Episode #737: Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (We ❤️ Movies)
Added 2024-05-02 10:00:03 +0000 UTC“He looks exactly like Jason Voorhees if he did wrestling and pornography” - Eric on The Lord Humungus
On this month’s We ❤️ Movies, we’re chatting about George Miller’s 1981 action masterpiece, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior! Is this one of the greatest viewing experiences in cinema? How totally unhinged is all this action and stunt choreography? What was the crossbow budget on this movie? Is this one of the best hero dogs in movie history? And do you think the Friday the 13th Part 3D writers were Lord Humungus fans? PLUS: The we sell off Chris for two tanks of guzzoline!
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior stars Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells, Emil Minty, Virginia Hey, William Zappa, Arkie Whiteley, and Kjell Nilsson as The Lord Humungus; directed by George Miller.
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David Thompson
2024-11-03 15:15:51 +0000 UTCRe-watching the film right now and the Warrior Woman is Zahn from Farscape.
Matthew Lloyd
2024-05-27 19:52:13 +0000 UTCThe feral kid annoys the shit out of me. I was actively rooting for his demise. His weird flips and Joe Dirt haircut. King of the shit boys to me.
Adam
2024-05-11 02:22:54 +0000 UTCOne of my faves, thx boys! Cheers
Nathan Lemire
2024-05-08 00:09:02 +0000 UTCThree random things that came up as a 'leave a comment' while listening: 1) Wez's name is said a couple of times in the film, but it's also kind of easy to miss (the two I remember it from - after Golden Youth gets 'ranged, as Wez is starting to lose it and going full rabid dog, Humungus starts calling his name before switching to 'My dog of war', etc. The other after the V8 gets taken out, the Toadie gleefully calls out "The tanks are yours, mighty Wez!") 2) It's always struck me as weird/amusing that Vernon Wells has apparently asserted that Wez and the Golden Youth weren't gay. Like, if this was just kind of a subtextual thing, maybe. But to suit up and have those scenes and not once say "George, you think people might take this the wrong way?" 3) Recommendation for Road Games. Really solid, fun little early 80s thriller with an absolute banger of a final scene.
Todd B
2024-05-07 10:24:15 +0000 UTCBTW this mini documentary from The Sydney Morning Herald just came out and features interviews with Bruce Spence and the grown up feral kid. https://youtu.be/F5FTSK_a8qU?si=iarYPvfzU143huhB
Craig
2024-05-06 10:03:07 +0000 UTCBlue Jays legend
Robert Tarade
2024-05-05 21:39:14 +0000 UTCIf you don’t think he look like Mojo Nixon then your eyes could use some fixin’!
Craig
2024-05-05 12:15:17 +0000 UTCIt is funny how Steve said the Feral Child looked like Mojo Nixon when I always saw him as more of a Buster Poindexter aka David Johansen of the New York Dolls.
CharlesGrodin'sToupee
2024-05-05 03:20:31 +0000 UTCFun fact you missed: Vernon Wells, who plays Wez, also plays the main heavy in Commando, Bennett.
Craig
2024-05-04 22:15:49 +0000 UTCShould also mention in relation to the story telling, both this and thunderdome are set up as a story around the fire. It’s why small details may change, and it’s also how many fans accept Tom hardy as max in fury road. Someone else is retelling the story of max.
Brad Mull
2024-05-04 20:23:07 +0000 UTCThere is at least one female in the horde.
Brad Mull
2024-05-04 20:21:04 +0000 UTCHa ha
Brad Mull
2024-05-04 20:19:40 +0000 UTC“Truckies” could also be the WHM proprietary weed gummies based off the Cinema Truckers bit.
Jason
2024-05-04 12:47:28 +0000 UTCTo echo on the homosexual elements of Humungus’s crew, they are literally called the “Gayboy Bezerkers,” and it’s honestly just practical that in such a violent landscape where violent men rule, there aren’t many woman left and humans still want to love and fuck, thus the sense of a post-gender world. The conscious irony is it was established by what we can assume were the type of men to rape/attack woman and look down upon weaker men, so in a hyperbolic sense, toxic masculinity led to a world where homosexuality was accepted since they got rid of all the women. What I like and find admirable about it is how deliberate they are with it, feeling no obligation to play it as majority of films of the time would, with a little wink to the audience that the filmmakers “aren’t completely cool with this,” because Miller and crew treat it as a non-issue socially, and a practicality from a human nature sense
RJ Cunningham
2024-05-04 10:34:27 +0000 UTCThe Legion of Doom was a Philadelphia Flyers line in the 90s consisting of Eric Lindros and two other guys who I sincerely could not name.
Thomas Friedlander
2024-05-04 02:20:46 +0000 UTCOh yes of course, and it’s a great shot. I was just saying how it was done behind the scenes.
Brad Mull
2024-05-03 21:20:56 +0000 UTCJust one clarification here: we know they're not attaching cameras to the actual gyrocopter, we're just saying that some of that aerial footage is supposed to be from that perspective. It wasn't physically captured that way, but that's the POV you're supposed to glean from some of those shots. Great movie and great slang! Now I know that "truckies" are a thing too! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2024-05-03 18:25:32 +0000 UTCi just can't believe bikie is not a universally used term
Lucienne
2024-05-03 14:42:26 +0000 UTCLike that bit in 28 Days Later when the soldier thinks the outbreak was just in the UK and everyone else is just out there “watching the fucking Simpsons” like nothing happened.
Jason
2024-05-03 13:45:45 +0000 UTCVirginia Hey plays Warrior Woman. She was great in Farscape as Zhaan.
TDB
2024-05-03 13:10:25 +0000 UTCExcellent ep. I was hoping to get 5 min on the gyrocaptain's immense booger when he comes out of the ground
Smaug
2024-05-03 12:26:49 +0000 UTCOne of my favourite films and been able to visit the filming locations a few times. To clear a couple of things up, -I don’t know why we put “ies” on the end of words, bikies, truckies (not truckers) maybe like other words the US made it smaller for printing purposes. -not to disappoint or spoil because it was speculated to be only for a photo shoot, but max’s car was seen on the furiosa set suggesting a young max might have a scene in it. -the aerial shots from the gyrocopter weren’t from that, they attached the front part to the filming helicopter and the feed are the cameraman’s. -the camp explosion was so big they had to close the airspace around it, and it was a military explosives exercise to get out of paying for the scene. Love this movie and you guys did a great job reviewing it.
Brad Mull
2024-05-03 02:10:45 +0000 UTCNow I’m dying for a Mad Max movie that cuts away to the United States and it’s basically just now and everyone wonders why Australia has gone completely insane 😂
John Halski
2024-05-03 01:30:26 +0000 UTCSee when Chris is gone, we get talking clits and dicks
Zerox
2024-05-03 00:02:15 +0000 UTCFeral blade boomerang kid got to where he got because of Max, and his relationship with him. The gift of the music box opened the human side of him. He bonded with him and became amazing.
Christian Gavey
2024-05-02 23:51:59 +0000 UTCA lot to say about this movie technically and historically, and others can say it better. For me personally this movie has been a constant for most of my life. I first saw it when I was 6 or 7 when we got a VCR. My dad was OBSESSED with cars, car movies, car auctions, car shows, car lots, so this was one of the first things we rented (along with Duel, also a fucking banger and a half). After that, I watched it every time I found it in the TV listings or ran across it on cable. The crazy cars, the costuming, the setting, the legitimately solid story, the humor, the frenetic pacing of the chase scenes, the way Miller put it together made so many concepts about movies accessible to me that I feel like I would have been unable to recognize without seeing this movie. Typically when I say I "love" a movie, I mean I "really, really like this movie." When I say I "love" the Road Warrior, I actually feel it in my chest.
imipolexGforce
2024-05-02 18:54:05 +0000 UTCMaybe the most influential action movie of the 80s just going by how many different things took stuff from it. Books, other movies, pro wrestling, video games, the list goes on and on.
Ed Harris
2024-05-02 17:07:40 +0000 UTCIt's a testament to how good the visual design of this film is that it more or less defined the look of the post-apocalypse for at least a decade, if not longer. I grew up watching Fist of the North Star, an anime that liberally copies The Road Warrior's homework, and I had a real, "They're ripping it right off!" moment in my teens seeing this for the first time before checking release dates.
John Edwards
2024-05-02 16:25:09 +0000 UTCKnowing Vince it was probably just easier to trademark.
Mark Ibarra
2024-05-02 13:38:07 +0000 UTCWild awesome elements aside, this movie is so gatdam efficient and economical. Because of the family stuff in Mad Max and all the meandering in Thunderdome, it's strangely easy to forget how quickly Road Warrior whips it out and gets to bangin' with barely any breathers. What. A. Flick.
Mark Ibarra
2024-05-02 13:32:01 +0000 UTCAnnoying wrestling guy here! Hawk and Animal wrestled as the Road Warriors just about everywhere except the WWF, where they were called Legion of Doom, supposedly because they didn’t want people to confuse them with the Ultimate Warrior. Other wrestling links to this movie: WWF’s own in-house knock off Road Warrior’s tag team Demolition basically swiped their look straight from Lord Humungus. And long time wrestler Chris Jericho borrowed Toad’s “Ayatollah of Rock n Rolla” line for his own intro earlier in his career.
HockeenightsCT
2024-05-02 12:25:24 +0000 UTCAll Wez wanted was to rule the wasteland as a leather daddy with his twink but that brat had to took that away from him. Honestly, good on Lord Humungus for being so understanding
Eren Keskin
2024-05-02 12:13:53 +0000 UTCIt's funny because it's true! ...The Kirk Cameron being an a$$hole part, not the crazy conspiracy.
Dominic Kovell
2024-05-02 12:08:44 +0000 UTCI'm looking forward to rewatching this before listening. It's been a while but I remember it being so much fun!
Tony King
2024-05-02 12:05:30 +0000 UTCWhat a great surprise on this lovely Thursday morning!
Aaron Dowler
2024-05-02 11:39:52 +0000 UTCFirst time seeing this movie before this episode, and it rules so hard. I'd seen Fury Road before, and I can't believe a 40 year old movie can be just as unhinged.
Alex Murica
2024-05-02 11:38:31 +0000 UTC"The Legion of Doom is something that Kirk Cameron thinks that Jews control" I shouldn't laugh at that but I did
James C Harris
2024-05-02 11:21:41 +0000 UTCThis movie rocks, 95 minutes of nonstop Australian fun. Fellow patrons, it is really worth the time to watch this one if you haven't yet.
Tim O'Connor
2024-05-02 11:08:50 +0000 UTCWITNESS!!
Nathan Lemire
2024-05-02 10:48:35 +0000 UTC
