Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Summary
Furiosa : A Mad Max Sagais , like most Mad Max cinema , dripping with small details and Easter Eggs that make it infinitely re - watchable . A prequel to the event ofMad Max : Fury Road , Furiosa : A delirious Max Sagaestablishes Furiosa ’s lengthy story as an abductee , mechanic , stowaway , and route warrior . Likeevery movie in the Mad Max enfranchisement , the film is packed with plenty of fun features and callbacks to earlier first appearance that are only promptly apparent at a second glance .
Many of these little quirks go a foresighted way to build the Earth of Mad Max , subtly presentinga loose collection of dots for big fans to connect themselves . Others are more meta , straight off expanding the traditional knowledge of the wider wasteland with the inclusion body of sure locations andcharacters inFuriosa : A frantic Max Saga ’s cast . Whatever the case , theater director George Miller uphold to outdo himself by sprinkling a breadcrumb lead of visual storytelling throughout the background of his in vogue post - apocalyptic story .
10VW’s Classic Cars Are Turned Into War Machines
Not Every Wasteland Vehicle Has A Fearsome Origin
It would n’t be a frantic Max motion picture without someincredible new fomite cobblestone together from the ashes of the premature world , andthe car ofFuriosa : A sick Max Sagaare no exception . The prequel lend back some substantial vehicles from the previous picture show , including an earlier variation of the War Rig , Immortan Joe ’s Gigahorse , and Max ’s own prized V8 Interceptor . Meanwhile , original vehicle are fashioned from impressive remnants of pre - Revelation of Saint John the Divine technology , such as monster hand truck and aircraft railway locomotive .
However , some wasteland vehicles are far humbler in origin , with the omnipresent commuter train cars of Volkswagen being fashion into deadly war automobile . A Graeco-Roman 60s beetle can be spotted among the bikes of Dementus ' mob , do as some sort of pursuit fomite . Later , the group that Dementus catches up to and force to fight each other are escort repel a rig forge from a VW passenger vehicle , after brought under the crew ’s ownership .
9The Wasteland’s Naming Conventions Are Less Than Subtle
George Miller Knows How To Craft Great Names
Part of the inbuilt outlandishness of the Mad Max movies comes from the bizarre names of the wasteland ’s fearsome inhabitant . Titles like Dementus , Furiosa , and Immortan Joe sound impressive enough , but some characters are given less than flattering soubriquet which they nevertheless wear proudly . The most eyebrow - elevation of these includeRictus Erectus and Scabrous Scrotus , the phallic designations of Immortan Joe ’s two most bloodthirsty son , whom he casually introduce .
But the scoundrel are n’t the only ones to get some questionable gens . The name ofFuriosa ’s very tribe , the Vuvalini , has something of a yonic tincture to it , understandably play off the too - masculine dream of Immortan ’s son ’s name . Either mode , creative public figure with strange fixation like this tolerate out far more than the few characters who use simple real - human race epithet like Max , Praetorian Jack , and Mary Jabassa , Furiosa ’s mother .
George Miller could direct spinoffs sharpen on supporting characters Nux , the Splendid Angharad , and Praetorian Jack after Furiosa : A Mad Max Saga .
8Scrotus And Chumbucket Come Back From The Mad Max Video Game
Avalanche Studios' Little Known Game Is Now Cinematic Canon
With a name that ’s hard to forget , the introduction of Scrotus inFuriosa : A unbalanced Max Sagabegs the question as to what find to him by the events ofMad Max : Fury Road , being nowhere to be seen in the next chronological moving picture . The answer to Scrotus ' whereabouts come in the surprising sort of theMad Maxvideo game , developed by Avalanche Studios , which come out soon after the release ofMad Max : Fury Road . In the game , Scrotus serves as the principal antagonist , although he looks quite unlike .
bridge the gap betweenFuriosa : A Mad Max SagaandMad Max : Fury Road , the appearance of Scrotus seems toconfirm theMad Maxgame as canon . Immortan Joe ’s son is n’t the only character to appear in both titles , either . Max ’s mechanic sidekick in the plot , Chumbucket , also gets a brief appearing , being the one to excitedly tell Furiosa he has a vehicle for her , only to present her with a barely - running systema skeletale . This mirrors the flaky persona ’s introduction in the game , and his name in the credits corroborate him as being one and the same .
Scrotus is one of the most interesting characters in Furiosa : A Mad Max Saga , make many to inquire why he is n’t in Mad Max : Fury Road .
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7Furiosa Learns How To Lose Pursuers In A Sandstorm
The Prequel Reveals How Furiosa Developed Her Fury Road Tactics
One of the most breathless sequences inMad Max : Fury Roadis the moment in whichFuriosa descends into a hellish sandstorm so as to didder off her pursuer . By driving headfirst into a dangerous sandstorm , she not only break melodic line of sight on her War Rig , but literally covers her cart track as the loose earth of the Australian outback whips around . InFuriosa : A Mad Max Saga , it ’s in the end reveal where she got the idea to do so from , being exalt by her female parent .
After reuniting with her daughter in Dementus ' summer camp , Mary Jabassa ride with her in a motorbike straight through the cover of a trigger-happy sandstorm , intimately miss her pursuers . If it was n’t for an unfortunate injury leaving a lead of blood for Dementus to follow , it ’s likely that she could ’ve totally break away . Other than inspiring Furiosa to use the same tactic later on the Fury Road , the re - appearance of a sandstorm help put into circumstance the disastrous state of the wasteland ’s climate , with the storms having escalated in scurf by the time ofMad Max : Fury Road .
Anya Taylor - Joy is the star of Furiosa , but the prequel moving picture is introduce a unlike character as the Mad Max dealership ’s original hero .
6Max’s Interceptor Gets Another On-Screen Appearance
Mad Max’s Furiosa Cameo Is A Blink-And-You’ll-Miss-It Moment
One small moment inFuriosa : A Mad Maxsaga that may have surprise expectant fans was the appearance of Max himself , however abbreviated . Being a prequel on the face of it set before Max happened upon the mad public of the Citadel , his small cameo gaze at the stranded Furiosa from the safety of a cliffside overlook was a welcome item . All the near that he got to appear alongside his trusty theme song automobile , the Ford Falcon V8 Interceptor .
First appearing in the originalMad Maxfilm , the Interceptor has come a farseeing way from its humble origins as a data-based police car . InMad Max : Fury Road , the vehicle is bust up , re - work up , and destroy again , making its most recent appearance in all its former glory all the more satisfying . Max ’s cameo inFuriosa : A insane Maxsagacould very well be the last time the Greco-Roman V8 Interceptor is ever see on - screen .
5The Intro Uses Real Nuclear Test Footage
Furiosa Sells The Danger Of Mad Max’s Post-Apocalypse
The abbreviated prologue and yarn sport throughoutFuriosa : A Mad Max Sagagives more setting then ever about the existent details surrounding the fall of civilization in Mad Max ’s earth . Rather than being a single ruinous event that upended society , the waste seems to be the result of a masses of disasters , admit an oil crisis , a body of water shortage , disease , pestilence , and finally , nuclear war . This is confirm by the use of actual atomic test footage in the film ’s prologue .
Showing tree diagram bending in the wake of a nuclear explosion , the abbreviated glimpse of footage in the prologue can be attributed to anatomical test in the Yucca Flat drain basin in Nevada performed in 1953.Furiosa : A Mad Maxsaga is far from the only piece of media to use stock footage of atomic tests in this way , with even series as lighthearted as the cartoonSpongebob Squarepantsusing alike archival video . Of naturally , George Miller ’s pick to admit it operate as a will to the ruin state of Furiosa ’s earth .
4The History Man References The Mad Max Comic
The Profession Solidifies The Comic’s Place In Mad Max Continuity
Like the 2015 television game , the tie - in laughable toMad Max : Fury Roadof the same name seems to be reassert as canon by the mien of a History Man . ground in the comic as a variety of sect or almost religious order , theHistory Men and History Women carry on cognition of the previous world by intricately tattooing it upon themselves , turning into walk dictionaries . By memorize as much vast quantities of information as possible , they become adequate to of dispensing " Word Burgers " , a catch - all terminal figure for definitions and account .
Dementus keep a account Man or retainer as part of his closest circle inFuriosa : A Mad Max Saga , being one of the few member of his gang to earn a positioning of privilege through agency other than force . However , the teacher of Immortan Joe ’s wives fromMad Max : Fury Road , Miss Giddy , may also be a History Woman , being similarly covered in line and lines of hunky-dory tattooed penning . The presence of these figure seems to canonise the prequel comic intotheMad Maxtimeline .
3Every Prop Is A Recycled Bit Of Junk
Upcycled Art Pieces Are Ever-Present In The Wasteland
One of the most ingenious design principles the incredible art section of the Mad Max celluloid have continue to stick to is the utilisation of recycled objects . Every property , costume , or fomite in any of the celluloid iscrafted and assembled from whatever pieces of detritus or fleck metal the films ' producers could get their hands on . Furiosa : A Mad Max Sagais no elision to this rule , with some of the most creative uses of recycled material yet .
Furiosa ’s mother , Mary Jabassa , useswhat looks like the gear of a minibike strand as a slingshot , firing testicle bearings with deadly force play . originally , she clips a armoured combat vehicle of gas to a disabled motorcycle using an airplane butt belt ammunition . The Doof Warrior ’s briefly - pictured freshwater bass guitar is also point to be reconstruct from a infirmary bedpan . Even human stiff are n’t off the mesa for practical use , with one of Furiosa ’s abductor wearing a helmet fashioned from a skull , and later hold back a fry Furiosa with a cable knit together with vertebrae .
2“Praetorian” Is Explained As A Title, Not A Name
Immortan Joe Clearly Styles Himself As A Roman Emperor
Perhaps theonly true friend Furiosa comes to know during her clip at the Citadel is Tom Burke ’s Praetorian Jack , who teach Furiosa all there is to screw about road warfare . Like many of the inhabitant of the Mad Max series ' wasteland , Praetorian Jack at first is likely yet another catchy name to help severalise the notable character . However , it ’s revealed that " pretorian " is more of a claim than a simple sobriquet , one that briefly gets passed to Furiosa .
While serving alongside him formally under Immortan Joe ’s bid , Furiosa also gains the title of Praetorian , being acquaint as much by some of Joe ’s War Boys . The original meaning of Praetorian advert to the most honored warrior of the Roman Empire who closely guard the emperor moth in his personal life . Perhaps Immortan Joe himself come in up with this title to give to only his most honored warrior . ByMad Max : Fury Road , however , Furiosa seems to have supplant it withthe deed of conveyance " Imperator . "
Praetorian Jack is one of the dependable new characters in Furiosa : A delirious Max Saga , but he draw some heavy brainchild from Max Rockatansky himself .
1Gas Town’s Painting References Immortan Joe’s Control Of Water
A Clever Nod To The Tyrant’s Mode Of Control
Furiosa : A unrestrained Max Sagagives the first look at Gastown ’s original leader , a thoughtful - calculate homo possibly related to Immortan Joe due to his exchangeable hair . He is first seenworking on an elaborate re - institution of a painting , working from a Word . This painting is later defaced by Dementus ' gang when they take over Gas Town , but thematically echo Immortan Joe ’s dominance over the Citadel and the Mad Max series ' very themes of resource control and survival of the fittest .
TitledHylas and the Nymphs , the painting was originally produce in 1869 by John William Waterhouse . The view reflect a bit from Greco - Roman legend in which the early days Hylas is abducted by water Nymphs while searching for drink piddle . Of of course , thisreflects the predicament the wretched habitant of the Citadel find themselves in , trap by Immortan Joe ’s control over the only clean water in the barren . This Easter Egg is perhaps one of the most clever details inFuriosa : A excited Max Saga .
The Mad Max : Fury Road strip secernate the previously - untold story of how Furiosa was set apart to be the bodyguard of Immortan Joe ’s wives .
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