ZoulsGaming t1_it8nhej wrote on October 21, 2022 at 7:02 PM

Reply to comment by throwaway-clonewars in Movie actually better than book for once (Maze runner) by throwaway-clonewars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maze_Runner_(book_series) apparently there are 5 main books and i guess 2 prequels? im going off a youtube comment.

it became relevant cause a friend was watching the movies and said he saw nothing wrong, and when we talked about it the plots were just ENTIRELY different.

minor spoiler for book 2 and movie 2. >!in book 2 they come up, in this empty fascility is locked, starve for 2 weeks then see corpses hanging on the sealing that disappears with blinking light and they all get brnaded with titles like "the sinner" and "the betrayer" and stupid shit like that, then a guy called the ratman tells them they are sunscorched and has to travel across the desert in 2 weeks to get "the cure" which is a lie. and basically kicks them into a teleporter!<

>!Start of movie 2 is coming up to a facility with food and people and safety, but deciding to leave because they dont feel safe or wants to explore or something. makes WAY more sense !<

throwaway-clonewars OP t1_it8oh0e wrote on October 21, 2022 at 7:08 PM

I've seen the movies, so I have a general idea of what I'm getting into of they stick relatively close to the books.

I did know about the Maze runner files and the crank palace, but crank is a short side story and generally "files" type books I take as supplementary information and not part of the larger series. So in my mind it's 3 main. 2 prequels, and 2 extra books about the wider world. (Ie 5 main books and two kinda "nothing" books in terms of the connected storyline)

Didn't know a sequel series was gonna be released though according to that.

ZoulsGaming t1_it8ox04 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 7:11 PM

they are not even remotely close to the books is the point

throwaway-clonewars OP t1_it8piky wrote on October 21, 2022 at 7:15 PM

I mean, I don't need the whole thing to be the same, but the idea "kids running through a desert with infected people" is close enough for me in terms of similarity, considering some things just go off the rails from the source material (like the Vampire Diaries show)

ZoulsGaming t1_it8uvd0 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 7:52 PM

i mean up to you, but for some easy specific examples the whatever organisation matters alot less and all the infected are just zombies you need to kill in the movies.

in the books its more like an insanity virus that makes you partially insane and violent in bouts until you become a zombie like existence but is significantly more about interacting with humans that has crazy elements rather than pew pew guns go shooting.