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junkers88 wrote:When did this movie become Wacky Races meets Cirque du Soleil?

Lol very true.

It's half-way between Road Warrior and Thunderdome, in terms of the style of the vehicles.

I dunno if there trying to hard i think all the cars serve a purpose somehow case in point you have two wide wheelbase cars there with tall poles, somehow it almost looks like cadipolt equipment on the back of those to cars. That could explane the extra wide wheelbase.

If thats somwhat true then ya it keeps with the cars in the road warrior since every car was setup to acomidate some sort of weapon system. In the wastland universe every car will be a hybrid of survival and battle gear built around whatever vehical a person could get there hands on and up and running.

Taipan wrote:Sweet Jesus, look at that plumbing!


Correct me if I'm wrong:
Is this a twin engine setup with turbochargers feeding compressed air into superchargers?
If so, is it just for show or DOES IT REALLY WORK?

Well, Dual staging an induction system certainly does work..
Drag racers were experimenting with such systems back in the fifties if not further back..

Multiple engines is certainly doable as well... Have a look at a Tractor Pull sometime.
Problem with those (And this is from a conversation I had with a Tractor builder/competitor at a state fair Tractor Pull event some years ago) is that all of the engines on the vehicle have to be Blueprinted and tuned to EXACTLY the same torque and horsepower curves, otherwise it'll.. how was it he put that? Oh yeah "F*** up the drivetrain and rattle the engines to the S***can before you could get it off the trailer"

This all looks like good stuff to me. Earlier, people were talking about how the MM films will be tame in comparison to the earlier films. That's why I think this looks so "over the top"...but I feel if they really deliver a stunt heavy film that is raw and high-energy, audiences that have only watched CGI action might be amazed. I'm hoping that that is Miller's goal, and his reason for making this.

Also, does anyone remember the Making of Thunderdome ? there was a part where they are all sitting around a table with toy cars talking about possible stunts, and one of the people starts talking about a circus act where a guy has a motorcycle with a ladder on top, and a rider climbs to the top while the bike is driving? Makes me think about these boarding poles.

Oh, the bottom of the poles look like have counter-weights so the guy can climb up, they release the pole, and he will slowly drop down on the other vehicle, when he lets go, the pole will snap back up. Very cool.

Foxtrot X-Ray wrote: Well, Dual staging an induction system certainly does work..
Drag racers were experimenting with such systems back in the fifties if not further back..

Multiple engines is certainly doable as well... Have a look at a Tractor Pull sometime.
Problem with those (And this is from a conversation I had with a Tractor builder/competitor at a state fair Tractor Pull event some years ago) is that all of the engines on the vehicle have to be Blueprinted and tuned to EXACTLY the same torque and horsepower curves, otherwise it'll.. how was it he put that? Oh yeah "F*** up the drivetrain and rattle the engines to the S***can before you could get it off the trailer"

Oh I know those exsit in real life, I was merely asking if this particular setup on Gigahorse is fully functional

Taipan wrote:

Foxtrot X-Ray wrote: Well, Dual staging an induction system certainly does work..
Drag racers were experimenting with such systems back in the fifties if not further back..

Multiple engines is certainly doable as well... Have a look at a Tractor Pull sometime.
Problem with those (And this is from a conversation I had with a Tractor builder/competitor at a state fair Tractor Pull event some years ago) is that all of the engines on the vehicle have to be Blueprinted and tuned to EXACTLY the same torque and horsepower curves, otherwise it'll.. how was it he put that? Oh yeah "F*** up the drivetrain and rattle the engines to the S***can before you could get it off the trailer"

Oh I know those exsit in real life, I was merely asking if this particular setup on Gigahorse is fully functional

The lone wolf car in the Road Warrios is an example of a multiple engine car that wouldn't work. Front twin turbo V8 with a rear blown V8 you couldn't sync the two and one would be working against the other..

Chase Bansi wrote:

biolumen wrote:

... Apparently it's an old Mel Gibson movie that I haven't seen...

This is something I've run into a lot lately when I try to tell people about the new film. I'm astonished at the number of people who claim they've never even heard of Mad Max or The Road Warrior.

I watched an episode of that new Charlie Sheen sitcom, Anger Management. Charlie made a "Thunderdome" joke and the younger girl he was dating didn't get it.

ajs wrote:I watched an episode of that new Charlie Sheen sitcom, Anger Management. Charlie made a "Thunderdome" joke and the younger girl he was dating didn't get it.

Do you maybe remember the joke? I would like to know what they used to reference to the MM-movies.

Nightwalker wrote:

ajs wrote:I watched an episode of that new Charlie Sheen sitcom, Anger Management. Charlie made a "Thunderdome" joke and the younger girl he was dating didn't get it.

Do you maybe remember the joke? I would like to know what they used to reference to the MM-movies.

Anger Management - Season 1, Episode 6: Charlie Dates Kate's Patient

Charlie has a drink with a young lady who is writing an essay on statistics. Charlie struggles to read her essay.

Charlie: You may want to think about ending the title with Beyond Thunderdome

Allie: I'm sorry I don't know what that means.

Charlie: Really? Mad Max? It's a movie.

Charlie: It doesn't matter. Ally I can't go out with you anymore.

Allie: Okay, it's only 2 hours of my life I'll watch the movie

Charlie: No It's not that.

I also found the episode online. Scene starts at 08:45
http://seriesid.com/anger-management-1x ... s-patient/