Whether you saw it with the American overdub or the original Australian accents, Mad Max most certainly impacted you as it has many moves that have followed.
Adam O’Brian joins shazbazzar and JediShua for another trip to Dystopia. Turns out that Mad Max has a flair (flare?) from the land down under in this picturesque portrait of a gloomy not-so-distant future.
Mad Max Celebrates JediShua’s Birthday
with the Fantha from Down Under
This week marks another great moment in history as JediShua’s birthday returns a week after Independence Day. Armed with a 7/11 slurpee, a microphone, and Suckerman, Shua celebrates his birthday with shazbazzar and all EarBuds across the globe (including Australia) for this maddening voyage into the not-so-distant future for 77 minutes (listen all the way to the end) as TechnoRetro Dads continue looking to the past for clues about the looming dystopian future in Mad Max.
In the NEWS
- Logan’s Run reboot/remake to be directed by Simon Kinberg
- Sir Patrick Stewart might be willing to reprise his Star Trek role.
- Sonic the Hedgehog finds a villain in Jim Carrey to play Dr. Robotnik.
- Mobile Suit Gundam gets a live-action movie.
- Ultraman (no, not the original) will be a Netflix series.
- Star Wars Resistance images found online.
We Love Our Cereal…
…and Cereal Correspondant (or whatever we finally decide to call him) Shane in Grand Rapids finds multi-grain Nestle’s cereal in India and sends us a link to some cereal recipes for those new Post cereals JediShua definitely doesn’t crave. Jovial Jay (yes, the Trix cereal singing Jovial Jay) shares a fantastic video of a gourmet chef attempting to remake Lucky Charms.
Saturday Mornings
In honor of JediShua’s 47th birthday (no, really, he’s just 47), we scour the Saturday morning lineup for the Saturday adjoining the day of his birth to figure out what he would have been watching, had he been offered the choice. Surprise, BabyShua, you only have three channels to choose from. Archaic, we know.
Toys in the Attic
Both shazbazzar and JediShua recall some of their most memorable birthday presents from the ‘70s and ‘80s. Ranging from Big Wheels to Chevy Vegas, with The Beatles in-between (with a CD boombox and Sony Walkman, respectively), the all-around winner of a birthday present, edging out six (6) Yodas by the width of a plastic orange snake, is “Suckerman”!
Mad Max
Adam O’Brien, the Fantha from Down Under, joins shazbazzar and JediShua for a journey through the wastelands of the future in Mad Max, a low budget film that has spawned two or three sequels (depending on how you fit Fury Road into the canon) and successfully defined the look and feel of the genre for nearly forty years. Follow Rocketansky down the rabbit hole as he deals out retribution to those who destroyed his life and murdered those he loves.
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Join shazbazzar and JediShua each week for a look back at the ’70s and ’80s as they share the fun and also fandom of their youth with their families, friends, and EarBuds. Topics include TV, film, music, toys, and games of the ’70s and ’80s as well as franchises which have continued into the 21st Century, like Star Wars, TRON, and Battlestar Galactica. TechnoRetro Dads creates new stories as old legends are passed down from one generation to the next.
If you’re a TechnoRetro Dad, the child of one, or just appreciate the ’70s and ’80s, then this podcast is definitely for you!