For years, the discrepancies in the Mad Max universe have led to some interesting fan theories.
But one theory breaks the entire franchise and makes Max even more tragic.
Who broke the world?
Why Does Mad Max Prompt Fan Theories?
The murder signals a shift in Maxs understanding of what lifes become.
This is just one of many inconsistencies across the franchise.
Civilization is still breathing, albeit if only on its last gasps.
But as we saw inFury Road, both she and Max are roughly the same age.
He doesnt care as much about dates and canonical mythology as he does high-octane action and heady themes.
Nonetheless, fans have had fun posing their own ideas.
Another suggests that Max becomes a folk hero after the apocalypse.
and dont pay off which much more thematic relevance.
His mind broke and he lost everything, all but his regret and guilt.
The Feral Kid, the children of Planet Erf, the wives inFury Roadnone of these people actually exist.
To the surprise of no one, Miller dismissed the theory out of hand.
However, he didnt dismiss the practice of making fan theories.
Thats great, he said with an approving smile, even if he couldnt endorse the specific idea.
In a way, these are allegories, Miller continued, meaning is in the eye of the beholder.
With that in mind, the Max Goes Mad theory has some real significance.
Its not just a way to explain plot and lore discrepancies that didnt bother Miller and his co-creators.
But that is a valid interpretation based on the way someone understands our world.
