Before The Apocalypse (First Film): Ever felt the interest to know what caused the world of Mad Max? According to the official comic book spin-offs of "Fury Road," at some point in the near future, black fuel (what they call oil in the franchise) started to run out, causing riots and wars over control of the remaining sources of oil - later referred to as the Fuel Wars. Soon after, the Water Wars broke out, which were not about literal water, but a series of uprisings against the reckless approach by the government to the environmental crisis. This led to anarchy, with governments struggling to combat the gangs and militias that started to take over the rural areas. By the time of the first "Mad Max," the world is still relatively the same. There are vast pastures in Australia and the ocean is still wet. Sure, gasoline is scarce, but everyone is still driving around in cool cars and bikes. The real problem is that biker gangs terrorize the countryside, killing people for their gas, but also for the fun of it. This leads to the creation of the Main Force Patrol in Australia, a leather-clad highway patrol force that chases down criminals with a lot of speed, and as much violence. They are the only rule of law out in the wasteland, and in the years after, society completely collapses, governments shut down, and civilization crumbles. The Road Warrior Wasteland and Nuclear Thunderdome: According to the official comic book spin-offs of "Fury Road," at some point in the near future, black fuel (what they call oil in the franchise) started to run out, causing riots and wars over control of the remaining sources of oil — later referred to as the Fuel Wars. Soon after, the Water Wars broke out, which were not about literal water, but a series of uprisings against the reckless approach by the government to the environmental crisis. This led to anarchy, with governments struggling to combat the gangs and militias that started to take over the rural areas. By the time of the first "Mad Max," the world is still relatively the same. There are vast pastures in Australia and the ocean is still wet. Sure, gasoline is scarce, but everyone is still driving around in cool cars and bikes. The real problem is that biker gangs terrorize the countryside, killing people for their gas, but also for the fun of it. This leads to the creation of the Main Force Patrol in Australia, a leather-clad highway patrol force that chases down criminals with a lot of speed, and as much violence. They are the only rule of law out in the wasteland, and in the years after, society completely collapses, governments shut down, and civilization crumbles. Fury Road & A New Timeline: In the years after "Thunderdome," nuclear fallout ends ravaging the Earth, to the point where the remaining humans now barely know of a green world, and water is almost unheard of. By this point, Max has seen some stuff, and he's grizzled and hopeless, having seen any sliver of hope be killed by humans throughout the years. The problem with "Fury Road" is that it was originally meant to be a proper sequel to "Beyond Thunderdome," with Max now an old warrior in his 50s, desperately clinging onto his humanity. But with production hell looming over the film and delaying it at every turn, the film eventually became a soft reboot, recognizing the events of the previous films but not directly following the plots. In this new timeline, the nuclear apocalypse takes place right after the events of the first "Mad Max," with the titular Max fleeing out into the wasteland as the oceans dry up and people flee the cities. Further complicating things is the fact that Max is around the same age as Furiosa, but talks with knowledge of the old world around the Vuvalini. And yet, the plot description of the "Furiosa" prequel implies that she was alive before the apocalypse. When Did The Apocalypse Happen? Again, there are two answers. In the timeline of the original trilogy, the resource wars started in the '70s, as co-writer of "The Road Warrior" Terry Hayes was inspired by the 1979 oil crisis. There are also quick hints in the first film that point to the film being set in the mid-'80s, with "The Road Warrior" taking place three years after, and "Beyond Thunderdome" taking place 15 years after, it would make the actual nuclear apocalypse take place in the late '80s, with the world completely changed and ended by the '00s. In the "Fury Road" timeline, however, the comic book prequels do name actual historical events and dates, like uprisings against the government of Australian PM Tony Abbott between 2013 and 2015, or the Fukushima disaster. These events lead to the uprisings that led to the fall of civilization around the 2010s, with the Fuel and Water Wars leading to the events of the first "Mad Max" that same decade. If we follow the math of the original trilogy, then nuclear war would happen towards the end of the decade.
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