Furthermore, some evidence straight from the horse’s mouth could be found in a Q&A that George Miller did with Fandango (via The Nerdist). “Everything in the story has to have some sort of underlying backstory,” the writer-director of “Mad Max: Fury Road” said. “Not just every character, but every vehicle, every weapon, every costume.”
On the other hand, before fans get too excited about the possibility that Mad Max has swapped up more than just actors between “Beyond Thunderdome” and “Fury Road,” it is worth mentioning that the theory was shot down pretty succinctly by Miller himself. The director pointed to the narration from “The Road Warrior” as proof.
“That’s great… No, unfortunately, but that’s a great idea,” Miller told IGN. “Only because at the end of ‘Mad Max 2,’ it turns out the narrator is the Feral Kid as an old man, and he says, ‘He only lives now in my memories,'” Miller concluded. Still, the filmmaker behind “Mad Max: Fury Road” was fine with people ascribing the theory to his universe. “You know, what’s really interesting is that, in a way, these are allegories, and in many ways, the story is in the eye of the beholder,” he went on. So, there you have it.
Whether the upcoming prequel, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” will generate the same kinds of enthusiastic fan theories will have to remain to be seen.
