Admiration: The Warriors

THE WARRIORS

"*clank* *clank* *clank* Warriiiiors, come out at plaaaa-ay!" - Luther of the Rogues

Ah, never get tired of that one-liners. Let me explain what the Warriors is about.

WHO ARE THE WARRIORS?

The Warriors is a gang from Coney Island circa 1979. Fictional (duh!), they consist of founders Cleon (leader) and Vermin, liutenants Swan and Cowboy, soldiers (heavy muscle) Ajax and Snow, scout Fox, tagger Rembrandt, Cochise (not tagger) and many other characters (shown in the game).

WHAT IS THE MOVIE ABOUT?

Cyrus (gang leader for the largest gang in NY, the Gramercy Riffs) calls a gang summit, 'Every gang in the city is gonna be there'). Of course, each of the gangs has a colorful way to dress, getting done up in uniforms, makeup, whatever. What's up with the roller skate guys? And the little guys in striped t-shirts and pimp hats? At least the baseball furies look cool, even if they're, as Ajax said 'pussies'. He calls a gang summit and is shot by a member of the Rogues, Luther (featuring Luther from 48 hours). A Warriors member sees it, so Luther yells 'The Warriors Did It!" The Warriors run in the panic, but now they have the Riffs on their ass. And, they have every damn gang looking for them. Looks they might have to bop their way back to Coney Island.

THEN, THE GAME?

Well, it leaves you with a story that you don't know. How the Warriors were formed? How did the others joined? How did they make it into the meeting from small-time gang from Coney? The game explains it all and also, it was made by Rockstar (famous with its Grand Theft Auto series).

WHY IS IT SOOO GOOD?

Okay. Here are six reasons why I watch it. Let's start with this one.

1.

The ferris wheel... WONDER WHEEL!

Okay, joking. Here are the REAL reasons I love the Warriors.

1. The leader of the Riffs, Cyrus, has a great plan and about to succeed in doing so but he was shot by Luther. The speech was the most attractive of all. Here's a pic of Cyrus.

Can you count, suckers? I say the future is ours...If you can count. Now look, what we have here before us. We've got the Saracens sitting next to the Jones Street Boyz. We've got the Moonrunners, right next to the Van Cortland Rangers.

Nobody is wasting nobody. That is a miracle. And miracles..is the way things ougth to be. You're standing right now with 9 delegates from 100 gangs. And there's a hundred more. That's 20 thousand hard core members! 40,000 counting affiliates, and 20,000 more not organized, but ready to fight. 60,000 soldiers. Now there ain't but 20,000 police in the whole town. Can you dig it? Can you dig it? CAAAANNN YOUUUU DIG ITTT! (Roar)

Now here's the sum total. One gang could run this city. One gang. nothing would move, without us allowing it to happen. Tax the crime syndicates, the police, because we've got the street, suckers!CAAAANNN YOUUUU DIG ITTT! (Roar)

The problem in the past, has been the man turning us against one another! We have been unable to say the truth, because we have been fighting for 10 square feet of ground. Our turf. Our little piece of turf. That's crap brothers! The turf is ours by right, because it's our terms. All we have to do is keep up the general truce. We take over one borough at a time. Secure our territoty. Secure our turf. Because it's allllll... ourrrrr... turf. (Then Cyrus gets shot)

2. The Costumes

Really, I can't describe them. Different and unique, each have their styles. The Boppers with pimp hats and purple clothes. The Jones Street Boys with their bumblebee type outfit. The Baseball Furies with their baseball jersey and painted faces. The Warriors with their red vest that follows a Native American theme. Each varies the place they live in too. Except the Orphans, they have nothing and they are wimps.

3. The Fight Sequence

There are two instances of the fights. In the game, you fight all. In the movie, the Warriors fight with the Baseball Furies and the Punks (a gang whose leader uses a rollerskate as a form of transportation). Each of them choreographed wonderfully because it shows the use of outdoor and indoor items for battle. Whether the bathroom, the streets, the beach, the boardwalk or a park swelled with thousands, the Warriors are great fighters.

4. The DJ

The voice of the DJ who goes 'Alright, boppers!' is none other than Lynne Thigpen. Lynne Thigpen is also known as the Cheif in the Carmen Sandiego series (not WOEICS) and also in Anger Management. Though she is dead, her eerie voice still haunt the airwaves in the Warriors from the break-up of the truce to the end of the Warriors journey.

5. The Lizzies

The Lizzies is an all-women group. Tough girls but it is also could be a misspelling for the word lessies. And they were signs.... SIGNS DAMMIT!

6. That One Line That Ruled Them All

That line ruled them all. It is played out in so many ways (mostly in rap songs) like in the Dave Chappelle show, a tribute to it is made in the Making the Band parody sketche. Yes, the bottle clanking in the final part of the Warriors, Luther lifts the annoyance by going "Warriors, come out and plaaaa-ay!" Greatest Line on Earth (Next to the Schindler's regret on not getting enough Jews as played on Seinfeld)!

Alright, I've done my job. Well, hope it sparks some interest. Good bye.