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LetTigerIn said:
I thought maybe Damnation Alley was one of the ripoffs, but with a 1977 release date (based on Roger Zelazny's 1967 novel, too), it predates Mad Max. I even like Zelazny's work, and all these years I either never knew or just plain forgot that he wrote Damnation Alley.
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I watched that for the first time a couple years ago and have been meaning to read the book ever since. Never gotten around to it, though.

Zelazny is my dad's favorite writer ever. I remember going to a book signing he did when I was a little kid and my dad had to have me and my sister carry stacks of books while we waited in line.
 
adgy-san said:
I watched that for the first time a couple years ago and have been meaning to read the book ever since. Never gotten around to it, though.

Zelazny is my dad's favorite writer ever. I remember going to a book signing he did when I was a little kid and my dad had to have me and my sister carry stacks of books while we waited in line.
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When I was in high school, my friend loaned me the first two Amber books on a Friday night, and I showed up on his doorstep Saturday morning requesting the next three.
 
This is in comic stores today:

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(W) George Miller & Various (A) Riccardo Burchielli, Leandro Fernandez (CA) Tommy Lee Edwards

In this first issue, witness the rise of Colonel Joe Moore, a war hero turned tyrannical warlord...The Immortan Joe!
And don't miss the story of Nux, one of the Immortan's "War Boys," who knows only the chaos into which he was born.
From the mind of George Miller, the creator of the Mad Max trilogy, comes a brand new epic tale that serves as a prelude to the upcoming film, Mad Max: Fury Road!
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Watched Mad Max: Fury Road yesterday and it was great. Just bat **** crazy. I had a huge dumb grin on my face almost the entire time, amazing immersive action and FUN. If I am to nitpick I felt the movie loses a little bit of steam in the second half and the action becomes a bit "more of the same", also it's somewhat disappointing that "Max" is essentially a side character in his own movie. But those are just minor details because Fury Road as a whole was an incredibly fresh take on the action genre, everything was ridiculous yet felt authentic somehow. The heavy use of practical effects and the attention to detail really helps.
 
Boo-urns to that news if true. Three could've been a nice fresh start without 2 Flynns running around.
 
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