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!!''Mad Max''

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!!''Mad Max 2''

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* In the beginning of ''The Road Warrior'', Max pulls out his shotgun when it looks like Wes is about to attack him. Max knew fully well that his shotgun was empty. He surely must have also known that it wouldn't have worked as a WeaponForIntimidation on a [[AxCrazy guy like Wes]] the same way it worked for the Gyro pilot. So why did he bother?
** No one willingly tangles with a shotgun, so Wez didn't need much of an excuse to leave Max alone. If anything, Wez probably figured he could round up a few more members of the gang and come back for another round, since Max seemed to be a new arrival to the neighborhood.
** You got to consider that this was probably the first time that Wes and Max met each other. Max doesn't really know how AxCrazy Wes can be so he threatens him with an empty gun. It also works because Wes only really goes over the top when his blonde friend is killed by a boomerang. In this intimidation scene, the friend is still alive and riding along with Wes.

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* In Mad Max 2 climax of the final chase scene, why would Lord Humungus speed his car in order to place himself on a direct collision course vs. Max's truck? It's clearly suicidal to crash into the truck. Would it qualify as some sort of HeroicSacrifice to let Humungus' minions catch up on the truck and capture the alleged oil for themselves?
** You have to be really paying attention to the battle to understand how it happens. Max's truck got sent off the road and you can see a wide angle shot of Max getting back on the road turning around and going in the opposite direction. Lord Humungus was stopped by a molotov from the gyrocopter pilot and was just getting back to the chase. He goes over a hill and is now in a crash course with Max who is trying to get the remaining gang off him with both going at full speed when they crash.
** He's just used a nitrous oxide boost as well, meaning that at the speed he's going, he'll probably lose control if he tries to swerve.

** you have to be really paying attention to the battle to understand how it happens. Max's truck got sent off the road and you can see a wide angle shot of max getting back on the road turning around going the opposite direction. lord Humungus was stopped from a molotov from the pilot. and was just getting back to the chase. he goes over a hill and is now in a crash course with max who is trying to get the reming gang off him both going at full speed they crash.

All the MFP officers wear leather motorcycle clothing, yet only Goose is ever shown on a motorcycle. Anyone have an explanation for this?
* It's possible they're all motorcycle cops, and there's a regular rotation of officers between bikes and cars, to reduce strain on officers from constantly riding a bike. In a deleted scene, Goose and Max switch vehicles and have a drag race.

When Max gets his arm run over by Toecutter, he's reaching for his sawn-off shotgun, yet all MFP officers carry a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_28 Smith & Wesson Model 28]], yet he doesn't simply use that.
* He was probably used to using the shotgun, which is why the revolver is not seen, or at least is not obvious, in the sequel.
* No no, he only uses the shotgun during his RoaringRampageOfRevenge. It's more likely that .357 Magnum ammo is a tad more scarce than 12 gauge rounds in the Mad Max verse.

*** He just had his main hand run over and he needs to make a shot that probably means life or death to him. It's much easier hitting something with a shot gun, especially with his off-hand and pulling the revolver might take longer time.
**** Not exactly. He had his upper arm (not hand) run over '''because''' he was reaching for the shotgun.

!!''Mad Max Fury Road''
* Are all the Warboys sons of Immortan Joe?
** Nope, it's mentioned that Joe's sons are warlords.

* I understand that Furiosa's past was intentionally left unrevealed, but how could a woman with a record of repeated escape attempts possible rise to such a high position and be entrusted with an important mission? Badass or not, such behavior usually conveys a lack of inegrity and loyalty.
** It was never said that she'd tried to escape before. She mentioned going back to the Green Place (although clearly not for a while), but that could have been as part of a raiding party (which, given that she was taken from there by the War Boys, is clearly something that has happened in the past). Presumably by the time she was trusted enough to go on raids with the War Boys, she was too brainwashed to even attempt to escape while she was there. It was only after she had risen to high authority that she had her HeelRealization.
*** That was why she was looking for redemption.

* In the very beginning Max is standing by his car, surveying the surroundings, even has time for a little snack... all the while a whole army of motorized raiders is homing on his position. Shouldn't he have heard them and darted long before that?
** It's not explained, but I would guess that he had driven up there after evading an earlier pursuit, and was watching and waiting in the hopes that they would pass him by. As he was eating the lizard, he saw that they'd spotted his trail (or him), and so hiding wasn't going to work.
** He might have been too deep in thought to boot; right before he takes off, the voices in his head start getting louder - and only then does he look over his shoulder. This happens again just before the final leg of the chase; he simply observes as Furiosa and Co. head into the sands, and runs after them once he starts hearing the voices that haunt him.
** Besides the door of the Interceptor, Max has his swag out. The implication is that Max has either been there overnight or is intending to do so. When he finally takes notice of the approaching Warboys he is shown to be grabbing and throwing this gear into the car before driving off. While it is difficult to judge exactly how much time passes between Max reacting and the Warboys arriving, or the speed the Warboys were travelling in the first place, it is plausable that Max first heard them when they were still a kilometre away, which is not bad for a man fighting the voices in his head and with dreadlocks covering his ears.

* What was Furiosa's plan to get rid of her War Boy escort? She couldn't have predicted the sandstorm would conveniently getting rid of them all in addition to giving her some distance on the pursuing war parties, could she?
** Obviously the plan was getting to the narrow canyon, where she can crush the escort vehicles. Then there was the the Biker gang, who presumably agreed to get rid of the pursuing parties in exchange for fuel. It quickly got out of hand, but at least Furiosa wasn't relying on blind luck to escape.
** Listening to the dialogue; this seems to be exactly the case. The Biker gang leader confirms it when he tells her that the deal only mentioned a small handful of pursuers...instead of ''three'' full war bands.

* Throughout Fury Road, Max is haunted by visions of a young girl that is implied to be his own child who died by being run over before the world was destroyed. The problem is, Max's child, named Sprog, was referred to by male pronouns in the original Mad Max, and was considerably younger than the girl that appears in Max's visions. So is this a Retcon or a continuity Error?

** Listening to the dialogue; this seems to be exactly the case. The Biker gang leader confirms it when he tells her that the deal only mentioned a small handful of pursuers...instead of ''three'' full war bands.

** Obviously the plan was getting to the narrow canyon, where she can crush the escort vehicles. Then there was the the Biker gang, who presumably agreed to get rid of the pursuing parties in exchange for fuel. It quickly got out of hand, but at least Furiosa wasn't relying on blind luck to escape.

* In ''Fury Road'', where all of the Warboys the sons of Immortan Joe?

* In the very beginning Max is standing by his car, surveing the surroundings, even has time for a little snack... all the while a whole army of motorized raiders is homing on his position. Shouldn't he have heard them and darted long before that?

* What was Furiosa's plan to get rid of her War Boy escort as she couldn't have predicted the sandstorm conveniently getting rid of them all in addition to giving her some distance on the pursuing war parties.

** It's not explained, but I would guess that he had driven up there after evading an earlier pursuit, and was watching and waiting in the hopes that they would pass him by. As he was eating the lizard, he saw that they'd spotted his trail (or him), and so hiding wasn't going to work.

* In the very beginning Max is standing by his car, surveing the surroundings, even has time for a little snack... all the while a whole army of motorized raiders is homing on his position. Shouldn't he have heard them and darted long before that?

** Nope, it's mentioned that Joe's sons are warlords.

* In ''Fury Road'', where all of the Warboys the sons of Immortan Joe?