Bodyjar was actually a pretty big band in the 90s. All over the radio. I’m mad at all of you for not knowing these obscure Australian references. Hie thee to your nearest google machine and stay there until you know who ossie ostrich is. Ya drongos.
I worked in the packaging department of a newspaper. Whenever we were board, one of us would push the emergency stop button and hold the whole process hostage. The only way to lift embargo was to scream that Master Blaster runs Barter Town.
You can thank brilliant Director of Photography Roger Deakins for that. The movie was originally going to have a washed out look identical to "The Book of Eli". Look at early publicity stills and they all have that washed-out greenish hue. Deakins convinced Miller to change it to vibrant color pretty late in the game. This is shocking to me considering how bright and colorful all of the storyboards were- you'd THINK it was the plan from the start.
Should do a Titan AE caravan of garbage, I reckon that would be pretty neat And yeah everyone else wants it too they all told me, you don’t have to check
One of the greates philosophers of the ancient world was a homeless bum that regularly pissed in public and did other not exactly sociable things.. he was held in extremely high regard by many, including Alexander The Great. I dont remember his name, but it should be an easy and interesting google adventure if you try looking it up off of that information lol
@@evananderson1455 it's Diogenes, he was nuts. Also the fella who waved a plucked chicken at Plato and screamed 'behold! A man!' after Plato described a human as a 'featherless biped'.
When I was young, I once met a guy living in a combi van with his dog. He would collect wood and take it to the local collection centres for cash. He once said to me, very wise words: "you know, people have got it all ar$e up... you're suppose to love people and use things. Instead, people seem to love things and use people"
Love the Area-7 mention. My older brother is good friends with one of the members of the band, and I remember my friends in highschool being into Area-7 (which I had no idea about myself not being into music) and I ended up having to get autographs for them at my brother's wedding from that guy I knew as "Chuck" who was in some band. Thanks for the memory jog, fellas!
I once again insist that there is a massive time jump of decades between 1 and 2, as well as between 3 and 4. Max just for some reason doesn't age and his fury and insanity make him forget
You are correct. Timeline goes something like this: MM is set in late 80s-early 90s. Max is 21 years old. MM2 is set 3 years later: early-mid 90s. Max is 24 years old. "The Fall" happenes shortly afterwords. MMBT is set 15 years later: mid 2000s. Max is 39 years old. MM:FR is set 32+ years after "The Fall": mid 2020s. Max is 56+ years old.
@@khuhruzhsvethmeorv8318 It kind of is and isn't. The events detailed in Mad Max videogame happen in the Mad Max universe. As the girl Max sees in Fury Road is Hope. But, their a comic which details the version of events accurate to Fury Road. Though, like many narratives in Mad Max, it could be a reinterpretation, or story, of said events.
the "guy pulling out way more weapons than expected" scene is in loads of movies and TV shows, it even has its own page on TV tropes titles "Extended Disarming"
@@derkeheath5172 Interesting, but I would assume that it goes back even before cinema, probably first appeared in a book hundreds of years ago but using swords instead of guns lol
THIS was the first Mad Max film i saw, as it was played far more on British tv in the 80s and 90s than the other two for some reason, i guess just because it was newer at the time
James brings up a good point. I really didn't expect Thunderdome to be swinging around like that. In the video game, Thunderdome is just you fighting someone to the death with your bare fists. It's bloody and violent. Btw the game is amazing, definitely play it.
Do you mean the most recent game? Because I found it floaty and weird and none of the gameplay to be satisfying. Also there are characters from fury road but Max himself doesn’t look like anyone
@@logandh2disagree on the gameplay, the car combat especially is awesome. But yeah, the story is weird cuz, as mentioned briefly in this video, WB took Miller off the project so he could focus on Fury Road, which left the game studio with all his notebooks, but none of his guidance. So it's just a mishmash of various different stuff with no real purpose or through line I recommend giving it another go though, the gameplay is awesome imo. If you find the car combat too easy with the magnum opus (customisable car), maybe try using one of the other vehicles. I'm doing a playthrough rn where I rushed through the story to unlock the Interceptor, and am completing the camps and convoys etc with it
I recently went back and watched all of the Mad Max films. Thunderdome sticks out as pretty weird. The funniest part is when he’s battering the girl who tries to walk out, and locks her in a cage. Then she gets out anyway and it’s like… well Max, you should have done better in beating her into submission.
I think making them the same guy would have been insulting because it would have undone him becoming the leader via narration at the end of Road Warrior.
I really thought we were working to a reveal that a member of a prominent Aussie band appeared as a child in Beyond Thunderdome...but nope, we're just listing 90s Aussie ska/punk bands and I loved every second. I still regularly listen to 'Nobody Likes a Bogan' and 'No Logic' by Area 7.
Grew up watching the original three movies and Beyond Thunderdome was always the weakest, but damn if I didn't get a new appreciation for it after Fury Road came out. Fury Road was "what if we took the best parts of the other movies, the chase scenes, and made THE ENTIRE MOVIE A CHASE SCENE?!" Which, duh, obviously is great. However watching Thunderdome again I realized it's those QUIET moments between the action that really drive home and contrast how different the world is verses how it used to be. When they're on the train and listening to the French lessons on the old record player it really makes me realize that everything we know is GONE and never coming back. Good old George Miller and his "dangling nostalgia."
Not fully true, Fury Road has its quiet characters moments too, it's not some nonstop action romp Tho Thunderdome has better worldbuilding, Fury Road has TOO MANY things that kinda demand you to look up outside sources to fully appreciate. Road Warrior and Thunderdome instead make me feel complete, and don't have this issue.
Im Australian and i have loved all the local references that are for me but props for mentioning AREA 7 one wierd local references i actually didnt get
The best "giving up the weapons" scene that I am familiar with is an episode of Get Smart, where Max meets up with recurring KAOS agent Siegfried. They both decide to amicably disarm, but each one calls out an obvious spy weapon that the other must be carrying ("your ankle derringer" etc.). The punchline is that they've spent hours pulling out all of their ridiculous weapons and no longer have time for the meeting and so they just pack everything back up and leave. I love that show so damn much.
There's a scene in Chopper where he gives up a load of guns but then has a secret gun. I remember on the commentary Chopper himself said if hand over 6 guns then they suspect you've got another one. Guess it's a Aussie thing
The amount if references from my youth these guys whip out make me realise just how bad my memory is. I thought forgetting 95% of your life was normal 😢
I’ve always imagined the flying dude is a mythological character who turns up in two separate myths told by two different cultures (Road Warrior and Thunderdome respectively).
My favorite part of Thunderdome is when Max listens to all those jungle kids speak in the most broken English you've ever heard for about 15 minutes straight and then just goes "yeah, nah, those words are made up and completely wrong. They're called cities and skyscrapers. They were around just a few years ago."
Interesting fact: you can't down in quick sand, humans aren't dense enough to sink past their wait. You can, however, get stuck. And if you do, you need special machinery to get you out, it's physically impossible to free yourself past a certain point.
I love learning unique facts about Australian culture from Mr SundayMovies and Nick Maseau because one day I will visit Australia and all the Australians will love me (I presume) because I know who Slim Dusty is.
There's literally a mad max game that probably has tons of good concept art to use for this bit This got to be the laziest I have ever seen they being with their edits, it's likely they just googled "mad max car concept art" and picked the first thing without checking
As the camel was being brought up, I walked into the kitchen - when I heard the camels name, I ran back to the tv with a huge smile on my face with elation, excitement, and joy filling my soul. When it was mentioned everyone would appreciate that, I became self aware and realized that yes indeed I did appreciate it
I think the dome concept was actually a really interesting modern take on gladatorial fights that might happen in a post apocalypse. It should have been more gory, Holy shit..the editing when they said "He bungied into a toilet"...nicely done. Give that man a bonus, James.
What was the deal with quicksand? As a kid that's all I heard about. I remember even seeing an article in that Geo about how to get out of quicksand. And I'm now even confused by the whole idea of it is it dry or is it wet?
I want a caravan of garbage for every Australian film ever made now. James and Maso are in tip top form! Great show. Caravan of garbage is my favorite.
James mentioned Rodney and I was bristling in anticipation for the famous "rodney supercut" and the slight delay caused me to doubt the goodness of this world. However, upon hearing the harmonic dulcet tone I wept with joy.
This was one of my Drive In movie classics, that I saw as a kid. I remember I fell asleep half way through at the ole Twin Drive in, but it was on TV all the time in Canada. For some reason I didn't watch the previous films until decades after. Of the Mel GIbson Mad Max movies; this one is my favourite for nostalgic reasons, but I do think Mad Max 2 is a far better film. Awesome video as always. I'm happy you guys do what you do.
The Living End made it over here to the U.S. with the song “Roll On” and Grinspoon had a cover of Prong’s “Snap Your Fingers Snap Your Neck” on ECW: The Music from the beloved wrestling company. So there. I have heard of two of those bands.
He couldn’t kill Blaster because he was supposed to be Max’s cousin from the first film. In the end, it’s more because he reminds him of Benno, since they didn’t specifically state who it was.
I watched Road Warrior for the first time a few days ago and it is one of the best movies I‘ve ever seen. I haven’t seen this one yet but it will probably alright.
Normally I find James and Maso's Australian-only stories delightful. But today their banter led me to watch 70 seconds of Angry Anderson's "Suddenly" video. I think I am scarred for life.
Wilson Tuckey is alas still alive. I knew someone who worked for him in his parliamentary office who thought that he was a nice guy, which only goes to show that a career in politics requires some degree of charisma, regardless of whether that is then undermined by ones actions.
"Break a deal, face the wheel." "WHO RUN BARTERTOWN?" "Ain't we a pair, raggedy man?" Honestly, this is the odd one out as not does this movie have dialogue, it's quotable dialogue. I love Thunderdome, I don't care.
I love all 4! Can't wait for Furiosa. As an artist I always wanted to make a Mad Max painting..and now this is the right time..showing at in cinema during Furiosa release..expo in cinema was always my thing..and audience liked my work sometimes even more then the movie..coming up my Furiosa version..it will be epic..I put all mad max movies feel in one image.
I’m realizing Ben from Canada and Laurence make these increasingly obscure Australian references manageable cause it’s a lot
Dude even I got lost at "bodyjar". I think even "BodyJar" was like "ooooh yeah... I was in a band".
I'm here for the esoteric Australian references!
That clip they found from the band saying "This song is about drinking and then driving badly" was brilliant ^^
Bodyjar was actually a pretty big band in the 90s. All over the radio. I’m mad at all of you for not knowing these obscure Australian references. Hie thee to your nearest google machine and stay there until you know who ossie ostrich is. Ya drongos.
@@jordantaylor260 Steady on mate, they're not exactly Jebediah
The Angry Anderson story being recreated in still image form is a sight to behold.
Very reminiscent of recreations of missing old Doctor Who episodes.
Replete with Mason's friend being some guy in a tiny suit.
Mason’s pedestrian crossing story is magnificent - I was *convinced* it was going to be a “that time I made Angry Anderson get off my tram” story
@@frankcooke1692all of masons friends are stock photo models. James is an exception since they are more like co-workers.
That Rodney tickled my spine in the best of ways.
RODNEY!?
🪚
Rodney tickled me in the worst of ways :(
Hey.. they didn't reply!
They should make a Mad Max prequel called “Normal and Reasonable Max”
could do a prequel trilogy, Happy Max, Normal & Reasonable Max, Frightened Max.
They did. It was the first movie. It was "Measured Max And Mad Goose."
@@TheJesselopez1981 How could I forget about Mad Goose! That's how Max got so Mad, they put Mad Goose's brain in Reasonable Max. creating..........
'WELL-ADJUSTED MAX'
Borderline Personality Max
Two things:
1. Never stop with the obscure Australian pop culture references.
2. We miss you, guy who shouts Rodney.
Very true.
Green Trivia
@@tdawg6000 Blue Harvest
Angry Anderson sounds like a spin off character of Mad Max.
Very true.
Don't forget his sidekick Livid Lenny
Angry Anderson: A Mad Max Saga
19:48 "That's Bait"
Ben and Laurence are just the best 😂
The restraint in not making even a vague babe reference after the talk of all those pigs
“That’ll do Pig #401, that’ll do”
salutation
Or David Cameron
@@EmperorJ123 David Cameron doesn't really have a link to George Miller, though
@@AliLightfootintimately connected to a pig though
I dream of Rodney coming back. Just hearing it one time in this video gave me a sweet dopamine rush
I worked in the packaging department of a newspaper. Whenever we were board, one of us would push the emergency stop button and hold the whole process hostage. The only way to lift embargo was to scream that Master Blaster runs Barter Town.
Every time it cut to a clip from Fury Road, I was again hit by how striking and impactful the colour grading is.
Very true-the colors in that movie,particularly in the explosions,were quite spectacular.
You can thank brilliant Director of Photography Roger Deakins for that. The movie was originally going to have a washed out look identical to "The Book of Eli". Look at early publicity stills and they all have that washed-out greenish hue. Deakins convinced Miller to change it to vibrant color pretty late in the game. This is shocking to me considering how bright and colorful all of the storyboards were- you'd THINK it was the plan from the start.
Should do a Titan AE caravan of garbage, I reckon that would be pretty neat
And yeah everyone else wants it too they all told me, you don’t have to check
There are four of us! You've never had ad revenue like that before!
Pretty sure they did, is what I was about to say but I may be thinking of Treasure Planet.
Pigkiller: "Wherever you go, there you are."
You wouldn't expect the man shoveling pig crap to be a philosopher but there he is.
One of the greates philosophers of the ancient world was a homeless bum that regularly pissed in public and did other not exactly sociable things.. he was held in extremely high regard by many, including Alexander The Great. I dont remember his name, but it should be an easy and interesting google adventure if you try looking it up off of that information lol
@@evananderson1455 it's Diogenes, he was nuts. Also the fella who waved a plucked chicken at Plato and screamed 'behold! A man!' after Plato described a human as a 'featherless biped'.
As a philosophy major, you'd be very surprised
When I was young, I once met a guy living in a combi van with his dog. He would collect wood and take it to the local collection centres for cash. He once said to me, very wise words: "you know, people have got it all ar$e up... you're suppose to love people and use things. Instead, people seem to love things and use people"
Love the Area-7 mention. My older brother is good friends with one of the members of the band, and I remember my friends in highschool being into Area-7 (which I had no idea about myself not being into music) and I ended up having to get autographs for them at my brother's wedding from that guy I knew as "Chuck" who was in some band. Thanks for the memory jog, fellas!
My 15 year old loves Area 7
I once again insist that there is a massive time jump of decades between 1 and 2, as well as between 3 and 4. Max just for some reason doesn't age and his fury and insanity make him forget
You are correct. Timeline goes something like this:
MM is set in late 80s-early 90s. Max is 21 years old.
MM2 is set 3 years later: early-mid 90s. Max is 24 years old. "The Fall" happenes shortly afterwords.
MMBT is set 15 years later: mid 2000s. Max is 39 years old.
MM:FR is set 32+ years after "The Fall": mid 2020s. Max is 56+ years old.
@@Djordje_Jovanoviclol for someone in an apocalyptic wasteland he ages pretty well😂
@@Djordje_Jovanovic It also makes sense if he's had multiple families in the intervening years. The game helps connect it all top
@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZepthe game isn't canon
@@khuhruzhsvethmeorv8318 It kind of is and isn't. The events detailed in Mad Max videogame happen in the Mad Max universe. As the girl Max sees in Fury Road is Hope. But, their a comic which details the version of events accurate to Fury Road.
Though, like many narratives in Mad Max, it could be a reinterpretation, or story, of said events.
"you like late 90s Australian pop punk? You won't!"
Never have truer words been spoken
Except nah, they have some bangers.
Brings me back to Warped Tour '98!
frenzal rhomb🤘
Caravan of Obscure Australian References
the "guy pulling out way more weapons than expected" scene is in loads of movies and TV shows, it even has its own page on TV tropes titles "Extended Disarming"
I looked at the list of examples, and it appears that the gag was first used in Buster Keaton's Our Hospitality (1923).
@@derkeheath5172 Interesting, but I would assume that it goes back even before cinema, probably first appeared in a book hundreds of years ago but using swords instead of guns lol
Had to have been taken from some prior western
The channel Mad Max Bible is really underrated and covers a lot of interesting facts about the history of Mad Max
THIS was the first Mad Max film i saw, as it was played far more on British tv in the 80s and 90s than the other two for some reason, i guess just because it was newer at the time
It was the same in the US. I didn't see the other two until I was in high school and had money to rent my own movies.
It was much more of a traditional studio film so was considered more palatable for tv.
Love it when these episodes go so heavy on the Aussie vibes, really helps me get my weekly dose of worldly culture in
It’s a great day when The Guy Who Screams “Rodney” makes an appearance 🙏🏻
Area-7, Bodyjar and Grinspoon feel like names that would fit in the Mad Max universe
Up there with Ratcat, Company of Strangers and Regurgitator
To be fair, All Australian bands sound like Mad Max characters. Midnight Oil, AC/DC, Silverchair, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Kylie Minogue
Love The 'Gurge
@@TheIslandDivision especially King Gizzard, with their recent album Petrodragonic Apocalypse, perfect album for Mad Max
I love that somehow the like, 2004 Family Guy joke "Passion of the Christ 2: Crucify This!" came true.
James brings up a good point. I really didn't expect Thunderdome to be swinging around like that. In the video game, Thunderdome is just you fighting someone to the death with your bare fists. It's bloody and violent.
Btw the game is amazing, definitely play it.
Do you mean the most recent game? Because I found it floaty and weird and none of the gameplay to be satisfying. Also there are characters from fury road but Max himself doesn’t look like anyone
@@logandh2disagree on the gameplay, the car combat especially is awesome. But yeah, the story is weird cuz, as mentioned briefly in this video, WB took Miller off the project so he could focus on Fury Road, which left the game studio with all his notebooks, but none of his guidance. So it's just a mishmash of various different stuff with no real purpose or through line
I recommend giving it another go though, the gameplay is awesome imo. If you find the car combat too easy with the magnum opus (customisable car), maybe try using one of the other vehicles. I'm doing a playthrough rn where I rushed through the story to unlock the Interceptor, and am completing the camps and convoys etc with it
The sound track for this was immense. 'One for the Living' +> 'We don't need another hero'.
I recently went back and watched all of the Mad Max films. Thunderdome sticks out as pretty weird. The funniest part is when he’s battering the girl who tries to walk out, and locks her in a cage. Then she gets out anyway and it’s like… well Max, you should have done better in beating her into submission.
My friend's elderly mother recently watched this specifically for the Tina Turner song over the end credits because she didn't know how else to
Fun Fact: This came out the year I was born AND was the first MAD MAX film I ever saw! I was DESTINED to love the MAD MAX saga!!!
People now just refer to “the guy who shouts Rodney” as “Rodney”. It’s a very Frankenstein’s monster situation.
Spot on haha
I thought we all agreed he's a Pokemon who can only say his own name.
I think making them the same guy would have been insulting because it would have undone him becoming the leader via narration at the end of Road Warrior.
The Thunderdome inspired Dusty Rhodes to create Wargames, so it did have a legacy ❤
I really thought we were working to a reveal that a member of a prominent Aussie band appeared as a child in Beyond Thunderdome...but nope, we're just listing 90s Aussie ska/punk bands and I loved every second.
I still regularly listen to 'Nobody Likes a Bogan' and 'No Logic' by Area 7.
Wilson Tuckey, a name I (thankfully) have not heard for a long time
The actor who played the guy who shouts Rodney is in Sea Patrol with the actor who played Furious Goose, and it's peak Australia.
Grew up watching the original three movies and Beyond Thunderdome was always the weakest, but damn if I didn't get a new appreciation for it after Fury Road came out. Fury Road was "what if we took the best parts of the other movies, the chase scenes, and made THE ENTIRE MOVIE A CHASE SCENE?!" Which, duh, obviously is great. However watching Thunderdome again I realized it's those QUIET moments between the action that really drive home and contrast how different the world is verses how it used to be. When they're on the train and listening to the French lessons on the old record player it really makes me realize that everything we know is GONE and never coming back. Good old George Miller and his "dangling nostalgia."
Totally agree.
I've heard Furiosa has some quite moments in it.
Not fully true, Fury Road has its quiet characters moments too, it's not some nonstop action romp
Tho Thunderdome has better worldbuilding, Fury Road has TOO MANY things that kinda demand you to look up outside sources to fully appreciate. Road Warrior and Thunderdome instead make me feel complete, and don't have this issue.
Good job on that “voyage to oblivion” poster. Probably way more work than you needed to do. And is that Woopie Goldberg?
Im Australian and i have loved all the local references that are for me but props for mentioning AREA 7 one wierd local references i actually didnt get
Ive really missed Rodney Im so glad he came back for this episode
The best "giving up the weapons" scene that I am familiar with is an episode of Get Smart, where Max meets up with recurring KAOS agent Siegfried. They both decide to amicably disarm, but each one calls out an obvious spy weapon that the other must be carrying ("your ankle derringer" etc.). The punchline is that they've spent hours pulling out all of their ridiculous weapons and no longer have time for the meeting and so they just pack everything back up and leave. I love that show so damn much.
Your editor needs a raise! This is so on point! Love the show guys
There's a scene in Chopper where he gives up a load of guns but then has a secret gun. I remember on the commentary Chopper himself said if hand over 6 guns then they suspect you've got another one. Guess it's a Aussie thing
That brief “Rodney” really tickled something in my brain
Come for the review, stay for the extensive Australian band listing.
The amount if references from my youth these guys whip out make me realise just how bad my memory is. I thought forgetting 95% of your life was normal 😢
FYI. Watching all of the MAXs because of you guys.
TO THE MAX!
I am an American, so I'm no expert. But are any of the kids The Superjesus?
Or is that Jim Caviezel?
17:27 Those Pitch Meeting clips are TIGHT!
I’ve always imagined the flying dude is a mythological character who turns up in two separate myths told by two different cultures (Road Warrior and Thunderdome respectively).
Dude I’ve been having a shit day seeing this in my TH-cam made me excited and happy
You mentioned Justine from Play School was in this but you forgot to mention that George from Play School was also in this.
A few years back, I used to work with the guy that played Scrooloos, actor Rod Zuanic
BUT HOW MAD IS MAX?
"That's bait" clip was a real good subtle poke
My favorite part of Thunderdome is when Max listens to all those jungle kids speak in the most broken English you've ever heard for about 15 minutes straight and then just goes "yeah, nah, those words are made up and completely wrong. They're called cities and skyscrapers. They were around just a few years ago."
The first example of "extended disarming" is actually from the film "Buster Keaton Our Hospitality 1923"
In the US the same. Was my favorite as a kid growing up. My family were big fans of Tina Turner and loved her in this.
Interesting fact: you can't down in quick sand, humans aren't dense enough to sink past their wait. You can, however, get stuck. And if you do, you need special machinery to get you out, it's physically impossible to free yourself past a certain point.
I love learning unique facts about Australian culture from Mr SundayMovies and Nick Maseau because one day I will visit Australia and all the Australians will love me (I presume) because I know who Slim Dusty is.
19:07 Ben, Lawrence, two last images here is some atrocious AI sheit. Are You sure it is the original concept art? Because if yes then that's sad.
There's literally a mad max game that probably has tons of good concept art to use for this bit
This got to be the laziest I have ever seen they being with their edits, it's likely they just googled "mad max car concept art" and picked the first thing without checking
reverse image searched both and sadly they are ai generated
As the camel was being brought up, I walked into the kitchen - when I heard the camels name, I ran back to the tv with a huge smile on my face with elation, excitement, and joy filling my soul.
When it was mentioned everyone would appreciate that, I became self aware and realized that yes indeed I did appreciate it
I think the dome concept was actually a really interesting modern take on gladatorial fights that might happen in a post apocalypse. It should have been more gory,
Holy shit..the editing when they said "He bungied into a toilet"...nicely done. Give that man a bonus, James.
RODNEY!!
RODNEY!!
@@OnLocationKamloops Rodney!!!
RODNEYYYYY
RODNEY!!!
The cow car was the best.
The way the film was roughly cobbled together is very appropriate for the setting
I went through this whole moving wondering why Max's friend from Road Warrior was suddenly robbing him
What was the deal with quicksand?
As a kid that's all I heard about.
I remember even seeing an article in that Geo about how to get out of quicksand.
And I'm now even confused by the whole idea of it
is it dry or is it wet?
The Black and Chrome cut of Fury Road is amazing. You guys should check it out if you can. I think you would both enjoy it a lot.
I want a caravan of garbage for every Australian film ever made now. James and Maso are in tip top form! Great show. Caravan of garbage is my favorite.
James mentioned Rodney and I was bristling in anticipation for the famous "rodney supercut" and the slight delay caused me to doubt the goodness of this world. However, upon hearing the harmonic dulcet tone I wept with joy.
This one is still my favorite of the Mad Max movies, mostly because I watched it over and over as a kid.
Thanks for mentioning Ebert’s review. Reading that in high school convinced me to watch this one. (After the other two, of course.)
i love that you mentioned slim dusty he's a national treasure
This was one of my Drive In movie classics, that I saw as a kid. I remember I fell asleep half way through at the ole Twin Drive in, but it was on TV all the time in Canada. For some reason I didn't watch the previous films until decades after. Of the Mel GIbson Mad Max movies; this one is my favourite for nostalgic reasons, but I do think Mad Max 2 is a far better film. Awesome video as always. I'm happy you guys do what you do.
The Living End made it over here to the U.S. with the song “Roll On” and Grinspoon had a cover of Prong’s “Snap Your Fingers Snap Your Neck” on ECW: The Music from the beloved wrestling company. So there. I have heard of two of those bands.
He couldn’t kill Blaster because he was supposed to be Max’s cousin from the first film. In the end, it’s more because he reminds him of Benno, since they didn’t specifically state who it was.
The Living End mentioned! Hell yeah, I love them.
Rodney would remember that the working title for the movie was originally 'Blue Harvest'.
Before seeing the trilogy and only knowing the titles, I had really assumed the first two happened within thunderdome. But I was a fool
“That’s bait” joke was gold
In the end the Thunderdome's were the friends we've made along the way ❤
The "That's bait" edit got me good.
Can't get over how much young George Miller looks like Jason Alexander - with BEAUTIFUL hair. lol
A camel rider came to town on Thursday. He stayed for three days and left on Rodney. How is this possible?
The lead camel's name was Vin Petrol?
What a crazy coincidence!
I watched Road Warrior for the first time a few days ago and it is one of the best movies I‘ve ever seen. I haven’t seen this one yet but it will probably alright.
6:11 Face/Off is actually just as bonkers as John Woo’s Hong Kong action films.
That 2015 Mad Max game is really good. I didn't expect it to be that good, but it was great. Really enjoyed it. ♥
Normally I find James and Maso's Australian-only stories delightful. But today their banter led me to watch 70 seconds of Angry Anderson's "Suddenly" video. I think I am scarred for life.
His stuff as lead singer of the band Rose Tattoo was better. Not good...just better.
People love to crap on this movie, but it has one of the most iconic fight scenes of all time and they ALL know "Two men enter; one man leaves!"
Wilson Tuckey is alas still alive. I knew someone who worked for him in his parliamentary office who thought that he was a nice guy, which only goes to show that a career in politics requires some degree of charisma, regardless of whether that is then undermined by ones actions.
James mentions TRT as if Mason would have any idea what that means... Classic.
*Tells story of Byron Kennedy dying in a helicopter crash*
3:59 "I can't overstate how much of an impact he had..."
😏
Yes I did actually appreciate the Rodney trivia. Nice to know he's getting work out there as a camel
17:38 Miller in that interview looks like the Jigsaw doll…
A Living End reference, finally! I've been waiting since 2002.
"Break a deal, face the wheel."
"WHO RUN BARTERTOWN?"
"Ain't we a pair, raggedy man?"
Honestly, this is the odd one out as not does this movie have dialogue, it's quotable dialogue. I love Thunderdome, I don't care.
Love the small nod to the phantom menace game. Underrated gem.
I love all 4! Can't wait for Furiosa. As an artist I always wanted to make a Mad Max painting..and now this is the right time..showing at in cinema during Furiosa release..expo in cinema was always my thing..and audience liked my work sometimes even more then the movie..coming up my Furiosa version..it will be epic..I put all mad max movies feel in one image.
I’m disillusioned knowing that wasn’t Tina Turners actual hair 😞