Mad Max Collection April - June 2013

[beadelf]

please let there be extras! go alien saga on this boxset!!!

it wont happen though! they will be bog standard releases!

i want deleted scenes and a commentary on thunderdome! and pigs can fly!!

[WilsonBros]

I certainly hope that this is still coming out. The existing transfer on Mad Max 2 is fabulous, but a new version with the alternate/deleted scenes would be nice.

A documentary about the disastrous shoot of Beyond Thunderdome would also be appreciated.

Kev W

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by WilsonBros

I certainly hope that this is still coming out. The existing transfer on Mad Max 2 is fabulous, but a new version with the alternate/deleted scenes would be nice.

A documentary about the disastrous shoot of Beyond Thunderdome would also be appreciated.

Kev W

Since there were deaths around the filming I would doubt anyone especially Miller will talk about it, he barely was willing to work on it at all.

[josuv22]

Nice was just about to order the US madmax. I will wait on now.

[indisposed]

I was thinking about selling my Region A copy of Mad Max and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, because I was certain this day would come... but it probably won't be much of an improvement over what we have now ; Mad Max 2 was one of the first Blu-rays I ever watched and I was mesmerized by the picture quality! It makes the DVD look like a VHS!

I would like to pick up "Beyond Thunderdome". I watched it again about a week ago on Lovefilm Instant (in their half-hearted attempt at HD) and while I can see why people dislike it, it has a unique atmosphere from the rest of the series that I can't dismiss...

I'm very concerned about "Fury Road", though ; I love Tom Hardy, but none of the other cast members are really selling me and you know it just won't have the same visceral impact the original films had (I predict way too many C.G.I enhancements). Also, not setting it in The Land of Oz just seems wrong!

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by indisposed

I was thinking about selling my Region A copy of Mad Max and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, because I was certain this day would come... but it probably won't be much of an improvement over what we have now ; Mad Max 2 was one of the first Blu-rays I ever watched and I was mesmerized by the picture quality! It makes the DVD look like a VHS!

I would like to pick up "Beyond Thunderdome". I watched it again about a week ago on Lovefilm Instant (in their half-hearted attempt at HD) and while I can see why people dislike it, it has a unique atmosphere from the rest of the series that I can't dismiss...

I'm very concerned about "Fury Road", though ; I love Tom Hardy, but none of the other cast members are really selling me and you know it just won't have the same visceral impact the original films had (I predict way too many C.G.I enhancements). Also, not setting it in The Land of Oz just seems wrong!

Thunderdome is stupidly underrated

[Monroville]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Thunderdome is stupidly underrated

Compared to the other 2 films, it is pretty stupid (I know what you meant though ). MAD MAX 1 and 2 dealt with the depletion of raw materials and the world just running into the ground. MAD MAX 3 rips off the Italian rip offs of MAD MAX and just goes with the nuclear obliteration routine. It's neither adult nor kiddie enough to decide what it wants to be: a ROAD WARRIOR sequel or a Steven Spielberg movie. With the other 2 movies, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

The thing is, once you get over the fact that it's not THE ROAD WARRIOR: PART 2, it's a pretty damn entertaining movie. I guess it's a lot like the first 3 HALLOWEEN movies (once you get over the fact that Mikey is not in H3 and just watch it for what it is, it's a pretty damn good spooky movie) or even the EVIL DEAD movies (the first one is pretty serious, morose and in MAD MAX's case, one could argue a bit boring. The second is pitch perfect, while the 3rd is bit too corny/comedic but still a whole lot of fun).

Even so, like the rest of those who have written, if MAD MAX gets a better transfer than what MGM put out here, ROAD WARRIOR gets a new transfer (even though 90% is reference material, there are a few scenes during the night that need some major work) and THUNDERDOME at least looks as good as the HD recording I have, then I'll bite.

[iLuv3M3]

Originally Posted by Monroville

Compared to the other 2 films, it is pretty stupid (I know what you meant though ). MAD MAX 1 and 2 dealt with the depletion of raw materials and the world just running into the ground. MAD MAX 3 rips off the Italian rip offs of MAD MAX and just goes with the nuclear obliteration routine. It's neither adult nor kiddie enough to decide what it wants to be: a ROAD WARRIOR sequel or a Steven Spielberg movie. With the other 2 movies, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

The thing is, once you get over the fact that it's not THE ROAD WARRIOR: PART 2, it's a pretty damn entertaining movie. I guess it's a lot like the first 3 HALLOWEEN movies (once you get over the fact that Mikey is not in H3 and just watch it for what it is, it's a pretty damn good spooky movie) or even the EVIL DEAD movies (the first one is pretty serious, morose and in MAD MAX's case, one could argue a bit boring. The second is pitch perfect, while the 3rd is bit too corny/comedic but still a whole lot of fun).

Even so, like the rest of those who have written, if MAD MAX gets a better transfer than what MGM put out here, ROAD WARRIOR gets a new transfer (even though 90% is reference material, there are a few scenes during the night that need some major work) and THUNDERDOME at least looks as good as the HD recording I have, then I'll bite.

I love Mad Max and Road Warrior but Thunderdome just seemed very out of place to me. It does however seem to be a favorite out of the 3 to some. Your comparisons though bring in a new light, especially the Evil Dead trilogy with how Army of Darkness takes a completely different direction of the first two installments. I just hope this trilogy happens, even if it is put off to better advertise Fury Road. I just hope in the end it happens

[beadelf]

I love thunderdome, always have...ive no doubt in my mind that fury road wont even come close to any of the proper mad max movies.

[Voltaire53]

Never seen Thunderdome and for some reason don't have any of the MM movies on DVD so am looking forward to BD releases

[HotRats]

I'm hoping they find some extras for 1 and 2 beyond the existing US editions and some background material on 3 would be very interesting. Its always felt like two stories cut and shut together and bogs down with exposition when the kids show up, but Tina Turner is excellent and the ending is quite moving

[SymbioticFunction]

Originally Posted by indisposed

Mad Max 2 was one of the first Blu-rays I ever watched and I was mesmerized by the picture quality! It makes the DVD look like a VHS!

It was a horrible looking dvd.

btw I enjoy Thunderdome.

[poisonedyouth]

...but then won't a boxset get released with the 4th film included? With the whole 35th anniversary thing next year?

[insomniac013]

Originally Posted by poisonedyouth

...but then won't a boxset get released with the 4th film included? With the whole 35th anniversary thing next year?

Sigh... Guess i'll have to wait another year then

[Voltaire53]

Originally Posted by insomniac013

Sigh... Guess i'll have to wait another year then

My wife is on the warpath about my recent purchase levels ... it was much easier when I could send them to my work and she never knew , so maybe a delay so I can get the 4-film box would be a good idea

[JimDiGriz]

Thunderdome is very good - to a point about halfway in. Then its ruined by lots of kids and Tina Turner!

[tylerdurden10]

Originally Posted by beadelf

I love thunderdome, always have...ive no doubt in my mind that fury road wont even come close to any of the proper mad max movies.

Really? I feel the complete opposite. I mean for starters you have two great leads (Tom Hardy & Charlize Theron) in it! Not to mention Miller is directing it, so it's not like you have somebody who is unfamiliar with the property. Fury Road is one of my most anticipated sequels, can't wait to see what Miller will do with a larger budget & modern special effects.

P.S. Thunderdome is also my favorite of the 3.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by tylerdurden10

Really? I feel the complete opposite. I mean for starters you have two great leads (Tom Hardy & Charlize Theron) in it! Not to mention Miller is directing it, so it's not like you have somebody who is unfamiliar with the property. Fury Road is one of my most anticipated sequels, can't wait to see what Miller will do with a larger budget & modern special effects.

P.S. Thunderdome is also my favorite of the 3.

As Tina Turner once said "We Don't Need Another Mad Max Film"
And Hardy is overrated to the point of ridiculousness now

[tob]

Tom Hardy is overrated he was good as Bane put he would not be my choice for Mad Max

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by tylerdurden10

Really? I feel the complete opposite. I mean for starters you have two great leads (Tom Hardy & Charlize Theron) in it! Not to mention Miller is directing it, so it's not like you have somebody who is unfamiliar with the property. Fury Road is one of my most anticipated sequels, can't wait to see what Miller will do with a larger budget & modern special effects.

P.S. Thunderdome is also my favorite of the 3.