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What are some happy endings that really wasn't all that happy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by hal_5700X@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mad Max Fury Road. They defeat the tyrant, and get the control of the water valves. Then they open the valves and seemingly keep them open. One problem, how long is the water reservoir gonna last now?

Logan's Run. The city dwellers are freed from the computer's iron-fisted rule, and Carrousel. But their city is in ruins, and thinks to the computer providing everything. They don't know how to live without it. The city dwellers are going to start dying off real fast.

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[–] giddy@aussie.zone 36 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Max is not just one guy. He is an amalgamation of road warriors remembered in legends by the post-apocalyptic societies they helped

[–] discostjohn@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That's one way to interpret it, but I don't think the movies ever actually tell us that. The game certainly suggests something else entirely.

[–] Shawdow194@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago

I love how the video game does it. It makes more sense Max is a doomed soul forever wandering the wasteland never able to rest. And how all the time has passed but he still remembers earth before

[–] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

I feel like that's the official answer that they came up with to explain the differences in the settings between the films. It works, but only because there was a problem for it to fix.