Episode 67: Mad Max: Fury Road, Fury Road VS. Road Warrior, Top 5 Crazy Vehicles

Super Fantastic Nerd Hour!

“Oh what a day, what a lovely day!” We review George Miller’s long awaited Mad Max sequel — Fury Road! How does Fury Road honor its source material while also charting a new course for action films? Does its treatment of women make it a “feminist film”? And what’s the story behind Doof Warrior, the onesie flamethrower guitarist? In the INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER, who’s the better hero — Fury Road’s Furiosa or The Road Warrior’s Max Rockatansky? We step on the gas for our top 5 crazy vehicles.

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Show Notes

• 0:00 - 26:10: Mad Max: Fury Road (non-spoilers)
• 26:11 - 53:40: Mad Max: Fury Road (spoilers)
• 53:41 - 1:03:37: INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER: Fury Road VS. Road Warrior
• 1:03:38 - 1:20:56: Top 5 Crazy Vehicles

Links

• Mad Max: Fury Road was worth waiting 30 years for
• Mad Max: Fury Road Is An Astonishing Work Of Art
• Every Killer Car in Mad Max: Fury Road Explained
• The Best Character In Movie History, The Flamethrower Guitarist From ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ Has An Origin Story
• I saw Fury Road. I get why people like it. But it isn’t feminist.
• Sorry, haters: 'Mad Max' is an 'incredible feminist movie'

Top 5 Crazy Vehicles

Conrad:

1. TARDIS (Doctor Who)
2. Batmobile (Batman)
3. DeLorean (Back to the Future)
4. Boat (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
5. Optimus Prime (Transformers)

Ali:

1. DeLorean (Back to the Future Part II)
2. Tumbler (Batman Begins)
3. Podracers (Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace)
4. Lightcycle (TRON)
5. Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix)