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    Quote Originally Posted by Somecrazyaussie View Post
    It's all the same continuity. The comic adaptation establishes that.

    There are enough inconsistencies between the films so that each is presented as a different tale of the same character. Yet there is enough continuity there to establish a clear timeline. Just depends on your poison which avenue you choose to follow.

    There are no incongruences between the 3 original films.

    The FURY ROAD comic book is not canon, even if it's based on some early version(s) of the original "Fury Road" set to see Mel Gibson returning as a 50-and-something years old Max. What you get on-screen is what you must consider "canon".

    Miller changed the script in 2006 to accomodate a "new" Max and a brand new vision of his world.

    An interesting example is the fact that the War Boys tattooed the days spent since "The Apocalypse" happened. 33 years. In the FURY ROAD universe, apocalypse/WW3 was progressive and required DECADES to fully destroy the world. Not mere years...

    Said that, the remnants of the pre-apocalypse world in FURY ROAD are very advanced... Furiosa's bionic arm. Far removed from the pre-apocalypse world of the original Max.
    FURY ROAD is set in 2060.
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    There are Minor consistences, but no worse than the Bond series has had and until Casino Royale those were all clearly part of the same timeline (crazed fan theories aside.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by BatKeaton View Post
    There are no incongruences between the 3 original films.

    The FURY ROAD comic book is not canon, even if it's based on some early version(s) of the original "Fury Road" set to see Mel Gibson returning as a 50-and-something years old Max. What you get on-screen is what you must consider "canon".

    Miller changed the script in 2006 to accomodate a "new" Max and a brand new vision of his world.

    An interesting example is the fact that the War Boys tattooed the days spent since "The Apocalypse" happened. 33 years. In the FURY ROAD universe, apocalypse/WW3 was progressive and required DECADES to fully destroy the world. Not mere years...

    Said that, the remnants of the pre-apocalypse world in FURY ROAD are very advanced... Furiosa's bionic arm. Far removed from the pre-apocalypse world of the original Max.
    FURY ROAD is set in 2060.
    There are a few minor discrepancies. But I don't want to engage in a debate over them because they are inconsequential in the grand scheme of things.

    As for the comic? Sorry to inform you, but they do count because George Miller was involved during the production and had final say on what could/could not be done in them with regards to the story. The 2015 video game, however, does not fit into established continuity (films or otherwise). The developers instead chose to do a story that was "inspired" by the Mad Mad universe rather than within it.

    As I said, you can choose to follow which continuity works for you. You only count the films. Which is perfectly fine.
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    George Miller's word is all we need, really. Trying to say he's wrong about his own intentional timeline is the height of arrogance, especially after saying that all four of his movies were masterpieces in their own right.

    It's like saying George Lucas was wrong for the order of the prequels. Quality is one thing, but the chronological order is intentional and solid.

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    Fury Road
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    Didn't George Miller say there is no set continuity in Mad Max? The idea being Max is a legendary figure people after the apocalypse tell stories about, so there are only a handful of recurring consistencies--which is why his car gets destroyed in almost every movie but comes back in the next one like nothing happened.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guy_McNichts View Post
    Didn't George Miller say there is no set continuity in Mad Max? The idea being Max is a legendary figure people after the apocalypse tell stories about, so there are only a handful of recurring consistencies--which is why his car gets destroyed in almost every movie but comes back in the next one like nothing happened.
    “There’s no real continuity, just as there wasn’t between the first three,” - https://www.indiewire.com/2016/02/li...rviews-272466/

    Of course, you can just cite Death Of The Author, and say that each viewer is free to interpret the meaning of the stories independent of the creator - in which case there's no reason why you can't make a flow chart showing the branching timelines of the series, should you choose ;-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Cochese View Post
    Of course, you can just cite Death Of The Author, and say that each viewer is free to interpret the meaning of the stories independent of the creator - in which case there's no reason why you can't make a flow chart showing the branching timelines of the series, should you choose ;-)
    That's what I do. I'm a strong believer in a creator's exclusive right to determine what's canon... the shared "reality" that everyone should accept when discussing the story. But there's nothing wrong with headcanon or fanwank, as long as we don't expect others to accept it.

    So I choose to see the four movies in continuity with each other, and as for why Max is about 20 years younger than he should be... well, either a) a wizard did it, or b) it's just a show, I should really just relax.

    George Miller is from the old school of "you shouldn't let continuity get in the way of a good story." Gene Roddenberry was like that too.

    Or the Max of Fury Road is really the Feral Kid from MM2, grown up and having taken on Max's identity and legacy. Which would be cool, but doesn't fit with the closing narration of MM2 or some of Max's own statements in Fury Road (unless he's actually delusional).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyke View Post
    George Miller's word is all we need, really. .
    Indeed. It was Miller to talk about reimagining and "revisitation" about FURY ROAD, as well as saying that the "timeline doesn't really make sense" especially if you put FR in the equation.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Cochese View Post
    “There’s no real continuity, just as there wasn’t between the first three,” - https://www.indiewire.com/2016/02/li...rviews-272466/
    Of course, I must say that there were SEVERAL solid links between the first 3 movies, and that continuity worked nicely for the original trilogy. You can also see how Max's costume evolved from movie to movie, very cool.
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    1. Mad Max: Fury Road.
    2. Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior aka Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.
    3. Mad Max.
    4. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.

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    All I know is now I want to re watch them all. It's been a while... especially the original.

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    I've yet to see FURY ROAD.

    I don't think any of the other movies could match the experience of seeing ROAD WARRIOR for the first time in the movie theatre. I remember our Film Studies teacher coming into class after having seen it, the look of absolute enthusiasm on her face. We just had to see it. It was a great lesson in cinema.

    Finding the first MAD MAX was not easy. There was one dubbed print that we could get for a special showing and it was underwhelming.

    Never much cared for BEYOND THUNDERDOME. With ROAD WARRIOR that was a discovery--something that no one was looking for and then we found it and we realized what an amazing thing this is that we found. THUNDERDOME was expected and it was made to be this big spectacle--it had a top ten pop song by Tina Turner, with her in the movie. It's like when you've followed a sports team for a long time and then when they get into the finals, everyone jumps on the bandwagon.

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    Fury Road has more action and better action than Road Warrior, I think. Where its a bit bland on plot, it makes up for it in other areas. Definitely worth seeing.
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    It's a spectacle. One worth seeing for sure. Definitely an experience in the theatre.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Taylor View Post
    Fury Road has more action and better action than Road Warrior, I think. Where its a bit bland on plot, it makes up for it in other areas. Definitely worth seeing.
    FURY ROAD is like Beethoven's NO. 9. It's more than a movie, it's a powerful and mindblowing artistic vision.

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