I really enjoyed the 3rd film as it took the tale of Max into a totally different direction that we hadn't seen yet. It was obvious that more hands were in the pot to get the film made. The commercialization aspect aside it was still an exciting action flick with it's own sense of style apart from everything else that came out in theaters that year. I was working in a theater at the time of it's release and for 5 weeks... (imagine any movie lasting that long nowadays) I watched it a number of times and I never got tired of it.
Regarding the 4th film, yeah I don't have a good feeling about it. They're blowing a great opportunity to show Max years later (still using Mel Gibson) and telling a more compelling story. Picking up right after where Thunderdome left off is NOT (IMHO) the right direction to go especially for all of the "Max" devotees in the world..... but from a "commercial" standpoint, I can see the execs in the boardroom debating this topic and coming to conclusion that their current target demographic now weren't even born when Beyond Thunderdome came out so they will have NO idea what's going on. All they want are explosions, explosions, and nada mas!
Ok so my commentary didn't shed any new light but I just wanted to get my 2 cents in.
