Tumgik
#Steve Bisley
motionpicturelover · 8 months
Text
"Mad Max" (1979) - George Miller
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
Films I've watched in 2023 (75/119)
38 notes · View notes
Text
On February 29, 1980, Mad Max debuted in West Germany.
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
5 notes · View notes
cinemajunkie70 · 1 year
Text
Tumblr media
My go to reaction for anything!!
3 notes · View notes
adamwatchesmovies · 1 year
Text
Mad Max (1979)
Tumblr media
Mad Max is an unpolished work. The pacing is weird. It blends a bunch of different genres while also creating a new one. The film isn’t what you expect it to be, but you can see where it’s going. This is the first step towards something explosive and there’s something about a creation this raw that's compelling.
Set sometime in the near future, in Australia, civilization is in a slow state of decay. Roaming gangs of lunatics on motorcycles come and do as they please. The Hall of Justice and the police officers who patrol the roads represent the last remnants of hope. In a world where people have given up on the idea of heroes, there’s Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson). When he gets on the wrong side of gang leader “Toecutter” (Hugh Keays-Byrne), the war on crime becomes personal.
What do the words Mad Max evoke to you? "Mad" as in “angry”? As in “crazy”? People in leather jackets swinging improvised chain weapons and cars with spikes or armor welded onto them carving up endless dirt roads? That’s the sequel, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. This is the precursor to the post-apocalyptic genre so director George Miller is still experimenting. There’s plenty of vehicular destruction and when it comes, you can’t be fully prepared for it. One of the film’s biggest weaknesses becomes its biggest strength in the action scenes. In his directorial debut, George Miller doesn’t overthink the cinematography or the potential danger in the stunts. He simply places vehicles on a collision course, sets up the camera, then shoots. The carnage that results is incredible. All that steel getting torn in half and shredded, bits scattering all over the road... it's what you want to see in a NASCAR race but even better
When Toecutter and his demented goons aren’t running people off the road, terrorizing everyone in their path and doing as they please, the picture’s got a surprising amount of softness. Much time is spent with Max, his wife Jessie (Joanne Samuel) and their infant son. At points you may get restless waiting for the family matters to tie into the tire-tearing road revenge “they’ve messed with the wrong guy this time” storyline and while no other film would choose to go about these themes this way, I’ve found myself enjoying these moments more with each subsequent viewing. Its unconventional - some would say amateurish - approach to the quiet moments makes the film unpredictable within the conventions of a familiar story. You don't know when that turn will take place.
In Mad Max, you can see the seeds being sown. This is the beginning of something big but nobody knew it at the time. It's always interesting to see what the blueprints of a genre included and to compare it to the final results. What stayed? What was dropped?
The casting of Mel Gibson in the lead role helps the picture tremendously. He can be both vulnerable and tough. When he gets into his full-on revenge mode, you feel his sanity fraying at the seams. You want him to get back at Toecutter, but you’re wary that he’s going to take things too far.
Mad Max is a companion piece to better films so it may take you some time to warm up to it. Call it a bug. I say it's a feature. I say watch it, and the immediately after, follow it up with The Road Warrior. Then, you’ll understand why this series is such a big deal. (Original Australian version on Blu-ray, April 21, 2018)
Tumblr media
2 notes · View notes
l-ultimo-squalo · 1 month
Text
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
The Chain Reaction (1980)
1 note · View note
supermarcey · 2 years
Text
The Ozploit Cast - Episode 10: '1979 to 1980 Films' Thirst, Mad Max, Felicity, The Plumber and The Chain Reaction
The Ozploit Cast - Episode 10: '1979 to 1980 Films' Thirst, Mad Max, Felicity, The Plumber and The Chain Reaction #Podcast #Ozploitation #PodNation #AussiePodcasts
The Ozploit Cast – Episode 10: ‘1979 to 1980 Films’ Thirst, Mad Max, Felicity, The Plumber and The Chain Reaction Download HERE https://supermarcey.files.wordpress.com/2022/07/the-ozploit-cast-episode-10-1979-to-1980-films-thirst-mad-max-felicity-the-plumber-and-the-chain-reaction.mp3 Welcome to our Podcast series from The Super Network with The Ozploit Cast! This podcast series is all about…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
0 notes
theartofthecover · 5 months
Text
Tumblr media
The Nail #3 (2003)
Art by: Simon Bisley
96 notes · View notes
Text
Happy World Frankenstein Day!
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
24 notes · View notes
holy-shit-comics · 7 months
Text
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
12 notes · View notes
makeminebronze · 2 years
Text
60 years of the Hulk pt 6
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
14 notes · View notes
neil-gaiman · 10 months
Note
Neil, you’ve had the great good fortune of working with a dream list of artists, including Mark Buckingham, Dave McKean, Kelley Jones, Sam Kieth, Charles Vess, Colleen Doran, P. Craig Russell, Simon Bisley, Andy Kubert, John Totleben, Stephen Bissette, Mike Mignola, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Yoshitaka Amano, Bill Sienkiewicz, Frank Quitely, on and on.
Which Golden and Silver Age artists would you have loved to work with? Gene Colan comes to mind as someone who would have done wonders with your words.
Thanks for your time!
Tom
Lou Fine, Jack Cole, Graham Ingels, classic era Bernie Wrightson, Ramona Fradon, Barry Windsor Smith, Bernie Krigstein, Mort Drucker, Jack Davis, classic Marvel period Jack Kirby, classic New Gods era DC Jack Kirby, Frank Frazetta, Steve Ditko, late 60s early 70s Jim Aparo (technically Jim drew one page of my Green Flame story), Will Eisner, Joe Kubert, Marie Severin... so many...
595 notes · View notes
Text
On August 19, 1980 Mad Max debuted in Colombia.
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
5 notes · View notes
cinemajunkie70 · 1 year
Text
Tumblr media
2 notes · View notes
weaselgirl · 11 months
Text
This has been rattling round in my head for the last week or so, and so here it is. A Steddie/Spaced AU that no one asked for and will appeal to a pretty niche market in general (Although, Tim Bisley would fucking love Stranger Things)
Ok, you were born in Kentucky on 17 September 1974 and live with your Uncle, Wayne Munson
Right
You keep an eye on the girl over the road from you, who once attempted to share your Heavy Metal magazine collection with her middle school friends. In your attempt to prevent her, you tripped over your own feet, fell down the stairs of your trailer, hitting your head, which is where you got your scar
Yup
Uhm, You have a best friend, Chrissy, who is a Sports Promoter
Uhh Yeah sort of
You have a fatal allergy to pecan nuts
Yes, I have no memory of Thanksgiving 1980. Mind you, I’ve got no memory of Thanksgiving 1994 either
Oh? Why not?
I don’t know
Right…. You are an aspiring metal guitarist and your band is called
Corroded Coffin
Corroded Coffin, yeah. Your work to date includes playing a party for your drummers, sister’s boyfriend’s birthday. You supplement the $40 you got from that by working part time at a book store called “All That Glitters
Yeah, I’m the assistant manager
Oh, how many people work for you
Oh, it’s just me and Jeff
Who’s Jeff?
He’s the manager
Hang on, you’re not one of those fantasy nerds, are you?
No?
You don’t spend your evening on the internet discussing allegory and Lord of the Rings?
Look, fantasy writers allow us to explore the full extent of the human condition. Fantasy novels are more closely aligned with the desires of humans than ever before and exploring that is for the betterment of all mankind
Right… Your preferred mode of transport is your van. You like music, dungeons and dragons and regularly masturbate over images of Harrison Ford
Who told you that?!
It was a joke!
Yeah well People Magazine voted him the sexiest man alive in 1998
And what about you?
I wasn't placed
You recently split up with your boyfriend who got off with a friend of yours called Jason
He’s NOT my friend
Alright, well, we don’t need to talk about that. I mean, we can, if you want, because it obviously hit you hard.
No
You prefer a loose cotton boxer as opposed to a brief
Is all this really necessary
Well yes! What if we are asked a number of intimate personal questions? We’re supposed to be a couple! Come on, do me
Okaay, You were born in Hawkins Indiana in 1975 to Benjamin and Emily Harrington. You have a sort of brother-friend thing going with a teenager called Dustin
Yeah
You attend an Ivy League School
Ivy Tech College
Whatever
It’s a community college, which is fine. It’s better actually, gives me some more freedom. Did you know Oprah went to community college? Anyway, it’s not where you go to school, it’s the experience that counts, ok?
Alright… You have an on off thing with a girl, Nancy, who is at university in Beardstown
Boston
Oops! Boston. But we are not going to mention her. You want to be a teacher, but you haven’t thought that all the way through, and your best friend is called Robin and she works in Film
Uh something like that
You have an extensive hair care routine. You are scared of dogs and bats, but oh so much greater is your fear that one day the two species will cross breed, forming an all powerful race of DogBats who will immobilise human beings in a giant vine based hive mind in order to eat cats.
I never said that….
Yeah, but it’d be good though
...I dunno
Alright! That’s it!!
Oh, by the way, my name’s Steve
Oh, right, I’m Eddie. Hi.
7 notes · View notes
Text
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
YOU'LL NEVER SEE HIM COMING -- WHOOPS! TOO LATE!
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a killer splash page of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael leaping into bullet-flying action, followed by another page and one panel of Raph throwing down with Hong Kong-based assassin, Johnny Woo Woo, from the pages of "Casey Jones and Raphael" Vol. 1 #1. October, 1994. Mirage Comics.
Layouts/script: Kevin Eastman
Artwork: Simon Bisley
Colors/letters: Steve Lavigne (and Altered Earth Arts)
Source: www.topshelfcomix.com/mobile/catalog/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-bodycount/989.
3 notes · View notes
supermarcey · 2 years
Text
The Ozploit Cast - Episode 9: '1978 to 1979 Films' Money Movers, The ABC Of Love And Sex, Long Weekend, Snapshot and The Last Of The Knucklemen
The Ozploit Cast - Episode 9: '1978 to 1979 Films' Money Movers, The ABC Of Love And Sex, Long Weekend, Snapshot and The Last Of The Knucklemen #Ozploitation #Podcast #PodNation #Film #PodcastAndChill #AustralianCinema
The Ozploit Cast – Episode 9: ‘1978 to 1979 Films’ Money Movers, The ABC Of Love And Sex: Australia Style, Long Weekend, Snapshot and The Last Of The Knucklemen Download HERE https://supermarcey.files.wordpress.com/2022/05/the-ozploit-cast-episode-9-1978-to-1979-films-money-movers-the-abc-of-love-and-sex-long-weekend-snapshot-and-the-last-of-the-knucklemen.mp3 Welcome to our Podcast series from…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
0 notes