Villains Too Stupid To Win Ep.04 - Immortan Joe

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Let's not be too harsh on Immortan Joe, he was just really sad the world ended and he could no longer play his Speed Freaks Orks army in Warhammer 40 000 so he made his own with real people! It was probably cheaper than buying Warhammer 40k minis in Australia anyway.

FYI about the Guitar Guy : He is based on pre modern communications armies, back then we used army bands to convey orders as well as boost morale and scare the enemy. But as said, most important was that they could convey orders to the whole army fast, if you watch the movie again with this in mind, you realize he changes pace, rhythm when something new is happening as he is conveying orders to the convoy. And yes, it HAD to be that big in order to be heard over the engines. Also it's a real guitarist who's actually playing. He is actually one of the more thought out aspects of this already brilliant movie !

You're right on about 90% of this, except one thing: Immortan Joe wanted his harem brought back alive and (mostly) uninjured. Using guns against them would have surely guaranteed their deaths.

The "armor" is probably a cast made from a mold of him in his prime. So he wears it to appear as he did when he was big and powerful

Hi. Medical field here. Joe's issue appears to be radiation. He has burns, his innermost circle all seem to have mutations, and the war boys are made to look more skeletal. They mention that one has a half-life, and requires blood. Possibly an autoimmune disease? Possibly leukemia? Him spending all the resources to get them back makes perfect sense though. The girls literally represent the future for him. They are untainted by disease, and are capable of bearing children.

"despite these machines obviously being man made meaning there is absolutely nothing divine about them" laughs in adeptus mechanics

Fun fact: The actor who played Immortan Joe was also The Toecutter in the original Mad Max.

Fun fact: the Peacemaker was an extremely impractical vehicle even for filming. It's based on a Ripsaw "Sports Tank" chassis, but because it was a bargain basement version of the Ripsaw EV1 it was unreliable as fuck. It was also a real pain to drive, as the brake-based steering system was twitchy and the Holden car body on top of the tank raised the vehicle's center of gravity a bit. After filming, the vehicle was ceremonially destroyed with much applause.

The whole Mad Max universe is too stupid to exist, its part of the reason its so awesome. Some might say, its pretty mad... 🤔

What about a spin-off series like Villains too Smart to Lose? or Heroes too dumb to win?

"Sending out his entire army over one truck is overkill" No it isnt, you literally just spent like 15 minutes describing how desperate Joe is for a child to succeed him...

At least he treated his disabled son better than Tywin treated Tyrion!

I've got to disagree here -- most end-of-the-world cults, when the due date comes and the world doesn't end, double down rather than rebelling. Immortan Joe's cult is all too realistic.

If it hadn't been for Immortan Joe I'd been married a long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Immortan Joe?

Fun fact about the flamethrower guitarist, there’s actually a very reasonable utility it has, and is use for. It’s a way for commands to get sent to those in the vehicles around it. I believe the system was the drums send messages to the guitar, and the guitar then sends those messages to the vehicles. Now there’s definitely a more efficient way to do this, but sometimes you just want style.

Wow, Joe could've been way smarter if he'd just made Colossus his administrative leader and Rictus as Colossus's fist.

Mad Max saga as in on it self is kind of an allegory of how quickly people just turn into dumb, madden and violent animals, when the shit hits the fan.

He should have indoctrinated them into believing he was a prophet not a god. At the very least, a religion doesn't tear itself apart upon the death of its prophet.

To be fair, Joe seems like the kind of guy who would run a state with a mixture of spite, whims, and whatever sounds cool.