# The Warriors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187 "2003-02-01T23:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiat\_Lux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Fiat\_Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiat_Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/1 "2003-02-01T23:36:27Z")
Has anyone else seen this movie? I just watched it this evening, and I love it. It’s really the Western answer to Hong Kong kung-fu films; full of pulpy, stylised fight and chase sequences, loads of colourful, cheesy gangs with their own styles and look, and archetypical characters. I especially liked the DJ character, commenting with ironic, dispassionate coolness on the events on the street (and playing ‘Nowhere to Run to’ for the Warriors ;)), and the camp, giggling sociopath leader of the Rogues. The ending, where he explains why he shot Cyrus, is just perfect. ‘I just like doing things like that’. Yes indeed. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/2 "2003-02-02T00:52:21Z")
War-ee-ors come out to playeee There’s 10,000 of you, Ain’t but 3000 cops in the entire city – **CAN YOU DIG IT???** Oh Its a guilty pleasure for sure. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/3 "2003-02-02T01:01:51Z")
I LOVE that movie! The first time I watched it was about 3AM in the morning and there was nothing better on. I’m glad I did, its a REALLY great movie. ---
**Author:** ![Frenetic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@Frenetic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frenetic)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/4 "2003-02-02T01:05:28Z")
THis movie is one of my favorite movies of all time. Being a native of brooklyn around my neghborrhodd it was a instant classic. The gangs: The Riffs The Orphans Turnball A.c’s The Lizzies The Baseball Furys The Rollerboys WARRIORS COME OUT AND PLAY!!! ---
**Author:** ![Longmos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Longmos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longmos)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/5 "2003-02-02T01:10:27Z")
I was obsessed with this movie as a teenager. When it had its first run on HBO in about 1981, I would set my alarm clock to get up and watch it every time, because it would only be shown at about 1:00 am. It was considered extremely violent at the time. What’s strange about watching it nowadays is that instead of looking up to these guys (I was pretty anti-establishment as a fifteen-year-old) now I look and see a bunch of dumb punks. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/6 "2003-02-02T03:42:11Z")
_RIFF!_ I like how the Baseball Furies apparently put makeup on every night before they go out, uh, you know, gangin’. ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/7 "2003-02-02T05:03:27Z")
_You warriors are good. Real good_ You know they’re working on a remake of it right? ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/8 "2003-02-02T07:25:35Z")
The story is an adaptation of a greek myth, no? I watched it on a late night movie (on TV) once, and the host made that point. The host was possibly Joe Bob Briggs or something like that.\* \*I don’t know the names of celebrities. It’s funny really. There’s a whole thread about how people hate J Lo, and I don’t even think I’d recognize her. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/9 "2003-02-02T07:58:10Z")
Warriors is cool. Finally saw it in the theater in Dec. (like 5th time or so) ---
**Author:** ![auliya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@auliya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auliya)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/10 "2003-02-02T12:33:58Z")
wow!! Can’t believe there are people out there who still love this movie. There was a cult movie feel to it when it came out, and it looks like it happened. I don’t know how many times we watched it on video, but I hadn’t thought about it in 20yrs till I saw this thread tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/11 "2003-02-02T12:49:27Z")
_The Warriors_ is my most seen movie. I saw it three or four times in the theater, everytime it showed on HBO (in its fledgling days), I’ve rented it a number of times, I’ve owned it but I don’t know what happened to the tape. Hell I even owned the soundtrack album at one point. It made me and all of my 13 year old buddies in rural Maine think we were in a gang. We were actively planning on invading Canada “for a big rumble, man.” Love this movie! I can recite it word for word to this very day. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/12 "2003-02-02T20:50:59Z")
Which greek myth, **Forbin** Whats the deal with the remake? I can’t find the original or the remake on [IMDB.com](http://IMDB.com) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/13 "2003-02-02T21:17:34Z")
[Warriors … come out to plaaaay-eeee-aayyyy](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0080120) ---
**Author:** ![Ankh\_Too](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Ankh\_Too](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ankh_Too)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/14 "2003-02-02T21:19:28Z")
The plote is **very** loosely based on Xenophon and the March of the 10,000. It actually occured around 403 BC, in some form or another. Xenophon was an Athenian philosopher who wound up supporting Cyrus against Artaxerxes. Xenophon winds up in command and has to lead the troops out of enemy territory, all te way back to Athens. I found a short [bio](http://www.kat.gr/kat/history/Greek/Pt/Xenophon.htm) online. [minor hijack] John Ringo and David Webber are currently retelling the tale as the **March!** series (Upcountry, To the Seas and most recently To the Stars) of military SF. And I know Harold Coyle retold it in **The Ten Thousand** as straight modern military fiction of a US Army formation cut off in a suddenly hostile Germany, fighting to get to a friendly port. It seems to be a favorite for retelling. [/minor hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Ankh\_Too](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Ankh\_Too](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ankh_Too)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/15 "2003-02-02T21:23:46Z")
There’s a tiny blurb about the remake on [Coming Attractions](http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/warriors.html). It looks like it’s still in development hell. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/16 "2003-02-02T21:54:51Z")
Ah, yes. One of those movies my dad had me watch. I really thought Cyrus was cool. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/17 "2003-02-02T22:32:23Z")
I met some of the actors (not the main stars, though) from “The Warriors” while waiting in line for a movie many years ago. I still remember them. They were really obnoxious. Sorry, just had to share. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/18 "2003-02-02T22:56:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frenetic \* > \*\*THis movie is one of my favorite movies of all time. > Being a native of brooklyn around my neghborrhodd it was a instant classic. > > The gangs: > > The Riffs > The Orphans > Turnball A.c’s > The Lizzies > The Baseball Furys > The Rollerboys > \*\* You forgot quite a few - most significantly the Rogues, who were the villains of the piece, but also four or five other gangs are namechecked including the Jones Street Boys and the Van Cortelaan (sp?) Rangers. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/19 "2003-02-02T22:58:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ankh\_Too \* > \*\*The plote is **very** loosely based on Xenophon and the March of the 10,000. > [/minor hijack] \*\* Well, technically it’s based on Sol Yurick’s novel, but that was inspired by the March to the Sea IIRC. I actually saw a copy of the novel in a second-hand book shop years ago, but I had no money and when I went back I couldn’t find it again. Does anyone have one lying around that they don’t want? ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187/20 "2003-02-02T23:31:35Z")
MTV Films? Great. Just Great. I hope they don’t mess it up too much… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warriors/152187.md?page=2)