r/MazeRunner

Ok so, I've rewatched the 3 maze runner movies and I'm genuinely bothered and pissed by the unanswered questions I have about the plot.

Premise: I didn't read the books so please have mercy on me.

Spoilers ahead.

>!1. The movie continuously talks about the kids of the maze as immunes, and yet they keep getting infected (Alby, Gally, Newt, ... Even Thomas when he injects himself to gain his memories back). That bothers me greatly. How can you call them immune if they can get infected and turn?!<

>!2. When Teresa is sent into the maze. Just... Why??? It makes sense that WICKED sent Thomas in because he betrayed them, but she was with WICKED all along! Did they do that so that she could save Alby? But the movie doesn't seem to care about Alby at all, so why send her in with the viles right after Alby was stung??!<

>!3. Linked to the viles that were sent in with Teresa, I get that letting the kids get stung may be a way for WICKED to study their brain or whatever (even though they should be immune, but that's point 1), but those viles CURED Alby!! And they cured Thomas too after he injected himself. That's a CURE.... Why would they still be looking for a cure it they already have it??? This bothers me soooooo much that they don't explain anything about those viles and it ruins the whole plot because they have a cure from day 1. Wtf is going on I'm so pissed! !<

>!4. From the start of the movie they keep saying how special Thomas is, but we only find out at the end that his blood is the one that creates the cure... Then why tf would he be so special? I hate when movies do this.!<

>!5. So we discover in the last movie that Thomas's blood is the cure. How on earth didn't they find that out earlier??? The kids worked for WICKED for years and were always tested... You want me to believe that they never gave him a blood test in years??? The kids even got one in the second movie after they got collected from the maze! That is such BS!!!<

>!6. If the cure is obtained by the blood, why would studying their brain in the maze be necessary??? I know you'll say about the fear enzyme or whatever, but when they got Thomas' blood to cure Brenda he wasn't scared or anything.!<

>!And lastly, not a question but more of a consideration, I HATED Teresa. And I hated Thomas for being sad for her. Dude, she only stopped torturing kids because she found out that you were the cure. If she didn't, she would have continued. She said it herself when he met her in the city that she would betray them again if it meant reaching a cure... Wtf!!! Leave her to die already! !<

Well.. I vented a little 😂 Thank you to anyone who will answer to this post!

I know on most subreddits like these there is that one post that seems to be posted multiple times a day but Im not really active so I want to hear what are your guys picks for the most common question/post asked on here

both the maze runner and divergent have a woman in white who's characterized as the villain. is there a reason for this? "The hunger games" also has president snow as our antagonist. snow as in white snow.

edit: I think I imagined the lady in divergent wearing a white dress. Although her hair is platinum blonde.

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I've been mad about The Death Cure ending for years.

One thing that has always bothered me is how many people blame Brenda for Newt's death just because she didn't make it back in time with the serum. At the same time, a lot of those same people completely excuse Teresa, even though many of the events in the third movie happened because of her decisions. Yes, she helped Thomas in the end, but she's also the reason he got trapped in WICKED in the first place and ended up getting shot.

So let's look at this logically for a second.

People in this universe aren't superheroes. They're still human, and they don't instantly die from every serious injury.

Take Thomas, for example.

He gets shot in the abdomen, loses a huge amount of blood, somehow stays conscious, has an emotional conversation with Teresa on the rooftop, climbs onto a helicopter, and survives.

Now compare that to Newt.

He gets stabbed once, with the knife still inside the wound (which would actually slow down blood loss instead of making it worse), and we're supposed to believe he dies almost instantly?

That just doesn't make sense.

And then there's Gally.

He literally got impaled by a spear in the first movie.

Realistically, his chances of surviving something like that should have been almost zero, yet somehow he lived.

WICKED clearly didn't save him—they had already abandoned the Maze and the Glade by that point.

The movie basically expects us to accept that he survived because he was immune.

But even then... immunity doesn't suddenly make someone superhuman.

Immune people are still just people.

The only difference is that their blood fights the Flare. That's it.

If Gally could survive being impaled, then it's hard to believe Newt couldn't survive long enough after being stabbed for someone to actually help him.

Here's where my theory starts.

The city wasn't even completely destroyed yet, and everyone just... left Newt there.

Brenda arrived only a few seconds after Newt stabbed himself. She was in shock, explosions were happening everywhere, people were dying, buildings were collapsing.

It's completely believable that she could have accidentally dropped the serum without even realizing it.

Gally and Minho ran over, but they were panicking too. Gally has always been one of the most practical characters in the trilogy, so it makes sense that he'd realize they had to leave before the whole city came down on them.

They rescued Thomas...

...and assumed Newt was already dead.

But here's the thing.

By that point, Newt had already become a Crank.

Throughout the movies, Cranks are shown to be incredibly hard to kill. They keep fighting after injuries that would normally kill an ordinary person.

So why would a single stab wound kill Newt almost instantly?

Considering how durable Cranks are portrayed, I think it's entirely possible that Newt was still alive after everyone left.

He wakes up alone.

He notices the serum lying on the ground where Brenda accidentally dropped it.

With absolutely nothing left to lose, he injects himself.

The serum works.

The Flare stops progressing.

He's still badly injured, but now he's no longer dying from the virus.

A little while later, Lawrence—or some of his people searching the city—finds him.

Lawrence has every reason to hate WICKED, but he also knows exactly what the Flare does to people.

I can easily imagine him deciding to save Newt's life, treating his wound, and helping him recover.

And don't forget...

Thomas promised Lawrence that he'd help him.

He never did.

If I were Lawrence, I'd be furious.

But I also don't think he'd blame Newt for Thomas's choices.

He'd probably make it very clear that Newt owes him his life... and then let him go.

Now here's my final idea.

I'm not saying the writers should copy this scene exactly.

But imagine if, two or three years later, the survivors are living peacefully in the Safe Haven...

...and one day, a small boat appears on the shore.

Everyone looks up.

It's Newt.

Alive.

Healthy.

Tell me the entire fandom wouldn't completely lose their minds.

That scene alone would probably become one of the most emotional moments in the entire franchise.

That's just my theory, but I honestly think it fits the movies' own logic better than Newt dying within seconds. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

I'm a huge hunger games fan and I just heard a lot of people saying The Maze Runner is very similar to the hunger games and so I decided to read it. But all the books are unavailable and on loan in the libraries, so I decided to watch the movie.

I just finished it a few minutes ago and it's quite nice.

I know all movie adaptations change stuff from the books (which pissed me off a lot when I watched hunger games movies especially the first film), so I'm just curious what they changed about The Maze Runner.

So I'm sure this topic has been discussed for a hundred times already but I wanna give it go anyways. This is based upon the movies and not the books, I am unaware the movie leaves out a lot of context, I don't know which ones specific. So please keep that in mind.

I will make the case that Thomas and his friends are just as, if not more egoistical and selfish than Wicked. First off, he risks the lives of over 100 kids to save Minho a guy he’d known for less than six months, brother be so forreal. Which only works btw because of stupid amount of plot armour. And ofcourse their bandit friends burn down the entire city while doing so. Please explain how that is going to improve the lives of literally anyone? The bandits genuinely looked at that place and thought: "Well if I can't have it, no one can." Worse, when Thomas realizes his blood is the literal cure, he chooses to abandon the mainland to live on a private island, which basically dooms the mainland to perish and despair. Not even trying to do small blood samples himself. They definetly could, look at Scorch earth when they met Brenda during the lightning storm, the survivors are perfectly capable to capture and detain the cranks, and thus perform experiments.

Yes I do agree that Wicked was torturing teens in the maze, and I don't know why they did that, when they could've just strapped them to chairs instead of a gigantic cage for some kind of perverse bloodsport. But must I remind you that at the end of the film, they actually take the more human road of keeping them save, strapped to chairs and not at risk of being eviscerated by literal aliens.

So to conclude, Thomas doesn't actually cares about anyone besides himselfs and his immideate friends. And if I have to choose between two sides, where one only cares about himself and the other side are cold hearted motherfuckers but atleast they're trying to save humanity while doing it, I am so sorry to tell you. But Teresa wouldn't even have gotten the chance to contact Wicked, I would have personally lead them to the Right arm the instant I got the chance.

And if you STILL disagree with me, remember that Thomas HIMSELF was about to make a deal with Ava, but ofcourse that cross-eyed douchebag shot Ava before we could've seen that alternate ending. Also still remains a mystery to me why he killed Ava at all. His goal was to save himself because he was infected, so he killed the doctor and then tried to kill Thomas, the literal only person able to save him? It just felt like the writers HAD to make wicked unnecessarily evil, otherwise people would just not side with Thomas.

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I haven’t watched this movie in forever but when I was young I recall a scene where people were hooked up in a lab and some enzyme was being harvested from their brains. Did this kill them? It scared me as a kid and I never really knew what was going on??

The Keeper of the Runners' Log is a four-part excavation of the Keeper of the Runners: the Glade before Thomas arrived, the lightning burns, the knife, six months strapped to WCKD's chair, and the maps he drew to find his way home.

It follows Minho in the quiet moments the films skipped, and the aftermath the books didn't have room for.

Through Minho's memories, we will meet Newt, Alby, Gally, Ben, Frypan, Chuck, Winston, Jeff in the Glade the way it was.

If you love whump, found family, and character study, this "Ugly but Sharp" series is for you.

Welcome to the Glade!

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What an insane book. I believe this was mentioned in the original trilogy, but it was something i was completely oblivious to whilst reading the book, but Deedee is literally Teresa and it took some post-read research for me to figure out that all this trauma is what led her to be so hell-bent on finding that cure at any cost. I’ll be honest i hated her after the originals, thought she was a traitor even though she ended up finding the cure (in the films only). But this prequel gives so much insight, i really feel bad she had to endure all that. And i understand why she was so loyal to WCKD. Without Alec, Mark and Trina, there is genuinely no cure. It’s also very rare to read a book where every character from the beginning ends up dead, we are only introduced to Deedee mid-book and she’s the only one who lives by the end. The book just ties in with the originals so perfectly, it answers a lot of questions about how the immunes were discovered. It all started with Teresa, and all the main characters in this book heroically allowed this to happen. Trina losing her memory was just the most awful thing and it was probably at that point where you really start to question if anyone relevant would survive the book, i thought her and Alec would be total goners and Mark would accompany Deedee to safety but i guess his paranoia really was the virus kicking in the whole time and so he was also a goner. Did anyone else think Mark and Deedee were going to end up being Gladers at some point? That obviously didn’t end up happening because everyone was infected. I don’t love the film adaptations for this franchise, the books seem to always come out on top. But, i would’ve loved to see a film for this one. Wish i read this book earlier, i read the OT like 7 years ago and just never thought the prequels would be any good. I was so wrong.

Hi Leute,

​ich habe mir letztens noch mal Maze Runner angeschaut und über die Details nachgedacht. In der Community wird ja ständig darüber geredet, warum die Jungs nicht einfach am Efeu hochgeklettert sind oder eine Leiter gebaut haben, um zu entkommen.

​Aber was wäre eigentlich gewesen, wenn sie das Problem direkt bei den Toren selbst angepackt hätten? Im Film sieht man eine gezackte Struktur oder Verkleidung, die an den Mauern entlangläuft und direkt zur Lichtung zeigt. Selbst als ganz normale Jugendliche ohne spezielles technisches Hintergrundwissen hätten sie mit ein bisschen grundlegender Logik diese Schwachstelle mit der Zeit ausnutzen können:

​1. Den Mechanismus schwächen

Anstatt nur wegzurennen, hätten die Kids das gesamte Salz aus den Küchenvorräten nehmen können, um eine hochkonzentrierte Salzlauge anzumischen. Wenn sie dann hochklettern und diese Lauge Tag für Tag direkt in die freiliegenden Schienen und Spalten kippen, würde der versteckte Mechanismus irgendwann anfangen zu rosten. Das würde die Kabel oder Antriebe, die die schweren Tore bewegen, völlig ohne Werkzeug schwächen.

​2. Eine Blockade errichten

Da im Wald der Lichtung massenhaft Holz zur Verfügung steht, hätten sie einen dicken, harten Baumstamm fällen und ihn zu einem soliden Holzkeil oder Holzklotz formen können – etwa 42 Zentimeter breit. Kurz bevor die Tore um 22:00 Uhr schließen, legt man diesen Holzklotz einfach unten in die Führungsschiene auf der sicheren Innenseite der Lichtung.

​3. Das Tor stoppen

Wenn die schweren Tore versuchen zuzufahren, krachen sie voll gegen den Holzklotz. Da der Mechanismus durch das Salz sowieso schon strapaziert und verrostet ist, würde das System den plötzlichen Widerstand nicht mehr packen. Die Motoren oder Seile würden blockieren, das Tor sofort einfrieren und einen kontrollierten, exakten Spalt von 42 Zentimetern hinterlassen.

​Das Ergebnis:

Dadurch entsteht ein perfekter, kontrollierter Engpass. Der Spalt ist schmal genug, um ihn von der sicheren Seite der Mauer aus ganz leicht mit angespitzten Holzspeeren zu verteidigen. Wenn ein Griever nachts versucht, sich durchzuquetschen, bleibt er stecken und die Kids können ihn gefahrlos erledigen. Außerdem stünden die Läufer nicht mehr unter so einem extremen Zeitdruck.

​Mich würde mal interessieren, was ihr darüber denkt. Glaubt ihr, das wäre ein logischer Ansatz gewesen, auf den normale Teenager im Laufe der Zeit hätten kommen können?