@@goose5462this was a ton of people's first Mad Max movie because it used to be on TV a lot in the 90s. To those people this IS Mad Max. It also wasn't obviously part of a trilogy. I saw it when I was around 13 and I didn't know it was a sequel to anything for years. I watched it probably 15 times before seeing MM2 and then finally the 2nd one
@@funnymcfunfuns1455 My dad recorded Mad Max 2 on VHS, me and my brother watched it all the time, I knew there were 2 others movies (just for Tina Turner song on tv you knew there was this other mad max movie lol) but I didn't remember seeing them, I guess I have but I must have been 5 or so (we were watching tv a lot as children and my older brother remember watching the 3 so...) and it's true, for me Mad Max was/is Mad Max 2, the one I had easy access to. I do remember watching Mad Max 1 when I was 20 or so, damn, it was quite hard, it looks quite old compared to 2 and less apocalyptic but it hits you in the guts, I understood the impact this movie had been then. So far still haven't seen 3, saw Fury Road on theater, quite disappointed, ain't gonna lie but still, Mad Max is part of me I guess. Could be worse, imagine growing up with those marvel movies, it's sad^^
I really like this movie regarding the props, world building and weird characters. The walk from the city entrance to Aunty's elevator shows so much details and is so full of life. The story and some acting may have been goofy here and there, but I like the idea of Barter Town and how they made it up.
The details in the props, clothing, and the attitudes of all the actors was submersion level for the movie. Very different from the Road Warrior, with some comedic touches. But, it's all Mad Max. The world sucks today. Being an outcast is appealing to me, still.
Maurice Jarre's score is among the greatest he ever wrote. I interviewed him back in the 1990s and he revealed "George Miller left me completely free" when writing the music. There's a lesson to be learned there, in our current era of directors who micromanage every note (which results in forgettable scores).
Still haven't watched this film, but 'We Don't Need Another Hero' remains one of my all time favourite songs. Epic tune. We do by the way.* *need new heroes
I have a similar story. My neighbor lent this to me when I lived in Milwaukie, Wisconsin. One night I was returning it to him and noticed his door was slightly ajar. I noticed a strange smell coming from the apartment so I peeked in further and tried to pry the door a little more open. However, my neighbor suddenly appeared at the door and he goes "What do you want?". I sheepishly said "Oh I was just returning your VHS tape, Jeff" and handed it back to him. He grabs it looks back to his apartment and turns back to me and says with a smile and says "Thanks". I quickly left. I moved out after a few months later. Turns out that neighbor.....was Jeffrey Dahmer. TRUE STORY!
Same character, that’s why Max says “you’ve got a plane” when they come face to face in the cave. The little kid is from the young blonde he creeped on in the 2nd film
@@wadenorgaard9988 He said you got a plane because Max was knocked off his ride at the beginning of the movie by his plane. Also he is on record saying it's not the same character.
An entirely different character. We know from the closing of "The Road Warrior" that the gyro captain went north with the refinery folk as their new leader after the death of Pappagallo.
no longer will it be considered the worst, after this CGI furiosa nonsense we got with its action, writing and looks directly ripped off cheap game cutscenes ... those old classics are endlessly better
i was in puerto rico and had just turned 15 year's old me and all my new friend's i made while visiting puerto rico jumped in some car's went to the drive in yep last one left and saw this it was epic and so much fun ,here i am nearly 54 year's old how time quickly passes by....
I’m 28 so I’m only just now getting familiar with these older ones, the new ones are amazing but these are actually shot really well and doesn’t have a ton of that 80s “cheese”. The more I watch the older ones the more I like them.
I saw this several times when it came out. Then years later I saw Lawrence of Arabia for the first time and was surprised by how many scenes from Thunderdome are basically George Miller paying homage to David Lean’s masterpiece.
- I love the music that starts at 2:50. Also, this version was no where near as violent as the second movie. The introduction of the kids was a weak attempt.
It’s not a bad film, but it seems to be geared to middle school age children - kind of like the original Star Wars movies. It doesn’t contain the violence and raw, brutal grittiness that we see in the previous two movies, which was thankfully brought back in Fury Road and most recently in Furiosa. MM1&2 contained rape scenes, people being burned alive and dismembered in road collisions, and a serrated boomerang that cuts off a man’s fingers and splits another man’s skull in two. Beyond Thunderdome has no gory scenes, and a big chunk of the film seems to revolve around the Lost Boys of Neverland. It’s a fairly decent film on its own, but it doesn’t feel like a Mad Max film when compared to the other entries in the franchise.
Mel leaving his weapons.... Max was HEAVILY armed! The crazy airplane pilot--was that Tom Petty??? Joking. When you hear a sexy sax intro, you know Tina's showing up. NOT joking.
This scene makes me wonder the same thing when I watch Waterworld... where the hell did he get gas for that plane? Max dropping off his weapons, the scene by which all other movies spoof (even if some came before Max, this made it a meme before memes were memes) And Tina Turner, god, she had hair as big as the pipes she sang with. Never will be another like her.
Naw. I love the idea of a tribe of primitive children who cobble together a mythology from half-remembered bits of their collective childhood, and his relationship with them is important to his character development and the progression he's been making towards rejoining humanity. We already see that he's gone from scavenging to trading in the begining of the movie, and now he's experiencing the inverse of Mad Max, where he had the chance to settle down, but couldn't bring himself to, whereas in Thunderdome, he's ready to settle down and be a father figure to the children (it's important to note that many of those kids would be the same age as the son he lost), but has to sacrifice that opportunity to ensure their escape.
I was so dissapointed when it came out… the car action was so reduced… only the end escape chase had a few car stunts…. a matter of taste… but compared to Road Warrior this was more Dune Warrior 🥳
@@Chromeize I'll give you that, but I also look at them as analogy of how adults have become so mentally young and lost, waiting for a god to come save them and solve their problems.
It is the same car, Papagallos car, he has no more fuel for it, so thats why its being pulled by camels. Aunty Entity has it retrofitted to run on methane at the end.
While not a terrible movie it certainly was mediocre compared to the previous two movies. Thank goodness Fury Road came along to bring the franchise to its heights again.
I was a kid when this came out, I loved MM2 so much I got in (when it was PG13) but I liked it, I knew it was no way as good as 2 but you could definetly see the budget values had improved considerably, sadly the script and direction was not great.
It's amazing how they said "That was a good movie. Let's make a bunch with the same name that are completely unrelated." It's like if they said "I liked 'Flipper' on the telly when I was a kid then made "Waterworld." And named it "Flipper : The Man Boateth".
@sumthingwikked4257 I agree, but as depicted, these people are just hanging out in the heat provided by a damaged atmosphere, awaiting death by cancer or the fight over resources.
yes I'm from Algeria at the time I remember the first time I watched a small budjet great movie between Rombo and this is big difference also Mel Gibson than stalon
The first half of this film is a complement and worthy successor of the first two films. We won't talk about the second half. But imagine a day, a day when technology has advanced, perhaps in fifty years, that a random maker at home could have a film, then simply create a flawless rewrite of what they disliked. Computers and Ai perfectly rendering the characters, style, sound and sets. The maker writes a script, creates some digital sets and then simply directs the AI to make the film that should have been. How many movies have there been with amazing ideas so poorly executed. It will be a golden age for visual arts.
Always felt that whoever was writing the screenplay quit halfway through. The second half of the movie felt like a desperate attempt to salvage the movie.
Quando um filme é bom de verdade ele melhora com o tempo. Clássicos. Assisti ao filme mad Max no cinema, caraca meu irmão muito foda. Tinha uns peido mas foi bom, diferente das bosta americana. E o cara é um visionário, o mundo está indo naquela direção.
Anyone can easily see how this and 'DreamScape' were two of Todd Howard's favourite movies, ...he went on to create the Fallout game series, and the influence is heavy here.
Almost 40 years ago. Remember watching this at the cinema. Wish I could go back.
Tina your music, your personality was bigger than life! You deserved your success and you definitely deserve your peace now. RIP Tina.
Hot Legs till the very end, she'll always be my wasteland Queen!
This used to be on tv so often. It has became so iconic from the dome and to the midget and the giant to the desert setting. It is such a great movie.
LOL, it is easily the worst Mad Max movie.
This is a fact well known.
That’s angry Anderson lol
MasterBlaster
@@goose5462this was a ton of people's first Mad Max movie because it used to be on TV a lot in the 90s. To those people this IS Mad Max. It also wasn't obviously part of a trilogy. I saw it when I was around 13 and I didn't know it was a sequel to anything for years. I watched it probably 15 times before seeing MM2 and then finally the 2nd one
@@funnymcfunfuns1455 My dad recorded Mad Max 2 on VHS, me and my brother watched it all the time, I knew there were 2 others movies (just for Tina Turner song on tv you knew there was this other mad max movie lol) but I didn't remember seeing them, I guess I have but I must have been 5 or so (we were watching tv a lot as children and my older brother remember watching the 3 so...) and it's true, for me Mad Max was/is Mad Max 2, the one I had easy access to.
I do remember watching Mad Max 1 when I was 20 or so, damn, it was quite hard, it looks quite old compared to 2 and less apocalyptic but it hits you in the guts, I understood the impact this movie had been then.
So far still haven't seen 3, saw Fury Road on theater, quite disappointed, ain't gonna lie but still, Mad Max is part of me I guess.
Could be worse, imagine growing up with those marvel movies, it's sad^^
Tina's delivery of "But he's just a raggedy man" was perfection.
DAMM N
She was great!
Love these Australian documentaries
😂😂😂
Hilarious 😂
🤣🤣🤣
😆
the place reminds me of
Burning Man - USA
Iron Bar's dedication to getting that safety chain in place on the elevator was admirable.
It's good to know that even in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, someone is still trying to adhere to OSHA regulations...
"Australia...present day"
😂
Just past Liverpool
I really like this movie regarding the props, world building and weird characters. The walk from the city entrance to Aunty's elevator shows so much details and is so full of life. The story and some acting may have been goofy here and there, but I like the idea of Barter Town and how they made it up.
The details in the props, clothing, and the attitudes of all the actors was submersion level for the movie. Very different from the Road Warrior, with some comedic touches. But, it's all Mad Max. The world sucks today. Being an outcast is appealing to me, still.
Bless you Tina Turner you will never be forgotten this film and all your music r I p 2024 uk 🇬🇧 England here
Tina Turner was a real Rock Star. I loved her. R. I. P
I actually forgot about her
This would later be known as 'Burning Man'
A bunch of cringey hipsters are annoying but not post apocalyptic
@@karlscher5170 You have never been to Burning Man.
@@jonathancunningham8739 Because he likes showers and not destroying natural desert environments.
@@TheSuckoShowthe leave nothing behind nor do they destroy the area
Joshua graham
Maurice Jarre's score is among the greatest he ever wrote. I interviewed him back in the 1990s and he revealed "George Miller left me completely free" when writing the music. There's a lesson to be learned there, in our current era of directors who micromanage every note (which results in forgettable scores).
His heart was also not in it for this film after his partner Byron Kennedy died.
I love the outfits of Bartertowns Guards and the Mohawks
"Whats a little fallout hey?"
New Vegas, right?
@@Ticutzugoodfellanope, 4:03 but yes. New Vegas.
Still haven't watched this film, but 'We Don't Need Another Hero' remains one of my all time favourite songs. Epic tune. We do by the way.*
*need new heroes
You're not missing anything. It's a shitshow compared to 1 & 2
@@kevindurand3237yeah I tell people to just pretend this movie was never made. It has too many failings to take seriously.
I loved this movie i have an original vhs 1st edition from my father we always watched it together!!he died 2 months ago!!!!
I have a similar story. My neighbor lent this to me when I lived in Milwaukie, Wisconsin. One night I was returning it to him and noticed his door was slightly ajar. I noticed a strange smell coming from the apartment so I peeked in further and tried to pry the door a little more open. However, my neighbor suddenly appeared at the door and he goes "What do you want?". I sheepishly said "Oh I was just returning your VHS tape, Jeff" and handed it back to him. He grabs it looks back to his apartment and turns back to me and says with a smile and says "Thanks". I quickly left. I moved out after a few months later. Turns out that neighbor.....was Jeffrey Dahmer. TRUE STORY!
@@artvandalay13 deam!!!!!
That's beautiful
@@artvandalay13 riiight...
damn almost 40 years...
Fun fact, Bruce Spence plays basically the same role as in The Road Warrior, but it's a different character
Same character, that’s why Max says “you’ve got a plane” when they come face to face in the cave. The little kid is from the young blonde he creeped on in the 2nd film
@@wadenorgaard9988 He said you got a plane because Max was knocked off his ride at the beginning of the movie by his plane. Also he is on record saying it's not the same character.
An entirely different character. We know from the closing of "The Road Warrior" that the gyro captain went north with the refinery folk as their new leader after the death of Pappagallo.
Haha I know right, just accept and enjoy the movie.
Yeah, would be confuse me as a kid 😂
I love this movie, but the opening scene when the gyro captain jumps out of the plane and lands in the seat is ridiculous. 😂
Was thinking the exact same thing. What speed would he have been traveling 😂😂
This is, often, called the worst Mad Max movie. But it was the first one I saw, and I love it.
no longer will it be considered the worst, after this CGI furiosa nonsense we got with its action, writing and looks directly ripped off cheap game cutscenes ... those old classics are endlessly better
i was in puerto rico and had just turned 15 year's old me and all my new friend's i made while visiting puerto rico jumped in some car's went to the drive in yep last one left and saw this it was epic and so much fun ,here i am nearly 54 year's old how time quickly passes by....
"Two men enter, one man leaves!" We miss you "Aunty" (Tina Turner) rest in peace.
this movie always felt very early 90s to me. didn't realize it was made in the mid 80s
I’m 28 so I’m only just now getting familiar with these older ones, the new ones are amazing but these are actually shot really well and doesn’t have a ton of that 80s “cheese”. The more I watch the older ones the more I like them.
Time always starts to get blurry as you get older ... 😂
I saw this several times when it came out. Then years later I saw Lawrence of Arabia for the first time and was surprised by how many scenes from Thunderdome are basically George Miller paying homage to David Lean’s masterpiece.
- I love the music that starts at 2:50. Also, this version was no where near as violent as the second movie. The introduction of the kids was a weak attempt.
This movie is a timeless masterpiece
Was my favorite Mad Max before Fury Road. As a kid, loved figuring out the sort of archeology of the kids culture and barter town.
Fury Road is not a drama. It's a special effects and stunt showcase. It has nothing on this movie.
Why we do not have great movies like this anymore? Things went all the way down hill from 2010.
There are still a lot of good movies in the last 10 years.
Ex Machina is one example.
The more I watch this movie the more I like it...
Real Mad Max
Real?
Agree, Tom Hardy offered very little in comparison!
Can't believe this movie got bad reviews upon release. It's awesome!
It’s not a bad film, but it seems to be geared to middle school age children - kind of like the original Star Wars movies. It doesn’t contain the violence and raw, brutal grittiness that we see in the previous two movies, which was thankfully brought back in Fury Road and most recently in Furiosa. MM1&2 contained rape scenes, people being burned alive and dismembered in road collisions, and a serrated boomerang that cuts off a man’s fingers and splits another man’s skull in two. Beyond Thunderdome has no gory scenes, and a big chunk of the film seems to revolve around the Lost Boys of Neverland. It’s a fairly decent film on its own, but it doesn’t feel like a Mad Max film when compared to the other entries in the franchise.
@@ethanhocking8229True. It's more fantastical than the first two. It's still highly enjoyable and inventive though.
@@MrMittens1974Huh? Don’t you understand, this was NOT a Mad Max film. This was dumb and clearly an example of the studio having taken over.
Mel leaving his weapons.... Max was HEAVILY armed!
The crazy airplane pilot--was that Tom Petty??? Joking.
When you hear a sexy sax intro, you know Tina's showing up. NOT joking.
Funny you mention Tom Petty; he was actually in another post apocalyptic movie, the Postman with Kevin Costner. He plays himself.
This scene makes me wonder the same thing when I watch Waterworld... where the hell did he get gas for that plane?
Max dropping off his weapons, the scene by which all other movies spoof (even if some came before Max, this made it a meme before memes were memes)
And Tina Turner, god, she had hair as big as the pipes she sang with. Never will be another like her.
3:50 Buying water from a member of the National Press Club that would be the day.
An underrated film, for sure. I actually loved this movie when I saw it the cinema, as it was my first Mad Max film.
Agreed. Its such a different film from the other two. Its more slick. It has its faults but overall its a great addition to the canon.
Love you, Tina! You were the best!
That vocal impression of Churchill is spot on.
Very impressive.
It's both extravagant and decent at the same time. Definitely well made, the music really supports the immersion.
I liked it up until he met those kids. It was the equivalent of the Ewoks 2 years prior...brings the movie to a screeching hault.
Agreed Max and children do not mix. First half good, second half sucks.
"Max and children do not mix"
He's literally the father of a newborn in Mad Max and forms a relationship with the Feral Kid in The Road Warrior.
Naw. I love the idea of a tribe of primitive children who cobble together a mythology from half-remembered bits of their collective childhood, and his relationship with them is important to his character development and the progression he's been making towards rejoining humanity. We already see that he's gone from scavenging to trading in the begining of the movie, and now he's experiencing the inverse of Mad Max, where he had the chance to settle down, but couldn't bring himself to, whereas in Thunderdome, he's ready to settle down and be a father figure to the children (it's important to note that many of those kids would be the same age as the son he lost), but has to sacrifice that opportunity to ensure their escape.
Beautiful first head shot of Max
THE VERMIN HAVE INHERITED THE EARTH
They already did
They're called WOKE. Kinda like the pod people in Invasion of The Body Snatchers.
Not sure if people noticed but Aunty Em's tower resembles the arches of the Sydney Opera House - 8:40.
Director: "I wanna destroy something!"... Congrats, you did it!
I was so dissapointed when it came out… the car action was so reduced… only the end escape chase had a few car stunts…. a matter of taste… but compared to Road Warrior this was more Dune Warrior 🥳
You've got to respect how in this baron post apocalyptic wasteland the guys had time to shave and do their hair?
6:00 boom mic shadow on the left
Good catch!
One of the most underrated movies in history
Play me a sad song tun tun
The first half for sure. The second half when the kids become the main plot.. it gets kinda muddy.
@@Chromeize I'll give you that, but I also look at them as analogy of how adults have become so mentally young and lost, waiting for a god to come save them and solve their problems.
First 45mins is gold
Terrible film. PG rating killed it
Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys n Girls...dyin' time's here!
I always thought the car the camels were pulling was the Silver car he was standing beside atthe end of 2nd one as the bus drives away. 🤔
It is the same car, Papagallos car, he has no more fuel for it, so thats why its being pulled by camels. Aunty Entity has it retrofitted to run on methane at the end.
He's got a geiger counter! I didn't remember that. Its been 30 years since i saw this in full though.
That’s the train man from Matrix Revolutions
@3:29 NY in about 5 years from now.
Kamalatown
2 men enter, 1 man leave! ✊👌
While not a terrible movie it certainly was mediocre compared to the previous two movies. Thank goodness Fury Road came along to bring the franchise to its heights again.
I was a kid when this came out, I loved MM2 so much I got in (when it was PG13) but I liked it, I knew it was no way as good as 2 but you could definetly see the budget values had improved considerably, sadly the script and direction was not great.
Cars go eeeen eeen. you like cars little timmy, right?
It's amazing how they said "That was a good movie. Let's make a bunch with the same name that are completely unrelated." It's like if they said "I liked 'Flipper' on the telly when I was a kid then made "Waterworld." And named it "Flipper : The Man Boateth".
Master and Blaster=Masterblaster😊💯👌
These post-apocalyptic movies always make me wonder if there is any benefit to surviving nuclear holocaust.
Isn't it Humanity's goal to overcome?
Who says it is right or wrong?
Who says it is hopeless?
Who says but those that overcome?
@sumthingwikked4257 I agree, but as depicted, these people are just hanging out in the heat provided by a damaged atmosphere, awaiting death by cancer or the fight over resources.
How did Max say 'hey,, you have a plane if Jebediah and gyro captain arent the same character
This is just a typical small town in Aussie, isn't it?
I love this movie .
I don’t care, I loved the Lord of the Flies reference with the tribal kids.
5:25 microscope optik😂
Good documentary about early British settlers in Ozzy
This movie is as much a part of the 1980s as any John Hughes movie. And still as entertaining as it was when it was new.
I would be so fucking pissed if a crazy man in a plane stole my only means of transportation
Mad max 1 and 2 that will do
The third went sci fi
The first two films are on a different level compared to this, I’m afraid Hollywood got involved. .
Budget went up, badass went down.
Fury Road feels like a completely different franchise to all of them
Jarre's score was perfect.
So he just drops into the seat from a plane going 80-100 mph? Yes this is fiction!
Yeah, and unless he's somehow secretly refining his own fuel, that plane is literally flying on hopes and dreams :D
The sax player should have been playing "Baker Street" when Max walked in
9:14 Cody Lee on the sax 🎷
I like to imagine this film being in Immortan Joe's video collection at the Citadel
Yes I know its 38 years ago I was robbed entering a cinema for this but I really really want my money back George.
Love this movie ….soooooo….much
yes I'm from Algeria at the time I remember the first time I watched a small budjet great movie between Rombo and this is big difference also Mel Gibson than stalon
I don't get it, this looks like every regular town in Australia.
Savannah Nix was the best part of that movie.
Huge crush on her when I was a kid
He can do it with ease 😎
Really? Max didn't hear that noisy plane coming?
The pilot had the engine off .watch again.
Love that entrance 2:49
The original water boy.
I wonder where this is set? *Opens with a digeridoo* 😅
Wow, this Australia named place seems very dangerous place.
The first half of this film is a complement and worthy successor of the first two films. We won't talk about the second half. But imagine a day, a day when technology has advanced, perhaps in fifty years, that a random maker at home could have a film, then simply create a flawless rewrite of what they disliked. Computers and Ai perfectly rendering the characters, style, sound and sets. The maker writes a script, creates some digital sets and then simply directs the AI to make the film that should have been. How many movies have there been with amazing ideas so poorly executed. It will be a golden age for visual arts.
I can't help wondering whether Vault-Tec is hiding somewhere in all this.
Always felt that whoever was writing the screenplay quit halfway through. The second half of the movie felt like a desperate attempt to salvage the movie.
It's the ducks guts
This IS the best Mad Max.
Restore it, why? I like death, I like misery, I like this World!!!
What’s a little Fallout!!! 🤣
Like, honestly speaking, we don't need another hero.
la gran inspiración detrás de Fist of the north star 🌟
*Is this supposed to take place before or after Furiosa?*
The should have mad max the video game and brought to life to replace thunderdome and would have being a great trilogy!
They do hv the game on ps4, and its pretty good imo.
Quando um filme é bom de verdade ele melhora com o tempo. Clássicos. Assisti ao filme mad Max no cinema, caraca meu irmão muito foda. Tinha uns peido mas foi bom, diferente das bosta americana. E o cara é um visionário, o mundo está indo naquela direção.
"Sorry, the brothels are full"
💀
From the other film, that lovely girl gave him their son...it hit me...
Anyone can easily see how this and 'DreamScape' were two of Todd Howard's favourite movies, ...he went on to create the Fallout game series, and the influence is heavy here.
Tim Cain created Fallout series not Todd Howard lmao. Todd can only create lies.
@@Silphatos Oh, ok, I had no idea, thanks!
This movie is much much better than it gets credit for. And it is 1000x better than the garbage made today.
What a master blaster...0 I mean a masterpiece....lol...ya Goofy m8te from Australia
Well, it’s impossible to ‘approach’ anybody, that close, that low, without being noticed.
I think they're gliding, so very little noise being made. You can hear the engine sputter to life right after they hit Max.
You can literally hear them glide in then start the engine after