Meanderings #105: "Maze Runner" and Building Worlds at the Expense of Plot
Lass is More with Josh Lasser
English - January 16, 2018 13:00 - 6 minutes - 7.06 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsTV & Film Arts Visual Arts media film movies television Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The third "Maze Runner" movie is coming out in less than two weeks, and Liam Neeson's latest actioner opened last week. What does the former franchise and later stand-alone have in common?
They establish great ideas/worlds, but don't fully manage to carry that out into a full feature. Well, maybe the first "Maze Runner" worked, but not the second.
Listen as Josh explains it all...