Twister sequal

[RLD4ISU]

The three criteria for a great movie (one thing I learned during a college course I took in the 80s).

1. Man against man
2. Man against himself
3. Man against nature

 

[Sigmapolis]

The three criteria for a great movie (one thing I learned during a college course I took in the 80s).

1. Man against man
2. Man against himself
3. Man against nature

God creates dinosaurs.
God destroys dinosaurs.
God creates man.
Man destroys God.
Man creates dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs eat man.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

I watched the original for the first time in 20 years recently, and thought it was almost insultingly bad. Totally unrealistic scenarios with the tornadoes and lots of Midwest stereotyping.

It’s fun, but it’s dumb as hell.

Yeah, there are a lot of eye-rolling moments, but it's fun to just be entertained.

Jamie Gertz as Dr. Melissa Reeves was such a horrible character with equally horrible dialogue. It should be hard to root against the girl that gets dragged out to the middle of nowhere, has to watch her fiance flirt with his ex, and then have her life put in jeopardy by a tornado. Instead, it was strangely satisfying to watch her demise unfold.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Yeah, there are a lot of eye-rolling moments, but it's fun to just be entertained.

Jamie Gertz as Dr. Melissa Reeves was such a horrible character with equally horrible dialogue. It should be hard to root against the girl that gets dragged out to the middle of nowhere, has to watch her fiance flirt with his ex, and then have her life put in jeopardy by a tornado. Instead, it was strangely satisfying to watch her demise unfold.

She's a very 90s character. You're not supposed to like her. You're supposed to want Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt to get back together and bonded over their shared love of... tornadoes.

I did feel a twinge of pathos for her when she told Bill Paxton off, though, that she won't be there when he comes back. It was nice to see that character stand up for herself against all the tomfoolery.

 

[Acylum]

People actually think the original was good? It was horribly bad.

 

[KidSilverhair]

The three criteria for a great movie (one thing I learned during a college course I took in the 80s).

1. Man against man
2. Man against himself
3. Man against nature

Those are the basic conflicts for any drama. Without conflict there’s no story.

Meanwhile, I just want to be sure the ghost of Cary Elwes’ character shows up, as a cautionary tale against ego and the effects of iocaine powder.

 

[CtownCyclone]

God creates dinosaurs.
God destroys dinosaurs.
God creates man.
Man destroys God.
Man creates dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs eat man.

 

[KidSilverhair]

Does the first movie have a cult-like following or something? I liked the original, but a little embarrassed to admit it.

Universal Studios Orlando had a Twister ride/attraction for quite a while. It wasn’t really a “ride,” you were in a room where the wind machines picked up and a bunch of items tipped over/blew around.

I would say Universal wouldn’t have built an attraction for a movie without a following, but then again, they had a King Kong ride based on the flop 1976 reboot, so maybe that’s not the right attitude …

 

[ScottyP]

Him blasting the "Boléro" section from Deep Purple's "Child in Time" over the prairies and yelling "LOSER!" over and over again at the Dread Pirate Roberts was some high-quality cinema.

That scene might have been my favorite part of the movie.

The movie is more of a bubble gum entertainment type of film to me. If I find it while searching the channels, I'm going to stop and watch it. I enjoy watching it, even though it isn't a very good film.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

People actually think the original was good? It was horribly bad.

I wouldn't say bad, I would call it campy

 

[Sigmapolis]

That scene might have been my favorite part of the movie.

The movie is more of a bubble gum entertainment type of film to me. If I find it while searching the channels, I'm going to stop and watch it. I enjoy watching it, even though it isn't a very good film.

If I'm driving 120 MPH on some backroad blacktop chasing tornadoes...

**** yes I'm playing some 70s hard rock and prog REALLY loud while doing it.

 

[Al_4_State]

Yeah, there are a lot of eye-rolling moments, but it's fun to just be entertained.

Jamie Gertz as Dr. Melissa Reeves was such a horrible character with equally horrible dialogue. It should be hard to root against the girl that gets dragged out to the middle of nowhere, has to watch her fiance flirt with his ex, and then have her life put in jeopardy by a tornado. Instead, it was strangely satisfying to watch her demise unfold.

The scenes where she talks to her clients via primeval cell phones are the funniest **** in the movie

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

The scenes where she talks to her clients via primeval cell phones are the funniest **** in the movie

Watch "New Jack City"

 

[Al_4_State]

I like how it is supposed to be set in Oklahoma but it clearly looks like Iowa or eastern Nebraska.

Oklahoma is not mostly green rolling hills with a lot of cornfields.

Actually, the part of Oklahoma it’s set in looks a lot like Iowa. They filmed a fair amount of the film in OK too.

Sidebar, but Oklahoma’s one of the most geographically diverse states in the nation. You go from basically mesa desert in the far west to heavy deciduous trees and small mountains in the east. Northern and NE Oklahoma is basically flat to gently rolling farm country, and the SE corner has bayou swamps. Pretty wild.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Stop messing with perfection. Will I see it? Yes because I missed out seeing Twister in the theater since I was only 4 years old. Paxton always wanted a sequel. I just hope they stay true to the story and make it about the 'advanced warning system', since that was the entire goal of the movie. If they could get Wolfgang Van Halen to re-record "Respect The Wind" as a nod to his dad I think that would be cool.

 

[stormchaser2014]

People actually think the original was good? It was horribly bad.

 

[stormchaser2014]

I wonder if that cow ever landed

The truck is still up there somewhere too.

 

[Gomer80]

The truck is still up there somewhere too.

If that's the case Jonas could be back!

 

[NorthCyd]

People actually think the original was good? It was horribly bad.

 

[BryceC]

I remember where I saw it for the first time. The Boone theater. When you can remember where exactly you were for something over 25 years ago, you know you're old.

That's a sticky memory. Nothing as sticky as the floor of the Boone theater though.