The Maze Runner Pitch Meeting

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  • Step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to The Maze Runner!
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    The past two decades have been jampacked with multiple movie franchises focused on teens stuck in some kind of game-based dystopia where their lives are at risk and everyone is dressed in gray. Along with The Hunger Games and Divergent, The Maze Runner is definitely on the list of the most well-known within that genre.
    The Maze Runner definitely raises some questions though. Like did they REALLY try everything to reach the top of those walls? How much time did these people spend naming things? How do they know what grievers are if they only come out in the maze at night, and nobody has survived a night in the maze? Do any questions get answered in this movie?
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  • @hoddtoward
    @hoddtoward Před rokem +9197

    Still a better design than the maze in Harry Potter, where the spectators apparently stared at hedges and a lake for several hours hoping their kids survive 😂

    • @willywonka4690
      @willywonka4690 Před rokem +107

      That's like saying a football and a baseball are the same just bc you throw both of them. The Maze Runner from start to finish (the whole movie) is about getting out of a maze and that movie, the kids, already had a head start from trying and trying. HP maze "run" was the last 25-30 mins of the movie. Can't compare the two. If HP made an entire movie about getting through their maze your head would explode

    • @gaminganimators7000
      @gaminganimators7000 Před rokem +653

      @@willywonka4690 they're not saying they're the same. They're comparing the two things

    • @somerandomdude8399
      @somerandomdude8399 Před rokem +604

      @@willywonka4690 Congratulations on the entirety with which you missed their point.

    • @christophertaylor9100
      @christophertaylor9100 Před rokem +186

      Yeah I am confused what the stands were for, did they have magical images showing what happened? I didn't see any

    • @VashVicious2
      @VashVicious2 Před rokem +124

      @@christophertaylor9100 they were for waiting, same with the underwater challenge with the evil mermaids (cus they aren't supposed to give away the secrets of the challenges to others so they can't see anything ever during the competition. Lololol now you know why there was only a few people spectating, cus it boring AF compared to the dragon match)

  • @John73John
    @John73John Před rokem +4542

    Ryan: "Do these kids just sit around naming things all day???"
    Also Ryan: Series of videos where guys sit around naming things all day

    • @whocares9033
      @whocares9033 Před rokem +267

      He doesn't want the competition

    • @Imspammedout
      @Imspammedout Před rokem +72

      They don't even name each other

    • @vikiai4241
      @vikiai4241 Před rokem +98

      That's what all the MazeRunner kids did for work when they left the maze and grew up.

    • @majorknight859
      @majorknight859 Před rokem +54

      "I decided"

    • @mr.e7541
      @mr.e7541 Před rokem +26

      I mean humans do sit around naming things all the time

  • @tonyg9775
    @tonyg9775 Před rokem +1664

    I can’t wait for the day that Ryan will say “well actually it’s gonna be pretty difficult, quite the inconvenience”

  • @TonySilvey13
    @TonySilvey13 Před rokem +1786

    The reaction he had to all the names they have is so genuine I can't help but relate

    • @mkvv5687
      @mkvv5687 Před rokem +31

      A good movie of course doesn't require much exposition to introduce new terms, they're written and directed in a way where, when the term is introduced, it's obvious what it applies to, and then will stick with a bit of repetition. I didn't see this movie so I don't know how well they did it.

    • @CabezasDePescado
      @CabezasDePescado Před rokem +13

      The facepalm is on point

    • @aracuscesar
      @aracuscesar Před rokem +6

      i didnt even remember that all things had names tho hahahaha

    • @JerryMcB3rry
      @JerryMcB3rry Před rokem +3

      ​@@mkvv5687 did they even make mention of all the things that Ryan pointed out in the movie? I only remember a select few things that he mentioned haha.

    • @mkvv5687
      @mkvv5687 Před rokem +19

      @@JerryMcB3rry Right. They introduce new terms, but forgot the repetition part. And the audience is basically, "Well, if it wasn't worth repeating, it's not worth remembering."

  • @maxborn7400
    @maxborn7400 Před rokem +2711

    That "OOooyooOO" somehow exactly captured how these YA writers think teens react to a girl in a movie/novel.

    • @funkoxen
      @funkoxen Před rokem +223

      Honestly, in my experience that is the way most people react to a girl in a life.

    • @mr.stuffdoer8483
      @mr.stuffdoer8483 Před rokem +104

      @@funkoxen fr has OP ever met teenage guys?

    • @MadDunhill
      @MadDunhill Před rokem +114

      well they usually don't say it out loud but it does summarize it pretty well lol

    • @MrJackhammer
      @MrJackhammer Před rokem +82

      It's a pretty accurate rendition of a lot of males meeting a female

    • @80PercentAshamedOfU
      @80PercentAshamedOfU Před rokem +36

      Same in a gaming lobby lol

  • @aaronk8440
    @aaronk8440 Před rokem +1417

    The blank look on Writer Guy’s face after Producer Guy points out obvious plot holes in this movie was….ugh….tight!

    • @MikeDCWeld
      @MikeDCWeld Před rokem +51

      Moving on without answering is super easy, barely an inconvenience!

    • @Sheogorath-vn6pb
      @Sheogorath-vn6pb Před rokem +37

      Plot holes are tight!

    • @anabee8310
      @anabee8310 Před rokem +13

      The amount of meetings I've been to where I've seen those faces makes me want to drench myself in Pitch Meeting Chanel

    • @eren-tv2et
      @eren-tv2et Před rokem +33

      They call it the tightening…

    • @TheAniSi
      @TheAniSi Před rokem +3

      @@MikeDCWeld Oh Really?

  • @andyspendlove1019
    @andyspendlove1019 Před rokem +102

    I want that “oooOOOooeew” to be a new recurring gag whenever there’s a shoehorned love interest in a movie

  • @mbanerjee5889
    @mbanerjee5889 Před rokem +457

    "The Continuing" and "yaa" novels... Ryan is really good at naming things.

  • @zpinn8242
    @zpinn8242 Před rokem +610

    I think this is the first Pitch Meeting where we get both a 'get all the way off my back' and a 'hey shut up'.
    AND we got a new 'moving on' catchphrase as well! Very exciting!

    • @goodnesswhy
      @goodnesswhy Před rokem +28

      He also did that in both Thor: Love and Thunder and Don't Worry Darling Pitch Meetings.

    • @kesmeby
      @kesmeby Před rokem +41

      Aww. New catchphrases are tight!

    • @andimoz
      @andimoz Před rokem +22

      don’t forget “the continuing” lol

    • @linksbetweendrinks7032
      @linksbetweendrinks7032 Před rokem +9

      Scriptwriter Guy is a real innovator!

    • @maijkelhartman6476
      @maijkelhartman6476 Před rokem +19

      @@goodnesswhy did you hit your head to remember that?

  • @djohnson3469
    @djohnson3469 Před rokem +464

    I think that a divergent pitch meeting would be tight!

    • @morpheoss
      @morpheoss Před rokem

      lol right. i seen the movies and i was like this is beyond movie stupid. like the end of the first movie i was like wtf? why did you let her go? why are you leaving? wtf are you doing??? you WON why are you acting like you lost. arrest her or kill her and tell everyone what happened. you have proof.

    • @TheNefastor
      @TheNefastor Před rokem +37

      I converge.

    • @MikeDCWeld
      @MikeDCWeld Před rokem +9

      I'm pretty sure he's already done it.

    • @benabramowitz18
      @benabramowitz18 Před rokem +6

      Can’t wait for the final headline to be about the final movie getting cancelled! I bet nobody has EVER watched the 3rd movie!

    • @funkoxen
      @funkoxen Před rokem

      Pervert

  • @unclecreepy4185
    @unclecreepy4185 Před rokem +522

    I like when Ryan does his Pitch Meeting for the first film in a multiple series. Because you know eventually he’s going to do the rest of the film. By the time he finishes his Maze Runner pitch meetings, there’s probably going to be more movies and a Disney tv series.

    • @ChrisNoonetheFirst
      @ChrisNoonetheFirst Před rokem +12

      Hey did Producer Guy ever buy Canada with all that Harry Potter money, does anybody know?

    • @adrianemanuel7121
      @adrianemanuel7121 Před rokem +5

      Still hoping he does the rest of the Back to the Future series 🥲.

    • @unclecreepy4185
      @unclecreepy4185 Před rokem +7

      So you got a Back to the Future sequel for me?
      Yes, Sir, I do. Remember how Doc did a 180 on knowing about the future? Well, he’s going to get Marty and his girlfriend to go to the future to stop his kids from being arrested.
      Wait, why does Doc need to bring them with him?
      Well, Marty is going to pretend to be his son.
      You’re saying Marty’s son looks identical to his father?
      That’s what we’re going with.
      Oh, having an identical son is TIGHT!
      Hey, say. You ever think George McFly wonders why his son and grandson look exactly like that kid his wife had a crush on in high school?

    • @salekinraju4353
      @salekinraju4353 Před 8 měsíci +5

      He just finished it

  • @osamudiamenamienghomwan8831

    The Continuing actually sounds like an underrated YA novel.

  • @j4nmo
    @j4nmo Před rokem +647

    A cameo from the naming department from Ryan’s other videos would have been tight.

    • @Steelburgh
      @Steelburgh Před rokem +69

      Ohhh a very prolific naming department!

    • @satansbarman
      @satansbarman Před rokem +33

      "Was it hard coming up with all these names for everything?"
      "Nah, it was super easy, barely an inconvenience "

    • @huliniswhoiam
      @huliniswhoiam Před rokem +8

      Not the same universe though. Contrary to popular belief.

    • @satansbarman
      @satansbarman Před rokem +8

      @@huliniswhoiam the universe is a big place though...

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews Před rokem +4

      It would have been super easy barely an inconvenience, to get the other Ryan from the naming department to be in the video. 😂

  • @naynaynay324
    @naynaynay324 Před rokem +513

    For once Writer Guy was pinned down, if only for a very brief moment, until he invented "The continuing". This is very close to being Calvinball - well done RG!!

    • @Indigowaves2
      @Indigowaves2 Před rokem +19

      I love Calvinball!

    • @kylehurlburt6114
      @kylehurlburt6114 Před rokem +11

      Olly wolly pollywoggy ump bump fizz!

    • @anaiswinter9893
      @anaiswinter9893 Před rokem +10

      I once got someone to play Calvinchess with me. Lots of fun and irritation from him. I love chess but suck at it so making it into Calvingame was the only way. Also....I just rarely find people referencing Calvin and Hobbes anymore. Such a good comic.

    • @martindouglass3248
      @martindouglass3248 Před rokem +6

      Gotta respect a Calvinball reference 👊

    • @choosecarefully408
      @choosecarefully408 Před rokem +1

      Umm, "get all the way off my back about it," "because" "because the scene is over" "I'm a writer" "Whoopsie" & "shut up" are *_ALL_* "the continuing."

  • @thomasragsdale5667
    @thomasragsdale5667 Před rokem +122

    Legitimately laughed out loud at "Eyebrows." Well done, sir 🤣

  • @josephbartsch5525
    @josephbartsch5525 Před rokem +69

    If I remember correctly, there are windows in the maze so you can see the greivers. That’s why nobody has survived in the maze during night, and people still know what happened

    • @samblack5313
      @samblack5313 Před rokem +9

      Was that more of a "book thing"?

    • @josephbartsch5525
      @josephbartsch5525 Před rokem +3

      @@samblack5313 bro its been like 5 years since ive seen the movie and maybe like 15 years since ive read the books lol i honestly have no idea.

    • @billybob1831
      @billybob1831 Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@samblack5313 DEFINITELY wasn't in the movie lol

    • @Colinkrauss1
      @Colinkrauss1 Před 7 měsíci

      I thought there were windows on their buildings, not the maze

    • @marcbrown382
      @marcbrown382 Před 7 měsíci

      That was not established in the movie at akl

  • @andrewlinnen7896
    @andrewlinnen7896 Před rokem +583

    I love how aggressive Screen Writer Guy is getting about having Producer Guy get off his back.

    • @mallorycarpinski1160
      @mallorycarpinski1160 Před rokem +9

      He actually turned southern about it this time which was definitely the best.

    • @jeffkeenan5059
      @jeffkeenan5059 Před rokem +8

      Wow wow wow ………..wow

    • @thegrayyernaut
      @thegrayyernaut Před rokem +3

      He's gonna need you to get off his back about him being aggressive about the Producer Guy getting off his back.

    • @choosecarefully408
      @choosecarefully408 Před rokem

      I'm just waiting for him to do a back-flip, break the other guy's neck and save the day.

  • @raphaelturtle4146
    @raphaelturtle4146 Před rokem +821

    It'd be really weird if there was just a group of people all sitting around in a room all day just coming up with names for various things. Especially if they all looked alike.

    • @danbasford7456
      @danbasford7456 Před rokem +13

      It would never happen. That would just be... weird. Or not, who am I to judge. 🤔

    • @KipdoesStuff
      @KipdoesStuff Před rokem +31

      @@danbasford7456 You are a Judge, I decided.

    • @Zenikai_
      @Zenikai_ Před rokem +4

      @@KipdoesStuff i also want that man to be a judge. but like, not just men but women too!!

    • @Depressed_until_dead
      @Depressed_until_dead Před rokem +7

      @@Zenikai_ and the children too!!!

    • @Zenikai_
      @Zenikai_ Před rokem +2

      @@Depressed_until_dead yea yea yea. but like only on tv. so adults can laugh at kids trying to be adults.

  • @lixy99
    @lixy99 Před 11 měsíci +15

    2:45 in the books there's actually an explanation! There's a small window that's hidden away. it's just big enough to see the gievers without them seeing you. Newt takes Thomas to see it sometime in the first two days (it's been a really long time since I read the book, sorry!)

  • @bausebuh
    @bausebuh Před rokem +131

    No way - I literally watched this movie again yesterday for the first time in 7 years and now you’ve uploaded a Pitch meeting? Uncanny, but I love it

    • @Lewkis01
      @Lewkis01 Před rokem +10

      Uncanny Pitch Meetings are tight!

    • @BestAnimeFreak
      @BestAnimeFreak Před rokem +1

      I have seen the movie years ago and watched the sequels only a few days ago xD

    • @ipraytovodka
      @ipraytovodka Před rokem +3

      why would u subject your eyes to garbage?

    • @ipraytovodka
      @ipraytovodka Před rokem +1

      there are like.....4 or 5 of those things that are all the same and all bad....maze runner, enders game, hunger games....etc

    • @BestAnimeFreak
      @BestAnimeFreak Před rokem +6

      @@ipraytovodka I know this is a bit confusing to you, but you probably took a wrong turn.
      The "I hate every movie others like" comment section is down the road, after about 12 kilometers you go right and then follow the road another 5 and a half kilometers.

  • @leahl5007
    @leahl5007 Před rokem +302

    Gosh I can only imagine the amount of “Get all the way off my back”s Writer Guy is gonna need in order to pitch the next two movies in the series! XO

    • @dylanbruhhh4208
      @dylanbruhhh4208 Před rokem +7

      Yeah for real! That’s why I’ve been suggesting it to him for ages now 🤣

  • @THEmaxab
    @THEmaxab Před rokem +1947

    Ryan ability to make any movie review hilarious is unmatched 😁

    • @tonys617
      @tonys617 Před rokem +20

      Having the ability to make any movie review hilarious is TIGHT!

    • @MAGAMAN
      @MAGAMAN Před rokem +1

      It's easy when everything that comes out of hollywood is crap.

    • @mrsmith4662
      @mrsmith4662 Před rokem +5

      So true, the breakdown of every plot of every film imaginable is ridiculous. Think what the pitch meeting for The Sound of Music would be.

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 Před rokem +2

      And with that finale

    • @OsamahAhmedZaki
      @OsamahAhmedZaki Před rokem +3

      You mean his ability is TIGHT

  • @philrobichaud3063
    @philrobichaud3063 Před rokem +121

    i always felt like this movie was like if your mom said "we have Hunger Games at home"

    • @inr9751
      @inr9751 Před rokem +5

      It's Hunger Games for a bit smarter kids.

    • @denisbaev1580
      @denisbaev1580 Před rokem +9

      Wait.. But both of these movies are inconsistent garbage, hostile to logic and covered with plotholes.

    • @harmonwatson7511
      @harmonwatson7511 Před rokem +3

      The books were better than hunger games

    • @minimeanie16
      @minimeanie16 Před rokem +5

      Nah that was definitely divergent

    • @lola-to9om
      @lola-to9om Před rokem

      @@inr9751 smarter lmao every young adults movies are dumb

  • @myronalcock4716
    @myronalcock4716 Před rokem +82

    The pacing and timing of the back 'n forth is incredibly well done - super slick work Ryan!

  • @psychic8872
    @psychic8872 Před rokem +165

    I like how screen writer finds new ways to avoid producer's questions

  • @brojpresswood
    @brojpresswood Před rokem +899

    Ryan George and Hallmark are the only two channels that can have the exact same storyline for every episode/movie and still be successful.

    • @phoebegilliland8897
      @phoebegilliland8897 Před rokem +70

      I'd like to add a third: Phineas and Ferb.

    • @primmoore6232
      @primmoore6232 Před rokem +32

      @@phoebegilliland8897, how fitting, since the (rarely heard) Ferb is voiced by that blondish kid at 0:35! 🥰

    • @eradict
      @eradict Před rokem +15

      @@primmoore6232 Thomas Brodie-Sangster

    • @eradict
      @eradict Před rokem +6

      @@phoebegilliland8897 Which came before Pitch Meetings. Idk Hallmark. But yeah Phineas and Ferb is GOAT.

    • @gayahithwen
      @gayahithwen Před rokem +4

      It's because Ryan and Hallmark both accept one fact: the ending is a foregone conclusion, and there's no use pretending otherwise. We're here because we like predictability. The movie always winds up getting made, no matter how ridiculous its premise. The couple always finds their happily ever after, even if the whole world seems to be against them. Surprises are fun sometimes, but Hallmark is basically the cinematic equivalent of McD - safe, cheap and easy. AND you don't have to take a chance on an unknown variable that might let you down.

  • @sergiohalaby
    @sergiohalaby Před rokem +153

    If I could, I would watch Pitch Meetings until I die. These NEVER get old, EVER. NOT EVER.

    • @WiLDCHiLD.
      @WiLDCHiLD. Před rokem +3

      Yeah, yeah, yeah! 😂

    • @Azombination
      @Azombination Před rokem +2

      Same I put on pitch meeting playlist before bed.
      Goodnight.

    • @nagoranerides3150
      @nagoranerides3150 Před rokem

      Well, you can! Just don't eat or drink anything while you watch. Simple!

    • @freeEnd_
      @freeEnd_ Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@nagoranerides3150 ooh, telling people to die in a polite and family friendly way is TIGHT

  • @The_Serpent_of_Eden
    @The_Serpent_of_Eden Před rokem +80

    "Sick!" is my favorite one right now. Love his delivery, so enthusiastic, gets me every time 🤣

  • @TheTacRat
    @TheTacRat Před rokem +348

    The "dumb bastard" caught me off guard, I think Screenwriter Guy is getting WAY too comfortable around Producer Guy in this working relationship

    • @willvgo2950
      @willvgo2950 Před rokem +18

      They are third cousins so he can get away with it.

    • @ChrisHobson916
      @ChrisHobson916 Před rokem +2

      It was 😂😂

    • @Dadofer1970
      @Dadofer1970 Před rokem +10

      Well, Screenwriter Guy's movies have grossed about a half a Trillion dollars by now, so his job is probably safe.

    • @Mrch33ky
      @Mrch33ky Před rokem +1

      needs to check his privilege!

    • @lordmarcel902
      @lordmarcel902 Před rokem +2

      @@willvgo2950 Is that confirmed? I didn't knew that :o

  • @edmg7
    @edmg7 Před rokem +802

    That ending call to action is so simple yet so hilarious.

  • @liquiddonkey6530
    @liquiddonkey6530 Před 9 měsíci +26

    3:43 I laughed to the point of tears at "well why don't they just build a ladder to get to the top of the maze"

  • @sloreo8278
    @sloreo8278 Před rokem +31

    We are steps away from a Hunger Games pitch meeting and it is killing me.

    • @byrdqamar36
      @byrdqamar36 Před rokem +13

      There is already a hunger games pitch meeting

    • @planetofthegapes
      @planetofthegapes Před rokem +10

      @@byrdqamar36 Oooooyoooo!

    • @pap-fr
      @pap-fr Před 8 měsíci

      There has been one for four years now

  • @MaesterMike
    @MaesterMike Před rokem +153

    With that ending in mind, I hope you do the Divergent series soon, considering that their plans to split the final book into two movies failed that they never finished the series.

    • @vikiai4241
      @vikiai4241 Před rokem +31

      I guess it is telling that I never realised the series was unfinished.

    • @KurenaiNanashi
      @KurenaiNanashi Před rokem +15

      @@zuki9537 don’t forget the really horrific eugenics message in where the author makes it clear she thinks it’s a good thing.

    • @jlev1028
      @jlev1028 Před rokem +13

      Would love him to make fun of the premise where society is stratified by literal one note archetypes, and having multiple personality traits is considered special.

    • @BuzzabeelYT
      @BuzzabeelYT Před rokem +5

      The story behind the movies failing is so interesting. Alleigent didn’t make enough so they were just going to do straight-to-TV movies, but the actors didn’t sign up for TV pay and refused to do it. Plus the fact that Alleigent was straight up the director’s fanfiction. They should’ve just made an original project if they hated the work they were adapting that much.

    • @XxMCRroxnonstopxX
      @XxMCRroxnonstopxX Před rokem

      Maybe if they'd stuck to the plot of the second and third books they wouldn't have tanked so hard 😅

  • @fatrf2158
    @fatrf2158 Před rokem +195

    That ending was brilliant. Ryan George is a genius 😂

  • @2c_4m57
    @2c_4m57 Před rokem +7

    "I love a good vial of liquid" has me rolling. Gonna find a way to shoehorn that into every conversation I have from now on

  • @morneschaap2944
    @morneschaap2944 Před rokem +19

    Man, you are awesome! The newer "hey shut up" bit really makes me laugh every time. Another excellent video!

  • @3TeamsMedia
    @3TeamsMedia Před rokem +318

    I'm impressed with the CGI of Pitch Meeting; budget not wasted on the de-aging process. Neither of these guys seems to have aged too noticeably since Screenwriter Guy first pitched Star Wars, and that was like 40+ years ago. That is a long time to be pitching meetings, but they both still look incredible for what must be at least 60 or 70. The CGI makes them both look in their 30s.

    • @mnsnerd
      @mnsnerd Před rokem +11

      You, 3 Teams Media, have won the internet for the day with this comment as far as I'm concerned.

    • @daosdresari7349
      @daosdresari7349 Před rokem

      Idiot. It's not CGI. Everyone knows they're immortal.

    • @stretchdude4
      @stretchdude4 Před rokem +8

      He did Dumbo so he's probably in his 90s

    • @3TeamsMedia
      @3TeamsMedia Před rokem +4

      @@stretchdude4 Oh snap, you're right. I forgot about that one. I was thinking there was a pitch meeting older than Star Wars.

  • @bigboy9994
    @bigboy9994 Před rokem +481

    you know its a great day when there is a new pitch meeting

    • @VanillaBearMD3
      @VanillaBearMD3 Před rokem +5

      I know its a day when I wake up and its a day.

    • @premiumheadpats4150
      @premiumheadpats4150 Před rokem +1

      So true.

    • @pa2oo
      @pa2oo Před rokem +1

      Couldn't say it better!!!!

    • @natperXD
      @natperXD Před rokem

      @@VanillaBearMD3 So if I don't sleep, does that mean it'll never turn day?

    • @pa2oo
      @pa2oo Před rokem

      It's always such a looong wait...regardless of how long or short time it was since the last one 🥴

  • @csblakeley
    @csblakeley Před rokem +3

    I tried reading the book when it first came out and oh god, between the naming and the insistence that nothing was ever explained in the name of building "tension" was so bloody boring! Like the author was standing behind me "Aren't you CURIOUS?!?! Isn't that MYSTERIOUS?!?!"

  • @zesty9815
    @zesty9815 Před rokem +4

    2:50 _The Continuing._
    That's useful, I'm keeping that.

  • @BrianHart
    @BrianHart Před rokem +681

    It’s absolutely my favorite movie about maze running

    • @metali0826
      @metali0826 Před rokem +2

      Same

    • @blockay4392
      @blockay4392 Před rokem +4

      I'd have to agree, but there's gotta be a movie about maze running better than this one. Just too many to watch.

    • @robertmartin4449
      @robertmartin4449 Před rokem +35

      Nope. Labyrinth. But this one is a close 4th. :)

    • @WhiteThunder121
      @WhiteThunder121 Před rokem +21

      Surely one of the Mazerunning movies of all time

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq Před rokem +4

      Agreed, though I hope that Ryan covers the next movies about maze running!

  • @jonmarshall2008
    @jonmarshall2008 Před rokem +79

    Im still waiting on a The Day After Tomorrow pitch meeting. It's perfect

    • @markuhler2664
      @markuhler2664 Před rokem +12

      He'll get to it on Sunday.

    • @4amlibra
      @4amlibra Před rokem +7

      @@markuhler2664 THAT’s the name of the MOVIE!!

  • @Paul_G.
    @Paul_G. Před rokem +3

    "Oh, it must have been hard for those kids to come up with so many random names for stuff."
    "Actually super easy, barely an inconvenience."
    [CUT TO the Place Where Words For Things Are Decided]

  • @AndrewMakesPuns
    @AndrewMakesPuns Před rokem +5

    Mazerunner series such a big part of my pre-teen/early teenage childhood. This coverage makes me very, very happy. Even if the solid map makes no sense; I always assumed it had a moving part underneath

  • @thomasjasso9378
    @thomasjasso9378 Před rokem +363

    My favorite part about this pitch meeting is how it perfectly calls out things that the book specifically did differently because it would make more sense without mentioning the book. Like literally half the things the movie does that make no sense make way more sense in the book because they are either done differently or are able to give more context lol

    • @HeadCannonPrime
      @HeadCannonPrime Před rokem +65

      exactly! Not even going to get into how they just turned the second movie into a dumb zombie horror movie instead of following the actual book plot.

    • @reaganmorris7903
      @reaganmorris7903 Před rokem +109

      My personal favorites being that in the book Thomas incorrectly assumes that Grievers only come out at night to then be immediately corrected that they ALWAYS come out at night. The movie adapters apparently zoned out during that scene. Also the fact that Thomas got himself stung by a Griever because it had been established repeatedly in the book that going through the changing returned your memories to you, so it was a calculated risk to get more information. And he was comatose for 3 days, allowing the other Gladers to naturally exposit that the Grievers were clearly picking them off one at a time each day, explaining why they left immediately. How quintessentially Hollywood to take a super dramatic and solidly written story and inject it with nonsense to "fix it" for the silver screen.

    • @davidmcgill1000
      @davidmcgill1000 Před rokem +11

      @@HeadCannonPrime Yet they did the zombie scenes so well that the plot kept getting in the way. They could've had something interesting and they went nowhere with it.

    • @yggdrasil1969
      @yggdrasil1969 Před rokem +33

      I'm glad the books had an actual plot. I watched the first two movies, and I had no idea what was going on. Everything seemed haphazard and didn't seem to make any logical sense.

    • @VestigialHead
      @VestigialHead Před rokem +7

      Yes that is what books do. There has never been a movie made that is as descriptive or as enjoyable as the book it is from. Not possible.

  • @hassunkhan9448
    @hassunkhan9448 Před rokem +541

    the reason they didn’t climb up the maze (at least in the book) is bc wckd’s mind wipe thing also let them control certain parts of their brain, so they see the walls as far bigger than they are and when they start climbing their brains start telling them the ivy doesn’t go any higher. the only question i have abt that is how newt managed to jump off of one of the walls to try to commit su1cide if they can’t reach the top

    • @TribulationsSolo
      @TribulationsSolo Před rokem +35

      He tries to jump from the ground into a pitch if I'm remembering correctly.

    • @lingricen8077
      @lingricen8077 Před rokem +1

      Umm, to answer your question: BECAUSE THE WRITING IS RET*RDED. You should have come to that conclusion two lines into writing your own comment

    • @tarfap.kpamber9732
      @tarfap.kpamber9732 Před rokem +25

      I see you tried to run a maze around the algorithm.

    • @giornogiovanna33333
      @giornogiovanna33333 Před rokem +116

      This... sounds really really contrived

    • @ChigoIEbere
      @ChigoIEbere Před rokem +77

      @@giornogiovanna33333 Honestly a force field would have ben easier.

  • @ConstantlyShadow8annedByYT

    'Let me get off of that thing'
    Yes! My favourite line is back!

  • @ScallopHolden
    @ScallopHolden Před rokem +8

    Please do National Treasure 1 and 2. I feel like you could pick those apart

  • @SonicRooncoPrime
    @SonicRooncoPrime Před rokem +26

    That joke near the start about "they sit around naming stuff" has to be a dig at Ryan's own "How X got their names" series, right?

  • @mr.mediocregamer9653
    @mr.mediocregamer9653 Před rokem +19

    I think Ryan's take on "Donnie Darko" would be mind blowing.

  • @TheBeelzboss
    @TheBeelzboss Před rokem +71

    Eregon is a fantastic book with the definition of the producers idea of a YA novel, he started writing it at 15-16.

    • @JakkFrost1
      @JakkFrost1 Před rokem +10

      Well, it was a Dragonriders of Pern fanfic, so most of the groundwork was already laid out. It's a lot easier to write a novel when you don't have to create most of it yourself.

    • @scissorbanner9735
      @scissorbanner9735 Před rokem +4

      @@JakkFrost1 Really? I didn't know that!

    • @TurboThunderGaming
      @TurboThunderGaming Před rokem +4

      Eragon* and it's a meme... most hated book ever made and the movie sucked.

    • @lealta1481
      @lealta1481 Před rokem +2

      I loved the magic system in that book. It actually made sense.

    • @auspiciouscheetah
      @auspiciouscheetah Před rokem +9

      @@TurboThunderGaming the eragon book series is fine, the movie may have sucked ass but the book is fine

  • @TheStinkyShadow
    @TheStinkyShadow Před rokem +2

    I love how the 'continuing' was just for all the stuff that was different from the book.

  • @Luzura_01
    @Luzura_01 Před rokem +130

    Just finished reading the book the other day actually, there was a line in it when Thomas got stuck in the maze and they were like “the grieves don’t only come out at night, they always come out at night” grieves are around whenever they like, they just are more common at night.

    • @yaqinmalul6467
      @yaqinmalul6467 Před rokem +3

      Hell yeah Maze runner is one most memorable classic fantasy movie

    • @Lezduit586
      @Lezduit586 Před rokem +2

      Loved the books! The scorch trials were my favorite, currently halfway through the Fever Code

    • @Luzura_01
      @Luzura_01 Před rokem +4

      @@Lezduit586 I started the scorch trials on Wednesday but the first few chapters were pretty intense. I put it down for a few days so that I can be emotionally prepared. The scene with the cranks at the windows has temporarily scared me off

    • @Lezduit586
      @Lezduit586 Před rokem +5

      @@Luzura_01 Yeah that was exciting! Just be prepared for a overwhelming amount of plot twists throughout the next books

    • @markgraham5971
      @markgraham5971 Před rokem +1

      Only, and Always are the same thing. When it comes to predatory monsters. Like, tigers only eat rabbits, only when there are only rabbits to eat, always. at night.

  • @Technodreamer
    @Technodreamer Před rokem +252

    I have never gone from "kinda enjoying this movie" to "I regret watching this movie" so quickly as I did with the Maze Runner

    • @jaffarebellion292
      @jaffarebellion292 Před rokem +17

      I loved it right up until the ending, which completely sucked out all the wind. Turns out the books are much better, and James Dashner has the distinction of being the only YA author I actually enjoy, unless you count Harry Turtledove's Crosstime Traffic series.

    • @randomlinuxuser
      @randomlinuxuser Před rokem +28

      @@jaffarebellion292 if the books were better, then I don't want to see the movies.
      The books were absolute trash, and not just because author kept saying "lifeless body" to mean an unconscious person. The plot for the second book was contrived and could easily have been resolved if the characters had just talked, and book three was forgettable.
      Maybe read the first book because it was easily the best of the trilogy, but I don't think it should be high on your list.

    • @jaffarebellion292
      @jaffarebellion292 Před rokem +3

      @AnotherLinuxDude The only book I absolutely despised was the third. It had a few good moments going for it, but as a complete story, the whole thing just dragged. I really enjoyed the first and did find myself getting into the second, but the third just killed the trilogy for me. Undoing Gally's death was where I think I just checked out. There were issues with the second, but the characters were developed in interesting ways and the worldbuilding, while requiring a hefty suspension of disbelief, was good enough to get the job done, and didn't take away from my investment in the characters.
      TL;DR: I reallycenjoyed the books up until the third, which had its moments but ultimately couldn't resist descending into utter stupidity.

    • @vissermatt1058
      @vissermatt1058 Před rokem

      if i remember the plot of the movies well enough.... nothing makes sense once you learn ANYTHING
      supposedly some people made the virus and infected people, for population control? and then after losing TOO MANY people. they decide to spend GAZILLION dollars and INFINITE man power + hours to build the maze and its mutant freaks to help create a cure/immune person? like ummm what the fuck?

    • @AchedSphinx
      @AchedSphinx Před rokem +2

      yeah, i enjoyed the first book. the concept is cool, but once you're out of the maze what's the point you know? i was there for the maze, not the other stuff. funnily enough I watched cinamasins first and it's sin stuff, watched the movie, then I read the book. strange order but made the book pretty cool with all the additional context.

  • @michelashraf5948
    @michelashraf5948 Před rokem +14

    DUUUUDE! can't wait to see the pitch meeting for the other 2 parts

  • @Colinkrauss1
    @Colinkrauss1 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Props to Ryan for using “call/called” about 20 times in the beginning, because my lord the only part of the book I didn’t like was needing to hear the Glader language nonstop.

  • @ElsAngling
    @ElsAngling Před rokem +71

    id love to see a groundhog day pitch meeting.

    • @hunterzolomom9480
      @hunterzolomom9480 Před rokem +2

      hopes for :
      Resident Evil
      Doom
      predator 1
      terminator 2
      Rambo
      Die HArd

  • @theviskinsfan
    @theviskinsfan Před rokem +40

    I would love to see pitch meetings for the next two movies in the trilogy!

  • @Death_Wish
    @Death_Wish Před rokem +7

    I would love to see one of these on A Series of Unfortunate Events. It’s the darkest kids show I’ve ever seen

  • @shaunthesheep9753
    @shaunthesheep9753 Před rokem

    Thanks for doing this, Ryan! I've been waiting for FOREVER to get the Maze runner Pitch Meeting!

  • @premiumheadpats4150
    @premiumheadpats4150 Před rokem +74

    God, I love Ryan's pitch meetings.

  • @lsaav8539
    @lsaav8539 Před rokem +70

    I really hope Ryan has ownership of this channel. He is uniquely hilarious.

    • @Tera_GX
      @Tera_GX Před rokem +9

      It's worth noting that if you click through to the channel page, it still says "Pitch Meeting by Screen Rant"

    • @lsaav8539
      @lsaav8539 Před rokem +7

      @@Tera_GX that’s disappointing

    • @glorygloryholeallelujah
      @glorygloryholeallelujah Před rokem

      @@Tera_GX bummer. I hoped he had escaped.

    • @brunoglopes
      @brunoglopes Před rokem +7

      He has his own channel where he posts different skits though. It’s amazing. It’s just his name - Ryan George, in case anyone doesn’t know about it and wants to check it out!

    • @andrewyp6724
      @andrewyp6724 Před rokem +2

      Not how it works. Even if Ryan himself pitched the Pitch Meeting to Screen Rant, the name, format will always belong to Screen Rant. An idividual would have to pay hefty dough to own it.

  • @QueenOfDarknessX
    @QueenOfDarknessX Před rokem +3

    Productor Guy: "I *_love_* a good vial of liquid."
    Me: You sounded _WAY_ to excited about that....what does that even mean!

  • @Colinkrauss1
    @Colinkrauss1 Před 8 měsíci +2

    After reading the Maze Runner series a few times and seeing the movie once, my biggest grievance is just the concept of a 50ft tall stone/steel maze itself. Without knowing what combats the Flare, how is building a bunch of mazes cost-efficient? We’re talking miles and miles and miles and miles of 50ft tall stone walls. And then at the end, one member of WICKED says something like “time to test one more variable” and the variable is Gally throwing a knife into Chuck’s stomach.
    If THAT can be a variable with just two people and a knife, why are colossal stone mazes necessary.

    • @tanek_09
      @tanek_09 Před měsícem

      I just watched the movie and was thinking the same. Like, how much time and effort did this take to build, all while the planet was dying? I suspect it was a matter of the writer thinking of the maze first and wanting so badly to make it the setting that the "why" of its construction did not get any scrutiny.

  • @bravenewworld28
    @bravenewworld28 Před rokem +75

    The very last part is my favorite part. It's actually brilliant. Thank you for 'smooth-cheek-Ryan-with-a-female-voice'.

  • @jimspetdragons3737
    @jimspetdragons3737 Před rokem +26

    Another vote for an Underworld Pitch Meeting!

  • @adamside9008
    @adamside9008 Před rokem +1

    Merci pour le divertissement, j'écoute chacun de tes pitch meeting depuis que j'ai découvert ton channel l'année passée.
    I'm from Quebec / Drummondville by the way.
    Have you done Spaceballs or Starship Troopers?

  • @eve_of_the_end
    @eve_of_the_end Před rokem +5

    I binge these videos like a pure crack head.. Absolutely amazing! I do have some request pitch meetings I'd like to see one day.
    The Fifth Element
    Tombstone
    Blade
    Parenthood
    Thanks again for the content!!

  • @anthonystrangio
    @anthonystrangio Před rokem +29

    Ok as somebody who read the first 2 books, you HAVE to do the sequel, it gets even more insane

    • @billandbraden1439
      @billandbraden1439 Před rokem +2

      You should definitely read the death cure! There are also two prequel books that expand on the world building! They’re actually both really good!

    • @anthonystrangio
      @anthonystrangio Před rokem +2

      @@billandbraden1439 ok, I'll definitely consider it, its been a very long time since I read em, so I don't EXACTLY remember where it left off but I'm sure I could figure it out

  • @doxjohn3796
    @doxjohn3796 Před rokem +26

    I'm just gonna watch this pitch again a second time. Too precious to watch once 👏

  • @goodolfashion
    @goodolfashion Před rokem +2

    "I'm gonna need you to suspend your entire disbelief on that one.
    All of it?
    All of it."

  • @Black__Cat
    @Black__Cat Před rokem +70

    I laughed way too hard then I should have at "a yaaaa novel"

  • @jonnnnniej
    @jonnnnniej Před rokem +18

    I don't know if doing less Pitch Meeting changed something in Ryan, but this Pitch Meeting was on another level!!

  • @JonathonFyck
    @JonathonFyck Před rokem +25

    Imagine how Producer Guy reacts when he finds out how drastically different The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure books are from the movies

    • @SnifferSock
      @SnifferSock Před rokem

      I didn't know that. Worth a read if you're not

    • @theresal8851
      @theresal8851 Před rokem +2

      @@SnifferSock yes, the books are way better and not even close to the story line in the movies

    • @babynamesinfo
      @babynamesinfo Před rokem

      @@SnifferSock I read this series for the first time at 27 & really enjoyed it. It's a compelling series & I'd say the books are much better than the movies (though I like both). Also I lied how the prequels continued to add to the story & change your understanding of the events of other books.

  • @bigfatengineer
    @bigfatengineer Před rokem

    Here's a cement in the cement section: Class "A", also known at "Portland Cement". Apparently, you can actually use Portland cement outside of places named Portland.

  • @TextureOfCouch
    @TextureOfCouch Před 9 měsíci +1

    You predicted the future with this one; "do these kids just sit around naming things", short answer is yes, and invent slang that makes zero sense. Sadly pretty accurate in hindsight.

  • @garvin8657
    @garvin8657 Před rokem +112

    I’ve been waiting so long for this pitch meeting, THANK YOU🎉

    • @luchalerae7687
      @luchalerae7687 Před rokem +2

      Go touch some grass

    • @apexnext
      @apexnext Před rokem +1

      @@luchalerae7687 go smoke some grass

    • @jeromevaleska2014
      @jeromevaleska2014 Před rokem +4

      @@luchalerae7687 After reading this reply I went outside and touched some grass. Nothing happened but it's nice to try new things. 👍🙃

    • @jeromevaleska2014
      @jeromevaleska2014 Před rokem +2

      @@apexnextOkay, don't think I'll be trying _that_ today, maybe another time.

  • @muratuzer4228
    @muratuzer4228 Před rokem +10

    1:16 "Do these kids sit around naming things all day?"
    Maybe they work in a company called The Place Where Words for Things are Decided.

    • @nick0875
      @nick0875 Před 11 dny

      Talk about a major plot twist, the maze is in fact what that company uses to hire new employees.

  • @zachg8904
    @zachg8904 Před rokem +9

    I like that at the end, the helicopter doesn’t go check for anyone else at the Glade and no one mentions the folks that stayed behind.

  • @kroneous
    @kroneous Před rokem +3

    Wowowowow this pitch meeting is a great way to get all the differences from the book. Cause if you know what happens in the book a lot of the plot holes from the movie are filled in. If you do the other two, they have nothing to do with the books so plot holes galore!!

  • @EliSkylander
    @EliSkylander Před rokem +45

    I swear, between these and The Critical Drinker, I am so forewarned against my own plot holes. From a craftsman's point of view, these are actually extremely helpful.
    Makes writing a novel pretty easy. Barely an inconvenience.

    • @policerthought5649
      @policerthought5649 Před rokem

      Why are you watching a racist like Critical Drinker?

    • @Visethelegend
      @Visethelegend Před rokem +2

      What I like about the Drinker is that not so long ago he said he was doing a film. Criticism is easy, but putting yourself out there and expose your craft with best logic you can manage is another thing. Even if he fails and do something terrible is something to admire

    • @mkvv5687
      @mkvv5687 Před rokem +2

      Thanks for the tip. I haven't watched any of TCD, so I queued up a few. I also like Screen Junkies "Honest Trailers".

  • @dialexnunes
    @dialexnunes Před rokem +24

    This is probably one of the funniest videos in this channel. A dozen times I had to go back 10s to watch the joke again, just to really savor it. Really well done man! :D

  • @seanmcclure
    @seanmcclure Před měsícem +1

    These kids with the hammers constructing things are called “Whompers”. Those kids cutting wood are called “sawzers”. The naming killed me in that film.

  • @ChristianHernandez-sc9ek

    Hey rayan if you see this I just want to let you know I’m a huge fan of yours and been following your content for a couple years now, and thanks to you I was inspired to go on my own content creation journey so thank you very much for that and please keep being awesome and making amazing content :))))

  • @Mohammed-dy6xb
    @Mohammed-dy6xb Před rokem +70

    Sometimes actually MOST times I look forward to the Pitch Meeting of the movie rather than the movie itself !!
    Well done Ryan(s) 💎

  • @gregoryb7595
    @gregoryb7595 Před rokem +45

    Solid pitch meeting as always. Its crazy how many names there are for everything in this universe. I would love to see a pitch meeting for The Core if you are ever able to do so!

    • @mkvv5687
      @mkvv5687 Před rokem

      That reminds me of an old story, "The Nine Billion Names of God".

    • @planetofthegapes
      @planetofthegapes Před rokem +1

      CORE! CORE! CORE! CORE!

  • @darkknight7545
    @darkknight7545 Před rokem +1

    Watching Pitch Meetings, then watching Honest Trailers, maybe Cinema Sins Everything Wrong With if I’m up for it, then How it Should Have Ended… I genuinely feel like I watched and completely understood what happened in the movie without watching it, and in much less time!!!!! Super easy… barely an inconvenience!

  • @enbyharvey1417
    @enbyharvey1417 Před rokem

    Someone who hasnt seen ryan George: "isnt it impossible to enjoy watching a pitch meeting video for a movie you havent even seen"
    Me "actually its super easy barely a inconvenience"
    Just bingeing all the pitch meetings whether i know the movie or not and they are still all making me laugh i love this guy

  • @billmozart7288
    @billmozart7288 Před rokem +42

    This one was so well written, great work.
    I would like to see a Pitch Meeting for a Stanley Kubrick movie like 2001: A Space Odyssey or Dr Strangelove

    • @durwoodmaccool890
      @durwoodmaccool890 Před rokem +5

      It would fun to see one of these for an actual really good movie. Other possibilities would be Stalker, or Clockwork Orange. Have a seventies greenscreen office. Writer guy: "and then he kills her with a big plastic penis."
      "Oh big plastic penises are tight!"

    • @everettcooper8939
      @everettcooper8939 Před rokem

      My question: How has he not done a Pitch Meeting for "Picard"???

    • @Mark-in8ju
      @Mark-in8ju Před rokem +1

      I would like to see a Pitch Meeting for everything.

  • @MrAkashJatt
    @MrAkashJatt Před rokem +15

    He is now doing the Lasy AI voice perfectly too....such level of perfection Ryan has reached

  • @jdoggfivethousand
    @jdoggfivethousand Před rokem +1

    Love your videos! Do a pitch meeting for Southland Tales!!! I am going to comment this for as long as you make these until you make it. I will never give up. This is my fifth attempt.

  • @tmdy
    @tmdy Před rokem +5

    Of all the pitch meetings I particularly like this one. It’s hilarious.

  • @4eyedvgn
    @4eyedvgn Před rokem +50

    Me and my gf watched this the other night and were bummed there was no pitch meeting. Perfect timing Ryan lol

  • @LivingGuy484
    @LivingGuy484 Před rokem +22

    Making it early to a Pitch Meeting for once is tight!
    Edit: the new sound (3:35) kills me 😂

  • @georgetrapp6666
    @georgetrapp6666 Před 10 měsíci +1

    The new end credits with Ryan just opening and closing his mouth reminds me of a local commercial for Young People's Day Camp where a balloon with a face used to do the narration, but the mouth moved like that. Totally mismatched to the words, the opposite of lip sync.

  • @boomerotic2498
    @boomerotic2498 Před rokem +2

    Don't know if you're still taking requests Ryan but think seasons of Yellowstone might make for some great pitch meetings 🤔

  • @archibaldferdinand1895
    @archibaldferdinand1895 Před rokem +14

    You should do Wanted. Watched it again recently and it seems like a perfect candidate for a pitch meeting

  • @markuhler2664
    @markuhler2664 Před rokem +29

    One of your best!!! The more of these you do, the more I'm happy I make it to the cinema only once or twice a year.

  • @MB-gb5pv
    @MB-gb5pv Před rokem

    Ooooooh the ability to keep reinventing and coming up with the continuity is mind boggling, hilariously well done.

  • @Colinkrauss1
    @Colinkrauss1 Před 8 měsíci

    I think the “it’s called The Continuing” joke is the single best written and cleverest joke in the entire Pitch Meeting series