Mad Max 30th anniversary October 5, 2010

[fdm]

I ordered this yesterday (using up some amazon gift certificates burning a hole in my pocket), and of course they drop the price today another 3 bucks, down to 14.99. And the thing is I knew it was going to drop quickly in price. What was I thinking?

[Eidolon]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

1997 - Worldwide energy crisis. Water resources depletion.
2000 - Sydney Olympics with "water" as sponsor product (see Thunderdome for this, what Waterseller screams), MAD MAX 1. Max is 23.
2001 - Oil War Apocalypse/WWIII. Breakdown of society.
2002 - Winter: Captain Walker's 747 flight and following crash (no fuel). Slake is born.
2003- Nuclear holocaust. Savannah Nix is born.
2004 - Nuclear winter. Climate changes. Desertification.
2005 - Aunty starts Bartertown as simple, rudimentary outpost. Captain Walker and most of the adults leave "Planet Erf" because they don't and can't know cities went eventually nuked (see Thunderdome, specifically the Tell scene, the year is reported on the wall).
2007 - MAD MAX 2. Feral Kid is 7/8 years old so it makes sense. Max is 30. Without Lord Humungus and the Dogs of War, Aunty is finally free to expand Bartertown the way she wants.
2012 - Gyro Captain/Jedediah has Jedediah Junior. Lusty Girl dies. He leaves the Great Northern Tribe with son.
2021 - MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME. Max is 44.

where's this from? I've always heard that Gyro and Jedediah were separate characters, just played by the same actor. Max and Jedediah dont seem to recognise each other.
Never heard of Aunty and Humongous being connected before either

[kdo]

Originally Posted by fdm

I ordered this yesterday (using up some amazon gift certificates burning a hole in my pocket), and of course they drop the price today another 3 bucks, down to 14.99. And the thing is I knew it was going to drop quickly in price. What was I thinking?

That's a good question ...

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by Eidolon

where's this from? I've always heard that Gyro and Jedediah were separate characters, just played by the same actor. Max and Jedediah dont seem to recognise each other.
Never heard of Aunty and Humongous being connected before either

Conceived by me. Aunty and Humungus never met, indeed. It's about supremacy over the Wasteland.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by Jimbo976

This Blu-ray looks really good. There are certainly some scenes with less detail but overall this looks great based on what they likely had to work with. The best thing to do is rent it to see yourself or look for a sale. I was perfectly happy to spend my $16 on it and watch it last week. I have been waiting for this movie on Blu for a long time.

1- The movie has a ridiculous budget. It's a C-grade production, not even "B".
2- Cheapest film stock used.
3- DVD version bumped the colours in the wrong way, much likely it happened to 'The Road Warrior' DVD.

I think they must have done a fantastic work with the BD. And the color timing is finally right.

[Eidolon]

there's definate notable image problems on MM2, always on shots attached to a transition, a tell tale sign of budget issues. Stands to reason MM1 would have similar problems.

[kdo]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

1- The movie has a ridiculous budget. It's a C-grade production, not even "B".
2- Cheapest film stock used.
3- DVD version bumped the colours in the wrong way, much likely it happened to 'The Road Warrior' DVD.

I think they must have done a fantastic work with the BD. And the color timing is finally right.

I'm taking it that this is just your opinion...I've still yet to see one professional review for this, or a single HD screenshot for that matter.

[Alkaline]

DVD Movie Guide review

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by fdm

I ordered this yesterday (using up some amazon gift certificates burning a hole in my pocket), and of course they drop the price today another 3 bucks, down to 14.99. And the thing is I knew it was going to drop quickly in price. What was I thinking?

They dropped it to match Best Buy's sale price.

[fdm]

Originally Posted by Eidolon

there's definate notable image problems on MM2, always on shots attached to a transition, a tell tale sign of budget issues. Stands to reason MM1 would have similar problems.

That's normal for films of decades past. They used to do the transitions optically. Nothing (or at least little) to do with budget. You will see that on many/most older films that have transitions like that. (Some may have been digitally cleaned up in recent years, but usually they're just left as is.)

[fdm]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

They dropped it to match Best Buy's sale price.

Guess I'll go look for that sale...

[kdo]

Originally Posted by Alkaline

DVD Movie Guide review

Thanks Alkaline! That's a promising review... Glad to see it!

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by Alkaline

DVD Movie Guide review

Glad to read this great review... just wondering why WARNER did not scrub those few marks/speckles on the print...

[UniSol GR77]

So ???

[kdo]

Originally Posted by Alkaline

DVD Movie Guide review

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

Glad to read this great review... just wondering why WARNER did not scrub those few marks/speckles on the print...

Probably because they weren't deemed significant enough to bother with . To qoute reviewer Colin Jacobson's remarks (DVD Movie Guide Review):

Print flaws appeared quite minor for an older film. I saw a handful of specks and marks, but nothing major occurred.

[Jimbo976]

Originally Posted by kdo

Probably because they weren't deemed significant enough to bother with . To qoute reviewer Colin Jacobson's remarks (DVD Movie Guide Review):

There didn't seem to be very many of these when I watched it. They didn't come across to me as distracting at all. If they start removing more and more of this kind of stuff won't people start complaining about too much "manipulation"?

[WJWS Channel 13:Amity]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

Glad to read this great review... just wondering why WARNER did not scrub those few marks/speckles on the print...

Probably cause WARNER has nothing to do with MAD MAX,
This a mgm release, that Fox is distributing for MGM.

your thinking of Road Warrior, which along with Beyond Thunder dome are the only two Mad Max movies released by Warner

[kdo]

Originally Posted by Jimbo976

There didn't seem to be very many of these when I watched it. They didn't come across to me as distracting at all. If they start removing more and more of this kind of stuff won't people start complaining about too much "manipulation"?

Well, you've seen it, so you'd certainly know better than I would. The DVD itself had minimal video issues, I can't imagine the Blu would be worse. And I agree, sometimes there's a price to be paid for digital manipulation, it just depends on how delicately it's handled if/when it's performed.

Originally Posted by backgroundactorman

Probably cause WARNER has nothing to do with MAD MAX,
This a mgm release, that Fox is distributing for MGM.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by backgroundactorman

Probably cause WARNER has nothing to do with MAD MAX,
This a mgm release, that Fox is distributing for MGM.

your thinking of Road Warrior, which along with Beyond Thunder dome are the only two Mad Max movies released by Warner

LOL, sorry, I got confused like Seth Brundle's computer... ahah.

[Jimbo976]

The Blu-ray.com review is up and it seems to match pretty well with my experiences watching this last week...

Mad Max Blu-ray Review