Mad Max Minute presents: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Mad Max Minute presents: Beyond Thunderdome (1985) episodes:

• 03.06.2019

  Mad Max Minute - Chicken Run (2000)

  For the hens at the Tweedy Chicken Farm it’s lay eggs or face the chopping block, but Ginger is determined to escape and take every last chicken out with her. Despite the fences, barbed wire, and constant surveillance she devises...

  
• 02.20.2019

  Mad Max Minute - Tommy (1975)

  In 1969 The Who released a rock opera about a boy who despite his psychosomatic deafness, blindness, and inability to speak rises to worldwide renown, somehow finds a cure for his ailments and becomes a religious sensation. In 1975, Ken...

  
• 02.06.2019

  Mad Max Minute - For Love Alone (1986)

  Helen Buday takes center stage in this romantic drama set in the 1930s. Theresa is a bold young woman, determined to follow her heart and win the affection of an arrogant young teacher played by Hugo Weaving. Her determination will...

  
• 01.23.2019

  Mad Max Minute - A Boy and His Dog (1975)

  We return to the proper post-apocalypse with the movie that is credited as the inspiration for The Road Warrior and Fallout series of video games. It is the year 2024, and worldwide nuclear war has buried what civilization below a...

  
• 01.09.2019

  Mad Max Minute - 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)

  Guns, gasoline, and leather, three of the ingredients that make up the Mad Max Series are combined here to bring to life the vision of Director Enzo G. Castellari of a New York borough abandoned by polite society and left...

  
• 12.26.2018

  Mad Max Minute - Bush Christmas (1983)

  What better way to wrap up the year than with Henri Safran’s classic holiday tale of farm foreclosure, horse thieves, and the kids determined to set things right. When traveling Shysters, played by John Ewart and John “The People Eater”...

  
• 12.12.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 107 - Moving beyond Thunderdome

  This is it, we’re finally beyond Thunderdome. As such, we decided to have a little fun and play with some other podcast formats as part of this episode. We’ll share fun bits of Trivia that we may have missed in...

  
• 12.10.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 106 - What do we do with our lives?

  After spending 105 minutes picking apart Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome one minute at a time it’s hard to determine if we’re missing the forest for the trees. So, for the penultimate episode of season 3, we’ve decided to take some...

  
• 12.07.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 105 - All the children say

  We’re rounding out the week with a focus on the most controversial part of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: The Waiting Ones. This episode kicks things off with a quick aside about the movie’s theme song, which leads us right into...

  
• 12.05.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 104 - We don't need another hero

  Moving on from our main character, this episode is focused on Aunty, Master-Blaster, and the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is Bartertown. We take a moment to consider who is the real antagonist of this story between Aunty...

  
• 12.03.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 103 - Can’t make the same mistake this time

  It’s the beginning of end credits week as we highlight the main character of this story, Max Rockatansky. This discussion begins with an examination of Max’s personal arc over the course of the movie, specifically comparing who he is at...

  
• 11.30.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 102 - Him that came the salvage

  Savannah sits before the assembled crowd, holding a newborn child in her arms, as she tells them of the journey that brought them to this point in their history. As the scene shifts to a shot of the city, great...

  
• 11.28.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 101 - I's looking behind us now

  Savannah and the other lean out the side of the plane, taking in everything around them, amazed by the sheer scale of what still remains after nearly two decades of calamity. Savannah begins speaking in voice-over and the scene fades...

  
• 11.26.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 100 - The land of tomorrow

  Jedediah diligently flies his Airturk with Mr. Skyfish hovering over his shoulder. The plane banks hard to the right and flies into a massive sandstorm. The thick clouds give way to a canyon, spanned by the remains of a massive...

  
• 11.23.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 99 - Goodbye, soldier

  Aunty lets out a laugh and leaves Max to the desert, stopping only to look back at him and say goodbye before mounting her vehicle and driving away into the wasteland. Max rises to his feet and watches her go....

  
• 11.21.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 98 - Ain't we a pair

  Despite having just jumped from a speeding vehicle, Max is able to lift himself enough to the see the plane fly overhead, and see one last glimpse of the people inside. Nearby, a charred and broken arm reaches from inside...

  
• 11.19.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 97 - The way things are wont to go

  Max guns the engine and speeds ahead of the Airtruk, moving into position between it, and Aunty’s forces. She is unfazed by this development and as if sensing a challenge, Ironbar speeds ahead of the line, straight towards Max. But...

  
• 11.16.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 96 - There's not enough runway

  Noticing that Jedediah has cut the engine, Max climbs up the wing to ask him what’s going on. Jedediah is certain that there’s not enough runway between them and the might of Bartertown, but Max assures him that there will...

  
• 11.14.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 95 - Cliffhanger

  As junk scatters across the runway, Aunty and her fleet thunder past Jedediah’s grotto, hot on the heels of the plane. Aunty is out in front, leading the charge, but another vehicle, driven by Ironbar, quickly comes from behind to...

  
• 11.12.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 94 - Ready for take off

  With the plane spinning up outside, Max insists that Jedediah’s plane is the one thing that may save his life that day. He understands well enough what Max is getting at, and soon He and the others run out of...

  
• 11.09.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 93 - Which way did he go?

  Jedediah Jr. heads underground to escape his pursuers, ducking into a series of underground tunnels, but Max and the others are close behind. The boy finds his father lounging on a bed, reading a magazine, and tries to get him...

  
• 11.07.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 92 - This is a stickup!

  Finally free of pursuers, Max has made his way to the front of the train and found Pig Killer impaled by Ironbar’s harpoon. Max makes quick work of the harpoon, pulling it from Pig Killer’s leg, but Savannah catches sight...

  
• 11.05.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 91 - A bridge too far

  It’s a desperate tug-of-war between Ironbar and the Children as both hold tight to Master. Max capitalizes on the opportunity and delivers a mighty kick to Ironbar’s face, sending him careening on a pipe out into open air. Dangling and...

  
• 11.02.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 90 - It’s alright, we’re going home!

  With the cabin no longer a safe place, Savannah begins helping the smaller children move onto the Generator Train’s engine, but Aunty is clever and shouts for Blackfinger to disconnect the caboose from the engine. Savannah hears the order and...

  
• 10.31.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 89 - Gritty Gritty Bang Bang

  Scorched, soot-covered, and screaming, Ironbar clings to the front of the generator train having inexplicably survived a horrific explosion. Nearby, Max finds himself the target of a Bartertown vehicle intent on doing to him what He just did to Ironbar,...

  
• 10.29.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 88 - Warning! Highly Flammable!

  Abandoning his hand-powered rail car, Ironbar leaps onto a vehicle equipped with a harpoon gun and quickly puts it to good use against Pig killer. Before He can get off another shot, Max is there to use his cowhide car...

  
• 10.26.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 87 - Scrooloose on the loose

  As Max settles in behind the wheel of the cowhide car, Scrooloose makes his way to the front of Max’s old camel-drawn wagon and disables the driver with a mighty swing of his frying pan. The wagon veers in front...

  
• 10.24.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 86 - He's got the man!

  While Anna and Skyfish learn conversational French, Eddie is at the back window using Master’s pair of binoculars to survey the landscape. Things seem quiet until, without warning the Bartertown guards are upon them, smashing windows and grabbing for Master....

  
• 10.22.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 85 - Open your book at page one

  Many interesting trinkets can be found in Master’s cabin on the Generator Train, but one above all stands out to Anna Goanna and Mr. Skyfish; the old turntable. Anna is quick to call attention to it and Mr. Skyfish takes...

  
• 10.19.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 84 - There ain't no plan

  Clear of Bartertown, Max, Master, Pig killer and the kids seem to be in the clear. With Underworld fading further and further into the distance Max takes a moment to ask Pig killer what their next move is going to...

  
• 10.17.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 83 - We will rebuild!

  The terrified wastelanders press towards the exits, but Bartertown’s guards keep them in place as Aunty steps out onto a platform to address the people massing below. She raises her hands to quiet them, and though explosions continue to...

  
• 10.15.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 82 - Post-apocalypse Now!

  As the Generator Train breaks free of the pipes and wires that hold it in place, Bartertown has descended into complete disarray. The guards struggle to maintain order but the near constant explosions erupting up from Underworld are making the...

  
• 10.12.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 81 - Hang on!

  With Ironbar dealt with, Max, Savannah, and Scrooloose scramble to board the generator train as Pig killer guns the engine. The old generator train roars as it strains against the cables and ducts that hold it in place, but slowly,...

  
• 10.10.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 80 - All aboard!

  Max and Savannah bar the door holding back Aunty’s guards, but their victory is short-lived as the guards begin cutting their way through with a chainsaw. Max and Savannah return to the main chamber where Pig killer and Master are...

  
• 10.08.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 79 - Toreador, Toreador!

  Max and Pig killer’s reunion is cut short by the dulcet tones of Blackfinger singing a jaunty tune at the beginning of his day, but He quickly discovers that things are not as they should be in Underworld and high...

  
• 10.05.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 78 - No matter where you go, there you are

  Ironbar fails to catch Max and the kids in the air vent, but as he returns to the ground He finds that someone has knocked out one of his guards, and spinning around He sees Pig killer standing with Master...

  
• 10.03.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 77 - Okay, Screwy, let's fly!

  Scrooloose is trapped up in the pipes and surrounded by guards, but it’s Mr. Skyfish to the rescue as he swings into action and gets them out of there. and back to the vent where Max and the others are...

  
• 10.01.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 76 - No plan survives first contact

  Having wandered away from the others, Eddie finds Pig killer tending to the newborn piglets and exhibiting a gentleness that defies his given title. Upon noticing this new face in his prison, Pig killer cannot help but chuckle. Back on...

  
• 09.28.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 75 - We're looking for someone

  Max closes the opening to the air vent and quickly discovers that the children have gone ahead without him. Crawling along with Savannah and Anna, they eventually catch up to Tubba and Cusha who have found an opening that allows...

  
• 09.26.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 74 - Bartertown, it's our only chance

  Scrooloose returns to the group and wakes them up, insistent that they follow him to see what he has found. At the top of a nearby dune, the children spot distant lights and they wonder if they have found Tomorrowland,...

  
• 09.24.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 73 - The second terror of the Fire Swamp

  Finn McCoo has disappeared beneath the desert sand and Savannah is close behind as Scrooloose is starting to lose his grip. Luckily for them, Max is there to grab them before they’re both pulled under, but he is too late...

  
• 09.21.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 72 - Like sand through the hourglass

  Having walked very far, Anna Goanna, Tubba Tintye, Eddie, and Max have found something in the distance. It’s Mr. Skyfish’s kite, flying high on the wind, but Savannah and the others are in grave danger. Finn McCoo has fallen into...

  
• 09.19.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 71 - He holds his own

  Max, Anna Goanna, and Tubba Tintye are deep in the nothing, on the trail of Savannah and the other leavers. The three hear a call on the wind, but instead of discovering someone ahead of them, they instead find that...

  
• 09.17.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 70 - Into the nothing

  Having heard Anna Goanna’s request for a hunter, the tribe look to Tubba Tintye, who in turn looks to see that he has been selected to accompany Max and Anna into the nothing. The trio fills their arms with bottles,...

  
• 09.14.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 69 - As much water as I can carry

  With a dusty ocean of sand in front of him and a tribe of expectant children behind him, Max must make a decision on what to do next. Anna pleads with him to save Savannah and the others, and despite...

  
• 09.12.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 68 - Savannah's taken them

  As Max sits by the fire with Savannah and her crew tied up nearby, he has no idea that Scrooloose is sneaking around behind him. He is shaken awake the next morning by Anna Goanna who informs Max that Savannah...

  
• 09.10.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 67 - House arrest

  Max has Savannah held by the shoulder, but she refuses to yield. Max raises his fist threateningly, but she does not flinch. Finally, Max punches her across the face, knocking her out. Max takes a breath and leans down to...

  
• 09.07.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 66 - We're gonna stay here

  Armed with the rifle that was Slake’s walking stick, Max explains to The Waiting Ones that while he’s not Captain Walker, he is still someone that they should respect, and their best chance of staying alive and safe, is to...

  
• 09.05.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 65 - Warning shot

  Having heard Max’s warning about the dangers, Savannah turns her back on The Waiting Ones and starts to lead her group out. Slake calls after them, pleading for them to abandon this idea, but Savannah has had enough of Max’s...

  
• 09.03.2018

  Beyond Thunderdome Minute 64 - No easy ride

  Slake and Savannah are facing off in the center of the camp. Savannah and her supporters are adamant about being allowed to leave, but Slake is unwilling to let them depart, considering their plan foolish and essentially a suicide mission....