Oct. 18, 2021

Comfort Films 2 - Mad Max: Fury Road

Comfort Films 2 - Mad Max: Fury Road

In this episode, John and Georgia make a very non-traditional comfort film pick and discuss action, cars, post-apocalyptic weirdness, feminism, climate change, and some light anti-capitalism.

00:00:00 - Pre-recorded intro

00:00:15 - John opens the show and John and Georgia talk about twitter ineptitude

00:01:37 - Georgia gives synopsis 

00:06:00 - Mad Max: Fury Road is much more than a simple action movie

00:08:09 - Why Georgia picked Mad Max: Fury Road as a comfort film

00:09:26 - Memories of seeing Mad Max: Fury Road for the first time in theater

00:15:10 - Mad Max: Fury Road is like a great song and music in the film

00:17:10 - Vehicles in Mad Max: Fury Road

00:20:39 - Heat in recording area and heat in Mad Max: Fury Road

00:21:12 - John's favorite character in Mad Max: Fury Road

00:25:02 - Georgia's favorite character in Mad Max: Fury Road

00:31:51 - Discussion of all Mad Max films and similarities, post-apocalyptic films in general

00:35:21 - Georgia's favorite scene in Mad Max: Fury Road

00:38:20 - John's favorite sequence in Mad Max: Fury Road

00:40:40 - John's favorite line and use of language in Mad Max: Fury Road

00:45:11 - Georgia and John talk about the environmental and political messages in the film

00:49:59 - Discussion of hope in Mad Max: Fury Road

00:51:39 - What food would you compare Mad Max: Fury Road to?

00:54:01 - Final thoughts on Mad Max: Fury Road

00:55:23 - Next week Defending Your Life and sign-off