(The above image is from The Road Warrior, 1981) So Mad Max: Fury Road came out at 7pm last night and while I've read nothing about it I'm hoping that the anger it has already received from MRA's and Meninists (yes that's a thing) has translated into lots of $$$ at the box office. Now I am a fan of the original movies. I saw Road Warrior in theaters and eventually saw Mad Max many, many years later and I really enjoyed them both. I never saw Beyond Thunderdome though. Anyway, to me the movies were a raucous, fun filled thrill ride about the fall of society and the desperate slogs who tried to at the very least, slow it's descent into the deepest, darkest pits of hell. Amongst all the crazy cars and trucks and the wild stunts and the weirdly dressed bondage themed enemies was some kind of story about a guy who lost everything searching for redemption. I expect nothing less from Fury Road especially since the guy who made it also made the first three. This is a story that has definitely come of age for those of us who refuse to act our age.
Speaking of which, how do you have sex in that world? I mean think about it, everywhere you look there is nothing. Zero, zip, zilch, nada, el zippo. If that wasn't bad enough the utter lawlessnes makes the simplest of tasks a life threatening affair. Hell just trying to get a gallon of gas takes a fifty mile drive through gangs that want to kill you for no better reason then you have a pulse. So how do you get horny in that kind of environment? What do they consider safe sex? Ditching the condoms in the nightstand in favor of a battle axe made from the fan blade of a '72 LTD? I can't imagine it's easy for anyone to get hot and bothered when you're constantly hot and bothered by gangs that only want to kill you. "Oh god honey, yes! Just like... OH SHIT WE"RE UNDER ATTACK!" are probably not the words you want to hear from your lover right at that special moment.
By the way, what's with those settlements? I understand you've got to make due with whatever junk you can get your hands on but when did the need for privacy suddenly go out the window? Are the gangs really that ever present a threat that you need windows even in the bedroom? And what about sound proofing? I know it's lean to made from corrugated aluminum but for fuck's sake, I'd like to have dirty talk with my sweetheart without everyone hearing it. Or knowing my luck shouting advice.
Last but certainly not least is the fact that there is dirt EVERYWHERE. There's no trees and hardly any rainfall so the constant dust storms blow sand, dirt and just about anything else all over the place. And when dirt is that ever present well, let's just say rust makes lousy lubricant.
I used to wonder why there were so many gangs that want only to cause death, destruction and mayhem. But given how difficult it must be for anyone to get laid I think I'm starting to see why.