How does the "Mad Max" jacket work?

[Scarecrow]

Specifically, that shoulder pad armor. How does one attach sports shoulder pads to a leather jacket like this? Why does everyone in this setting seem to gravitate towards having only one shoulder protected?

Hardy Max had the same thing in his jacket.

So did this not-Max character from Furiosa.

Of course Fallout has it, too.

I'm trying to think of other media that had a constant fashion gimmick that's repeated throughout the series, or permeates spin-offs/other media that's inspired by the original's style. Anything else fit this trope?

 

[JEH]

Pretty sure it's because you need one arm without all that weight so you can attack and stuff with it.

 

[Nakenorm]

Asymmetrical balance.
Or just Rule of Cool.

 

[nel e nel]

Pretty sure it's because you need one arm without all that weight so you can attack and stuff with it.

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You protect the arm that is exposed to enemies when you're aiming your weapon.

With proper fencing form, only one side of your body is exposed to danger.
I'm sure everyone follows proper duel etiquette in the world of Mad Max.

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Another person of taste I see.

 

[Psamtik]

I assume it's for recoil when firing a rifle.

 

[Annubis]

With proper fencing form, only one side of your body is exposed to danger.
I'm sure everyone follows proper duel etiquette in the world of Mad Max.

 

[SanTheSly]

it's called fashion sweetie

(I don't know either)

 

[nsilvias]

symmetry implies theres order

 

[OneThirtyEight]

Cloud stole the idea.

 

[PanzerKraken]

For like sword fighting and such it's usually done to be the side facing the attacker, but really it's just to look cool here cause two shoulder pads looks silly

 

[Kinthey]

The most important aspect to surviving the post apocalypse is to look cool.

I bet Lord Humungus wasn't even buff before the world ended.

 

[Chaosblade]

Cloud stole the idea.

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Cloud's is especially dumb because it's on the wrong arm. It should be on the forward facing arm.

 

[Nappuccino]

The most important aspect to surviving the post apocalypse is to look cool.

I bet Lord Humungus wasn't even buff before the world ended.

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Also, he's got the least tan to skin ratio I've ever seen in the apocalypse.

 

[Nikus]

Just want to say that I'm obsessed with Not-Max in Furiosa (Jack?)
He's awesome, I would have loved to see him more but it's impressive that he manages to stand out in a movie like this (and I've never seen the actor in anything else before, so props to him).

 

[nded]

Max had two shoulder pads in the first movie so he probably just lost the left one at some point before Road Warrior. The Pursuit Special is also right-hand drive so it would make sense he'd prioritize protection on his right shoulder since that one's closest to the window.

But mostly it just looks cool.

 

[astro]

Cloud's is especially dumb because it's on the wrong arm. It should be on the forward facing arm.

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Bit of armour at the back as he can literally block bullets from the from with his sword?

Also just read that it could be to allow great movement with the dominant arm.

 

[pantsattack]

Your sling bag goes over your left shoulder so it would get caught if there was armor there. The new tech would be to put the shoulder pad on the strap of the bag.

 

[SanTheSly]

Just want to say that I'm obsessed with Not-Max in Furiosa (Jack?)
He's awesome, I would have loved to see him more but it's impressive that he manages to stand out in a movie like this (and I've never seen the actor in anything else before, so props to him).

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Yeah, honestly for all the praise I've seen for Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy, Tom Burke really nails that role. Extremely likeable character. Same thing for Alyla Brown playing young Furiosa.

Anyway, back to shoulder guards. I bet George Miller probably has a canonical reason for only one shoulder being guarded too that somehow makes sense, somewhere in that brain of his.

 

[maigret]

Just want to say that I'm obsessed with Not-Max in Furiosa (Jack?)
He's awesome, I would have loved to see him more but it's impressive that he manages to stand out in a movie like this (and I've never seen the actor in anything else before, so props to him).

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Praetorian Jack needs his own film now.

Teach me everything you know about road war...

 

[Hello Snake]

two shoulder pads looks silly

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[Ingueferroque]

It just looks cool.

 

[ErrorJustin]

It's a pretty iconic and pervasive case of the rule of cool imo.

 

[show me your skeleton]

what on earth is that fallout art

 

[OhSatan]

The game actually answers this lol.

 

[Strikerrr]

Specifically, that shoulder pad armor. How does one attach sports shoulder pads to a leather jacket like this? Why does everyone in this setting seem to gravitate towards having only one shoulder protected?

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The Mad Max wiki is (un)surprisingly detailed about this

A Rawlings football shoulder pad plate is attached to football shoulder pad arch padding by two one-inch-wide leather straps which are looped through the slots of the plate.

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Max's MFP uniform

One of the most recognizable aspects of Max's character is that of his uniform. Sturdy, protective, and weather-resistant it gradually evolves alongside Max on his journeys spent in the Wasteland of Australia. The style of Max's jacket is a standard side-zip motorcycle jacket, though the lines...

madmax.fandom.com

But the asymmetric look is less practical and more symbolic of his (and the world's) metal state.

His jacket is more orderly and symmetrical in the first movie when he's still a police officer with the Main Force Patrol trying to maintain law and order in a state of societal decline.

By Mad Max 2, everything has collapsed and Max himself has largely given up hope after losing everything and mainly lives for himself. His asymmetric clothes show that he's been driven mad, like the rest of the world.

 

[DIE BART DIE]

Every badass Star Wars character has this too.

 

[purplemonkey111]

Just like pouches in the 90's and giant shoulder pads in warhammer.

 

[Annihilo]

symmetry represents order and assymetry represents chaos, i like that explanation. seems sound enough.

 

[UltraMav]

what on earth is that fallout art

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From the first game.

 

[CupOfDoom]

Just like pouches in the 90's and giant shoulder pads in warhammer.

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Too be truly warhammer though, it needs to be twice as big and embossed with a skull for no reason.

 

[show me your skeleton]

From the first game.

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bloody hell

 

[mbpm]

Saves weight. When you need to use it you just turn your body to have the armored shoulder take the blow

 

[Mg.]

Conveniently it's the shoulder Furiosa leans her rifle on in Fury Road.

 

[Fright Zone]

 

[MyDudeMango]

what on earth is that fallout art

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Fuckin' cool is what it is. 😤

 

[Whimsical Phil]

The Mad Max wiki is (un)surprisingly detailed about this

Max's MFP uniform

One of the most recognizable aspects of Max's character is that of his uniform. Sturdy, protective, and weather-resistant it gradually evolves alongside Max on his journeys spent in the Wasteland of Australia. The style of Max's jacket is a standard side-zip motorcycle jacket, though the lines...

madmax.fandom.com

But the asymmetric look is less practical and more symbolic of his (and the world's) metal state.

His jacket is more orderly and symmetrical in the first movie when he's still a police officer with the Main Force Patrol trying to maintain law and order in a state of societal decline.

By Mad Max 2, everything has collapsed and Max himself has largely given up hope after losing everything and mainly lives for himself. His asymmetric clothes show that he's been driven mad, like the rest of the world.

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That's mudron's art!

 

[mudron]

That's mudron's art!

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That's me! HYUCK!

 

[kowhite]

George Miller had two choices. Single should pad, or boob armor. Fortunately he chose the shoulder pad, Max would've looked weird with boob armor.