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To be fair, in one of the films (I forget which one), where they drive past a sign that says 'Clear Waters'. Maybe you subconsciously were thinking of that lol
Death is basically a bored angle who doesn't like people messing with his plans Or death was getting yelled at by his boss for not doing his job right and letting a bunch of meddling kids win?😅
I kinda of go with the visions are sent to save the person that gets them, for one reason or another Fate has chosen to spare them. But when they blab and end up saving more people then intended, it pisses off both Death and Fate and now they are all going to die horribly because they both have their knickers in a twist.
@@paulinemillard8156 That may be why the Protagonist survives the initial survivor culling and then is left alone for quite a while after. They were saved for a reason and they and the rest of the culling survivors get to live till that reason (whatever it was) is fulfilled. Then and only then does Death gets punish them.
To me the line explaining death has them by the tail was important. The premonitions were actually death playing with the mouse in a sadistic game of fun.
My sister and i used to run and play in the house so my mom rented the first fd dvd. Scared me stupid. "This is why i tell you two to look listen and think...and to also be obedient to your parents"😂
I just want to say that The Final Destination was like Jaws for people when it first came out.. they didn't want to go in the water, I didn't want to step outside anymore 😂
Death: (has plan thrawted) " ...shit. Well, time for a complex series of events to ensure the most painful ways to go." "Why don't you just give them blood clots and heart attacks?" Death: "this is funner."
"You just hit that chick with a bus?🤷🏻 That's it?" Death: "Look, man, I get stage fright too. Do you think it's easy coming up with all these elaborate ways to kill people!?"😂
I think the way death is portrayed in the films shows that it isn't that powerful. It never manifests something that isn't there, and doesn't make objects move in impossible ways. It also doesn't appear capable of prolonged actions. It only appears to be able to make small adjustments to objects to set up the chain reactions. With supernatural powers we tend to think that the sky is the limit, but there are always limits baked into stories. Otherwise all supernatural horror films would be 5 seconds long, and would only be about everyone being instantly annihilated into dust.
As someone who has seen the live-action Death Note, can confirm that this method is funnier than boring old heart attacks (in that it is used hilariously bad there). But I love Final Destination though. One of my favorite movies, the original. Edit: I misread funner as funnier. Damn, joke doesn't quite make sense now. >:T
One of their closest runs was like Death suggesting a Sysiphissian challenge: A. Stay near The Premonition, B. Avoid Death every anniversary of your death day.
23:16 my theory is that the premonitions were giving to the main characters to protect them, and that they were meant to survive for a reason not the other people around them, but because of human nature, we tend to protect the ones we care about, just like in zombie movies where a loved one has turned and a character can’t come to terms with that, so they keep it a secret putting everyone else around them at risk.
It's interesting that in these movies, those who have made it to the end and think they have won seem to be ok until they start talking about it again discussing who's next and all. In the first movie, a whole six months have gone by before death is after them again when they're at a café in Paris and start talking about who's next on the list. It's as if death has moved on and forgotten about them until he is summoned by their discussion of him which causes him to come back to tie up the loose ends. I like how the second movie addresses the chain reactions cause by those who survived the first movie's beginning premonition. But it still leaves a few things unanswered. The kid at the end who's killed by the grill was earlier pushed out of the way of a news van. But that van which would have killed him was only there because of those who evaded the huge pyle up at the beginning. Had those people died in the pile up, the news van wouldn't have been there to kill the kid in the first place.
I think it’s revealed in a news paper article in one of the movies that he was the only survivor of Lakeview fire. If you’re curious, in the fourth movie when nick and his girlfriend are trying to convince their friends about death, they printed out an article the talks about it
Regarding your first point, I think it shows how much we cause death's chain reaction. By trying to avoid it or acknowledging its presence, we summon it.
Clear Rivers. Water is a symbol of life and that may be why she survived for a time and got to live longer than the others. It also may symbolise being able to see through the water to get to the bottom of the plan.
Yeah, Claire can mean bright as well. So her name would translate to "bright life." Which is the conscious choice she makes at the end of the movie, to focus on living her best life.
I had seen all of the FD films before, but earlier this year I decided to binge the entire series over 2 days. It really is a near perfect franchise. Especially love how they brought it full circle with the last film. The makers of each installment seemed to care about keeping the integrity of whatever came before it. Hopefully, any new additions to the FD universe will maintain the same reverence for the franchise.
It is amazing all the sign was there (no pun intended) to suggest that it is a prequel. 1. One of the death's victim was quoting *The Sixth Sense* like it just came out. 2 (a) The name of restaurant that guy that had the premonition worked at was on the sign that hit Carver. (b) With the name of the said restaurant being *Le Cáfe Miro 81* The fact that last three letters/numbers is *180* spelt backward, was hinting that we are *back* at the start of the franchise.
Nah. William Bloodsworth is 100% human. He just has experience with Death's games. From what I can figure out for number 6, is that the backstory is going to center around William and his connection to the games. Remember, in number 5 he had said "I've seen it all before". Meaning, he's dealt with Death's games before. Hopefully, Bloodlines will answer some of the questions.
I really like the analogy of the train track, as the characters in the films are indeed all on a train that inevitably reaches a figurative & literal dead end. They might get some chances to alter the positioning of the rails to allow the train to continue on longer, but the track will run out eventually. Death ensures that everyone gets off eventually, the eternal conductor on the train ride that is life. The implication that death is omnipresent & sentient in FD universe is as fascinating as it is terrifying. Cool video.
@darinlunderman8063 my out take of the train scene that the dude with guitar is death the way he sang ad the eye contact towards the girl always gave me eerie vibes.
I always thought that the number 180 was to suggest the characters do a 180 and do what they've always wanted to do in the new few moments they have, to have more regard for life and maybe seeing deaths design face it heroically, dying doing what they love, knowing life is a gift and appreciating that gift before it ends
That should put into the next FD movie suggest to the next set of victims that their deaths is inevitable. Or maybe 180 is to suggest that when you cheat death, it will always do a 180 back to you again.
@@tamiryoungjordan6986 will you be recording the speech? Because I'd like to hear it or read a transcript if possible. And thanks for referencing my comment mate, I feel honoured and really appreciate it. I wish you the best with your speech.
@@Renegade2786that goes along with the plot of part 2. Everyone there was saved from death because of a delay due to flight 180 or something that happened soon after it. Maybe by changing death's plan, the original group of survivors caused the actual ripple effect mentioned in part 2 and death was playing catch up all along?
Great recap. Well done. This is one of the most disturbing movies I've ever seen. Especially the highway log truck incident. It does teach a lesson to always be safe in what you do. The mundane everyday might not be so mundane.
Out of all the deaths, Tod's annoys me the most. Death "cleaning up" after itself felt like cheating when every other death, while the series of events is highly unlikely, is not absolutely impossible.
I look at it like this: death completed his original design. Everyone that was destined to die on flight 180 is dead. Well, I think it’s fucked up is giving selected people a psychic premonition of their demise like they’re not gonna try to do something about that. No sane human being really wants to die. This just further proves, that the only thing worst than death is waiting to die….💯
Things i got from this movie series are, plane fright, afraid of trucks, fear of amusement parks, and that if i ever get a vision of my imminent death, imma just be "f this, i aint gonna do shit and just pray i get an instant death" Edit, honestly, i see death as a benevolent force, why?, it releases us from this mortal coil, as they say "lifes a bitch, and then we die" but since we dont know what awaits us after death, we dont know if dying truly is a blessing in disguise
I think two possibly interesting scenarios for future films could be either: 1) the visio❤nary sees the start of the accident and steps that lead to it, but they die first, and so aren't sure who's a victim or who isn't. This could even be an incident caused by other people, and maybe that effects rules regarding them (kinda like the killing someone else in 5). Or 2) Each survivor gets a snippet of the vision (maybe unwitting survivors from unseen accidenrs brougjt together, also like the end of 5), seeing their own death, and they have to piece things together somehow.
Very nice video! FD3 introduced an idea that was briefly introduced and either abandoned or negated: FD3 seemed to indicate that the surviving characters who are fated to die must remain within a certain degree of physical proximity with one another. Towards the end of the film when it seems like we have had a couple of surviving characters, they have gone on with their lives in different locations… until a chance(?) meeting on a subway. And that reunion is what sets an immediate Rube Goldberg machination of death upon them. So if you can ENSURE that you and your surviving friends go on to live in different cities etc… can you keep living? Is the Spirit/Embodiment of Death too localized to follow the plan across vast distances?
Ah thank you! And thanks for sharing that, that's really fascinating! I think there's something in it. Sometimes in these movies Death seems to pick off 'lone rangers', but you're right, for the most part it seems to want to kill as many birds with one stone as possible.
Great thought! It's been a little while since I've watched the films, but perhaps proximity is part of what kept the final 3 alive for 6 months before hey went to Paris to celebrate together at the end of FD3?
I think the first movie was the best. I also think having the fifth movie being the prequel was a good way to end it, eventhough the first movie could've stood alone. Ppl should know when to stop lol.
It's not just that there are too many movies, the plot isn't written in a way to justify that many movies nor are the movies written in a way to properly tie them together with a great climax at the end. I'm looking at you Saw.
20:11 Pigeons. Angels have pigeon wings. Angels are messengers. One is the angel of death. Pigeons are also a symbol of hope lime the one that returned with a twig at the end of the biblical flood. Pigeons symbolise peace. Maybe making peace with a fate you can't escape?
Well Angels technically wings are closer to Eagle wings. Eagles fly very different than Pigeons. Pigeons wings also have very different feathers than Eagles. Pigeons feathers make a very distinct sound that is surprising loud. Eagles are completely silent. With birds, how the wings are attached, where they are attached, shape of the wing itself and feather placement all alter how they fly. And their range of capabilities. Being able to directly ascend upwards or descend directly downwards, not to mention grab something more than your body weight is something Eagles can do. Plus all the aerial, almost defying flight dynamics, are another thing Eagles can do. Pigeons are agile and can fly long distances, but they cannot do anything I mentioned above. They simply don't have the correct wings to do so. But they live a very different life than an Eagle. Most people can't tell the subtle difference between wing types. And because Doves are a symbol of Christianity, I can see why people would make sense. However, the ways that Angels are spoken about in flight, suggests they would require Eagle wings. The Angel of Death and the Angel are one in the same. It is really only Revelations that demonize death. Most mythology death is neutral. Revelations conflates Death with Satan. Remember, the Book of Revelations is the only book in the Bible that takes place in the future. By God's POV, the Christian's God. Of course he's going to be successful. But that doesn't mean that's what the outcome will be. It is a prediction told to Christians.
Thanks to these movies i pay attention to my surroundings even more. Driving behind truck carrying logs? No thank you. Oh construction happening on the top floor and i walk under that? No thank you. Movers carrying huge glass that its hard to see and keep riding my bike that way? No thank you. 😂
Just a tid bit so you know. The logging truck in the second final destination. The filming crew tried to make the accident happen naturally but they couldn't. The logs wouldn't bounce they just hit the road and rolled. So they had to animate it. Not saying logging accidents wouldn't happen but it's not quite as bad as the movie makes it out.
That was an incredible analysis, I’m surprised it doesn’t have more views! I’m sharing it with my friends, thank you so much for your hard work, it was an incredibly pleasant watch 😊
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I really appreciate the academic perspective you bring to movies! The connections to Christian themes that you point are super in depth and appreciated from a fellow theologian. Keep up the great work, brother!
The original movie was written as a spec script for the X-Files and James Wong was an X-Files writer too. I always liken it to an episode of X-Files called Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose because the guy in that episode became psychic by obsessing over the odds of a certain event that ended in a death and it also plays on the themes of "are premonitions inevitable" and I love that episode and I love this franchise. I've had the headcanon that all the people who have the premonitions are anxious and they get in their head about the flight to Paris, the long roadtrip to Florida, etc. that it triggers the ability to see the premonition.
When I originally watched Final Destination 1-5, and nobody knew that 5 was a prequel, I thought it was hilarious but a great concept, that 5 ended with the beginning of 1, and to me, I thought when I first seen it, that it was like the concept of the circle of life or infinity. How no matter the path, it will always end where it started. So I thought the way they ended it was perfect. Because it would have been an endless loop that could not be escaped for these people's path and how they we're gonna die. But then later, when they said 5 was a prequel to 1, it made me question things, and wonder if you can partially spot the characters who would have been the survivors from 5 in the first film. And now almost finished with this video, some key stuff have been implemented into my thinking. So I'll start with, before we all knew that 5 was a prequel, I would have said that Death finally closed the Rift, by killing everyone in 5's ending. But that would not be the case here. Hell, it's not even in the same ball park anymore, and makes these movies not understable. Because if 5 is now the prequel story to 1, then it means that Clear or Clare was wrong in 2. Now let me verify this, by saying, with 5 being a prequel, it means that Death was trying to close the Rift during the first movie and not the second one, because he started killing people off in the 5th movie, which is the prequel to the whole series. So that means that 4 is when Death has finally closed the Rift in the 4th movie. But if Final Destination 6 and 7 are being created, are they gonna be a reboot to the whole Series, or continuations to the Series, or implemented into the Series, like how Saw X (10) is a sequel to Saw 1. And Saw XI (11) is supposedly supposed to go after 2. Or maybe even 3. So this leaves many questions open, and no Answers answered, because of 5 being a Prequel, and 6 and 7 supposedly coming out. When I do some research hopefully they will be answered, but I might only find more questions, then answers.
One of your neighbors really chose their day to do renovations, huh? Made me take off my headset a couple times, thinking it was from inside my own house hahaha The final twist at the end of FD5 was a stroke of GENIUS. So unexpected, but hit like a punch to the guts.
23:58 In the final destination books that are spin-off connection side stories. The people are getting psychic visions the most are always in May and the earliest tragedy in the book series was 1889 Victoria England
Death sending the premonitions adds up strangely. Show the initial death, let them react. Then organize as needed for any taking "the bait." This is why sometimes the premonition happens literally a moment after everything has got speed and momentum or the point if no return being crossed. This happens at least twice(4 & 5 instantly comes to mind).
I am not really into Horror Movies, particularly not the schlocky kind of ones, but I really love the Final Destination series, yes it is very daft at times, but it is often very entertaining and definitely has something a bit more to it.
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for me the movies taught me it was pointless in being afraid of every little thing that could happen to you when leaving your house like for example every time you enter a car it could be your last or you could be in a store when some crazy person with a gun breaks in and it will be your last shopping trip but always thinking about and freaking out over every little detail and the countless ways you could die both inside and outside if your home will just turn you into a mess of a recluse obsessed with safety and never leaving their home for anything the important thing to remember is most of the deaths you could experience are actually very rare and easily preventable by either a small non expensive device or by just using your brain and being smart like many of the deaths i can think of probably kill less then 30 people a year
Subbed, saw this as a suggested video and loved this analysis, these movies have given me fears of thing's that to this day still affect me, long bridges, rollercoasters, airplanes, and any kind of loaded truck on the highway, lol. 🤷🏾♂️🤣
I still love this series! I live in the northern California and every now a then I will see a semi-trailer carrying lumber on the highway and you can see people get away from it. It's wild.
First time watching one of your videos and man was this great always loved these movies and now got different ways to enjoy them. Thank you and keep up the good work
I just realized something, in the plane crash Clear likely would have died from the plane exploding, then when she would have died in the first movie when Alex sacrificed himself would have been a car explosion and finally how does death take our girl Clear out? The explosion in the hospital. Death really said that she needed to die in an explosion.
Obsessing over death leads to embracing a philosophy that revolves around death. All principles and motivations are to avoid a negative as opposed to pursuing a positive. Stoicism is an example of one of these death worshiping philosophies. It says to detach yourself from earthly values because those values can be lost and cause you pain. It's a philosophy that tells you to relinquish control and just roll with it. But values also make life worth living. The last of us episode 3 is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Life and freedom can be scary, but they're worth it. Really living and simply avoiding death are two completely different ways of life. So will you choose motivation by love (love of values and therefore your own life) or motivation by fear (avoiding negatives and cheating yourself out of happiness)?
You know... if you give this man a trilby hat, white shirt and neck tie, then he bears an uncanny appearance to Cillian Murphy from the Oppenheimer movie poster
When I was younger I used to think what if the premonitions came from a psychic ability that was unlocked because of trauma. But that wouldn't make sense because they come before the protagonist escapes the first life threatening event.
I don't think Kimberly ever died in the franchise she wasn't mentioned in the ones or no articles on her so I think she was the only one that beat death
Okay but the creators also said their original plan was to kill both of them on the train - and the only reason that didn’t happen was because only one actor could be present, and they knew if they only showed one dying, people would assume the other was still alive. So the intention of the filmmakers is absolutely that they both died. They want them both to be dead so badly that they literally refused to show it rather than imply in any way that one might’ve survived.
She should have. They didn't break or solve the pattern. Burk was supposed to be hit with the mental object turned into a fire ball but Kimberly saved him, moving the person who is supposed to d1e to Kimberly. And if resesctitation is the solution, Alex and Claire should have lived as he was resescitated at the end of the first movie.
I believe the premonition is death actually sending them these visions just to toy with them, leaning on vicious. Death has been killing for centuries, what if death is bored and this makes it a challenge knowing in the end each will succumb to death in anyway or form. Someone knowing there own death and fighting to avoid but sees each one falling to deaths hands outs a more emotional shock to the factor and the torment on the individual’s mind just before he dies.
One thing that's always nagged at me about FD2 is the scene when Nora and Tim are leaving the dentist office (during which visit Tim almost suffocates/chokes). Would Tim still have been crushed by the plate glass if Kimberly and Tom hadn't arrived and started shouting for his attention, which in turn caused Tim to disturb the pigeons that interfered with the crane operator? Hmm...Tim most likely would have met another horrific end, but did Kimberly and Tom unwittingly bring about his grisly death by trying to prevent it?
If even death has to have balance, then some force beyond death exists. The premonitions might be attributed to something beyond. I'm glad they didn't contrive a story where they kill death, or even put a face to the "monster."
Thank you so much for this video, brother! I needed the word you put in, Ecclesiastes 7:4. God led me to watch this video so I could see this, so thank you God bless you ❤
I have a suspicion that 6 will be focused on descendants of survivors from a historical ‘accident’. Maybe these descendants were also in the big ‘accidents’ of the 5 films. Death moving backwards from the immediate loose ends to the original ones.
I always felt like they meant death is unavoidable. Nothing they can do to stop it, they can delay it but will still happen. Obviously they made the deaths super super gruesome for the movies.
I think it would be cool if in the next film, they kill off Bloodworth, and while going through his effects they find his research into these types of incidents. Linking many well known disasters into deaths design, it would be a nice way to honor Tony Todd and breathe new life into the franchise.
I like to think that death doesn’t give the premonitions on purpose, it’s a result of a lot of lives being taken. Like the characters get signs about whose going to did and/or how but not a vision. The only times there are visions are when a lot of people die. I think death doesn’t give the hints on purpose, it’s just a result of him being around.
Yes that was the whole point of the 5th movie was to show that the original was death cleaning up the mess from the original plan getting messed up. It just so happens that someone else got the "vision" of the plan and started it all over again. Sadly, the real original survivors should've realized what was going on and gotten off so they could've lived longer lol
And I could be wrong because after just watching part 4, the guy making the video did have a good point about how it's possible death sent the vision to guide people to where they were always supposed to die instead of letting whatever mass tragedy take them in the opening sequence. That may be what the writers were going for was getting people to wonder if the characters died horribly because they were supposed to, or if they died because they weren't paying attention to the world around them.
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To be fair, in one of the films (I forget which one), where they drive past a sign that says 'Clear Waters'. Maybe you subconsciously were thinking of that lol
The smart and not petty viewers understand you misspoke and didn't hold it against you. Great video
Just want to say I hate your setup because I kept looking at the door, expecting a jump scare.
Did changing her name change death's plan? We might never know
Death is basically a bored angle who doesn't like people messing with his plans
Or death was getting yelled at by his boss for not doing his job right and letting a bunch of meddling kids win?😅
At one point I even thought that maybe death just has a sick sense of humor and sends them the visions because it's bored.
I kinda of go with the visions are sent to save the person that gets them, for one reason or another Fate has chosen to spare them. But when they blab and end up saving more people then intended, it pisses off both Death and Fate and now they are all going to die horribly because they both have their knickers in a twist.
@@paulinemillard8156 it's like they were "hey! I gave those visions to you to save your ass, not their ass!" Kind of vibe XD
@@CyanWithGlasses Exactly!
@@paulinemillard8156 That may be why the Protagonist survives the initial survivor culling and then is left alone for quite a while after. They were saved for a reason and they and the rest of the culling survivors get to live till that reason (whatever it was) is fulfilled. Then and only then does Death gets punish them.
To me the line explaining death has them by the tail was important. The premonitions were actually death playing with the mouse in a sadistic game of fun.
These movies absolutely scarred me as a child. I have no idea why I’m watching this in the middle of the night 😂
Yes I was behind a truck the other day with shovels in a trash can. No idea if they were secured but final destination scary lol
My sister and i used to run and play in the house so my mom rented the first fd dvd. Scared me stupid. "This is why i tell you two to look listen and think...and to also be obedient to your parents"😂
I just want to say that The Final Destination was like Jaws for people when it first came out..
they didn't want to go in the water, I didn't want to step outside anymore 😂
Oddly enough, watching 1,000 Ways to Die, had me convinced I was in my own Final Destination movie.
I saw both of those ....... Fucked me up. lmao
It literally makes you consider everything as a potential life-threatening threat and the resulting paranoia with that sucks.
I still hang far back if there’s anything like a timber or scaffold lorry in front.
@daisysunshine1324 that's probably good practice anyways.🤣 Be safe ! 💖 🙏🏻💖
Death: (has plan thrawted) " ...shit. Well, time for a complex series of events to ensure the most painful ways to go."
"Why don't you just give them blood clots and heart attacks?"
Death: "this is funner."
"You just hit that chick with a bus?🤷🏻 That's it?"
Death: "Look, man, I get stage fright too. Do you think it's easy coming up with all these elaborate ways to kill people!?"😂
This is because it was their fate from the beginning to die per accident. not because of an illness.
I think the way death is portrayed in the films shows that it isn't that powerful. It never manifests something that isn't there, and doesn't make objects move in impossible ways. It also doesn't appear capable of prolonged actions. It only appears to be able to make small adjustments to objects to set up the chain reactions.
With supernatural powers we tend to think that the sky is the limit, but there are always limits baked into stories. Otherwise all supernatural horror films would be 5 seconds long, and would only be about everyone being instantly annihilated into dust.
As someone who has seen the live-action Death Note, can confirm that this method is funnier than boring old heart attacks (in that it is used hilariously bad there).
But I love Final Destination though. One of my favorite movies, the original.
Edit: I misread funner as funnier. Damn, joke doesn't quite make sense now. >:T
It’s final destination, not death note…… uh…. Wait…. I’m confused…..
One of their closest runs was like Death suggesting a Sysiphissian challenge:
A. Stay near The Premonition,
B. Avoid Death every anniversary of your death day.
23:16 my theory is that the premonitions were giving to the main characters to protect them, and that they were meant to survive for a reason not the other people around them, but because of human nature, we tend to protect the ones we care about, just like in zombie movies where a loved one has turned and a character can’t come to terms with that, so they keep it a secret putting everyone else around them at risk.
So why is the main character always destined for death in the end?
It's interesting that in these movies, those who have made it to the end and think they have won seem to be ok until they start talking about it again discussing who's next and all. In the first movie, a whole six months have gone by before death is after them again when they're at a café in Paris and start talking about who's next on the list. It's as if death has moved on and forgotten about them until he is summoned by their discussion of him which causes him to come back to tie up the loose ends.
I like how the second movie addresses the chain reactions cause by those who survived the first movie's beginning premonition. But it still leaves a few things unanswered. The kid at the end who's killed by the grill was earlier pushed out of the way of a news van. But that van which would have killed him was only there because of those who evaded the huge pyle up at the beginning. Had those people died in the pile up, the news van wouldn't have been there to kill the kid in the first place.
Idk they couldve talked about it beforehand as well
I like to think it was death saying "try to stop me and innocents will die"
I think it’s revealed in a news paper article in one of the movies that he was the only survivor of Lakeview fire. If you’re curious, in the fourth movie when nick and his girlfriend are trying to convince their friends about death, they printed out an article the talks about it
It is the single scene in the series that still bugs me. That boy was never supposed to die. Death cheated on that one.
Regarding your first point, I think it shows how much we cause death's chain reaction. By trying to avoid it or acknowledging its presence, we summon it.
Clear Rivers. Water is a symbol of life and that may be why she survived for a time and got to live longer than the others. It also may symbolise being able to see through the water to get to the bottom of the plan.
Yeah, Claire can mean bright as well. So her name would translate to "bright life." Which is the conscious choice she makes at the end of the movie, to focus on living her best life.
She survived due to being in a crazy home with no sharp objects just white wall
@@usmnichols8636 Symbolically, I mean. Not as a direct causation. Same way Tod died because his name means "death" in German.
@usmnichols8636 that's the second movie after she reverted to bring fearful again.
I thought for sure this had thousands of views super high quality and well done. I like the idea of the films taking a cyclical type structure
Ah thanks! Yes, I was blown away by the FD5 twist!
Let's keep watching it we will get there👍😂 because this guy is good he deserves it
It does have thousands of views
Here two months later and the algorithm brought me here. Glad it did! Lots of work went into this vid- you can tell
I had seen all of the FD films before, but earlier this year I decided to binge the entire series over 2 days. It really is a near perfect franchise. Especially love how they brought it full circle with the last film. The makers of each installment seemed to care about keeping the integrity of whatever came before it. Hopefully, any new additions to the FD universe will maintain the same reverence for the franchise.
It is amazing all the sign was there (no pun intended) to suggest that it is a prequel.
1. One of the death's victim was quoting *The Sixth Sense* like it just came out.
2 (a) The name of restaurant that guy that had the premonition worked at was on the sign that hit Carver.
(b) With the name of the said restaurant being *Le Cáfe Miro 81* The fact that last three letters/numbers is *180* spelt backward, was hinting that we are *back* at the start of the franchise.
I honestly can't wait for the next installment. This is one of the few franchises where the premise doesn't get old as easily.
I always felt like the black dude in most of the movies was death himself they were talking to
My parents always saw him as a symbolic representation.
I always thought he was death
hes candyman bxtch!
You mean Tony Todd or Bludworth the mortician.
Nah. William Bloodsworth is 100% human. He just has experience with Death's games. From what I can figure out for number 6, is that the backstory is going to center around William and his connection to the games. Remember, in number 5 he had said "I've seen it all before". Meaning, he's dealt with Death's games before. Hopefully, Bloodlines will answer some of the questions.
I really like the analogy of the train track, as the characters in the films are indeed all on a train that inevitably reaches a figurative & literal dead end. They might get some chances to alter the positioning of the rails to allow the train to continue on longer, but the track will run out eventually. Death ensures that everyone gets off eventually, the eternal conductor on the train ride that is life.
The implication that death is omnipresent & sentient in FD universe is as fascinating as it is terrifying.
Cool video.
Get a Life
@@polytasking I can't find a 1-Up block though!
@darinlunderman8063 my out take of the train scene that the dude with guitar is death the way he sang ad the eye contact towards the girl always gave me eerie vibes.
I always thought that the number 180 was to suggest the characters do a 180 and do what they've always wanted to do in the new few moments they have, to have more regard for life and maybe seeing deaths design face it heroically, dying doing what they love, knowing life is a gift and appreciating that gift before it ends
I’ll be referencing your comment when I speak on this.
That should put into the next FD movie suggest to the next set of victims that their deaths is inevitable.
Or maybe 180 is to suggest that when you cheat death, it will always do a 180 back to you again.
@@tamiryoungjordan6986 will you be recording the speech? Because I'd like to hear it or read a transcript if possible. And thanks for referencing my comment mate, I feel honoured and really appreciate it. I wish you the best with your speech.
Omg! You’re so right. A 180!
@@Renegade2786that goes along with the plot of part 2. Everyone there was saved from death because of a delay due to flight 180 or something that happened soon after it. Maybe by changing death's plan, the original group of survivors caused the actual ripple effect mentioned in part 2 and death was playing catch up all along?
YOU 🫵 Yes, YOU don't want to drive behind that truck transporting huge wood logs. 😉😅
Dang right 😂
probably the most shared thing between people who watched that movie.
and no, we don't care that mythbusters showed it's impossible.
@@alicepbg2042it really blows my mind just how many people ended up with the same super specific irrational fear because of a movie series
Moving from Seattle to Vegas, and driving my car down I-5, Oregon was one five hour long Anxiety Attack...
Every time we end up behind one of those trucks, my family always look at each other and giggle nervously.
Great recap. Well done. This is one of the most disturbing movies I've ever seen. Especially the highway log truck incident. It does teach a lesson to always be safe in what you do. The mundane everyday might not be so mundane.
I would love to see a FD movie where the person that has the premonitions wasn't part of death's design.
Don’t mind me as I write a parody featuring an uninterested chaperone trying to protect 8 difficult high schoolers on a field trip 😅
This MUST be a comedy.
@@JaredBissell I’m thinking “Tucker and Dale vs Evil” vibes
@@ProcessedWheat Damn, you effing nailed it.
This is the best film analysis i've ever seen....
Out of all the deaths, Tod's annoys me the most. Death "cleaning up" after itself felt like cheating when every other death, while the series of events is highly unlikely, is not absolutely impossible.
Yeah it looked like they wanted to make it paranormal, with death being a sentient entity. Glad they didn't keep that route
I look at it like this: death completed his original design. Everyone that was destined to die on flight 180 is dead. Well, I think it’s fucked up is giving selected people a psychic premonition of their demise like they’re not gonna try to do something about that. No sane human being really wants to die.
This just further proves, that the only thing worst than death is waiting to die….💯
Ving Rhames said it best in Dawn of the Dead 🖤
Rest in Power Tony Todd
Things i got from this movie series are, plane fright, afraid of trucks, fear of amusement parks, and that if i ever get a vision of my imminent death, imma just be "f this, i aint gonna do shit and just pray i get an instant death"
Edit, honestly, i see death as a benevolent force, why?, it releases us from this mortal coil, as they say "lifes a bitch, and then we die" but since we dont know what awaits us after death, we dont know if dying truly is a blessing in disguise
I just randomly stumbled upon this video, but i really like the way you convey your points, you've got a new subscriber!
I think two possibly interesting scenarios for future films could be either:
1) the visio❤nary sees the start of the accident and steps that lead to it, but they die first, and so aren't sure who's a victim or who isn't. This could even be an incident caused by other people, and maybe that effects rules regarding them (kinda like the killing someone else in 5).
Or 2) Each survivor gets a snippet of the vision (maybe unwitting survivors from unseen accidenrs brougjt together, also like the end of 5), seeing their own death, and they have to piece things together somehow.
One of my fave movie franchises of all time. And to hear we're getting a sixth movie makes me squeee in excitement!
You have an amazing voice! Very interesting and soothing. Great in depth analysis!!
Great video . Also you remind me of peter parker/spiderman in this jacket
could not get this off my mind lol
Very nice video! FD3 introduced an idea that was briefly introduced and either abandoned or negated: FD3 seemed to indicate that the surviving characters who are fated to die must remain within a certain degree of physical proximity with one another. Towards the end of the film when it seems like we have had a couple of surviving characters, they have gone on with their lives in different locations… until a chance(?) meeting on a subway. And that reunion is what sets an immediate Rube Goldberg machination of death upon them.
So if you can ENSURE that you and your surviving friends go on to live in different cities etc… can you keep living? Is the Spirit/Embodiment of Death too localized to follow the plan across vast distances?
Ah thank you! And thanks for sharing that, that's really fascinating! I think there's something in it. Sometimes in these movies Death seems to pick off 'lone rangers', but you're right, for the most part it seems to want to kill as many birds with one stone as possible.
Great thought! It's been a little while since I've watched the films, but perhaps proximity is part of what kept the final 3 alive for 6 months before hey went to Paris to celebrate together at the end of FD3?
you've been one of my favorite channels for a while. love the work 🫶🏻🫶🏻
That's very kind, thank you!
Underappreciated channel,keep on improving your craft 😉👍
Amazing job. Thanks to you I have a newfound appreciation for this series
final destination video essays will always get a view from me !!
I think the first movie was the best. I also think having the fifth movie being the prequel was a good way to end it, eventhough the first movie could've stood alone. Ppl should know when to stop lol.
They got a new one coming out
It's not just that there are too many movies, the plot isn't written in a way to justify that many movies nor are the movies written in a way to properly tie them together with a great climax at the end.
I'm looking at you Saw.
20:11 Pigeons. Angels have pigeon wings. Angels are messengers. One is the angel of death.
Pigeons are also a symbol of hope lime the one that returned with a twig at the end of the biblical flood.
Pigeons symbolise peace. Maybe making peace with a fate you can't escape?
Well Angels technically wings are closer to Eagle wings.
Eagles fly very different than Pigeons.
Pigeons wings also have very different feathers than Eagles.
Pigeons feathers make a very distinct sound that is surprising loud.
Eagles are completely silent.
With birds, how the wings are attached, where they are attached, shape of the wing itself and feather placement all alter how they fly. And their range of capabilities.
Being able to directly ascend upwards or descend directly downwards, not to mention grab something more than your body weight is something Eagles can do. Plus all the aerial, almost defying flight dynamics, are another thing Eagles can do.
Pigeons are agile and can fly long distances, but they cannot do anything I mentioned above.
They simply don't have the correct wings to do so. But they live a very different life than an Eagle.
Most people can't tell the subtle difference between wing types.
And because Doves are a symbol of Christianity, I can see why people would make sense.
However, the ways that Angels are spoken about in flight, suggests they would require Eagle wings.
The Angel of Death and the Angel are one in the same.
It is really only Revelations that demonize death.
Most mythology death is neutral.
Revelations conflates Death with Satan.
Remember, the Book of Revelations is the only book in the Bible that takes place in the future.
By God's POV, the Christian's God. Of course he's going to be successful.
But that doesn't mean that's what the outcome will be. It is a prediction told to Christians.
Thanks to these movies i pay attention to my surroundings even more. Driving behind truck carrying logs? No thank you. Oh construction happening on the top floor and i walk under that? No thank you. Movers carrying huge glass that its hard to see and keep riding my bike that way? No thank you. 😂
@@GiaHoaNguyen already brown that's y didn't add tanning Bed 😂
Just a tid bit so you know. The logging truck in the second final destination. The filming crew tried to make the accident happen naturally but they couldn't. The logs wouldn't bounce they just hit the road and rolled. So they had to animate it. Not saying logging accidents wouldn't happen but it's not quite as bad as the movie makes it out.
definitely enjoyed your video essay as well as your style of editing. Great stuff, I'm subscribing 😊
That was an incredible analysis, I’m surprised it doesn’t have more views! I’m sharing it with my friends, thank you so much for your hard work, it was an incredibly pleasant watch 😊
Ah thank you very much, that's very kind!
I guess u can say... He's... Thoro(ughly)good. 😉😎😏
Recently discovered your channel and it is AMAZING!! I love your content. Found you through the Wicker Man videos you made and your insights in those videos and all others I've seen from you are just incredible!! This channel SO deserves to blow up.
Ah that's very kind, thank you!
I really appreciate the academic perspective you bring to movies!
The connections to Christian themes that you point are super in depth and appreciated from a fellow theologian. Keep up the great work, brother!
Ah thanks, brother! Great to hear from you :)
You're definition of symbols unlocked a higher understanding and appreciation. Thank you.
Immediately subscribed, love the deep dives and the intelligent take, new favourite deep dive channel
Ah thank you so much!
This video was thoroughly good
The original movie was written as a spec script for the X-Files and James Wong was an X-Files writer too. I always liken it to an episode of X-Files called Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose because the guy in that episode became psychic by obsessing over the odds of a certain event that ended in a death and it also plays on the themes of "are premonitions inevitable" and I love that episode and I love this franchise. I've had the headcanon that all the people who have the premonitions are anxious and they get in their head about the flight to Paris, the long roadtrip to Florida, etc. that it triggers the ability to see the premonition.
When I originally watched Final Destination 1-5, and nobody knew that 5 was a prequel, I thought it was hilarious but a great concept, that 5 ended with the beginning of 1, and to me, I thought when I first seen it, that it was like the concept of the circle of life or infinity. How no matter the path, it will always end where it started. So I thought the way they ended it was perfect. Because it would have been an endless loop that could not be escaped for these people's path and how they we're gonna die. But then later, when they said 5 was a prequel to 1, it made me question things, and wonder if you can partially spot the characters who would have been the survivors from 5 in the first film. And now almost finished with this video, some key stuff have been implemented into my thinking. So I'll start with, before we all knew that 5 was a prequel, I would have said that Death finally closed the Rift, by killing everyone in 5's ending. But that would not be the case here. Hell, it's not even in the same ball park anymore, and makes these movies not understable. Because if 5 is now the prequel story to 1, then it means that Clear or Clare was wrong in 2. Now let me verify this, by saying, with 5 being a prequel, it means that Death was trying to close the Rift during the first movie and not the second one, because he started killing people off in the 5th movie, which is the prequel to the whole series. So that means that 4 is when Death has finally closed the Rift in the 4th movie. But if Final Destination 6 and 7 are being created, are they gonna be a reboot to the whole Series, or continuations to the Series, or implemented into the Series, like how Saw X (10) is a sequel to Saw 1. And Saw XI (11) is supposedly supposed to go after 2. Or maybe even 3. So this leaves many questions open, and no Answers answered, because of 5 being a Prequel, and 6 and 7 supposedly coming out. When I do some research hopefully they will be answered, but I might only find more questions, then answers.
One of your neighbors really chose their day to do renovations, huh?
Made me take off my headset a couple times, thinking it was from inside my own house hahaha
The final twist at the end of FD5 was a stroke of GENIUS. So unexpected, but hit like a punch to the guts.
Exceedingly impressed that you know the Word. Good show young man!
@jeliarra Agreed!👼♥🙏🕊
damn what is that bg music from the 2 minute mark, i thought another video was playing on my tabs
23:58 In the final destination books that are spin-off connection side stories. The people are getting psychic visions the most are always in May and the earliest tragedy in the book series was 1889 Victoria England
Can i get a pdf of the books?
really good video dude
you give amazing content really had me hooked
2:45 Tod means "death" in German.
Death sending the premonitions adds up strangely. Show the initial death, let them react. Then organize as needed for any taking "the bait."
This is why sometimes the premonition happens literally a moment after everything has got speed and momentum or the point if no return being crossed. This happens at least twice(4 & 5 instantly comes to mind).
This was great, makes me want to rewatch the series to notice all the points myself.
I am not really into Horror Movies, particularly not the schlocky kind of ones, but I really love the Final Destination series, yes it is very daft at times, but it is often very entertaining and definitely has something a bit more to it.
This was such a great, high quality video! Definitely subscribed!
Excellent video thank you for this !
A absolute masterpiece playa. This is one of the best, funny, informative, & thought provoking videos I've ever seen & I've seen a lot, Bravo's abound, & keep up the great work, peace. 😊😊😊
Ah very kind, thanks so much!
for me the movies taught me it was pointless in being afraid of every little thing that could happen to you when leaving your house like for example every time you enter a car it could be your last or you could be in a store when some crazy person with a gun breaks in and it will be your last shopping trip but always thinking about and freaking out over every little detail and the countless ways you could die both inside and outside if your home will just turn you into a mess of a recluse obsessed with safety and never leaving their home for anything the important thing to remember is most of the deaths you could experience are actually very rare and easily preventable by either a small non expensive device or by just using your brain and being smart like many of the deaths i can think of probably kill less then 30 people a year
Subbed, saw this as a suggested video and loved this analysis, these movies have given me fears of thing's that to this day still affect me, long bridges, rollercoasters, airplanes, and any kind of loaded truck on the highway, lol. 🤷🏾♂️🤣
Wow lol I just realized where the General Lee's horn came from😂
That's pretty slick too, Gone With The Wind, just like the General💁🏻♀️
RIP Tony Todd 🪝🐝🍯
I still love this series! I live in the northern California and every now a then I will see a semi-trailer carrying lumber on the highway and you can see people get away from it. It's wild.
First time watching one of your videos and man was this great always loved these movies and now got different ways to enjoy them. Thank you and keep up the good work
Ah thank you! I really appreciate that :)
could you also cover the purge movies?
Wow Interesting, loved watching this video. Had some pretty facts about the movie.
I absolutely love this video. Well done!!!!
I love Final Destination!
Basically my childhood scares in a nutshell.
This sucks, I just now found your channel, and I'm already a huge fan.
The ladder and logging truck scenes are the ones that stuck w me the most !
I just realized something, in the plane crash Clear likely would have died from the plane exploding, then when she would have died in the first movie when Alex sacrificed himself would have been a car explosion and finally how does death take our girl Clear out? The explosion in the hospital. Death really said that she needed to die in an explosion.
Obsessing over death leads to embracing a philosophy that revolves around death. All principles and motivations are to avoid a negative as opposed to pursuing a positive. Stoicism is an example of one of these death worshiping philosophies. It says to detach yourself from earthly values because those values can be lost and cause you pain. It's a philosophy that tells you to relinquish control and just roll with it.
But values also make life worth living. The last of us episode 3 is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Life and freedom can be scary, but they're worth it. Really living and simply avoiding death are two completely different ways of life. So will you choose motivation by love (love of values and therefore your own life) or motivation by fear (avoiding negatives and cheating yourself out of happiness)?
RIP tony todd
You know... if you give this man a trilby hat, white shirt and neck tie, then he bears an uncanny appearance to Cillian Murphy from the Oppenheimer movie poster
"Death is like an old friend" -Captain Howdy
Amazing job. Well done ❤
When I was younger I used to think what if the premonitions came from a psychic ability that was unlocked because of trauma. But that wouldn't make sense because they come before the protagonist escapes the first life threatening event.
I don't think Kimberly ever died in the franchise she wasn't mentioned in the ones or no articles on her so I think she was the only one that beat death
In a deleted scene her death is mentioned. Along with Officer Burk. They are killed by a woodchipper
@@DiamondzFreaxzit’s not really seen as canon bc that’s where you choose the characters fate and basically change the real story
@@m3gstarrr436 Ooooh I see.
I thought the article was a definite part of Final Destination 3
Okay but the creators also said their original plan was to kill both of them on the train - and the only reason that didn’t happen was because only one actor could be present, and they knew if they only showed one dying, people would assume the other was still alive. So the intention of the filmmakers is absolutely that they both died. They want them both to be dead so badly that they literally refused to show it rather than imply in any way that one might’ve survived.
She should have. They didn't break or solve the pattern.
Burk was supposed to be hit with the mental object turned into a fire ball but Kimberly saved him, moving the person who is supposed to d1e to Kimberly.
And if resesctitation is the solution, Alex and Claire should have lived as he was resescitated at the end of the first movie.
I believe the premonition is death actually sending them these visions just to toy with them, leaning on vicious. Death has been killing for centuries, what if death is bored and this makes it a challenge knowing in the end each will succumb to death in anyway or form. Someone knowing there own death and fighting to avoid but sees each one falling to deaths hands outs a more emotional shock to the factor and the torment on the individual’s mind just before he dies.
One thing that's always nagged at me about FD2 is the scene when Nora and Tim are leaving the dentist office (during which visit Tim almost suffocates/chokes). Would Tim still have been crushed by the plate glass if Kimberly and Tom hadn't arrived and started shouting for his attention, which in turn caused Tim to disturb the pigeons that interfered with the crane operator? Hmm...Tim most likely would have met another horrific end, but did Kimberly and Tom unwittingly bring about his grisly death by trying to prevent it?
Subscribed, thanks for the great video man!
The tune whistled in the 4th movie is not Tara’s Theme from Gone With The Wind. The song is “Dixie.”
Great video!
You know you're in deep doo when you find yourself taking advice from the Candy Man
If even death has to have balance, then some force beyond death exists. The premonitions might be attributed to something beyond. I'm glad they didn't contrive a story where they kill death, or even put a face to the "monster."
This was a really good video
Thank you so much for this video, brother! I needed the word you put in, Ecclesiastes 7:4. God led me to watch this video so I could see this, so thank you God bless you ❤
I have a suspicion that 6 will be focused on descendants of survivors from a historical ‘accident’. Maybe these descendants were also in the big ‘accidents’ of the 5 films. Death moving backwards from the immediate loose ends to the original ones.
I always felt like they meant death is unavoidable. Nothing they can do to stop it, they can delay it but will still happen. Obviously they made the deaths super super gruesome for the movies.
I hope this video gets more views 🎉
I love this! I’m a follower of Christ and love movies like these and seeing how you quote scripture and compare is so cool to me.
I think it would be cool if in the next film, they kill off Bloodworth, and while going through his effects they find his research into these types of incidents.
Linking many well known disasters into deaths design, it would be a nice way to honor Tony Todd and breathe new life into the franchise.
pretty good video thanks
the first Final Destination started my crush on Ali Larter
I always theorized that death accidentally brushes them as he moves to do his thing. By the 4th movie, he uses this to his advantage.
Great vid new sub 👍🏾
I like to think that death doesn’t give the premonitions on purpose, it’s a result of a lot of lives being taken. Like the characters get signs about whose going to did and/or how but not a vision. The only times there are visions are when a lot of people die. I think death doesn’t give the hints on purpose, it’s just a result of him being around.
So interesting!
i might be wrong but im sure 5 ended with the plane flight 180 so did it go back to the beginning?
Yes that was the whole point of the 5th movie was to show that the original was death cleaning up the mess from the original plan getting messed up. It just so happens that someone else got the "vision" of the plan and started it all over again. Sadly, the real original survivors should've realized what was going on and gotten off so they could've lived longer lol
@@patrickevans9604 oooo ok
And I could be wrong because after just watching part 4, the guy making the video did have a good point about how it's possible death sent the vision to guide people to where they were always supposed to die instead of letting whatever mass tragedy take them in the opening sequence. That may be what the writers were going for was getting people to wonder if the characters died horribly because they were supposed to, or if they died because they weren't paying attention to the world around them.
Thanks for the video