In the 70s and 80s, movie soundtracks,
novelisations and trading cards could help you relive the events of
your favourite film during the years before its release on home
video. The Read-Along Record took it one step further. Using audio
from the film (dialogue, sound effects, music), they would create an
interactive audio/visual experience unlike any other medium.
Unfortunately, very few films made the
transition to the Read-Along format. Continuing with the theme of
rectifying past pop culture merchandising oversights, I've mocked-up
a Read-Along Adventure based on one of the greatest Australian movies
of all time – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
Beyond Thunderdome was the first of the
original Mad Max trilogy that was clearly attempting to broaden its
fan base to include children. Even with its M rating for course language, cartoonish violence and the occasional child buried alive, a
Read-Along Adventure based on it wouldn't have been too much of a
stretch of the imagination back in 1985.
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