It’s time for an all-new episode of The Flickcast! Finally, right? Yeah, we know. Next week we’ll get back on track again. Promise.

Putting our tardiness aside, on this week’s show Chris and Joe discuss all sorts of new and recurring topics, per usual. Some of these topics include Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Josh Trank and The Fantastic Four, Constantine’s appearance on next season of Arrow, The Last Ship season 3, the upcoming Westworld series on HBO, still more about the guy’s current favorite TV show you should be watching, Mr. Robot, and a whole lot more, more more.

Picks this week include Chris’ pick of the home video release of Mad Max: Fury Road and Joe’s pick of the ever-amazing LEGO creative building sets.

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We are among those who believe the saying “Better late than never.” So, in that spirit, here’s a brand new episode of The Flickcast . . .  better late than never. See what we did there?

On this week’s episode, Chris and Joe are still sorta angry, but a lot less angry than a couple weeks ago. Thanks goodness. Topics this week include more on Mad Max: Fury Road, the Flash finale, more Game of Thrones controversy and a whole lot more. Indeed.

Picks this week include Chris’ pick of the HBO documentary Montage of Heck, about Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Joe’s pick of the 1968 classic sci-fi movie Planet of the Apes.

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That’s right kids, we did it again. It’s a brand new episode of The Flickcast just for you. And you. And you too. We’ll try to keep it going next week.

In the meantime on this week’s episode, Chris and Joe are still angry, but a bit less angry this time. Topics this week include Mad Max: Fury Road, Agents of SHIELD finale, the Arrow and Flash finales, the end of Mad Men, Twin Peaks coming back for really real this time, DC Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl and a whole lot more. Yep. More. It’s a big show.

Picks this week include Chris’ pick of the Darth Vader comic from Marvel and Joe’s pick of the new Simpsons LEGO minifigures.

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Not to brag, but we’ve been on a roll. It’s already April and we’ve given you new episodes of The Flickcast each and every week without fail. That’s pretty good, especially if you knew how lazy we actually are. But that’s a topic for a whole show.

Instead, on this week’s episode, Chris and Joe discuss and debate a whole bunch of stuff including the new Mad Max: Fury Road trailer and movie, the genius of George Miller, new Daily Show host Trevor Noah, Agents of SHIELD, The Flash, Arrow, Furious 7, Joe’s annoyance with the term “Millennial” and a whole lot more. Yes, there’s even more. We just can’t help ourselves.

Picks this week include Chris’ pick of the animated movie Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox and Joe’s pick of the book Jiro Gastronomy.

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Great news fans of post-apocalyptic action, the entire Mad Max trilogy is finally hitting Blu-ray this Summer in one awesome box set. That’s right, all three movies, including Mad Max, The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome, are getting the Blu-ray, box set treatment.

There’s no word yet on what special features the trilogy box set will contain, but you can bet it will likely have lots of behind-the-scenes goodies, making-of videos, photos and more for you to enjoy. Plus, expect interviews with the filmmakers and probably Mad Max himself, Mel Gibson, to grace the set too.

Of course, this isn’t the first time Mad Max or The Road Warrior have graced a Blu-ray release. This is, however, the first time Beyond Thunderdome has and is also the first time all three movies have been put together and given this kind of box set treatment.

So, if you’ve been waiting for an excuse (and an opportunity) to get all three of these great movies on Blu-ray, looks like this might be a great time to do it. The collection is currently priced at $49.99 and will hit store shelves on June 4th.

This week’s pick is the final chapter of the Mad Max Trilogy, or at least it is until George Miller gets Fury Road out of the film can and into theaters after almost thirty years since the franchise dried up. Mel Gibson stars for the last time as the post apocalyptic do-gooder in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985).

Thunderdome is my least favorite of the films for several reasons, mostly because of how soft Max has gotten in his old age. The film opens where it’s obvious that it has been several years (namely by Mel’s long 80s metal do) since Max helped the outpost settlers of the wasteland battle the Humungus and his barbarians.

As Max is trucking across the desert, he is knocked clear off his camel driven monster truck by a plane piloted by Jedediah (played by Bruce Spence from The Road Warrior). Jedediah steals Max’s rig and leaves him marooned in the desert with nothing. Following the tracks, Max arrives at what is known as Bartertown, a desert outpost where survivors of the nuclear holocaust come to trade precious materials.

This week’s pick is The Road Warrior (a.k.a. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior) (1981). Mel Gibson dons his black leather uniform once again in this second installment of the franchise.

The Road Warrior begins with a narration sequence with an elderly man’s voice as it is shown to the audience the widespread pandemonium, which has steered the world towards nuclear Armageddon. Mad Max I shows the audience the beginning of the end. The Road Warrior picks up after the world has been destroyed and society hangs by a narrow thread.

Max roams the wasteland of Australia with his battle-torn black V-8 interceptor and his cattle dog foraging for supplies mainly food, and fuel for his gas-guzzling supercharger. Much like the first film, the first several minutes of the film offer an amazing chase sequence where Max is being pursued by a band of marauding punks led by the vicious Wez (Vernon Wells) who plan to kill Max and take his vehicle and what precious supplies he has left.

Max foils their attempt and wreaks two vehicles in an amazing crash sequence. Max commanders what fuel he can from one of the wreaked cars and fends off an attack by Wez who was shot in the arm with an arrow.  Collecting what he can Max sets off again with his dog and his even more damaged vehicle.

This week’s Monday Pick is the 1979 action thriller Mad Max, a film that lunched one of the most lucrative franchises in film history. The Mad Max trilogy has spawned many imitations over the last thirty plus years, but they fail to add up to George Miller’s fantastic vision of the ultimate dystopian future.

Mel Gibson (who was virtually unknown at the time) stars as police pursuit man Max Rockatansky. He patrols the highways of the not too distant future Australia that is on the verge of complete anarchy and lawlessness. In the first installment of the series, Miller shows the audience that in this future, resources like food, water, and gasoline are becoming scarce and society is beginning to break down. The Main Force Patrol (MFP) is the uniformed highway safety enforcement whose main purpose is to stop marauding gangs who pose a threat to the society they are desperately trying to preserve.

The first ten minutes of Mad Max are filled with some of the most impressive and dangerous stunts ever performed in any film before or since. The MFP is in pursuit of an escaped convict who calls himself the Night Rider. Along with his girlfriend, the two take off in one of the force’s fastest V-8 pursuit vehicles and are successful in evading several pursuit units.

These days it’s hard to go a week without hearing about some remake/reboot coming out of Hollywood. Few of these films can claim they’ve been in the rumor mill for as long as Mad Max: Fury Road.  After two decades, however, actual development is occurring  on the next installment of the Mad Max franchise.

Variety is reporting that Charlize Theron (The Italian Job, Hancock) and Tom Hardy (Black Hawk Down, Star Trek: Nemesis, Bronson) have both been cast in Fury Road.  Now, as interesting as that casting is everyone is still anxiously waiting to find out if Mel Gibson will reprise his role as Mad Max. When Director George Miller was asked about this he was vague to say the least, “It could be Mel, it could be anyone.”

Whether Gibson is involved or not I’m left wondering if this particular film needs a sequel (as this seems to be) or an outright reboot.  I mean this property has been dormant for over twenty years so the majority of current movie goers have no idea what the world of Mad Max is all about.

For those who may remember, they probably have memories of Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. Perhaps more specifically, images of Tina Turner and awkward cage match duels.  If that’s the case, it may not be the best memory for people to have. Don’t get me wrong, Thunderdome was fun, but not the best jumping off point if you’re looking to woo a new generation of Mad Max fans.  Especially when you factor in the serious tone films of this nature have these days, far from the campy 80’s fair Thunderdome brought us.

Nevertheless, I’m curious to see where Fury Road leads. Theron and Hardy are great additions to be sure. Coincidentally, it seems Theron is gravitating to post-apocalyptic roles these days as she’ll soon be seen in The Road.  Or, she just has a thing for films with “road” in the title. No release date has been set for Mad Max: Fury Road but we’ll keep you posted.