MovieChat Forums > Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) Discussion > Was George Miller inspired by Sidney Por...

Was George Miller inspired by Sidney Portier's "The Long Ships" (1964) in scene Immortan Joe sacrifices a Warboy?

posted 5 months ago by MartyMoose1977 (193)
3 replies | jump to latest

When Immortan Joe sacrifices a Warboy to impress Dementus was it inspired by a similar scene in Sidney Portier's The Long Boats? "The Long Boats" (1964) is currently free to watch on Youtube so here is a link with a time stamp of the very scene I'm referencing. Do you think a Young George Miller saw this an was inspired to put a similar scene in his film 60 years later? Here is movie with timestamp. https://youtu.be/mgS2TgbI7_g?t=5611

[–] MichaelJPollock (731) 5 months ago

Interesting....
I think it's also an obvious nod to this scene from John Milius' 'Conan The Barbarian', where Doom orders one of his young acolytes to jump to his death to demonstrates to Conan the extent of his political power ("Flesh, not steel....")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2EQ0FlVks4

[–] MartyMoose1977 (193) 4 months ago

Furiosa kind of took these 2 scenes and merged them into one. They took the Warrior Sacrifice from The Long Ships and the jump down from high elevation from Conan.

I'd argue that Furiosa was closer to The Long Ships though because it was making the exact same point. He was so strong because he had all these warriors willing to die for me at me mearly asking them to without question. Also he made someone else choose what warrior to sacrifice. In Conan he was using it to prove he was godlike and his people will sacrifice themselves. Not quite the same having a young women sacrifice herself as one of your trained warriors. George Miller certainly stole the jump from hi place sacrifice from Conan though.

[–] MartyMoose1977 (193) 4 months ago

I've changed my mind I think John Milius copied the Long Ships. He was famous for being a History Buff. Especially around Vikings Lore. The Long Ships would have been right up his ally as a young man. He copied The Long Ships. George Miller could of copied either one or both.