely love this movie. I remember when it came out in Canada I was only 12 years old. My friend and I paid to see Kenny Rogers' Six Pack and as soon as the lights dimmed, we snuck into Mad Max 2 - the Road Warrior. This was the first time sneaking into a "mature" movie - and it was Hella' worth it! Also: Love the channel!
Brilliant. We did the same thing. Got tickets for The Dark Crystal...then dived into a Mad Max double bill. Happy days.
I love ancient cultures recreated in film so I bought a ticket for bad santa but watched passion of the christ that way crazy ass mel hitler gibson wasn’t getting my money...
@@_robustus_ Right...ok.
Phil Mellor
If Mel had voiced condemnation of what Israel does to the Palestinians, I would have loved that. Instead he showed the world that he is a conspiracy theory nutter. I love a lot of Tom Cruise movies even though he’s bat shit too.
@@_robustus_ Gotta separate the two. There have been and are, some serious assholes actors. But for me as long as it's legal then I'm not going to let it detract from a performance.
When I first saw The Road Warrior it was one of those times where my friends and I got drunk and said 'Lets check out this movie." We had no idea what it was about and it blew my mind! One of my all time favorites.
Humongous: "You are surrounded. Give us the Purell and Toilet Paper and walk away."
😂😂😂
BAHAHA!
DUDE......bwahahahaha.........that's funny right there!
darnnit - ya beat me to it :)
lol, that is happening at a local supermarket as we speak.
Over the moon that you've covered this classic, one of my all time favourites.
The Road Warrior was released in the U.S. in May 1982. A year before, Superman II was released in the U.S. in June 1981. Although in Australia, it was released in December 1980, just as Mad Max 2 was released in Australia in December 1981.
At the time this six month delay was not unusual. It served several purposes. One reason though was simply that movies rolled out much slower back in the day. Up until the mid 70s films would often be released domestically in the U.S. by region rather than a single nationwide release. And while most international releases came after the domestic release, some U.S. studios liked to use Australia as a test screening as general audiences in both the U.S. and Australia were considered to have similar taste in film. So after receiving feedback from the Australian film release, the studio would then have five to six months to tweak and make adjustments to the film before the U.S. release.
Of course another reason for the delay is that some films are considered to work better in certain times of the year. In the U.S. in the early 80s, drive in movies were still a considerable factor. Drive ins are a warm weather activity. Films such as The Road Warrior have a drive in movie flare. Also, in the summer, kids are out of school and can go to the mall. Buy a ticket to see E.T. but then sneak into The Road Warrior.
The R rated thing was not strictly enforced back then either.
I miss drive-ins. Would love to see The Road Warrior this way.
@@legionarybooks13 Me too. My town actually had one until 2005. The last film to play there was A History Of Violence. But it would be great to see older films like The Thing or Conan The Barbarian on a huge outdoor screen again. Some films definitely work better at drive ins than others.
This movie entered my life when I was a teenager back about 1984. This and the prequel were on heavy rotation in our VCR and I often yearned for Goose's KZ1000 or a Ford Falcon with a super charger. I lived in an area of the U.S. that looked a lot like the landscape of Mad Max 2.
I was just a kid but absolutely LOVED these movies. That being said I did not like Beyond Thunderdome and Fury Road was ok but just seemed overdone.
Thank you for reviewing these!
Hell yeah 👍 i had a fox body 5.0 that reminded me of the mad maxs pursuit interceptor.. i had fun with that car, stroked 347 with a badass cam and a custom built promotion bulletproofed 5spd.. it was wicked fast with the right amount of dirty. The kinda car that IF u had to ram someone outta your way itll get it done lol
Goose had a Kawazaki Z1, not an KZ 1000
I loved this movie as a kid in the 80’s. I was always allowed to stay up to watch it when it came on cable. Nice video!
You left out the most important thing:
When Max drives back through warlord's camp, you can see _tent girl's_ hoo-ha when his vehicle blows away the tent by freezing the picture frame.
There are not very many main stream movies where you can actually get a glimpse of a woman's privates like this.
I can think of another with Mel Gibson. Lethal Weapon (first scene)
She is hot, too !!!!!
There's been a lot of movies with female full frontal nudity.
I am not referring to 'frontal', but, _between_ the legs.
@@coltseavers6298 Ahhh, ok, you mean like Basic Instinct type nude scenes.
The Road Warrior is one most Exhilarating movies ever made with Spectacular stunts and Car carnage. Definitely one of my favourite action movies👍
And no CG needed.
Try "The Cars that Ate Paris". Much earlier Oz movie about cars.
Lovely to see you out and about in the wild Minty!
Brilliant stuff
This was one of my favorite action movies growing up and helped grow my love of apocalyptic films
Heya! I'm 55, and saw The Road Warrior in Los Angeles when it was new. I remember the local news talking about the movie, and gathering with people in the lobby and chatting about the movie when. It was a fun time! You would have liked being there back in that day. :)
“TOILET PAPER!!! Thousands of rolls of it, as much as you like!!!”
XD hahahahaha!
🤣🤣🤣💩
Hilarious, but sad went to get some yesterday, 3 stores were out, fourth one, was a gas station off a small highway.
Where? Kill me and you'll never know
When the gyro captain says lingerie........ remember lingerie? It would now be toilet paper......... remember toilet paper? LOL
This is a great movie and I always felt it was such a shame Gibson would not make Mad Max 4, even though he did 4 Lethal Weapon movies! For me Gibson will always be Mad Max.
I feel like Tom hardy is the feral child.
Without mel its not a mad max movie as far as im concerned.. perfect movies
@@sr.bootsnpants664 that would be cool.. continue with the kid.. makes sense because the kid is why max changed his mind to drive the truck and regain his humanity... right on man 👍
Mel couldn’t do it at the time because of all the controversy
@@maxpower001 fully agree
In germany the title was "Mad Max: der Vollstrecker", what would be "Mad Max: the Executioner" if translated back...
In Finland it was called "Asfalttisoturi" translated "Asphalt warrior" I do not remember did the name contain Mad Max.
Strange, when I lived in Switzerland, it was still titled Mad Max 2. And usually everything was translated into German or got a total name change.
Yeah, that's strange. I always remember the movie as "Mad Max 2".
"Mad Max 2" just sounds uninspiring to me. All the other Mad Max movies have better names attached: like "Beyond Thunderdome," or "Fury Road." So why can't the movie just bloody be referred to as "Road Warrior" to complete this cycle of awesomeness?? Why is this a problem?!
@@shindari Because that's how it's known here in Australia. People know how great the movie is. I don't think many even know what the title is in the states.
I enjoy your videos, Minty! Always very educational, and entertaining..
I actually live in Broken Hill, where the movie was made.. so I actually knew a lot about the things you mentioned in this video..
MM2 is one of my all time favs!!
The Road Warrior is a epic classic of what a action film should be.
I really appreciate your videos, Minty. They are so informative, well researched and elaborate! I am deeply impressed!
I love this movie. I always thought Goose was the bad guy wearing the police uniform covered from head to toe with mirrored shades that pauses when he sees Max up close
Good shout. I've seen the film a 100 times & that never occurred to me.
Roop & Charlie were in an early draft of the screenplay, as mauraders... I think the police uniform guys are other MFP gone to the dark side.
I always wondered where the story would have gone if Goose was the Humungus and recognized Max at the fuel compound.
I've actually got a pair of Mad Max tattoos based on Fury Road. I didn't know about Mad Max until like a decade after seeing Road Warrior. Still such an amazing amazing film. Great video Minty!
So it wasn't a documentary on 1980s Australia after all?
Only if you live in the Northern Territories.
It was predicting the future, take that mask off and get ScoMo looking back at you.
@@harbl99 As with any dual society dystopian depictions, the poor were left to fend for themselves whilst the rich lived on Ramsey St
It sort of was.
Wasn't the Wizard of Oz a doco about Americans?
The new "MAD MAX" doesn't even compare to "THE ROAD WARRIOR" or "MAD MAX" the original!!!
@Dowhat Iwant but only when my mummy says it's okay.
Dowhat Iwant go back play your video game sissi boy or may be girl we dont know about your generation of bastard🖕🏽
The new one is sHiNiEr!! New one is stupid.
Dowhat Iwant fury road is an abortion
Furry road was okay but road warrior is a million times better movies like this without cgi makes it look more realistic just saying
This movie has a huge impact in pop culture, and of all the things that I could comment about it I must say that this is a movie were the stunt performers shined as much as the actors, they really need more recognition.
I don't remember how I found this channel, but after watching one of the videos, I remember saying to myself, "Please God, let his first name be Emil."
Seriously, great channel. There are a lot of "10 thing you didn't know" type channels on YT, but this one actually lives up to the title.
It's ok to talk to Humungus. He is a reasonable man.
Lord Motorsports just wok awaay..
You know, Lord Motorsports would be a fitting alternative name for Humungus.
Hahhaahh. Awesome comment man!! The military dude with the helmet says that. Hilarious
This movie is freaking awesome, great rundown Minty, thanks for the research and upload! 👍👍
The best movie of all three originals. I think fury road fits in between Road warrior and Thunderdome. Great vid Minty.
It's after the 3rd one
Fury Road was a Mad Max 2 remake. Although Mad Max 3 was essentially a Mad Max 3 remake as well.
@@Nelo_Wolf Miller has said their is no real continuity to these films, but I would put it third in order due to Barter Town seeming a little more organised and civilized then Water Town. (gee I really want to call it Water World) and then there is the whole XB Interceptor issue.
@@RoverIAC depends on the lore. But it's your own head canon.
@@RoverIAC like most of sequel trilogy breaks the lore of star wars. I don't see fury road doing that. The game mad max is before fury road. But like I said it's your own head canon
Dear Mr Minty, I enjoy your channel very much, the content is always good. I would suggest you use a clip on mic perhaps when you are doing your studio shots and maybe tighten up your editing when you count down the topics. I had heard that a stunt man was killed during one of theses films and the scene was left in at the request of his parents, but it turned out to be an urban legend. The stuntman is alive and well to this day. Keep up the good work.
This was great! Looking forward to your Waterworld video!
Not sure why he thinks Miller was an ambulance driver, it's well documented he did a medical degree and my understanding is the likely inspiration for the Maurauders were the tribes of Darlinghurst gay punks who used to come into St Vincents A&E.
I remember watching this at my cousin's in the early 80s on Beta and being blown away by the massive car chase and of course the ending. IIRC he also had a copy of Mad Max that had been dubbed with American V/A.
I only knew of the “Road Warrior” when I saw it in the theater, then I saw Mad Max on VHS and it blew our American minds! Great stuff Minty, thank you!
One of the best and iconic action movies of all time and one of my favorite movies overall. It's cinema in it's purest form that tells a simple but effective story with almost no dialogue only through pictures. Also you're spot on with the plot on Mad Max 1 & 2. It's the only two movies that really matter and that tell the complete story. All the other movies just explore the world a little bit more and tell further adventures of Max on his journey, but would by the end probably come to the same conclusion and ending. From a studio perspective I can see why they want to continue to make more movies in this setting, because it's an interesting and already established world that has fans that love the first two movies and that might want to linger a bit longer with Max and this world. Although fun movies, ultimately nothing that came out after Mad Max 2 was really needed or better. I can see that the first movie had low budget, but I didn't know that Miller wanted to make the first movie like the second one from the get go. I actually like that he made the movies this way, because one thing that I always liked about the first two movies is the progression into madness. Not only with Max, but society and the world in general. The first movie plays in a dystopian society that is crime ridden and seemingly on the brink to fall apart completley. It has this dark, eerie, paranoid almost horroresque atmosphere where you can sense that something terrible is going to happen. It is also pretty unique in this way and feels different than the other entrys in this franchise. In the second movie the world plays after a nuclear holocaust and society is completely at the bottom, it doesn't really get more worse than that. By the end of the movie Max regains his humanity, but it also seems that the world regains it's humanity and leaves hope to rebuild a better new world that learns from the mistakes of the old one.
As the officially unofficial representative of the US. I do hereby offer our everlasting thanks to all citizens of Australia, past present, and future, for George Miller and the Mad Max films.
The Mad Max movies are like the myths people told in ancient times, there were several different version of the same myth.
I'm a big fan of the 'Mad Max' films, particularly this one. The stunts in here were pretty cutting edge for its time when it was released. Such an incredible film!
Mad Max - The Road Warrior. There, we're both happy now!
To say this is “probably just as good as its original, if not better.” Is a colossal understatement. It’s probably the most drastic improvement over an original ever.
Different setting. This was more post apocalyptic. It was good but the first one had better supporting characters like Goose, Johnny Boy and Captain Fifi.
The first film is a the story of max going mad . A time before prequels. The rest of the films are myths of a man who was or yet to be
I love the first movie! The characters and dialogue are more interesting to me, as well as the ending.
@Jeff Aber Yeah who could forget the way he started crying when Max was closing in on him. Great character.
You could say the same thing about Terminator 2 and Aliens
Thanks for the review, I first saw Mad Max 2 on HBO and I was blown away by it, no CG and all real stunts. Like the rest of you, I didn’t know it was sequel and thought it was a stand alone movie. Plus the name change didn’t help either, I saw Mad Max sometime later and Thunderdome in the theaters when it first came out. I love these movies as much as the first two Terminator movie and jump started the post-apocalyptic movie craze in the 80’s. I love that Max’s dog was a rescue dog, that’s cool.
When you mentioned a TV series, I thought of The Highwayman. I had to look it up since I didn't remember the name of the show, but I did remember the Aussie actor Jacko who also did Energizer battery commercials. Oi!
The best Aussie action film ever made IMO, as a fun aside, about 15 years ago I was cruising along a hwy in southern Victoria and was stuck behind a replica of Mad Max's Sandman panel van....complete with a torn off arm dangling from a chain attached to the back of the Sandman. It was awesome, the bloke got a thumbs up from me!
Always funny seeing Wes's bumboy cop the boomerang to the head.
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It was even funnier when the Toadie tried to catch the boomerang.
For years I thought that was a woman till my tv got big enough too realise was a dude lol
@@Orlor That's My favorite scene.
I don't know how Vernon Wells went from being so jacked up as Wez, but was so flabby as Bennett
@@Orlor and everyone else in LH's gang laughing their asses off
One of my favorite movies ever! Love the vehicles! Max's interceptor is one of the most iconic film cars ever. Even featured on the video game gta 5 arena wars.
Humongous also inspired a professional wrestler in the U.S. called Humongous. One of the versions later went on to be known as Sid Vicious/Sid Justice/Sycho Sid!
Doomsday also wore a mask like humongous
Kane played him in smoking mountain wrestling to
The Mad Max series inspired so much in pro wrestling.
The Roadwarriors
Demolition
The powers of pain
The master blasters
The thunderdome cage match
WCW's "spin the wheel, make the deal" from Halloween Havoc 1992
I remember when I first saw Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior and then saw the wrestling version also known in my area as Lord Humongous, It was supposed to be the same guy and young as I was I could not figure out how he was still alive and why he came to Southeast Championship Wrestling . Needless to say it scared the heck out of me, ah to be young again.
@@hooksncrosses3419 don't forget The Ascension....okay, forget The Ascension.
I was personally always fascinated with the Mack R Model truck in the movie. As a American I have always been fascinated in general with the Australian Road Trains. An Australian friend and I had a conversation about the scene where Mad Max goes back with fuel to get the truck back to the compound. The truck like many Australian trucks at that time featured a air starter. My argument was there would be no way that there would be any air left in the tanks to engage the air starter. He mentioned to me that Road Train drivers carry a air hose with them and will take air out of the tires to put back into the air tanks which of course deflates the tires. Once the truck is running they simply inflate the tires back up. As a diesel mechanic I found the list of things the mechanic in the movie said that was wrong was kinda funny. The Mack truck in the movie was a twin stick. We had twin stick Mack trucks in American as well but air starters were not very popular and only used for tanker applications mainly. The movie was made when I was a kid but when I became a truck mechanic I have drive twin stick Mack trucks. The "Earth" truck was my favorite vehicle in that movie.
Has anyone ever seen actor Emil Minty and Minty in the same room at the same time? Yeah, me neither. 🤔
very suspicious
Explain yourself Minty!
The start and end scenes are done at Mundi-Mundi lookout, Silverton, NSW. If you look in the distance, you can see the road corner. I the movie, your meant to believe its a long straight section of road. If you make the trip there, (don't bother to look for movies stuff at the site, its been cleaned), go and see the Mad Max museum. Cheers Mark for this info.
I always liked this one best out of the trilogy.
Excellent insight into this movie... and nice learning a few new things about it! In my mind the best MadMax movie. Still remember watching it at a neighbour's when it first came out on VHS.
"The vermin have inherited the earth."
10 Things You Didn't Know About Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome next! Please Minty!
The Pocky Clips
2 man enter..1man leave!!!
You got your wish, bro. 🙂
Spence was such an underrated actor. He's an Australian icon. And yep mad max is very Australian in so many ways. It needed an Australian voice over always.
I totally agree. He was a major part of the film. I though the gyrocopter was a brilliant idea.
Good choice Minty, bloody love this film! Still waiting for The 'Burbs lol
What's funny about the ending of RW was the community set up Mad Max in the end. They used him as a decoy and the gas was in another truck
In Mad Max 5, I hear the villains are called Extinction Rebellion.
The more you deny being feral boy, the more I think you ARE feral boy! Great video.
One of the best movies EVER made. Next to Waterworld.
I love Waterworld! I am trying to create an online community of other fans who also are into this epic film.
@@TheAtoll Sign me up! I loved that movie!
@@TheAtoll nothings free in waterworld!
@@davidurbach7882 Heck yeah! My channel has a bunch of quality Waterworld deep dives, so feel free to check those out. I am also going to create an Instagram too (the_atoll)
I was delighted to see that "The Lord Minty" himself had made a film on my favorite film of my childhood that at the age of 8 blew my mind in the theater back in the early 1980s in Washington DC. Thx for your content Minty. I have enjoyed dozes of your video's and while viewing most I have laughed hysterically. I loved viewing the reviews you made on jaws 4, and I think even Jaws 5....can that be correct? I seem to remember laughing as you played a scene, I think jaws 5,....possibly Jaws 4 where a ship was traveling in or out of a small harbor, and they played music that was an obvious ripoff from the old "Star Wars" films. Don't know if you remember that video but I laughed so hard I had to shed tears while still smiling. You kick ass Minty. Keep on keeping on! Great video M8!!!!
God bless!
Love Mad Max! Mel Gibson deserved to be in Mad Max Fury Road, George Miller could do with a Ghost writer aswel like you said always felt the same since Mad Max 2🤣🇬🇧👍
Man I love your work , you’re second to none , all the best greetings from Adelaide SA , Australia 🇦🇺 🙏🏼❤️🙌🏼
I don’t know what American refers to it as the road warrior, but this american fan and others I know call him mad max! Loved those movies!
I still think of the movie as "The Road Warrior", but the character was simply "Max". In truth I didn't know it was a sequel when I first saw it, I remember seeing Mad Max listed in print ads in our local newspaper but never connected the two movies till I found them side by side at a video rental store.
I'm from the US and yeah we call him Road Warrior. I remember loving this movie and Thunder Dome as a teenager. We were surprised to learn that there was a previous film we knew nothing about.
YES! One of my Favorites!! THANK YOU MINTY!!
I've been waiting for this one for a long time. Thank you.
Man, I feel old. I was a young teenager when this movie came out. :-P
Pfft! Young whipper snapper. I was 20 when it came out.
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Wow Minty man! You were a child star! So glad you started talking!
ROAD WARRIOR is still 1 of my FAV" movies eeeeeeever to this day!!!!!
Probably in my top best 5 films of all time! love the casing, editing and pace of the film! Genius !!
I live in the town where toecutter gang came through in the first movie it is called Clunes Clunes Australia Victoria
Clunes clunes or just clunes?
@@licentiousdreams just Clunes
This one was filmed in Broken Hill I think.
@@silvervalleystudios2486 yes madmax 2 was filled out in Broken Hill
@gopher wiretap that's something my father would know I don't actually know I think so
Was watching it on VHS the other day. Love it.
"EVEN S&M shops"... because there were a whole lot of other places to find Leather BDSM gear in 1981... lol
The best MAD MAX sequel ever made!!! That is until, Mad Max: Fury Road was released 30 years after Beyond Thunderdome.
Interesting video. I saw both mad max and (in Canada) the road warrior in theaters as a teenager. Both had the original sound track (Australian accents). But when video cassettes came around both had been dubbed in early versions. Likely since they came from the USA. I still haven't met a Canadian who couldn't understand the Aussie accent. All four films are good to watch, but Mad Max 2 remains my favorite. Thanks for posting.
I think it's interesting how the Humungus character is always associated with Goose. Personally for a long time I thought Humungus was actually Max's Captain instead. Humungus has a huge focus on loyalty and Captain Macaffee has that breakdown in the first movie when Max says he's leaving. I just felt it made more sense. There's that powerful scene when you see the pristine weapon case Humungus has which is contrasted with how everything else around him has fallen into chaos, kinda like Macaffee was ranting about. An interesting villain either way.
Would you ever do a video on Round the Twist? I'm re-watching in on amazon here in the UK. Classic television.
"Who would call themselves Minty?... I promise you he did not grow up to be me!" 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
The reason why those TV cuts are often longer or shorter with alternate footage is they have to be a certain length so with commercials they end at PRECISELY the 00 or 30 minute mark. It is only recently that times for shows/movies have slightly more slop. It was pretty rare to have filler material to take up the slack back in the day (but DID happen occasionally)...
i never saw the character of max to be the same man... he is more of a folklore story to those he saves. and it happens that all these societies remember him just as max.
I like the idea that Max has become a folk hero, so each subsequent story is just a retelling by someone who was told the story before, like a big game of telephone.
we are only here for the toilet paper. just walk away.
toilet humour, sigh.
There’s been too much unhealthy eating. Too much shit. We just want toilet paper. Our days of scraping our buttholes with our hands is over!!!
@@The1stHomosapien yeahh....didnt you just giggle like an overweight panda licking a stick of bamboo?🐼🎋😀
The Mad Max movies are my most favorite movies of all time. Thanks for this great video, Minty.
The way I look at the 4 movies is:
Mad Max: The Man
Mad Max: The Myth Part I
Mad Max: The Myth Part II
Mad Max: The Myth Part III
So, still basically a 2 part story
Yeah, that's good. I heard a take on it where the series is Chinese whispers. The original is told to you by a guy who either knew Max or knew a guy who did, but each successive story is at a further remove and more of who Max Rockatansky was gets lost in translation.
Where the films were
(1) Mad Max
(2) Mad Max 2
(3) Tina Turner { Max was something tacked on }
(4) Mad Max: the next generation.
Mad Max 1 and 2 are classics. Mad Max 3 and 4 are great movies.