The sequel Mad Max 2, aka The Road Warrior, was also very successful, albeit not to the same degree as the first film - an odd fact, considering the sequel is widely regarded as the best of the first three films. Nothing in the trailers, and nothing I say here, will prepare you for the megaton dose of awesomeness that is this film - but I'll give it a shot anyway.

It's called Mad Max: Fury Road, and it's the ultimate summer blockbuster. No, I'm here to tell you that this coming weekend brings one of those rare examples of when all of this nostalgia and revisiting of some old franchise goes just about as exactly, perfectly right as is humanly possible. Netflix or via cinematic reboot/remake/sequels.īut I'm not here to talk about all the ways this can and often has gone wrong. They are, though, certainly not alone in this, as older fans of apparently even the most middling show or old movie feel entitled to suggest it deserves revival on

Nostalgia for old TV shows and old film franchises has never been stronger - particularly among younger viewers who didn't even grow up with the stuff, who yet seem determined to reach backward into older generations' pasts to find entertainment about which they can feel passionately protective and lay some sort of claim as defenders of its legacy. We are apparently in quite a sentimental age.

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