The sad part is that.....every version of Jason after he was kidnap is original one...just made different decisions, the one we fallow we see as original, but he is not, all of them are, that is the point of the box, both are the truth, what ever decision someone makes is the original, just different part taken. All of them are Jasons that were kidnaped from World 1. That is the sad part. Sad story.
The theory of multiverse, is every decision anyone makes make a different universe, it is infinite and forever growing...and it is not big decision , every decision no matter how small. Not just one person every living being , and all of their other versions ...it is like a tree of decisions..but for everyone and everything, not even living thing...what could happen will happen that is the point. If you head starts to hurt you are on the right path.
im still confused on that part like at what point are they all the same like im confused fr theyre all jason 1 from what standpoint in time? after he gets kidnapped? or are they all jason 2's that were rich and trying to the family?
I feel the show is way superior to the book. Probably Jason 2 is not killed because they want a season 2 with they end with a lot of possibilites open to a original season
Jason 2 regret was believable. The Jason's love for their family was believable too. But, I'd like to see what happens when authorities get involved in the murders and track all the crimes left .
Actually, if you pay close attention, it was hinted already that Amanda 2 and Ryan 1 ended up in same world. When Jason 2 threw Ryan 1 in that futuristic world it was night, and the background was lit up in green color and when Jason 1 left Amanda 2 in that perfect world he looks back one final time before entering that box, and we see that whole green Chicago in night again, it looks literally the same as before.
Apart from the aurora borealis being absent in the second skyline. Sure, it was daytime, but it wasn't obvious and could easily have been yet another parallel Chicago with subtle differences.
One little bit of dialog from the book that I wished they'd kept was when Jason was explaining to Daneila and Charlie what was going on. First he explains the kidnapping, then he begins to explain the multitude of Jasons saying "this is where it gets weird. Charlie says "GETS weird?".
My theory is that the final world the family entered is the Dark City world, so Jennifer Connelly is the same character in both Dark City and Dark Matter. 🤡
Thanks for making this video. I read the book a few years ago and could NOT remember how it ended. I really liked all of the additions to the story in the show, especially since it was Blake Crouch who adapted his book for the screen.
Thank you so much for analysis I love it ... You are so right about the chemistry between the actors. Amazing.. I've not read the books but I think the tv writers did a great job with closing out the show but at the same time leaving it open for a possible season 2 .. I hope there is a season 2 ...😊
This is my first time to your channel and I gotta say that I really enjoyed your comparison video here. I haven't read the book but have been quite captivated by the show and genuinely looked forward to each episode. I guess, based on what you've said here, I don't need to read the book as the show has done a better job with the story. I do hope they decide to do a second season as there are a lot of open plot holes. Where do the Dessen family end up? What's the story going to be with Ryan 1 and Amanda 2? Where will Blair 2 end up now she's decided she's ready to go back into the box? Will we get to see more of Leighton 1 travelling? What did actually eventually happen to Leighton 2? This is quite a complex story with potentially a crazy amount of multiples of the various characters running around that have ventured into that box. I just hope that if they do a season 2, they don't mess it up and it holds the same quality that the first season has.
I totally agree about reading the book after watching the show. I read the book years ago and just tried to reread it after watching some episodes of the show. I didn’t make it far into the book and lost interest.
i also wanna know leighton 1 and leighton 2 stories played out... leighton 1 last scene he was walking in the box looking like he got mauled by a prehistoric monster... and leighton 2 was living his best life visiting who knows what type of worlds
I think you mixed those two around. Leighton 2 is the one fron Jason 2s world, he ran into the box to chase Jason 1 and Amanda 2. Leighton 1 is the one from Jason1s world and he was shown the box by Jason2. Leighton 1 went in the box with hope and excitement. Leighton 2 went into the box with anger and hopelessness. I suspect Leighton 2 ended up in a world similar to "mad max" considering we last saw him open a door to a desert wasteland. And Leighton 1 visited some futuristic steam punk world based on that cool outfit he had on. 😂
I think Ryan might have developed a way to tell if someone belongs to that world, just like in the show Fringe where every world and humans have their own frequency. I like that the kid didn't make any stupid decision, I'm tired of that troupe.
I'm thinking Jason 2 would possibly get more of the drug from another universe and give all the other Jason's the opportunity to go and find a universe of their own to live in. Probably a stretch but it's all I can think of.
I could see a season 2 where each episode follows a different world or character, not connected to eachother. For example 1 episode depicting what all the Jasons are doing in that universe. Maybe some could create a company together? a club of Jasons? Would some or all of them stay in contact or even stick together? Would they disperse all over the world? Maybe leaving a message to all new arrivals explaining what happened so they have the opportunity to either stay or give a shot to another universe?
I thought it was a really good story, but a few things i could not wrap my head around. How did they pay for things when they were traveling between multiverses, and, how would you explain no one questioning this random giant box in the middle of a highway.. in a park.. etc..
Yeah the box always happening to appear in an abandoned location seems a little too lucky... And yeah, the book gets more into how he and Amanda are running low on cash but the show doesn't get into it. The series does show that different worlds have different looking money based on what Jason2 has in his storage locker which I thought was a cool detail.
Dont forger. Jason 2 can't make the ampules. He steals them or has ryan make them. But he doesnt have ryan anymore so.... He can't make them for the other jason 1's
I can understand why Blake Crouch expanded his book for the possibility of further seasons. The same applies to the so-called loose ends with Blair Caplan, Leighton Vance and Detective Jamie Mason which will be picked up in the second season, should Apple TV decide to give it another season. I read the book when it first came out so I was perfectly fine with the TV show as most of the intricate plot details were slightly sketchy to me. What I DO remember is liking the book immensely. The show was just as much fun, but perhaps a little too drawn out. Nevertheless, it was one of the best TV shows of this year.
maybe since ryan was dumped into that world first, he probably sat beside the box contemplating on what to do and around the same time after the sun had risen, he sees jason1 and amanda2 come out of the box, starts following them, unsure which jason version that is, then later on decides to work up the courage to approach amanda2 without jason being around, thinking she might have some answers for him then we see the scene, amanda's friend mightve been like "uhh there's a creepy man staring at u" so she looks back realizes its ryan, he comes over, she asks "do u know me?" unsure if this world's ryan is connected to her, and he's like "um no but ive been looking for u.." just a theory tho, since there are infinite amount of parallel universes of possibilities, there are infinite amount of theories lol
also when ryan was trapped in his world it was chicago, and he met amanda at the end in seattle, so he had to be tracking her down... but if so how and why? they never crossed paths before? but ryan knows how to make the drug and now he knows amanda, so he is definitley going to be a protagonist szn 2
My guess is that he set up some sort of camera/surveillance around the box to find out if Jason 2 ever came back. Maybe he could have looked back and saw that Amanda and Jason 1 came together while also seeing that Jason 1 left so she was the only one to find. just a thought because i asked the same thing
@@anthonyleluika7240 Damn... thats smart asf, good theory bro... ryan would definitley set up a camera system especially since hes the smart one who also figured out the drug formula
@@anthonyleluika7240 i dont think he had time to set up surveillance, could be jason2 dumped ryan, ryan sat beside the box until the sun has risen, contemplating on what to do, thats when jason1 and amanda2 come through the box and he sees them, meanwhile jason2 is busy with blocking the box with a concrete wall, then the detective shows up asking questions, while all that is happening with jason2, jason1 and amanda tour the new world, jason1 says goodbye to amanda, spends a few days or less than a week, traveling worlds, taking his time to get the right world, meanwhile while thats happening, jason2 freaked out after the detective's second meet up, breaks the concrete wall, brings mechanic ryan back and thats when we see jason1 get his last ampoule right, coming through the broken concrete wall, and that was before daniela went to visit mechanic ryan and before she broke into the storage unit and started getting super sus. basically ryan wasnt in the new world that long before they came through, since the timeline from when he was dumped to when jason2 broke the wall to get mechanic ryan was short, during which jason1 and amanda went to the new world and jason1 ended up in his home world. so basically ryan just followed amanda2 until jason1 left cause he cant trust any jasons and maybe took his time until he felt like he can trust amanda2 enough to approach her with questions.
whats really cool about all the evil jasons is no matter how evil they are they wouldnt dare hurt daniela and charlie.... like thats pretty chill for jason 1 to know that hes chill like that
Well, in the show, Jason1 did find a world where Daniella called the police because her "violent ex-husband broke out of prison" and is in her house. So, potentially, some of them could be abusive husbands too.
@@user-rz6bi5cs9y Jason prime and the flip of a coin decision leads to two new Jason’s. Their flip of a coin leads to four new Jason’s. They were identical up until that first choice split. So the moment of kidnapping drugged and put into the box is exactly the same for alllll of them. But what happened next had infinite variations because any choice that could be made, go left or right, spawned infinite others. And some of those made it back home
@@007NowOnline that was a world where he”could have been” but at some point made an entirely different choice. Like all of the worlds we saw where he was alive still. Like his own world he was ripped from. So yes. There can be a violent one. There can be a hippy version etc etc. but that’s not Jason prime (kidnapped Jason) and his variants
Great review. I agree. I loved the book but I think that the show was better and more detailed. I do hope though that they can find a way to continue the story line and also show us new and exciting dystopian and utopian worlds. Or do a spin off with the other characters..... So much more potential and plotlines to be had.
It was such a fantastic adaptation. And the stuff they added to the show just enriched the story. I remember plowing through the book so fast. It's one of my favorites and even so, I think I loved the show more.
I hv a theory about the other Jasons that were left behind.. they are all different versions of our Jason with the same motivation to go back to thier family. I would love if Jason 2 in season 2 makes ampules and help the other Jasons to find a world created from different decisions made from Jason 2 and Daniela and Charlie.. they would go to . The show and book only focused on our Jason. Although every decision they made differently would creat a new world Example.. When our Jason and Amanda from her world tried to escape a couple of hours later . So this means that infinite number of worlds of our Jason were created when Jason 2 came . I really felt so sorry for the other Jasons i cryed when they let them go . Its so painful to lose a loved one 😣
Congrats this is an excellent analysis of book v screen adapt. I do have one minor quibble. I read the book twice --like you-- and --like you & Blake Crouch-- think the series is an improvement on the book. However I loved the book equally both times I read it. On 1st read I was sooo caught up in the action & the thrills (imagine Jason Bourne in a sci-fi setting) that the emotional heft didn't register. The emotions & heart caught me by surprise on the 2nd read. So I liked the book as much the 2nd time around. The lead performances by Edgerton , Connelly & Braga absolutely lifted this show above the book. I remember Edgerton from his cameo in the great "Zero Dark Thirty", but Braga was a new face to me. I've seen Connelly numerous times & have always liked her. IMO she's never been better than she was in this series. Her performance in the "Jupiter" episode is jaw dropping. The acting, editing & production all around are Oscar worthy (if they qualified). Finally whoever thought of choosing that particular song by Coldplay from their 1st album in that particular spot in the finale is genius. Finally Part 2: the show was originally slated to be 8 episodes but Blake & EP Matt Tolmach decided that it needed a 9th episode after seeing a 1st cut & they were right.
Congrats you come off as a Person that loves smell there own farts with crap like I read the book twice wow just wow you read a book not once but twice
Hmm good question. there has to be Jason2 copies out there but maybe they didn't make it back to the original world and ended up with a Daniela from another world...?
I refuse to believe the author wasn't somehow influenced by steins;gate, which I strongly recommend watching if you really enjoyed the whole premise of timeline divergence and struggling to get back to your native reality. Also, I loved the double plot-twist ending! It's rare to watch something I can't easily predict the ending of, and this one did it twice within like ten minutes!
Hearing you recap the complicated multiple storylines reminded me of being in Advanced Chemistry class in high school. I could hear my teacher talking but my mind started to wander and I found myself thinking of Cher's 1970's hit song "Dark Lady" which I highly recommend you watch on youtube as she sings with a giant hat on her head in glorious 1970's Cher style. Sorry, back to Dark Matter. I tapped out after episode 3 and would have stayed with it if was 6 episodes but didn't have it in me to watch all 9 hours. Thank you Laura for letting me know how it ended and seriously...watch that Cher video !!!
you would think that there would be a junkie addict jason at 1 point lol that wouldve been more realistic, imagine hes all shooting upon the street all homeless trying to pretend hes shooting the box drug, and everyone around him thinks hes crazy when hes talking about how he used to time travel in a box lol
nope jjust nope it was boring as sin the sets ups are just that set ups not much gets payed off the eps in the box were fun then most the b plot and c plait was boring
Thanks! I was so hype on reading the book 😅 Great review thanks! I think they already renew season 2. Probably they are going to focus on other versions of the family, probably they are going to leave Jason 1 with their happy ending
Imagine being the people left behind in Jason 1's timeline, like "where the fuck did all these dead bodies come from?!, A whole ass family is missing!!, What in the almighty fuck happened to our vacation house?!, Why are all these random cars crashed/abandoned/stolen?!" 🤣 That poor detective gonna get fired for sure 😭
I loved this show but the last episodes had me scratching my head sometimes. How did Daniella accept this Jason was hers so easily? What happened with Blaire and Jason2 at the house? How likely is it that Jason2 and Jason/Amanda both dreamed up the same utopia? I’ll suspend my disbelief on the last one because I like those characters so much and want them to meet up. I also don’t understand how the Jasons “spawned.” I don’t know that this is a shortcoming of the writing or I just can’t get my head around it.
Blake Crouch did a reddit AMA and he said for the sake of having a more streamlined plot, he didn't include multiple Jason2's. He wanted the story to be focused on Jason1.
@@WhytheBookWins I also tried to read it but i don’t know why i can’t read fictional books, and there are videos on RUclips of this book but i just don’t like them, and I thought you would explain it because i love your way how you relate books to tv😊
So I kind of lost interest in the finale but what I want to know is where is the detective and what a freak out in that world do all the other Jason’s disappear step in the box and disperse ?
The book has been my favorite stand-alone story of all time. Like you mentioned, the twist of having duplicates of Jason1 arrive back in their world blew my mind. But, Blake Crouch did an amazing job with the show and even exceeded the book. I literally weeped the whole final episode because how perfect it was. Great analysis.
I also loved the show more than the book . The thought about Rayan and Amanda is that Rayan maybe was looking for people who were dead or missing for a couple of years and suddenly appeared like Amanda .. I really would love to hv a season 2
Since this is a story that involves infinite possibilities/storylines, it could be possible that season 2 could be a follow up of both the show and the book 🤷♀
Hopefully you read and review Wayward Pines. I have not read the book yet but I recently finished the show, was looking for something similar and found out about Dark matter under similar watches. I'll say Black Crouch really does like a lead guy trying to figure out where they are and whats happening. Wayward pines season 1 is really good. The mystery and answers keeps you hooked.
Wow, Book vs Show is super cool - thank you! The thing I was most confused about in Ep.8 is why “Our Jason” doesn’t explain in detail more about the box (how it works) to Daniela & Charlie until after they’re on the run together… Seems like Daniela immediately grasps what’s going on and deeply trusts “Our Jason” but he didn’t even explain the complexities to them. I honestly believe they had filmed a scene where Jason explains the box, but they scrapped it since it’s not easy to explain succinctly what’s going on with the box…..
In the book, and I think the show as well, Jason had been working on a mini version of the box when he and Daniela had been dating. So she was aware of what was potentially possible with a larger version of the box. Granted, that was like 16 years ago for her so I'm sure her memory on it would have been a little foggy lol.
Thanks for the great video. I just discovered your channel cause I really loved the show. But the whole concept of this channel is very interesting. I would love to see a comparison of the movie "The Beach" and its novel. Or "The Neverending Story" Book by Michael Ende and movie by Wolfgang Petersen, which is one of my all-time favorite childhood movies. But I read the book a few years ago and loved it even more... Greetings from Cologne/Germany ❤
I covered The Beach a couple years ago, but I would love to read and watch it again and make a new video for it! I loved that book so much. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@WhytheBookWins wow, didn't found it on your channel, but maybe I have to check it again. I didn't check the whole catalog of yours, but I definitely will. Another recommendation that just crossed my mind is my absolute favorite book "Perfume" by Patrick Süskind. It is so amazingly beautiful written and fascinating story. Almost impossible to transfer into a movie. But they did it and I would love to know your opinion on it. Even though I have a feeling that you are going to tell me that you already have done it... haha. Thanks for the response, I really appreciate it. Keep up the good work!!!
But all of the Jason's are the "original"... But I see what you mean, that it makes more sense for the audience to have been watching the same Jason all along.
@@WhytheBookWins But the all the otherJasons split off from the original into different Jasons at the moment Jason 2 swapped universes with him. But the original Jason was in Jason 2’s exact universe. Everything that happens to original Jason in the Jason 2 universe is a shared realty with Jason 2. I could be totally confused, though. Lol
@@belaswhicker2033 no, only one Jason arrived in "bad" Jasons universe. they multiplied by different decisions trying to get back to the correct universe, that's why they all accumulated there. all of them are infact the exact same original Jason, they are just different because of different, more or less traumatic experiences leading them back to the original universe where they were kicked out from.
@@belaswhicker2033 in what regard is there a direct line? yes, we clearly follow this one Jason 1. But i think the other Jasons are Jasons that took other decisions after he got abducted.
Did evil Layton die if so, I missed that did they allude to it I was waiting to see how or if he died in the end montage but nope I thought maybe that character is going to be used if there is a season 2.
We saw him at the end of one of the previous episodes and he was bloody and looked like he was on his last leg. It didn't show whether he actually died or not though.
Jason has some serious mental issues, the experiences he and his alters have had are certainly traumatizing but they take place over a somewhat short amount of time. For his alters to end up be so divergent from one another is a bit worrisome. It’s understandable that Jason 2 is drastically different, they are split by 17 years, the alters though, they shouldn’t be so wildly different.
Hmm yeah I don't know, some of them went through some really traumatic stuff and the mental toll of being in the box isn't something we can understand since it doesn't exist.
to me this is a terrible show.. terrible story.. it makes no logical sense using drugs inside a box to skipped towards other dimensions ?? It breaks all rules of time travel and space. Total disaster! Apple TV has the worst shows of all the platforms. No surprised there.
it's not time travel. look up the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics by Hugh Everett, that's what this show is about. Sean Carroll has many good videos about it. aside from the thing with puttig your brain into superposition, this was actually very well excecuted from a scientific standpoint.
It's a great show. I am glad Apple chooses quality. EVERY Apple TV scifi show is phenomenal!
I'll be covering Lady in the Lake in July which Apple is also adapting! Not scifi, but it looks like it'll be good.
I’m crossing my fingers that Apple also adapts Recursion and Upgrade from Blake Crouch.
@@jamiestark80 I was thinking the same thing.. I would love to see them as shows as well
The sad part is that.....every version of Jason after he was kidnap is original one...just made different decisions, the one we fallow we see as original, but he is not, all of them are, that is the point of the box, both are the truth, what ever decision someone makes is the original, just different part taken. All of them are Jasons that were kidnaped from World 1. That is the sad part. Sad story.
The theory of multiverse, is every decision anyone makes make a different universe, it is infinite and forever growing...and it is not big decision , every decision no matter how small. Not just one person every living being , and all of their other versions ...it is like a tree of decisions..but for everyone and everything, not even living thing...what could happen will happen that is the point. If you head starts to hurt you are on the right path.
Infinite amount of infinities.
im still confused on that part like at what point are they all the same like im confused fr theyre all jason 1 from what standpoint in time? after he gets kidnapped? or are they all jason 2's that were rich and trying to the family?
@@realbosstakea As of from the point where Jason 2 puts Jason 1 into the box.
@@I_am_Raziel but wouldnt there only be jason 1 and 2? like wasnt there a 3rd jason? when did the 3rd jason come into play?
I believe the author has said that Jason 1 is the one we've been following all through the show as in the book.
Oooh, okay, guess that debunks that theory then.
I feel the show is way superior to the book. Probably Jason 2 is not killed because they want a season 2 with they end with a lot of possibilites open to a original season
Jason 2 regret was believable. The Jason's love for their family was believable too. But, I'd like to see what happens when authorities get involved in the murders and track all the crimes left .
Actually, if you pay close attention, it was hinted already that Amanda 2 and Ryan 1 ended up in same world.
When Jason 2 threw Ryan 1 in that futuristic world it was night, and the background was lit up in green color and when Jason 1 left Amanda 2 in that perfect world he looks back one final time before entering that box, and we see that whole green Chicago in night again, it looks literally the same as before.
Apart from the aurora borealis being absent in the second skyline. Sure, it was daytime, but it wasn't obvious and could easily have been yet another parallel Chicago with subtle differences.
@@SmartCookie2022 no they eventually met in the finale, they were in the same world
that was fairly obvious. nothing shocking and only normies would treat that as an amazing insight
@@SmartCookie2022 cope
@@a.akacic loser
One little bit of dialog from the book that I wished they'd kept was when Jason was explaining to Daneila and Charlie what was going on. First he explains the kidnapping, then he begins to explain the multitude of Jasons saying "this is where it gets weird. Charlie says "GETS weird?".
My theory is that the final world the family entered is the Dark City world, so Jennifer Connelly is the same character in both Dark City and Dark Matter. 🤡
Thanks for making this video. I read the book a few years ago and could NOT remember how it ended. I really liked all of the additions to the story in the show, especially since it was Blake Crouch who adapted his book for the screen.
Yeah definitely! So cool Crouch himself did the show and it seems to have been an opportunity for him to improve upon his own work.
Thank you so much for analysis I love it ...
You are so right about the chemistry between the actors. Amazing..
I've not read the books but I think the tv writers did a great job with closing out the show but at the same time leaving it open for a possible season 2 ..
I hope there is a season 2 ...😊
Thanks! And yeah, ties things up enough while still leaving options. I hope there is a season two as well!
This is my first time to your channel and I gotta say that I really enjoyed your comparison video here. I haven't read the book but have been quite captivated by the show and genuinely looked forward to each episode. I guess, based on what you've said here, I don't need to read the book as the show has done a better job with the story.
I do hope they decide to do a second season as there are a lot of open plot holes. Where do the Dessen family end up? What's the story going to be with Ryan 1 and Amanda 2? Where will Blair 2 end up now she's decided she's ready to go back into the box? Will we get to see more of Leighton 1 travelling? What did actually eventually happen to Leighton 2?
This is quite a complex story with potentially a crazy amount of multiples of the various characters running around that have ventured into that box. I just hope that if they do a season 2, they don't mess it up and it holds the same quality that the first season has.
Glad you liked the video! The show has been getting so much praise so I would be surprised if it doesn't get a season 2. But we will see...
I totally agree about reading the book after watching the show. I read the book years ago and just tried to reread it after watching some episodes of the show. I didn’t make it far into the book and lost interest.
Yeah kind of disappointing that it doesn't hold up. But Crouch was able to improve on his work through the show so that's cool.
I just don’t know why there aren’t multiple Jason 2s if he had explored so many worlds
There would be only they're off in other universes, they would have idea of Jason 1's universe.
i also wanna know leighton 1 and leighton 2 stories played out... leighton 1 last scene he was walking in the box looking like he got mauled by a prehistoric monster... and leighton 2 was living his best life visiting who knows what type of worlds
I think you mixed those two around. Leighton 2 is the one fron Jason 2s world, he ran into the box to chase Jason 1 and Amanda 2. Leighton 1 is the one from Jason1s world and he was shown the box by Jason2. Leighton 1 went in the box with hope and excitement. Leighton 2 went into the box with anger and hopelessness. I suspect Leighton 2 ended up in a world similar to "mad max" considering we last saw him open a door to a desert wasteland. And Leighton 1 visited some futuristic steam punk world based on that cool outfit he had on. 😂
@@007NowOnline swear that shit was chill asf
I think Ryan might have developed a way to tell if someone belongs to that world, just like in the show Fringe where every world and humans have their own frequency. I like that the kid didn't make any stupid decision, I'm tired of that troupe.
The author confirmed that one of the worlds was the world of Wayward Pines.
Really ?? Omg that's amazing
If they do a season 2 they should address the world which now has a boatload of Jasons. What would that do?
I'm thinking Jason 2 would possibly get more of the drug from another universe and give all the other Jason's the opportunity to go and find a universe of their own to live in. Probably a stretch but it's all I can think of.
I could see a season 2 where each episode follows a different world or character, not connected to eachother. For example 1 episode depicting what all the Jasons are doing in that universe. Maybe some could create a company together? a club of Jasons? Would some or all of them stay in contact or even stick together? Would they disperse all over the world? Maybe leaving a message to all new arrivals explaining what happened so they have the opportunity to either stay or give a shot to another universe?
I thought it was a really good story, but a few things i could not wrap my head around. How did they pay for things when they were traveling between multiverses, and, how would you explain no one questioning this random giant box in the middle of a highway.. in a park.. etc..
Yeah the box always happening to appear in an abandoned location seems a little too lucky...
And yeah, the book gets more into how he and Amanda are running low on cash but the show doesn't get into it. The series does show that different worlds have different looking money based on what Jason2 has in his storage locker which I thought was a cool detail.
Dont forger. Jason 2 can't make the ampules. He steals them or has ryan make them. But he doesnt have ryan anymore so.... He can't make them for the other jason 1's
I can understand why Blake Crouch expanded his book for the possibility of further seasons. The same applies to the so-called loose ends with Blair Caplan, Leighton Vance and Detective Jamie Mason which will be picked up in the second season, should Apple TV decide to give it another season. I read the book when it first came out so I was perfectly fine with the TV show as most of the intricate plot details were slightly sketchy to me. What I DO remember is liking the book immensely. The show was just as much fun, but perhaps a little too drawn out. Nevertheless, it was one of the best TV shows of this year.
Yeah agreed!
Nice idea for a channel. Always down to read before watching
the lottery system is so ridiculous it sounds like comedy honestly 😭
Loved the show and the finale. My only question would be, how was Ryan looking for Amanda when they never met in the first place?
Yeah I'm not sure how he would have known about her...
I think Ryan was looking for people who were dead or missing for a couple of years and suddenly appeared like Amanda
maybe since ryan was dumped into that world first, he probably sat beside the box contemplating on what to do and around the same time after the sun had risen, he sees jason1 and amanda2 come out of the box, starts following them, unsure which jason version that is, then later on decides to work up the courage to approach amanda2 without jason being around, thinking she might have some answers for him
then we see the scene, amanda's friend mightve been like "uhh there's a creepy man staring at u" so she looks back realizes its ryan, he comes over, she asks "do u know me?" unsure if this world's ryan is connected to her, and he's like "um no but ive been looking for u.."
just a theory tho, since there are infinite amount of parallel universes of possibilities, there are infinite amount of theories lol
Season 2 idea: a rom-com exploring the universe where Daniela did choose the shared custody option.
😂
also when ryan was trapped in his world it was chicago, and he met amanda at the end in seattle, so he had to be tracking her down... but if so how and why? they never crossed paths before? but ryan knows how to make the drug and now he knows amanda, so he is definitley going to be a protagonist szn 2
Yeah that's a good question...
My guess is that he set up some sort of camera/surveillance around the box to find out if Jason 2 ever came back. Maybe he could have looked back and saw that Amanda and Jason 1 came together while also seeing that Jason 1 left so she was the only one to find. just a thought because i asked the same thing
@@anthonyleluika7240 Damn... thats smart asf, good theory bro... ryan would definitley set up a camera system especially since hes the smart one who also figured out the drug formula
@@anthonyleluika7240it didn't cross my mind .. wow it's possible
@@anthonyleluika7240 i dont think he had time to set up surveillance, could be jason2 dumped ryan, ryan sat beside the box until the sun has risen, contemplating on what to do, thats when jason1 and amanda2 come through the box and he sees them, meanwhile jason2 is busy with blocking the box with a concrete wall, then the detective shows up asking questions, while all that is happening with jason2, jason1 and amanda tour the new world, jason1 says goodbye to amanda, spends a few days or less than a week, traveling worlds, taking his time to get the right world, meanwhile while thats happening, jason2 freaked out after the detective's second meet up, breaks the concrete wall, brings mechanic ryan back and thats when we see jason1 get his last ampoule right, coming through the broken concrete wall, and that was before daniela went to visit mechanic ryan and before she broke into the storage unit and started getting super sus.
basically ryan wasnt in the new world that long before they came through, since the timeline from when he was dumped to when jason2 broke the wall to get mechanic ryan was short, during which jason1 and amanda went to the new world and jason1 ended up in his home world.
so basically ryan just followed amanda2 until jason1 left cause he cant trust any jasons and maybe took his time until he felt like he can trust amanda2 enough to approach her with questions.
whats really cool about all the evil jasons is no matter how evil they are they wouldnt dare hurt daniela and charlie.... like thats pretty chill for jason 1 to know that hes chill like that
Well, in the show, Jason1 did find a world where Daniella called the police because her "violent ex-husband broke out of prison" and is in her house. So, potentially, some of them could be abusive husbands too.
@@007NowOnlinei thought all the jasons we saw were just alternates of the prime jason specifically not other versions (that could be the abusive ones)
@@user-rz6bi5cs9y Jason prime and the flip of a coin decision leads to two new Jason’s. Their flip of a coin leads to four new Jason’s. They were identical up until that first choice split. So the moment of kidnapping drugged and put into the box is exactly the same for alllll of them. But what happened next had infinite variations because any choice that could be made, go left or right, spawned infinite others. And some of those made it back home
@@007NowOnline that was a world where he”could have been” but at some point made an entirely different choice. Like all of the worlds we saw where he was alive still. Like his own world he was ripped from. So yes. There can be a violent one. There can be a hippy version etc etc. but that’s not Jason prime (kidnapped Jason) and his variants
Great review. I agree. I loved the book but I think that the show was better and more detailed. I do hope though that they can find a way to continue the story line and also show us new and exciting dystopian and utopian worlds. Or do a spin off with the other characters..... So much more potential and plotlines to be had.
Thanks!
Thanks for this. Now I can binge on it.
The marquee that shows It's a Wonderful Life, is also lists Upgrade, which is another Blake Crouch book.
Upgrade is such a fun movie
It was such a fantastic adaptation. And the stuff they added to the show just enriched the story. I remember plowing through the book so fast. It's one of my favorites and even so, I think I loved the show more.
Agreed!
I hv a theory about the other Jasons that were left behind.. they are all different versions of our Jason with the same motivation to go back to thier family.
I would love if Jason 2 in season 2 makes ampules and help the other Jasons to find a world created from different decisions made from Jason 2 and Daniela and Charlie.. they would go to .
The show and book only focused on our Jason. Although every decision they made differently would creat a new world
Example.. When our Jason and Amanda from her world tried to escape a couple of hours later . So this means that infinite number of worlds of our Jason were created when Jason 2 came .
I really felt so sorry for the other Jasons i cryed when they let them go . Its so painful to lose a loved one 😣
Yeah such a great but sad scene at the end!
damn pretty and brains the world has hope
clearly book doesnt win. lol. mental gymnastics
In the video I say the show wins.
i also dont get how there were so many at the end like how did they all conquer their emotions to find this exact world?
Seems so!
Love ..
They all loved Daniela and Charlie so much .
a vast majority of Jasons probably didn't find back at all and got lost. We only see the once who managed to do it.
@@CodepageNet Damn imagine the others
Congrats this is an excellent analysis of book v screen adapt. I do have one minor quibble. I read the book twice --like you-- and --like you & Blake Crouch-- think the series is an improvement on the book. However I loved the book equally both times I read it. On 1st read I was sooo caught up in the action & the thrills (imagine Jason Bourne in a sci-fi setting) that the emotional heft didn't register. The emotions & heart caught me by surprise on the 2nd read. So I liked the book as much the 2nd time around. The lead performances by Edgerton , Connelly & Braga absolutely lifted this show above the book. I remember Edgerton from his cameo in the great "Zero Dark Thirty", but Braga was a new face to me. I've seen Connelly numerous times & have always liked her. IMO she's never been better than she was in this series. Her performance in the "Jupiter" episode is jaw dropping. The acting, editing & production all around are Oscar worthy (if they qualified). Finally whoever thought of choosing that particular song by Coldplay from their 1st album in that particular spot in the finale is genius. Finally Part 2: the show was originally slated to be 8 episodes but Blake & EP Matt Tolmach decided that it needed a 9th episode after seeing a 1st cut & they were right.
Thanks! And yeah I hope this gets some Emmy nominations!
Congrats you come off as a Person that loves smell there own farts with crap like I read the book twice wow just wow you read a book not once but twice
I would’ve preferred only 2 jasons, but still loved the show though i feel like multiversal travel might be worse than time travel
Seriously! I would much rather time travel.
i think multiversal stories can make more sense than time travel, which just about always don't work if you think it thru.
Did I miss something or the show didn't explain why OG Jason created copies but Jason 2 didn't create any
Hmm good question. there has to be Jason2 copies out there but maybe they didn't make it back to the original world and ended up with a Daniela from another world...?
@@WhytheBookWins wouldn't at least one of them return to the original world? He has been missing for a year
He probably did but they're not the focus of the story.
I refuse to believe the author wasn't somehow influenced by steins;gate, which I strongly recommend watching if you really enjoyed the whole premise of timeline divergence and struggling to get back to your native reality.
Also, I loved the double plot-twist ending! It's rare to watch something I can't easily predict the ending of, and this one did it twice within like ten minutes!
My theory is the book and the tv show are different Jason 1’s which is just 👌🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Hearing you recap the complicated multiple storylines reminded me of being in Advanced Chemistry class in high school. I could hear my teacher talking but my mind started to wander and I found myself thinking of Cher's 1970's hit song "Dark Lady" which I highly recommend you watch on youtube as she sings with a giant hat on her head in glorious 1970's Cher style. Sorry, back to Dark Matter. I tapped out after episode 3 and would have stayed with it if was 6 episodes but didn't have it in me to watch all 9 hours. Thank you Laura for letting me know how it ended and seriously...watch that Cher video !!!
Its jason 1 cause of the nose part. And not all jasons have the fake ring . Only the original one made that decision
you would think that there would be a junkie addict jason at 1 point lol that wouldve been more realistic, imagine hes all shooting upon the street all homeless trying to pretend hes shooting the box drug, and everyone around him thinks hes crazy when hes talking about how he used to time travel in a box lol
That one probably does exist! He just didn't make it back to the original world
nope jjust nope it was boring as sin the sets ups are just that set ups not much gets payed off the eps in the box were fun then most the b plot and c plait was boring
Your are very pretty ❤ you look good when you speak ❤😊😊😊
Thanks! I was so hype on reading the book 😅
Great review thanks!
I think they already renew season 2. Probably they are going to focus on other versions of the family, probably they are going to leave Jason 1 with their happy ending
Glad you liked my review!
Yeah I'm sure you're right, as well as showing what ryan and Amanda are up to!
How is one Jason creating other Jasons and the other doesn't?
I love your channel! Thank you for doing it! By the way, you look like the great Vera Farmiga.
I'm glad you like my channel 😀 And wow, I have never heard that one but she is beautiful so thank you!
Imagine being the people left behind in Jason 1's timeline, like "where the fuck did all these dead bodies come from?!, A whole ass family is missing!!, What in the almighty fuck happened to our vacation house?!, Why are all these random cars crashed/abandoned/stolen?!" 🤣 That poor detective gonna get fired for sure 😭
Lol that's so true 😆
I loved this show but the last episodes had me scratching my head sometimes. How did Daniella accept this Jason was hers so easily? What happened with Blaire and Jason2 at the house? How likely is it that Jason2 and Jason/Amanda both dreamed up the same utopia? I’ll suspend my disbelief on the last one because I like those characters so much and want them to meet up. I also don’t understand how the Jasons “spawned.” I don’t know that this is a shortcoming of the writing or I just can’t get my head around it.
You make some good points!
Daniela: I was married with 1 man
All Jasons: you have hundreds of husbands…
Daniela:… that sounds more like a nightmare
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They didn't show us what happened to Layton from Jasons 2 universe. Is he alive or dead . Or where is he
Seemed like he was dying last we saw.
Why there was only one Jason 2 and not more?
Blake Crouch did a reddit AMA and he said for the sake of having a more streamlined plot, he didn't include multiple Jason2's. He wanted the story to be focused on Jason1.
@@WhytheBookWins thank you
Oh, give me a break. Alice Braga is a terrible actress, and her chemistry with Joel Edgerton is horrible.
Thanks for sharing your opinion! I loved their scenes together though.
Now we want book vs series of Three Body Problem😊
I tried reading that book but quit halfway through 😖 there were things I liked but overall I felt like so much was going over my head
@@WhytheBookWins I also tried to read it but i don’t know why i can’t read fictional books, and there are videos on RUclips of this book but i just don’t like them, and I thought you would explain it because i love your way how you relate books to tv😊
So I kind of lost interest in the finale but what I want to know is where is the detective and what a freak out in that world do all the other Jason’s disappear step in the box and disperse ?
Things are resolved with the detective since a new Ryan has shown up. But hard to say what will happen with all of the other Jason's.
The book has been my favorite stand-alone story of all time. Like you mentioned, the twist of having duplicates of Jason1 arrive back in their world blew my mind. But, Blake Crouch did an amazing job with the show and even exceeded the book. I literally weeped the whole final episode because how perfect it was. Great analysis.
Left when I saw the tattoos.
I also loved the show more than the book .
The thought about Rayan and Amanda is that Rayan maybe was looking for people who were dead or missing for a couple of years and suddenly appeared like Amanda ..
I really would love to hv a season 2
Since this is a story that involves infinite possibilities/storylines, it could be possible that season 2 could be a follow up of both the show and the book 🤷♀
Would you ever do a book to show video on interview with the vampire by Anne rice season 2 just finished airing 🤔📚
Potentially, I would most likely start with the original movie.
@@WhytheBookWins good idea thanks for answering my question
16:28- The detective situation was about getting rid of ryan. didnt it lead to ryan not telling on jason. It also showed the decline of jason 2.
Hopefully you read and review Wayward Pines. I have not read the book yet but I recently finished the show, was looking for something similar and found out about Dark matter under similar watches.
I'll say Black Crouch really does like a lead guy trying to figure out where they are and whats happening. Wayward pines season 1 is really good. The mystery and answers keeps you hooked.
Yeah I've heard great things about Wayward Pines both book and show!
Wow, Book vs Show is super cool - thank you! The thing I was most confused about in Ep.8 is why “Our Jason” doesn’t explain in detail more about the box (how it works) to Daniela & Charlie until after they’re on the run together… Seems like Daniela immediately grasps what’s going on and deeply trusts “Our Jason” but he didn’t even explain the complexities to them. I honestly believe they had filmed a scene where Jason explains the box, but they scrapped it since it’s not easy to explain succinctly what’s going on with the box…..
In the book, and I think the show as well, Jason had been working on a mini version of the box when he and Daniela had been dating. So she was aware of what was potentially possible with a larger version of the box. Granted, that was like 16 years ago for her so I'm sure her memory on it would have been a little foggy lol.
Thanks for the great video. I just discovered your channel cause I really loved the show. But the whole concept of this channel is very interesting. I would love to see a comparison of the movie "The Beach" and its novel. Or "The Neverending Story" Book by Michael Ende and movie by Wolfgang Petersen, which is one of my all-time favorite childhood movies. But I read the book a few years ago and loved it even more... Greetings from Cologne/Germany ❤
I covered The Beach a couple years ago, but I would love to read and watch it again and make a new video for it! I loved that book so much.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@WhytheBookWins wow, didn't found it on your channel, but maybe I have to check it again. I didn't check the whole catalog of yours, but I definitely will. Another recommendation that just crossed my mind is my absolute favorite book "Perfume" by Patrick Süskind. It is so amazingly beautiful written and fascinating story. Almost impossible to transfer into a movie. But they did it and I would love to know your opinion on it. Even though I have a feeling that you are going to tell me that you already have done it... haha.
Thanks for the response, I really appreciate it. Keep up the good work!!!
@@CologneSouljah I've never heard of that one, I'll look into it!
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@@WhytheBookWins Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Author: Patrick Süskind, John E. Woods (Translator)
Movie is directed by Tom Tykwer
I am glad. Because I am not a good book reader.
I fully believe the Jason who ends up with Daniela at the end is the original Jason. What would be the point of swapping the original out?
But all of the Jason's are the "original"... But I see what you mean, that it makes more sense for the audience to have been watching the same Jason all along.
@@WhytheBookWins But the all the otherJasons split off from the original into different Jasons at the moment Jason 2 swapped universes with him. But the original Jason was in Jason 2’s exact universe. Everything that happens to original Jason in the Jason 2 universe is a shared realty with Jason 2. I could be totally confused, though. Lol
@@belaswhicker2033 no, only one Jason arrived in "bad" Jasons universe. they multiplied by different decisions trying to get back to the correct universe, that's why they all accumulated there. all of them are infact the exact same original Jason, they are just different because of different, more or less traumatic experiences leading them back to the original universe where they were kicked out from.
@@CodepageNet But there’s a direct line to the original Jason who went into the box first and survives down the line.
@@belaswhicker2033 in what regard is there a direct line? yes, we clearly follow this one Jason 1. But i think the other Jasons are Jasons that took other decisions after he got abducted.
I love this TV show but the final episode was too rushed, should have been 2 episodes
The show was too long on its own
Did evil Layton die if so, I missed that did they allude to it I was waiting to see how or if he died in the end montage but nope I thought maybe that character is going to be used if there is a season 2.
We saw him at the end of one of the previous episodes and he was bloody and looked like he was on his last leg. It didn't show whether he actually died or not though.
@@WhytheBookWins seeing as mental state has such a strong influence on the worlds one opens I think he’s pretty screwed
Great Review - Thanku :)
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Jason has some serious mental issues, the experiences he and his alters have had are certainly traumatizing but they take place over a somewhat short amount of time. For his alters to end up be so divergent from one another is a bit worrisome. It’s understandable that Jason 2 is drastically different, they are split by 17 years, the alters though, they shouldn’t be so wildly different.
Hmm yeah I don't know, some of them went through some really traumatic stuff and the mental toll of being in the box isn't something we can understand since it doesn't exist.
to me this is a terrible show.. terrible story.. it makes no logical sense using drugs inside a box to skipped towards other dimensions ?? It breaks all rules of time travel and space. Total disaster! Apple TV has the worst shows of all the platforms. No surprised there.
it's not time travel. look up the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics by Hugh Everett, that's what this show is about. Sean Carroll has many good videos about it. aside from the thing with puttig your brain into superposition, this was actually very well excecuted from a scientific standpoint.