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I think what actually happened at the end is that Pete was killed by the soldiers after killing the general. That's why there's no people in the background, even though there was before that scene. He's walking into the afterlife.

No one wins, to be honest.  Even the winners health is beyond damaged to the point he would probably have dropped dead eventually.

I already knew 30 minutes into this movie I wouldn't survive when they took out the first person to stop and take a poo. I'm out!

The reason that the walking speed was changed for the movie is that King didn't know how fast/slow walking speed was when he wrote the book; it's mentioned in several interviews about the film

Another thing people seem to forget is that it takes place in a distopia, meaning resources are likely scares.

There was a lot of criticism from people over what they chose to wear in terms of shoes and clothing.  The problem is this takes place in an alternate timeline where the vaaaast majority of the population lives in extreme poverty and their options are minimal.  They may only have the one pair of shoes and maybe a couple pairs of pants.

Roanoke Gaming basically did a good breakdown of the biological science of the Long Walk.

Basically, five days constantly walking with no rest or sleep and your body is just going to start falling apart. No one could win it and stay alive.

There's an event in Belgium called Dodentocht. It's a 100km walking route to be completed in 24 hours (average speed of 4.2km/h). About 14,000 people start it.

I've done it twice and both times by hour 20 (about 24 hours awake from getting out of bed to that point) I was starting to hallucinate people in the crowd as people I knew back home in the UK. This was with stops to collect food, water and pee so can't imagine multiple days without stopping!

Great video.
Also, it's the first channel I see that (correctly) points out that cooperation is not detrimental, it's actually required. Even if you are technically helping your opponents in a single-winner competition, the advantage you gain by sleeping is still too significant to pass out. The company also means a lot in the mental aspect.

And I'd like to see The Shining next, following the tradition of analyzing Stephen King's works.

Who the Hell thinks surviving the Long Walk is supposed to be easy? You're walking at a brisk pace non-stop (which is even faster in the novel), a sufficiently long break for ANY reason gets you killed (whether 40 seconds in the film or 2 minutes in the book), and the rules of the game REQUIRE that all but one contestant dies before the game ends.

11:25 “What could we do to swing the odds in our favor?”

A: Meth!!!

Ultra runner here and I was a bit surprised by some of the things in this video. First off, sleep deprivation wouldn't be the first thing to bring you down - even if you have quite good muscular endurance, unless you've trained moving for such long stretches of time before doing the walk, it will be your joints and ligaments that give way first. Knees, hips, meniscuses, etc. would reduce you to a crumbling heap long before sleep deprivation does. Secondly, zero carbs would only work if you're already ketogenically adapted and your body is really, REALLY good at pulling energy from ample fat stores. There's a reason why carbs are king in all endurance sports. Even if you could technically keep going on energy from fat, it would be so insufficient that you would be walking in your own private hellscape of mental fragility. Anyone who has hit "the wall" in running on depleted glycogen will tell you they'll take the bullet gladly instead of continue on without carbs.

I was looking forward to someone updating this story given how much info we now have on human ultra endurance capabilities, but I expected more, man - not just from you, but from the film, too. The actors throughout looked like they were trying to act tired, but that's not how you look when doing ultra distances. Look at people really struggling in long ultras and you'll see vacant stares, people who seem to not really be there because they're fighting so hard to keep going that everything gets stripped away, including cognitive ability and personality (yes, people do actually get dumber because there's less blood going to the brain).

Sooo....Love the story of the book, you gave it a good try, but really not close, mate, sorry.

I’ve fallen asleep while marching in bootcamp. Believe me it’s possible 😭

If they really wanted to mess with people they would allow one hour rest every night. Imagine trying to rouse everyone after only one hour for another 23 hours of walking. Carnage everywhere.

“harder than you think” IDK man I wasn’t watching this movie going “hey this looks super doable” 😭

In the UK, there is a 200 mile ultra marathon, that takes place entirely in a 1 mile underground tunnel. No music allowed. Anyone that finishes that probably stands a good chance of winning The Long Walk.

I thought the long walk was already impossible to survive. Good to know it is actually impossible, impossible.

My backpack would be full of meat, water, energy drinks and Meth.
The Meth is for when the sleeping deprivation gets to me. Hey, it is worth a try.

Not everybody is going to full on hallucinate, it's going to be a spectrum like everything else. I have been awake without losing conscious temporarily for 60 hours straight. I only had minor auditory hallucinations for like 10 seconds. It's really depends if they can force their body to pump out cortisol to keep them feeling awake the first night, and after that they will likely not feel tired the rest of the time until they suddenly crash randomly 3+ days out.

For day 2 and 3 I would be far more concerned about pain and discomfort from the continuous walking. Anybody that has been on long hikes for multiple days without a rest day knows. Not being able to sleep is going to make it so much worse.