The Warriors (1979)
The Scene: Can YOU DIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGG IIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTT?!?!?!?!
Why I Love This Scene: Find me a better gang fighting movie! You can’t. This film is pure adrenaline and sadly they don’t make movies like this anymore. It has a great comic book-esque nature and the narrative is like an old video game with the on-the-run Warriors going from level to level like Double Dragon. It also feels like a western, again thanks to the great direction and style from Walter Hill. Part of me feels like this film may have inspired the WWE in terms of themed fighters like the all-girl Lizzies and the Baseball Furies; a gang that not only wears baseball uniforms and carries bats but also wears war makeup like the Ultimate Warrior.
This great, fun film popped into my head today, sadly, for morose reasons. I read today that Roger Hill, who played gang leader Cyrus, passed away today. So this is the only way I can give homage to a fallen warrior.
Hard Ticket to Home Video 
I refuse to dig this news.
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Today is digless.
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If you want a Warriors/WWF reference, Google Abe “Knuckleball” Schwartz.
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Excellent rip-off!
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Have you ever played The Warriors videogame on PS2? Its really faithful and really fun
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Oh sure! I played some of it but loved how they adapted it so well from the film.
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That’s sad about Cyrus. Who’s gonna bop now??
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The Baseball Furies are TERRIFYING!
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