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Featurette Dives Into The Cars Of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
While many people are caught in an argument between whether or not it was Tom Hardy or Charlize Theron that was the main character of Mad Max: Fury Road, I’m that guy who’s saying, “Give me more cars!” Honestly, the vehicles, in my opinion, were the stars of the film. From their jagged spikes to their Frankenstein-esque builds, they were fascinating warped mechanical demons that tore through the apocalyptic wasteland, roaring lie a choir of damned souls.
In a featurette that was premiered by Jalopnik, production designer Colin Gibson and director George Miller explain how the cars in the film came about. Apparently 130 cars were produced for the film, many of them completely and utterly destroyed during production.
It’s a great behind-the-scenes look into what many are calling one of the best actions movies ever released.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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