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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

How fucking dare they. Talk about a movie that doesn't need a sequel. Bill Paxton's ghost does not deserve to be taunted like this.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Just don’t see it, then. It’ll probably flop.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

How fucking dare they.

Wow you are really taking this as a personal affront, huh? you know, you can just not see the movie lol

i can’t imagine getting worked up over the mere existence a throwaway summer action movie. i strongly recommend taking a social media sabbatical my dude.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Let’s face it though, this movie will be way more exciting now there are loads of twisters instead of just one.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Y’all talking up Bill Paxton’s ghost but, like, what about Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s ghost?! Dusty doesn’t deserve it!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Here's the thing: the real star of Twister is the storm chasing techniques and technologies.

And it has been decades.

The updated techniques and technologies deserve a cool movie too, and if they has called it anything else, I would be shouting angrily for the missed chance to call it "Twisters".

Also, anything that encourages more people to watch "Twister" is a good thing. So I'm really hoping this new one isn't awful.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I agree with you, but then I got about halfway through watching the trailer and realized they're reusing the exact same (and completely extraneous) rivalry plot.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Are modern techniques and technologies still requiring people to drive directly into storms? I feel like safety is one of the things vastly improved in all that time, which might not make for a very action-packed movie.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

There were livestreams of people doing that on youtube all last summer

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I have no idea. That's part of what makes me curious about the film. I only have the IMDB page to go off of, but it sounded like they're going for realism in technique and technology.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Eh, it looks like it could be 90 minutes of fun. Hard to judge based on a trailer

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I feel the same way about the Roadhouse remake.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Well that pisses me off greatly. I hope Bill's ghost haunts the shit out of them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I too, am irrationally annoyed at the idea of a Twister remake. My wife didn't seem nearly as annoyed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The second I saw the drill going down I locally said, 'why the fuck are you making a Twister remake'. Even pulling out the little wind ball things again. Putting an S on the name like it's a sequel instead of the remake it appears to be.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It didn't even occur to me that it's a remake, awful idea all around I hope it absolutely fails.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

A lot of the shots in the trailer looked like shots from the original. And the mapping balls, with the same distribution method, felt the most 'same'. Maybe that's from a flashback, but it is still an unnecessary movie. Why make a new movie/story when you can do a lazy sequel that you hope cashes in on nostalgia.