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In this case, that reference is to George Miller, former emergency room doctor who is now best known for switching careers and directing family movies like Mad Max: Fury Road, and disaster movies strewn across post-apocalyptic war zones like Babe: Pig in The City.
Speaking of post-apocalyptic landscapes: Southern Arizona.
For some reason – which seemed like a good one at the time – but in actuality is something best not examined in any depth, I recently had to move to Southern Arizona.
You want to know what it’s like" I wish I could tell you, but it’s a place that defies complete description. It also defies logic, reason, and meaningful temperature measurement. People usually focus on how it looks: cactus, cowboys, mesas, huge domes of bright blue sky – but to me it seems like a Roadrunner cartoon overlapped with the most bizarre cross section of current Americana, circa last week: flags (49% American, 51% rebel) giant big-box stores, weapons of every description short of flame throwers (and even that I bet I could find), and a general vibe of Randian self-righteousness.
And trucks.
Huge lifted trucks.
Modifications to the Ford F-150 Raptor race truck include three-inch-diameter external-bypass front and rear Fox Racing Shox, special front and rear springs that raise ride height for additional ground clearance with increased compression rate for extreme terrain, and a custom-fabricate...