Spontaneously went to see Mad Max last night at the late showing. Accidentally bought a ticket for the 3D version. But it was fine. 3D usually looks dim and blurry to me and sometimes gives me a headache, but this one was really well done. It wasn't intrusive, except for the flying bits where it's supposed to be.

I keep noticing little things. Like how in the scene where they're realized that Furiosa is going back to the citadel, and they're having this intense conversation, the really big guy with the pierced nipples is just idly playing with his nipple ring. And that it was the Milking Mothers who opened the sluicegates and let the water down, which seems very appropriate, and also gives them their autonomy back, too.

Yeah, I like the movie. But I don't think it would be much more than a really good action movie except that there are so many humans who are women moving the action forward. That's what makes it exceptional. Also, I don't understand when people say Max wasn't the hero because he didn't do anything, that's nuts, he did a lot! It's just that he wasn't the only hero, and the movie wasn't ABOUT him, which really none of the Mad Max movies have been about him, if I recall them correctly he's always been a wanderer wandering into someone else's story.

The original was pretty Max-focused, wasn't it? It's been decades since I saw it, but I thought he was getting revenge on a gang for murdering his family.

Yeah, but the original was not very good. Not that I remember anything about it other than not liking it, so I can't even confirm it was Max-centric.

I thought he was getting revenge on a gang for murdering his family.

Ha ha ha this is like the last fifteen minutes of the movie and the rest is boring.

Ha ha ha this is like the last fifteen minutes of the movie and the rest is boring.

Yeah, and the other 2 movies aren't super Max-focused. They're weird movies in that regard.

This is the only one of the 4 where Max narrated, which is interesting.

I don't find Tom Hardy particularly attractive (I don't think he's UNattractive, but he's just not my type), but he really was excellent in this movie.

I like the one with the people and the gas refinery, but that's more for the people he deals with. "A fella, a quick fella, might have a weapon under there. Then I'd have to nail his head to the panel."

This is the only one of the 4 where Max narrated, which is interesting.

I didn't realize that. In my head, he narrates at least at the beginning of each of them. Though my memory might be retroactively influenced by the current movie. It's been ages since I saw any of the others.

I don't find Tom Hardy particularly attractive (I don't think he's UNattractive, but he's just not my type), but he really was excellent in this movie.

Seconded.

I didn't realize that. In my head, he narrates at least at the beginning of each of them. Though my memory might be retroactively influenced by the current movie. It's been ages since I saw any of the others.

Nope, the other two movies are narrated by other people who reinforce Max as Myth, which is pretty neat. He's a mythic figure who drops into other people's stories and just helps them so he can get out of them.

P.-C., you're right, I remember that now. I like that.

Hey, so the trailer for The Martian is out: [link]

And it's got a wicked high-profile cast. I'm impressed. But it doesn't look as funny as the book was. I guess we'll see.