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[Maxrunner]

No 4K not buy. But I'm glad there isn't additional commentary or I'd be super tempted.

It's there.

 

[Out 1]

I agree 100%. However, some MRA's do not.

http://www.returnofkings.com/63036/why-you-should-not-go-see-mad-max-feminist-road

TIL that MRA stands for something other than magnetic resonance angiogram.

Excited for the B&W cut.

 

[RS4-]

Where's the one where it's just the OST and effects

 

[Carnby]

So it's a black and white version? Why?

 

[Discotheque]

What about a version with good grading? That would be cool.

Nah. The really saturated colors were dope. It basically is the best comic book movie of all time.

 

[Tertullian]

Does the 2-pack come with all the bonus features from the original blu release?

 

[GhaleonEB]

So it's a black and white version? Why?

This is why:

 

[afternoon delight]

For those curious there's been some chatter on the next Mad Max films from John Seale, DP on the film, and Mark Sexton, storyboard artist, where a Furiosa script is now done, originally set as a anime prequel in 2009. They're almost done on a Max centered script that's a prequel to Fury Road tentatively titled "The Wasteland" and is said to be more bleaker.

I would freak the fuck out if both films were made.

 

[Ridley327]

Does the 2-pack come with all the bonus features from the original blu release?

I'd assume that the regular version of the film is the same disc that's already available on its own.

 

[Carnby]

This is why:

I don't get it.


Was it originally shot in black & white?

 

[NewFresh]

I don't get it.


Was it originally shot in black & white?

I'm with you. I love me some black and white films like Nebraska or The White Ribbon, but I'm not seeing the reasoning behind this.

 

[ROUGE_BLOCK]

This has probably already been said but it should have been called Shiny and Chrome Edition.


Kinda to lazy to sift through the thread

 

[Jack Scofield]

This is why:

I don't get it. People prefer this:

...to this?

 

[Discotheque]

I don't think many people prefer it. But it will be nice to watch I think. I'm excited. It looks great

 

[Christine]

I don't get it.


Was it originally shot in black & white?

It was originally shot with the intention of making a B&W print, yes. It's something George Miller has wanted to do since Road Warrior.

The best version of Road Warrior was… they used to do a “slash dupe” in music. To make a really cheap print, they’d make a black and white version for the composer. They used to put lines [across it], if you see old documentary footage of composers in the past, you’d see them looking at the screen and conducting, that was a slash dupe, and it was black and white. And you’d mix the sound that way [too]. And every time I saw the black and white I thought “oh, my god!” It just reduces it to this really gutsy high-con black and white, very, very powerful.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

I don't get it. People prefer this:



...to this?

Without seeing the print there's no way to comment on preference, but there is obviously demand and interest in it because of what it changes about how you experience the film given what Miller has said about this B&W cut for a while now. When the fan edit came out people praised it despite having some amateurish foley and music re-editing behind it.

 

[Veelk]

I don't get it. People prefer this:



...to this?

Yeah, I agree, I don't see the appeal either, but hey, if people want more Fury Road, let them have it.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I don't get it.

Was it originally shot in black & white?

I don't get it. People prefer this:

...to this?

It's not about preferring one over the other, which is why the release is including both. It's about using black and white to create a different, stylized version of the film. The color palette in Fury Road lends itself well to the shift to B&W and the pictures demonstrate that, though clearly that is up to personal preference. The relative lack of dialogue in Fury Road means it also lends itself well to a treatment as a silent film, ala Buster Keaton, which people have been noting since it came out. The B&W version is responding to that demand.

Personally, I think the B&W shots lend the film a bleakness that it didn't have with the intense colors used in the film, and I dig the tonal shift. It's like Ansel Adams gone metal.

 

[CharminUltra]

YES GIVE IT TO ME

 

[NealMcCauley]

I don't know if stuff like this is allowed or not, but that's probably the funniest/most accurate thing I've read in a long time so I had to do something with it.

 

[True Savior]

Nah. The really saturated colors were dope. It basically is the best comic book movie of all time.

You saw that pristine look of the behind the scenes reel? That's hot stuff. Shits gets to look even more impactful.

 

[AgentOtaku]

Well, glad I waited!

Still happy I got my BestBuy Steelbook for Fury Road tho

 

[pxleyes]

This is why:

So take away one of the most important and striking parts of the film, color?

 

[Monocle]

Mildly annoyed that I'll have to double dip, but this movie is worth it.

So take away one of the most important and striking parts of the film, color?

Arguably it helps you appreciate different elements of the scenes. The compositions are easier to take in as a whole without color creating definite focal points. I mean, there's still contrast through value, but yeah.

 

[CloudWolf]

The use of color was what made the film unique IMO, so... uhm, I'm not bought.

 

[Monocle]

The use of color was what made the film unique IMO, so... uhm, I'm not bought.

Not the editing, compositions, and action-driven visual storytelling?

 

[nekkid]

So we're at a stage where movie makers don't have to add additional stuff to the disc to get us to re-buy, they just take stuff away instead.

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

Just because some people don't see the point in a B&C version doesn't negate Miller's artistic talent and desire for a decolorized print. The whole point was because Miller's artistic vision saw a cut of MM:FR as being in black and white.

 

[nded]

If this was Miller's original intent, then that's reason enough for the release. It'll have both versions, so I don't see the dilemma here.

 

[Garlador]

So we're at a stage where movie makers don't have to add additional stuff to the disc to get us to re-buy, they just take stuff away instead.

On the INVERSE, I'd definitely prefer a version of Man of Steel and Batman v Superman that put the color back IN.

 

[Coriolanus]

So take away one of the most important and striking parts of the film, color?

I mean, the film already exists as a perfect example of Less Is More. I'm excited to see how far they can push it.

 

[CloudWolf]

Not the editing, compositions, and action-driven visual storytelling?

Well, that was done great too of course, but there are more films that excel on those fronts. The great use of color during the film is what really struck me since a lot of films these days seem to be afraid to use a lot of it.

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

I've been dying to get this in 3D and now they release this...

Anyone try the 3D version yet? How is it?

 

[Nappuccino]

Not the editing, compositions, and action-driven visual storytelling?

Reading this thread reminds me that the average film goer does not care about 90% of how films work.

 

[Extra Sauce]

What was it that was stopping them from releasing the black and white version before?

They had to reshoot the whole movie using black and white cameras.

 

[diaspora]

While I'm interested in seeing this movie without colour, I'm not sure I care for it being silent irrespective of the lack of dialogue.

 

[T.O.P]

4K-Ultra HD Mad Max, my first movie double dip in a long ass time

 

[DerZuhälter]

So quick question: Why do I need a special blu-ray for this? Why don't I just change the color settings on my TV and switch it to 0% colors. That would effectively turn my colored BluRay into a black & white edition.

 

[diaspora]

So quick question: Why do I need a special blu-ray for this? Why don't I just change the color settings on my TV and switch it to 0% colors. That would effectively turn my colored BluRay into a black & white edition.

I doubt they'd exclusively just set saturation to 0 when converting to B/W. Highlights, shadows, midtones, contrast were all probably modified.

 

[Barrel Cannon]

Just to reiterate what a bunch of others were saying in the thread, Miller wanted to have a B&W version of the film without Dialogue. It didn't make it into the original release which is a bummer. That being said it is his preferred way to view the film.

I think it would be better to consider it a directors cut of the film. There will definitely be people who like the other releases more for various reasons(4k/3D/Colour), but there will definitely be people wanting to see the director's preferred version of the film which is why this exists.

We haven't seen how the B&W version looks yet. There is color grading involved even in B&W, if I'm understanding correctly.

Yes you are correct, even B&W films require color grading.

 

[NealMcCauley]

I doubt they'd exclusively just set saturation to 0 when converting to B/W. Highlights, shadows, midtones, contrast were all probably modified.

True. Converting pictures I've taken to b&w is fun as hell because there a ton of options to play around with.

 

[hamchan]

Yeah I'm in.

When genius George Miller says "I can see this movie in B&W" I say "I want to see your movie in B&W".

 

[afternoon delight]

Something tells me the people asking "why" rarely watch black and white entertainment if ever.

So we're at a stage where movie makers don't have to add additional stuff to the disc to get us to re-buy, they just take stuff away instead.

Yo total sick burn, tell the sheeple!

 

[Sidewinder]

Guess that's when I'll finally buy the Mad Max collection!

 

[R-User!]

Excited, but where is the link, or when can I preorder?

Once again we send off my Wallet to bring back a Double Dip from Amazon and Special Features from the Warner Bros. Once again I salute my fellow NeoGAFer Simo and I salute my half-life GAFers who will post with me eternal on the servers of GAFhalla!


ONCE AGAIN, WHERE IS THE LINK, OR WHEN CAN I PREORDER?

 

[nekkid]

Something tells me the people asking "why" rarely watch black and white entertainment if ever.

You're absolutely correct about that.

 

[Renpatsu]

As some people have noted I don't think we've got any official shots of the B&W edition yet.

It's not like they're desaturating the original movie and calling it a day because you'll get a mess of contrast. There is still colour grading involved in this version of the film in order for the presentation to work correctly in B&W.

 

[Cymbal Head]

Wait, will I have to buy the collection to get the Black & Chrome edition?

Edit: looks like the answer is no. It will be available separately.

 

[NeOak]

Fuck this obvious cash grab, they could had put this on the original release.




Double dipping day 1.

Ayyyyy

 

[Discotheque]

You saw that pristine look of the behind the scenes reel? That's hot stuff. Shits gets to look even more impactful.

yeah the shooting footage looked very gritty for sure. loved it, but i'm a bigger fan of the over-stylized look they went with in post.