This is mostly due to my own medical ignorance, but can anyone explain how Max was able to stop Furiosa’s lungs from collapsing by stabbing her a second time?
someone has maybe already answered this in a better way buT
The way I understand it, when your lungs collapse basically the air that should be going into them is going into the chest cavity instead? So the pressure is backwards (the low pressure in the lungs as opposed to the chest cavity keeps the lungs collapsed). Punching another hole lets the excess air in the chest cavity escape and allows the lungs to re-inflate.
At least, I’m p sure that’s right lol
*bursts in uninvited*
Yeah, you’re basically right. So the first stab wound causes a punctured lung, yeah? Which means that every time she takes a breath, instead of inflating the lung like a balloon, the air rushes out of the hole in the lung into the lower pressure area between her lung and her chest wall. Because of the angle at which the knife originally went in, the air can’t escape, and instead each inhale increases the amount of air filling her chest cavity (this is called a pneumothorax; it can also happen with blood, which is called a hemothorax). This means that the lung doesn’t expand as much with each breath, as the pneumothorax takes up space that the lung would usually occupy, and eventually the pressure of the air will collapse the punctured lung completely, at which point the air pocket will actually spill over into the other side and collapse the other lung. The ‘rattle’ you hear in Furiosa’s breathing is a result of breathing with a punctured lung and fighting to inflate her lungs around the blockage of air. What Max does by stabbing her a second time (you’ll notice that he takes a certain amount of care to ensure that the knife goes in at a particular angle) is ensure that there’s a way for this air pocket to escape, letting her damaged lung inflate properly. When he keeps his hand over it as he moves away and arranges cloth over it, it’s an attempt to make it a valve, so that the air will only move out of her chest, not into her chest. This is actually the best treatment for a pneumothorax (although…um, if someone has a pneumothorax, maybe call emergency services rather than going for your knife block, yes?) and some reasonably good science. While we’re on the subject, Max’s method of blood transfusion (straight from one vein to another) was the first way people did it when they were first figuring it out. They had a lot of deaths because they wouldn’t figure out blood types for a while yet (pro-tip: do not transfuse across blood types). Since his blood pressure is higher than Furiosa’s is while she’s literally bleeding out, he’s the de facto donor. Also decent science.
furiosa clocking max across the face with her LEFT ARM FIRST
furiosa not hesitating to pull the trigger (TWICE!!)
“THATS MY JACKET”
“wanna get that thing off your face?” - IMMEDIATE DEAL CLINCHER accompanied by DUN DUN DUNNN musical cue
the moment when max comes back from fixing the dragging fuel pod and he sees nux in the truck and he’s like hEY!! WATCH OUT oh wait you’ve got a knife at his throat already cool cool cool
“bullet farmers! they’re coming from the bullet farm!” “…..REALLY??”
max i s2g
furiosa and nux’s angry spitting match pls
the fact that furiosa’s arm is painted on the side of her rig oh my god i don’t even know what to say about this
“I need you here”
max’s face when she says that tbh
something that has me thinking and practically glowing with happiness is that we don’t really see the inside of the rig when furiosa is bargaining with the motorcycle gang, so as things are slowly going to shit and she’s considering yelling out to max he must be feeling it too because the rig immediately starts moving when she screams
so he’s got to have climbed out of the hold by then, waiting crouched by the seat so he’s invisible but still ready to input the sequence because she trusted him and he has a job to do
and i love that they don’t show it to us i love that the rig just starts moving
i dont know why im so weak about this ANYWAY
the fucking look between them when she gets back in the rig and he just wordlessly hands her a gun
HANDS HER A GUN
like he hasn’t just met her, like they didn’t just try to kill each other, like he hasn’t just spent 10 minutes looking for all the wepons stashed away in the truck (also just the fact that furiosa has like 20 guns within arms reach all the time always makes me so happy)
so literally two minutes after she takes a huge leap of faith and teaches him the sequence to the rig he immediately shows that not only is he worthy of that trust but he’s able to pay it back in kind oh boy
honestly furiosa treats him like a human being and he remembers he is one im really upset about this what the fuck
max reloading a rifle one handed for furiosa while driving god god god
MAX SMILING AT SPLENDID MAX WORRYING ABOUT EVERYONE’S SAFETY OH MY GOD
when they dig the truck out of the mud the first time and it drives away, max and furiosa stare at each other for a second before going wait who the fuck is driving????
(sike it’s nux)
perfect
“DONT BREATHE”
PERFECT
the way that moment isn’t played for humor is just a++ sure he rolls his eyes a little but only because he can feel her behind him all jittery and itching to take the shot and he’s just like fine you’re better at this anyway just take the damn gun and stop hovering and eventually FINE you can use me as a mount too FINE GOD how did i even sign up for this
the way the squad uses mothers milk:
1. to cool down engines
2. to wash blood off faces GOD BLESS
MAX BRINGING NUX A BOOT?? IM INCONSOLABLE
furiosa throwing herself on cheedo to shield her from bullets !!!!!
max and the fucking tree true love honestly
NUX NOT KNOWING WHAT A TREE IS i laughed and cried at the same time
nux still calling max “blood bag” but not in a derogatory way anymore and max responding?? why is this cute and terrible at the same time???
max jerking awake from a nightmare ready to fucking hit someone in the face and furiosa not even getting startled, just “shh, get some rest” LIKE WHERE DO YOU GUYS GET OFF BEING THIS FUCKING GENTLE WITH EACH OTHER ????? YOU JUST MET!!! HOW DARE ???
so when max chases them down across the salt flats and floats the idea of turning back and furiosa goes ok but then what???
i love love love that max doesn’t answer because he has no idea but the whole squad chips in instead of him like “oh nux will take us” “there is water and green we can grow food” “just like the old days yaaaay” “KABOOM”
his silence is just so perfect in that scene like max just throws the idea out there and everyone else makes a plan out of it and he just ends up going “yES AWESOME!! ALL VERY GOOD IDEAS!!! HOW ABOUT THAT?? SHOULD WE DO THAT?? WHAT DO YOU SAY???”
im so happy
“something like redemption”
“together”
THE HAND CLASP
THE HA ND CLASP!!!!!!!
im a husk of a person let me die
max relieving nux from engine spitting duty and petting his head before telling him to go inside!!!
max and furiosa CONSTANTLY SAVING EACH OTHER like you won’t realize how frequently this happens until you start keeping count but it’s literally like 10 times each ???
“THAT’S MY CAAAR” oh honey
the little running jump side tackle thing max does to knock a guy off the truck uwu
furiosa’s knife throw honestly
furiosa screaming bloody murder when she thinks she dropped max
NUX SAVING MAX??? when the fuck did they become a family????
cheedo tricking rictus to save furiosa what a perfect move in light of her previous scenes
max and furiosa’s fight scenes towards the end spliced together oh my god the the parallels are beautiful to watch
furiosa’s beautiful legendary screaming headbutt
“REMEMBER ME?” yes i will remember this until i die and probably after
toast spitting on immortan’s body GOD YES
rictus’ steve holt-esque RICTUUUUUS yell while ripping a fucking engine apart with his bare hands are you kidding me
and just how fucking gentle max is with furiosa in the end his soft little ‘hey hey hey’s like please please please
so quiet and soft even though he’s fidgeting and freaking the fuck out and mumbling under his breath he is gentle not just with furiosa but with the girls as well
saying please and thank you when they help him out, cupping furiosa’s head, touching her face, constantly talking to her, reassuring her, APOLOGIZING???? TWICE???
once when he’s re-inflating her lungs and the second time when he’s putting the needle in her arm im hugely upset about this
“IM SO SORRY”
HONESTLY DON’T
“take me home, take me home”
ohhhhh my god
ohHHHHH MY GOD
and max’s 0 fucking hesitation to give her his blood the second she passes out. honestly he doesn’t even take a second to think about it. even though he’s been in fucking chains because of his blood, been called “blood bag” the whole movie, been treated like livestock, he doesn’t even hesitate. his choice is already made the second the idea occurs to him. im just really sad because it speaks volumes to how liberally humans are capable of giving when they are allowed a choice and this fucks me up big time im really not fine
“Max. My name is max. That’s my name”
nodding to himself like he’s finally convinced
“what’s your name?” “does it matter?”
IT MATTERS FRIENDS IT FINALLY MATTERS
THAT FINAL LOOK OF MUTUAL THANKS AND SOFT SMILES
WHEN WILL THIS MOVIE LET ME LIVE
NEVER IT WILL NEVER LET ME LIVE
My favorite part was when The Dag turns around to look at Furiosa after she was stabbed and the music gets all heavy, the other cars pull in front of them, it seems like everything that can go wrong did go wrong and for like a fraction of a second you just think like, “this movie has averted cliches and tropes left and right, what if they really lose?” And then Nux. He fixes the engine and they pull back ahead. I’m sorry but that is just the fucking best.
Had to reblogging again for that^^^ cuz I got the same exact feeling when I first watched it. In fact I still get twinges of “uh oh. What if this time around they-” That is a sure sign of fucking awesome writing. FOR REAL.
This is the kind of thing that young people have been asking for, forever. If enough young people come out and vote, Saskatchewan could make this happen. If this happens there it could spread across this country. We need to support parties that are acting in our best interests.
The Saskatchewan election is on April 4th, 2016. It is an election between the Centre-Right, conservative, Sask Party and the Centre-Left, progressive, NDP Saskatchewan party.
I’d appreciate it if everyone could share this; Canadian or not.
Saskatchewan’s population is only 1.1 million people. The wider this is spread the better chance it’ll reach Saskatchewan voters in time for the election. Because of its small population, individual votes will matter a lot more, particularly in rural ridings. Canadian elections elect members of legislature individually in a set region (called ridings) so your vote counts for more than it would in an election for a single leader candidate. A party just needs more MLA’s elected than the other party to govern.
The NDP has a good platform so far, but this promise in particular has the potential to have the greatest impact for young Canadians. I’d also encourage those who live in Saskatchewan to volunteer with the NDP and try to convince family and friends to support them too. The sask party has strong support in the province, but the youth could help close that gap.
If policies like this are implemented across Canada it may even put international pressure on the USA or other countries to make university more affordable or free.
As somebody not from Saskatchewan, I think I speak for most of the rest of Canada when I say that Brad Wall sounds like a real douche canoe and I hope y'all can get rid of him.
