Fury Road-related Comics (**POSSIBLE SPOILERS**)

[Knightrider]

Max should be at least 55 in "Fury Road" in order to make the original trilogy fit in the Fury Road world.

he could be anywhere from 45 or older which is not that far of a stretch for a 37 year old actor. Mel was 29 in Thunderdome and was portraying a much older character. Why not just a few years here?

[Uncle Entity]

Max should be at least 55 in "Fury Road" in order to make the original trilogy fit in the Fury Road world.

he could be anywhere from 45 or older which is not that far of a stretch for a 37 year old actor. Mel was 29 in Thunderdome and was portraying a much older character. Why not just a few years here?

Max was 42-44 in Thunderdome. I would say 44.

"Mad Max" was pre-apocalypse.

The world depicted in Fury Road is far more "advanced" and "elaborated" than Bartertown.
(just think about Furiosa's robot arm... that were coming from a much more "advanced" pre-apocalypse world)

[DGSimo]

Max should be at least 55 in "Fury Road" in order to make the original trilogy fit in the Fury Road world.

Mel is 59 years old. Tom Hardy described his Max as "a old man" who's "wanting to go home or what he thinks could be home" or to just be left alone.

If Mel was still Max, even with how the film unfolds you could still call it Fury Road and still be within continuity with the previous films. I still think it is but since each film was self contained and even used Rashomon effect to a degree I don't think it matters who plays Max or when. lol

[owenmp]

Mad Max: Fury Road Director George Miller Interview
http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/mad-max- ... -interview
Den of Geek
May 14, 2015

"Mad Max: Fury Road takes place some 45 years after civilization as we know it has collapsed and the world has turned tribal, with water and fuel its most precious commodities."

If Mad Max: Fury Road occurs 45 years after civilization's collapse, how old would be Max be in Mad Max: Fury Road? Did the MFP in the world of Mad Max: Fury Road last at least 20 years after "The Day" before the MFP was disbanded or was destroyed? Did the Max in Mad Max: Fury Road join the MFP after "The Day" instead of joining before "The Day" as in Mad Max?

[TheWarriorMax]

Cars with engines controlled by computers would be disabled by the nuclear EMP. Older cars without computers may still function. This could explain why wasteland gangs would have vehicles from the early 1980s, 1970s and older times.

Good point, hadn't thought of that.

Before someone else says it , I will say that we probably don't really know how a nuclear bomb EMP would affect vehicles. I did a bit of searching just now and there doesn't seem to be a solid consensus either way, it's debated, and many believe it would not actually destroy the electronics in a car.

Regardless, I still think it's a good enough explanation for a semi-realistic analysis of fiction.

[MasterOgami]

"Mad Max" was pre-apocalypse.

Oh, I've gotta super-duper disagree. "Mad Max" was absolutely set during an apocalypse of some sort. If things such as the dilapidated condition of the Halls of Justice weren't enough to illustrate that the world was falling apart, the opening montage of MM2 certainly places the action of the original movie in an apocalyptic setting.

"For reasons long forgotten, two mighty warrior tribes went to war, and touched off a blaze which engulfed them all. ...... On the roads it was a white line nightmare. Only those mobile enough to scavenge, brutal enough to pillage would survive. The gangs took over the highways, ready to wage war for a tank of juice. And in this maelstrom of decay, ordinary men were battered and smashed... men like Max... the warrior Max. In the roar of an engine, he lost everything..."

So there was a conflict that sent the world into a downward spiral, and its at some point during this "maelstrom of decay" that we have the events of the first film. With the information we have now, thanks to the new film and the comic(s), its becoming a bit easier to put together at least a vague idea of a timeline of events: oil wars leading to water wars leading to road wars, etc. And honestly, I don't think Miller and co. want it to be anything more than mythological and vague.

[Taipan]

"Mad Max" was pre-apocalypse.

Oh, I've gotta super-duper disagree. "Mad Max" was absolutely set during an apocalypse of some sort. If things such as the dilapidated condition of the Halls of Justice weren't enough to illustrate that the world was falling apart, the opening montage of MM2 certainly places the action of the original movie in an apocalyptic setting.

"For reasons long forgotten, two mighty warrior tribes went to war, and touched off a blaze which engulfed them all. ...... On the roads it was a white line nightmare. Only those mobile enough to scavenge, brutal enough to pillage would survive. The gangs took over the highways, ready to wage war for a tank of juice. And in this maelstrom of decay, ordinary men were battered and smashed... men like Max... the warrior Max. In the roar of an engine, he lost everything..."

So there was a conflict that sent the world into a downward spiral, and its at some point during this "maelstrom of decay" that we have the events of the first film. With the information we have now, thanks to the new film and the comic(s), its becoming a bit easier to put together at least a vague idea of a timeline of events: oil wars leading to water wars leading to road wars, etc. And honestly, I don't think Miller and co. want it to be anything more than mythological and vague.

Depends on how you define the 'apocalypse'. To me the first 2 movies took place during a major energy crisis and we're there to witness the disintegration of society. The actual event you might call 'the apocalypse' were the nukes that dropped shortly after the Road Warrior. I'm not entirely sure how Fury Road and Water Wars fit into this though.

I absolutely agree with you that Miller purposefully wants those movies to be mythological and vague, but ironically he's got extensive backstories for everything, including weapons and cars. It's a brilliant way of creating a fully formed universe within a film and keep people invested, those who try to figure it all out.

[seriz]

Mad Max 2 is not set in an apocalyptic world, it's just set in the australian's countryside !

[Uncle Entity]

"And what did you do before this?" = APOCALYPSE.
"I was a cop. A driver." = MAD MAX 1.

In "MAD MAX 1" there was still civilization (night-clubs, restaurants, safe homes, Sun City still operative and the list goes on and on and on - what about Labatouche and the government questioning the Bronzes' work?).
There was a major energy crisis and pollution everywhere... that's it.

"The Road Warrior" is just set after the apocalypse. 7 years later in my timeline.

[MasterOgami]

"And what did you do before this?" = APOCALYPSE.
"I was a cop. A driver." = MAD MAX 1.

In "MAD MAX 1" there was still civilization (night-clubs, restaurants, safe homes, Sun City still operative and the list goes on and on and on - what about Labatouche and the government questioning the Bronzes' work?).
There was a major energy crisis and pollution everywhere... that's it.

"The Road Warrior" is just set after the apocalypse. 7 years later in my timeline.

Of course there was still civilization, there will still be ice cream shops and nightclub singers (singing about licorice or whatever) and bureaucracy as the world is slowly creeping toward its death. I've always felt that Mad Max 1 took place at some point -during- the end of the world (an energy crisis/rioting/looting/pollution, etc can definitely be considered apocalyptic), while everything else takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting. The world of Mad Max 1 is nowhere near as devastated as it is in the sequels, but its certainly not thriving.