Exactly what are the War Boys in Mad Max: Fury Road?
Are the War Boys just kids with radiation poisioning, were they bred that way, or was it something a regular person transforms into once you join Immortan Joe's clan? There were also "War Pups", so I was thinking the Boy/Pups were more like child soldiers.
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The warboys are chosen from the masses of the wretched that live at the bottom of the citadel and wait for Immortan Joe to give them water. A deleted scene shows the warboys being selected with their parents wanting them to be selected as this is their best chance for survival in this world. They are chosen from a young age, and become war pups then when they are old enough become war boys.
They worship Immortan Joe and if Nux's behaviour is anything to go by live to be noticed by him before going out bravely in order to enter Valhalla
The lymphomas that many of the war boys show are symptoms from living in a radioactive wasteland and the use of "blood bags" is to transfuse healthier blood into themselves.
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Why do the war boys have a half life?
Many of these War Boys refer to themselves as \u201chalf-lives\u201d, owing to nuclear radiation, and live only to honor the Immortan. For the Cult of the V8, dying in combat is the preferred way to go and they lean on suicidal practices as a result, not unlike several real-world terrorist groups.What do the war boys say in Fury Road?
Nux says very softly, "witness me," which is what a War Boy shouts when about to die heroically in battle. (The comrades shout "Witness!" while making the sign of V8, to send each other shiny and chrome to Valhalla.)What are the war pups in Mad Max?
War Pups are young initiates within Immortan Joe's War Boy militia. They appeared in Mad Max: Fury Road.Why do the Warboys spray their mouths?
The actor who invented and portrayed Immortan Joe, Keays-Byrne, explains the backstory of the War Boys' silvery mouth spray. He says while the hoard believes it's a ritual, it actually involves inhalation of \u201ca very euphoric drug\u201d that, in reality, keeps the War Boys high and suicidal in their devotion to Immortan Joe.Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - The War boys get ready to go after Furiosa
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