“So why are you smiling?” Henry.. looked at the faintest of smiled that made Kristl’s lips curl.
“Because I find it somewhat funny that someone lectures the general public and then get’s it wrong himself. Double funny, when all he needs to do is check what he is saying against general accessible information.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, here is someone who tells how he notices that of all the reviewers at IMDB who had written a review of The Warriors at that time, just one other mentioned the Anabasis reference.”
“Anabasis? Uhmmmm… like that part they start the movie of with?”
“Yes. The march of a Greek mercenary army through enemy territory. And then he mentions that it was a reference to the Spartan Xenophon, who led 10.000 Spartan mercenaries, hired by the Persian emperor Cyrus, out of Asia Minor after a defeat.”
“Okay..”
“Which is funny as Xenophon was an Athenian and not a Spartan, albeit he was very pro Sparta and eventually settled there and fought for Sparta against Athens. So maybe this was meant in a general way. But that there were 10.000 Spartan mercenaries in service of Cyrus is wrong. They were Greek mercenaries and there might have been a body of Spartan soldiers amongst them, but there were no 10.000 Spartan mercenaries. And they were not hired by Cyrus, the persian Emperor but by the pretender Cyrus the younger. And the Greeks were not defeated, but actually won the battle, but had to flee because Cyrus was killed in that battle.”
“Okay… which brings us back to The Warriors… I hope.”
“Hmmpf.”
“So did you like the movie?”
“It was okay. Perhaps somewhat dated. The gangs are just a bit too neat and clean for my feeling.”
“Well, other then that it was cool right? I mean the fighting is a bit bland, but at least we some nice fights and action. Which is cool.”
“The Motown music was a nice touch. “
“I like the girl, she got them in a fix, but demanding they hand over one of their jackets. Which they do not, of course.”
“Yeah, but a bit strange that they take her along all the way. A bit strange.. but at least it allowed for some development with the main guy. “
“Solid movie?”
“Maybe. There are some things that I wondered about, like how did the Riffs know where on the beach the Warriors (and what was that other gang?) were. And the ease with which people accepted that the Warriors were to blame for the murder.. and the ease it was refuted again. Also a bit strange there were so few Warriors at the end, when they say that the Orphans with like thirty people are a small group and thus implying the Warriors have to be larger, because the latter were deemed important enough to be invited to the meeting and the Orphans not. Yet at the end confrontation you would expect that there would be a large group of Warriors available as they were back on their home turf, but there were none around.”
“Hmm yeah.”
“Also a bit odd they never bothered to phone any of their home boys. I mean they could have phoned them to be picked up by car.”
“And after all that.. you still liked it.”
“Well, yes, because it intrigued me somehow.. and I liked the music and the way they merged it with these cartoon overflows.”
“So all eye candy.” Henry said.
“Yep.” And Kristl smiled.
“I am glad even you can appreciate that.” And Henry smiled too.
Merit Coba 
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