Because Hollywood sucks, that's why

[I AM MOBIUS]

You desperately need to see Mad Max.

I did. As I said, I felt underwhelmed by it, the originals were much better IMO.

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The first original is actually quite lame.
It's the second one that put the series on the map.

[I AM MOBIUS]

I agree.

I said originals, because it seems like a reboot of #2 and #3.

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Actually I didn't see the first one until quite a bit after and thought, wow that was awful.

[Elok]

I guess the question is how one defines "good." IIRC The Road Warrior was about saving a town made of junk from the ravages of a bondage-gear biker gang by driving away in a big convoy. The sequel involved Max in a no-rules cagematch against Lenny from Of Mice And Men with a dwarf on his back. Both fun, but not what one would call "good movies" exactly. Have not seen Fury Road; is it just missing the particular brand of campy/trashy we expect from a Mad Max film?

[I AM MOBIUS]

Actually I didn't see the first one until quite a bit after and thought, wow that was awful.

It was, definitely agree!

[I AM MOBIUS]

I guess the question is how one defines "good." IIRC The Road Warrior was about saving a town made of junk from the ravages of a bondage-gear biker gang by driving away in a big convoy. The sequel involved Max in a no-rules cagematch against Lenny from Of Mice And Men with a dwarf on his back. Both fun, but not what one would call "good movies" exactly. Have not seen Fury Road; is it just missing the particular brand of campy/trashy we expect from a Mad Max film?

I dunno, I think I just got hyped by rotten tomatoes giving it something like 99% or whatever. In the end it was like a mashup of #2 and #3, with some great imagination and great characters, but just the usual lazy suicidal stupidity of the bad guys with the outrageous luck and implausibility of the good guys.

Yes it's a no-brain chase movie, it's just that it could have been a lot better no-brain chase movie...

[kentonio]

It was, definitely agree!

Then you're both wrong, the first one was the only decent one. After that it just went stupid.

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I guess the question is how one defines "good." IIRC The Road Warrior was about saving a town made of junk from the ravages of a bondage-gear biker gang by driving away in a big convoy. The sequel involved Max in a no-rules cagematch against Lenny from Of Mice And Men with a dwarf on his back. Both fun, but not what one would call "good movies" exactly. Have not seen Fury Road; is it just missing the particular brand of campy/trashy we expect from a Mad Max film?

You're describing #2 and #3.
The original was called Mad Max

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Then you're both wrong, the first one was the only decent one. After that it just went stupid.

The second one is the only one watchable. I agree that the third one was just stupid.
The first one was a low budget hack To give you an idea on the budget.

Because of the film's low budget, almost all the police uniforms in the film were made of vinyl leather, with only one genuine leather uniform made for stunt sequences involving Bisley and Gibson. Most of the biker-gang extras were members of actual Australian outlaw motorcycle clubs, and rode their own motorcycles in the film. Many of the other cast had previously appeared in Stone

But because of the low budget it was the most profitable movie for a long time.

[Elok]

You're describing #2 and #3.
The original was called Mad Max

Yes, I know, but Mad Max is also the name of the character, no? Hence "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome." I've seen all three, and the first was rather boring low-budget junk. Like an hour and a half of meandering would-be buildup so that by the time he actually goes "mad" you've just about lost interest.

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Sorry, I got confused when you called #3 the sequel.

the first was rather boring low-budget junk. Like an hour and a half of meandering would-be buildup so that by the time he actually goes "mad" you've just about lost interest.

And yeah, that about summed it up for me also.

And probably why they made the effort to portray Gibson as already mad at the beginning of the first lethal weapon.

[-Jrabbit]

Haven't seen Fury Road; definitely plan to do so.

And back to the OP, I have always thought Snow Crash had great movie potential.

[Sava]

You desperately need to see Mad Max.

overrated

sub-meh at best

[Elok]

And back to the OP, I have always thought Snow Crash had great movie potential.

It has the potential, but it'd need to be done just right; it'd be easy to screw up. Starting with Hollywood's fondness for whitewashing the cast. And parts of the novel would translate poorly to the screen, like the meeting near the end where Hiro just vomits exposition for several consecutive chapters. I'm not totally sure how you convey concepts as complicated as nam-shubs and metaviruses onscreen. But the number one concern would be getting a director who gets it, and I think this'n does. And NS himself loved the script.

Then again, Orson Scott Card himself worked on the Ender's Game script for years, and hoooooweeeee was that a stinker.