History WMG / MadMax

Fellow [[UsefulNotes/AustralianNewWave Australian New Waver Peter Weir's]] ''The Cars That Ate Paris'' is set in the 1970s of the ''Mad Max'' universe. Possibly 2014's ''Film/TheRover'' is too. Any continuity errors, just like in the ''Mad Max'' films, are caused because they're all retellings of post-Apocalyptic mythology.

* ''WMG/MadMaxFuryRoad'''
* ''Film/FuriosaAMadMaxSaga''

* The events leading up to ''Fury Road'' support this theory, as they are told in two different formats; The video game and the prequel comic. Both depict some of the same general events, such as Max winning a V-8 engine in Gastown, rescuing Glory from the Buzzards, the subsequent deaths of both Hope and Glory, and Max re-aquiring the rebuilt Pursuit Special. However, there are major differences in the plots of both, such as the nature of the tournament where Max wins the V-8, the presence of the Magnum Opus, Scabrous Scrotus, Dog, and Chumbucket in the game, and how Max actually gets the Interceptor back and who from. In the end, both lead into the start of ''Fury Road'' that either neither could be canon.

[[WMG: Fury Road is rather set ''after'' The Road Warrior and maybe also Beyond Thunderdome.]]

[[WMG: ''Mad Max'' and ''FistOfTheNorthStar'' take place in the same universe.]]

The social unravelling destroys Max's family life. He's aware that he contributed to it from his club days, which helps to further screw him up mentally and emotionally. That's why civilization's collapse affects Max in a way that puzzles even the other survivors in the MadMax sequels. It also explains why he is such a loner because he's denying himself human company as [[TheAtoner self-punishment]] for helping to create a CrapsackWorld.

Max Rockatansky's real name was Martin Riggs. In his late teens he was part of FightClub, possibly its Australian chapter (It could be in America as well, reflecting Mel Gibson's American-Australian background). The club is where he learned to be such a tough, stoic fighter. It also explains why he's already [[RuleNumberOne not much of a talker]] and is a little offbeat in the head (e.g. not scared to play chicken) at the beginning of the first Mad Max movie, since the Fight Club's influence marked his personality.

[[WMG: Mad Max take places in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40K}}'' at the beginning of the age of strife.]]

The original Max Rockatansky from the first movie has perished in the apocalypse. But his spirit has persisted and manifests itself (along with the Pursuit Special, which would explain it's miraculous recovery after being totaled so many times) to those in need - aside from the first movie, the central conflict never concerns him personally. While he always appears to be somewhat self-centered and disinterested in other people's plight, in reality he is simply testing them to see if their cause is just, and if it is, he always commits fully to their cause. After it is fullfilled, he disappears without a trace until someone somewhere in the wasteland is in a dire need again. This is supported by the both Fury Road and the video game where characters of roughly Max's age (judging by the looks) have no memory of a pre-war world, making Max MUCH OlderThanHeLooks.

The original Max Rockatansky from the first movie has perished in the apocalypse. But his spirit has persisted and manifests itself (along with the Pursuit Special, which would explain it's miraculous recovery after being totaled so many times) to those in need - aside from the first movie, the central conflict never concerns him personally. While he always appears to be somewhat self-centered and disinterested in other people's plight, in reality he is simply testing them to see if their cause is just, and if it is, he always commits fully to their cause. After it is fullfilled, he disappears without a trace until someone somewhere in the wasteland is in a dire need again. This is supported by the video game where characters of roughly Max's age (judging by the looks) have no memory of a pre-war world, making Max MUCH OlderThanHeLooks.

The original Max Rockatansky from the first movie has perished in the apocalypse. But his spirit has persisted and manifests itself to those in need - aside from the first movie, the central conflict never concerns him personally. While he always appears to be somewhat self-centered and disinterested in other people's plight, in reality he is simply testing them to see if their cause is just, and if it is, he always commits fully to their cause. After it is fullfilled, he disappears without a trace until someone somewhere in the wasteland is in a dire need again. This is supported by the video game where characters of roughly Max's age (judging by the looks) have no memory of a pre-war world, making Max MUCH OlderThanHeLooks.

[[WMG:Max's name is actually Martin Riggs, he was a member of the FightClub and the LethalWeapon series are just Max's madness running through his head.]]

The LethalWeapon adventures of Martin Riggs and friends are recurring hallucinations Max is having about himself in his former identity if Fight Club´s actions had failed or if he never even joined (flashes of these delusions appear in Fury Road). Riggs is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]]. His suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his role in helping to bring down civilization and [[spoiler:Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths]]. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] [[LighterAndSofter enhanced personal life and sense of belonging]] in the last two Lethal Weapon sequels are simply Max's WishFulfillment.

Max Rockatansky's real name was Martin Riggs. In his late teens he was part of FightClub, possibly its Australian chapter (It could be in America as well, reflecting Mel Gibson's American-Australian background). The club is where he learned to be such a tough, stoic fighter. It also explains why he's already not much of a talker and is a little offbeat in the head (e.g. not scared to play chicken) at the beginning of the first Mad Max movie, since the Fight Club's influence marked his personality.

Martin Riggs LethalWeapon adventures are recurring hallucinations Max is having about himself in his former identity if Fight Club´s actions had failed or if he never even joined (flashes of these delusions appear in Fury Road). Riggs is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]]. His suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his role in helping to bring down civilization and [[spoiler:Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths]]. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] [[LighterAndSofter enhanced personal life and sense of belonging]] in the last two Lethal Weapon sequels are simply Max's WishFulfillment.