The Road Warrior Minute 21 - Driven to foolish strategies

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As one by one the compounds scout vehicles acquire pursuers, a fourth and final scout leaves the gate and makes a break for it. The lone scout vehicle is able to make it some distance, forcing Max to change his perspective, but like the others, is quickly overtaken. Max looks on as a swarm of raiders disable the vehicle and move in to terrorize the driver and passenger.

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The Road Warrior Minute 20 - The Compound is the 1%

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At first light, the compound’s gate opens to release scouting parties intent on slipping past the horde and making it out into the wasteland. Unfortunately for them, The Lord Humungus lies in wait, ready to give chase. Max, Dog, and the Gyro Captain watch from the ridge as one by one the scout vehicles are swarmed by raiders. This week we are joined by Scott Carelli from Spider-man Minute.

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The Road Warrior Minute 19 - They need a better plan

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With the sun going down the horde calls a retreat, their vehicles kicking up long columns of dust and dirt as they go. Max, Dog, and the Gyro Captain watch from atop the ridge as the compound, its lights shining brightly, is finally left alone after a long day of violence. With the sound of engines fading in the distance, the Gyro Captain cleans his mouth after his meager meal, and we fade to black before rejoining our heroes in the morning.

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The Road Warrior Minute 18 - How NOT to take food from animals

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Still nestled in the relative safety of his ridge top camp, Max continues to monitor the attack on the compound while enjoying his midday meal. Below, a gutsy marauder jumps his motorcycle over the compound fence and quickly disappears. Max leans back from the binoculars and having had his fill, passes the can off to Dog who would be able to enjoy his meal if not for the Gyro Captain trying to steal it away.

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The Road Warrior Minute 17 - Dinki Di: it's the real deal

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Max, Dog, and the Gyro Captain are settled in to watch the assault on the compound from the relative safety of the hill top. Max pulls out a can of dog food, opens it, and begins eating. Meanwhile, Dog and the Gyro Captain wait eagerly for their chance as Max’s leftovers. Be prepared for tangents in this episode, we go off on our fair share.

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The Road Warrior Minute 16 - I reckon you got a bargain

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As Max continues to survey the compound, the Gyro Captain is at his ear assuring Max that he has the best potential of getting inside and petitioning for his release. Lowering his binoculars, Max seems annoyed by this request and instead chains the Gyro Captain to a nearby log. Rising in protest, the Gyro Captain is quickly put in his place by Max who reckons that the Captain is rather well off, all things considered.

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The Road Warrior Minute 15 - Ka-chunk, ka-chunk, ka-chunk

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Perched on a ridge high above the compound, Max scouts the layout of the fortified camp below. As he scans with his binoculars the Gyro Captain fills him in on his estimations of the camp population, weapon stores, and sundry amenities. Though there is much to see, it doesn’t take long for Max to get his first look at the fearsome leader of this horde: The Lord Humungus. Our special guests are Crystal Beth and John Robert Wilson from The Fifth Eleminute.

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The Road Warrior Minute 14 - Dog is best Dog

With his navigator chained up in the back scene, Max is back on the road, heading towards this rumored source of fuel. While Max is behind the wheel, Dog keeps an eye, and a shotgun, on the Gyro Captain. The pilot is wary of his four-legged captor’s temperament, but all three of them eventually arrive at the top of a ridge overlooking a compound beset on all sides by marauders.

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The Road Warrior Minute 13 - Gas, fuel, gasoline!

Having been forced to disarm the booby trap on his Interceptor, Max raises his hands and walks calmly towards the passenger-side of the car. Not one to be fooled with, the Gyro Captain cuts in front of Max and tries to open the car door, only to be greeted by Dog who wrestles him to the ground. At an overwhelming disadvantage, the Gyro Captain promises to bring max to an endless source of fuel.

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The Road Warrior Minute 12 - Touch those tanks and *boom*

The Gyro Captain is keen to drain Max’s gas tanks of fuel, but the Black-on-black’s tanks harbor an explosive booby-trap. Under threat of violence, Max is led over to the car and reaches up under the body to flip off the arming switch. Not one to give up without a fight, Max tries to pull a knife on the Gyro Captain, but the squirrelly sky-pirate is quick to spy Max’s scheme.

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The Road Warrior Minute 11 - Don't hurt the snake

Max has found a gyrocopter in a clearing, but before he can check for fuel He needs to use his speed and reflexes to deal with the snake wrapped around the mast. With lightning precision, He grabs the snake but quickly discovers the real danger was behind him as The Gyro Captain bursts up from the ground with a crossbow leveled right at Max.

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The Road Warrior Minute 10 - It’s so clearly a trap

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At the end of week 2, we find Max discovering a seemingly-abandoned gyro-copter in a dried riverbed. Despite its suspicious nature, Max decides to investigate in the hopes of finding fuel. Cautiously, Max exits the Black-on-black and moves to examine the machine. We are joined this week by Heidi Bennett and Molly Bailen from the Cabin Minute Cast.

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The Road Warrior Minute 09 - Happy Birthday to You

The driver of the crashed buggy gets one last death scream before fading away into the scenery as Max turns his focus to opening the cab of the Mack Truck and unexpectedly releases a bloated and decaying corpse. Rick is disgusted, but Julia does her best to humanize the rotting truck driver. Unfazed by this putrid discovery, Max finds a music box and continues on his way.

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The Road Warrior Minute 08 - They are very, very far apart

Knowing that he has an audience, Wez pulls the bolt from his arm and rides away, leaving Max behind to inspect the wreckage around the Mack Truck. In this episode we talk about the proper way to care for a puncture wound, Julia laments the Golden Youth’s lack of any discernible skills or purpose, and we ask the very American question of whether you can eat a Kangaroo.

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The Road Warrior Minute 07 - It doesn’t seem healthy

Gas can in hand, Max hustles towards the wrecked dune buggy to salvage what fuel he can from their tank, but before he can get to work harvesting, the third marauder rolls into view. We read some travel site reviews for the shooting location, recall that Max is an excellent improviser when it comes to leaking gasoline, and get introduced to Wez and The Golden Youth.

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The Road Warrior Minute 06 - Being pursued and being the pursuer

With the option of simply outrunning the marauders off the table, Max starts pulling out his old driving tricks. He’s able to avoid getting shot with an air cannon full of arrows and even flips the script on the Landau, distracting the driver long enough for the raiders to crash into each other, disabling both vehicles. He’s in the clear, but Max can’t leave just yet.

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The Road Warrior Minute 05 - Pursued by a couple of ne’er-do-wells

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Week 1 draws to a close as we finally catch up with Max and discover that he’s on the run from some marauders intent on doing him harm. The Nomad trash is no match for Max’s driving ability and the sheer power of the Black-on-black but just as Max has an open road ahead of him, a low fuel indicator forces him to cut the supercharger and slow down. We are joined by Brad Mull of The Lost World Minute Podcast.

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The Road Warrior Minute 04 - A burnt-out, desolate man

Today’s minute is what happens when you have to recap a 93-minute movie for an audience that didn’t see the first film in your post-apocalyptic adventure series. We talk about a few ways this montage casts the first film in a new light and get the sense that George Miller used this opportunity to tweak the story that was told in his first film to better fit the style of The Road Warrior.

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The Road Warrior Minute 03 - Nothing could stem the avalanche

It’s war, desperation, and violence today as the world falls apart over the scarcity produced by global conflict. We talk about the idea of two great warrior tribes and who they could be, imagine what a whirlwind of looting might have looked like, and acknowledge how quickly modern life can crumble in the absence of gasoline to power our infrastructure. We also weigh the pros and cons of complete nuclear annihilation, so that’s fun!

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The Road Warrior Minute 02 - You Have to go Back to Another Time

Production credits give way to narration as we creep closer to the beginning of Max Rockatansky’s next big adventure, but before we have our pudding, we need to have our meat as our unnamed narrator begins calling his mind back to a time of chaos. A quick peek at Max on a hill gives way to stock footage as we talk about timelines, and how the world still runs on the black fuel despite what our narrator has to say about it.

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