He wears a police uniform rather than the cobbled-together outfit of necessity we later see. Max himself barely resembles the Mad Max icon we’ve come to associate with the series. The world is still the kind of place where a young hotshot police officer can have a pretty wife, a cute child and a functional house for shelter. The film definitely takes place in a heightened version of our world - law and order appears to have been disintegrating for a while - but a recognizable civilization stands. So why, in this age of serialization, does Mad Max get a pass? The answer is pretty straightforward - the Mad Max series has just never given a damn about continuity.Īmong the three films we have so far, the original Mad Max ironically ends up as the outlier by having the most typical narrative. Judging by anticipation levels, series fans seem to like it a great deal. For that to really work, both directors and studios must honor the integrity of the worlds they build with great diligence.Īnd then here comes a new Mad Max, starring Tom Hardy instead of Mel Gibson, taking place who knows where and who knows when in terms of any overall story, and basically doing whatever it wants whether series fans like it or not. We have moved beyond the franchise to the universe. Betraying continuity would be considered a huge offense by many. The idea of recasting a role, for instance, is now a major concern. We live in a cinematic era of serialized storytelling filled with standards and rules that would have been easily ignored decades ago.
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