Why did Aunty Entity let Max go?

He had not only managed to survive the Gulag punishment, but returned to tear down Aunty's empire. This was a man worthy of her respect, and she acknowledged that by sparing his life. Show activity on this post. The leaving him alive unpunished is a sign of respect for his defiance and his bravery.
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What happened to Max at the end of Thunderdome?

Max faces Blaster in the Thunderdome, where Bartertown's disputes are settled by fights to the death, but he refuses to kill Blaster when he realizes the big man is developmentally disabled. Blaster is killed anyway, Master is imprisoned, and Max is exiled from Bartertown.
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What did Tina Turner call Mad Max?

'Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome' at 35: remembering Tina Turner's ruthless villain Aunty Entity.
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What does Gulag mean in Mad Max?

In the context of this film and Max' sentencing, Auntie & her people are using the term "gulag" to refer to exile in the desert, hence the Mardi Gras costume head being placed over Max' head while he's tied to a horse that they release into the desert.
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Who is the villain in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome?

Aunty Entity is the main antagonist of the 1985 movie Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. She is a merciless gang leader and the Amazon dictator of Bartertown, who rules with an iron fist. She was portrayed by singer Tina Turner.
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Who run Bartertown meaning?

Bartertown is ruled primarily by Aunty Entity, though Master [Blaster] openly, and publicly claims to "run Barter Town", forcing Aunty to endorse their leadership through energy embargoes.
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Was Blaster in the first Mad Max?

The large childlike character from the 1st Mad Max movie lived with the older couple that befriended Maxs family near the end of the film. Indeed, the guy in the third movie was called Blaster.
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Who is Master Blaster Mad Max?

Paul Larsson as "Blaster", Master's silent, mentally-impaired bodyguard. Angry Anderson as "Ironbar" Bassey, head of Bartertown's security and Aunty Entity's Number One Henchman.
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What does Gulag stand for in English?

The word Gulag is an acronym of Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-Trudovykh Lagerey (Russian: “Chief Administration of Corrective Labour Camps”).
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What is Gulag slang?

A gulag is a prison camp where conditions are extremely bad and the prisoners are forced to work very hard. The name gulag comes from the prison camps in the former Soviet Union.
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Is Grace Jones in Mad Max?

Acting is the last thing on anybody's mind, but Mel Gibson gets through it without smiling, and Tina Turner, as the barbaric queen of Bartertown, is Grace Jones with soul food.
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How much did Tina Turner's dress weigh in Mad Max?

From MoviePilot.com, May 2015: “Aunty Entity, played by Tina Turner in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, wore a steel mail dress in the movie. The dress weighed more than 121 pounds (or 55 kilograms)!”
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Did Tina Turner shave her head for Mad Max?

Tina Turner had to shave her head for her wig to fit properly. She reportedly had no problem with that. The film was originally not a "Mad Max" film, but a post-apocalyptic "Lord of the Flies" film about a tribe of children who are found by an adult.
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Is Mad Max after a nuclear war?

According to George MIller, in the original timeline the nuclear exchange happened after the events of Mad Max 2, but according to the 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road prequel comic books, the war occurs after Max Rockatansky defeats the Toecutter's road-gang and disappears into the Outback, but prior to the events of The Road ...
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Where does Max go after Fury Road?

After the survivors Max helps escape from Bartertown find the ruins of Sydney and establish a small society, Savannah, the leader, recites the story of their journey and the stranger who saved them, while at the same time, Max is still out there, wandering the desert.
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Is the Mad Max game canon?

Mad Max is an upcoming single-player third-person open-world action-adventure driving post-apocalyptic survival video game. It started development as a tie-in game for the upcoming film Mad Max: Fury Road, however has now been confirmed to be a standalone story in the canon.
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What is the Goo lag?

gulag. [ (gooh-lahg) ] A system of prison camps inside the former Soviet Union used for political prisoners.
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Are there still prisoners in Siberia?

It accepted its first prison inmate in 1996, five years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now it has capacity for 794 prisoners. Inmates say they regard it as a “Red Zone” prison – one that exercises total control over the minutiae of daily lives.
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How many died in the Gulag?

Barnes described the Gulag as an institution of forced labor, where workers had real prospects of being released. According to the author 18 million people passed through the work camps. While approximately 1.6 million died, a large number were released and reintegrated into Soviet society.
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What breed is Max's companion dog?

Five Belgian Malinois dogs were required to shoot the canine adventure Max. But only one dog had the chops to take the lead role: a 3-year-old rebellious spirit named Carlos. Director Boaz Yakin says it was crucial to find a star pooch to headline the film (in theaters June 26).
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What year is Mad Max 3 set?

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This is evidenced by a marking near the crashed airplane where the Lost Tribe takes Max, which denotes that the plane's pilot, Captain Walker, left to seek help in 1999.
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What happens to Master Blaster?

However, as he was about to be killed it was revealed that Blaster had a child-like mind. Master jumped in to defend him and threatened to cut off Bartertown from power forever. Unfortunately, this led to Blaster's execution and Master's imprisonment in the pig pens beneath Bartertown.
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Who run Bartertown Master Blaster?

Auntie Entity : Master Blaster. The Master : Master Blaster... what? Auntie Entity : Master Blaster runs Bartertown.
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What is Master Blaster?

Master Blaster, the job title of a senior explosives engineer working with materials such as Tovex. The Master Blasters, a professional wrestling tag team.
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