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boomerang wrote:I think the poster is fine for what it is, but I dislike most current movie posters anyway. I'm sure the tagline will make sense when we see the film.

As far as nostalgia goes, I'll have none of that, thanks. I don't need to see what's come before done again. I want to see something new, even if it's different. I have MM, I have RW. I can watch them whenever I want. Whatever the new movie is, it can't take away from the quality, or love I have for those films.

I'm really surprised that people can't get their heads arounds a reboot. It's simple. It's just another telling of the same story. That's all. Let's say you were at a legendary party in college. Ten years layer one friend tells a story about that night. Ten years later another friend tells a story about that night. The story will be different, but essentially the same. Easy.

And I think it's the only way that MM FR would make sense. The most important character moment in all three films is when Max decides to help the people at the refinery. He decides to step back into the world and care about something again. He is reborn. Essentially, after that, he's not Mad anymore. Just Max. When he helped the kids in BT, it was expected, we knew that was his thing now. That's why that movie doesn't resonate emotionally.

So if Miller made a MM4 that continued from TD, Max would just about be a normal guy again. He's been roaming the wasteland and helping people since. There's no drama there.

So Miller goes back the the most important part. I'm assuming that FR shows Max as a wandering, selfish badass who eventually makes a choice to help others. That's a story with drama.

As far as the design of the new film goes, and how people think it's over the top and more fantastical? Well, perhaps it is. As fans of this series we must remember that both RW and BT are told in the past tense be people who were young when the events happened. The story is told through the eyes of that person. So maybe the robot arms looks too good, but maybe that's how it was remembered by the story teller. Have you ever retuned to a place from your childhood and been underwhelmed by what it was really like? These are tricky films, they are no straight forward.

Lastly, I also think that the design (which I love) looks like it comes from today, not 30 years ago. The new film must imagine an apocalypse of the future of today, not of the 1980's. I see all the body manipulation/mutilation as a very logical progression of what goes on today. That's stuff was just not happening in the 80s on the level it is today. Are the FR cars too over designed? Sure. But today we live in a culture of image. So if you take that to it's farthest conclusion, you might end up with gangs who are very image conscious.

I'm really looking forward to this film. I'm totally glad it has been rebooted. I'm glad Miller is making it. I'm glad it was storyboarded first, because I'm hoping it's an insanely visual film with the least dialog possible.

And lastly, the word on the street is GOOD. The screenings have gone well.

I can't f*cking wait to punch it in the guts and blast down Fury Road.

DGSimo wrote:Biggest version of the poster I found thus far.

Funny, all this talk about the poster but I can't recall anyone bringing up the device on his back...??

boomerang wrote:And I think it's the only way that MM FR would make sense. The most important character moment in all three films is when Max decides to help the people at the refinery. He decides to step back into the world and care about something again. He is reborn. Essentially, after that, he's not Mad anymore. Just Max. When he helped the kids in BT, it was expected, we knew that was his thing now. That's why that movie doesn't resonate emotionally.

boomerang wrote: As far as the design of the new film goes, and how people think it's over the top and more fantastical? Well, perhaps it is. As fans of this series we must remember that both RW and BT are told in the past tense be people who were young when the events happened. The story is told through the eyes of that person. So maybe the robot arms looks too good, but maybe that's how it was remembered by the story teller. Have you ever retuned to a place from your childhood and been underwhelmed by what it was really like? These are tricky films, they are no straight forward.