Otaku Review

MTV is reporting that fans of the 80’s post apocalyptic action franchise ‘Mad Max’ might have something brand new store for them. The writer and director behind the franchise, George Miller, has been trying to get the franchise revived for years now and came very close in 2003 with his screen play ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ but eventually financing fell through and it was never made. Miller has however told MTV that he might go in an entirely new direction with the fourth film of the franchise by turning it into a 3D anime (one that DOESN’T have Mel Gibson in it, ‘“We’ll probably go a different route,’ Miller said when asked about the possibility of Gibson being in the voice cast).

Hearing this news is exciting no doubt. ‘Mad Max’ was a very good franchise for the 80’s and it gave the world its first real taste of Mel Gibson. However, Miller has to go and spoil it all by saying “The anime is an opportunity for me to shift a little bit about what anime is doing because anime is ripe for an adjustment or sea change.” He doesn’t really elaborate any further on what he means by ‘adjustment’ but just the sound of it makes me cringe a little bit. I understand that he’s a western filmmaker and thus is entitled to put his own spin on the style to increase its appeal but can we please find a better word for it? ‘Adjustment’ sounds like its old and needs to be ‘fixed’.

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