watching The Maze Runner for the first time and it was better than I expected!!
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ahhhh! I literally gasped out loud when I saw this, first hunger games now this I'm TOO EXCITED
Okay we’re getting into iiiitttt lol 🤗
The way chuck’s death TRAUMATISED me like I was crying for dayyyysss and I was waiting for your reaction… we cried together 😭😭😩😩
My sweet sweet chuck 🥺
11:20 the way Newt reaches for Thomas always gets me bro I ship tf outta them lmao
I'm so happy your channel is growing a lot quicker now, let's thank the TH-cam algorithm, you are such an insightful reactor and bring a different perspective alot of time, it's really a pleasure to watch.
i agree! i love him
Thank you so muuuch 🥹😭 this family is definitely growing and I couldn’t be more thankful. I love you guys so much!!
Love you more 🥹💙
Ngl I wouldn’t have made it a day in there, my stamina would not let me run like that😂
Lol listennnn no seriously I would be OVER it 😂
From Hunger Games to Maze Runner. I'm excited! I love Newt so much. But.... I did stop watching this series because of Teresa, I have never been more annoyed by a character in all my life. Teresa is to me in this movie as Gale was to you in the hunger games, her presence just irritated me
Yes Newt is everythinggg 🫶🏾 Right now in the story Teresa is tolerable and seem to just BE there but I can’t wait to see where that character goes lol
@@wwhn You honestly might like her as a character. Who knows, but i hope you enjoy this series either way. Thank you for your great and enjoyable videos. I appreciate that your willing to show when things really get to you too, it’s nice to see that I’m not the only ones who cries a lot watching movies XD
comparing teresa to gale is WILDDDD
I love Teresa why would she annoy you that much lmao
omg my favourite series I yelled when I saw this video !!! fun fact Newts confirmed by the author gay and like a large segment of the fandom ship Newt and Thomas its a massive ship ahaha
also the reason they say weird words and didn't know how girls acted etc is cause every part of their memory is wiped!!!!
also smth that's never said in the movies is that Newt did make a ladder to go to the top before but he did that so he could jump off and commit unalive so they haven't tried it again
I just know you are gonna do your good cutting up with this trilogy. I am sitting on ready for the next video 😂
If you love Dylan O’Brien, we’ve gotta add Love & Monsters to the ‘up next’ list if you haven’t seen it already
Listennnn I just watched Scorch Trials…..lol let’s just say I know it’s gonna be a fun watch 😂 and omg yes, I heard about it but never seen it so I definitely have to add that!
Omg you brought back memories of watching this for the first time with my friend Kyle, his personality was just like yours and his reaction was so similar. I can’t watch this without thinking about him. Hope youre resting easy Ky
Aw 😭 that’s so sweet and I send my condolences
Friend I found you from the Hunger Game series and I’m fully invested now and you are officially apart of my TH-cam family 😭😂 thank you for the amazing content friend ❤
Awww this means so much to me friend. I swear you don’t understand 😭😭
I totally ADORE you ! So glad I found you through the Hunger games reactions❤
Aw thank you looovee 🥹😭
Can't wait to see your reactions to all 3 movies!❤
Just watched Scorch trialsssss 🤗
Your editing is so good. Thank you so much for this reaction. Loved it.
Aw thank you 🥹 I try, I really do lol
Wow you’re spoiling us with these dystopian movies. Love it so much🫶🏼🫶🏼
Love your reactions! You'll enjoy this series ❤
Please ignore any negative readers in your comment section, commenting on their views about book/movie comparisons. You're a great movie reactor. Just focus on what you're seeing. It's become such a toxic trait amongst viewers to want reactors to feel EXACTLY as they did about trilogies they've read. So much so, they make disparaging remarks about characters or even plot points on the very first video. Urrrgh!
Thank you 🥹 and yes, sometimes I think people do it unintentionally but it happens a lot lol that’s why I try not to read too many comments because I’m afraid of spoilers or heavy opinions that can persuade me.
The "Maze Runner" films are very good, and they're a lot deeper than many viewers realize. Here's a, believe it or not, brief overview:
If you know your classics, the "Maze Runner" is a pretty close retelling of "Theseus and the Minotaur," of course. Naturally, Thomas is Theseus, the hero. Turns out, Thomas, in his pre-Glade life, was also Daedalus, a creative genius. Daedalus created the Labyrinth for Minos, just like Thomas created the maze for WCKD. Daedalus also betrayed Minos, just like Thomas did WCKD. Daedalus was condemned by Minos to the Labyrinth, just like Thomas was sent by WCKD into the maze. The Glade and the Gladers are Athens and Athenian youth of the myth, 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, as noted above, is King Minos. In the myth, 7 youths and 7 maids are sacrificed to the Minotaur every year. This strongly implies the existence of an all-female maze. The number 7, which has significance in the film, is undoubtedly an allusion to the myth, too. 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 (LOTF)" than classical Greece. The Glade is, after all, an island inhabited by boys in the midst of an ocean-like maze. Who can forget the pig that arrived with Thomas, either? 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. Thomas seems to be a combination of LOTF's Ralph and Simon. His Simon attribute leads us to believe that at some point in the trilogy Thomas will die. Gally, in the first film, probably represents LOTF's Jack. The Gladers eventually split between Thomas (Ralph/Simon) and Gally (Jack) just as in LOTF. Late in the film, Gally proposes to make Thomas an offering to the Grievers/Maze. In LOTF's, Jack proposes to make Ralph's decapitated head an offering to the beast, which represents darkness/fear/the innate primordial savageness of the boys. Despite his sometimes impulsiveness, Thomas represents rationality, individuality and morality. Gally denotes groupthink and emotionalism. Does Alby see Thomas as a catalyst? The significance of the names that are the closest surrounding Thomas' on the wall will become clear in the later movies.
When Thomas and the others arrive in the Glade, they're essentially born into it, actually and symbolically. The water is the amniotic fluid, the glass cylinder represents the placenta, and the person is the foetus. The lift is the birth canal. Like newborns, the Gladers arrive as brand-new persons. They have no identity except a name, which they were chrisened with by WCKD. So, when Alby says that the creators only let them remember their name, he's not exactly correct. They don't remember their actual name, only their WCKD name. That's why no two Gladers have the same name. You want to be able to distinguish your test subjects for analytical purposes. Since we saw in this film that WCKD can monitor brain function of the Gladers remotely, we can conclude all the Gladers have brain implants of some sort. Clearly, they also would have an implant that would track/geolocate them. You'd want to be able to follow your subject. It's also safe to conclude that an implant is what affects their memory, and it can presumably be turned both on and off.
The average Gladers is reluctant to answer Thomas' questions from ignorance and fear. The people who know answers, albeit very imperfectly, are the runners, Ably and Newt, and perhaps some of the other keepers. Alby maybe reluctant to answer Thomas because he's afraid of what Thomas might do. The runners function as a sacred priesthood in the Glade. Their map-hut is off-limits to the average Glader. Only when Thomas is anointed runner does Minho reveal to him what is known of the maze's secrets. Why is Newt willing to answer Thomas' questions? We see from the get-go, there's an attraction, a closeness developing between Newt and Thomas.
Thomas and Ava Paige tell us the maze is an experiment to stress and test brain function in order to find a cure for the Flare. The "Maze Runner" trials mean to develop, isolate and produce a curative enzyme that only occurs in immune's brains so humanity can be saved, even if it means killing the immunes. The Flare is the trilogy's MacGuffin. In any experiment, you need a treatment group and a control group. The control group is the benchmark against which you compare the treatment group. The control group must be non-immunes, the treatment group immunes. Some of the Gladers are immune, others are not. The immunes are naturally immune to the Flare. The Griever sting cannot be Flare because all the Gladers have to be at risk of death for the sake of the experiment. Griever sting is similar in effect to the Flare, but it's 100% curable by WCKD. Also, it can't be communicable since WCKD would not want all the test subjects to die if one were stung.
Thomas is clearly bothered by Ben being banished. He doesn't approve at all. In fact, it's a triggering event for Thomas. Our tragic hero, Thomas, is super intelligent, very curious and completely selfless. He is so selfless we might consider him impulsive. After Ben, Thomas has decided there'll be no more maze deaths if he can help it. That's why he jumps into the maze after Minho and Alby. Which brings up the question of why Minho is bringing Alby back if he's been stung. The three rules of the Glade make no reference to being stung. There is no punishment for being stung per se. We know the Gladers holds court to decide punishments since Gally prosecutes Thomas for entering the maze in front of such a court. Ben was banished by a court because he tried to kill Thomas, not because he was stung. Minho was bringing Alby back to the Glade out of duty and affection. A court would later have to decide if Alby was deserving of banishment or some other sentence arising out of the second rule. On the other hand, Minho was not obligated to commit suicide to save Alby. He should have left him when it was obvious they couldn't both make it out of the maze, but he waited too long. Later, of course, fear take over, and Minho abandons both Alby and Thomas to their collective fate.
Theresa is an anomalous figure in the first film. She's a girl, her arrival is untimely, and she heralds the end of the Gladers' supply lifeline. She completely breaks the Glade's paradigm. Thomas is somewhat ambiguous, too. Is Gally right about Thomas? It's not clear what to make of his dream-visions. Is he an agent of good or evil? It's certainly in his nature to be a catalyst. We know he was WCKD's favourite, the best at solving challenges. Is that why he was sent into the maze? Also, why are he and Theresa able to recall snippets of their past? None of the other Gladers can do that unless they've been stung. Both Thomas and Theresa are clearly mysterious.
After Thomas and Minho first open the #7 gate using the Griever key, they trigger a reconfiguration of the maze which will funnel the Gladers to the #7 gate. This means the experiment is entering its final phase. Common sense tells us the sequence the runners noted previously, but starting at 7, will be the correct code. Only those subjects who successfully exit the maze are candidates for the second trial.
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. Likewise, Newt is in love with Thomas.
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 betrayal of WCKD precipitated his downfall and the tragic course his subsequent life followed.
Tragic heroes suffer, and so Thomas will suffer throughout the films. Another aspect of 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.
The trilogy manifests several themes. One that runs through all the films, and is the main theme, is the question of whether the end justifies the means. 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.
Another theme which we see in this film in particular, is the question of how do different people deal with fear/unknown? This is also very much a theme in LOTF.
I love this movie so much i used to be obsessed with it! So happy you reacted to it and enjoyed it! My favs when i first saw it were thomas, newt, chuck and also teresa and minho! I cried at the ending because of chuck so much 😭💔 i was stressed too lmaoo loved your reaction and commentary!
So pumped for your reaction!! Saw this and had to drop everything 🤣
also if you haven't seen the movies Avatar 2009 and Avatar: way of water, would that be a possibility in the future maybe👀
Aw thank you for being hereee 🥹 and I have the first Avatar movies reaction on my channel if you want to check it out and I’ve seen Way of Water too many times to count so if I do a video on it, it would definitely be a commentary lol
I wanna watch this so bad but I’m waiting for the maze runner book to be at my library and I don’t want spoilers 😭
Aw you’re okay. I definitely understandddd 🫶🏾🫶🏾
I FINALLY read the the maze runner!! Now I can watch this!!
OMGGGGG YOU WATCHED IT! i’m soooo excited rn this is one of my favorite trilogies i’m so happy
one thing about thomas, he’s gonna run
Omg yeayyy finally love your videos and Maze runner omg❤❤❤
yes its finally hereeee 😭❤️
@@wwhn😂😭❤️
@@wwhnjust realized Im also drinking a red drink 😂
@bobbyfloppy LOL see it’s a vibe.
THE REACTION IVE BEEN ACHINGGGGG FOR
This series is so good! You'll enjoy it. And ahhhh my sweet precious Newt. 💗💗💗
AGHHHHHH IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS SERIES LOVE U SMMM!!!!🩷🩷🩷
I love you moreeeee 🥹💙😭
aaaaa excited to see your reactions to the next films of the trilogy!! 🥺 and i'm so happy seeing your channel grow, you truly deserve it
girll ur gonna love this
also rip ben he didnt do anything 😭
I’m already lovinggggg it. Just watched Scorch Trials and I am OBSESSED.
Looking forward to more reactions ❤️❤️
They’re definitely cominggg ☺️🫶🏾
You mentioned you only have 6000 subs and I was shocked. Your video quality and personality deserve many more subscribers. I only recently subscribed myself, but you definitely deserve more. 🤷🏻♀️
Ah you are such a joy to watch! Sweet reaction! 👍🏻👍🏻
Also in terms of recommendations i definitely Lord of The Rings and/or The Hobbit, I know the extended additions are long and people tend to avoid them, but i would highly recommend it, those few extra scenes can be really worth it
Definitely wanna add Lord of the Rings to my line up. Maybe this week, I’m tryna see lol
I love how when I'm watching your videos I feel very close to you as if we were friends, you will achieve a lot on this platform ❤
Came for Dylan o brien stayed for u lol
love how invested you get in your reactions 🙏 i always can't wait to hear what you have to say because you have a lot of great things to say
God I wanna reccomend the 100 it's the dame vibes as these movies (post apocalyptic YA), however it's a show so we get to see it start very teen drama and end of season 1 it's much more serious I think you would love it! However the show runner did kinda drop the ball with the last season (GoT vibes FR) but honestly the character development alone is worth it.
Not to mention we get to see the main cast grow up and become better and better actors and actresses.
I started the 100 years ago and stopped watching after she got a kid. Idk somewhere along the way I lost interest but it started off soooo good!
@@wwhn god so fair, sounds like you stopped in season 5, 6 is fucking nuts 7 has some really good shit but the ending is literal shit. Idk if you are a bellarke fan but the people that play them got married IRL and they have a baby!
I am terrified of heights lol
See you get meee!!
OMGGGG PLEASSEEEEE I GASPED WHEN I SAW THE THUMBNAIL PLEASE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
Aww 😭🥹 I love you so much moreeee 🫶🏾🫶🏾
That strawberry açaí looks so good. Now I gotta go to Starbucks lol
YAAAY! So excited towatch this reaction
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so happy youre doing this series and that your channel is growing!! love the attention you have keep it up aaaahhhh
you are so adorable and u tearing up so cute and so sincere love ur videos
Recently found ur channel and I’m so happy I did I love ur videos!
Love these reaction videos man! Keep it up, appreciate this community you’re building
Yess bestie yess one of my favorite trilogys
proud to be here before 100k 😌
I love your reactions smmmm. Imma smash that subscribe button
im a year late but i love your videos ive been binge watching all your videos lol !! your so funny
Aw this warms my heart I’m glad you’re enjoying my content 🥹💙
@@wwhn omg ofc & your so underrated you deserve more viewers your videos literally so entertaining and comforting 🤩 keep making more vids
omg yes I WAITED for this one!!!!!!! Thanks so much for your reaction :)
Thank you for being here 🥹
also idk if you picked up on it but everyone came into the maze like thomas , couldn’t remember anything, took days to remember their name so besides teresa, none of them remember being around a girl
Love your reactions! If you haven’t seen the Harry Potter movies, you would love them!
I like your reaction, and you have a big heart. It's a great movie and a great trilogy. But there's no way they could build a 100 foot plus ladder out of sticks, branches and twine. Think about it.
First rue now CHUCK I CANT BRO
That’s what I’m sayinggggg. My little heart!!!😭
You should definitely do Divergent next
I felt like this series lost its magic in the second movie. Like in Divergent, once the initial world they built changed, it got too dark and complex and lost the tone of the original.
i feel like maze runner put some political and important book based stuff aside to focus on action
divergent they just did what they want i HATE these movies so much because its literally nothing like the books
maze runner i can forgive a little
I hated when that happened to Divergent 😭
I personally think Teresa gets too much hate. (And no, I'm not biased lol). I can't wait to see what you think of her character later on. :)
Just watched Scorch Trials and…..👀
We love you 💗
Omg friend!! We're birthday twins :)
Man
Get ready for the newtmas stans ❤
*if yall dont ship, its ok! Just be respectful*
PLEAASSSEEE keep watching the harry potter series!!! I really think you would like them!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻
Been waiting on this one fsss
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Yasss I was waiting for this 😊😊
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Fun fact: The Maze Door are actually real and open and close
wait i thought he already had a million subsss
Lord of Rings (extended versions)
Definitely coming!! I think once I finish this series I may start that one.
Yes, please!
Remember they lost all their memories but their name so they wouldn’t remember girls or the outside world.
Shadow hunters!
You should do divergent next lmao !
Definitely thinking about doing a commentary since I’ve already seen it before. I do have thoughts though so it could be fun. Lol
@@wwhn ooooh you could do a video maybe ranking which dystopian movies you like the best out of maze runner, divergent and hunger games or a video about which reality you’d survive and thrive the best in { just a friendly suggestion lmao love your channel}💕💕
Lets run up them veiw baby🎉😂
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Btw do not ship Teresa and Thomas that is just no you Will find out Why ( But u Can ship Newt and Thomas )
OOP seems like Teresa isn’t a fan favorite 😂😂 and listennnn love me some Newt so I’m here for it!
@@wwhn😂i just know that Newtmas is better trust me
@@wwhnoh and ur defently gonna cry so hard in the last movie 👍👍
Tbh Teresa's choices make so much sense. The hate she gets is simply because she's a girl. If a man made her choices, everyone would be way more forgiving lol
@@011mphexactly same vibes as skylar white haters 🤷♀️
If you like it there’s two more movies following it you should watch them all
18:15 none of these people have their memories of before the maze happens, they know what a girl is but have no memories of meeting them or knowing them in general actually.
This makes so much senseeee! Thank you for this because I honestly forgot.
@@wwhn haha honestly I forgot when I first watched it too.... You doing better than me tbh..... Love your channel and reactions btw... Your presence is actually very funny and insightful at the same time...
You have to watch the planet of the apes, such a good movie 👌😌
divergent next series please
I thought Thomas and Tereasa were siblings they look so much alike
Thank you
No thank you 🥹
26:32 just wait 😭😭😭
I think book Teresa and movie Teresa are so different and they did different f!cked up sh!t, but I kinda still like both versions of her and Kaya Scodelario is f*cking gorgeous so like… Thomas can get with Newt I’ll take Teresa lmao idc what she did
Please do divergent !!
Everyone hates Teresa but honestly I love her and I hope you understand her story 🫶
I watched scorch trials and……
after this you should deffenetly get into planet of the apes
I already love the video
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My first drink will be moonshine I just need to know what y'all are talking about 🥸
How the FUCK did maze runner win that poll!?
I mean, I like the movies. But what the hell..
Is everyone here born 2006 and after?
Lmaoo when I say I screamed so loud reading thiiiisss 😂😂😂