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It is basically JJ Abrams as Steven Spielberg directing this movie.
And then JJ as George Lucas directing Star Wars Episodes 7/9 (and Star Trek)
Similar with James Mangold as Steven Spielberg directing Indy 5.
I guess Spielberg himself attempted to be Stanley Kubrick directing AI.
Empire give it the coverted 5/5 (same as Fury Road got)
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/
1st movie he's a patrolman in a crumbling world on the brink
Then between 1 and 2 the world falls into chaos/WW3 so Mad Max 2/3 (& Fury Road) are the post apocalyptic movies that everyone associates them with
Yes all are great but MM2 is the best/most iconic. The much celebrated Fury Road is like a vague sequel, mainly bc it was made 30y later with a different actor as Max (although was originally set to star Mel Gibson until around 2004). but obviously set in same world
I had this one at the time (fold out poster magazine)
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dkAAAOSwkVhl91HJ/s-l1600.webp
https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/4450549.jpg
His wife and kid are slaughtered in Mad Max 1 which sends him over the edge and then gets revenge on the gang who killed them by murdering them all in inventive brutal ways. then he remains 'Mad' throughout the rest of the series. Also the world descends into madness with post WW3 too (between part 1 and 2)
I agree the female lead here is more akin to Alien and Terminator but to an outside non genre fanatic audience it seems that the franchise has switched from 'Mad Max' to the female badass from the last film (and not even Charlize Theron but a younger 120lbs version kicking Thors ass)
They may be nonsensical but I get the general feel 'average joe' audiences are sick to death of PC 'woke' stuff (so that could possibly affect what is essentially a 'female Mad Max' movie, or 'Madame Max' or 'Maxless Mad Max'.. 'a Mad Max movie without Mad Max' etc ) there was alot of criticism aimed at the fake video game looking FX in trailers, and yeh Hemsworth being in it isn't really a concern. its just most stuff he's done outside of Marvel has underperformed esp in other big franchises (likes his name is 'worth'less to other big franchises)
That's true he probably wouldn't have done most of Fords stuff (esp as he had to be filming Magnum throughout the 80s) but I think Blade Runner would've been a possibility as in the making of Raiders Ridley Scott was interested in the new lead for his picture and talked to Spielberg and was shown some 'dailies' which made him cast Ford as Deckard, so maybe same could've happened with Selleck.. then again he might not have been able to do BR due to Magnum so its even possible Harrison Ford could've still been in BR even had he not been Indy (as Scott would obviously aware of him through SW)
Had he been Indy we wouldn't know any different, Selleck would *BE* Indiana Jones. the way Harrison Ford has been. The hat/whip/jacket synonyms with him (moustache instead of chin scar), the John Williams score following him around everywhere (even when getting a colonoscopy), the iconic 80s trilogy culminating with co starring with Connery as his dad that summer of 89, the constant 'will there be an Indiana Jones 4?' question being asked for near 20years with all the rumours (Harrison Ford as Indys brother?), the let down of the Crystal Skull return, the Dial of Destiny bomb. Everything that was Ford would've been Selleck
He'd also be Magnum (nearing equal fame as Indy in the 80s) so there's be that dual fame role thing going on like Stallone (Rocky/Rambo) and obviously Harrison Ford (Solo/Indy) but one would been on TV like Shatner (Captain Kirk in Star Trek films/TJ Hooker on TV)..over the years though Magnum wouldve faded to 80s TV history (like it has along with the rest The A Team, Knight Rider, Airwolf, Fall Guy, TJ Hooker etc - some occasionally revived in TV or movie reboots with new actors) and Selleck would been primarily associated with being Indiana Jones (and maybe other stuff like Blade Runner, Fugitive), basically like Ford a huge 80s/90s name above the title film star (maybe the biggest like Ford was/is)
What exactly does 'touch grass' even mean?
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