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The 1970s Warriors
Oct. 16th, 2005 02:54 pm♠
“Like Grand Theft Auto, the Warriors is a dark urban fantasy set in a dystopian city dominated by gangs. But while the Grand Theft Auto franchise has been set in fictional places based only loosely on the real world, the Warriors is an adoring re-creation of New York City in the late 1970's: the tortured metropolis of graffiti, blackouts and the Son of Sam.”
-- Seth Schiesel for The NY Times
How many people remember the 1970s movie The Warriors? It came out before most LJers were born. Reading about the movie being turned into a video game was a pleasant stirring of memories, and we are talking about the same people responsible for the famous and notorious Grand Theft Auto games.
One would have taken the movie to be one of those throwaway popcorn movies - fun but forgettable. Yet, seeing how even Monk remembers it reasonably well - heck, we even got the videotape way back when - the movie does make an impression: the haunting story of a street gang fighting for its life to make it back across the mean city to their home turf, while being set upon by all the other gangs that rule the night.
One loves the idea of computer games, but, in truth, the interest overtakes Monk in spurts. Every once in a while, he will get into that pleasant escapist compulsion, but soon enough he leaves it for his more obsessive compulsion of blogging and news. Neverthemore, those games are seductively immersive, and one dreamily sees a potentially limitless realm of alternative-world escapism...
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“Like Grand Theft Auto, the Warriors is a dark urban fantasy set in a dystopian city dominated by gangs. But while the Grand Theft Auto franchise has been set in fictional places based only loosely on the real world, the Warriors is an adoring re-creation of New York City in the late 1970's: the tortured metropolis of graffiti, blackouts and the Son of Sam.”
-- Seth Schiesel for The NY Times
How many people remember the 1970s movie The Warriors? It came out before most LJers were born. Reading about the movie being turned into a video game was a pleasant stirring of memories, and we are talking about the same people responsible for the famous and notorious Grand Theft Auto games.
One would have taken the movie to be one of those throwaway popcorn movies - fun but forgettable. Yet, seeing how even Monk remembers it reasonably well - heck, we even got the videotape way back when - the movie does make an impression: the haunting story of a street gang fighting for its life to make it back across the mean city to their home turf, while being set upon by all the other gangs that rule the night.
One loves the idea of computer games, but, in truth, the interest overtakes Monk in spurts. Every once in a while, he will get into that pleasant escapist compulsion, but soon enough he leaves it for his more obsessive compulsion of blogging and news. Neverthemore, those games are seductively immersive, and one dreamily sees a potentially limitless realm of alternative-world escapism...
