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I'm glad it's a real movie photo and not something that can be taken out of context. I was fully expecting the first look at Tom Hardy as Max to be a leaked fan photo of him relaxing between takes on a lawnchair with a burrito in his hand or some other equally ridiculous image.

Sort of breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the pic of Hardy as Max , it looks the goods , sometimes he looks goofy in off screen shots
If these new movies are re boots , why are people still trying to justify where it fits in with the first 3 , it's not a prequel or a sequel , it's whole new story , the only thing connected is that it's the same Max character and he drives the same car .
All that is certain is that this story takes place after MM1 and post apocalypse while he is still in posession of BOB , there is only one BOB in that configuration , you won't " find " them lying around in the desert , some other bugger would have scavenged it IMO
The BOB pictured at the charity function in Nambibia is configured so it cannot be tied into MM2 , it only has one tank and it still has it's front nose cone and later on morphs into the silver off road version , how this happens we can only guess at .....
I reckon that Max is driving the black BOB in the early part of the movie doing his " roaming the wasteland " stuff and he runs into Furiosa's road train , after this encounter he is either captured or somehow wins their respect and joins them , the BOB is then modified by Furiosa's people for use either by Max or as part of the escort fleet for the tankers , or possibly it is taken by the marauders and used against it's former owner.
The vehicles in Furiosa's fleet show a higher level of engineering than most of the marauders vehicles , her vehicles are more customized where as the marauders vehicles are cobbled together wrecks , it looks like that car carrier with all the wrecks is part of her fleet and follows collecting battlefield spoils along the way , makes sense along with that big tow truck we see in the pics as well

Someone has already posted on Facebook of what kind of knife Max is wearing on his chest , I'm sure it will turn up here soon , seems to be a bit more military stuff in this movie , those " war boys " characters seem to be wearing army camo pants
I don't think thats a broken hand cuff on his wrist tho , we all know he can pick handcuffs and I'm sure he would have had plenty of time to hack saw it off ( unlike some )

Total Badass.

Interesting theory about how the film starts, sounds plausible that he does wreck the BOB at the start and it gets salvaged and modified into the "offroad" silver version. We do know that the BOB gets rolled at some point, and they had the pulley setup to suspended it in the air to make it seem like rolling for close up shots.

Based on what someone pointed out about MM2 and MMBTB being told from the perspective of a narrator, whose to say the Interecptor was actually destroyed? All the people saw from the compound was an explosion and it was the Gyro Captain who found Max crawling in the desert. Far fetched I know, but I refuse to except the new film as a reboot. I will stretch my imagination as much as possible to connect it to the previous films. Who knows, the continuity might work in our favor. While it has been Miller's goal to start a new trilogy, he may have found a way to do so while keeping them connected to the previous three for us diehards.

Dunno what movie you seen but you see the BOB in MM2 roll down a hill several times ending up on its roof , then the bomb attached to the fuel tanks explodes , I'd say it's pretty well focked up , theres no way this could get rebirthed.
It's been mentioned at nearly every press release that this is a reboot ...

While talking to The Telegraph she also mentioned how it is a reboot.
“Like with Snow White And The Huntsman, there is so much potential to re-imagine that world. It’s such an interesting world and how much it still resonates today after 20 years or whatever it’s been. We’re going back to that world but this is not a prequel or sequel or anything like that.”

Source http://www.liveforfilms.com/2012/06/01/ ... -a-reboot/

I don't think Fury Road is going to dismiss the previous films though either. Hardy's quotes over the last couple of years including recent ones allude to this and the fact they reproduced the jacket the way it was last seen in Thunderdome has to account for something, right? Of course that could just be an homage to the previous films for fans to pick up on!

Some choice quotes from Hardy though that I managed to dig up..

It was an amazing experience. It’s a big live action, fully articulated stunt piece which picks up where Mel Gibson’s Mad Max left off and takes it to the next level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... VIlKrGyyTc

“I’m rather, obviously, limited to what I can say. These things are always binded to secrecy and I think that’s a good thing for the film anyway. I’m not allowed to give away anything. Without incriminating myself in any way, it’s a very big film. To step into the shoes of Mel Gibson. George [Miller] and Mel created the franchise Mad Max, which started off as an independent which then blew up. It took off. It became the Mad Max as we know it with t-shirts and DVDs…

There were many, many actors that would probably be right for Mad Max and there’s plenty out there who could probably do an exceptional job to portray him. It’s especially a challenge to step in the shoes of such an iconic character. So obviously I’m aware that I’m going to take a certain level of casualties when I go in and play him. If I concentrate on that, then it’s obviously not going to be the best thing for the project.”
“It’s a relaunch and revisit to the world, an entire restructuring. That’s not to say that it’s not picking up or leaving off from the Mad Max you know already, but it’s a nice re-take on the entire world using the same character, depositing him in the same world, but bringing him up to date by 30 years. Obviously Mel would’ve been perfect for it but, for some reason, he’s not doing it and I am.

s Mad Max going to be full-on action?
TH: I think so, yeah. Now, we’re working on the Mad Max body, which is going to be stripped down and become more feral and dog-like.

Mel Gibson in those days wasn’t really beefed up.
TH: No, no, he wasn’t. He’s a legend man, but he didn’t do half the shit that we’re going to be doing in this one – you can fit the entire fucking trilogy in the first 20 minutes of this one. He’s a legend and I’ve got his shoes to fill and that’s going to be difficult enough, but the entire Mad Max trilogy is kind of over in the first 20 minutes. It’s epic, it’s ridiculous.

DGSimo wrote:I don't think Fury Road is going to dismiss the previous films though either. Hardy's quotes over the last couple of years including recent ones allude to this and the fact they reproduced the jacket the way it was last seen in Thunderdome has to account for something, right? Of course that could just be an homage to the previous films for fans to pick up on!

Exactly. Especially when you consider that each MM movie can be seen as STANDALONE story, right now. Each movie already is a reboot of sorts. That's what Miller himself said in Thunderdome-era interview I believe.

And the only things consistent between the movies are the car (in first two) and the outfit. Max's outfit is evolving throughout those three movies. Shoulder armor, leg brace, stitches, they all have their story and everything is there on purpose.
Now, I'm 100% sure they will keep that continuity in FR. If they wanted to do more "contemporary" Max, they've could've used the coolest outfit, the RoadWarrior one and modernized it with kevlar body armor, machine guns, more axes, exoskeleton leg brace that shoots shurikens. Or they could've used some MFP uniform meets Robocop with dust on it crap.

Yet they decided to keep the continuity and use the Thunderdome outfit. The outfit that looks almost humble compared to previous two.. After all Max is much "relaxed" person in BTD. And certainly BTD outfit IS humble compared to other FR suits and masks we've seen so far.

And then there is the almost-RW Interceptor which represents the most aggressive phase in Max's life... a Flashback?

AAANNNDDD (here's the wild one...) we know that current three movies were about restoring Max as a human being, as a person... So he got that in Thunderdome, he reconciled with his past losses and is now this bearded timid guy living happily in the desert collecting rare rocks or something...
WHAT IF the Fury Road is about restoring Max as a POLICEMAN?!? The REAL full circle??
Think about it... Max's purpose in life is not finding peace, it's enjoying the circus out there... So f*ck me sideways if Furiosa couldn't be the new Fifi and silver interceptor couldn't be the new Pursuit Special and Immortan Joe couldn't be the new... erm... oh shit!

Ok , obviously there is an Interceptor with one tank, that puts that car before part 2 and after 1. flashback...? quite possible,especially if its set after Thunderdome, but i doubt thats all they would do with the car but look in the past, you really dont see alot of the Interceptor in the movies. Now to the silver car, it cant be max's car, unless they steal it from the 1 tank version , jack it up bla bla bla, then max gets it back put the two tanks back in,lowers it into what you see it in part 2..doubt it. I think the silver car is a whole different car.. Is it possible while they were in Africa filmed multiple parts of all three movies to come? With Tom sporting the beard its possible? just putting in my two cents..

Mel is gone, Miller is just recreating the Mad Max universe. I don't think Miller is trying to fit in between any of the other 3 MM movies. Remember, it's been so long since a good MM movie that there's just not that big of a fanbase to warrant fitting everything in so nice and neat in respect to the other movies.

Yes, there's a tanker and an Interceptor and other cool vehicles so it looks like at least Miller is harking back to the MM2 type of chase plot.

Maybe they filmed scenes that could be used in future MM sequels but I have the feeling they're just trying to get this one in the bag and hopefully make enough money to warrant shooting sequels back in the Fatherland.

It was an amazing experience. It’s a big live action, fully articulated stunt piece which picks up where Mel Gibson’s Mad Max left off and takes it to the next level.

-Tom Hardy

This can be interpreted in a few ways, but I'm certain he is talking about technical stuff and not the actual story. They are taking the live action stunts to the next level. That's what he's saying.