Watching Maze Runner Death Cure Left Me In Complete Shambles
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2022
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hey besties fox claimed this video so i can't put ads on it for 30 days so once you watch this you should totally go rewatch scorch trials vid or something okay love yall bye!
Dylan O Brien got into a serious accident while filming the train scene, which nearly killed him, causing them to delay shooting while he recovered.
That little cheer he does when they're being carried away was actually Dylan breaking character for a second because he was proud of himself for getting through the scene.
Death Cure is easily the best of the series! The ending is rough af though... losing Newt to save Minho hurt 😭😭😭
Thomas Brodie-Sangster was 28 in this but still looks like a child, so it's extra painful to watch him go, especially as he's the heart of the crew 😭 But what a final scene though
Well, it's not like he got sacrificed to save Minho or anything. He just got infected which could happen no matter the cimcurstances. And going to get Minho also meant that they could find the cure for Newt there. Btw didn't they actually got the vials with the "cure" right after getting into the buiding? Gally gave them to one of the kids. So... that's something I don't understand: why didn't Newt just take one of the vials for himself? Instead, they made this whole fuss with running back and forth to bring him the serum. Looks like a really dumb mistake in the script or am I missing something?
Fr I was sad about newt dying
Darcie: “I’m here for a happy ending that’s why I’m here”
Me: well …
the way i ugly cried during newt's note
same omg 😭😭
I think it's so cute that you called Newt "kiddo"
"You keep my wife's name out of your mouth" got me so good 😂 love this series, love your channel
Teen Wolf would be actually amazing, but it's definitely a little scary
Dylan O'Brian was in an accident this film. He broke his whole face doing that train stunt and had to get everything restructured.
And he got a concussion
while i understand why first watchers hate teresa for betraying her friends you should think about the fact that she is doing it for the “better good”. Thomas and his friends are trying to save themselves (which is totally fair) but teresa wants to try and save everyone. So while it’s s up to you where to draw the line (like even if by sacrificing themselves, the world can be saved the question remains at what cost?) teresa is trying to do the “more morally correct thing”. So there is no black or white here.
Hey girl, welcome to the "emotionally scarred from tmr club" that's what I'm gonna call it.
Gosh I love these movies so much and the books as well, both are just so well done and I love the characters and I love Newt and Minho especially and I love their friendship (and the ivy trio is literally my favorite trio everrrrr). Ok but if you watch this one deleted scene you learn more about Newt and his friendship with Minho and also about how much he trusts Thomas and it makes his death sooooo much sadder as if it wasn't sad enough already!!!
Girl I swear I've watched this movie six times and I cry every time at basically every time I see Newt with the Flare and when he dies, and then the letter scene ofc. I even cried a little for Teresa, I swear, I don't know if I hate her or like her, my opinion always changes 😂 but I was sad when she died because we lost so much and everyone just deserved to be happy and I'm literally crying rn so anyway thanks for reading my rant even though you probably stopped halfway through cuz I'm a freaking crazy person but anyway, I love Newt, I love Minho, I love Thomas, I love Gally, I love Frypan, I love Brenda, I love Jorge, I kinda love Teresa, and I love everyone and I love this trilogy and bye.
I will never not cry over Newt 😭
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.
If you haven't watched All Too Well yet, it'd be a good reaction. Lot going on in that video.
the moment i saw you posted this i clicked cause i love this series
Teen wolf! Teen wolf! Definitely watch it and react to the great show. And man if you watch season 3B you will fall in love more with Dylan O'Brien more then ever. I started my love for Dylan back in 2021 in March when I got love and monsters on Blu-ray and just fell hard for that boy and then started teen wolf and it was awesome and just love that Stiles he so cool.
I’ve only seen these movies through ur reactions and I’m so here for itttttt 💘💞💓💗💝
I think you'll greatly enjoy the pilot for Teen Wolf as Dylan O'Brian is in it...Just sayin'...Lol. Love your channel. ❤️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
love the hair!
Loved your reaction. I don't trust ava or janson. But at the same time of it came down to it. I would choose Ava over Janson (turtleneck) because she seems to care about him.
Such a great movie series
i had so much anxiety xD
Hey!!! Good to see you again, haven’t heard from you in a while!
By the way, with October coming soon, any chance you could react to either the Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, or Friday the 13th films?
Pretty amazing trilogy thanks for sharing.
you were so invested, i love it :D xD
(vague spoilers) yea what they did to newt… so unfair
It's worst in the books.
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I know what you could bribe non subscribers with. I'm subscribed, but if you want bribing suggestions for non subs, reacting to season 1 of TVD might do the trick. If you don't like it and your not hooked by the end of the first season. Then don't finish the show if you don't want to. Just a suggestion though. Im a fairly new subscriber and I love your videos. Love your personality and your positive funny attitude.
your reactions to these movies, the best thing ever!!! soo sad its over tho 🥲