Thunderdome was the 1st Mad Max movie I saw as a kid. It's one of my favorite movies and my family still quotes it today. Like, literally a few hours ago!
I've always felt that Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome was not a "wake" after the destruction of Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, as you put it, but the reconstruction, the resurrection, the rebuilding. As Auntie Entity points out, "where there was once despair, now there is hope... civilization; I'll do anything to protect it." The first two movies dealt with living in a sadistic and violent world... now, after 15 years, the remnants of that world are left to figure out the path forward, how to rebuild... and while I know a lot of people don't like the movie once the kids show up, I always felt it was two sides of the same coin... the future. One side - Bartertown - picks up the pieces, trying to learn from the past, but ultimately still realizing that one has to accept that brutality and violence are part of the world. This is why in the end, Auntie ultimately lets Max go. She could've easily killed him, or taken him back to Bartertown to be propped up as an example or crucified or something... she doesn't. Despite her calling for "no mercy" at the start of the chase, she understands the need for it lest she and the rest of the world once again fall into chaos and destruction. The other side - the kids - also picking up the pieces, but with less knowledge and more of a clean slate. Children ARE that, aren't they? A clean start, fresh and unspoiled by the sins of the past. I always loved that sequence when they're flying over the ruins of Sydney, and the feeling of mourning reflected in their faces (and in the excellent music) as they see what once was, how those who came before them had something so beautiful and then allowed themselves to destroy it... why? And then "the tell," and how it comes full circle with a little more knowledge of what once was, but still knowing only their community, the understanding that all they have - all we have - is each other. At least, that's how I always saw it. George Miller's grief and ultimate disinterest aside, I do think he was telling an interesting story that does complete the cycle for a character like Max, which that nightmare sequence would've added to. He has become no better than a violent marauder like the ones who took his family, the ones he's been fighting... and for what? To end up alone? Scavenging? Just like Pappagallo said in Mad Max 2, "You think you're the only one who's lost something? We all have, but we haven't given up." The whole trilogy is a hero's journey, and perhaps had there been a movie or a story in between The Road Warrior and Thunderdome - something to lead more gradually into the changes in the world, then maybe Thunderdome would've made even more sense. But now with Fury Road, Max's world is not really a "linear" one - I don't think we need "canon" or a chronology to be able to tell good stories about a character in a world... the details need not match up if they service the kind of story one is trying to tell. I see the first three as a trilogy, and Fury Road as a new cycle... same character, same world, different cycle...
Well Aunty Entity might have been a student of Kant's philosophy with the idea that killing a few people is justified if it prevents a lot of people from being killed in the premise of Thunderdome, and how that maintains law, and order. Of course they're trying to rebuild the world, but their biased by their knowledge of the old world. In the end, it's more of an oligarchy in that only a few hoard the knowledge, and resources to produce methane as the power source of Bartertown. One wonders too what happens to their civilization if the midget with all the brains dies, or is kidnapped? There doesn't seem to be any heir to his technical expertise. They just push him around to operate the methane plant after Blaster was killed, yet they never try to coerce him to pass down his knowledge to anyone. On the other side of it, the children who survived the plane crash have less knowledge, and yearn for more of it, but for much less sinister reasons. They're a smaller group. And, they're in many ways the morally superior group to rebuild society because any anthropologist would tell you that tribes are the simplest forms of democracy because the smaller the society is, the more egalitarian, and fair it is. Bartertown is a much larger society. Thus, it is less democratic because of the more complicated rules it has to maintain law, and order. The kids probably wouldn't figure out how to rebuild civilization in the ruins of Sydney as quickly as the Bartertown society. But, maybe their children, or grandchildren might piece some lost knowledge back together in a few generations time. They're only foolish action in the end is lighting fires at night for anyone in the wasteland to follow to the city ruins. Which means that inevitably they could have attracted anyone out there, some who might not have the same morals as Max or Aunty Entity. So, they may still doom their aspirations.
@@neoasura I still run into people who have no idea that song was associated with a mad max movie and have never seen the music video for it. When they find out, they are amazed and want to see the movie.
Beyond Thunderstone was the biggest Mad Max movie in the states. In fact most of us who were kids found Mad Max through Thunderdome. This movie was also shown all over TBS, and the hit song "we don't need another hero" was all over the radio.
@@donellmuniz590 As an 80s child, I was introduced to Tina Turner through her solo career and I loved her in Beyond Thunderdome. When I got older (probably in my early teens), my Mom told me about the horrible domestic abuse she both endured and survived. I gained even more respect for her.
@@crackerjack9320 Madonna could have been an ugly duckling turned great if she didn’t destroy her head. How i don’t know but at least in the 80s she was more pleasant
I liked Beyond Thunderdome. I always thought the pilot was the same person because Max does seem to recognize him and immediately says "you have a plane and it might just save your life".
It's my second, my favorite being the road warrior.. And I agree with Jimmy, it was criminal to not have Mel in fury road.. It would have increased its likability ten fold.. Still a pretty decent movie though considering.
Jedediah was played by Bruce SPENCE, not "SPENCER." A small point, but as a Bruce Spence fan, an important one. Spence went on to appear in Matrix, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dark City, Queen of the Damned, and too many other films to mention, as well as TV series like Farscape, Beastmaster, Legend of the Seeker, and more. He has arguably done more SF, fantasy, and other genre filmwork than any living actor.
As an Aussie, I'm disgusted by this "Minty" bloke. How can anyone claim to be both a true Australian and a true cinéphile and NOT know the honest-to-God legend that is Bruce Spence?! 🤯🤮 BTW, what's everyone's favourite Bruce Spence film/role? I am not ashamed in the slightest to say that mine is Hercules Returns. Funniest Aussie film of the 90's IMHO.
@@misssummersaltHe texts me off a lot because of his. The obvious mispronunciations of names and places. It's actually mind-blowing some of the mistakes he's made
This movie also has my favorite Mad Max scene in it. When he gets to town and they ask him to remove ALL his weapons!!!! The looks on the guards faces!!!!!!
Beyond Thunderdome was in theaters at the same time as The Goonies. I remember my uncle catching a ride with us when we went to see Goonies so he could see Mad Max 3
@@slcRN1971 Hear hear, MAD MAX 3 was allways very underated, to me as great as the first two + Tina Turner as a bonus bonus (music + acting) on top of that, this is the last MAD MAX period
I liked how she decided to let Max go at the end, and salute him him instead of killing him. I heard Tina had to fight for that as George Miller originally had decided Aunty Entity was supposed to kill Max. But luckily Tina won that battle and George agreed to let her have her way.
I like Thunderdome because it swings the world towards that of salvation and civilization. The first was the decline, the second was rock bottom, and the third shows that the world could be better by the end. It's a good trilogy in that sense. Great characters and action, despite it only having one car chase. Fury Road and I think further Mad Max films will be like the new Western type where the stranger comes into town and is the catalyst towards making things work out. The kids civilization is brilliant as well.
Agreed! This movie is amazing to me, but it's also contextual. I was too young to appreciate the first two, this one came out right when I was ready for it. So, to me, it's the best of the four. And as I've gotten older, the second and third acts have come to mean more and more.
I have one for you.....and you kind of touched on it with the PG-13 explanation: “Beyond Thunderdome is actually a children’s movie” Yep. Quite a few people think this. There is even an article written explaining this that I read years ago online. In it I seem to recall the author even finding where George Miller actually said something that even supported this. This movie is borderline silly in a lot of scenes compared to I and II and much more compassionate. Then on top of that a troop of children plus Max basically take on the town army and essentially win. So many examples. As a kid in the 80s I loved this movie.
I saw Thunderdome as a kid unaware of the previous existence of the Mad Max movies, therefore I loved this movie and was a childhood favorite. Another great video, thanks Minty...
MAD MAX 3 was allways very underated, to me as great as the first two + Tina Turner as a bonus (music + acting) on top of that, this is the last MAD MAX period
News flash for Minty...for a lot of us in the U.S., Beyond Thunderdome was the first Mad Max movie we had seen. It played incessantly on HBO back in the day, and I was in my 20's before I even knew the other two movies existed.
Minty mentioned this in his Mad Max 2 ( Road Warrior ) review, but yeah... me too. I didn’t know for years the first movie existed. I saw the VHS tape in a video store and thought it was a knock off 😂
I remember it coming to HBO and I loved it.. I can still remember the snapshot in the HBO guide of max sitting with the kids with their hands in the air...
This was the first of the movies that I ever saw, and I really enjoyed it. It was an iconic movie of my childhood because it inspired me to think more deeply about society.
I remember Miller in an interview talking about the continuity of Mad Max beyond the first 2 movies and what he said, paraphrasing is that it is basically the same story being told over and over again by different generations word to mouth as people thousands of years ago did. So Mad Max over time basically becomes a mythical character. The story is basically the same every time but over generations of the story being told it tends to drift here and there. Basically like a game of 'Telephone' played over hundreds of years. I really liked that explanation and if you look at the series in that light, It actually makes a lot of sense.
We don’t need another Hero is on my playlist. Love that track. And the Bartertown theme. Love the sax. The metal sounds. The whole thing. This one of my favourite flicks. I like fun movies. Fun and silly. And Mel Gibson before we went crazy
I worked in a supermarket and when this movie was released Tina Turner's songs from the movie were played nonstop. Every time I hear them or see something about the film I am immediately thrust back to being 14. Bagging groceries and yet excited about everything in life and what it had to offer. Love it
I like to think that the characters Bruce played in The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome were one and the same and he was stunned to see Max running through his home. He wouldn't have recognized Max in Thunderdome's opening scene with Max swaddled up against the wind and sand. Therefore, he had waylaid Max without knowing who he was. Later, with Max's hair cut, his face visible and his MFP jacket clearly visible the pilot was caught flat-footed and perhaps tried to play off the transgression from the opening scene.
@@SpacedCobraIII Interesting! Probably a better movie TBH. It would have the result of creating a tribe of inbred people living out there creepy lives in an oasis, that much is sure.
I actually saw Thunderdome first, and I thought it was strong enough to interest me in the other two. There is a huge difference in tone, but a lot can change in twenty years, so it still makes sense to me. Tina Turner was amazing, and she lent it a lot of power playing Auntie, as well as both the songs. I still watch it now and then.
I remember reading a movie magazine when MM3 came out that talked about an unexpected issue that came up when the location set of the crashed 747 (built for the film) wound up in the approach pattern of a major airport. Passengers looked down and saw what looked like a plane crash, causing distress and questions that the airlines couldn't answer. Even the pilots, seeing the set, would call in reports of a downed airliner to the airport causing more confusion.
8:45 I always assumed that the gyro captain left with those people at the end of Roadwarrior, had a child with that young girl with the Dr Seuss haircut, something happened to her, so he built a jalopy airplane, took his kid and went off into the wasteland finding Max along the way. The one thing that confused me was that max and "Jedidiah" act like they don't know each other.
What's weird is that my roommate and I both remember them actually reacting to each other like they did recognize the other one, more so Jedidiah. I'm wondering if there are different versions out there.
Thank You - you cleared the mystery about composer BRIAN MAY - Not being the guitarist for QUEEN. A 42 year old mystery no one could help me with. You are the Best! Btw at work around the time of the film whenever there was a shouting match at work people would chant " Two men enter, one man leaves."
Happy new year all, and God bless to anyone reading this. May you all have a better year than the last one. We are all living history and will all be part of this shit storm in the books. Be safe and keep your loved ones close....
When this came out, nobody I knew, me included, had even seen the first two movies. So, we watched Beyond Thunderdome as a stand-alone. I didn't see the other two until at least a decade later.
I've seen Mad Max and Road Warrior probably 50 times each. I couldnt even sit thru Thunderdome once. Bored me to death. I've never even tried to watch it again.
All three originals stand on their own, and they can be watched separately without the need for each other. Watching all three takes us on a journey through a post apocalyptic world that descends into chaos, and then tries to claw its way back towards civilization with the help of our hero.
I always felt Max's story didn't end in 2, if he had gone with the settlers at the end maybe but he's still the warrior of the wastelands, still by himself. Here at the end he goes back to the feral kids to be their guide and protector, he's finally found a purpose and family again "We're all going to stay right here, we're all going to live a long time and we're all going to be grateful" (notably he says 'We'). We see Max gradually regain his humanity, refusing to kill Blaster and then sacrificing himself at the end, the Max of the first movie is back. Also we see civilization which had crumbled in the first movie beginning rebuild itself, Aunties creation of Bartertown is rough and ready but it IS the future, a return to commerce and the rule of law. In MM4 we start seeing the return of human rights.
@@brianlagrant9757 it was always a sequel, it was always called furry road even back in 94, it was guna be about an aging max in his 50s (mel gibson) nearly feral from years wondering wastelands, and obsessed with his past rebuilt the interceptor. Due to the young actor they made a few changes and changed the ending but if you squint real hard you can almost pretend its mel and the original story 😆
Ah, Minty, you did it again: reminded me---by mentioning "We don't need another hero"---of how much I liked this movie and "Road Warrior." I just ordered DVDs of both---after watching and listening to Tina's music video, of course. Stay safe, everyone.
What's really funny is the kids in the movie try to leave their radiation free clean water filled Paradise for an old rusty City and somehow see it as an improvement.
Arguably, they are now in a better position to attract survivors and wanderers to help rebuild society under their more civil and compassionate attitudes.
I always felt that Thunderdome was just one of the many adventures of Max. This one wasn't as crazy as the last two but who knows what the next one would bring.
@@PozerAdultRacingTeam barely one or two but that's debatable. The movie as a whole is that bad. Mad Max 3 wasn't that great either but story wise it blew SatB 3 away.
until now I always though he said "dine time is here" and I saw this at the cinema a number of times. But I just checked it and your right he says "dyin' time is here"... I wish I new that before because it's a much better line.
@@RoverIAC Mishearing things is the best! It's a great line, but "dine time" is hysterical. Given the sheer volume of speech impediments in Beyond "Funderdome" it was a reasonable guess. XD
What I don’t understand is why so much protest about copyright, because when I watch reviews like this one and they play a really good song, I buy it. It seems to be a lost opportunity to get free advertisement for their music.
Ol' Mints upping the production quality for 2021! No really, keep up the good work. Most of these "Top 10" formats always have the SAME tired material that people usually already know. You always have info no one else has and many times things I didn't know. Been watching for years now and your output never falters. Keep it up my man!
I really wanted to like Beyond Thunderdome. I was in high school when it came out. My friends and I cut school to go watch it the week it came out. Imagine being a teenager, giddy from playing hooky and watching Mad Max at a movie theatre? I think we may have even smuggled beer in! We probably looked so pathetic as we slunk out at the end. It wasn't so much bad, as just boring. The worst part were the pop songs. They kind of sucked the life out of it. With the previous movies you could imagine Mad Max as this post apocalyptic punk rock world. But Mad Max 3 was apocalyptic VH1. It's Mad Max, with my PARENTS music! Thank god Fury Road redeemed the franchise.
So many good quotes from this movie even today. I still hear “two men enter, one man leaves.” Echoed in many settings. But “dying times here” is probably up there with “ya killing me smalls!”
One minor thing that bothers me about Mad Max 3 is the exile scene with the horse. That horse is too valuable to throw away like that. Horses can be used for travel, work, and in a worst case for calories.
You take your chances with the law. Besides that a horse has to be fed. Expensive. Also, it clearly didn't get far bc miss monkey caught up to it. Auntie probably bought it at a bargain price...20 minutes with a woman, or a piece of fruit.
Thunderdome was the first Mad Max movie I saw. Dad had it on Laserdisc and felt that it would be the safe one for me and my sister to watch (I was 7 or 8 at the time). It would later evolve into me growing to love the Mad Max series, then also into my eventual love of the Fallout series from playing the 1st and 2nd one at my friends house, and eventually the whole post-apocalyptic genre of film and media entirely. Even though it might be considered the odd one out of the Mad Max series, it will always will have a place in my heart just because of that, and I can still recite Master's plea to the Thunderdome crowd when Max knocks Blaster's helmet off from heart lmao
I noticed in the background a Black Widow Matchbox Car and it got me thinking. I vote for a, "10 Things You Didn't Know About the Toys in My Background shots". Every year you can do a new spot on more items as you add and subtract to your background toys, books, etc.
@@MrEnergee1987 One of the great characters to come out of the 80s... The Warriors is another favorite of mine. They don’t make them like they used to. ..
My very first concert was seeing Tina turner, it was around the time this movie came out. Part way through the concert she had changed into the dress from the movie and sang the song "we don't need another hero" as she stood on a platform that lifted her above the stage. I remember just being completely blown away about seeing someone famous. The concert experience was very strange for me being so young at the time. I sometimes forget that I actually seen her first, before I had seen a Metallica show ha ha.
When I was a kid my mom’s boyfriend had this movie recorded off TV on VHS & after the credits it had about the last four minutes of a hardcore X rated movie. I found this at age 12.
I always did think the pilot in both movies was the same person. The way I took that scene was that Max did recognize him and was like hey I know you ... You have an airplane. And then the pilot was pretending to play dumb and be like who me you must be mistaken.
I've always thought the same thing. You're absolutely correct. When the two see each other there is a total moment of recognition. I was surprised to learn that this is actually debated.
I thought that moment was Max just realizing he's the guy who stole his camels and wagon at the start of the movie, and remembering he has a plane. There's nothing in the movie implying they knew each other prior. And if it actually was the Gyro Captain, that just raises further questions about why he's here, because the narration in Road Warrior says the Gyro Captain became the leader of the Great Norther Tribe with the Feral Kid eventually succeeding him.
@@michaelwolfe9496 first the gyro captain tries to steal Max's car in Road Warrior, then this "other guy" steals his camels in Thunderdome. Seems like the same guy to me. 😉😄. As Minty pointed out, it is but it isn't the same guy.
While it wasn’t the epic apocalyptic adventure that was 2 I still thoroughly enjoyed this when my dad took me to see it at a drive in way back when. Tina Turners performance always stuck with me and the neverland kid tribe also stuck out, especially some of Max’s dialogue with them.
@@bigkmoviesandgames No. Too, I don’t know, odd for me. Left me feeling unsettled. I guess I like Thunderdome because it ends on a hopeful note for mankind.
@@bigkmoviesandgames I saw the first one. Traumatized me. It was only because of Tina Turner and the hype at the time that I watched Thunderdome. My favorite parts are with the lost children.
It's the most memorable out the three for me, as well most parodied, like California love, those post apocalyptic kids (south park), the thunderdome scene (rick and morty, baby blues, etc).
I love all the Mad Max movies.....and I loved Auntie Entity.....beautiful and tough as nails.....and while that dress had to be hard to wear it looked amazing
There are some odd parallels between this and the Evil Dead films: the chainsaw, the "reluctant hero from the sky" idea, even the grey line that appears in Ash's hair in Evil Dead 2 looks like Max's.
The alternate ending to me is the original ending, as that is the one I saw first. Back in the VHS days, Finland had it's own version of the movie, which I still think is the best one. Basically it was the director's cut version, with one liners from the theatrical cut. First time when I watched the theatrical and Director's cut versions of the film on DVD, neither version was the one I remembered and on the internet there is no information of this cut ever existing, I thought I was crazy. Later I watched the film with Bruce's commentary and at one point he talks about the different versions of the film and mentions that he also likes the Finnish version, it indeed does exists! I hope it one day get's re-released.
Beyond Thunderdome had better characters, better character arcs (especially for Mad Max), better music, better cinematography and a better plot. Literally everyone I know whom I group up with in the 80's views Thunderdome as the pinnacle of the trilogy, with the first in the series as the weakest. Perhaps these movies were viewed differently in other countries, but many of us here in the US see Thunderdome as the "evolution" of the story of Mad Max.
exactly!! it’s almost jaw dropping to hear minty describe thunder dome as disappointing!!! i tried to watch the first mad max film when it aired on tv & i couldn’t watch it through to the end. the bare bones budget really robbed the film of the opportunity to create the atmosphere that it needed. an empty road on a hot, sunny day… um… not terribly evocative. & i loved the scavenger kids in thunder dome.
Just rewatched this film after not seeing much of it over the years. I did see it in theatres, when I was sixteen or so! I think it’s held up very well, it makes sense, and it’s well acted all around.
I loved Thunderdome when I was a kid! I love all of the films, but that is the one that stuck with me the most. Master Blaster was great, Tina Turner was an amazing anti-hero, and Max showed even more depth in his character. There were awesome songs and very memorable quotes, too. Tina Turner really sold it for me. She is a goddess. I was inspired by her strength, as well as Grace Jones' in Conan the Destroyer. They were beautiful, powerful, commanding Amazonians and I adored them as a little girl. Still do.
Thunderdome was the 1st Mad Max movie I saw as a kid. It's one of my favorite movies and my family still quotes it today. Like, literally a few hours ago!
it has so many quotable lines.
This is the first one I saw too (on MonsterVision when Joe Bob was hosting). I think being rated PG-13 makes it more accessible to kids.
I've always felt that Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome was not a "wake" after the destruction of Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, as you put it, but the reconstruction, the resurrection, the rebuilding. As Auntie Entity points out, "where there was once despair, now there is hope... civilization; I'll do anything to protect it." The first two movies dealt with living in a sadistic and violent world... now, after 15 years, the remnants of that world are left to figure out the path forward, how to rebuild... and while I know a lot of people don't like the movie once the kids show up, I always felt it was two sides of the same coin... the future.
One side - Bartertown - picks up the pieces, trying to learn from the past, but ultimately still realizing that one has to accept that brutality and violence are part of the world. This is why in the end, Auntie ultimately lets Max go. She could've easily killed him, or taken him back to Bartertown to be propped up as an example or crucified or something... she doesn't. Despite her calling for "no mercy" at the start of the chase, she understands the need for it lest she and the rest of the world once again fall into chaos and destruction.
The other side - the kids - also picking up the pieces, but with less knowledge and more of a clean slate. Children ARE that, aren't they? A clean start, fresh and unspoiled by the sins of the past. I always loved that sequence when they're flying over the ruins of Sydney, and the feeling of mourning reflected in their faces (and in the excellent music) as they see what once was, how those who came before them had something so beautiful and then allowed themselves to destroy it... why? And then "the tell," and how it comes full circle with a little more knowledge of what once was, but still knowing only their community, the understanding that all they have - all we have - is each other.
At least, that's how I always saw it.
George Miller's grief and ultimate disinterest aside, I do think he was telling an interesting story that does complete the cycle for a character like Max, which that nightmare sequence would've added to. He has become no better than a violent marauder like the ones who took his family, the ones he's been fighting... and for what? To end up alone? Scavenging? Just like Pappagallo said in Mad Max 2, "You think you're the only one who's lost something? We all have, but we haven't given up." The whole trilogy is a hero's journey, and perhaps had there been a movie or a story in between The Road Warrior and Thunderdome - something to lead more gradually into the changes in the world, then maybe Thunderdome would've made even more sense.
But now with Fury Road, Max's world is not really a "linear" one - I don't think we need "canon" or a chronology to be able to tell good stories about a character in a world... the details need not match up if they service the kind of story one is trying to tell.
I see the first three as a trilogy, and Fury Road as a new cycle... same character, same world, different cycle...
great post.
Well Aunty Entity might have been a student of Kant's philosophy with the idea that killing a few people is justified if it prevents a lot of people from being killed in the premise of Thunderdome, and how that maintains law, and order. Of course they're trying to rebuild the world, but their biased by their knowledge of the old world.
In the end, it's more of an oligarchy in that only a few hoard the knowledge, and resources to produce methane as the power source of Bartertown. One wonders too what happens to their civilization if the midget with all the brains dies, or is kidnapped? There doesn't seem to be any heir to his technical expertise. They just push him around to operate the methane plant after Blaster was killed, yet they never try to coerce him to pass down his knowledge to anyone.
On the other side of it, the children who survived the plane crash have less knowledge, and yearn for more of it, but for much less sinister reasons. They're a smaller group. And, they're in many ways the morally superior group to rebuild society because any anthropologist would tell you that tribes are the simplest forms of democracy because the smaller the society is, the more egalitarian, and fair it is. Bartertown is a much larger society. Thus, it is less democratic because of the more complicated rules it has to maintain law, and order.
The kids probably wouldn't figure out how to rebuild civilization in the ruins of Sydney as quickly as the Bartertown society. But, maybe their children, or grandchildren might piece some lost knowledge back together in a few generations time. They're only foolish action in the end is lighting fires at night for anyone in the wasteland to follow to the city ruins. Which means that inevitably they could have attracted anyone out there, some who might not have the same morals as Max or Aunty Entity. So, they may still doom their aspirations.
@@casinodelonge SIMPLE, BUT EFFECTIVE. OUTSTANDING REPLY... PEACE...
For reals. And if that's the case, that town is USA and the spot In Fury Road is middle east
We Don't Need Another Hero is one of the best movie songs of the 80's.
All the children sing:
WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO!
WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW THE WAY HOME!
ALL WE WANT IS LIFE BEYOND...
The Thunderdome.
Who's still listening to this song now?
I always think about this movie when I hear it on the radio.
@@neoasura I still run into people who have no idea that song was associated with a mad max movie and have never seen the music video for it. When they find out, they are amazed and want to see the movie.
I prefer One of the Living which had a killer saxophone solo and the music video is pretty awesome 80s.
Bonus fact: The small actor that plays Master was one of the circus troupe in Tod Browning’s infamous 1932 film ‘Freaks’.
Don't forget Time bandits.
@@killhacker5776 Nope, he wasn’t in Time Bandits
Tina Turner had the legs of a goddess and the face (and age) to protect them.
performing in a 120lb metal dress... yes, she's a sexy badass.
Still has the legs I think . Always felt they should be in the Smithsonian :D
When I was a kid in the 80s she did leggs panty hose commercials. Pretty sure that was the first time I saw them legs.
@@joshuagibson2520 I can remember the commercials a bit. Since they were for selling pantyhose I didn't pay that close attention.
This comment thread is epic
Beyond Thunderstone was the biggest Mad Max movie in the states. In fact most of us who were kids found Mad Max through Thunderdome. This movie was also shown all over TBS, and the hit song "we don't need another hero" was all over the radio.
Thunderdome was my favorite of all of them. Tina was epic.
Saw it at the theater when it came out. Excellent then and now. Big fan of the first two and was not disappointed with Dome.
I loved Tina in this movie. She played the part so well. She was a better singer turned actress than Madonna.
Cuz for 20 years she had to ACT like the happy wife of Ike Turner!
@@donellmuniz590 As an 80s child, I was introduced to Tina Turner through her solo career and I loved her in Beyond Thunderdome. When I got older (probably in my early teens), my Mom told me about the horrible domestic abuse she both endured and survived. I gained even more respect for her.
Tina was both a better actress and singer...and hotter!
@@crackerjack9320 Madonna could have been an ugly duckling turned great if she didn’t destroy her head. How i don’t know but at least in the 80s she was more pleasant
@@Lesley_RedRhody Yep, and she just turned 80, and her cancer is in remission. She is healthy and happy.
I liked Beyond Thunderdome. I always thought the pilot was the same person because Max does seem to recognize him and immediately says "you have a plane and it might just save your life".
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome is a great movie.
Less brutal or not, this is the movie which everyone quotes.
Makes sense considering it's the one Mad Max talks in lol, he barely talks in the other ones.
@@neoasura Maybe that would be true if it was Max they were quoting. 😉
@@dariusq8894 Agreed. Nobody quotes max... "Master Blaster! Listen to the law!!!"
That’s so true. Beyond Thunderdome is constantly being quoted even though it was never as popular as the first two films especially the Road Warrior.
Leave your weapons here, it's the law.
Confession: this movie is kinda my favorite of the four.
I have a confession, I didn't really like Fury Road. And the absence of Mel (even as a cameo) was criminal.
It's my second, my favorite being the road warrior.. And I agree with Jimmy, it was criminal to not have Mel in fury road.. It would have increased its likability ten fold.. Still a pretty decent movie though considering.
this film was a lot better than the first and fury road (which is hot hollywood garbage)
Thunderdome is the first one I saw and always liked it best with the second one being my 2nd favorite.
👍👍 I agree with you, as it is my favorite too!!!
Jedediah was played by Bruce SPENCE, not "SPENCER." A small point, but as a Bruce Spence fan, an important one. Spence went on to appear in Matrix, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dark City, Queen of the Damned, and too many other films to mention, as well as TV series like Farscape, Beastmaster, Legend of the Seeker, and more. He has arguably done more SF, fantasy, and other genre filmwork than any living actor.
As an Aussie, I'm disgusted by this "Minty" bloke. How can anyone claim to be both a true Australian and a true cinéphile and NOT know the honest-to-God legend that is Bruce Spence?! 🤯🤮
BTW, what's everyone's favourite Bruce Spence film/role? I am not ashamed in the slightest to say that mine is Hercules Returns.
Funniest Aussie film of the 90's IMHO.
@@misssummersaltHe texts me off a lot because of his. The obvious mispronunciations of names and places. It's actually mind-blowing some of the mistakes he's made
He’s certainly kept very busy over the past forty years.
This movie also has my favorite Mad Max scene in it. When he gets to town and they ask him to remove ALL his weapons!!!! The looks on the guards faces!!!!!!
You did wonder when it would end. You expected him to cough up a grenade to end it.
@@DLJohnsonHonourofKings LMAO!!!!!!
Beyond Thunderdome was in theaters at the same time as The Goonies. I remember my uncle catching a ride with us when we went to see Goonies so he could see Mad Max 3
Jane Fonda could not have convincingly pulled off Aunty Entity. I believe Tina Turner was not only the right choice, but the only choice.
Yes, she is so fantastic in this film. Too bad that she wasn’t offered more starring roles.
@@slcRN1971 Hear hear, MAD MAX 3 was allways very underated, to me as great as the first two + Tina Turner as a bonus bonus (music + acting) on top of that, this is the last MAD MAX period
Agreed. And who wants to hire a communist.
I liked how she decided to let Max go at the end, and salute him him instead of killing him. I heard Tina had to fight for that as George Miller originally had decided Aunty Entity was supposed to kill Max. But luckily Tina won that battle and George agreed to let her have her way.
Yep I am with you there!
This is the best one in my opinion. Its were i first discovered mad max as a child. Was always on showtime and HBO
I like Thunderdome because it swings the world towards that of salvation and civilization. The first was the decline, the second was rock bottom, and the third shows that the world could be better by the end. It's a good trilogy in that sense. Great characters and action, despite it only having one car chase. Fury Road and I think further Mad Max films will be like the new Western type where the stranger comes into town and is the catalyst towards making things work out. The kids civilization is brilliant as well.
I feel this way too. It helps expand the cinematic world as it evolves. It seems fitting
Thunderdome is the TEMPLE OF DOOM of the mad Max flicks. Not at all bad but just NOT QUITE at the same level.
Temple of doom is the best Indiana Jones movie
Thunderdome had great characters and good story and most important has heart.
👍👍 very well stated!!!
Agreed! This movie is amazing to me, but it's also contextual. I was too young to appreciate the first two, this one came out right when I was ready for it. So, to me, it's the best of the four. And as I've gotten older, the second and third acts have come to mean more and more.
I have one for you.....and you kind of touched on it with the PG-13 explanation:
“Beyond Thunderdome is actually a children’s movie”
Yep. Quite a few people think this. There is even an article written explaining this that I read years ago online. In it I seem to recall the author even finding where George Miller actually said something that even supported this.
This movie is borderline silly in a lot of scenes compared to I and II and much more compassionate. Then on top of that a troop of children plus Max basically take on the town army and essentially win. So many examples.
As a kid in the 80s I loved this movie.
I am not your Captain Walker. I'm the man that keeps Mr. Death in his pocket.
Actually, it was "Mr Dead"
I saw Thunderdome as a kid unaware of the previous existence of the Mad Max movies, therefore I loved this movie and was a childhood favorite.
Another great video, thanks Minty...
Beyond Thunderdome is great.
Nope
@@thejamesbondshowwithkrazyk4581 yep
MAD MAX 3 was allways very underated, to me as great as the first two + Tina Turner as a bonus (music + acting) on top of that, this is the last MAD MAX period
@@jimcameron1234 Fury road was badass too but keep thinking yours is the cool opinion..so hip.
@@pazuzu603 fury road was utter bullshit.
News flash for Minty...for a lot of us in the U.S., Beyond Thunderdome was the first Mad Max movie we had seen. It played incessantly on HBO back in the day, and I was in my 20's before I even knew the other two movies existed.
Minty mentioned this in his Mad Max 2 ( Road Warrior ) review, but yeah... me too. I didn’t know for years the first movie existed. I saw the VHS tape in a video store and thought it was a knock off 😂
I gotta ask...how old are ya?
Beyond Thunderdome was the first Mad Max I saw in the 80's, we rented the vhs 3-4 times in a row
What's a vhs??? Just joking I know what it is
@@specialed4564 If you didn't know, you are on the wrong channel
@@simonkennedy6116 I'm a kid of the 80's I know what vhs and beta are I still have my collection
I remember it coming to HBO and I loved it.. I can still remember the snapshot in the HBO guide of max sitting with the kids with their hands in the air...
I wanted to make a copy with another vhs. But i could only find afford 1 hout blank tapes. That looked like shit.
This was the first of the movies that I ever saw, and I really enjoyed it. It was an iconic movie of my childhood because it inspired me to think more deeply about society.
"The knowin' and the doin' " is a phrase I still use.
I remember Miller in an interview talking about the continuity of Mad Max beyond the first 2 movies and what he said, paraphrasing is that it is basically the same story being told over and over again by different generations word to mouth as people thousands of years ago did. So Mad Max over time basically becomes a mythical character. The story is basically the same every time but over generations of the story being told it tends to drift here and there. Basically like a game of 'Telephone' played over hundreds of years. I really liked that explanation and if you look at the series in that light, It actually makes a lot of sense.
Underrated Classic. I was lucky to see it in a Theatre.
I did as well.
We don’t need another Hero is on my playlist. Love that track. And the Bartertown theme. Love the sax. The metal sounds. The whole thing. This one of my favourite flicks. I like fun movies. Fun and silly. And Mel Gibson before we went crazy
Bruce Campbell as Mad Max would have been groovy baby!
Boom Stick and all :)
I can't see it.
It would’ve been hilarious 😂
I can see it, Ash falls from the sky again with his beat up car. Fixes it. And hijacks the movie with every expression on his face.
I worked in a supermarket and when this movie was released Tina Turner's songs from the movie were played nonstop. Every time I hear them or see something about the film I am immediately thrust back to being 14. Bagging groceries and yet excited about everything in life and what it had to offer. Love it
I always liked this one. All of them I thought were fun, entertaining and each one brought something different to the series.
I like to think that the characters Bruce played in The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome were one and the same and he was stunned to see Max running through his home. He wouldn't have recognized Max in Thunderdome's opening scene with Max swaddled up against the wind and sand. Therefore, he had waylaid Max without knowing who he was. Later, with Max's hair cut, his face visible and his MFP jacket clearly visible the pilot was caught flat-footed and perhaps tried to play off the transgression from the opening scene.
"Bust a deal, then face the wheel!"
Bust a move, face the groove!
GULAG! GULAG! GULAG!
I wonder how the movie would have played out if it landed on "acquittal" =P
@@SpacedCobraIII Interesting! Probably a better movie TBH.
It would have the result of creating a tribe of inbred people living out there creepy lives in an oasis, that much is sure.
@@SpacedCobraIII Or "amputation".
I actually saw Thunderdome first, and I thought it was strong enough to interest me in the other two. There is a huge difference in tone, but a lot can change in twenty years, so it still makes sense to me. Tina Turner was amazing, and she lent it a lot of power playing Auntie, as well as both the songs. I still watch it now and then.
I loved this movie. This one is up there with Road Warrior for me. Completely different feel with these two movies but both so good!!!!
Minty, the sax solo on we don’t need any other hero is the same sexy sax guy from the Lost Boys intro!
I liked the 2nd one best. But Beyond Thunderdome was still pretty decent.
Completely agree.
Two words. Master blaster
Yep. I would rank them 2, 3, 1.
yeah i would rank them 2, 4, 1, 3
People will trash talk this movie but they still know that "Two men enter, one man leaves!"
It's far better than it gets credit for.
"We don't need another copyright infringement."
Oh, I felt that for you Minty.
RIP Hugh Keays-Byrne..he should’ve been in Thunderdome, might have helped it out for some people..I still love this movie
That would've spread more confusion like Bruce Spence being cast for an unrelated part.
Rest in Peace, Uncle Toe Cutter.
I loved beyond Thunderdome. It was the first one that I saw, and was what inspired me to watch the first two.
I remember reading a movie magazine when MM3 came out that talked about an unexpected issue that came up when the location set of the crashed 747 (built for the film) wound up in the approach pattern of a major airport. Passengers looked down and saw what looked like a plane crash, causing distress and questions that the airlines couldn't answer. Even the pilots, seeing the set, would call in reports of a downed airliner to the airport causing more confusion.
Wow, didn’t know that!
8:45 I always assumed that the gyro captain left with those people at the end of Roadwarrior, had a child with that young girl with the Dr Seuss haircut, something happened to her, so he built a jalopy airplane, took his kid and went off into the wasteland finding Max along the way. The one thing that confused me was that max and "Jedidiah" act like they don't know each other.
What's weird is that my roommate and I both remember them actually reacting to each other like they did recognize the other one, more so Jedidiah. I'm wondering if there are different versions out there.
Beyond Thunderdome is actually my favorite mad max movie.
Roger Ebert felt it was the best of the three. (He didn't live to see Fury Road.)
Amen.
Mine too.
Thank You - you cleared the mystery about composer BRIAN MAY - Not being the guitarist for QUEEN. A 42 year old mystery no one could help me with. You are the Best! Btw at work around the time of the film whenever there was a shouting match at work people would chant " Two men enter, one man leaves."
Minty could pass as a road warrior.
He just needs a Mohawk and a black leather motorcycle suit with football shoulder and knee pads.
And a chainsaw or hook or sawed off shotgun 😁
Minty even has that unnerving down under
lilt in his wordspeak.
Don't forget the codpiece.
Beyond the thunderdome was the first of the series that I saw, so I loved it. Tina Turner was so great in it.
Happy new year all, and God bless to anyone reading this. May you all have a better year than the last one. We are all living history and will all be part of this shit storm in the books. Be safe and keep your loved ones close....
My favorite line is "You can shovel shit, can't you?"
The two pilots are twins.
"It's never twins." - Sherlock
Or cousins.
Or twin cousins!
The chase scene in the end is incredible nice shot, the thunderdome fight is amazing and it has the best lines worthy to quote, from the whole series.
When this came out, nobody I knew, me included, had even seen the first two movies. So, we watched Beyond Thunderdome as a stand-alone. I didn't see the other two until at least a decade later.
The Gyro Pilot, Bruce Spence - when did he add an "r" to the end of his surname?
I've seen Mad Max and Road Warrior probably 50 times each. I couldnt even sit thru Thunderdome once. Bored me to death. I've never even tried to watch it again.
It really picks up in the third Act. I'd recommend you give another shot.
All three originals stand on their own, and they can be watched separately without the need for each other. Watching all three takes us on a journey through a post apocalyptic world that descends into chaos, and then tries to claw its way back towards civilization with the help of our hero.
Very true
Go max!
That was the beauty of it. Kind of the only trilogy where that is possible.
I always felt Max's story didn't end in 2, if he had gone with the settlers at the end maybe but he's still the warrior of the wastelands, still by himself. Here at the end he goes back to the feral kids to be their guide and protector, he's finally found a purpose and family again "We're all going to stay right here, we're all going to live a long time and we're all going to be grateful" (notably he says 'We'). We see Max gradually regain his humanity, refusing to kill Blaster and then sacrificing himself at the end, the Max of the first movie is back. Also we see civilization which had crumbled in the first movie beginning rebuild itself, Aunties creation of Bartertown is rough and ready but it IS the future, a return to commerce and the rule of law. In MM4 we start seeing the return of human rights.
I also like to think aunty knew who immortan joe was, and maybe even worked for him like the bullet farmer and people eater
@@maxpower8041 That's very interesting. I always wondered if Fury Road was a sequel or a prequel to Thunderdome.
@@brianlagrant9757 it was always a sequel, it was always called furry road even back in 94, it was guna be about an aging max in his 50s (mel gibson) nearly feral from years wondering wastelands, and obsessed with his past rebuilt the interceptor. Due to the young actor they made a few changes and changed the ending but if you squint real hard you can almost pretend its mel and the original story 😆
Ah, Minty, you did it again: reminded me---by mentioning "We don't need another hero"---of how much I liked this movie and "Road Warrior." I just ordered DVDs of both---after watching and listening to Tina's music video, of course. Stay safe, everyone.
What's really funny is the kids in the movie try to leave their radiation free clean water filled Paradise for an old rusty City and somehow see it as an improvement.
That pretty much perfectly describes all teenagers
@@gunfighterzero lol
Kind of like the children of chaz?
That's basically what our ancestors did. Grass is always greener on the other dump.
Arguably, they are now in a better position to attract survivors and wanderers to help rebuild society under their more civil and compassionate attitudes.
I always felt that Thunderdome was just one of the many adventures of Max. This one wasn't as crazy as the last two but who knows what the next one would bring.
Still better than Smokey and the Bandit 3!
Most things are.
Smokey and the Bandit 3 wasn't that bad. It has it's moments.
@@PozerAdultRacingTeam barely one or two but that's debatable. The movie as a whole is that bad. Mad Max 3 wasn't that great either but story wise it blew SatB 3 away.
Ohhhh snap!!!!
@@PozerAdultRacingTeam Gleason is still good.....
Wait, Fury Road was rated "R", not PG-13.
In the USA, at least. I don't think PG-13 is used in other countries either.
@@ericthuemmel5275 ohhh, okay. That makes sense.
Yep rated r
@@ericthuemmel5275 IDK about other countries but in the UK we have 12A which is pretty much the same thing
Ladies and gentlemen ,boys and girls dying time here
Bust a deal, then face the wheel.
Who run Bartertown?
until now I always though he said "dine time is here" and I saw this at the cinema a number of times. But I just checked it and your right he says "dyin' time is here"... I wish I new that before because it's a much better line.
@@RoverIAC Mishearing things is the best! It's a great line, but "dine time" is hysterical. Given the sheer volume of speech impediments in Beyond "Funderdome" it was a reasonable guess. XD
@@Psychol-Snooper what you call "speech impediment" is my native language, 'Austraylyan'.
I like how he describes Beyond Thunder Dome as the wake of the Mad Max 2 explosion.
8:14 We don't need another copyright infringement! Haha Hilarious!
What I don’t understand is why so much protest about copyright, because when I watch reviews like this one and they play a really good song, I buy it. It seems to be a lost opportunity to get free advertisement for their music.
@@slcRN1971 Exactly! I love Tina Turner and have a friend who runs a record store. This just reminds me of another album to look for.
Ol' Mints upping the production quality for 2021!
No really, keep up the good work. Most of these "Top 10" formats always have the SAME tired material that people usually already know. You always have info no one else has and many times things I didn't know.
Been watching for years now and your output never falters. Keep it up my man!
"I'm the man who keeps Mr. Dead in his pocket".
I really wanted to like Beyond Thunderdome. I was in high school when it came out.
My friends and I cut school to go watch it the week it came out.
Imagine being a teenager, giddy from playing hooky and watching Mad Max at a movie theatre?
I think we may have even smuggled beer in!
We probably looked so pathetic as we slunk out at the end.
It wasn't so much bad, as just boring.
The worst part were the pop songs. They kind of sucked the life out of it.
With the previous movies you could imagine Mad Max as this post apocalyptic punk rock world.
But Mad Max 3 was apocalyptic VH1. It's Mad Max, with my PARENTS music!
Thank god Fury Road redeemed the franchise.
I disagree
@@holdencawffle626 I on the other hand fully agree.
"Who runs Barter Town?"
"MINTY."
louder!
@@bacardibum ::overhead speaker::: MINTY!
So many good quotes from this movie even today.
I still hear “two men enter, one man leaves.” Echoed in many settings.
But “dying times here” is probably up there with “ya killing me smalls!”
One minor thing that bothers me about Mad Max 3 is the exile scene with the horse. That horse is too valuable to throw away like that. Horses can be used for travel, work, and in a worst case for calories.
You take your chances with the law. Besides that a horse has to be fed. Expensive. Also, it clearly didn't get far bc miss monkey caught up to it. Auntie probably bought it at a bargain price...20 minutes with a woman, or a piece of fruit.
@@paulrevere2379 20 minutes with a hooker is a pretty good deal for a horse that could have feed all those pigs!
Thunderdome was the first Mad Max movie I saw. Dad had it on Laserdisc and felt that it would be the safe one for me and my sister to watch (I was 7 or 8 at the time). It would later evolve into me growing to love the Mad Max series, then also into my eventual love of the Fallout series from playing the 1st and 2nd one at my friends house, and eventually the whole post-apocalyptic genre of film and media entirely. Even though it might be considered the odd one out of the Mad Max series, it will always will have a place in my heart just because of that, and I can still recite Master's plea to the Thunderdome crowd when Max knocks Blaster's helmet off from heart lmao
Happy New Year. Have a good one , Minty.
I noticed in the background a Black Widow Matchbox Car and it got me thinking. I vote for a, "10 Things You Didn't Know About the Toys in My Background shots". Every year you can do a new spot on more items as you add and subtract to your background toys, books, etc.
A couple years after this there was another cult classic called 3 o’clock high. Happy New Year minty!!!
What an underrated classic! Jerry Mitchell lol
@@NickP don’t forget Buddy Revel he was essentially a hybrid of Swan and Ajax (The Warriors)
@@MrEnergee1987 One of the great characters to come out of the 80s... The Warriors is another favorite of mine. They don’t make them like they used to. ..
@@NickP that’s right because 3 o’clock high, Sleepaway Camp and The Warriors are my top three favourite cult films
Yeah.. No... Three o'clock high is Meh, at best..
Bruce Campbell would have made an awesome Mad Max for TV!! Wish that was a thing! It would have been epic!
I remember going out to Kurnell to view the crashed plane set.
"One day cock of the walk, and the next day a feather duster". Well, thats how I remember the line. Loved it.
Jepp, No. 2 is the best of the Series. But Thunderdome wasn't that bad. And Tina was a hell of a 'Villian' ;-)
My very first concert was seeing Tina turner, it was around the time this movie came out.
Part way through the concert she had changed into the dress from the movie and sang the song "we don't need another hero" as she stood on a platform that lifted her above the stage.
I remember just being completely blown away about seeing someone famous.
The concert experience was very strange for me being so young at the time.
I sometimes forget that I actually seen her first, before I had seen a Metallica show ha ha.
I think his name is Spence without the “r”
Yep. That's Minty, still not getting an independent review to catch his slip-ups before posting to TH-cam.
The movie and sound track are friggin awesome! I love these movies so much my 4 yr old is named Maxwell! ♡
When I was a kid my mom’s boyfriend had this movie recorded off TV on VHS & after the credits it had about the last four minutes of a hardcore X rated movie. I found this at age 12.
You ate ignorant.
This one left me wanting more road warrior at the time but has since become appreciated for its unique perspective. Good on ya
I always did think the pilot in both movies was the same person. The way I took that scene was that Max did recognize him and was like hey I know you ... You have an airplane. And then the pilot was pretending to play dumb and be like who me you must be mistaken.
I've always thought the same thing. You're absolutely correct. When the two see each other there is a total moment of recognition. I was surprised to learn that this is actually debated.
I thought that moment was Max just realizing he's the guy who stole his camels and wagon at the start of the movie, and remembering he has a plane. There's nothing in the movie implying they knew each other prior.
And if it actually was the Gyro Captain, that just raises further questions about why he's here, because the narration in Road Warrior says the Gyro Captain became the leader of the Great Norther Tribe with the Feral Kid eventually succeeding him.
@@michaelwolfe9496 first the gyro captain tries to steal Max's car in Road Warrior, then this "other guy" steals his camels in Thunderdome. Seems like the same guy to me. 😉😄. As Minty pointed out, it is but it isn't the same guy.
No. They were always two different characters. I've known that for years. Plus, imdb exists
While it wasn’t the epic apocalyptic adventure that was 2 I still thoroughly enjoyed this when my dad took me to see it at a drive in way back when. Tina Turners performance always stuck with me and the neverland kid tribe also stuck out, especially some of Max’s dialogue with them.
Thunderdome is the only one in the series that I liked. It’s a frequently re-watched favorite.
You didn't like the other 3?
It actually stands on its own. I don't much care for the first two.
@@bigkmoviesandgames No. Too, I don’t know, odd for me. Left me feeling unsettled. I guess I like Thunderdome because it ends on a hopeful note for mankind.
@@cindystrachan8566 fury road ends hopefully too though.
@@bigkmoviesandgames I saw the first one. Traumatized me. It was only because of Tina Turner and the hype at the time that I watched Thunderdome. My favorite parts are with the lost children.
It's the most memorable out the three for me, as well most parodied, like California love, those post apocalyptic kids (south park), the thunderdome scene (rick and morty, baby blues, etc).
Was the character "Screw Loose" a foreshadow of the War Boys of Fury Road?
It looks like it.
NO. Ironbar was.
I love all the Mad Max movies.....and I loved Auntie Entity.....beautiful and tough as nails.....and while that dress had to be hard to wear it looked amazing
I wonder if the alternate ending of Army of Darkness is what sparked the idea of Bruce Campbell as Mad Max.
That I'd like to see. But I never took it as an alternate, Ash just defeats the evil in the future and then travels back in time to his job at S-mart.
There are some odd parallels between this and the Evil Dead films: the chainsaw, the "reluctant hero from the sky" idea, even the grey line that appears in Ash's hair in Evil Dead 2 looks like Max's.
@@Emulous79 The shotgun?
The alternate ending to me is the original ending, as that is the one I saw first. Back in the VHS days, Finland had it's own version of the movie, which I still think is the best one. Basically it was the director's cut version, with one liners from the theatrical cut. First time when I watched the theatrical and Director's cut versions of the film on DVD, neither version was the one I remembered and on the internet there is no information of this cut ever existing, I thought I was crazy. Later I watched the film with Bruce's commentary and at one point he talks about the different versions of the film and mentions that he also likes the Finnish version, it indeed does exists! I hope it one day get's re-released.
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho And that! I swear Sam Raimi copied these films. I wonder if anybody's asked him.
The best of all Mad Max movies; story, music, characters, ambience, production... all great.
Beyond Thunderdome had better characters, better character arcs (especially for Mad Max), better music, better cinematography and a better plot. Literally everyone I know whom I group up with in the 80's views Thunderdome as the pinnacle of the trilogy, with the first in the series as the weakest. Perhaps these movies were viewed differently in other countries, but many of us here in the US see Thunderdome as the "evolution" of the story of Mad Max.
exactly!! it’s almost jaw dropping to hear minty describe thunder dome as disappointing!!! i tried to watch the first mad max film when it aired on tv & i couldn’t watch it through to the end. the bare bones budget really robbed the film of the opportunity to create the atmosphere that it needed. an empty road on a hot, sunny day… um… not terribly evocative. & i loved the scavenger kids in thunder dome.
Excellent observation Not John. Spot on.
Just rewatched this film after not seeing much of it over the years. I did see it in theatres, when I was sixteen or so! I think it’s held up very well, it makes sense, and it’s well acted all around.
Fantastic flick
Minty, Fury Road was rated R in the US
This is my fav Mad Max actually
I loved Thunderdome when I was a kid! I love all of the films, but that is the one that stuck with me the most. Master Blaster was great, Tina Turner was an amazing anti-hero, and Max showed even more depth in his character. There were awesome songs and very memorable quotes, too. Tina Turner really sold it for me. She is a goddess. I was inspired by her strength, as well as Grace Jones' in Conan the Destroyer. They were beautiful, powerful, commanding Amazonians and I adored them as a little girl. Still do.