The Warriors Movie Site
| Website | |
|---|---|
| Name: | The Warriors Movie Site |
| Owner/Maintainer: | Gareth Jones |
| Dates: | 2002-present |
| Type: | Informational, Forum |
| Fandom: | The Warriors |
| URL: | http://warriorsmovie.co.uk/ |
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The Warriors Movie Site is the primary fan site for cult movie The Warriors (1979), official supplemental material like video games and comic books, and the original 1965 novel. It hosts a forum where fans can post discussion, fanfiction, fanart, cosplay, and more. Jones' blog also reports on things like cons and fan-created games set in the Warriors universe.
The Warriors Movie Site sponsored the UK's first Warriors con, The Warriors UK Conclave 2017.
Creation
After going online, the first thing I did was to buy the CD soundtrack and a VHS copy of The Warriors so I could watch it again (which I promptly did when it arrived). This was back in the day before TiVo, movies on demand or catch-up TV!Turning my attention to the questions I had, I searched for websites related to the movie. Aside from the usual large movie sites like IMDB.com I found one or two small fan sites on platforms like AOL or Geocities (remember that?) that were seldom updated. They contained some really interesting information but I wanted to chat with fellow fans of the movie. I therefore decided to build my own site and on the 19th February 2002, The Warriors Movie Site was born.
[...]The website started out with a small number of pages detailing the cast and gangs in the movie and explored some of the other aspects such as the soundtrack which I had just acquired on CD. As I spent more and more time researching the movie, driven by my passion for it, the website quickly grew and I found that there were many die hard fans out there who, upon finding the site, sent me photos, movie mistakes, letters, details on filming locations, clips and news stories which I used to build the site (and I am ever grateful to you all and those who continue to support the site!).
Fairly early on I created a forum on the website to satisfy my need for posting questions and seeking answers from other fans. This became very popular and the forum today has over 2,000 members and around 130,000 posts and is a real treasure trove of information, photos, fan fiction, artwork, rare memorabilia and movie analysis. I recommend you join and take part in the discussions there.The Birth of the Warriors Movie Site, from the About page