fatdogtavern--

Some people are probably going to find your post a bit tasteless, but . . . I like it.

You obviously put a lot of thought into it.

Yeah, you've got to feel for Wez. Here he's trying to advance the best interests of the Gang by advocating for an immediate attack on the refinery, but the Boss keeps chaining him up every time.

I'm sure late at night after the rough sex is over, the blonde guy lays next to Wez, strokes his mohawk, and comforts him by saying that one day The Humongous will recognize Wez's true potential. And I'm also sure Wez looks into his blonde boyfriend's eyes and apologizes for his boorish behavior, saying that next time he'll notice all his hard work around the tent and that he will be a gentler, more caring lover next time:)

I thought they were just good friends?

I found this in IMDB's trivia for this film:

According to Vernon Wells, Wez's partner (Golden Boy) wasn't actually a sexual partner. Wells says there was a deleted scene which explained that Wez rescued Golden Boy as a child and became a sort of surrogate father to him. However, there is no evidence of this aside from this statement.

Jetfire59--

How dare you, getting information from that old site!

You know what you are, Jetfire59?

You're a maggot, feeding on the corpse of the old world. One day blurring into another. Do you think you're the only one who's suffered the loss of a beloved website? We've all been through it here.

But here on the TMDB, we've got a little thing called dignity; but you . . . you're out there with the trash:)

But seriously . . . yes, I have heard that story, that the golden boy was a son of Wez's. I think someone might have even mentioned it was brought up in the novelization.

But I don't care. I'm very much into viewer-based interpretation of film (and reader-based interpretation of books, viewer-based interpretation of other visual arts-- paintings, sculpture --listener-based interpretation of music, etc.), to the extent of even, to a certain point, disregarding what the filmmaker/writer/artist/musician says something means (and I say this as someone who has published a couple of books).

Art has a unique meaning not just for the artist but for the person who experiences it.

And to me, the relationship between Wez and golden boy is not a father-son relationship.

But that is just my interpretation, Jetfire59; you may have come away with something different:)

Get out, kid. Go on..HISSS GAT! It's been a pleasure doin' business with you, but I'm leaving. VRRRROOOM

Seriously, I agree with your "Viewer's version" of Wez's boy. I assumed it the first time I saw RW. "Golden Boy" is clearly a "twink".

BTW, not that it matters, but I am a toy collector. I have models of both versions of the Interceptor. One from Mad Max and one from Mad Max 2 with the big tanks. I also have two versions of Max figures. One how he looks at the first of the movie and came with the dog. The other looks how he looked after the rig wreck and came with the feral kid.

Jetfire59--

I bet those models are awesome.

Now I envy you.

The last of the V-8 Interceptors.

Pieces of history, they are.

It would be a shame if you had to blow them up.

I LOVED the interceptor. I was crushed when they wrecked her. The tanks going up wouldn;t have damaged the engine terribly. I like to think someone came along and salvaged that bad-ass V8 engine and put it in another vehicle.