Furiosa comic falls flat

[Turbofurball]

I would have hoped that someone who was a committed liberal wouldn't need to resort to Ad Hominem attacks - after all they aren't logical

[themanw/oaname]

cute.


apparently, that is more liberal than i am, not any where near what a shit head is, and it "doesn't mean their opinions have no value at all."

[Turbofurball]

And was that from the original linked critique, or anything Mad Max related?

[themanw/oaname]

And was that from the original linked critique, or anything Mad Max related?

nice deflection.

[Turbofurball]

I could say the same thing about your post. In fact, I kinda did in my previous post.

[draknoir2]

Getting back to the topic, I am also a huge Highlander [first movie] fan, and as I recall the comics for the backstory of the character Kurgan [also a favorite] fell flat as well. Might just be a comic book thing... certainly it wasn't feminism-driven in that case.

[Turbofurball]

That was probably due to similar issues as Furiosa #1. There are amazing comics out there, but where they tie into film it's often because they came first (eg. V for Vendetta, Akira, The Walking Dead) ... I'd suggest that experienced comic writers given a reasonable amount of freedom could make amazing Mad Max comics, but that TV/Film script writers perhaps shouldn't do it.

IDW or Dark Horse, if given the reigns, could probably knock it out of the park.

[draknoir2]

Heavy Metal magazine would be a nice home for a running Max serial... or it used to be.

[flightsuit]

One thing I have never seen from internet SJW's when saying how much they save people is proving how they have done so in real world.

I have not claimed that I saved anybody. Since you asked, I do know for a fact that I've saved the lives of numerous animals that needed rescuing. As for humans, I would like to think some of my activism and charitable behavior out there in the real world has made a difference, but I don't know how I'd quantify that.

Now I'm going to offer a way out

Oh, that's really big of you.

Let's stop the political shit show

You are right in that this isn't a political forum, and nobody has come here to debate social issues.

agree Fury Road did something none of us predicted: it got lots of people talking about a wide range of topics long after release.

Agreed.

I was certain the movie would come out, be a fun action flick with explosions, and ultimately forgettable.

I had similar concerns. Prior to the film's release, I saw all this stuff about radiation mutants and cartoonish cars with machine guns mounted on them, and I feared the franchise was degenerating into self-parody. Mutants and machine guns are what you found in the numerous cheap Road Warrior copies, not in the genuine thing.

Instead we got a masterpiece

Amen to that!

[flightsuit]

do you also oppose misandry?

No, because misandry is not a problem in our society. I've been a man my whole life, and I've not once been sexually assaulted or cheated out of a job opportunity because of misandry. It's been my observation that the only people who whine about misandry are Men's Rights Activists, AKA professional woman-haters.

foot. insert mouth.

there you have it. a feminist angle is an interpretation.

UH OH.

Did I ever claim my opinions about this film were anything other than subjective interpretations? Your big "gotchya" moment appears to be based on a position I never took. If George Miller offers public comment on whether he intended this film to have a feminist message and/or whether any of the specific ideas I cited are true, then we'll know for sure one way or the other. Absent a confirmation or denial from Miller, all any of us have to go on is our best educated guesses.