#the warriors (movie)

[shiningnorthernlights]

going off wikipedia, in the warriors movie the gang reaches the park and ajax aggressively approaches a lone woman who turns out to be police. on the concept album, during the park at night, the girls are harassed by a policeman in disguise who keeps spitting textbook sexist rethoric at them (you'd look prettier if you'd smile) and ajax decides to take matters in her own hands and beats him up. said policeman is actually played by movie ajax and by attacking him, musical ajax, who's a woman, sets the record straight on a meta-narrative level: she calls out her male counterpart for his violence against a fellow woman, punishes him, avenges her- by doing this, she seeks absolution for her own self.

[lavenderhyacinths]

Quiet Girls don’t make it home..

I had to do a sketch of Fox (Phillipa Soo), the Warriors musical doesn’t have enough art when the singers did a killer photoshoot for the concept album. RIP Fox, you deserved to see Coney again…

[messlikemessina]

The fact that not a single soul cared for Movie!Fox death but CA!Fox death is the most devastating scene in the hole thing

[whomadeyouwarchief]

one thing for the warriors fandom from the comics that I think is just a cool detail: Rembrandt is a highschool student. This was explored in 'The Warriors: Jailbreak' comic (which is considered still cannon), with the side plot of flashbacks focusing on the relationship between Ajax, Rembrandt, and Rembrandts schooling

That's a piece of cannon to do with what you wish!

[kalboykiyay]

Why I'm Likely Skipping Out On The Warriors Musical

It's been awhile since I've done an in-depth post on here, hasn't it? This was inspired after reading that post by @stuckasmain. Well, I've looked at the plot of the musical on Wikipedia and looked I have a few issues with a lot of shit there. So, I'll be listing what I don't like mainly, but I will tell you what I do like as well.

The Girls Are Fighting? Let's address the most obvious thing first. The Warriors are women. Now before you call me misogynist or whatever, hear me out. I personally have made shitposts about an AU where the Warriors were girls and they were a lot of fun. Thing is, they're shitposts for a reason; they played into tropes and gave goofy ideas for the girls. This feels like cheap representation and women deserve better than that. The woke-ification of a franchise that was supposed to be inherently problematic in nature feels forced. I've talked about why a remake of this film would not work, but this wasn't something I could have expected. A lot of the things are pretty (stereotypically, I'll say) gender-specific. There's a lot of things that a remake would likely take out of the charm of the original film (which itself is already romanticising what happens in the book and that's its own problem).

The Bizzies? No. They've been running into guys all night, but now they're all infatuated with them because they... wear cardigans? Okay... Thing is, they could have still been the Lizzies and nothing would've fucking changed even if the Warriors were women. If anything, it seems like their guards would've been lowered if they were the Lizzies instead, right? Let's just make all the Warriors gay.

Ajax... Oh, sweet Problematic Ajax... Apparently she's played by Amber Gray, which is straight fire. Let's get into this. Ajax's entire character was part of the reason I said a remake doesn't work. The existence of this character serves to remind the viewer that not all members of a gang are "good" people. They have their good moments, relative to each other and what not, but it feels like when this character leaves, it's not because they were doing something triumphant and going out in a blaze of glory, it's supposed to be a comeuppance of sorts. Musical Ajax getting arrested for beating up a shitty cop doesn't feel like that. It just... it feels like you're punishing a woman for a man's shitty behaviour as opposed to because she's the problem. Just seems unsatisying to make this particular character some sort of heroic "for the girls" type of character (especially considering that the character from the original book was also supposed to be pretty problematic from what I recall).

This should have been at the top but WHERE THE FUCK ARE SNOW AND VERMIN?! You take out the two baddest bitches in the movie and leave EVERYBODY ELSE?! At least you left Cochise, but damn! What the fuck are you doing?! Now, none of the Warriors are double cheeked up on a Thursday afternoon! Also, I hate to go here, but it's pretty disrespectful to remove one of the few black Warriors from the group but leave Cowboy in, just sayin'...

Now, I DO like that Cleon was kept alive! The movie did set it up in a way that he could have been left alive, since Masai wanted the Warriors alive when they were brought to him.

I also like that there was no ambiguity for the other Warriors surrounding what happened to Fox! This plot only works when very few people have all of the information, but the Warriors knowing about Fox's death changes nothing in a negative way. Of course, there could be an argument made for them not knowning since Fox's death is supposed to be kind of abrupt. (Sure, it was because the actor who played Fox was fired in the movie, but it still works pretty well given the setting, methinks).

I also like that they gave the Hurricanes a larger role here, as they did have a large role in the game as the main antagonist for a mission.

In any case, I hope that those who enjoy continue to post about it as it is still nice to see some new faces in the fandom!

[tayjerma]

i've seen a hand full of people complain that the ending of "warriors" is underwhelming. i can understand how it may appear that way, however, the entire cruz of luther's character is that he's a fucking loser teenage boy who can't take what he dishes out! luther posed no real threat, especially without the gun. the thrill is not meant to be the ending, it's meant to be how they got there :)

[cherry-velvet-skies]

They have arrived! Babygirl Warriors icons!

I can make some from the actual movie too if y'all want but I adore their character models in the game lol they're so cute 💕

And y'all can use these as your icons if you want too I don't mind 🥰

[rembrandts-spraypaint]

A few of my favorite Warriors production stills! I have a billion more but these are just from the ones I have on my laptop. I love seeing the cast/crew together and seeing them mess around or taking some cool in-character photos, this entire cast has my heart [especially Marcelino] <3

[wolfepirat3]

as ive continue to procrastinate my writing, i realized i never posted the edits i made last year of the warriors.

unfortunately I only made four, buts its four more than there were prior. I posted them elsewhere, just not here so... here we are.

Also unfortunate is the fact that tumblr only lets you upload one video, so i compiled them all into one video. (The gap in between each means theres a different edit)

[barbecuesworld]

my Roman empire is when I watched the warriors movie for the first time I had to stop the movie just to laugh at this

my boy it's giving bombastic side eye

[rembrandts-neckerchief]

On the conclave scene

Okay, let’s preface this with a disclaimer: I am well aware that all of this could mean nothing. Let’s be honest, it probably does! All of this could just be Roger Hill-isms or caused by a non-permanent injury he acquired before filming instead of acting choices. You don’t need to read anything into this.

The thing about me is, though, that it’s my life’s calling to read more into things, so humour me with this. Let’s make something out of what I’ve found.

So yesterday I made a post about being pretty sure that Cyrus hesitated before climbing up on the wooden structure he held his speech on. I, of course, couldn’t just leave it at ‘pretty sure’, so I rewatched the scene and here’s what I found: He did! … Kinda.

In the video file I have, Cyrus’ first appearance is at 00:08:55, which is what I’ll be basing my timestamps on. This is after the Warriors walked through the crowd at the meeting and found their place. In this shot, he is standing on the ground. Direct contact with the pavement. Like all things should be.

After that, we get a full/wide (I actually can’t tell, forgive me) shot of him and the Riffs around him, showing the crowd in the background (00:09:19). Some interesting dialogue here is that two people, presumably Gramercy Riffs, encourage Cyrus, their lines being “Come on, Cyrus, we’re with you!” and “Go ahead, bro!”.

Cyrus then walks up onto the first platform, which is just a step up from the floor, and over to the ladder, where he hesitates (00:09:25). There, the camera perspective switches between Cyrus and the crowd a few times, which is just common practice (see action and reaction shots), but the next thing that happens is rather interesting: Cyrus blinks a lot while talking and his eyes flick over to the wooden structure once, an action that can be read as nervous. (I am of course aware that this could be Roger Hill’s personal movement relating to making up or remembering blocking, but let us stay in the world where all of these things are acting choices.)

A bit after that (00:10:01), Cyrus actually climbs the ladder. Now, let me tell you: I have no idea how most people climb ladders. I have joint problems and a visual disability, I wasn’t born to climb ladders. This didn’t stop me from noticing that he was way faster at pushing himself up with his right leg than the left, looking more braced on that.

Then, he clings to the ladder (00:10:04), not quite taking the last step. His arms are around the railing on his right side, turned to the crowd, as he starts talking again. The camera then goes to the audience, but when he takes his last step up (00:10:21), he readjusts his stance multiple times before getting settled (00:10:24), his hands staying braced against the handrails whenever he is not gesticulating.

The first time he is seen hands-free, arms up to encourage applause (00:10:46), he is also noticeably further back than in the last shot of him, remaining there for the entire duration of the speech until he is shot.

Also, it is interesting how he immediately starts to stand a bit slanted to the left-hand-side as soon as he is not gesturing (00:11:03), his left hand the first to arrive on the railing again, only standing up straight when gesturing which is expected from an orator. This could hint at this being a protective/relieving posture which he falls into as often as possible to stop pain, discomfort, or instability.

So, what did we figure out? It takes Cyrus one minute and 29 seconds to comfortably stand on the structure after he first shows up, he seems nervous and is encouraged by people to do it, and he seems to prefer bracing his left side. One can draw many conclusions from this, mine being pain or instability, but I encourage you to draw your own and tell me! I’d love to hear from you!

[canyoucount-suckas]

men be like "I love this character" and he'll low-key be a rapist

[lavenderhyacinths]

Me two hours ago: A new musical from Lin? Hmm, im kinda picky, I'll probably not like this.. (the same girl who didn't finish In the Heights)

Me (two hours later): GUN - WHERE IS THE GUN?? IF I AM GUILTY, THEN WHERE IS MY GUN!? YOU GONNA KILL ME THEN HAVE IT BE DONE!!! - WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THEY KILL EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVE IN!?!?

[messlikemessina]

Movie!Rambrandt is baby. Need to protect precious baby. He just wants to get home. Someone get my baby home!

[whomadeyouwarchief]

guys she's so cutie patootie I love her

[chazz-is-a-zelda-fan]

semirealism practice with ajax from last night because i thought about the warriors too hard again