10 Things You Might Not Know About Mad Max



Mad Max is one of the most iconic sci-fi movies of all time, and for good reason-it launched the career of Mel Gibson, brought a human edge to post-apocalyptic movies, and it put Australian cinema on the map for movie lovers across the globe.

But did you know that Mel came to his audition sporting a shiner from a bar fight he'd been in the night before, and that this rough look helped him get the role?

Hit the jump if you want to find out more fun facts about Mad Max, which will make you appreciate the long road Max had to take to get to Thunderdome.

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'Mad Max' is one of my absolute favorite movies of all time! the sequels (especially 'Road Warrior') were really good too, but the low-budget original is by far the best! i actually think the low-budget look of the film enhanced its post-apocalyptic setting and my biggest complaint about the sequels is that they looked too "Hollywood-slick" (although i'll admit that 'The Road Warrior' probably had the best costumes out of the three.)

here's a fun fact that the original article failed to mention: when the film was released in the US, the distributors were afraid Americans would have a hard time with the Australian accents, so they had voice actors overdub the whole film. the resulting overdubs made the film seem completely ridiculous and the really do change the whole tone of the movie into something far less dark than what it really is. i believe all of the DVD releases have the original dialog track restored as the default, but (at least on my copy) you can go into the audio options and select the "American Overdub" version that was present on the film's original US release. it's pretty hilarious just how bad the overdubbing is, and it's worth watching at least once with it turned on.

ultimately 'Mad Max' is a pretty basic revenge story, but it was done in such a way that, at least for its time, it was pretty unique and i think it still holds up really well against modern dystopian movies. the whole series does, really. The Toecutter is one of the most under-rated movie villains of all time, and one of my favorites. Hugh Keays-Byrne was probably the most seasoned out of all the actors in the film, and it really shows: the Toecutter is one of those brilliant villains who's both supremely intelligent and also just little completely psycho!
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Dumb! They only had to look as far as the local pool hall. It's called putting "English" or "spin" on the ball. A common shot used to get around an opponents ball and into the pocket.
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YES!. People have been curling soccer balls for many years - it's a matter of kicking the ball in the correct manner to make it spin through the air.

I refuse to believe that a spherical object in motion will naturally assume a spiral path - that's nonsense.
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Bend It Like Beckham!

This reminds me of the silly things people were saying about Baseball's curve ball 150 years ago. Most first year physics texts have a detailed explanation.
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Perhaps desperate to prove that at least the laws of physics are not actively rooting against their team, were able to determine the trajectory of the ball, and an equation describing his unusual career.

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Unbelievable, they needed to explain that in 2010! Several sports take advantage of the same principle in so many ways -- in decreasing order of noticeability: table tennis, baseball, tennis, golf, and obviously soccer as well (where the curving is probably more noticeable than in golf).

@Jim M, pool and related games do use the same general principle, but the cause is friction against the table, not against air. Your example is not wrong, but it's counter-intuitive.
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As it has been said, this is lame, as anyone with common sense knows, spinning balls have curve trajectories, in pool, bowling, tennis, table tennis, etc.
Can't deny it is extremely hard to give it that kind of spin, and that shot is noteworthy anyway, but shame on the people talking about physical impossibility or trying to explain what is already obvious. It gives science a bad name, as science doesn't cover these silly topics.
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