Pretty Much Pop #176: Furiosa: Are We Mad Maxed Out?
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al discuss the five films in George Miller's Mad Max/Road Warrior franchise. What was the original appeal of the series, and has this changed? Are we still afraid of an "Apunkalypse," or is this just an aesthetic to be ripped off by Fallout and other properties? How can films 80% occupied by car chases be actually good? Is Mad Max an icon a la Indiana Jones, and is there actual world building in this series?
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| 0:00.0 | This is pretty much pop, a culture podcast, always jumping between vehicles at great risk to life and limb. |
| 0:13.5 | Today we're discussing George Miller's series of Mad Max films that began in 1979 in light of the new release Furiosa, A Mad Max Story. |
| 0:22.9 | I'm Mark Linsheimer, and you might see me strapped to the top of my Hyundai playing my electric guitar as my wife drives me around town. |
| 0:29.2 | I'm Al Baker. Not man. Just disappointed. |
| 0:33.2 | Wow. Wow. Okay. |
| 0:35.9 | Aw. I'm Sarah Lynn Bruck, and I would like to welcome you all to pretty much Pop Town. |
| 0:43.1 | I don't know how I feel about that. Anyway, my name is Lawrence Ware, and I am a box office disappointment, but I'm critically very good. |
| 0:50.3 | Aw. |
| 0:51.8 | Furiosa. |
| 0:52.9 | A notorious bomb, dog. |
| 0:55.7 | And it's good. |
| 0:57.2 | Financially, but it's great. |
| 0:58.7 | It's a really good movie, but it is a bomb. |
| 1:02.2 | It is dire times in Hollywood, man. |
| 1:05.0 | So I'm really excited to talk just about the movies because I've watched a lot of Mad Max movies and had a surprisingly good |
| 1:10.9 | time. But you, Lawrence, are very excited to talk about, especially the... Well, I wouldn't say, |
| 1:16.7 | I wouldn't say I was excited. I would just say that like, if we were to do a podcast about this |
| 1:21.8 | film and not talk about what's happening around the film, it would be a disservice. Like, you have to, |
| 1:28.3 | you have to talk about it because it led to the lowest box office on Memorial Day weekend |
| 1:34.1 | in like 40 years. Like, it is a huge deal. Don't you think that that's a lot to put on this |
| 1:41.3 | particular film? I mean, what did Fury Road do their first weekend? |
| 1:46.8 | It was okay, yeah. |
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