Colin
Gibson was a long-term production designer for George Miller and the production
designer on Mad Max: Fury Road. Somehow I didn’t learn about him and his
interviews until recently. I listened to 2.5 hours of podcast interviews, so you don’t
have to, and scavenged some Fury Road film worldbuilding.
To start,
some of the shiny bits from the first podcast I listened to, You Are Awaited:
“Every War Boy would
be competitive. Every one wants to have the most aspirated carburetor, the
biggest tires, the largest spread, the most explosive weapon.”
Coins, useless as currency after the Fall, were used by the
War Boys to create damaging shrapnel, packed into the tips of the
thundersticks.
The
Vuvalini motorbike metal adornments were indeed inspired by henna tattooing.
On the People Eater: “He’s got a syphilitic nose because
George loves the idea that it’s rotting!”
There’s very little written language any more: “only those
higher levels have managed to maintain that.”
Behind the
cut: 1000+ words on vehicles in love, fetishized masks, the narrative role of
the History Man, and a whole lot of Gas Town and Polecats.
hi i’m tolkien here are my ocs. i call them Elves (not elfs!!! if you call them elfs i will block you) they look like humans but they’re tall, live forever, and have pointy ears. that’s it bye
cs lewis: are you alright with constructive criticism? i dont want to sound mean
tolkien: no go ahead i want to hear it
cs lewis: they fucking suck
tolkien: thats not constructive criticism
cs lewis: here’s my OC, it’s jesus but he’s a lion tolkien: Furry cs lewis: blocked
Tolkien: lamp posts don’t exist in fantasy worlds Cs Lewis: ok you know what fuck you
CS Lewis: I could beta for you if you want. help you trim the fat on your stories
Tolkien: what do you mean
CS Lewis: I just. you describe a lot of trees. Â are trees that important
Tolkien: just you fucking wait. trees are SO important.
