Road Warrior intro narration

[CultOfPersonality1]

Films just aren't made like this anymore. This intro gives me chills.

[pankburn]

good cut, poor sound level, earphons recommended, there could be a couple of seconds more at the end

[athame57]

2012!

[tjmoreno1971]

one of the few times were the sequal was just as good or better than the first movie.

[whoopass01able]

anyway, what I was saying is I saw it when it 1st came out. I was 17 then, and years later saw it on t.v. with the dubbed narration, It really takes away from the original feel of the movie. Back then Mel Gibson was virtually an unknown actor, but he stood out. I still love watching it, even after dozens of times.

[evildeaddrew]

It's scary that 30 years later this narration is just as relevant now.

[Borat911]

Never underestimate a man who has nothing to loose !!! 

[bigmeuprudeboy]

'Their leaders talked and talked and talked but nothing could stem the avalanche. Their world crumbled the cities exploded. A whirlwind of looting a firestorm of fear.'

sounds like London at the moment :0(

[DevinMarciano]

@MaxWasteland what are the words written in the info from? are they in the movie

[mlinar1983]

Best intro forever .

[captainunload]

I like the intro, and I like the ending scene even better. I'd like to see someone post that. "... and the Road Warrior, that was the last we'd seen of him. He lives now, only in my memories..." Camera pans out from Max. Very great directing. Very existential.

[Shinigami88X1]

@captainunload Then he called saying that he will burn the house but you have to blow him first

[captainunload]

@Shinigami88X1

Come on, leave poor Mel alone.

[Shinigami88X1]

@captainunload: I'm kidding..he went through alot

[captainunload]

@Shinigami88X1

We've all been through a lot. There's just never a reason to tear anyone down. He's acting nutty and I think everyone knows it. There's a lot of people who act nutty but don't get called on it.

[Shinigami88X1]

@captainunload I know I think thoes tapes was fakes to begin with.

[captainunload]

@Shinigami88X1

I think theyre real, but I'm not interested in condemning the guy for it. He said some crazy stuff to what was probably a crazy chick. He let some girl control him and that's where it took him. It's sad. I hope he gets his act together.

[Shinigami88X1]

@captainunload No i was saying that she provoked him just to get media attention, but enough about that. It was really nice for his wife to stick by him

[captainunload]

@Shinigami88X1

Is he back with his wife?

[Shinigami88X1]

@captainunload yeah, when the Russian took him to court his wife defended him

[Shinigami88X1]

@captainunload and he went back home with her

[captainunload]

@Shinigami88X1

Maybe there will be a happy ending after all.

[Shinigami88X1]

@captainunload sur life is shit, but there is a happy ending for all

[MrInsecticide]

Most amazing opening of a film I have ever scene. Caught it in 70mm about ten years ago, and the candy I was eating just fell out of my mouth! Pure filmmaker genius!

[philipfry4073]

I have A replica mad max 1 V8 Interceptor, And I'm thinking about wrecking it and turning it into the Road Warrior Car in case a war happens.

[attffgg]

fallout 2!

[Skinnyoompalumpa]

@attffgg

Eh, not enough cars and New Reno mafia goons

[Splimis]

I'm actually weaponizing my pick-up truck right now. A mounted M-60 is going where the goose hitch was.

[skyler8082012]

has anyone heard the alternate intro narration? i have it on vhs and its exactly the same except the voice is another person...

[Malocosa]

@skyler8082012 I remember hearing it when NBC (USA) aired it. I remember not liking it.

[MadMax2RoadWarrior]

This intro is the most "golden" scene in movie industry history to me. It shows how dependent our human nature is. I like reading and watching post peak-oil scenarios than world war III scenarios. Long live mad max.

[Beerxolf]

100 years from now 99.9999 percent of the people living right now on the planet as I type this will be dead.

[BigBulgeCheeks]

mythbusters disproved 1:48

[thegoosebrain]

The Bush/Cheney years.

[McLarenMercedes]

In my opinion one of the best movie openings of all time. From the narration straight into the action at full speed ahead.

[DoublePrimo44004]

I just want to say that Mad Max wasn't post-apocalyptic movie. It was a cinematic commentary on social issues of that time, such as gas shortages, unemployment, and a collapse of systems, legal or otherwise. It's the disintigration of the moral fibre of society, and those systems, that leads eventually to the "avalanche." The third Mad Max was simply a money maker in my opinion. Tina Turner would get eaten alive by Lord Humungous or The Toe Cutter. She wasn't a very good "bad guy"

[ShadowSonic2]

@DoublePrimo44004 Her men had guns, I think they'd have done a good job defending themselves. Also, she was trying to pass herself off as a benevolent guardian of civilization so it wouldn't have made any sense for her to be as brutal as either of them. "Thunderdome" was a rare example of the 3rd film NOT being bad.

[DoublePrimo44004]

@ShadowSonic2 In my opinion, the third film was watered down for a broader audience.

[ShadowSonic2]

@DoublePrimo44004 The second movie was already watered down from how utterly bleak and depressing the first movie was. Thunderdome really wasn't that watered down from Road Warrior, I mean heck kids got killed in Thunderdome.

[redfury86]

Love this movie. The intro is def epic- id say better than the Star Wars intro. Ive been watching this movie since i can remember, and i never get tired of it. One of mine and my father's favorite action movies.

[mblizzle09]

Haunted by the demons of his past

A Man who wandered out into the wasteland

And it was here, in this blighted place,

that he learned to live again

This is why Mad Max is epic

[dethklok99]

@mblizzle09

Indeed!

One of the coolest intro lines in movie history.

I always liked that line the best, it is just so primal. :)

[onetthome]

Best movie intro ever.

Why the hell are people dissecting the likelihood of the road warrior happening? who cares?

[noblelance]

Yes I agree.

All that matters is that if it does happen it will be pretty bad ass.

[alexj614]

You should care. We should all care. We all know *something* is coming at us as soon as peak oil hits. And this, as unlikely and as bleak as it may be, might just be it. We should be afraid, we should prepare just as much as we should be hopeful that it doesn't happen... because the stakes are just too high, for us, for our families, for our children. On the other hand, it could very well be exciting, if you enjoy the thought of risking your life every day out there on the roads of tomorrow

[thegoosebrain]

@onetthome Well its an idiot like yourself that gets screwed and all you do is sit around and ask how it all happened becasue your so stupid and removed from the reality of what goes on in the world.

here ends the lesson

[thegoosebrain]

@onetthome Typical response from someone that likes to watch cartoons, Jethro

[URProductions]

@onetthome Because that's one of the reasons movies like this are made - to make us think.

[unseenxxx]

this situation would not be possible in a purely free market society. Only a fascist government could annihilate the earth in the name of some menial thing such as oil. The free market would simply find something else to sell.

[magog1138]

@unseenxxx

Yep, you're right. The Free Market has never in its history ever caused any major social or economic decline of any kind, great or small ever times infinity.

Hey, what's this book's title here on my book shelf? "The Great Depression" Hm, sounds interesting.

Hold on a sec, brb... My mom is calling me that another neighbor of hers has been foreclosed on...

[unseenxxx]

@magog1138 So let's test this scenario out. I'll make up a story. The year is 2030, Oil companies begin to crank the last bit of oil out of the ground. Prices begin to rise and oil becomes less and less profitable. Oil companies begin to research new energy sources and begin investing in other companies since their oil is running dry. Otherwise they will not be able to turn a profit and will go under. A new energy source is found and put on the market for profit. YAY!

[johan404]

@unseenxxx If oil and fossil fuels become too expensive, with what resources will they build the new energy infrastructure to support this new energy source? With what will they build all the new cars, airplanes and ships that run off this new energy source? Magic?

[canadiancommie45541]

@unseenxxx are u nuts this world is going down and you know no one is immune to the lure of power low quantitys of precious materials create be it gold or oil

[unseenxxx]

@canadiancommie45541 So why is the world going down?

[joliecide]

best intro narration ever used in a film! second would definitely be the intro narration in Oliver Stone's JFK

[whostolecarlosrox]

I like T2's intro narration. This movie's is great too along with JFK's.

[riddler0010]

Is there any way ti get this as a ringtone

[Seppovesimies]

epic

[numberonesurvivor75]

What does the sign say when the narrator says "Their leaders talked and talked?"

[MallocandBethor]

The narration of this film is just... brilliant.

I re-watched it recently (having bought Fallout 3, and comparing it to Mad Max constantly). It is one of the greatest films of all time.

[gza2k7]

i did the same thing. dogmeat!

[3ggh3ad]

@MallocandBethor well fallout does pay homage to this movie ( as well as many other great SF fantasy popo culture movies-shows)

and im sure the intro to all the fallout series was based on thie

[linkz52]

is this what would really happen if the world ran out of oil or gas?

[ghettosmurfmn]

Yes.

[dleano]

oooh yes, this can really happen, if you think about it, people would go nuts because everyone relies on technology and don't even know what to do except FIGHTING FOR GAS. pretty scary shit i'll say

[YouFoolWarrenIsDead]

Well this is the best case scenario.

[CrazyHorseInvincible]

No. And I'll probably get thumbs down for pointing this out, since people can't handle reality and love fantasies like this, but running low on oil will not produce of future of bandits who drive all day every day. Yes, I know they supposedly scavange their gas and their mobility helps them do this...somehow. But to drive all day means filling up once every TWO days. That's a full tank of gas MIRACULOUSLY found before anyone else. And with the roads themselves, made of oil, breaking apart...

[magog1138]

Yeah, you're right, but I guess it wouldn't be as exciting if they walked or rode bicycles. :-P

[Pallindrom27]

This opening is so very mythic in nature and structure. It's as good as Shakespeare at his best.

Is it prophetic as well?

[malevolenceXXXensues]

it could most likely be

[Malocosa]

I always liked the fact that the narrator turns out to be the feral kid character we see in the movie. We don't learn of this until the end, but when we find out, it makes us reflect on the brutality of Max's world and how ONLY the strongest and wildest can survive.

[dethklok99]

Strange how science fiction is becoming science fact. We all seen what happened when fuel prices spiked...world recession. Just wait till there is no more of the black fuel. There will be chaos, the likes we have not seen. So, weaponize your cars and buy some football pads.

[davisrj3]

this has become one of my top three favorite youtube comments of all time. It started so dark and erie... then you ended it with "So, weaponize your cars and buy some football pads." Thank you

[illlite]

@dethklok99 look up the fallout series. we have plenty of time to avoid war

[dethklok99]

@illlite

I will look up "Fallout Series"

Sounds like it may be pretty good.

Thanks for letting me know about it. :)

[mwells219]

@dethklok99 yeah but i do that already so I should be okay

[MisterWhat]

@dethklok99 Good thing i have played my Fallouts and read every single "get ready for apocalypse" motivator.

I am ready.

[sesrunner08]

@dethklok99 no more cheap black fuel.

[nandology]

Their leaders talked and talked and talked... but nothing could stem the avalanche...

[snowrocket]

One of the more impressive opening scenes of a movie. It perfectly sets up the film's version of reality and tells us who and why Max is who he is. Great lines, too: "in a roar of an engine, he lost it all".

[numero50]

all life ends

[BYOSProductions]

it's gonna come to this pretty soon if gas prices go higher and higher

[TFNDR08]

Things to come?

[JESCO58]

Great example of why art is important; it helps prepare us for reality.

[masterofdo]

funny how this is coming true now

[tubernery]

When will we stop waging war for a .. tank of juice. In this blighted place, we must learn to live again.

[GreenGestalt]

It's really interesting that Mad Max is not so much "Post Nuclear" as "Peak Oil" in theme...

[WanderingPaladin]

"A whirlwind of looting. A firestorm of fear."

Classic. Iconic. DEFINITIVE.

[YouSixtyToo]

...For a tank of juice. Thanks for posting this, man.