Mad Max

Has anyone besides me ever watched Mad Max on dvd and paused it for minutes at a time just to see the bikes?(nevermind)

 

I have to admit that I've done that from time to time.

Mad Max (an Australian movie which I believe was re-recorded in the American accent in its first release in the States) is apparently a bit of a benchmark for the car chase/crash genre - and an influence on Quentin Tarantino if what I read is to be believed.

DVD is great - pause - slow mo - makes it all the more interesting because there's no CGI. Just brave souls who lived on the edge for the camera.

Cheers.

 

I haven't but I've been telling myself to lately. this thread is all the motivation I need

Man I love Mad Max

 

guilty as charged

 

never saw it....i guess i really need to!

 

When the Goose hops on his MFP Bike and goes smokin down that highway stop the DVD and look at the tach and speedo. Its the real deal he was cookin down the road. I saw an interveiw that they said that they did not realize the bike was going that fast unitil they were editing the film. Check it out.

 

gotta love the realness of those movies

 

One of my favourite movies, here's the opening scene
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=TMYLjlpP0 ... re=related

Gooses bike
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cars/madmax ... index.html

I just recently read a Classic Mechnics magazine which had a "Goose replica" featured, you can still buy the bodywork kits out of Japan where apparently they are go nuts over that sort of stuff

 

Search Road warrior. There is a group who dress up and drive around. Cool costumes. Look for two dudes dressed up in a miata! I nearly pissed myself laughing. True survivor bikes and cars.

 

Wow, I had no idea Mad Max was so alive and well!
Those movies were a long time ago

 

Are you kidding? Mad Max is one of the greatest movies EVER !!! I think that is what got me started on my bike kick :twisted:

 

so, at 9:30 of the clip right after the Night Rider crests the hill, whats the flames coming from the rear valance of the car?

its not excess gas from the exhaust, its coming from right below the boot lid...

 

the tank is leaking and the leaked fuel is on fire if they stop they explode...

 

I haven't watched this movie, but i just watched the first 10min scene on youtube and now i HAVE to find a copy of it!! it looks great!

 

Can someone post some pics of the bikes in Mad Max?

 

FUTURE, YOU ARE THE MAN! CAN I SAY, UM......... SCREEN SAVER PICS?

 

Just checked out Mad Max Movies . com and the flame out the back of Night Riders car was a solid fuel rocket. It says if you look close there are no passengers in the car when that stunt was done.

 

If you like Mad Max for the bikes, you should try and track an earlier Oz movie called STONE. It was made in 1974 and is about a biker gang that only rides Kawasaki Z1's. It's a cult classic with Oz bikers.

There's a funeral procession scene in the movie where the coffin is carried on a racing side-car outfit and it is followed by hundreds of Z1's down the highway. Awesome. 8O
Also has an amazing stunt where a bike (and rider) goes off a cliff into the ocean.

 

I love the CB and sidecar.

 

but that wasnt standard on that particular car because it was a stolen MFP pursuit special...

while i agree it COULD have been added by the Night Rider, i dont think its too likely...

just my opinion. its STILL a super movie. if you like it on your computer or TV you should have seen it on the Big Screen (if you never have)...

 

but that wasnt standard on that particular car because it was a stolen MFP pursuit special...

while i agree it COULD have been added by the Night Rider, i dont think its too likely...

If you read my comment it was just a STUNT just for effects. He didn't add it, the stunt people did to make it look like he was really moving when the car crashed. Get the MAD MAX cd and check out the extras and you will see a bunch of things the movie people did on such a low budget and got such a big return on this low buck movie. Also you can go to www. madmaxmovies.com and check out all the other stuff on the stunts.

 

Heck I loved those movies when I first seen them. Thanks for the reminder I will now have to go on Amazon and see if I can get the set.

Just a pitty that Hollywood got their hands on it. The third movie was no where as good as the first two as far as I am concerned

 

I agree 10,000%
Too bad also that some idiot had to DUB the American English over the Aussie English for the original US release. (as they have done with several foreign English language movies and TV shows.

Get the super all inclusive Mad Max release and there is a setting to see facts about the movie during play at the bottom of the screen.

 

I hadn't thought that that would be possible. Are you very young or something ?

 

i havent seen it either, but im only 17

 

you must. right now.

 

I have read somewhere from the makers of the film. They attached a rocket to the rear of Night Rider's car: 1972 HQ Holden Monaro, which fired out the side to make the car spin. This was done with dummies in the car as it was a dangerous stunt. You can also see that they took the nice wheels off, and used stock steel wheels for blowing up the car.