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‘Mad Max is Set in 2021’ Claim I don't want to be [a pessimist,] but Mad Max is set in 2021. Rating Not True Like this fact check? Reporting In late 2020 a set of memes began spreading , all of which contained wording to the effect of, I don’t want to be [a pessimist,] but Mad Max was set in 2021′′: It wasn’t clear where the combination of image and phrasing above appeared originally, but it was shared to iFunny in October 2020 with the I don’t want to be pesimist but Mad Max is set in 2021 phrasing and spelling error intact. On December 19 2020, another variation was shared by Twitter user @RitaGamer; that particular version specified that Mad Max 2 was set in 2021: Don't want to be a pessimist but Mad Max 2 was set in 2021. — RitaGamer (@RitaGamer) December 19, 2020 Context Background context for the commentary was a social media consensus view that the year 2020 was chaotically unpleasant — which spawned 2020 memes (in general), 2020 complaints , and the concept of 2020 bingo . Of 2020 bingo, KnowYourMeme (which also maintained a 2020 will be better entry ) explained : 2020 Bingo refers to metaphorical or literal custom bingo cards relating to major occurrences in 2020 ... many Redditors and Twitter users began reacting to new surprising news by referencing their 2020 bingo card or predicting apocalyptic scenarios using a custom bingo card. Florida is where wokes go to die... Please enable JavaScript Florida is where wokes go to die Instances in which the meme manifested (and occasionally influenced the news cycle) were recurring claims that an asteroid was headed toward Earth, a similarly irrelevant deluge of posts about cannibal nuclear ants , and at least two viral stories about purportedly magical events . Circulating claims about Mad Max being set in 2021 weren’t even the first film-based variants on 2020 bingo memes. In June 2020 a rumor claimed V for Vendetta was set in 2020, another claimed that Jeepers Creepers ‘ titular monster was scheduled to rise again in 2020, and the manga series Akira was said to have foretold events in 2020 . We should probably say before we go any further that these were rarely true without at least some creative reinterpretation. Was Mad Max Set in 2021? A version of the Mad Max was set in 2021′′ meme seen above included an image of a young Mel Gibson, and it was featured in the Getty Images archive. Archive information says that the still was from 1981, taken on the set of Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior . That film was released on December 24 1981, as a sequel to the original Mad Max . According to the Fandom Wiki for the Mad Max franchise , neither Mad Max nor Mad Max 2 were set in 2021. The Timeline of events entry noted that the chronology was assembled from various interviews with the creators of the movies, official documents & other legitimate sources: Mad Max: December 6th, 1984 written on the Highway 9 Sector 26 sign est. 1983 seen on the MFP plate at the gates of Halls Of Justice (not visible in the movie, info retrieved from a movie prop) Set ‘A few years from now (from 1979)’ Few = 2-5 years. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior: Set three years after Mad Max. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome [...] Set 15 years after Mad Max 2 2004 [...] According to the dates provided by production documents and movies themselves, the original trilogy starts in mid 1980’s and ends in 2005. Canonically speaking, Mad Max was set in the early- to mid-1980s. That very specific image of Gibson was from the second film, which was also set in the 1980s. Was Mad Max: Fury Road Set in 2020? A December 2020 version of the claim on Twitter did not include an image, and could be molded to claim that the reboot Mad Max: Fury Road was set in 2021 — in fact, following the logic of the 1979 original being set in or around 1984 and 1985 and Fury Road ‘s 2015 release, extrapolated math appeared to initially suggest it worked. In August 2020, entertainment site Screen Rant published a more comprehensive Mad Max timeline , titled Mad Max Timeline Explained: When Each Movie Takes Place. A section devoted to Fury Road explained: As previously mentioned, Mad Max: Fury Road is difficult to situate exactly in the context of the original trilogy. It’s clear that the movie takes place after the events of Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, according to the prequel comics. It’s also clear from Max’s appearance and behavior that at least some notable time has passed, as he is even more primal, silent and animalistic than he is at the end of the third movie. Given a few references to the amount of time since the war, and the real-life references in the comics, the fourth film likely takes place around 2050. TL;DR A meme captioned I don’t want to be [a pessimist,] but Mad Max is set in 2021′′ spread on social media as an indirect commentary about the year 2020 and its relentless stresses and tragedies, implying that if Mad Max was any indication, 2021 was unlikely to be better than the year before. However, Mad Max and Mad Max 2 were set in around 1984 and 1985, not 2021. As for the reboot Mad Max: Fury Road , that film was likely set around the middle of the century, in 2050 — again, not 2021. Article Sources + I don't want to be pesimist but Mad Max is set in 2021 Don't want to be a pessimist but Mad Max 2 was set in 2021. 2020 memes | tag 2020 sucks memes | tag 2020 bingo | tag 2020 Bingo 2020 Will Be Better ‘Asteroid Could Hit Earth’ Clickbait Revived by the New York Post ‘OK, Who Had Nuclear Cannibal Ants for August?’ The August 27 TikTok Meme, Explained Did WitchTok ‘Baby Witches’ Hex the Moon? Is the 2005 Film ‘V for Vendetta’ About a Virus — and Set in 2020? ‘Jeepers Creepers Rises Every 23 Years and Last Woke Up in 1997’ On the set of Mad Max 2 Mad Max 2 Mad Max Mad Max (film) Timeline of events (original trilogy) Mad Max Timeline Explained: When Each Movie Takes Place Posted in Entertainment , Fact Checks Tagged 2020 bingo , 2020 memes , 2020 sucks memes , mad max , mad max set in 2021 , viral facebook posts , viral tweets
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