Mad Max: High Octane Collection (1979-2015) / Mad Max: Fury Road in B&W (2015)

[Egons Ghost]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

Other countries are getting a new Thunderdome disc with a new documentary but we, in the US and Canada, are not?!

Mediocre.

I hope it's in there... even with a Mad Max 2 doc my enthusiasm for the whole set will wither if a Thunderdome doc isn't there (I already have the '10 Max, remastered 2, stand alone Thunderdome).
Count me in, though, for wanting the b&w Fury Road. I've been holding out on getting my own copy of Fury Road in hopes of such a release.

[jedidarrick]

Will there be new transfers for the first three films?

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by jedidarrick

Will there be new transfers for the first three films?

Mad Max is a definite no as that is a licensed title from MGM, Road Warrior and Thunderdome are also more than likely the same as before.

[StingingVelvet]

Will wait for more details on this. Love Mad Max but not a big documentary watcher and not really into the idea of a black and white version of Fury Road. For the right price or some nice new transfers or something though, maybe...

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by spf781

December 27th.

Same as me then!

[spf781]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Same as me then!

Awesome!

[Lionel Horsepackage]

Common criticisms I've encountered regarding Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome:

1.) It's disjointed.

It seems that way, but there is an underlying theme. Aunty's trying to plant the seeds of a new civilization in Bartertown, but it's already gone rotten because she's been forced to run the town through intrigue and violence and political backstabbing, which Max becomes a victim of. After being cast out of Aunty's world, he finds the real seeds of civilization in Savannah Nix and her tribe, and helps them get to a place where they can start building a new society that will actually work.

2.) It's too "kid-friendly."

Perhaps. Perhaps not. It's less violent than the other two, has a lower rating, and yes, it has kids in it. On the other hand, it has the most sophisticated plot of the original films, and the biggest budget. And kids die in this film, as do a bunch of other people, so it's hardly the Disney flick people make it out to be.

3.) Not enough car-chases.

So? The Road Warrior had very little of anything but car-chases. This is a sequel, not a remake. Besides, it's consistent with the first two -- in Mad Max, the world was going to hell due to oil shortages; in The Road Warrior, it had pretty much already gone to hell, and people were fighting over the last of the gasoline. Beyond Thunderdome is set fifteen years after all that. The gas is gone, folks.

Master (on Aunty's behalf) has figured out methane-powered vehicles, and Jedediah's somehow keeping his plane fueled up, but it wouldn't make sense to have Max still thundering around the wasteland in a muscle car and doing high-speed battle with barbarian biker-gangs. And having him driving an old military vehicle pulled by a team of camels has much more "post-apocalyptic" feel to it.

Besides, in place of car-chases, we get the Thunderdome duel, which is one of the most unique and iconic fight scenes ever put on film. Pretty good trade-off, I think.

As for the first film being unnecessary, I disagree. The first one is about society collapsing and taking Max down with it. In the second one, the "shell of a man" that Max has become discovers that there are still civilized people left in the wasteland, even if he's just one of the scumbags trying to take advantage of them. He finally achieves redemption in the third film, helping to plant the seeds of a new civilization in the process.

I'm unashamed of my love for Thunderdome. In fact, the older I get, the more I love that this guy ends up choosing the fate that the oil-well tribe from Road Warrior had imposed on him earlier. Aragorn just talked about bringing hope to others, and leaving none for himself; Max walked the walk in the end.

[MattPerdue]

I'm definitely down for this despite have bought the 3D version just a few months back. Will probably swap out the 4K disc for that since I have no interest in the 4K version.

Also part of why there may not be a documentary on Beyond Thuderdome is probably because that whole experience was pretty depressing for George Miller given what happened to Byron Kennedy. I'd imagine it's not something he'd want to look back on much.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by MattPerdue

Also part of why there may not be a documentary on Beyond Thuderdome is probably because that whole experience was pretty depressing for George Miller given what happened to Byron Kennedy. I'd imagine it's not something he'd want to look back on much.

The German release says it has a 45min documentary for Thunderdome so one was completed.

[MattPerdue]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

The German release says it has a 45min documentary for Thunderdome so one was completed.

And I remember reading that too and hopefully the US release has it. I'm just throwing out an alternative reason as to why it might not exist which everyone seems to believe right now.

Course it might also be that documentary from '85. We won't know until the set is out.

[LukeW7786]

Only this movie will make me triple dip. Can't wait for the Black & Chrome Edition.

[Pieter V]

*Fury Road “Black & Chrome” Edition may be sold as a standalone feature film by select digital retailers. Additionally, some digital retailers will be updating past HD and SD purchases with additional content.

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[RobertLuketic]

I'm game for double feature

[RodChester]

Originally Posted by rocknblues81

Is there any new content here? I have the Anthology set that come out last year.

Yes there is.

[stonecoldjedi]

The Mist looked great in B&W. I'd be game to buy this.

[FatalSpiderbite]

Of course I just recently imported the Mad Max collection. Dang it.

[Batmon77]

Glad I held back.

Really only need Road Warrior.

[bookcase]

I'm not against black-and-white, but the colors in this are too important to my enjoyment of Fury Road. I can't imagine watching in b&w.

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by bookcase

I'm not against black-and-white, but the colors in this are too important to my enjoyment of Fury Road. I can't imagine watching in b&w.

I agree.

[NegaScott128]

I understand why some people aren't interested in the B&W version, but I think it could be pretty cool. I've done a couple tests of de-colorizing Fury Road, and the results looked pretty cool. Can't wait to see what a proper version would be like.