Sunday
May172015
Podcast: Max & Furiosa On The Road
Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 9:00PM 
Nathaniel welcomes back Anne Marie and regular Nick Davis and new guest Kyle Stevens to discuss George Miller's critically drooled over action masterwork Mad Max Fury Road. Though is it really as good as they say? We look deep at that misdirection of a prologue, the hallucinatory visuals, and the central conceit vs the female characterizations. We even talk Oscars a little bit. There are a few spoilers so it's best to see the film before listening if you care about such thing.
Please to enjoy and continue the conversation in the comments. You can listen at the bottom of this post or download from iTunes.
Companion Links:
Michael's Fury Road review
Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero"
Kyle's Twitter Account - Follow him. He's fun!
Reader Comments (3)
I really enjoyed the movie. Appreciated there was more to it than, super amazing, action.
Thank you for that.
I wondered if you saw 2D or 3D version. I saw 3D because I used cinema loyalty points. If I had paid a premium, I would probably said it wasn't worth it. It was the type of 3D that seems to go into the screen not the type that jumps out.
As an Australian, it is odd to hear people talk about this film without comparing to the previous ones. Even referring to the character as "Mad Max" rather than "Max" sounds strange. I saw the movie on opening day 3pm and the audience was 90% men who would be old enough to have seen the first one in cinemas. (I am old enough but female).
I am surprised how much critical love it is getting.
I still say Mad Max 2 is the best. It is not as strange as it's society and technology has not broken down quite as much but it has scenes that have stayed with me much longer than I expect any from Mad Max 4 will.
Such a great company these podcasts keep me all these years. Thank you all, old-timers and guests!
Not interested in a movie that seems so pointlessly manic, though. As imaginative and suprising as it may be.