fun fact; Sonya (the blonde girl who was in the same maze as Aris) is Newt's baby sister but they never find that out because they both never got their memories back. It's revealed in the prequel book
@@Mer1010 he did remember her, just not like, her her. he remembered he had a sister named lizzie, from the crank palace. just didn't remember enough to know it's sonya.
I read the book too. It's really sad that Newt, even in the books, didn't know that Sonya was her sister. His sole recollection of her was that he had a sister named "Lizzie," which was Sonya's actual name, Elizabeth. In the books, they were inseparable from the outset until their capture by WCKD, who manipulated their memories by separating them into two distinct mazes. I was saddened when he died. This movie could've at least made Newt remember Sonya (Elizabeth) but we don't always get what we want lol
In books there is no cure, which makes everything so much sadder!! Newt's sister was immune, he wasn't, but he did everything he could to go with her to protect her :( From what I remember, for a while, or maybe his whole life, he remembers having a sister, he just doesn't know who it is. At the end of his novella there is one of the saddest passages in the entire series, just before he died: "Newt had a hard time thinking straight. Harder than ever. Thoughts had ceased to form in any coherent manner. But he was aware of the rush of feeling that spread through his heart. Sonya was alive. Sonya was alive. The joy was matched only by his sadness that he’d never see her again, see her with memories intact." 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
well in the books Brenda is immune to the flare virus. However in the movies she's not. But she was still able to survive due to the enzymes created by the doctor/scientist at the camp of the right arm.@@justlive2809
I will forever love Newt and I will forever find myself crying over his death...hurts everytime like I've lost someone very close...Thanks for sharing this segmant from The Crank Palace. I haven't had the chance to read but someday I pray I'll be able to ❤
Also in the books Newt's death happens differently. Nwet gets very aggressive with Thomas and begs for him to kill him and Thomas gives in and shoots him in the head before the city falls. No one ever sees and noo one knows that Thomas was the one who killed him :(
im sorry miss girl, when you asked how did he know that was thomas in the solider suit, i was like "sis, he shoulder checked him!" lmaoo he gave himself away with that, no solider is gonna bump into the man in charge😂
I don’t know if you’ve been told this, but in the books and in a deleted scene of the movie it explains why Newt is so close to Minho. The deleted scene is when Newt shows that’s he’s infected to Thomas, and explains to him that when they were in the maze he was also a runner and to keep things short he climbed to the top of a wall in the maze and jumped. He mangled his leg really bad- which is why he has a permanent limp and is second in command since he couldn’t run well with a limp. Minho was the one who found and saved him. So when he was taken he needed to save minhos life like minho saved his. 😢 sad
Trust me, I'm not team Teresa, but a bit of what she was probably thinkin: - She called Thomas back because she thought/hoped it would be her and Ava that worked on the cure using Thomas, who would've came willingly this time (letting the other immunes go) - Then Janson killed Ava and knocked Thomas out - Thomas is too heavy for Teresa to carry unconscious (she barely helps move him injured but walking); so she had to wait for him to wake up (I don't think she ever agrees completely to working with Janson, mostly lets him think she's on his side, and he just keeps telling her info; so she keeps letting him talk. A keep your friends close and your enemies closer kinda mindset.) My only real issue is she waited to knock Janson out, but I guess she wanted to wait until he was really distracted laying out his evil master plan and gloating to Thomas. She also didn't double-tap him when he was down either~ But I guess that's in line with her character mostly (at least in the movies); she doesn't like killing with her own hands.
she clearly say that she didn't want anybody dead .. but her actions did lead some of them to die .. but i kinda understand her tho do you imagine being a child and saw your mom with her eyes out ? that would be traumatic to remember something like that ..
They didn't really go into it in the movie series if I remember correctly, but Aris was essentially the Teresa of the girls group. They had two Mazes running side by side essentially. Group A was the boys, and Group B was the girls. During their Maze Trial, they escaped from the Maze three days faster and lost fewer people than the Gladers, showing that they were significantly more capable than the Gladers. And then it's been a while since I read the books, but if I remember the Scorch Trials in the books were quite different than the movie; the girls group was told they had to kill Thomas if they wanted their cure when they got to their safe haven.
It's only two movies, but Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2 U are both a LOT of fun imo!!! The Final Destination franchise would also be a lot of fun to see you react to!!
I read this theory a while ago and it might be a little bit out there but before Newt died he stabbed Thomas in the chest AND DREW SOME BLOOD before getting stabbed himself, so maybe there is a chance that their blood mixed therefore saving Newt in the end? But since the crew kinda just left him there we will never truly find out☹
as a fan of tmr since 2013 (finished all books, movies, novellas- however, i’m waiting for the godhead’s complex to be released in the next 4 days) newt was the first human i EVER cried over- usually its just dogs 😭💔 he honestly deserved so much more, and crank palace (a novella from newt’s perspective of tdc)- heartbreaking. i cried way too much 💔
@@lexibroadbent1467 it's worse in the books. Thomas wanted to go into the maze to save his friends but Theresa betrayed him and told wckd to wipe his memory and send her with him without wiping hers
Done. It was such a great but also sad conclusion. I miss Newt, but Theresa can kick rocks. I hate it when shows try to suggest that trauma will warp you into accepting cruel choices. At least in this film, she got ended. I'm good with that. Shows/films I'd suggest watching next: Shadow and Bone (2 seasons - Netflix), Helluva Boss (UA-cam indie series), Found (2023 NBC series), Twitches (movie), M3gan (film), Gen V (Amazon series), Renfield (film), John Wick films, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film) and The Woman King (film).
A not-so-fun fact: Dylan O’Brien (Thomas) got traumatically injured filming the scene at the beginning. He wasn’t able to film for months. To this day, he struggles talking about the accident because it gives him panic attacks.
One of my friends spoiled the ending with Newt before I finished the second movie and I didn't even want to watch the third one. I did watch it, and as much as I loved Newt, it wasn't quite as sad as I'd expected.
I've been waiting so long for your reaction to this movie, and now I can't bring myself to watch it because I know I'm going to cry very hard over Newt's death 😢
You know... I knew exactly what was going to happen in the end of this movie, I knew exactly what I was singning up for by watching this video, but... Newt's death made me feel bad all over again... I think the fact he could have been saved if there was a little more time adds up to the sad moment, and watching it again makes me see SO MANY moments they could have saved him but missed the opportunity aaagh, I totally get your frustration Btw... On rewatch, I realized something... Yes, Teresa could have got on the aircraft... But she hesitated because she felt guilty and... Kinda felt she didn't deserve to be rescued... And maybe some people agree, she really didn't deserve, but it's good if she is aware of that
please please do lord of the rings (extended versions!!!) if you haven’t yet seen it!! would love to see your reaction to that franchise, it’s my all time favourite and it’s soo good!
if you like the maze runner movies and hunger games movies you should for sure watch the divergent movies if you haven’t already, They’re really good and similar.
Here endeth the third lesson of this amazing heroic trilogy. Although these films were adapted from a YA series of books, they are adult films, not YA, which probably explains the reaction of some viewers of that ilk. There is no female protagonist with associated love triangle etc. However, there is a love story, albeit one that's subtly understated. The films do homage to the books, but the universe of the films is not the same as the books. Thomas is very different in the films. You could describe the film trilogy as about selflessness and about a band of brothers, who follow the principle of "No man left behind." You could also say it's about life's stages with the first film being about childhood, the second about adolescence, and the third about adulthood. This only touches the surface, of course. The films are deeply rooted in myth. The most obvious aspect being the ancient Greek myth of "Theseus and the Minotaur." Thomas is, naturally, both the hero Theseus and Daedalus, whereas Newt is Ariadne, and therein lies the trilogy's love story. 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 trilogy in a nutshell. What's the "boon" in the trilogy? Obviously, it's Thomas himself or, more specifically, his blood. He can potentially save mankind. By the end of the third film, Thomas has come to accept this as his destiny which he will meet even if it means his death. Tragic heroes almost always die, and Thomas is a tragic hero. This is without doubt what the epilogue of the final film means. Thomas is going back to the Krank-world, and he is going to offer himself up as a cure even if it means his life is forfeit. Unlike the books, 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. Ask yourself, where was WCKD evacuating to in the third film? The fact that the trilogy doesn't end with a conventional happy-ending like boy-gets-girl or vice-versa, if that's your preference, also sets it apart. Another reason these are adult films. Nevertheless, many people do crave happy-endings. Instead, the film ends on a hopeful note. Thomas is going back. He's not going to stay in the Safe Haven, which, if you think about it, is really a new Glade. He's going to venture out into the maze again, the krank-filled-world. He's going to try to save, in this case, not just Alby and Minho, but the world. It's an open question whether he'll succeed. We hope so, but we don't know. This time the maze might defeat him. The end of the trilogy brings us full-circle, and we're back at the beginning. Thomas and Theresa are basically mirror images of one another. They're both betrayers, and they both want a cure, but they're complete opposites otherwise. The key difference being Thomas is selfless, whereas Theresa is self-centered. Theresa often refers to her own personal history to explain her actions. Thomas never does. To be fair, Thomas can't because his personal history has been erased, but, even so, we can see his altruism is innate. Personal history would have no bearing on his actions. These attributes primarily motivate their respective actions. Hopefully, everyone realizes there's no way Thomas could ever kill Newt, even Flare Newt. The same is true for Newt, but not Flare-Newt, of course. In that gut-wrenching struggle, Thomas would defend himself, but always stop short of killing Newt. Inevitably, Flare-Newt would kill Thomas. To save Thomas, Newt kills himself, instead, and as the Bible says: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Whereas Thomas and Theresa were "oppositum ego," Thomas and Newt were "idem ego." What effect did Newt's death have on Thomas? It's profound. Thomas is palpably different afterwards. He presents a diminished lifeforce and sadness. Not only did Newt die, but Thomas did, too. He will never again be the same person. Newt's death marks a turning point. From that time forward, Thomas will focus on being "the cure." He's not staying in the Safe Haven, he's leaving to save mankind. Thomas is determined to complete WCKD's mission, and we have yet another instance of immense tragic irony when Thomas, for a second time, offers himself to Ava Paige in lieu of the immunes. This time she accepts, and mankind might have been saved then and there, but Jansen, out of pure selfishness, kills her, and destroys the opportunity. The interplay between selflessness and selfishness is another aspect of the trilogy. "Does the end justify the means" represents WCKD's agenda and is the central theme of the "Maze Runner" trilogy. It's a principle often associated with totalitarianism, and the phrase has its origin with Machiavelli, although the idea is much older. 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. Therea/WCKD adhere to this end-means principle rigidly. This principle is, unfortunately, a too common belief today. It allows people to believe their actions are justified regardless of how they go about achieving their desired end result. It potentially allows for all sorts of aberrant behaviors. A rather trivial example of this is the following scenario: My end is to get a certain work promotion. To get it, I work to sabotage all the other candidates. Hopefully, we agree that's not a nice way to behave. This is essentially the viewpoint of WCKD and Theresa, although they are dealing with an end of much greater significance. WCKD and Theresa are totally ruthless in their pursuit of a cure. Thomas, on the other hand, believes that the means are just as important, or, maybe, even more important, than the end. His viewpoint is if the means are morally objectionable in themselves, then this outweighs any potential benefit from the end. In other words, the "how" is just as important as the "why." Thomas, just like WCKD, wants to find a cure to the Flare, he's only opposed to how WCKD tries to do it. Thomas is willing to sacrifice himself to obtain a cure and save humanity. He's not willing, however, to sacrifice the unwilling. Theresa's/WCKD's morality is relativistic and man-centric, whereas Thomas' morality is based on absolute principles and God-centric. Even so, the trilogy challenges both WCKD's and Thomas' perspective, and makes us wonder which one is "right." I'm reminded of Pilate when he said: "What is truth?" We have man's truth, and we have God's Truth. Some miscellaneous observations: Cranks/Kranks. Krank is German for sick, diseased, unwell etc. The English word also has that connotation if you think about it. The purpose of the VR torture/stress isn't to increase heartrate but to alter brain engrams/chemistry. The increased heartrate is only a side-effect. Newt was probably injected with Flare at Jansen's facility. Recall the giant hypo? He was injected in that arm. The mystery is why it took so long to manifest itself. Different people may react differently. Thomas was shot in what looks to be the exact same spot as Ben was stung. By the way, under the circumstances, Thomas would have died from that gunshot wound. The only gripe I have about the films, and it's not really that big a gripe, is that Thomas should have died at the end of the third film. Tragic heroes almost always die, and since there weren't any more films, his arc was incomplete or left to the imagination. Why was Theresa put into the maze? She was always meant to coax Thomas back to WCKD, should he survive, as befits her role as "temptress." Why was Thomas put into the maze? Well, for betraying WCKD, but also to serve as an experimental catalyst to complete the Trial. He was the best and brightest of the immunes. A real genius, actually. His selflessness makes him act impulsively, and he can seem foolhardy as a result. He was Daedalus, the maze-maker etc., after all. Why do Thomas and, apparently, Theresa remember bits of their past, whereas the others don't? That must be by WCKD's design. Perhaps it's part of the coaxing back plan? WCKD always seems to want Thomas back after he escapes the maze. Why does Ben not seem to remember being stung or, presumably, the Griever? We know WCKD can wipe memories. Perhaps WCKD wanted stung boys to return to the Glade sometimes to create the situation he did. So, they'd wipe the memory of the sting/Griever. The Ben episode certainly created a lot of stress/terror for the Gladers, which was part of what the experiment was about. Why does the mob destroy the city? It's part and parcel of the madness of mobs!! Finally, what a fantastic trilogy "Maze Runner" is, especially when you consider all three films only cost $157 million. The average cost for a major Hollywood movie is $100 million. You'd never know it watching these three movies that they were done on the cheap. They come across as much more expensive productions. Hats off to the actors for their incredible performances and the director, crew and SFX folks, too. Job very well done.
@@MiyaElizabethReacts it's not a scene that was actually in the movie but just a blooper where Dylan and Thomas were fooling around and almost kissed on camera
If this movie taught me anything it’s that even in an apocalypse people can’t get along for sht, even to save their lives 🙄 it’s actually problematic. Like the reason they “lost” (I’m counting any loss from the Gladers as a fail btw) was because everyone had a different agenda. A couple groups worked together but the general population? One group wanted to explode stuff (cz that’s so helpful, in an apocalypse…) the other wanted to sacrifice kids to save more kids (🤨???) and the third group just wanted to fckn survive. Like it was obvious the third group would be the only survivors cz they were the only ones trying…to not die…IN AN APOCALYPSE!!! You’d think scientists would be aware that they’re at risk of humans going extinct- like they couldn’t afford any loss and they still risked killing them for the hope of finding a cure. Not even guaranteed. Also what was the fckn point of everything if Thomas had it all along??? Didn’t they take his blood samples back at the wckd compound? Didn’t anybody test it against the virus and realised “omg this destroys the virus! Alert head doctor Paige at once!”?
I was wondering about those blood samples too. They took a lot of smaples from it, so how is it possible that no one found out his blood destroyes the virus. You may think six month would have been enough for that. Beside I can't help thinking that if the doctor among the right arm who treated Branda may have survived she may have been able to develope a cure with Thomas's help.
Yeah the movies destroyed the plot and made a ton of plot holes because of it. In the books it’s explained more clearly and the cure isn’t blood- what would be the point of mazes if it was blood? The cure Is Thomas’s brain. And if Thomas had sacraficed himself then a cure could have been made.
Hard to think we’d ever live in hunger games esc times, but here we are. Witnessing a gen0c!de and war crimes before our very eyes. 🇵🇸🇵🇸FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
just watch the hunger games again and the similarities are chilling. the capitol = israel, the rest of the districts = paletine, the propaganda with peetah, snow = netanyahu, coin = hamas and all the children dying . Free Palastine
After Newt's death the movie is total shit. The first time I saw it, Newt's death was unexpected and was sad, and I was like fucking hell Thomas why didnt you just listen to teresa dude and he knew that Newt was infected so if there was a slightest chance for his survival he should've took it. And people have the audacity to blame Teresa when she was the only way that Newt could 've survived. And oh man I WAITED 3 FUCKING MOVIES FOR A KISS!!! and then she just dies ;-; like bro why. She tried and she succeded she created a cure everything that happened all the sacrifices, all the pain bc it wasnt just the immunes that were dying and in pain but also her bc she saw mihno get ortured infront of her but she knew that this would all be worth it bc it would give another chance to another life and so many more. It's now up to Thomas to honor her sacrifices that she made, the pain she went through, the hate she got from the immunes. Note: Even if Newt went to the safe heaven he wouldn't survive cus the virus is airborne it travels with the wind, so the chance of Newt's survival was actually surrendering to WICKED from the end of TST or listening to Teresa in TDC.
The one thing I wish they had added in the movies was how deep Thomas’s relationship with Brenda got and how in the end they end up together. The last scene of the books is literally them kissing 😢
Listen y’all, Galt I have missed feelings for. But I can’t be the only one that feels things for him when he interrogating Teresa. Like “Don’t look at him. Look at me” I’ll be like “yes sir”🫡🫣😋
fun fact; Sonya (the blonde girl who was in the same maze as Aris) is Newt's baby sister but they never find that out because they both never got their memories back. It's revealed in the prequel book
they did get their memories back, but too late
Well, Newt never really knew she was his sister, but Sonya knew… only it was too late.@@liynne
@@Mer1010 he did remember her, just not like, her her. he remembered he had a sister named lizzie, from the crank palace. just didn't remember enough to know it's sonya.
Yeah that what I meant. He knew he had a sister but didn’t know she was Sonya.@@liynne
I read the book too. It's really sad that Newt, even in the books, didn't know that Sonya was her sister. His sole recollection of her was that he had a sister named "Lizzie," which was Sonya's actual name, Elizabeth. In the books, they were inseparable from the outset until their capture by WCKD, who manipulated their memories by separating them into two distinct mazes. I was saddened when he died. This movie could've at least made Newt remember Sonya (Elizabeth) but we don't always get what we want lol
“This is gunna be fun!” Well…… 😬
Newt is my favorite character so I will uncontrollably sob every time I see him die
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SAAMEEEEE I JUST CANT HOLD THE TEARS😭😭😭😭😭😭
when Newt died that fuckin hurt like bro was so kind
i swear the character thats labelled the "glue" of the group ALWAYS DIES 😭but its the one you love the most
In books there is no cure, which makes everything so much sadder!! Newt's sister was immune, he wasn't, but he did everything he could to go with her to protect her :( From what I remember, for a while, or maybe his whole life, he remembers having a sister, he just doesn't know who it is. At the end of his novella there is one of the saddest passages in the entire series, just before he died:
"Newt had a hard time thinking straight. Harder than ever. Thoughts had ceased to form in any coherent manner. But he was aware of the rush of feeling that spread through his heart. Sonya was alive. Sonya was alive. The joy was matched only by his sadness that he’d never see her again, see her with memories intact."
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not crying, you are.
so brenda never got bitten( in the book) if there no cure ?
@@justlive2809 in the books Brenda is immune and works for dr Paige
well in the books Brenda is immune to the flare virus. However in the movies she's not. But she was still able to survive due to the enzymes created by the doctor/scientist at the camp of the right arm.@@justlive2809
I will forever love Newt and I will forever find myself crying over his death...hurts everytime like I've lost someone very close...Thanks for sharing this segmant from The Crank Palace. I haven't had the chance to read but someday I pray I'll be able to ❤
Also in the books Newt's death happens differently. Nwet gets very aggressive with Thomas and begs for him to kill him and Thomas gives in and shoots him in the head before the city falls. No one ever sees and noo one knows that Thomas was the one who killed him :(
And now... I don't wanna read the books 💔
im sorry miss girl, when you asked how did he know that was thomas in the solider suit, i was like "sis, he shoulder checked him!" lmaoo he gave himself away with that, no solider is gonna bump into the man in charge😂
I don’t know if you’ve been told this, but in the books and in a deleted scene of the movie it explains why Newt is so close to Minho. The deleted scene is when Newt shows that’s he’s infected to Thomas, and explains to him that when they were in the maze he was also a runner and to keep things short he climbed to the top of a wall in the maze and jumped. He mangled his leg really bad- which is why he has a permanent limp and is second in command since he couldn’t run well with a limp. Minho was the one who found and saved him. So when he was taken he needed to save minhos life like minho saved his. 😢 sad
This is the only movie that can make me sob every time I watch it.
and legends say thomas and newt never got togother even though their chemistry is wild.
This is one of my favorite trilogies and ive watched it so many times but Newt's death and his letter to Thomas get me to tears every single time 😭
It doesn't matter how many times I hear it, Newts letter never fails to make me cry
Trust me, I'm not team Teresa, but a bit of what she was probably thinkin:
- She called Thomas back because she thought/hoped it would be her and Ava that worked on the cure using Thomas, who would've came willingly this time (letting the other immunes go)
- Then Janson killed Ava and knocked Thomas out
- Thomas is too heavy for Teresa to carry unconscious (she barely helps move him injured but walking); so she had to wait for him to wake up
(I don't think she ever agrees completely to working with Janson, mostly lets him think she's on his side, and he just keeps telling her info; so she keeps letting him talk. A keep your friends close and your enemies closer kinda mindset.)
My only real issue is she waited to knock Janson out, but I guess she wanted to wait until he was really distracted laying out his evil master plan and gloating to Thomas. She also didn't double-tap him when he was down either~ But I guess that's in line with her character mostly (at least in the movies); she doesn't like killing with her own hands.
she clearly say that she didn't want anybody dead .. but her actions did lead some of them to die .. but i kinda understand her tho do you imagine being a child and saw your mom with her eyes out ? that would be traumatic to remember something like that ..
I’ll never not cry over newt’s death, my poor newtmas heart is forever broken, they deserved to end up happy together idc 😭😭
They didn't really go into it in the movie series if I remember correctly, but Aris was essentially the Teresa of the girls group. They had two Mazes running side by side essentially. Group A was the boys, and Group B was the girls. During their Maze Trial, they escaped from the Maze three days faster and lost fewer people than the Gladers, showing that they were significantly more capable than the Gladers. And then it's been a while since I read the books, but if I remember the Scorch Trials in the books were quite different than the movie; the girls group was told they had to kill Thomas if they wanted their cure when they got to their safe haven.
Brenda and Thomas are together in the books 🤭
ooh .. even if i don't like Teresa that much i do not like Brenda either so .. would have been better if he was with Sonya or someone else ..
@@justlive2809nah Sonya was newts sister and if I remember Newt was in love with Thomas but never admitted it
It's only two movies, but Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2 U are both a LOT of fun imo!!! The Final Destination franchise would also be a lot of fun to see you react to!!
I read this theory a while ago and it might be a little bit out there but before Newt died he stabbed Thomas in the chest AND DREW SOME BLOOD before getting stabbed himself, so maybe there is a chance that their blood mixed therefore saving Newt in the end? But since the crew kinda just left him there we will never truly find out☹
as a fan of tmr since 2013 (finished all books, movies, novellas- however, i’m waiting for the godhead’s complex to be released in the next 4 days) newt was the first human i EVER cried over- usually its just dogs 😭💔 he honestly deserved so much more, and crank palace (a novella from newt’s perspective of tdc)- heartbreaking. i cried way too much 💔
Sis you really called Frypan French fry 💀
Lol I died when she called him that
I’m just so glad they found a cure because it would’ve been kinda embarrassing for Teresa if they didn’t 😭
they didn't find a cure in the books tho💀💀
@@anpoo7134 well the betrayal is not as extreme in the books
@@lexibroadbent1467 it's worse in the books. Thomas wanted to go into the maze to save his friends but Theresa betrayed him and told wckd to wipe his memory and send her with him without wiping hers
@@lexibroadbent1467 it’s worse
@@Taralloss but she didn’t choose to do it, she was forced to in the books
This is the only movie and book series that made me cry. The maze runner is amazing!
Done. It was such a great but also sad conclusion. I miss Newt, but Theresa can kick rocks. I hate it when shows try to suggest that trauma will warp you into accepting cruel choices. At least in this film, she got ended. I'm good with that. Shows/films I'd suggest watching next: Shadow and Bone (2 seasons - Netflix), Helluva Boss (UA-cam indie series), Found (2023 NBC series), Twitches (movie), M3gan (film), Gen V (Amazon series), Renfield (film), John Wick films, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film) and The Woman King (film).
I’ve been so excited for you to watch this, dropping life right now to binge ❤❤
A not-so-fun fact: Dylan O’Brien (Thomas) got traumatically injured filming the scene at the beginning. He wasn’t able to film for months. To this day, he struggles talking about the accident because it gives him panic attacks.
That color looks so pretty on you. Your skin is glowingggg
I THINK that there will be another movie between 2025-2028 I hope that he somehow is alive in the next one
another fun fact: thomas was in the maze without memories because of theresa. She told wckd his plan and suggested a new one.
One of my friends spoiled the ending with Newt before I finished the second movie and I didn't even want to watch the third one. I did watch it, and as much as I loved Newt, it wasn't quite as sad as I'd expected.
My friends sister did the same
Thing to me too, I was so pissed off with her when she told me😂
I've been waiting so long for your reaction to this movie, and now I can't bring myself to watch it because I know I'm going to cry very hard over Newt's death 😢
you should do scream 2 next! + excited for the video, this series is my second favorite dystopian series (after hunger games)
Finally. Watching this once I'm done with laundry.
"i hope we dont have to watch him die.." oh! welp. be prepared. 💀
Please watch divergent series next!!
So happy you're back Miya!
It's ilegall to be this early
Haha 😂
You know... I knew exactly what was going to happen in the end of this movie, I knew exactly what I was singning up for by watching this video, but... Newt's death made me feel bad all over again... I think the fact he could have been saved if there was a little more time adds up to the sad moment, and watching it again makes me see SO MANY moments they could have saved him but missed the opportunity aaagh, I totally get your frustration
Btw... On rewatch, I realized something... Yes, Teresa could have got on the aircraft... But she hesitated because she felt guilty and... Kinda felt she didn't deserve to be rescued... And maybe some people agree, she really didn't deserve, but it's good if she is aware of that
please please do lord of the rings (extended versions!!!) if you haven’t yet seen it!! would love to see your reaction to that franchise, it’s my all time favourite and it’s soo good!
but Newt doesnt actually have to die because Thomas Blood were on the knife that stabbed him so he wasnt infected!!
I wish they came out with a 5th one cause we really need this franchise back 😭
Girl….THERES STILL 2 MORE BOOK kill order and fever code be READY
Definitely have to watch the divergent series now if you haven’t already!
My favorite show... Teen Wolf
Dylan Obrian got badly injured during that opening train scene and had to undergo facial reconstructive surgeries. This movie almost didn’t come out.
if you like the maze runner movies and hunger games movies you should for sure watch the divergent movies if you haven’t already, They’re really good and similar.
Here endeth the third lesson of this amazing heroic trilogy. Although these films were adapted from a YA series of books, they are adult films, not YA, which probably explains the reaction of some viewers of that ilk. There is no female protagonist with associated love triangle etc. However, there is a love story, albeit one that's subtly understated. The films do homage to the books, but the universe of the films is not the same as the books. Thomas is very different in the films. You could describe the film trilogy as about selflessness and about a band of brothers, who follow the principle of "No man left behind." You could also say it's about life's stages with the first film being about childhood, the second about adolescence, and the third about adulthood. This only touches the surface, of course.
The films are deeply rooted in myth. The most obvious aspect being the ancient Greek myth of "Theseus and the Minotaur." Thomas is, naturally, both the hero Theseus and Daedalus, whereas Newt is Ariadne, and therein lies the trilogy's love story.
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 trilogy in a nutshell.
What's the "boon" in the trilogy? Obviously, it's Thomas himself or, more specifically, his blood. He can potentially save mankind. By the end of the third film, Thomas has come to accept this as his destiny which he will meet even if it means his death. Tragic heroes almost always die, and Thomas is a tragic hero. This is without doubt what the epilogue of the final film means. Thomas is going back to the Krank-world, and he is going to offer himself up as a cure even if it means his life is forfeit. Unlike the books, 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. Ask yourself, where was WCKD evacuating to in the third film?
The fact that the trilogy doesn't end with a conventional happy-ending like boy-gets-girl or vice-versa, if that's your preference, also sets it apart. Another reason these are adult films. Nevertheless, many people do crave happy-endings. Instead, the film ends on a hopeful note. Thomas is going back. He's not going to stay in the Safe Haven, which, if you think about it, is really a new Glade. He's going to venture out into the maze again, the krank-filled-world. He's going to try to save, in this case, not just Alby and Minho, but the world. It's an open question whether he'll succeed. We hope so, but we don't know. This time the maze might defeat him. The end of the trilogy brings us full-circle, and we're back at the beginning.
Thomas and Theresa are basically mirror images of one another. They're both betrayers, and they both want a cure, but they're complete opposites otherwise. The key difference being Thomas is selfless, whereas Theresa is self-centered. Theresa often refers to her own personal history to explain her actions. Thomas never does. To be fair, Thomas can't because his personal history has been erased, but, even so, we can see his altruism is innate. Personal history would have no bearing on his actions. These attributes primarily motivate their respective actions.
Hopefully, everyone realizes there's no way Thomas could ever kill Newt, even Flare Newt. The same is true for Newt, but not Flare-Newt, of course. In that gut-wrenching struggle, Thomas would defend himself, but always stop short of killing Newt. Inevitably, Flare-Newt would kill Thomas. To save Thomas, Newt kills himself, instead, and as the Bible says: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Whereas Thomas and Theresa were "oppositum ego," Thomas and Newt were "idem ego."
What effect did Newt's death have on Thomas? It's profound. Thomas is palpably different afterwards. He presents a diminished lifeforce and sadness. Not only did Newt die, but Thomas did, too. He will never again be the same person. Newt's death marks a turning point. From that time forward, Thomas will focus on being "the cure." He's not staying in the Safe Haven, he's leaving to save mankind. Thomas is determined to complete WCKD's mission, and we have yet another instance of immense tragic irony when Thomas, for a second time, offers himself to Ava Paige in lieu of the immunes. This time she accepts, and mankind might have been saved then and there, but Jansen, out of pure selfishness, kills her, and destroys the opportunity. The interplay between selflessness and selfishness is another aspect of the trilogy.
"Does the end justify the means" represents WCKD's agenda and is the central theme of the "Maze Runner" trilogy. It's a principle often associated with totalitarianism, and the phrase has its origin with Machiavelli, although the idea is much older. 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.
Therea/WCKD adhere to this end-means principle rigidly. This principle is, unfortunately, a too common belief today. It allows people to believe their actions are justified regardless of how they go about achieving their desired end result. It potentially allows for all sorts of aberrant behaviors. A rather trivial example of this is the following scenario: My end is to get a certain work promotion. To get it, I work to sabotage all the other candidates. Hopefully, we agree that's not a nice way to behave. This is essentially the viewpoint of WCKD and Theresa, although they are dealing with an end of much greater significance. WCKD and Theresa are totally ruthless in their pursuit of a cure.
Thomas, on the other hand, believes that the means are just as important, or, maybe, even more important, than the end. His viewpoint is if the means are morally objectionable in themselves, then this outweighs any potential benefit from the end. In other words, the "how" is just as important as the "why." Thomas, just like WCKD, wants to find a cure to the Flare, he's only opposed to how WCKD tries to do it. Thomas is willing to sacrifice himself to obtain a cure and save humanity. He's not willing, however, to sacrifice the unwilling.
Theresa's/WCKD's morality is relativistic and man-centric, whereas Thomas' morality is based on absolute principles and God-centric. Even so, the trilogy challenges both WCKD's and Thomas' perspective, and makes us wonder which one is "right." I'm reminded of Pilate when he said: "What is truth?" We have man's truth, and we have God's Truth.
Some miscellaneous observations:
Cranks/Kranks. Krank is German for sick, diseased, unwell etc. The English word also has that connotation if you think about it.
The purpose of the VR torture/stress isn't to increase heartrate but to alter brain engrams/chemistry. The increased heartrate is only a side-effect.
Newt was probably injected with Flare at Jansen's facility. Recall the giant hypo? He was injected in that arm. The mystery is why it took so long to manifest itself. Different people may react differently.
Thomas was shot in what looks to be the exact same spot as Ben was stung. By the way, under the circumstances, Thomas would have died from that gunshot wound. The only gripe I have about the films, and it's not really that big a gripe, is that Thomas should have died at the end of the third film. Tragic heroes almost always die, and since there weren't any more films, his arc was incomplete or left to the imagination.
Why was Theresa put into the maze? She was always meant to coax Thomas back to WCKD, should he survive, as befits her role as "temptress."
Why was Thomas put into the maze? Well, for betraying WCKD, but also to serve as an experimental catalyst to complete the Trial. He was the best and brightest of the immunes. A real genius, actually. His selflessness makes him act impulsively, and he can seem foolhardy as a result. He was Daedalus, the maze-maker etc., after all.
Why do Thomas and, apparently, Theresa remember bits of their past, whereas the others don't? That must be by WCKD's design. Perhaps it's part of the coaxing back plan? WCKD always seems to want Thomas back after he escapes the maze.
Why does Ben not seem to remember being stung or, presumably, the Griever? We know WCKD can wipe memories. Perhaps WCKD wanted stung boys to return to the Glade sometimes to create the situation he did. So, they'd wipe the memory of the sting/Griever. The Ben episode certainly created a lot of stress/terror for the Gladers, which was part of what the experiment was about.
Why does the mob destroy the city? It's part and parcel of the madness of mobs!!
Finally, what a fantastic trilogy "Maze Runner" is, especially when you consider all three films only cost $157 million. The average cost for a major Hollywood movie is $100 million. You'd never know it watching these three movies that they were done on the cheap. They come across as much more expensive productions. Hats off to the actors for their incredible performances and the director, crew and SFX folks, too. Job very well done.
I was cursing at Janson so bad this whole movie. I kept rewinding to where he got killed by cranks
You could do the Chronicles of Narnia trilogy
I'm loving your reaction to this movie.😍😆
33:31 REALEST THING EVER!!!
omg i would love ur reaction on Coraline🤩
Some peuple dont' understand wy the title is "the death cure". In the books Newt the cure Thomas is just immune but the movie skip this part. 😭
Newts not the cure in the books?? In the books Thomas is the cure, but he has to Die to get the cure
@@M_edits_3 they might be talking about the retconned cash grab books that came out after the series ended tbf
@@vivannet231 oh the maze cutter- yeah ig, kinda forgot about those
Idk if you know this but newt and Thomas have a deleted kiss scene🤭
Whatttt??? where can i find it 🙂
@@MiyaElizabethReacts it's not a scene that was actually in the movie but just a blooper where Dylan and Thomas were fooling around and almost kissed on camera
If this movie taught me anything it’s that even in an apocalypse people can’t get along for sht, even to save their lives 🙄 it’s actually problematic.
Like the reason they “lost” (I’m counting any loss from the Gladers as a fail btw) was because everyone had a different agenda.
A couple groups worked together but the general population? One group wanted to explode stuff (cz that’s so helpful, in an apocalypse…) the other wanted to sacrifice kids to save more kids (🤨???) and the third group just wanted to fckn survive.
Like it was obvious the third group would be the only survivors cz they were the only ones trying…to not die…IN AN APOCALYPSE!!! You’d think scientists would be aware that they’re at risk of humans going extinct- like they couldn’t afford any loss and they still risked killing them for the hope of finding a cure. Not even guaranteed.
Also what was the fckn point of everything if Thomas had it all along??? Didn’t they take his blood samples back at the wckd compound? Didn’t anybody test it against the virus and realised “omg this destroys the virus! Alert head doctor Paige at once!”?
I was wondering about those blood samples too. They took a lot of smaples from it, so how is it possible that no one found out his blood destroyes the virus. You may think six month would have been enough for that. Beside I can't help thinking that if the doctor among the right arm who treated Branda may have survived she may have been able to develope a cure with Thomas's help.
Yeah the movies destroyed the plot and made a ton of plot holes because of it. In the books it’s explained more clearly and the cure isn’t blood- what would be the point of mazes if it was blood? The cure Is Thomas’s brain. And if Thomas had sacraficed himself then a cure could have been made.
Hard to think we’d ever live in hunger games esc times, but here we are. Witnessing a gen0c!de and war crimes before our very eyes. 🇵🇸🇵🇸FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
This is a maze runner film review 😭
just watch the hunger games again and the similarities are chilling. the capitol = israel, the rest of the districts = paletine, the propaganda with peetah, snow = netanyahu, coin = hamas and all the children dying . Free Palastine
I hope you watch Divergent series next because I love your reactions🥰
Since you ❤ Dylan O'Brien you should watch AMERICAN ASSASSIN..
How am I this earlyyyy
Girl not newt 😭😩
DIVERGENT NEXT!!!!!
It’s hard to watch this movie because of newt
Have u watched divergent yet? Of not, U def should
how bout Divergent ?
BRO YOU WOULD LOVEEE JUJUTSU KAISEN
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will you ever continue the flash?
After Newt's death the movie is total shit. The first time I saw it, Newt's death was unexpected and was sad, and I was like fucking hell Thomas why didnt you just listen to teresa dude and he knew that Newt was infected so if there was a slightest chance for his survival he should've took it. And people have the audacity to blame Teresa when she was the only way that Newt could 've survived. And oh man I WAITED 3 FUCKING MOVIES FOR A KISS!!! and then she just dies ;-; like bro why. She tried and she succeded she created a cure everything that happened all the sacrifices, all the pain bc it wasnt just the immunes that were dying and in pain but also her bc she saw mihno get ortured infront of her but she knew that this would all be worth it bc it would give another chance to another life and so many more. It's now up to Thomas to honor her sacrifices that she made, the pain she went through, the hate she got from the immunes.
Note: Even if Newt went to the safe heaven he wouldn't survive cus the virus is airborne it travels with the wind, so the chance of Newt's survival was actually surrendering to WICKED from the end of TST or listening to Teresa in TDC.
The one thing I wish they had added in the movies was how deep Thomas’s relationship with Brenda got and how in the end they end up together. The last scene of the books is literally them kissing 😢
yeah 🥲 movie Brenda deserved so much better.
the divergent series to continue the dystopian genre 🫶🏻
Listen y’all, Galt I have missed feelings for. But I can’t be the only one that feels things for him when he interrogating Teresa. Like “Don’t look at him. Look at me” I’ll be like “yes sir”🫡🫣😋
Please watch teen wolf, Dylan in season 3 is amazing!!!! And season 6 🤗😶🌫️🥵🫣🥺🤯 it’s perfect! I love it so much!
One of the best trilogies. 🤍