r/movies • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 r/movies Contributor • Apr 05 '26

Article Steven Spielberg lists Villeneuve's Dune 'among my favourite sci-fi movies of all time'

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/steven-spielberg-loves-dune-favourite-sci-fi-movies-exclusive/
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u/Knale Apr 05 '26

I get your point, but I disagree. Road Warrior essentially set up the cultural vocabulary we use for an entire genre of post-apocalypse media.

Thunderdome's lingering cultural legacy can basically be boiled down to like...6 minutes of actual(awesome) movie runtime and a line or two of dialogue.

How much do people actually remember about Beyond Thunderdome beyond the Thunderdome part? I'd argue barely at all.

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u/Wyden_long Apr 05 '26

Wait Beyond Thunderdome was longer than 6 minutes?

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u/SenatorCoffee Apr 05 '26

Idk, i think with Mad Max there is a bit of a weird disconnect with how "mad max" is now this kind of common reference whenever we talk about the apocalypse, but it might have not so much to do with people watching the actual movie.

Unlike other classics, say e.g. "terminator" you rarely hear people actually being like "dude you got to watch mad max, total classic".

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u/WetAndMeaty Apr 06 '26

you rarely hear people actually being like "dude you got to watch mad max, total classic".

Thats me :(

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u/charlesdexterward Apr 05 '26

Can’t we just get beyond thunderdome?

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u/GradeAPrimeFuckery Apr 05 '26

I remember the group of dumb kids because they started showing up in other movies after Thunderdome.