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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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Is he saying he was a cop before the apocalypse or cop *in* the apocalypse? I also haven't seen the other Mad Max movies, but he says he's a "road warrior," and that seemed like a specific kind of cop w/in that world. Plus, I am completely unsure of the apoc. timeline tbh
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Replying to @moh_in_law @BootlegGirl
He was an actual cop in the pre-apocalyptic world in Mad Max 1, then after civilization collapses he becomes a sort of wandering soldier of fortune ("Road Warrior") in 2 and 3
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The timeline is intentionally vague, with each new movie implying that it's just another in a series of exaggerated legends in the loose oral history of the wastelands
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Like it's a huge part of Max's original canon storyline that he's from the Old World and he lost his faith that the world could be saved after he saw his family die But given how far in the past the apocalypse seems to be in Fury Road it doesn't seem possible he's that old
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The whole thing is just broad strokes, like the little girl in Fury Road isn't actually a character we've seen before but she's the *equivalent* of the wife and kid in Mad Max 1 (or the feral boy in 2, or the community of kids in 3) You just need to know Max has a family he lost
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He, himself, may not be entirely clear on what his own history is As the title of the movie says, he's not in the best psychological health
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