Alright, you guys. The Scorch Trials trailer premiered the same day I did a post about the new movie poster, so I wanted to wait a day or two to post about the trailer. So let me show it to you and then we’ll discuss it after, okay? Here it is:
Now that you’ve seen it, let’s talk about it. This is going to be a little ranty. If you’ve read the book, this movie trailer is NOTHING like it. There are characters with the group that shouldn’t even BE with the group; there is information given to Thomas and the Gladers that was NEVER given to them like that; there’s just a lot of stuff that’s different. It’s really annoying, but at the same time, it does look pretty AWESOME. It’s still going to be a good movie, I think. Now that I’ve seen TMR and separated the book and the movie in the mind, I can go into TST knowing it’s going to be SO different. Also, the Scorch looks EXACTLY like I pictured, so that’s definitely a plus. I’ve seen that James Dashner actually approved all of these changes. Do any of you guys know if that’s true and where I can see that?
What do YOU think about the trailer?
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I’ve not read any of the books but if Dashner has approved of the changes, I assume it’s because he knows how ‘downhill’ his readers found the last two/three books and is making changes to atone and like an apology to the Maze Runner fans?
Hmmm. I don’t know. I didn’t think the books declined. I know some people feel that way, but some people loved them. I think he just knows that movies are different.
I learned with the Harry Potter books vs movies to just try to shut that part of my mind down and not go crazy with comparisons. I do think the trailer looks awesome!
EXACTLY! Sometimes you just have to do that.
Interview with Dashner:
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-05-18/james-dashner-spills-on-the-scorch-trials-plot-changes-romance-and-death-rumours
The trailer confused the heck out of me – I thought they’d accidentally released the trailer for The Death Cure.
The behind the scenes video I posted the other day talked about how they’ve kind of combined the second and third book. Like, they’re drawing from both for the next two movies, so I guess it makes sense?
Thanks for the link!
If Dashner is that okay with all the changes, I’m okay with all the changes.