Talk:Mad Max

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Fury Road Link

I couldn't help but notice that link for Mad Max 4: Fury Road that just sends you to this page. It's very irrelevant and annoying.

It's not irrelevant because the film is currently in production.... Colliric (talk) 15:38, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mad Max Universe

I noticed that user Beyo created a page called Mad Max Universe. I am wondering if this content shouldn't be merged into this article. Thoughts? Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 19:09, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to have already been redirected. I am not sure if the content has been merged however. Jabberjawjapan (talk) 02:06, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Franchise

All of the movies show a similar resemblance a Wild West world, bandits trying to take supplies and gas by robbing other vehicles and duel gunfights, in Australia, it almost looks as if the director possibly took the ideas from Gunsmoke --50.122.8.14 (talk) 15:50, 31 August 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Bruce Spence plays the same charcter in MM2 and MMBT

Can anyone prove otherwise? The credits just address him in different ways. This happens sometimes from one film to another in franchises. 128.95.223.222 (talk) 18:28, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I always thought it was left deliberately ambiguous whether he was supposed to be the same guy or not.--Leigh Burne (talk) 08:09, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure George Miller has said that he's definitely a different character. It's certainly widely accepted in fandom that the are not the same. Note that the narration at the end of MM2 notes that the Gyrocaptain went on to become the leader of the Great Northern Tribe. This doesn't fit well with him showing up as a single parent in MMBT. --.../NemoThorx (talk • Contributions) 23:01, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't it the kid who went on to be the tribe's leader?--Leigh Burne (talk) 07:51, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Correct; the Feral Kid becomes the Chief of The Great Northern Tribe, not the gyro captain. Note also that Max knows that Spence's character has a plane -- but how could he know that, when, at the beginning of MMBT when Max is knocked off his camel rig by the flying assailant, he is never close enough to see who did it? OTOH, Spence's teeth are not as horrible in MMBT as they were in MM2/Road Warrior. So, Miller's released edit is therefore a "goof" either way, whether they're the same or different characters.--Froglich (talk) 09:24, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cast table

I've made an edit that may be be considered controversial, but I thought I'd be bold... The cast table in this article, with so much empty space and only the one cell that spans more than a single column or row, seems relatively pointless - the only returning character is Max, and the returning actors (in different roles) are already mentioned in prose. I've therefore removed the table. I did not convert the entire table into a list of characters for each film, since those are adequately covered in each film's article, and no character other than Max seemed significant enough to warrant mentioning at a franchise level. Frankly, I think the "crew" table should also be removed, but at least that table has much less empty space and more overlap between films. --Fru1tbat (talk) 16:13, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I support your edit. A table is unnecessary when the films only have one common character. Betty Logan (talk) 16:29, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 26 December 2015

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The result of the move request was: not moved. The consensus is that the film is the primary topic. Jenks24 (talk) 08:53, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mad Max (franchise) → Mad Max
Mad Max → Mad Max (film)

– The franchise is the primary topic for those searching for Mad Max. The film series alone has enough entries to warrant the primary topic, but this is a full-blown media franchise and what readers expect to find at "Mad Max"—not the first film. czar 06:23, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Ugh, no, I hate when I unintentionally end up at a franchise article. Mad Max is an important and influential film, and it was one of the most successful low budget films for a very long time. Its legacy can not be brushed aside in favor of sticking a franchise article in its spot. The Max Max franchise would not even exist without the first film, which I think is a pretty compelling argument that it's the primary topic. A hatnote is the appropriate solution. This is how we do it for The Godfather, Hellraiser, The Terminator, RoboCop, Back to the Future, and The Matrix. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 08:24, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. As above.--Leigh Burne (talk) 11:29, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose and Mad Max (disambiguation). In ictu oculi (talk) 14:52, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. As above. Fortdj33 (talk) 22:22, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support the franchise article serves as an overview article, and the main character of Max is as likely than the first film and the franchise. Either move the franchise article, or make the primary spot a disambiguation page -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 06:43, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as per NRP. –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 13:46, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Mad Max 2 (vs Road Warrior)

Given that this page links to other main pages about the films (or soundtracks) in the series, the titles of those movies should be used here - i.e. if you feel strongly that a movie's title is "wrong" (e.g. Mad Max 2) then please lobby on that page for the name change (which would then be reflected here). Over the years from when I created this article, I have been consistent in using primary article names here (rather than deliberately creating a redirect link). Thanks. JabberJaw (talk) 23:24, 12 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 24 November 2020

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The result of the move request was: Pages moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jerm (talk) 21:40, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mad Max (franchise) → Mad Max
Mad Max → Mad Max (film)

– This was proposed by User:Czar back in 2015. However, I think there is now much more of a case for moving the series article to main. First of all, Fury Road has since been recognized as one of the best movies of all time, so there's less of an argument that the original film is singular in its pop culture impact, as Fury Road has entered the pop culture lexicon too. Second, there's also an upcoming 2022 film which will undoubtedly attract a high amount of attention as well. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 21:02, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 22:49, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Fury Road's prominence. El Millo (talk) 03:25, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Nux

Nux (Mad Max) has been nominated for deletion. Discussion participation and/or article improvements welcome ---Another Believer _(Talk) 19:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Australian" in lead

Per a discussion on the topic on the Fury Road topic, the lead describes the film as an Australian series. There is no source in the article discussing the film as an Australian production or what that entails for a "series". Several good articles identify the nationality of the films such as Halloween do, while others do not (The Invisible Man, Twilight). MOS:FILMSERIES does not state how we should handle this. We aren't supposed to apply things from other wikipedia articles to place in these articles, but this comes into complicated issues when most of the films in the series appear to be strictly Australian, while Fury Road is an Australian-US co-production (per SMH, as well as AFI and BFI). How should this be handled for film series where its not consistent nor is it sourced or mentioned in the article? Andrzejbanas (talk) 13:43, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see a problem here. If there were an effort to raise this to Good Article status, I suppose it would be necessary to add something in the main body, explaining with citations the ties to Australia. Honestly, I don't think that would be particularly difficult. The Mad Max franchise is internationally understood to be as Australian as the kangaroo and Midnight Oil. Having some US dollars involved in the production of a film hardly changes that. CAVincent (talk) 23:56, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, the goal of every article is to be a featured article. While I do agree that they are generally understood as Australian, MOS:FILM does not really dictate whether we use a more colloquial term for this or be technical. As it stands, the article does not go into detail why we need to know its an Australian production, I'm curious why we even mention it in the lead the overview is mostly plot, box office and other media related to it outside films. Do we assume the books, game, comics, etc. are all Australian as well? Andrzejbanas (talk) 20:37, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]