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hot take fur(ule)iosa was actually a banger
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It was good, but the end credits shouldn't have played scenes from Fury Road. Outside of that, it mostly tells a distinct story that happens to be set in the same universe. The movie stands better on its own.
Yeah, that was weird and smelled like a studio mandate (remind people once more that this is a prequel!).
Which may explain why we get the concept of the "First History Man" here as GM's way out of a studio mandate. Truth be told, the franchise has ALWAYS felt like tales handed down, mostly because 2 and 3 followed Joseph Campbell to a T.
I really liked that aspect and kinda wish all Mad Max movies had been framed that way. That would certainly explain why Max is a very different man in Fury Road. (Hardy played him as traumatized loner, while Gibson always managed to give him a wry sense of nihilist humour.)
so correct