Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site mtgzz.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!drutx!mtuxo!mtgzz!leeper From: leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Mad max Message-ID: <888@mtgzz.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 02:14:07 EDT Article-I.D.: mtgzz.888 Posted: Wed Jul 3 02:14:07 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Jun-85 02:17:31 EDT References: <1202@utcsri.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Middletown NJ Lines: 49 >I managed to miss all the earlier Mel Gibson movies, but >want to go back and "prepare" for the new one: > >Questions: Is MAD MAX just a remake of Road Warrior? You are asking valid questions but you have the titles reversed. MAD MAX came first and was dubbed. ROAD WARRIOR is the sequel. As a start I rate (on a -4 to +4 scale) MAD MAX a -3 and ROAD WARRIOR a +2. George Miller seemed to learn a heck of a lot about film making between the two films. MM was about the cops and the criminals (it is hard to tell which is which by the way they act) trying to ride each other down on the roads. The story is poor. The baddies, including someone called Toecutter, killed Max's partner, his son, his wife, and his little puppy dog. Then Max got mad. The film is for the most part vehicle from column A hitting vehicle from column B. I saw it at a sneak preview (with SATURN 3 which looked good by comparison) and I couldn't believe anyone would ever release the film. A month later they did. I couldn't believe when ROAD WARRIOR was getting good reviews and went in very skeptical. Miller had told a somewhat different story with wit and style. It is a solid action film with genuine characters. The copter pilot and the feral child are remarkable portraits. Also really impressive is the opening done on a narrow screen. Then you see a view of speed down a road from about a foot above the road. All of a sudden Miller goes to wide-screen. It is an impressive effect unfortunately lost on the tv screen. >I.e. is it important to see Road Warrior [MAD MAX] first? It might be important not to see MAD MAX at all!m :-) >Is Road Warrior [MAD MAX] >worth seeing even in the dubbed American versions? Hard to believe it would make much difference. >Is the original version available on videotape for rental? No idea, but I doubt it. >How can I tell the difference from the box? You probably can't, but I doubt the undubbed version is available here at all. It probably has very thick accents us Americans wouldn't understand. Mark Leeper ...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper