Mad Max: Fury Road

[01101010]

Not a Mad Max fan... which is odd because I liked playing borderlands; but I will watch any movie with Charlize in it... even Monster.

[Ghambit]

Seems more like a live-action version of Car Wars to me, rather than Borderlands.  Car Wars > Boderlands.

[Evildrider]

Looks awesome and makes me almost want to deal with 3D. 

[Ghambit]

Re-watched the sneak peak trailer...  ummm, almost the exact same as this "official" one.  Hrmph.  Wasted post.

[shiznitz]

Why does an apocalyptic world of anarchy need killer tornadoes to make it actiony enough?

[Evildrider]

They could have been sharknados!

[apocrypha]

Seems more like a live-action version of Car Wars to me, rather than Borderlands.  Car Wars > Boderlands.

I loved Car Wars. Still can't quite believe that nobody ever made a *decent* PC game from it.

[Trippy]

Interstate '76 was a pretty good effort.

[apocrypha]

Very true, IS-76 was one of those little-known gems, great game that never got much attention. The car designing process was also echoed for me in Eve's ship fitting.

As to the film, well I treat trailers in the same way that I am resolved to treat early access games from now on: watch & wait.

[Sir T]

Trailers are not what the film is really about. They are what people want you to THINK the film is about.

[Khaldun]

Interstate 76, there's something I haven't thought about in a long time. It had its flaws, but it was pretty good.

[WayAbvPar]

Darkwind is the closest thing to Car Wars I have ever seen. It is flawed, but it definitely scratches that itch.

I am in the minority- I wasn't terribly excited by the trailer. I may be officially too old for big budget action sequences. There was no substance to it- just lots of explosions. Meh.

[Ingmar]

Interstate '76 also had the greatest video game soundtrack of all time.

[Surlyboi]

Another I76 fan here. That game was my shit. *poof*

[apocrypha]

Darkwind is the closest thing to Car Wars I have ever seen. It is flawed, but it definitely scratches that itch.

Cool, I'll check it out.

I approve of the direction this thread has taken. 

[CmdrSlack]

Autoduel was loads of fun. This is a serious nostalgia call, however. Granted, I had a copy that a friend gave me...I didn't have the map that came with it, so navigating city to city was a bitch. I used to follow one wall until I found my way.

I just picked up the Car Wars box at my local comic shop. There's nifty 20 buck starter version. I had forgotten how fiddly the rules are, in particular when you have an almost-9-year-old who wants to play, but wants simpler rules.

[01101010]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEJnMQG9ev8

Good gravy man... I was on the fence but this pushed me over. I just want to SEE this. I don't even give a shit what the story is about now.

[HaemishM]

It's not possible for me to be any more erect than that trailer makes me. 

[Khaldun]

Stopped the trailer halfway through because I know I want to see it and I really want to see it fresh.

I'm sure there's plenty of nerd whining folks can manage in between now and the opening though. "Oh, it's not going to be R enough for me", "Oh, those dust storms don't seem very realistic", etc.

[DraconianOne]

A final trailer has been released for this but I'm not linking it because of the previous post and you're going to have to work for it if you want to see more.

Also, for all those who were worried about it being PG-13, fret no more. It's rated R. Curiously, it doesn't seem to have been rated in the UK which is surprising given it's being released in 2 weeks.

[DraconianOne]

As an aside, I noticed that the BBFC have recently reclassified the original '79 Mad Max and now rated it 15 in the UK (US PG-13 sits between UK 12A and 15).  Not only that, but the given running time is 93m3s which is the longest version to be passed. Even in 79 the running time was 90m 46s and that was passed cut to get an X rating. Video releases from 86 onwards got an 18 rating and were cut to 88m 54s.

Mad Max 2 has also been reclassified down from an 18 to a 15 as well. 

[Ginaz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEJnMQG9ev8

Good gravy man... I was on the fence but this pushed me over. I just want to SEE this. I don't even give a shit what the story is about now.

Ok, was there a dude playing a double necked guitar on one of the vehicles chasing Max while other dudes played the drums???  Shut up and take my money.

[Abagadro]

According to Variety Edgar Wright went to the premier and he'd already seen the film two other times.

[Ghambit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEJnMQG9ev8

Good gravy man... I was on the fence but this pushed me over. I just want to SEE this. I don't even give a shit what the story is about now.

Ok, was there a dude playing a double necked guitar on one of the vehicles chasing Max while other dudes played the drums???  Shut up and take my money.

You can't have a proper war without drums.
Also in that trailer... an homage to the "thunderdome."  Only it looks like a slave's quarters to me, or some kind of play area.  Not sure.

[kaid]

Very true, IS-76 was one of those little-known gems, great game that never got much attention. The car designing process was also echoed for me in Eve's ship fitting.

As to the film, well I treat trailers in the same way that I am resolved to treat early access games from now on: watch & wait.

Stampede give me a poem!

[sickrubik]

The reviews are rolling in. 23/23 positive at the moment on RT.

 

[Phildo]

Wait, this is going to be good?  Seriously?

[sickrubik]

Apparently it's very good, yes.

[Khaldun]

Oh, dear, is the pearl-clutching hereabouts going to be (once again) proved premature? We shall see.

[Lakov_Sanite]

 

[Ghambit]

I can't recall the last time I saw a movie like this at 97% on RT.   This is not supposed to happen.

[jgsugden]

I was really hoping it'd stink so I could look forward to a truly horrible porn parody: Mad Minx: Furry Road.

[Samprimary]

"In an age of weightless movie spectacles, here’s a movie that feels like it was made by kidnapping $150 million of studio money, fleeing with it to the Namibian desert, and sending footage back to Hollywood like the amputated body parts of a ransomed hostage."

[Ghambit]

I read a review hinting at the damned thing being the Citizen Kane of the genre.  Really?  Wtf am I about to go see?       The gravitas is so strong that I'm tempted to drive 1+ hrs to the closest IMAX.  I wanna say the last time I saw this happen was the Matrix?  Yah, it might have been that long.  Definitely for post-apoc movies obviously.

edit:  I read they really didn't even use a traditional script for this movie; just a storyboard that kind of evolved as the movie was being made.  It was essentially one big scene and none of the actors really could tell wtf was even going on contextually.

[Shannow]

"In an age of weightless movie spectacles, here’s a movie that feels like it was made by kidnapping $150 million of studio money, fleeing with it to the Namibian desert, and sending  footage back to Hollywood like the amputated body parts of a ransomed hostage."

Well shit if that doesn't make it must see.