10 Things That Would Have Happened After 2015's Biggest Movies
3. Mad Max Everyone Eventually Hates Furiosa
You know what's a lot harder than you probably think it is? Running a sort-of-functioning society of misfits and savages in the middle of a barren wasteland with virtually zero natural resources. Probably the type of tricky managerial position that throws up a lot of tough decisions. Probably a gig that isn't going to make you very popular. Probably the sort of thing that the people beneath you - people who indirectly benefit from you without seeing the day-to-day running of things - would end up resenting you for. Now, the concept of imprisoning women and using them as "breeders" is horrible. The concept of raising an entire army of fanatical children to make your wars with is horrible. Drip feeding an entire town of starving and feeble peasants, all while projecting yourself as some sort of god-like figure to command their devotion, is horrible. But, and just hear me out on this one, the world of Mad Max is, on the whole, pretty horrible, and it's no coincidence that every time a town or settlement makes its way on screen there's either barbarism in its organisation, or it's being pillaged by a gang. Furiosa and the Five Wives, who are actually doing alright out of the whole deal, decide to dethrone Immortan Joe and "liberate" the good folks of The Citadel. They return heroes, there's much rejoicing, and her first act as supreme leader is to unleash a free-for-all in the one viable source of life-giving sustenance that the town has available. The masses flock to the muddy pool underneath the reservoir to gorge themselves on the free-flowing liquid nectar - no doubt drinking it dry before Max has even readjusted his seat and rear-view mirror. Furiosa's a natural leader - that much we can infer from the film - but she definitely doesn't have a degree in town planning. If she thought the events of the film were tough, let's see how she gets on when she's caught between every raiding party in the wasteland coming to take Joe's now unguarded spring of water, and her 400 of her new subjects banging on the door demanding a bath.
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