The Scorch Trials (Book Vs Movie)
Out of the glades and
into the scorch. Is everyone ready for phase two?
I recently finish reading the Scorch Trials by James Dashner.
And compared to the movie, it is so different. I started reading the book
before the movie came out, unfortunately I was so caught up in a lot of things
that I finished it after I watched the movie. For those of you who hasn't read
the book or seen the movie, this is a warning that there are tons of spoilers
up ahead.
Before I saw the movie, I thought the sequel to the maze
runner would be another WICKED test. Judging by its title "The Scorch
Trials". I compared the movie to the book while I was reading it, and I
was caught in a ton of confusion due to the drastic changes they made. I'm
pretty sure that the book fans would've been disappointed as they watched the
movie adaptation. But I couldn't say that the movie was bad because it kept me
at the edge of my seat with thrill and suspense.
Let me begin with the events that didn't happen in the book:
The "Other Maze"
*In the movie: It was mentioned that there were other mazes and other gladers that were saved from WICKED. And everyday, a few of them would be selected to be relocated to "Greener pastures". Later, Thomas and Aris discovered that instead of relocating them, WICKED had deceived them and were doing experiments on them.
*In the book: there was no mention of other mazes, just another maze with girls in it; Aris' maze. Aris and the girls were rescued about a week earlier than the gladers. They later found out that WICKED has labled the gladers as Group A and Aris's group as Group B. However Group A and Group B never met in the building where they were staying in. They only met in the scorch.
Rescuing Teresa
*In the movie: Thomas wouldn't let the group escape the facility without taking Teresa back. So they fought their way to rescue her.
*In the book: They never saw Teresa ever since they were separated. Thomas and Teresa would talk to each other through telepathy until one day. He couldn't reach out to her anymore. When they escaped the boy's dormitory they went out in search for Teresa. They discovered her room only to find Aris in her place. This was the first time they ever saw Aris. And this was also the first time they heard about his group.
Invisible codes on the back of their necks
*In the book: Right after they took in Aris, they found out that mysterious tattoos appeared at the back of everyone's necks. Labeling them as a property of WICKED. Which group they belong to, subject number, and their role.They also found Teresa's label at the entrance of her room. As surprised as they were, they didn't know what these labels meant. As the story unravels in the book, they actually meant the role they were supposed to portray in the trials.
Aris: Group B, Subject B1. "The Partner."
Teresa: Group A, Subject A1. "The Betrayer"
Minho: Group A, Subject A7. "The Leader"
Newt: Group A, Subject A5. "The Glue"
Thomas: Group A, Subject A2. "To be killed by Group B."
*In the movie: They would have never discovered that they had labels until Brenda scanned the back of Thomas' neck. The labels were in fact in the form of symbols and invisible (well except for Teresa which she already knew about before they got into the scorch). The scanner showed Thomas' information, however if you only watched the movie his role wouldn't make sense. Because the movie didn't show his encounter with Group B and the attempt to kill him.
A talk with Ratman/ Janson
*In the book: Janson's character was labeled as "Ratman". He never deceived them about working for wicked nor did he and Thomas sat down for an interview. When Ratman appeared to the gladers, he explained to them that they had another trial to go through; Phase Two.
The Escape
*In the movie: They had to fight their way in order to escape from Janson and his men. They ran out into the scorch with Teresa with them. Aris told them about a Safe Haven where the Right Arm had been taking other kids as refuge.
*In the book: The gladers never escaped! Nor were they with Theresa. WICKED forced they into the scorch trials as Phase 2 of their experiment. They were instructed to go 100 miles due North across the Scorch and find the Safe Haven. They needed to to that in order to be cured, because all of them had the "Flare" in their bloodstream. And anyone who decided to stay in the facility would die a horrible death.
The Zombies
The Zombies
*In the movie: They had to deal with all sorts of zombies. During their escape through abandoned building, and the sewers. They had your typical zombies and even ones that were rotting so bad that their bodies were encased with the roots growing around them.
*In the book: These zombies were actually called "Cranks" who were "past-the-gone". When the Solar Flares happened, a man-made virus had an outbreak which was called "The Flare". The Flare virus slowly eats away the brain, and eventually turns victims into blood-thirsty and insane humans who consider cannibalism to be an every day objective. As I mentioned before, everyone had caught it. And the locals would call themselves the Cranks. It had a few stages and most of the people they had encountered were at the early stage. However the "Far-gone Cranks" are those who looked like zombies. The difference between a crank and a zombies are that cranks are still alive and could talk.
The right arm
*In the movie: They made their way up into the mountains and found the right arm. (Hurrayyy!!!)
*In the book: There was no such thing as a right arm. Group A and B made their way into the mountains as instructed, in search for the safe haven.
WICKED's attack and Dr. Ava Paige
*In the book: Dr. Ava Paige was never there. In fact, WICKED sent the "Berg" to take back the gladers as trial had ended.
...and remember,
WICKED IS GOOD
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