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sippy sippy

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hello lads, i'm back.

what do we think about furiosa? shall we hyper fixate on the wasteland for another five years perchance?

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Interviewer: You’ve got this rage within you. Where does it come from?

Charlize Theron: Uh…surprise. Women have that. I’m not the only one. (x)

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an old Soviet “Walking Excavator”

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Just poppin up to say: it delights me to see how many people are still loving and reblogging posts from this blog. I'm so glad Fury Road still means so much to so many people.

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Sketch… Liang Ma

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“will you be paying with water, mother’s milk, or guzzoline today?”

i hope the world doesn’t turn into mad max bc I can’t drive

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Josh Helman getting ready as Slit, Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

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look what other post tumblr has graciously allowed to return! warboy presenting nipples are valid idk. witness.

“Part of signing on for the movie was on the condition that all five of us would agree to spending extensive time in rehearsal periods and workshopping.” -RHW

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hey guys, great news. tumblr has decided there are no female presenting nipples in this photo set so it’s been restored back to its former lack of glory. witness it, i guess.

mad max: fury road | weapons

pt 1. - pistols

pt 2. - revolvers

pt. 3 - rifles

pt. 4 - shotguns + miscellaneous

(x)

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#expressive

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angharad! has! the! best! murder! faces! of all time!!!!!!

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) dir. George Miller

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What’s really incredible about Mad Max: Fury Road is that our titular, brooding White Male Lead in an Action Movie™ is given no opportunities to appear badass or heroic unless he’s working as a team or directly helping the women.

We see Max alone in the desert, all brooding and action-hero-y, clearly haunted by a tragic past… and he’s immediately captured, chained, humiliated and spends the next half hour tied up and useless while Furiosa is off getting shit done.

Then he gets free and he comes in waving a gun around and embarrassing himself. It’s not until Furiosa calms him down, wins him over, and he starts following her orders that he’s allowed to appear properly badass - in an action sequence that begins with him handing her a gun, and which progresses with the two of them working as the ultimate team while the girls help him as much as he defends them.

Then they’re in the Night Bog. Max fails to hit the Bullet Farmer and instead becomes a prop to steady Furiosa’s shot. Then he runs off on a solo mission and it doesn’t even merit screen time. Some dude lone wolfing it to kill a scary bad guy? Who cares. Let’s watch Nux running in front of the rig and the girls cooling down the engines instead.

Then comes the final chase. Max is undeniably awesome, but he is only allowed to be awesome because all of his efforts are dedicated to helping and protecting his weird new family. And the instant he hears Furiosa is hurt, all of his badass moments are pivoted around reaching her. He fights a hundred war boys, jumps over trucks, swings off poles, sets of explosions, beats someone with a flamethrower guitar, just so he can be there to catch Furiosa once she has killed the big bad Immortan Joe.

And, of course, his biggest heroic moment in the film isn’t even a cool action sequence or taking out a villain - it’s saving someone’s life. It’s being selfless and compassionate. It’s expressing love and humanity. It’s acting as a nurse and donating his blood. Max’s triumph is fixing something that’s broken.

Then, at the end, instead of being rewarded with a sexy girl and something else cool like most action heroes, Max gets nothing. He gives everything to Furiosa - his love, his loyalty, his fighting skills, his blood, his name - and he takes nothing in return, nor does he feel he is owed anything. He is content simply to help her, and thanks to this love and selflessness he was able to achieve some kind of redemption. 

In Fury Road, a man’s heroism is not determined by how strong or tough he is - it is defined by how willing he is to love, help, support and protect others, particularly women, while demanding nothing in return. 

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max rockatansky: a study.

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Tom Hardy as Handsome Bob