jye4ever
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At a boy, exercise those Warboy feelings!
I just wish you threw the guitar guy out along with the prego.
Wait, what happened to you.
Mad Max: Fury Road
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At a boy, exercise those Warboy feelings!
I just wish you threw the guitar guy out along with the prego.
Wait, what happened to you.
Rictus Erectus... that's his name...
He had a brother. A perfect brother.
He had a brother. A perfect brother.
jye4ever
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IJ should've been Humungus's brother. 
Can't wait for IJ Halloween costume.
Can't wait for IJ Halloween costume.
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Time for some lactating prego porn movies!
Oh, and this little tid bit:
George Miller Says More MAD MAX Is On The Way
It's even got a title!
By SCOTT WAMPLER May. 18, 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
raked in over $100m at the worldwide box office this weekend, pulled down a 98% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and has been greeted by longtime fans of the franchise with the sort of fanatical obsessiveness usually reserved for Marvel movies.
This is good news all the way around, and yesterday director George Miller took to Twitter to respond to the film's success:
A few weekends ago, Miller hosted an early screening of Fury Road here in Austin, and was asked about the potential for further Mad Maxfilms. At the time, he compared the process of finalizing and releasing Fury Road to childbirth, saying, "You wouldn't ask a woman who just got done giving birth if she plans on having more kids." Fair enough, but the above makes it sound like he's already warming up to the idea of getting back in the bedroom.This is good news all the way around, and yesterday director George Miller took to Twitter to respond to the film's success:
And get this: speaking to Jeff Goldsmith on the "Q&A With Jeff Goldsmith" podcast this past Friday, Miller revealed that a screenplay for a fifth Mad Max movie (to be titled Mad Max: The Wasteland) and a novella (which, presumably, would serve as the basis for a sixth film) have already been written. We already know that Tom Hardy's signed on for three more Mad Max films, so...sounds like the ball's in Warner Bros.' court.
Given the BMD readership, this probably goes without saying, but just in case: go see Mad Max: Fury Road. See it on a big-ass screen in your favorite theater, and take all of your friends. Not only will you be experiencing what is very likely the summer movie of 2015, you'll also be increasing our chances for more Mad Max movies. That's a win-win for everyone.
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Don’t Tell Me Anything Else About FURY ROAD’s Doof Warrior
Knowing more about a cool character isn't always a good thing.
By DEVIN FARACI May. 18, 2015
Within hours of Mad Max: Fury Road opening I saw this headline:
The Best Character In Movie History, The Flamethrower Guitarist From ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ Has An Origin Story and I groaned.
Not at the hyperbole of the statement - I have friends who think this guy, The Doof Warrior, is the Jar Jar of the Mad Max series (no one show them Thunderdome), but I think he's amazing - but rather at the idea that we're already looking for the backstory. We already want the origin.
I'm afraid that in the coming months and years I'm going to see the exquisite purity of Fury Road's world get muddied by this sort of thing - the oppressive search for the backstory. George Miller has a bunch of Mad Max: Fury Road comics lined up, and I'm sure there will be fanfic and follow-ups. After all, Miller has said that there was a detailed history written for everything in the film, which is part of the reason why the world is so alive.
But that life gets snuffed when we try to pin it down, to diagram it, to dissect it and examine it from every angle inside and out. The Doof Warrior is the 21st century Boba Fett - he looks awesome, he gets involved with the story just enough, and that's all we need. It's the desire to focus on Boba Fett, to give him a backstory and a tragic history, that watered him down. The mysterious figure steps out of the shadows and... he's some kid whose dad was the template for a clone army. Huh. The iconic bounty hunter was suddenly brought down to earth, reduced completely.
The Doof Warrior is the most specific example of this - if you love Fury Road you love every time this insane character shows up onscreen, and you sort of want more of him. But George Miller gives you just enough - you always want to be left slightly wanting with guys like that, the tertiary flavor characters. Go too deep and you Boba Fett them. There are other characters, other props, other ideas that elicit the same sort of 'What's the deal with that?' reaction, which is the greatest reaction you can have to worldbuilding. But going deeper isn't always a good idea?
Take for example Furiosa. A friend of mine texted me after she saw the movie and asked why Furiosa was seeking redemption. This led to an interesting discussion about the film's themes and the role that a woman like Furiousa plays in propping up a vicious patriarchy. We used the text and the subtext of the film to examine and parse this one line of dialogue, to fill it with meaning that came from within the film but also that came from our experience of watching it. That's better than any prequel story can be, better than any tale that fills in the gaps and shows exactly why Furiosa wants redemption, that shows her complicit in kidnapping the wives from wherever they lived before. And there are comics coming that might fill in that story, and I think that's just a bad, bad idea.
I get wanting more - that's the nature of fandom. But sometimes not getting that more is the best thing that can happen to us. My happiest years with Star Wars were the ones where all I had were the movies and the toys, and there was no Expanded Universe or Wookiepedia or canon - just what I saw in screen, what I could hold in my hand and what I could imagine in my head. Every time the backstory of a Hammerhead or a Lobot was explored, the area I had to play in got smaller and more constricted. Yes, we want to know more, but sometimes knowing more leads us to experiencing it less. What had been an exercise in the imagination turns into a rote recital of facts and figures. What had been mythic becomes mundane.
So yeah, there's an origin story for The Doof Warrior. George Miller thought it all through because he wanted to create a world that was consistent and full. And when asked in an interview, he answered. But I don't think you should read about it. I don't think you should close off that patch of your imagination. Where was The Doof Warrior before Fury Road started? Where did he come from? Who is he? All of that should belong to you, and you shouldn't let anyone take it away.
Knowing more about a cool character isn't always a good thing.
By DEVIN FARACI May. 18, 2015
Within hours of Mad Max: Fury Road opening I saw this headline:
The Best Character In Movie History, The Flamethrower Guitarist From ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ Has An Origin Story and I groaned.
Not at the hyperbole of the statement - I have friends who think this guy, The Doof Warrior, is the Jar Jar of the Mad Max series (no one show them Thunderdome), but I think he's amazing - but rather at the idea that we're already looking for the backstory. We already want the origin.
I'm afraid that in the coming months and years I'm going to see the exquisite purity of Fury Road's world get muddied by this sort of thing - the oppressive search for the backstory. George Miller has a bunch of Mad Max: Fury Road comics lined up, and I'm sure there will be fanfic and follow-ups. After all, Miller has said that there was a detailed history written for everything in the film, which is part of the reason why the world is so alive.
But that life gets snuffed when we try to pin it down, to diagram it, to dissect it and examine it from every angle inside and out. The Doof Warrior is the 21st century Boba Fett - he looks awesome, he gets involved with the story just enough, and that's all we need. It's the desire to focus on Boba Fett, to give him a backstory and a tragic history, that watered him down. The mysterious figure steps out of the shadows and... he's some kid whose dad was the template for a clone army. Huh. The iconic bounty hunter was suddenly brought down to earth, reduced completely.
The Doof Warrior is the most specific example of this - if you love Fury Road you love every time this insane character shows up onscreen, and you sort of want more of him. But George Miller gives you just enough - you always want to be left slightly wanting with guys like that, the tertiary flavor characters. Go too deep and you Boba Fett them. There are other characters, other props, other ideas that elicit the same sort of 'What's the deal with that?' reaction, which is the greatest reaction you can have to worldbuilding. But going deeper isn't always a good idea?
Take for example Furiosa. A friend of mine texted me after she saw the movie and asked why Furiosa was seeking redemption. This led to an interesting discussion about the film's themes and the role that a woman like Furiousa plays in propping up a vicious patriarchy. We used the text and the subtext of the film to examine and parse this one line of dialogue, to fill it with meaning that came from within the film but also that came from our experience of watching it. That's better than any prequel story can be, better than any tale that fills in the gaps and shows exactly why Furiosa wants redemption, that shows her complicit in kidnapping the wives from wherever they lived before. And there are comics coming that might fill in that story, and I think that's just a bad, bad idea.
I get wanting more - that's the nature of fandom. But sometimes not getting that more is the best thing that can happen to us. My happiest years with Star Wars were the ones where all I had were the movies and the toys, and there was no Expanded Universe or Wookiepedia or canon - just what I saw in screen, what I could hold in my hand and what I could imagine in my head. Every time the backstory of a Hammerhead or a Lobot was explored, the area I had to play in got smaller and more constricted. Yes, we want to know more, but sometimes knowing more leads us to experiencing it less. What had been an exercise in the imagination turns into a rote recital of facts and figures. What had been mythic becomes mundane.
So yeah, there's an origin story for The Doof Warrior. George Miller thought it all through because he wanted to create a world that was consistent and full. And when asked in an interview, he answered. But I don't think you should read about it. I don't think you should close off that patch of your imagination. Where was The Doof Warrior before Fury Road started? Where did he come from? Who is he? All of that should belong to you, and you shouldn't let anyone take it away.
Thanks jye, I just knew him as "Guitar guy," and now you've RUINED him by posting that he's really Doof Warrior. Thanks a LOT for ruining the mystery of the GREATEST CHARACTER EVER. 
jye4ever
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Not only was he a dumb character in an otherwise great movie, but his name is even dumber.
I think all my problems boil down to him.
I love playing me some Judas Priest and Iron Maiden on my guitar but man does that character bug me!
I think all my problems boil down to him.
I love playing me some Judas Priest and Iron Maiden on my guitar but man does that character bug me!
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Doof? Isn't that the brand of beer that Homer Simpson drinks?
No
I love playing me some Judas Priest and Iron Maiden on my guitar but man does that character bug me!
I think you see a bit of yourself in the Doof.
This is so true though. It's why I hate origin stories.
And I truly blame the autisti-fication of America in this occuring.
"Use your imagination" -- it used to be a phrase, remember?
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Won't be watching it again and will be avoiding the sequels. Get Mel back.
jye4ever
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Doof? Isn't that the brand of beer that Homer Simpson drinks?
You may be right.
Doof Warrior, FTW.
I wonder if there is any relation to other legendary Australian champion, the Dingo Warrior?
I wonder if there is any relation to other legendary Australian champion, the Dingo Warrior?
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