I rewatched (part of) Fury Road with some friends online yesterday and something that was really jarring, not having seen the old Mad Max movies, and not just because of the current *gestures*, is Max opening by saying he was a cop before the apocalypse.
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It's funny because it's an exaggeration of an actual moral panic in Australia, of "hoon gangs" and "hooning" (a criminal underworld based on driving recklessly in fast cars that was supposedly taking over youth culture)
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Anyway when Miller got a real budget he was able to switch from the whole realistic-setting-interspersed-with-extreme-violence "pre-apocalyptic" aesthetic to the completely gonzo world we all know and love from The Road Warrior
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