Is Max immortal? (Possible Spoilers)

[Heretic]

So if you've seen all four films, you'll notice some striking differences from Mad Max and Mad Max 4.

In the first movie you seen remnants of civilization still active and we presume that its in the early to mid stages of decline as things become more lawless and desperate.
Fast forward to Fury Road and you see a complete collapse where one man has presumably forged his own little empire of tyranny and slavery by controlling some convenient clean water and farm land. I would assume it would have taken him his entire adult life to forge, assuming he began at 16-17 and died in his 60s-70s.

Max however seems to not age, actually he appears to get younger between Thunderdome and Fury Road, but it must be the same Max as he is haunted by his dead family and presumably the children he saved in Thunderdome.

My presumption is that Max is immortal and since the first movie and forth movie about 50-80 years has passed.

As a side note its clear this movie is an apology for Mad Max 3 Beyond Thunderdome which was an obvious cash grab that saw the entire tone of the series lightened to pack the theatres with more people(by giving it a lower rating). Because as we saw in the first two movies there were was ultra violence, rape and all the dark imagery of what we assume we'd see in an end of the world scenario. Fury Road gets back on track with everything except the topic of rape which takes a ridiculous tone in the movie by portraying it essentially as a way of life for the Immortan Joe's wives.

My guess is Mad Max 5 will be titled "Mad Max 5 : Return to Bartertown" which will be a Fury Road prequel where we find out what happened to the children he saved and the fate of bartertown. Anyways thats my spiel, thanks for reading.

[Therealfather]

Serious question should I watch the previous mad max movies? do they actually relate to this at all? I have yet to see this one yet.

[DESCRIBE HIM TO ME]

Max isn't immortal. Each story of Max is an individual legend. All the stories of him are meant to be thought of as told by a bard in a post-apocalyptic bar somewhere. He's a mythical figure spoken of by entertainers in the wastes. Each legend has its own nearly entirely seperate plotline and there is no canon chronology.

[DESCRIBE HIM TO ME]

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Max isn't immortal. Each story of Max is an individual legend. All the stories of him are meant to be thought of as told by a bard in a post-apocalyptic bar somewhere. He's a mythical figure spoken of by entertainers in the wastes. Each legend has its own nearly entirely seperate plotline and there is no canon chronology.

Have you even watched the first three? Lol. Good troll though.

I have watched the first three, and I'm not a troll. Look at Mad Max vs Road Warrior. The apocalypse has progressed far faster than Max has aged. Furthermore, it's told from the perspective of the child he helps during the film. The series isn't about Max, it's about the Legend of Max.

Just as side note, here's a link to the original plan for Fury Road, written by George Miller. Note the use of the word "legend."
http://i.imgur.com/c9NxZbl.jpg

[DESCRIBE HIM TO ME]

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Just a boring explanation though. Ruins the whole series for me If I accept that. I think thats just a convenient way to explain away the continuity errors of the plot/world/lore. Which is when they first made the movie in the late seventies it was just a short demo by George Miller to prove to hollywood execs that he could make a good film. Then once he got his budget some scenes were remade, but the original scenes were still present. Thats the reason why you see some rag-tag Mad Max leathers, and then later in the movie you see nice prop-leathers that had some decent budget behind it for new materials.

In anycase I think they should just roll with the Max is immortal because the story lines are clearly connected which is the reason in Fury Road Max is someone that runs from the Dead and the Living. Watch for it! Mad Max 5 Return to Bartertown.

The dead girl in Fury Road doesn't fit the rest of the lore. In Mad Max he loses a son, not a daughter.

[DESCRIBE HIM TO ME]

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somehow he gets his car back everytime.

I'm sorry son, but you're just wrong. He's a legend, a myth, a wandering idea of the wasteland. He's not real.

[joseph_glessner]

If you have not seen the previous movies, run don't walk to watch them. All amazing.

[<.GP}Codename_Ty]

The previous movies, even Thunderdome, are One Million Times better than this excuse for a Mad Max film. The first 20 minutes were pretty good, I suppose. The rest of the movie, garbage. The movie is one chase, that goes on for the entire running time. Tom Hardy is no Mel Gibson and Charlize Theron sure isn't either.

The best of them all was Mad Max. Second was Road Warrior, then ThunderDome and this....

How this got such great reviews is anyone's guess. I guess because Charlize Theron's character makes Max look pretty useless and the critics love that.

[DESCRIBE HIM TO ME]

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The previous movies, even Thunderdome, are One Million Times better than this excuse for a Mad Max film. The first 20 minutes were pretty good, I suppose. The rest of the movie, garbage. The movie is one chase, that goes on for the entire running time. Tom Hardy is no Mel Gibson and Charlize Theron sure isn't either.

The best of them all was Mad Max. Second was Road Warrior, then ThunderDome and this....

How this got such great reviews is anyone's guess. I guess because Charlize Theron's character makes Max look pretty useless and the critics love that.

The action sequences were excellently done using practical effects. Theron and Hardy may not have much synergy but their interactions are fun and both have their moments.

The initial Mad Max film was alright at best but suffered from pacing issues, probably because George Miller was a new director at the time. Road Warrior was excellent and much better paced. Gibson played a very good Max and his interactions with the characters around him were just the right level of awkward for the tone of the movie.

Full disclosure, I didn't see Thunderdome. Everyone I know has said it didn't do the other films justice so I decided to skip it.

Fury Road was in development hell for years - the original legend being written in the 90s - but finally came out in 2015 with great fanfare. I can understand disliking Furiosa. I don't think she was meant to be likeable. But to suggest that she overshadows Max is intentionally overlooking what Max does well. Both Max and Furiosa have their moments in the spotlight and neither is ever shown to be incompetent. The only character to actually be shown as incompetent is Nicholas Hoult's character, Nux. Even he has his useful moments though. Throughout the film everyone gets a chance to be the hero.

As for casting, Tom Hardy and Mel Gibson play significantly different Maxes. Gibson's was more quiet and menacing, while Hardy's is more angry and animalistic. They both have places in the Max universe though, especially considering that all the films are about potentially different Maxes.

[RockHart]

Max's Age
Although disputed among the fan community and even George Miller himself, canon follows what Miller has said in interviews [citation needed].
Mad Max - About 23 years old (based on Mel Gibson's age at the time).
Mad Max: Road Warrior - This occurred two years after the events of Mad Max, placing Max's age at about 25 years old.
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome - This takes place fifteen to eighteen years after Road Warrior making Max about 40 years old.

[RockHart]

I honestly hope there's another trilogy from this movie, a pre-sequal triology and prequel trilogy, as well as a long series of video games that goes like 7 games long into 150 years more of the mad max world.

Watched this movie as a kid, and have never ever ever ever regretted seeing it. One of the finest movies in cinema history in the glorious hay day of australian films. This movie started the indie movie movment.

This movie reminded me of Doomsday, but just had that same vision and scope. I been too busy playing the game and taking amazing photos in it to watch this movie until now. WOW. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love it. Everything like this is why we got Borderlands and Fallout.

I am glad I baught all the movies. I'm gunna buy the mondo cover movies to.

[RockHart]

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The previous movies, even Thunderdome, are One Million Times better than this excuse for a Mad Max film. The first 20 minutes were pretty good, I suppose. The rest of the movie, garbage. The movie is one chase, that goes on for the entire running time. Tom Hardy is no Mel Gibson and Charlize Theron sure isn't either.

The best of them all was Mad Max. Second was Road Warrior, then ThunderDome and this....

How this got such great reviews is anyone's guess. I guess because Charlize Theron's character makes Max look pretty useless and the critics love that.

THE BEST PART OF EACH MAD MAX MOVIE WAS THE WAR RIG CHASE SCENES. THIS MOVIE WAS AMAZING FOR DOING THAT IMHO! Just missing a gyrocopter.

[ItsAll19]

yeah it seems the car is immortal since it definitely bought it in road warrior...

Interesting take but I don't think he's immortal and the 4 movies don't span nearly as much time as you think...

mad max takes place some time after the ruin of everything.There are pockets of civilization and vast areas of desolation. There are hints of this at the start of mad max - "Christ they're heading for population!" and the intro to road warrior - "a man haunted by the demons of his past, who wandered out into the wastelands"

The gangs, the bands of survivors, the rulers like humongous and the ones in fury road are out there during the events of mad max.

Actually that road warrior intro really explains a lot of it.

~ damn now I have to have a marathon day and watch it all again - maybe even thunderdome (maybe)

[Hellblazer]

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Just a boring explanation though. Ruins the whole series for me If I accept that. I think thats just a convenient way to explain away the continuity errors of the plot/world/lore. Which is when they first made the movie in the late seventies it was just a short demo by George Miller to prove to hollywood execs that he could make a good film. Then once he got his budget some scenes were remade, but the original scenes were still present. Thats the reason why you see some rag-tag Mad Max leathers, and then later in the movie you see nice prop-leathers that had some decent budget behind it for new materials.

In anycase I think they should just roll with the Max is immortal because the story lines are clearly connected which is the reason in Fury Road Max is someone that runs from the Dead and the Living. Watch for it! Mad Max 5 Return to Bartertown.

So what you're saying is that your opinion is better than anyone else's and anyone who disagrees with you is a troll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OWL7AzvHo

[Smormu]

Incorrect (but interesting theory)

This Mad Max movie is not connected to the others, it's neither a sequel or a reboot.
It's like the James Bond movies, the character is not immortal but the role (of the actor) is. This is just the next generation of Mad Max. This isn't a direct quote but it's basically what the director said.

Also, the game has nothing to do with any of the movies. It's forging it's own path.

[UnknownDepth]

This movie is before the 3rd one