I recently saw the new Mad Max movie, and I loved it. Of course, I immediately started exploring the world. Feel free to join in, comment on my headcanons, and post your own!
How did the world get to where it is in Mad Max: Fury Road, and what's going on in the rest of the world? (I forget, is Fury Road a reboot or a continuation of the first 3 films?) I think there was a nuclear war or something in the 70s?
Joe was a colonel in the Australian Army, so it wasn't too long ago. However, Furiosa, the wives, and the War Boys (and maybe Max--we're not sure how old he is) seem to have grown up in this post-apocalyptic world, implying it's been at least 30 years (my estimate for Furiosa's age). Assuming that the film is set in the present day, this would mean the world went to hell sometime in the 70s and 80s.
Where is the Citadel supposed to be? Can we make any assumption other than "Somewhere in Australia"?
Judging by the absence of any large animals besides humans, we can presume that they are extinct, at least in Australia. Maybe some camels survived on the fringes of the desert. I believe it was confirmed that the Milk Mothers' milk is turned into cheese, which would provide at least some of people's protein intake. Insects such as the one Nux ate are probably not enough to provide the rest, unless they are actively being raised (it takes an apocalypse for cricket farming to take off?
). There were no depictions of cannibalism in the movie, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's practiced, especially by the Wretched, who likely don't get any of the Milk. Maybe somewhere else there's a Morlock-like community. I also would not be surprised at any group using human skin and bones as decoration or clothing.
I read somewhere that the salt flats are supposedly the ocean, which has dried up. (begging the question--where did all the water go? 300 sextillion gallons of water doesn't just vanish)
What happened to the Aboriginal Australians? Did they form their own nation or were they all slaughtered/assimilated into gangs? And what about the Polynesians (I believe at least two of the wives are half-Maori--at least, their actors are)?
What is the origin of the Buzzards (the guys with the spiky cars)? They speak Russian, but I was unaware of a large population of Russian-speakers in Australia at any point in the 20th century.
We know that the War Boys get bullets from the Bullet Farm (built on a lead mine), and guzzoline from the oil wells at Gas Town, but where do they get rubber for tires? Sand can't be good to tires (they probably aren't always driving on the Fury Road), and I don't know of any sources of rubber in Australia.
How did the world get to where it is in Mad Max: Fury Road, and what's going on in the rest of the world? (I forget, is Fury Road a reboot or a continuation of the first 3 films?) I think there was a nuclear war or something in the 70s?
Joe was a colonel in the Australian Army, so it wasn't too long ago. However, Furiosa, the wives, and the War Boys (and maybe Max--we're not sure how old he is) seem to have grown up in this post-apocalyptic world, implying it's been at least 30 years (my estimate for Furiosa's age). Assuming that the film is set in the present day, this would mean the world went to hell sometime in the 70s and 80s.
Where is the Citadel supposed to be? Can we make any assumption other than "Somewhere in Australia"?
Judging by the absence of any large animals besides humans, we can presume that they are extinct, at least in Australia. Maybe some camels survived on the fringes of the desert. I believe it was confirmed that the Milk Mothers' milk is turned into cheese, which would provide at least some of people's protein intake. Insects such as the one Nux ate are probably not enough to provide the rest, unless they are actively being raised (it takes an apocalypse for cricket farming to take off?
). There were no depictions of cannibalism in the movie, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's practiced, especially by the Wretched, who likely don't get any of the Milk. Maybe somewhere else there's a Morlock-like community. I also would not be surprised at any group using human skin and bones as decoration or clothing.I read somewhere that the salt flats are supposedly the ocean, which has dried up. (begging the question--where did all the water go? 300 sextillion gallons of water doesn't just vanish)
What happened to the Aboriginal Australians? Did they form their own nation or were they all slaughtered/assimilated into gangs? And what about the Polynesians (I believe at least two of the wives are half-Maori--at least, their actors are)?
What is the origin of the Buzzards (the guys with the spiky cars)? They speak Russian, but I was unaware of a large population of Russian-speakers in Australia at any point in the 20th century.
We know that the War Boys get bullets from the Bullet Farm (built on a lead mine), and guzzoline from the oil wells at Gas Town, but where do they get rubber for tires? Sand can't be good to tires (they probably aren't always driving on the Fury Road), and I don't know of any sources of rubber in Australia.