Excerpted from The Failure of YA Dystopia, this is a discussion of The Maze Runner movies: The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, and The Death Cure. This video dives into the story, cinematography, action, and characters like Thomas, Newt, Minho, Frypan, Teresa, and Brenda, and how they all make up a great trilogy, even if it's not perfect.

View full episode here:    • The Failure of YA Dystopia  

Watch analysis of The Hunger Games series here:    • Why The Hunger Games Worked (And Then...  

Watch analysis of the Hunger Games prequel here:    • The Hunger Games Prequel Is Badly Wri...  

Watch analysis of the Divergent series here:    • Divergent Ruined the YA Dystopia Tren...  

Full YA Dystopia playlist here:    • YA Dystopia  

Originally published as part of a podcast on February 10, 2024.

0:00 The Maze Runner
2:29 The Scorch Trials
3:35 The Death Cure
4:10 The romance
5:16 The Death Cure
5:46 Overall + comparison to Divergent