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[EndtheMadnessNow]

THE ROAD WARRIOR (Original title: Mad Max 2) opened May 21, 1982 in Los Angeles.







Slightly censored when first released in the US (of course), but released without cuts abroad. The Australian version has several more seconds of Wez pulling the arrow out of his arm, and a few more seconds of Wez's partner on the ground with the boomerang embedded in his head. This footage was absent on the USA VHS, LaserDisc, and DVD releases, but is present in the US Blu-ray release. Modern US releases of the film, such as the Blu-Ray, only have the "MAD MAX 2" title.

In 1984, the film made its US network television debut on NBC in a version that has been referred to by fans as the 'Lost Version'. It contained a great deal of alternate and deleted material that has never been in any other officially released version of the film. This footage is spread out over the entirety of the film and amounts mostly to small scene extensions and the use of alternate takes in order to tone down the film's violence. The most striking difference however, is a totally different narrator (one with an American accent) being heard in the film's opening and closing scenes.


Sunday adrenaline pumpin, harder, faster, Let's Gooooo!




May 21, 1674: The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. King of the "Winged Hussars" warriors, Jan III Sobieski plays a very important decisive role at the epic Battle of Vienna on 9/11/1683 and the reason Europe probably exists today. After his victory he wrote a letter to the Pope saying, "Venimus, vidimus, Deus vicit" - "We came, We saw, God conquered."

Ironically, the Islamic troops called the city of Vienna, "The Golden Apple" and we all know what happened 318 years later.

King Badass of the Week

"It is chivalry that has no equal in the world;
without seeing it with your own eyes,
its vigor and splendor is impossible to imagine."
― Cosimo Brunetti, 1676 (clergyman and secretary to Jan III Sobieski)




When/Where it started: May 21, 1934: Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.

May 21, 1936: Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon causes panic and becomes a national sensation in one of Japan's most notorious scandals.

May 21, 1981: Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380 million after the box office failure of the 1980 western film Heaven's Gate. (not the cult, lol)


May 21, 2011: Radio broadcaster Harold Camping (Christian evangelist) predicted that the world would end on this date.



Codex Sassoon: 1,100 year-old Hebrew Bible sells for £30m at auction and heads to Israel

A "copy" and former US ambassador? I guess ambassador looting, err I mean pays well!


Who signed off on this?


Price of a stock photo + Price to charter a private plane, plus photographer, plus models to get a picture of a baby wearing earmuffs VS AI generated in 2 seconds.


C'mon, WTF is real anymore, digitally speaking.

Anyone else noticing the things we buy so happen to break and/or become obsolete way faster than they used to? (rhetorical)

Our masters have really escalated the Planned Obsolescence plan.



PSA: If it's wood material, just drop it off at Freija's workshop for repairs!