Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Trailer

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pikashoe said:

coolbeans said:

This is what's so confusing about leveraging a titular character's name who's not all that popular to begin with.  While it's still a good flick in its own right (and adds an interesting layer to a Fury Road re-watch), it's wild to expend so much energy on this project versus the long-rumored Wasteland sequel.  

2nd weekend rebound wasn't all that great for it either.

George miller wanted to make this film before fury road was even finished. We should be applauding an artist actually making what they want to make rather than what the studio wants. Also fury road wasn't even a boxoffice hit. It only made 380 million worldwide. 

It's depressing that fan pandering rubbish like deadpool and wolverine will probably massively outgross films with genuine artistic vision and contribute to the creative death of Hollywood.

You're acting like The Wasteland was something Miller wasn't interested in making, which would be news to me.  Sure, it seems like the Furiosa idea won out for him, but I still don't see how you've countered my more overarching critique.  I'm not trying to shit on the film b/c I wanted a different Mad Max, but rather pragmatically viewing the situation.  Very few IPs carry the influence to justify a big budget for a side story.