Whereas Miller’s feedback appear to downplay the narrator, the truth that he’s a Historical past Man carries quite a lot of significance. The idea of Historical past Males and Girls have been truly launched within the 2015 Fury Street prequel comics that DC Comics revealed below its Vertigo label. Based mostly on storyboards and notes that Miller wrote for Fury Street, the comics have been scripted by Nico Lathouris and Mark Sexton, and drawn by Riccardo Burchielli, Leandro Fernandez, Andrea Mutti, and Sexton.
The 4 points inform the backstories of Nux, Immortan Joe, Furiosa (a minimum of, her resolution to free Joe’s wives), and Max. And so they all are narrated by a determine who introduces himself as a Historical past Man.
“When the world fell, they burned the books, leaving nothing however a random assortment of wordburgers,” explains a bald man with writing tattooed throughout his pores and skin. “We Historical past Males and Girls protect these tales, tales by which to navigate the longer term… and keep away from a repetition of the previous.”
Even those that haven’t learn the comics would possibly recall a tattooed determine who tells the tales of the previous. We noticed one briefly in Fury Street within the type of Miss Giddy (Jennifer Hagan) the older lady who taught Immortan Joe’s wives that they weren’t issues and helped them escape with Furiosa. That stated, it’s by no means confirmed that she’s meant to be a part of the Historical past Males group.
By bringing a Historical past Man into the movie, Furiosa makes stronger gestures towards continuity. So far, the 4 Mad Max movies have had unfastened connections to 1 one other. All of them function former police man Max Rockatansky, first performed by Mel Gibson after which by Tom Hardy, and Max has a haunted previous, a bum leg, and a muscle automobile. However outdoors of that, the character has been extra mythic than coherent, functioning like Clint Eastwood’s Man With No Identify.
By introducing the Historical past Males and Girls into the movie world, Furiosa could begin to attract a chronological throughline between the films. Some viewers could balk on the concept, saying that the franchise by no means wanted strict continuity. However, as with all factor Max, we’ll settle for it… if Miller could make it epic.