Any word on Mad Max SE DVD's?
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Any word on Mad Max SE DVD's?
Road Warrior quite clearly deserves an enhanced edition, and I personally think Thunderdome does as well. It'd be great to see them released with Mad Max under one triolgy umbrella but I know rights are dived between Warner and MGM. And I'm not big on actor commentary's and I know he was lackluster on Bravehart, but considering the guy is in 95 percent of the frames of these movies, I'd love to hear Gibson's commentary, looking back now with his filmmaking background.
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I too hope Road Warrior and Thunderdome get SE treatment. The Mad Max SE needs some company. It's too bad that Mad Max 4 was never made. There was some talk about making one in the mid-'90s or so when the Internet was relatively new.
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I think MM4 (working title: Fury Road) was getting ready to start up some time as recently as 2004, then after The Passion of the Christ it cooled back down again. As far as I know, I thing Gibson still wants to do this film with George Miller. Eventually.
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Originally Posted by Nickofdoom
I'm pretty sure it was set to film somewhere in the middle east, but all the terrorism put a stop to it.
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I think MM4 (working title: Fury Road) was getting ready to start up some time as recently as 2004, then after The Passion of the Christ it cooled back down again. As far as I know, I thing Gibson still wants to do this film with George Miller. Eventually.
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I'd buy a Beyond Thunderdome SE if it was offered, but a Road Warrior SE has been one of my most wanted DVDs for years now. Warner Bros. needs to jump on that.
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Originally Posted by Wannabe
They were going to film it in Northern Africa, but cancelled because of security concerns related to the Iraq War.
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Originally Posted by Wannabe
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Originally Posted by Mike Lowrey
You're kidding, right? It's cheaper than shit to film in Australia with their terrible exchange rate. Many studios film in Vancouver due to cheaper prices, and the exchange rate is about $1 USD for $1.22 CAN. It's $1 USD for $1.32 AUS. Change that to Euro or British pound and you get an even higher difference.
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Originally Posted by Mike Lowrey
You're kidding, right? It's cheaper than shit to film in Australia with their terrible exchange rate. Many studios film in Vancouver due to cheaper prices, and the exchange rate is about $1 USD for $1.22 CAN. It's $1 USD for $1.32 AUS. Change that to Euro or British pound and you get an even higher difference.
It's the production crews that are costing more.
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Originally Posted by Mike Lowrey
You're kidding, right? It's cheaper than shit to film in Australia with their terrible exchange rate. Many studios film in Vancouver due to cheaper prices, and the exchange rate is about $1 USD for $1.22 CAN. It's $1 USD for $1.32 AUS. Change that to Euro or British pound and you get an even higher difference.
For example, US$1 gets you around HK$7.5 - but that does not mean that you get 7.5x the buying power in Hong Kong than you do in the USA. For instance -- the average price of a Big Mac in the USA is US$3 while the average price of a Big Mac in Hong Kong is about HK$11.25. That's still a better price in HK, but not 7.5x better.
And, for what is worth, the price of a Big Mac in Australia is about AUS$2.50 which is about 18% better of a price - but not the 32% better suggested by the quoted AUS$1.32 / US$1.00 ratio.
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Originally Posted by Jah-Wren Ryel
Exchange rates like that have no meaning - it is like measurements without units - like if someone asked how big your house was and you said, "four.' Four what?
For example, US$1 gets you around HK$7.5 - but that does not mean that you get 7.5x the buying power in Hong Kong than you do in the USA. For instance -- the average price of a Big Mac in the USA is US$3 while the average price of a Big Mac in Hong Kong is about HK$11.25. That's still a better price in HK, but not 7.5x better.
And, for what is worth, the price of a Big Mac in Australia is about AUS$2.50 which is about 18% better of a price - but not the 32% better suggested by the quoted AUS$1.32 / US$1.00 ratio.
For example, US$1 gets you around HK$7.5 - but that does not mean that you get 7.5x the buying power in Hong Kong than you do in the USA. For instance -- the average price of a Big Mac in the USA is US$3 while the average price of a Big Mac in Hong Kong is about HK$11.25. That's still a better price in HK, but not 7.5x better.
And, for what is worth, the price of a Big Mac in Australia is about AUS$2.50 which is about 18% better of a price - but not the 32% better suggested by the quoted AUS$1.32 / US$1.00 ratio.
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Originally Posted by Mike Lowrey
Well OK, alright. But then again, a cup of coffee and donut in London costs about $11 USD. Which would cost about $3 in a Dunkin' Donuts here. I'm not even going with Starbucks.
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Originally Posted by sracer
I know it's too much to hope for, but I for one hope that MM4 never gets made. MM3 was bad enough. It was just too polished, too smooth... it didn't have the raw edginess of the first (and to a lesser extent the 2nd).
But I'd probably still buy a Thunderdome SE--just cause it's Max. But I'd DEFINITELY buy a SE of The Road Warrior--one of the most perfect movies ever made. Hell, I'd buy two.