Possible pictures of actual Fury Road vehicles

[Desloc]

Look at it this way if you have an issue with Tom Hardy playing Max; Mel Gibson is an American and was born in Peekskill, New York, moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old.

[Artemis Flow]

I can assure you I am not a racist lol , I could have got nasty if I wanted too and wouldn't have to take the racist angle to press my point and I'm sure that plenty of other people have mentioned here that they don't prefer Hardy as the new Max character without being taken to task
I don't feel that strongly about it though not even to " write a poem " or even start a dedicated thread lol just my opinion which I believe I am still able to express in this free country
Twas only 2 days ago I signed a petition to take down a derogatory site that was making fun of Australian Aborigines for your information sirs and my offsider at work is a pom and he calls me a convict so I think Militaria01 is a tad overreacting /demountfromhighhorse

As for Mel Gibson at the time of MM2 he was still living in Australia , having only been born in the US and lived there for a short time , we were claiming he was Aussie , something we do to a lot of New Zealanders who become famous lol
But now he is a Yank ( slang for American ) and out the race for the lead character , personally I think Miller has stuffed this one up , Sam Worthington would have been a better choice IMO

But it's reported that they are shooting Fury Road and Furiosa back to back. We have to remember that a lot of mainstream Mad Max fans aren't in it for the cars and chases but more into the Thunderdome stuff. I think a lot of people will want to see that storyline again.

Surely you jest , I reckon more fans are in it for the car chases , Thunder what ?

[MWFV8]

But it's reported that they are shooting Fury Road and Furiosa back to back. We have to remember that a lot of mainstream Mad Max fans aren't in it for the cars and chases but more into the Thunderdome stuff. I think a lot of people will want to see that storyline again.

Surely you jest , I reckon more fans are in it for the car chases , Thunder what ?

I jest not.

While I didn't like Thunderdome much I respect it has plenty of fans out there, more or less than the car chase fans, I'm in no position to say.

Sure they aren't on here, but it's a bit "Two fans register, one fan leaves." here when it comes to Thunderdome.

But it certainly wouldn't surprise me if we see some of that content resurface in either of the new films.

[Zarana-X]

Enough bickering,

Lets get this back on track!

[DetritusMaximus]

There could have been many BoB Pursuit Specials in various states of use and condition much like the yellow cars, standard models and bodies with differing levels of equipment,

The black Monaro being chased by the MFP at the start of Mad Max is another Pursuit Special from a different district. It's no secret that similar cars existed.

The main problem is that Max's Pursuit Special is so iconic, even if Millers original universe accounted for multiple versions of the same looking car it would be so jolting to bring that in now thirty years later.

If we look at it in terms of retelling the story we already know there's a few key factors here;
We know in RoadWarrior his Pursuit Special had been modified significantly to suit the conditions.
We know in RoadWarrior he crashes the Pursuit Special.
We know in Thunderdome he's moved to the desert and driving a buggy.
We know in Thunderdome that buggy is stolen from him and instigates that story.

Working on the basis of following what we've seen in the original storys and assuming these films ARE a reboot following those. It seems reasonable to me to assume what we're seeing is his Pursuit Special modified, either by Max himself to adapt to the conditions, rebuilt following the crash or stolen and modified by the antagonists.

If it is a reboot, all bets are off as we have seen little to indicate anything resembling the story in the first movie, so far nothing to indicate even a flashback style setup of how he became Mad. The vehicles we have seen have more in common with the world of the second/third. If that is the case, the new Falcon might be more in line with the red XA or the black Landau.

Personally, I think it will be related to the original movies, maybe not directly. The 'reboot' everyone keeps talking about might be nothing more than a 'jumpstart'. If that is the case, Miller can't bring back the BoB but might have thrown that Falcon into it to appease all the demands for a return of the BoB. Miller doesn't strike me as the kind that would go back and redo what he has already done. Too much time/money/effort to be going backwards.

[MWFV8]

There could have been many BoB Pursuit Specials in various states of use and condition much like the yellow cars, standard models and bodies with differing levels of equipment,

The black Monaro being chased by the MFP at the start of Mad Max is another Pursuit Special from a different district. It's no secret that similar cars existed.

The main problem is that Max's Pursuit Special is so iconic, even if Millers original universe accounted for multiple versions of the same looking car it would be so jolting to bring that in now thirty years later.

If we look at it in terms of retelling the story we already know there's a few key factors here;
We know in RoadWarrior his Pursuit Special had been modified significantly to suit the conditions.
We know in RoadWarrior he crashes the Pursuit Special.
We know in Thunderdome he's moved to the desert and driving a buggy.
We know in Thunderdome that buggy is stolen from him and instigates that story.

Working on the basis of following what we've seen in the original storys and assuming these films ARE a reboot following those. It seems reasonable to me to assume what we're seeing is his Pursuit Special modified, either by Max himself to adapt to the conditions, rebuilt following the crash or stolen and modified by the antagonists.

If it is a reboot, all bets are off as we have seen little to indicate anything resembling the story in the first movie, so far nothing to indicate even a flashback style setup of how he became Mad. The vehicles we have seen have more in common with the world of the second/third. If that is the case, the new Falcon might be more in line with the red XA or the black Landau.

Personally, I think it will be related to the original movies, maybe not directly. The 'reboot' everyone keeps talking about might be nothing more than a 'jumpstart'. If that is the case, Miller can't bring back the BoB but might have thrown that Falcon into it to appease all the demands for a return of the BoB. Miller doesn't strike me as the kind that would go back and redo what he has already done. Too much time/money/effort to be going backwards.

Indeed all bets are off. I was only saying the above on the basis of these films perhaps being a retelling.

It does seem some of these new vehicles could be reinterpretations of some seen in RoadWarrior, and there is rumor that Miller has had two original style BoBs built.

But I do appreciate this could be something completely an utterly new in terms of story and that Falcon thrown in as a background homage.

[DetritusMaximus]

I'd forgotten about the original BoB rumor. Flashbacks or promotional?
It's fun to get all excited and speculate about this, but in the end, I hope everyone is wrong so we can enjoy a nice surprise....much like when I went to see RW at the theater. It wasn't like anything else I'd ever seen.

[biolumen]

It seems reasonable to me to assume what we're seeing is his Pursuit Special modified, either by Max himself to adapt to the conditions, rebuilt following the crash or stolen and modified by the antagonists.

My thinking is along those lines as well.

But it's reported that they are shooting Fury Road and Furiosa back to back.

That doesn't appear to be the case. Doug Mitchell was quoted as saying...

“We started with [Fury Road], but we then started to do a second story and a third,” he says. “We’ve written the script for the second and almost finished the third. We never intended to, they were part of the exploration of the characters.”

The punchline is that “they’ll all come back to Australia,” says Mitchell. “So if we can bring a film from a different era alive again, there’s a huge amount of work for a lot of people.”

http://www.afr.com/p/george_miller_new_ ... cyZa4s97fI

...which I interpret as meaning that if Fury Road is successful, sequels will follow and they will be filmed in Australia.

Personally, having seen Tom Hardy in Bronson and Inception, I think he's certainly capable of pulling the role off.

If you haven't already, I would definitely make it a point to catch the movie 'Warrior' starring Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte. Great performances by all three. Even if, like me, you don't care for MMA fighting, the movie is more of a character study than a sports movie (yes, it has the cliched 'big showdown' at the end, but it worked for me).

Sam Worthington would have been a better choice IMO

I'm sorry, but there's a good reason why Sam wasn't even approached to audition for Max. He couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. Bana is the better actor, but apparently wasn't what Miller was looking for either. Hardy is in an altogether different league as proven by 'Bronson', 'Warrior' and particularly the BBC miniseries 'The Take' which I just got through watching.

Now, if we're talking about who has the right 'look' for Max, well, that's entirely subjective, and IMO, Worthington doesn't fit the bill either. Though, to be fair, we have yet to see Hardy in full Mad Max getup, so it's still open as to whether he has the right 'look'. Whether he does or not, I think he can sell it with his acting ability. Worthington? No.

[roadwarriormfp]

It does seem some of these new vehicles could be reinterpretations of some seen in RoadWarrior, and there is rumor that Miller has had two original style BoBs built.

But I do appreciate this could be something completely an utterly new in terms of story and that Falcon thrown in as a background homage.

Not a rumour... yes two mm2 style BOBs were built.

[flightsuit]

I think it's utterly ridiculous to suggest that the silver Falcon with jacked up suspension and rear-mounted gun is Max's car, further modified.

First of all, that would be a travesty: It would represent the BoB degenerating into self parody. Secondly, Max is a loner. Unlike the compound people of MM2 or the various tribes that will apparently be in Fury Road, Max by himself does not have the resources to radically re-engineer a Falcon by putting an off road suspension underneath it. And even if he did have those resources, he could not afford the weeks or months of down time that such a project would require.

Lastly, Max is about one thing, and that is surviving. Why on Earth would he invest any of his time or energy in painting his car silver or sanding all the paint off of it? If I really wanted to stretch, I might suppose that he would do it in order to have a car whose color better reflects the sun's punishing rays and is therefore less likely to overheat and more likely to keep him from having a heat stroke, but that's really stretching it.

The silver Falcon is not Max's BoB.