Let's hope not, because that delightfully insane outlook appears to be one shared by one George Miller. The man who started his career directing the original, legitimately bonkers Mad Max films took a pretty serious left turn when he made it to Hollywood, trading in the gonzo action of The Road Warrior in for animated family-friendly fare like Babe: Pig in the City and the two Happy Feet films. Even some anti-religious subtext doesn't save that from being a really weird career trajectory. Even before that, Miller had long since sworn off the high-octane action cinema on which he had made his name, instead preferring to handle prestige dramas like Lorenzo's Oil, or else quirky comedies like The Witches Of Eastwick. It's taken long enough, but he's finally back to what he does best and oh good lord, if Mad Max: Fury Road doesn't look like a treat for the eyeballs and those whose eardrums weren't perforated by a lifetime of watching explosive movies at the multiplex. There was a bit of that action in the SDCC trailer but damn, if these new Fury Road clips don't promise a film that's got more thrills than every summer blockbuster of 2014 combined. In the space of that minute-and-a-half trailer there's sand storms, multiple cars flipping, a whole ton of explosions, grenade launchers, a guitar that's also a flamethrower, and more rifles than Sarah Palin's pantry. The kicker? You can tell what's happening in every shot. And it just makes it all the more amazing. Take note, Michael Bay...
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