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Topic	Just watched The Warriors, why are the baseball gang so popular?
CynicalZealot 08/11/22 1:36:41 AM #9:	FatalAccident posted... Theyve got a relatively minor role in the grand scheme of things. How come theyre on so much of the merchandise and memorabilia about the film? Because they're the most ridiculous gang, and thus the one everyone remembers. Straughan posted... I'm almost certain that movie was made after people from a parallel dimension where those gangs exist came to our dimension and told their story. No, that's actually what NYC was like in the 70s. Between that and Escape from New York, you get a pretty accurate view of what the city was like. It didn't really clean up until the 90s, around the time Times Square turned into Disneyland. ...also, on the off-chance that anyone doesn't know this, this is what the movie was actually based on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_(Xenophon) The Warriors are an allegory for the Greeks, trying to fight their way through strange lands and strange armies to get back home. It's also why the main guy in charge was named Cyrus (and why his death sets the plot in motion). --- "This calls for a particularly subtle blend of psychology and extreme violence." --- Vyvyan, The Young Ones <cite>CynicalZealot posted [p:967226645] in Just watch... [t:80125626]...</cite> <quote><cite>FatalAccident posted...</cite><quote>Theyve got a relatively minor role in the grand scheme of things. How come theyre on so much of the merchandise and memorabilia about the film? </quote>Because they're the most ridiculous gang, and thus the one everyone remembers.<cite>Straughan posted...</cite><quote>I'm almost certain that movie was made after people from a parallel dimension where those gangs exist came to our dimension and told their story.</quote>No, that's actually what NYC was like in the 70s.Between that and Escape from New York, you get a pretty accurate view of what the city was like. It didn't really clean up until the 90s, around the time Times Square turned into Disneyland....also, on the off-chance that anyone doesn't know this, this is what the movie was actually based on:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_(Xenophon)The Warriors are an allegory for the Greeks, trying to fight their way through strange lands and strange armies to get back home. It's also why the main guy in charge was named Cyrus (and why his death sets the plot in motion). --- "This calls for a particularly subtle blend of psychology and extreme violence."--- Vyvyan, The Young Ones</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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