The end of RW and BTD: similar.

Post by **drivethiscrate** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:32 pm

At the end of the RW, after Max crashes, the baddies (tired) decide not to attack - which is strange as Max is 100% snafoo.

Similarly in BTD, after Max crashes at the end, Aunty decides not to finish him off - even though Max is 100% snafoo.

Which leads me to think that perhaps the baddies in RW also had some kind of respect for Max, like Aunty did (she refers to him as soldier, which signifies dignity).

Post by **Thunderdome** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:36 pm

I think the few guys left at the end of RW thought Max was dead. Head-on collision, truck overturns, they probably thought he was a goner.

But you're right, if they had decided to look for him and attack, he only had the Gyro Captain there to help. The Feral kid was probably pretty useless without his boomerang.

Thunderdome

Post by **Uncle Entity** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:25 am

DRIVETHISCRATE!

You have surprised me

I never thought to the fantastic RW ending in THOSE terms. I always noticed the Marauders looked really tired and disillusioned (about life) in the ending. Their idol was dead (Humungus), there was no juice left and the future was more unclear than ever.

Yeah, they could have killed Max --- but in the end, they realized the futility of destroying everything when nothing is regenerated.

Interesting parallel!

Post by **drivethiscrate** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:29 pm

Good point, Unky.

Post by **Uncle Entity** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:52 am

How many keys of reading! Miller is a genius!

Post by **Max USA** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 1:30 pm

At the end of TRW. Papagallo pulls up beside the tanker and yells for the feral boy to jump over. Saying something like "Boy, jump, we've won!" Though they have clearly not won as Humungus' whole gang was bearing down on his back. Was he referring to the "Trojan Horse" aspect of the decoy tanker? If the boy had jumped in, would they have peeled off and made a break for the meeting place "200 miles to the North, by the bridge."?

Also, an assumption. Since we see Max at the end watching the departed caravan as they wave back at him, I assume Max drove the feral boy and the gyrocaptain to the rendezvous point in Papagallo's car (which we see in the final shot).

I wonder if there is some cut footage that shows this taking place...

Post by **camchain** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 4:09 pm

Interesting points. I think that at the end of RW,the marauders didn't attack because of a combination of being too shocked that their leader had been destroyed and also from respect. By killing an already weak Max, after he had driven and fought the way he did, it'd be really rather low and dishonourable to go in for the kill. Likewise with Aunty at the end of BTD.

All the characters in the films (with the exception of the toecutter) seem to have some sort of honour code similar to that of the old samurai films and it's probably because of this code, that they wouldn't attack.

Post by **Uncle Entity** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:24 pm

Quote: Originally posted by camchain on 05 December 2003

Interesting points. I think that at the end of RW,the marauders didn't attack because of a combination of being too shocked that their leader had been destroyed and also from respect. By killing an already weak Max, after he had driven and fought the way he did, it'd be really rather low and dishonourable to go in for the kill. Likewise with Aunty at the end of BTD.

All the characters in the films (with the exception of the toecutter) seem to have some sort of honour code similar to that of the old samurai films and it's probably because of this code, that they wouldn't attack.

I think Toe Cutter had some sense of honour, after all.

Post by **camchain** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:29 pm

I dunno. I mean, he made Johnny set fire to a bronze who couldn't even try to fight his way out and then ran down a helpless mother and child without giving them a fair chance. Not what I call honourable at all.

Post by **rockatansky4073** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 10:34 pm

No TOECUTTER di have HONOUR. plenty of it - i mean listen to him, he's constantly sprouting sh*t about BRONZE taking away their pride etc.

He was proud of what he was - the freedom of it, doing what you want, when you want, no law to stop you. He thought of his gang as heroes. In the novel he refers to them as ACOLYTES.