#mad max bikes

[aquitainequeen]

I was sitting in the dark thinking about cannibalism Furiosa’s depiction of Dementus and his connection to motorbikes.

When we first see Dementus, he’s seated before a sleek, gorgeous and clearly venerated bike, pristine in this most wasted of lands, while the History Man preaches of its make and properties. Instantly we can tell that the bike isn’t just Dementus’ favoured mode of transportation, it’s his idol, his beloved.

The reverence that Dementus holds for motorbikes brings rewards. He cuts a splendid and imposing figure as he drives a carriage pulled by three bikes at once, leading an ever-growing pack of followers on their own modes of transportation. The bikes and their riders are kin to their lord’s flesh and blood hounds; fleet enough to hunt down, corner and harry larger lumbering prey, slavering to be in at the kill of a deposed leader.

Then Dementus gets a hint of the abundance of the Citadel and the potential of Gas Town. Once he uses his warriors on bikes to take the latter, Dementus ends up forsaking motorbikes and the nomadic lifestyle to settle down and live on high in a penthouse, growing corpulent. The Octoboss and his own followers defect from him and race across the desert on bladed feet or take their bikes to the air to survive, while Dementus makes grandiose declarations from the back of a monster truck, all his splendour and charisma gone.

If Dementus had been riding a bike like his followers, he wouldn’t have caught Furiosa and Jack; they would have been able to slip from his reach and speed away to a spot where they could mount their own bikes and escape him utterly, setting out for the Green Place. But while he returns once more to using bikes as a means of executing Jack – his metal hounds preparing the feast for his flesh and blood dogs – one of the bikes betrays Dementus. One of them allows Furiosa to flee from him, carrying her far enough back to the Citadel that she can bear word to Immortan Joe.

He can trot out his chariot and have it driven behind his truck in pride of place, very nearly in the front of the procession of his forces, but soon Dementus’ metal pack is reduced to a few bikes in the desert, and then not even that once he swaps his chariot for Smeg’s very inferior vehicle (with a dummy for handle bars) and flees into the storm. The man we met in a tent while venerating a bike, surrounded by his followers and horde, is now reduced to a man in a tent formed out of his bike, content in the shelter that it provides; back in familiar territory, not resentful but resigned, ‘here we are again’.

[motocrunch]

[sinclair-enterprises]

Dementus, Smeg, Rizzdale Pell, Fang, and the Organic Mechanic all visible here. Octoboss slightly out of frame. I love how Dementus visually pops out in this shot.

[hooligans-holiday]

4k screenshots of the Golden Youth's tattoos. A shame the one under the red eagle is still too hard to see.

"(In?) Memory / Of / Dad"

"...Ride Hard... / ...Die Fast..."

"Death / Before / Dishonor"

[tzosis]

The Golden Youth and Wez from Mad Max 2 specifically for @kingdomvel. If only my poor baby boy toy on the left hadn't been killed by THE boomerang :(

[40-bullets-in-a-trench-coat]

me animorphing into the golden youth every time i ride backpack on any motorcycle

[flintsdragon]

guys I was lying all times I called something else “my Roman Empire” cause I’ve truly been thinking about this for 14 years and I will continue thinking about it forever (happy pride!)

[boanerges20]

Mad Max

[dndsettingsinfo]

(Mad Max) Battle Wagons & Bikes by uchideshi34

[killerchickadee]

I really truly mean it when I say I hope the guy who was doing 80 in a 30mph zone, weaving in and out of traffic wraps his car around a tree and dies.

[beer4breakfast19]

[the-boy-branithar]

It's honestly pretty funny that bikes are seen as silly and uncool when they're the most sensible mode of transportation in most post-apocalyptic settings. They're already designed for and used in many of the ways you'd use them in a setting like that. There are road bikes, off-road bikes, bikes that you can dismantle and fold away really small if you need to stash them somewhere for a while, storage bags for your loot, HEAD PROTECTION. They're incredibly easy to maintain compared to other vehicles, anyone can learn to care for a bike but servicing a car is a Whole Thing. They're powered by You, so if you can walk across a continent from city to city you can definitely ride a bike instead and do it significantly faster. Traffic jams of abandoned cars are just an inconvenience to you. And yet walking off into the wasteland is just too badass to put the protagonist on a bike.

[hameigreengold]

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[starry-eyedblog]

bad boy bf simon headcanons <3

absolutely obsessed with the idea of biker simon being yer boyfriend and yer parents hate him but that doesnae stop you guys dating

so enjoy these random messy headcanons of what it’s like being with him !!

constantly stinks of fags, he chain smokes and his leather jacket reeks

you always complain when kissing him after he’s smoked, begging him to take a mint or have some gum but he always refuses and teasingly says ‘no, either you take my kiss now or you don’t get one.’

rides a motorcycle, a nice sleek black one that he loves to rev when picking you up, which your parents absolutely hate

he also doesn’t bother to knock or come inside to greet your parents or wait for you when picking you up for dates, his signal that he’s here is revving his bike

your dad always says home by 10pm, and simon will drop you off at 10:15pm purposely each time which drives your dad mad

leaves hickeys on your neck which your parents hate, think they are ugly and dirty

whenever he is invited over for dinner, it’s very awkward and tense. it’s rare this will happen now, but at the start of your relationship your parents wanted to get to know him - and they hated him right off the bat. sarcastic, blunt, covered in tattoos and piercings, stinks of fags. its a parents worst nightmare, the classic bad boy

but that said, he treats you like a royal. princess treatment to the MAX, loves to spoil you and is so so soft with you

bought you a bike helmet after the first date because he knew he loved you

ugh he’s so dreamy i need him !!

[ohmovie]

We'll head east for three days. Once we clear the escarpment and the great salt plains, we'll take the bikes over the dunes all the way. All the way.

Furiosa & Praetorian Jack Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) dir. George Miller