Mad Max Is Back

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By: Mike Garrett

31st July 2014 35 Comments

With all the remakes, reboots and sequels out there today, it seems that original movie ideas are hard to come by. If there was, however, one film franchise that seems ripe for a comeback it would be Mad Max. Last week at Comic-Con in San Diego, a trailer for 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road was released, and I’ve got to say that I’m pretty excited for this. While I’m generally skeptical of remakes, this film is being directed by the original Mad Max director George Miller. And from what the trailer shows us it seems to perfectly capture the feel of the originals – albeit with a modern twist.

Is anyone else looking forward to this?

Mike Garrett
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2:07 amJuly 31, 2014 scibO

I am! Watched the trailer last night and can not wait for it.

2:30 amJuly 31, 2014 JDM_Luca

I've actually never seen the trilogy but it looks interesting. Guess I'll have to catch up. Plus that white guy looks like Voldemort with a nose. Is that a Ford Falcon?

2:48 amJuly 31, 2014 scibO

JDM_Luca It is. XB GT Coupe.

2:49 amJuly 31, 2014 Speedhunters_Bryn

Bursting with excitement, the original was strangely unnerving as it was set in the near future and I think this trailer has captured that same feeling whilst still being removed enough from our own reality.

3:13 amJuly 31, 2014 jackward

The last of the V8 interceptors!

3:24 amJuly 31, 2014 ChrisMcNamee

SO EXCITED.

4:41 amJuly 31, 2014 jdmRob

don't mess this up...

4:50 amJuly 31, 2014 Wez

jackward She sucks nitros!

5:07 amJuly 31, 2014 obsession_Si

Speedhunters_Bryn Agree, brother. Haven't watched the first Mad Max for years but I still get regular flashbacks of scenes that creep me the hell out.

5:19 amJuly 31, 2014 TarmacTerrorist

first sign of a midget riding ontop of a muscle mountain and I'm out •shudder•

5:51 amJuly 31, 2014 jackward

Phase 4 heads, 600 horsepower to the wheel!

6:36 amJuly 31, 2014 TroyPlumridge

its not mad max without mel gibson, but im still looking forward to watching it!!

7:12 amJuly 31, 2014 86foxmann

scibO It would have made sense to swap it out for another car, since the Interceptor was destroyed in The Road Warrior. And Fury Road is suppose to fit in-between Road Warrior and Thunderdome. So, a different car would have made sense in the Mad Max universe... but it would not be the same without. Because we all saw what Thunderdome was like.

7:50 amJuly 31, 2014 silveradotx

Isn't this the definition of #MaximumAttack...?

8:41 amJuly 31, 2014 FunctionFirst

TarmacTerrorist I think it's "little person" now... But I'm right there with you.

8:41 amJuly 31, 2014 MikkoKukkonen

Hell yes!

8:52 amJuly 31, 2014 MikkoKukkonen

scibO

I couldn't agree more! It would have been so easy to ruin the movie by making it to yet another sponsor showcase with a soundtrack consisting of the latest smash hits to boot.

9:05 amJuly 31, 2014 JDM_Luca

scibO JDM_Luca jackward Thank you.

10:08 amJuly 31, 2014 Nate

86foxmann scibO George Miller said that this doesn't tie in with the original trilogy, its basically a remake/alternate version of the road warrior.

10:13 amJuly 31, 2014 Matiz

This is the one movie that i'm waiting for (I don't like the modern-hyped hollywd movies,sorry), and when I dug up that's a remake, I was little dissapointed. As someone said- Some legends shouldn't be touched. I remember the rumors from around 2010? It should be placed between 1 and 2. I thought it's gonna be prequel. We'll see, I hope they don't screw this.! 25 years in "development hell" Cant be wasted!
Another thing- a game! Looks superb so far. Why you didn't mention? cause it's not EA?

1:47 pmJuly 31, 2014 donkyyyyyy

This looks half way decent. I was always a big fan of the old ones. Now I have something to look forward too.

2:06 pmJuly 31, 2014 Violet Thunder

They show the Interceptor being wrecked in the trailer, Boo !

3:44 pmJuly 31, 2014 jzx81

Night rider !!...remember him when you look at the night sky.
This series is in my top ten of all time.

Been waiting very long for this...

4:36 pmJuly 31, 2014 DevBizkit

can't wait.....really captures the feel of the original. I had started cursing when I heard it was being remade becuz Mel has gotten a lot older...and then I saw Tom Hardy...epic!!!

8:11 pmJuly 31, 2014 meal stub

Cooooooooool!!

8:25 pmJuly 31, 2014 emotional_r

With it being between 1 and 2, I was hoping it would be closer to the first (and therefore sort of resemble the recent and excellent The Rover) but from the preview it looks like it could just be a few weeks prior to Mad Max 2.
The actor who played Toe Cutter is back too (although not as Toe Cutter) so that's excellent.

8:25 pmJuly 31, 2014 emotional_r

but no Bruce Spence booooooooooo

9:57 pmJuly 31, 2014 MilesHayler

Looks terrible to me...

12:59 amAugust 1, 2014 Kevin Angeloni

OMG OMG OMG OMG !!!!

1:03 amAugust 1, 2014 tbtstt

Have to admit my interest levels in this film seemed to be raised then lowered again with each subsequent news release.
When I first read there was a new Mad Max coming I really wasn't keen, but the involvement of George Miller raised my interest level and, having watched the trailer, I was starting to think that this might not be the CGI fest I was fearing.
Reading the comments that this is a reboot rather than a continuation has knocked my interest levels back down again though. I originally understood this to be a continuation of the original stories; seeing it as yet another Hollywood "re-imagining" has now taken a lot of the appeal out of it for me.

11:41 amAugust 1, 2014 simon potter

i didnt realise everyone could be so good looking in a apocalyptic future

4:20 amAugust 2, 2014 TarmacTerrorist

Whoops, my bad, hope I didn't offend anyone.
achonroplasiaphobia is the fear of small people. I'm not sure what the fear of MasterBlaster would be called... Or the fear of pigs for that matter....