OUR FIRST TIME WATCHING THE MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE
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- Опубликовано: 3 фев 2024
- Thomas leads some escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may be the deadliest maze. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions that the Gladers have been asking since they arrived in the maze.
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48:05 it's pretty subtle but, with Teresa's hesitation, they probably implied she felt too guilty to continue living like the others and so decided to kill herself
i love how she started calling Thomas, “Tommy” 😭
interesting that you were saying how the scene when Thomas was climbing out on top of the car to get to the train looked dangerous. Because the actor Dylan O'Brien was horribly injured to his head and almost died during the filming of that and they had to stop production for awhile.
Yes! It was delayed almost a year for him to recover. He almost didn’t return to acting after this horrible accident.
it was such a tragic accident, I feel for dylan omg.
The way you guys felt for Newt and even didn't want him to kill himself shows your true compassion. You guys are awesome!
FUN FACT: this was shot in Cape Town South Africa. That’s where I’m currently at rn. It’s a beautiful city. It’s so funny though bc everytime I watch this, I see the bus station i use everyday in the background, and it’s so weird to me.
50:26 teary eyes, teary eyes every time for Newt's letter 🖤.
9:35 the simulation works as a stressful/ harsh environments for the brain. In this way the body produces the enzyme (that has to be harvested from the blood) and therefore the antibodies against the virus.
Dylan (Thomas) nearly died filming this movie he had a terrible accident while performing one of his stunts. So when you said ‘that looks so dangerous’ all I could think was yes 😂
The scream at 41:36 was my favorite part😭😭
4:30am and i’m still up doing my nails… thanx for the late night upload!! ✌🏾🖤
You never saw him die...you saw Chuck die..nothing to explain..he got hit with the spear..but it never got his heart
Just for the sake of enlightenment, newt wasn't mad at Tommy because he's dying, he's angry because the illness works on your mind, causing you to become more feral and aggressive.
16:35 Mair’s walk-always are always funny to me. Love those moments.
41:34 yeah that moment was crazy.
48:06 another one.
Enjoyed your reaction to the series.
It's been forever since I last read the books but Newt was one of the people who isn't immune to the virus. Bit or not, him turning was inevitable.
edit: Newt's death was extra painful in the books :'(
(Before reading further, be warned there are some "Maze Runner" saga book spoilers. It's assumed you've seen all the films at this point. Btw, Theresa made a choice not to save herself.)
If you know your classics, the "Maze Runner" is a retelling of Theseus and the Minotaur, of course. I'm not alone in making this connection, but it's a surprisingly select club. That's rather sad. Naturally, Thomas is Theseus, the hero. The Glade and the Gladers are Athens and Athenian youth, respectively. The Grievers are the Minotaur, the monster that feeds on the Athenian youth who have been offered as sacrificial victims. The Minotaur is half man, half bull. The Grievers are half organic, half machine. The WCKD mechanism that's found in the crushed Griever is Ariadne's thread, the key out of the maze. WCKD is King Minos, which rather coincidentally sounds like Minho. The maze motif is repeated in the "Scorch Trials" and "Death Cure."
The Glade's Athens is, however, more like "The Lord of the Flies" than classical Greece. Themes in that well-known classic include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality. Things which we do see play out in Thomas and the Gladers. Consider Alby's interactions with Thomas. He sees Thomas as different, curious. He seems to be warning Thomas not to be a nonconformist. Alby makes Thomas sign a contract of sorts with the Glade by having Thomas etch his name on the wall. The crossed-out names may represent prior non-conformists. When Thomas notices them, Alby says somewhat menacingly: "Those were dark days." George's name is highlighted for us. Later, Thomas finds George's partially buried remains. Interestingly, this dark place of death is where Ben attacks Thomas. In the second film, we discover George is Brenda's brother, and George looks like Thomas. So, was George a Thomas-like precursor in the Glade? Did George break the rules and did that lead to his death?
Thomas is the archetypal tragic hero. Tragic heroes are characters of elevated stature, both in birth and morality. Like most heroes, he has above-average intelligence, which means he has situational awareness; he's determined, which means he is firmly set in opinion or purpose; and he has a loyal close friend who guides, advises and helps him as he faces his trials. In the films, Newt clearly fits the role as Thomas' helper, his Ariadne. The Theseus myth also emphasizes the power of love. Ariadne helps because she has fallen in love with Theseus.
As a tragic hero, Thomas is subject to a collective fate, the will of the gods, if you will, which had precipitated the solar flares that scorched the Earth and indirectly brought about the Flare virus. A common attribute of the tragic hero is that he once held a lofty position from which he has now been cast down. Thomas' hamartia has visited his own individual fate upon himself which prompts his present adventure-journey. His moral choices while part of WCKD led him to immoral behavior, the torture and deaths of his friends. In this way, Thomas assumed the role of a god over the Gladers. That's hubris. Humans, even if they're heroes, have to be taught they are not a god. Thomas' eventual rebellion precipitated his downfall and the tragic course his subsequent life followed.
Tragic heroes suffer, and so Thomas suffers. He suffers because of his lost status, he suffers because of his past actions, he suffers because he's lost his identity and been condemned to the trials, he suffers because he's been betrayed, and he suffers most because of the deaths of companions he lost along his adventure-journey. Although Thomas' flaw is great, he has our sympathy, and we pity him. Ultimately Thomas' suffering leads him to an epiphany at the end of the third film. By this time, Thomas has gained the strength to accept his destiny which he will meet even if it means his death. Tragic heroes almost always die. This is without doubt what the epilogue of the final film means. Thomas is going back to the WCKD world, and he is going to offer himself up as a cure even if it means his life. Unlike the books, film Thomas is not going to remain in the Safe Haven with Brenda to live happily ever after. Even though WCKD's HQ was destroyed along with the city, there were more than one WCKD lab and installation referenced in the films. It's a pity there wasn't a fourth film made where we would see our hero, Thomas, noble to the end, achieve his ultimate destiny and be reunited with Newt in the Elysian Fields. That would have made a very good trio into a great quartet.
It seems incredible but heroic stories often follow the same basic pattern. In his book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," Joseph Campbell, distilled the world's myths into a common structure which he called the monomyth or hero's journey. It's very concisely summarized as follows: A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man. That's the "Maze Runner" film saga in a nutshell.
Very broadly, the films actually do follow the outline of the books but differ in detail markedly. Personally, I prefer the films to the books. It's a matter of taste, I suppose. The books are darker than the films. That doesn't mean I didn't like the books. They held my interest, and I look forward to reading "The Fever Code." People frequently complain because a film doesn't follow a book exactly. There are obvious reasons why this is rarely possible, and it's often not even desirable. Books and films are two different art forms. There are different creative impulses at work in each. People need to understand the "Maze Runner" books and films as depicting two separate universes which, although inhabited by the same people facing similar challenges, evolve differently. They are going to diverge, and vive la difference! If all is done well, and the films were done very well, it doubles the fun.
There were a couple of striking differences between the books and the films that really stood out to me. Although book Thomas may be heroic, he's not a tragic hero like film Thomas, at least in my opinion. Book Thomas often thinks things like I didn't really know those Gladers so I wasn't affected when they died in that horrible manner. Cold and unfeeling, right? That's not film Thomas at all. Book and film Thomas are two different people. Also, unlike film Thomas, it's clear book Thomas hasn't been transformed in any substantial way by the end of his adventure-journey. There's no epiphany or moment of self-realization. He's merely completed his trek. He's had adventures along the way, experienced bad times and lost travelling companions, but it's all over now, and that's that. Time to settle down. Book Thomas is more like Odysseus come back to Ithaca to be with Brenda, his Penelope.
In the first film, Thomas' dream-visions hint at his backstory and make his character ambiguous. Is Gally right about him? Then there is Theresa. In our hero's adventure-journey, Theresa clearly represents the monomyth's temptress who tries to derail him. Unlike Thomas, she completely breaks the Glade's paradigm. Her arrival is untimely, she's female, and she heralds the end of the Glade's supply lifeline. Totally inauspicious. Kaya Scodelario does a good job of making her character seem suspect from the get-go. There always seems to be a mistrust-invoking aura about her. There are interesting parallels between Theresa and Thomas. Both Theresa and Thomas are betrayers. Which one is evil depends on your answer to the films' theme: Does the end justify the means? They both want a cure for the Flare. However, Theresa/WCKD are ruthless in pursuit of a cure, willing to sacrifice however many young people it takes. Thomas, on the other hand, is completely altruistic. He will sacrifice himself but not others. How can you not but admire and love Thomas?
One thing about the tragic hero motif is that those nearest and dearest to the hero often wind up either in some sort of deadly peril or just plain dead. Most often, it's dead. So, as you're watching the films you might ask yourself: Who's closest to Thomas?
The Flare virus is the "Maze Runner" saga's MacGuffin. Therefore, you really shouldn't try to make too much out of it. The "Maze Runner" trials mean to precisely isolate and produce the curative enzyme so humanity can be saved even if it means killing the immunes.
The WCKD agenda begs the question of does the end justify the means, a principle often associated with totalitarianism, which is the central theme of the "Maze Runner." The principle is part and parcel of consequentialism, a teleological theory that says whether an action is morally good or bad depends on its outcomes. The more good outcomes outnumber the bad, the better/more moral the action. Under this rubric if WCKD finds a cure, then WCKD is very good, indeed.
To sum up, these are very good and quite entertaining films which touch upon deep waters. Well-acted and well-crafted, too. The production crew and the actors together created an excellent trilogy.
i think the resaon why teresa didnt jump beacause she felt guilty about what she'd done to the group
there are two more books but they’re not really continuations- one is a prequel that takes place before Thomas went into the maze, and the other is sort of a spin-off with different characters.
Mair needs to let Sophie cook he’s been doing this since thrones where she’s literally right and he talks over her our cuts her off to confuse her point. Mair be overthinking every plot point but Sophie be hitting it right on the head and he swears he know what he talking about #letsophiecook 😂
Was waiting for this!❤️
been waiting for the third one… imo the maze runner is my favorite movie, may be kinda old but its so good
It’s sad how Thomas didn’t just connect with Brenda cause he was to busy with having feelings for the traitor lol when Brenda was clearly giving off the impression that she likes him
32:47 they both tried to dodge😂😂😂
There are five books in total but only three movies I haven't read the other two but one is called "the crank palace" what is about newt I think and the other is "fever code"
There’s actually 8 books now and soon to be 9. There’s the main trilogy. Then there’s The Fever Code and The Kill Order which are prequels. The fever code is about the gladers growing up in the WCKD compound. Its a very good book and you learn a lot of new really interesting information that makes the original trilogy even better. The Kill Order is about how the flare came to be. Next is Crank Palace which is The Death Cure from Newt’s POV. And most recently there is The Maze Cutter and The Godhead Complex which are sequels. The Maze Cutter picks up 70ish years after The Death Cure. The Godhead Complex is the sequel to the Maze Cutter. And the 3rd book to the Sequels trilogy is being written currently.
Teresa acc purposefully chose NOT to go with Thomas. As y'all said she would have made it : (
Would yall like to see a maze runner show that focuses on a different maze bc in scorch trials they said they weren’t the only maze and one was also all girls. Or even a Maze that completely fails ?
The wayyy i was rolling when say what do u mean😂😂😂😂
that was the end. They aint making a 4th movie.
Divergent next ?? Also I would skip the last movie of divergent it wasn’t good.
41:35 got me cryinggggg laughing LOOOOOOL . Real.
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Aight yall… I’m not askin for specifics, but plz tell me yall are somewhere close to Philly. Yall’s accents give a few places!!
in the books brenda and thomas are together
Imma watch this movie reaction before I go to college 😂💯
Hey mair and sophie ❤ Love your reactions!
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I highly recommend two great dark comedies to react to:
- Heathers (a classic✨ with Winona Ryder)
- Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (the movie from 2004 with Jim Carrey)
also, another great one, is the Men in Black from 1997! 😎
When they were in the elevator they didn’t have a suppressor for the handgun so they can pop him in back of his head
as a person who read the trilogy & is a teresa hater for life, the death was too nice LOLLLLLL
I loved these reactions! This was my favorite book and movie series of all time when I was a teenager. Super fun to watch yall watch them for the first time.
To answer some of y’all questions:
There is no plans to make anymore movie in this franchise. Until last year there was no books after The Death Cure. There were prequel books but not sequels. Thomas looking out at the ocean holding the cure is supposed to symbolize hope for the future. Things can get better. And also a him looking back at how far they’ve come. It wasn’t supposed to be a hint at another movie. Last year the author of the series did finally release a new book that takes place after The Death Cure. BUT it takes place 70 years later. It isn’t as good as the original 3 books. I personally think the book shouldn’t have been written. I liked the ending of the death cure. So to me it was very unnecessary and undid things from the originals trilogy. But if you are interested in reading it it’s called The Maze Cutter. It didn’t sell well so there are no plans to make it a movie.
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Sorry to say, I didn't feel sorry for Teressa, she caused alot of deaths. She didn't go on the plane because she knew what she had done, and wanted to atone for her actions.
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Mair….just stop talking 😂. you always wrong. “you have some explaining to do” *yall then proceed to talk over his explanation*