Justine Larbalestier

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Warriors

Just saw Warriors with someone who had never seen it before. She was disappointed that the mime gang has so little screen time. She concedes however that other than that it is the best film ever made.

Then we decided that we need to form a YA novelist gang but we couldn’t agree on the colours. On account of one of us kept insisting on fuchsia and certain others of us were dead against it.

I think my next novel is going to be Warriors meets The Wedding Planner. There will be lots of mimes. It will go off!!

Posted by Justine at 1:43, 5 July 2008 under Praising, Viewing | 14 Comments »

Comments

  1. cuileann Says:

    Yes!

    I would say oust the fuschia proponent, but I think he has some knowledge crucial to the gang’s success. Bubbliness and bogusity, etc.

    July 5th, 2008 at 3:40 AM

  2. NotAnotherExit Says:

    The recent news that -romance writers- formed a gang using hearts and chains as their colors has left YA no choice but to form a bigger, better, stronger gang!

    Complimentary color pairs such as “angst and dried blood” and “outcast and black” are currently being debated on YA bookshelves nation-wide!

    Tune in to a local YA bookshelf near you to see the dramatic results of this week’s breakthrough story!

    (PS Chartreuse is so fun to try and say.)

    July 5th, 2008 at 3:52 AM

  3. Karen Says:

    YA novelists, come out to plaaaayyy!

    July 5th, 2008 at 8:04 AM

  4. sherwood Says:

    Oh lord another Walter Hill cult classic. Just yesterday someone was talking about Streets of Fire. Which (I pointed out) is actually The Trojan War. Really. Yes, Willem Dafoe and whatserhame “Ellen” is Helen, and everyone in a fifties setting only eighties ugly, ugly clothes. Ellen’s big number (by Meatloaf “I dreamed of an angel with the fire of a prince in his eye and dancing like a cat on the stairs”)? Her dress looks, and hangs, like it’s made of rubber.

    July 5th, 2008 at 8:50 AM

  5. veejane Says:

    The Warriors is hilarious and awesome! If for nothing else than for the hand-tooled leather vests (often worn over no shirt). Its appeal is in the fact that its heroic-paranoid fantasy is played totally straight, without a wink or a nod, so that the audience is never directly confronted with their own participation in that fantasy.

    And now, your friend will understand when you suddenly bellow, “CAN YOU DIG IT??”

    July 5th, 2008 at 9:11 AM

  6. 6. Justine Says:

    Warriors fans can DIG IT!!

    So pleased to find other Warriors lovers.

    NotAnotherExit: Hah! “Angst and dried blood” are the perfect YA gang colours.

    Karen: You just made me laugh. I think the next time I’m at a YA gathering I’m going to show up with bottles worn on my fingers.

    Sherwood: I have never seen Streets of Fire it sounds excellently dire.

    The Warriors we watched last night had been buggerised about by the director to make it more pretentious and annoying. Why do they do that? Gah!! But the print was pristine. It looked gorgeous.

    Veejane: Plus all the pretty boys.

    July 5th, 2008 at 10:48 AM

  7. Allie Says:

    Warriors=ridiculously awesome.
    Also, I like the angst and dried blood as the colors. Very much so.
    As for the gang itself, I might just have to become a YA novelist so I can join. Finally some motivation for me to write instead of reading your blog all day!

    July 5th, 2008 at 11:19 AM

  8. Seth Christenfeld Says:

    I, for one, would rather read a combination of The Warriors and The Wedding Singer.

    July 5th, 2008 at 12:24 PM

  9. Gabrielle Says:

    XD I think the best part about this is that even before I clicked the first link and saw who it was who wanted the mime gang, I knew it was Maureen.

    July 5th, 2008 at 1:03 PM

  10. sherwood Says:

    Do try Streets of Fire when you’re in the mood. High intellectual content? Michael Pare and Willem Dafoe in a duel with sledge hammers. Hoooeeee.

    July 5th, 2008 at 11:13 PM

  11. rebecca Says:

    turquoise and brown ftw!

    July 6th, 2008 at 4:35 AM

  12. C.B. James Says:

    I think it would be fun to cross Warriors with Xanadu. Musical, skating, gang fighting camp classic nightmare sort of thing with Olivia Newton John.

    What’s not to like.

    July 6th, 2008 at 4:36 PM

  13. Eric Luper Says:

    I liked the baseball gang and the roller-skaters best. Awesome movie!!!

    July 7th, 2008 at 5:31 PM

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