Principal photography begins in about ten months, which means spring or summer 2011 release.
jg
Principal photography begins in about ten months, which means spring or summer 2011 release.
jg
not sure if that's good or bad, I have special memories of the original at the Croydon Drive In with my girlfriend, in an XB GT Falcon.
This has a shot to be good. It's not a re-make, and it's the original director.
Don't even get me started on Max. The finest trilogy this side of Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
Bust a deal-face the wheel
I'm the guy who keeps Mr. Dead in his pocket.
Lord Humongous!
Pleez pleez PLEEZ don't let it be another 'Beyond Thunderdome'. 
Thunderdome was tolerable if only for the AirTruck.
I loved the air Truck... neat little plane.
Appleseed wrote: Don't even get me started on Max. The finest trilogy this side of Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Bust a deal-face the wheel I'm the guy who keeps Mr. Dead in his pocket. Lord Humongous!
There are 7 Star Wars and 4 Indiana Jones movies.
Mad Max wins!
Ah, but only 3 of each mater. The rest are crap.
Thunderdome was a disaster, proof that big Hollywood money can destroy an iconic independent franchise. I worry that Fury Road won't be much different.
For car geeks, the Interceptor was as important to Mad Max as Max himself. Since it died in Road Warrior, and Thunderdome was even further along in post-automotive time, I have low expectations for this new one.
The original Mad Max was a group of friends with some self raised funding making a crazy car movie, now we have CGI, super star actors, huge production costs, too much thought and not enough crazy.
I have a feeling it will not even fit into the original movie story.
I hope I am wrong
On the plus side, you have the original director back, and also saying that all of the car action is shot "at speed." You also have a garage full of cars being built before people-casting is even completed.
The feeling I get from all the press so far is that Miller really wants to "reclaim" the franchise.
Personally, I don't really care if they continue any story laid out in the first movies. Really, there was no real narrative arc to any of those movies. They were basically vignettes. Snapshots of some random adventures set in a defined universe. Stay true to the universe you've defined already, blow some crap up, and have some cool cars and I'm there.
jg
JG Pasterjak wrote: blow some crap up, have some cool cars, and I'm there.
you sir have eloquently defined the recipe for any proper movie. Using those ingredients, and only those ingredients, you will have created true art!
well, those and boobs anyway
Speaking of Mad Max, anyone ever watch the original, non-dubbed version? I worked for our school's movie theater, and for years we unsuccessfully tried to get that version. I finally got it on DVD a few years ago. It's, um, kinda flat and dull. Hate to say it, but the U.S. version might be a bit more better.
David S. Wallens wrote: Speaking of Mad Max, anyone ever watch the original, non-dubbed version? I worked for our school's movie theater, and for years we unsuccessfully tried to get that version. I finally got it on DVD a few years ago. It's, um, kinda flat and dull. Hate to say it, but the U.S. version might be a bit more better.
Yup, I've got the original on laser disc.
I prefer it to the dubbed version, my eyes and ears need to work together.
Shawn
JG Pasterjak wrote: blow some crap up, and have some cool cars...
So, you really, really like Michael Bay, huh?
I have both the dubbed and non dubbed, the Toecutter seems nastier in the dubbed version.
Appleseed wrote:JG Pasterjak wrote: blow some crap up, and have some cool cars...So, you really, really like Michael Bay, huh?
Well, I like that he has a clear vision of what he wants to put on screen, and he manages to do it. He's more of a photographer than a director, and I like that aspect of his work. I think he tends to get caught up in letting new discoveries in the editing and rendering departments drive his storytelling, though. I envision a lot of late night calls from a guy sitting in front of a Mac saying "Hey Mike, you should see this cool new thing I figured out how to do!" to which he replies "Great, let's work it in."
I actually liked "Bad Boys" quite a bit because the narrative was propelled by the universe and the characters, and just happened to be photographed in a very pretty and exciting way.
I have a theory about "The Island" however. I think the whole movie was created when Michael Bay was driving on the highway next to a truck loaded with giant train axles. He's driving along in the Baymobile thinking "Man, that would look wicked awesome if those things broke loose and started bouncing around the highway and tearing E36 M3 up. I should totally make a movie about that. Maybe I'll throw in some other stuff, too."
jg
Some updated pictures, and an awesome video behind the scenes of Road Warrior here
jg
Actually, I'd say I like half of his movies. The Island was cool. But I will never, ever, EVER, forgive that guy for Pearl Harbor. He needs to be punched in the nuts for that.
George Miller is making it ... we'll all go see it!
< trying to start a chant> NO C-G-I, NO C-G-I,....
The original Mad Max was filmed in Victoria, Mad Max 2 was filmed around Broken Hill and the third Mad Max was shot in Coober Pedy, South Australia.
Why don't we have a Coober Pedy in the states? I feel cheated.
This movie will be epic. Either epically awesome, or epically awful. Not sure that there can be any other possibility.
"Not enough runway..."
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