Actually, no, Mad Max: Fury Road is not directly connected to the first three Mad Max movies. Plus, George Miller, the creator of Mad Max, has said that the films don't have a fixed canon, lore, or timeline. The first three films are standalone stories in the same universe, similar to comic books about the same character in different timelines. However, the first film, Mad Max, does include black and white flashbacks to events from The Road Warrior, the second film. However, the timeline for the Mad Max franchise is complicated; Fury Road takes place around 2050, while Furiosa is set 15 years prior. Despite the confusion, George Miller confirms that Furiosa occurs 15 years before Fury Road, focusing on Furiosa's backstory. While, Fury Road does introduce Furiosa and takes place right after Thunderdome. The movie also shows a post-apocalyptic social order, with nuclear warfare destroying most of the greenery and a group of children trying to build a new civilization in the remains of Sydney. So, as much as Fury Road is set in a different timeline from the original trilogy, the complementary comic books attempted to directly connect the events of the original trilogy with Fury Road. This resulted in many timeline inconsistencies with the original trilogy. And, so while they're good movies and worth watching, they aren't connected to the game except for the name of the protagonist and the car. 🧡🏜👩🦲🦾
Actually, no, Mad Max: Fury Road is not directly connected to the first three Mad Max movies. Plus, George Miller, the creator of Mad Max, has said that the films don't have a fixed canon, lore, or timeline. The first three films are standalone stories in the same universe, similar to comic books about the same character in different timelines. However, the first film, Mad Max, does include black and white flashbacks to events from The Road Warrior, the second film. However, the timeline for the Mad Max franchise is complicated; Fury Road takes place around 2050, while Furiosa is set 15 years prior. Despite the confusion, George Miller confirms that Furiosa occurs 15 years before Fury Road, focusing on Furiosa's backstory. While, Fury Road does introduce Furiosa and takes place right after Thunderdome. The movie also shows a post-apocalyptic social order, with nuclear warfare destroying most of the greenery and a group of children trying to build a new civilization in the remains of Sydney. So, as much as Fury Road is set in a different timeline from the original trilogy, the complementary comic books attempted to directly connect the events of the original trilogy with Fury Road. This resulted in many timeline inconsistencies with the original trilogy. And, so while they're good movies and worth watching, they aren't connected to the game except for the name of the protagonist and the car. 🧡🏜👩🦲🦾