Why So Blu?

Well, when I see shit liked this: Makes me think otherwise.

E Unit

Tell me a WB franchise they haven't fucked up.

Daytripper

Well, balls! I just watched this for the second time ever last night. I first saw it in the theater the night it opened. Was wondering what was going on with any possible sequel. Fuck you Warner Brothers!

dex14

Harry Potter?

Daytripper

Lethal Weapon?

Brack

4 was pretty bad.

Abob Teff

This still makes me chuckle in amusement.

E Unit

WB is Rowling’s bitch. She has controlled that entire franchise.

dex14

You’re not wrong, but that wasn’t what you asked.

OldBoy

Does Miller own the rights or something? I don’t think that’s likely. Can’t WB just get a different director? Won’t be hard to find a good, maybe younger director to take this on...

Daytripper

Quote:
... whose stellar directing career includes two Happy Feet movies and the Mad Max series ...

Yeah, probably should have said something like "whose illustrious career includes such films as 'The Witches of Eastwick', 'Lorenzo's Oil', 'Babe: Pig in the City", "Happy Feet" and the 'Mad Max' series". "Happy Feet" was a huge hit. The sequel, not so much. He only produced "Babe" and directed "Pig in the City". Not as well received by critics and underperformed at the box-office. Gene Siskel named it the Best Picture of 1998 (!)

Why So Blu?

Fuck that.

Daytripper

No shit. Double fuck that!

dex14

Triple.

E Unit

Da fuck?

OldBoy

So Miller is the only one that can make a Mad Max movie work? look what Villeneuve did to Blade Runner or any of the new guys on the Star Wars films. with the right person and done right, can work without...

Brack

C’mon, that’s like saying anyone else besides Mel Gibson can play Max...

Nesbit

A Mad Max film without Miller loses most of its interest for me. I'm not that big of a fan of the characters but the style of Fury Road and if they're going to get someone to ape Fury Road's style Id prefer the just do it under a different name.

On Black Friday I'm hoping to grab a 55 inch 4K tv and will be picking up the black and white version of this which I've held off on forever waiting for a good sale on. 1st and 3rd or 4th film watched on the new set will be both versions

Why So Blu?

The fact that Miller has been the constant in his own franchise says otherwise. Sure the studios can get someone new and all that, but it wouldn't be the same. We're talking about 4 films in the span of almost 40 years. Miller is much closer to the material than anyone else out there.

Brack

It was unlikely a sequel was going to be made anytime soon, and Miller is 72, so yeah, sounds like he doesn't really care if a sequel is made. I’m okay with that. Fury Road was going to be almost impossible to top.

Abob Teff

You would need Miller to be directly involved similar to how (somebody shoot me for saying this) Ridley Scott still had involvement with BR2049. (I feel dirty now. Must go shower.)

I think we have reached the point where any intellectual property can succeed without its creator ... it’s just that most of the time it isn’t done right. I don’t want to see Mad Max without Miller, but it could be done.

That said ... Neveldine and Taylor. They would need to work on their storytelling, but they have the visual style.

JeremyM

See: The Hobbit trilogy, which was made in the wake of a lawsuit from Peter Jackson over profits in the LOTR trilogy.

fumanstan

I don't know enough about movie finances to know or assume WB is the one being evil or greedy here.

Dan

Is the Black & Chrome version available in 4K yet?

dhmac

On a related note, here's an entertaining video review of Mad Max Fury Road that also touched on both the color and B&W version



(It's also funny that despite his criticism of the movie, he admits he likes it at the end)