#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…

[mess-like-messina]

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

[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!

[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)

[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 🥰

[chazz-is-a-zelda-fan]

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

[rinshey46]

[the-warriors-new-york]

[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!?!?

[mess-like-messina]

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

[kalboykiyay]

 In the scene where they’re in the Graveyard, Swan tells Rembrandt to check and around and Rem is like, “This is a graveyard!” That was kind of weird to me because like, why was that relevant? But then I just remembered that during filming, actual gangs would be upset by the actors wearing gang attire, so the actors could not leave set wearing the vests, but they were safe in the cemetery because it was like, a neutral zone or something? I believe had something to do with the gate. Thing is, they were safe from gang violence in the cemetery. If that’s the case, the I’m willing to bet that something similar holds true in the Warriors Universe also. 

So my guess is that when Swan asked for Rembrandt to check around, Rem said “This is a graveyard!” But the unspoken thought was, “Why would I need to check to see if we’re okay when other gangs would not attack us here?” Iono.

[rembrandts-spraypaint]

30 years of KoRn! Wanted to make a drawing inspired by Jonathan Davis' Dracula tracksuit from this years tour to celebrate, I'm so glad I get to be here to celebrate this and I can't wait to see these guys in concert soon! :D

[wolfepirat3]

So I listened to the album...

And took notes during every song on my current in the moment thoughts.

I'll say right here that it was not bad, it just wasn't my most favorite thing either. Technically speaking, almost everyone's voices were gorgeous and the instrumentals were all relatively good so I'm not hating on anyone at all.

So anyway here's my notes

Sorry they're so odd, and also if it seems like i state something that gets addressed later in the song it's probably because i wrote down what i was thinking before they said it in the song.

All in all, it wasn't bad but i have a few notes:

The characterization of the warriors are kind of strange, some of them get more development than they had in the movie which i like, but some of them are just flat out weird

Im so sorry to kim dracula but i do not like how he acts as luther 😭 it sounds like hes trying a little too hard to act crazy? Maybe im just griping

Some of the pacing is so odd, like maybe im blinded by my love of the movie, but i feel like the way some scenes play out could have been written a lot better

My biggest thing is that a lot of these songs dont sound like musical theater. like i know im not a super genius playwright like LMM, but a good deal of the songs in here sound like early 2010s pop music. A lot of them are just missing the impact that musical theater has, and I know that LMM can do that. while i really dont like hamilton-- i have to admit that hamilton feels like a musical while this feels more like an homage to the warriors.

Anyways thats probably it, if you need me to clarify any of my thoughts from here please let me know and ill try to explain what i meant

[cherry-velvet-skies]

GIF Masterlist 🍒

(Updated as of 11/6/24)

I figured since I started making so many GIFs, I would put them all in one place! I do take GIF requests, but I can't determine when I'll get around to it as they do take time to make and I also have a life outside of tumblr lmao (GIF requests should be sent through my asks 😊)

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JAMES REMAR

Ajax (The Warriors)

Joe Dylanne (Quiet Cool)

Gentry (Drugstore Cowboy)

Dr. Paul Gregory (Hellraiser V: Inferno)

Preston (Tales From The Darkside)

Thomas Ridgely (Blink) Coming Soon!

Frank Dabbo (Rites Of Passage)

Warren "Tiny" Bellows (The Huntress)

Roan Griffin (The Survivors Club)

Frank Carpenter (Guardian)

Alex Tyler (Betrayal) Coming Soon!

Vincent Colville (North Shore)

Harry Morgan (Dexter)

Kodiak (The Path)

Peter Gambi (Black Lightning)

Darlus (Glowzies)

MICHAEL BECK

Swan (The Warriors)

Jerry-Sam Hopps (Rearview Mirror) Coming Soon!

Levon Lundy (Houston Knights) Coming Soon!

Brian Bentall (Murder She Wrote)

Frank Waldeck (Diagnosis: Murder)

THOMAS RAGGI

Read Your Diary MV