Summary

While technically lay out in the same population , there is an obvious disconnect between the current era ofMad Maxcanon , and the originalMel Gibsonera . Not only is the nominal character played by a different actor completely ( Tom Hardy ) , but the humankind itself feel unlike . excited Max : Fury Roadpresented fan with a settled post - apocalyptical society with show rulers and even newfound religious belief , which is in stark line tothe originalMad Maxfilmswhere people were still clamoring for power in the wasteland . But now , these two worlds are collide with one major inter-group communication .

InMad Max : Fury Road - Max#1 by George Miller , Mark Sexton , and Nico Lathouris , Max is in Gastown in hunt of a Modern engine for his car , the V8 Interceptor . Fans sleep together Gastown as the territory from which Immortan Joe gets his ‘ guzzoline ’ , trading fuel for water . Similarly , Gastown trades ‘ guzzoline ’ for ammunition with Bullet Town , as these are the three principal societies in theMad Maxuniverse , circa ‘ Fury Road ’ geological era . However , while a pillar of modern Mad Max society , Gastown still holds on to one finical remnant of the yesteryear : Thunderdome .

Max go to Gastown to partake in a tradition / spectacle called Amnesty , where anyone who care can enter the Thunderdome in a conflict royale - flair tournament , and fight to the death against everyone else for the opportunity to win the grand prize . During this Amnesty , the prize was a new engine , so Max had no choice but to partake in in this grisly matter - and it was n’t his first meter .

An edited image of Tom Hardy’s Mad Max jumping away from an explosion in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Mad Max: Fury Road’s Gastown Gives New Life to Bartertown’s Thunderdome

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome(1985)

The first time Max ever experienced a ‘ Thunderdome ’ was in the 1985 filmMad Max : Beyond Thunderdome . In it , Max travel to Bartertown , which was a more barbaric variant of the case of post - apocalyptic smart set fans see in Mad Max : Fury Road . Thunderdome was essentially Bartertown ’s judicial organization . If there was a problem between two people , it would be settle in a scrap to the end within the Thunderdome .

In the ‘ Fury Road ’ era ofMad Maxcanon , the Thunderdome is n’t as intrinsic to the way high society map in Gastown the direction it was in Bartertown , and is instead a spectacle meant for amusement . In this way , the ‘ Fury Road ’ earned run average breathes new life into Batertown ’s Thunderdome in a much more civilized fashion ( comparatively speaking ) , and acts as a fascinating development of this once perfectly uncivilised form of law and purchase order .

Gastown’s Thunderdome Perfectly Connects the Original Mad Max Trilogy with the Sequels

Not only does the Thunderdome itself experience its own form of evolution as the Earth of Mad Max progress , but this entire account perfectly connects the originalMad Maxtrilogy to the sequels . By the end of Mel Gibson ’s rill as Max , his V8 Interceptor is destroy , and he is go out to wander the wasteland , whole vulnerable . Then , at the start ofMad Max : Fury Road , he all of a sudden has his motorcar back . And now , fans experience exactly how : through his triumph in the Thunderdome .

While it ’s rightful that theMad Maxfilms are n’t signify to be a linear story , but rather standalone exploits of the fabled Road Warrior , this comedian still care to plug into the original motion-picture show with the sequels seamlessly . However , the real standout in this plot line is the proceeds of the Thunderdome , and how its continued being in the newfangled old age ofMad Maxcanon perfectly links the subsequence to theMel Gibsonera .

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Mad Max played by Tom Hardy and Mel Gibson.

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome image featuring Max and two wastelanders.

Tom Hardy and Mel Gibson both playing Mad Max side-by-side.

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Mad Max: Fury Road