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Not related to the video but react to Gen V, the spin-off of The Boys (I think y'all have watched The Boys), it's great. I had lower expectations, but it's really good.
How well they treated the atmospheric physics in this?! I'm an old military meteorologist and this is sacred to us weather nerds. Gotta throw y'all a few bucks. Keep hitting all these "old" classics.
Love this movie! But I have always been terrified of tornadoes! I live in Texas, and have been through several, and believe me, it is NOT fun! It is absolutely terrifying
If you don't want to deal with EF5s in Tornado Alley, DON'T live in Oklahoma, May 3, 1999, near OK city had the fastest wind speed F5 recorded at 318 MPH, but on May 31 2013 just outside El Reno OK, the biggest F5 had a base on the ground of just over 2 and a half miles wide, 7 people were lost due to that storm, 3 civilians and 4 storm chasers, including all 3 members of "Twistex", people say tornadoes are just swirling air, but that F5 acted like the tornadoes in the movie.
I really appreciate how they didn't make Melissa the evil other woman or some rival. She's just a normal person who got caught up and realized it wasn't meant to be. I kind of feel bad for her
Yes!!! That was one of my favorite parts of the romance aspect of the film. Melissa was a decent person who found herself in a part of his life that just wasn't compatible with hers (other than his still apparent love for storm chasing and Jo). It makes things so much more enjoyable when characters feel like real people!
@@faureamour Elwes's character isn't really the villain of the movie. The true 'villain' of Twister is nature itself, as shown when the final tornado kills him and his driver Eddie (whose actor went on to play one of my favourite characters in The Good Wife). Also sharp eyes may note Jake Busey on the competing storm chaser team.
As I kid I didn't understand that part of the movie. But as I got older and I watched it again. It might be my favourite part of the movie. It was done so well and as you said she wasn't the antagonist or anything.
Bill Paxton is the reason a lot of people became storm chasers also when he passed away storm chasers on the gps radar lined up and spelled the initials BP in honor of him also Twister was the first movie to be released on DVD
@@OfficialMediaKnights the wizard of oz was the first movie to have a tornado and this is based on a true story the original machine was called (ToTo) used by NOAA
Twister was also a demo disc for a Laserdisc playing home cinema when I visited a hifi equipment shop once. Probably the best home cinema experience I ever had and it was in the 90s before DVD happened 😂
As far I know, it's a tradition only for storm chasers when one of their own pass away, and basically they did claimed Bill Paxton as one of their chaser community with this tribute
Dorthy is based on TOTO, which is an actual device that had to be placed in the path. TOTO is the reason we have tornado warnings today that are longer than 10 minutes. They have saved millions of people.
And if you got to the National Weather Center in Norman, OK they have the original TOTO and the Dorthey prop from the movie. They also have a cafe called the flying cow which is a cow in a tornado.
When Bill died storm chasers and spotters from around the world did a virtual tribute using GPS coordinates to spell out BP. This movie brought a lot of attention to storm chasing and had created a new generation of chasers by the time Bill died.
Oh jeezus I'm tearing up knowing that. That's so awesome. I loved Bill in this, folks in the theater were like "Oh it's the Whatarewe gonna do now man, guy"(Aliens) As my then girlfriend and I were walking to the car folks were saying he was great in this as a lead.....finally. One of his best, if not the best as a lead for him. I've watched and seen him in flicks since "Streets of fire" way back and he's always been a bit character in the background or supporting character later on. R.I.P. Mr. P Thank you for nearly 40yrs of film entertainment.
@@buzbom1 Yes we did it on the spotter network gps. We spelled out his initials on the Great Plains. Thousands of storm chasers joined in. We miss the extreme Bill Paxton.
@@vicentehizon6202which turned out to be pretty funny. A plane that was up after a tornado spotted the destroyed town the movie production had built, and directed emergency services to the area, believing it was a result of a tornado coming down.
@@ralphvelthuis2359They didn’t just build a destroyer town, they actually tore down several condemned buildings in Wakita and made the street look destroyed. Hence why the pilot was as concerned
My sister is a storm chaser photographer because of this movie, 100%. We're both weather buffs who love this movie, but she took it to the next level and got herself certified with SkyWarn and Spotter Network and she reads meteorology textbooks for fun. It's really awesome.
@@taylorrussell3158 Mine too, I'm 28 and this was my first PG-13 movie lol (I was 7 when I first watched it, and was fascinated with severe weather and tornadoes)
I went to see the first Mission Impossible that summer, and during the famous scene where Tom Cruise goes into the clean room at Langley, known for how quiet that scene is, all we could hear was the audio from the tornadoes from this movie through the wall. I went back the next weekend to see Twister.
I went to see Twister in the cinema with my mum back then... even though the audio tech wasn't as immersive as it is nowadays (with IMAX), the roar & sound of hail were still very satisfying. Bill Paxton was an absolute legend ❤ & sadly missed
The widest tornado was the El Reno tornado that was 2.6 miles wide. There was one in 1925 that was on the ground for 3.5 hours and covered 219 miles across 3 states!
@@brett9675 Last year NOAA went digging for answers to see if this Tri-state tornado was really a single tornado or not. What they turned up was terrifying. They were able to confirm it was a single tornado thanks to original damage photographs taken on the same day. They were able to pinpoint every place the photos were taken & even fill in missing gaps in the path. It still holds the record for longest distance traveled today. They estimated it was doing about 70mph (highway speed) most of it's lifespan straight North East. That a tornado isn't one I could have kept up with easily at all.
Ok, well that would put the fear of God into you, I hate to think of what the "tri-state tornado" would do today, traveling the same path, that would be a mass casualty event.@@StormChaserMaci.
@@brett9675 When I found out... I was shocked it was actually true & not multiple tornadoes. The damage a modern "Tri-state" tornado would do would leave me without words.
I hope this stays as only an idea, just a what if, but if a modern day "tri-state tornado" happens, that would be the dreaded EF6 people think is on the horizon, then if you want to be a real nut job about it, take the "tri-state" and mix it with '99's OK City 318 MPH wind speed and '13's El Reno's 2.6 mile wide damage path, and you get the monster of any storm chaser's worst nightmare, if such could ever be real, the death toll could hit a million or more, I hope this is only a SYFY channel Z movie plot. @@StormChaserMaci.
This is still one of THE BEST movies ever to come out in the 90's!!!! Starring some of my favorite actors and actresses, including the late legends Bill Paxton and Philip Seymour Hoffman, who are gone but never forgotten, and forever immortalized!!!!😌🙏
The ending outro with the credits rolling goes straight from the orchestral piece, straight into "Respect The Wind" by Eddie and Alex Van Halen....pure magic
@@MAnuscript421 The pieces across the score were Trevor, around the chase sequence as part of the orchestral passages, but the part the guys commented on was "Humans Being".
This was the first movie that my husband and I watched together. We were using it as part of a presentation for our college science class, we started dating once it was finished. We've now been together coming up on 26yrs, married for 23. It's a movie that I'll still watch at least a few times a year.
thats an adorable story. one of the first rides i ever went on as a kid during m first visit to universal studios was twister. i still remember hiding in my dads side and missing most of it bc i was so scared. Its amazing how one movie has impacted so many peoples lives reading these comments
The end of the movie as it heads to the credits has a hauntingly beautiful song called “Respect The Wind” full of amazing guitar rifts by the late Eddie Van Halen.
I've lived in Oklahoma for almost 30 years now. This place is affectionately known as Tornado Alley. I was here when both F5 tornados hit the state. One of them passed a mere 2 miles from my house next to Tinker AFB. It is the strongest tornado ever recorded and had the highest wind speeds on record surpassing 300 mph and caused a billion dollars in damage over a 38 mile area and lasted for almost 90 minutes. I remember driving past the destruction the days afterwards. Entire city blocks literally reduced to toothpicks. One of my favorite ways to impress upon people just how powerful this storm was is to recount something I saw. We were driving past the base and I came across what looked like a car impaled upon the top of telephone pole. However, as I got closer, I realized it was actually 3 cars that had been crushed together so powerfully they looked like a single object. And then lifted and dropped 30 feet in the air onto the pole. Go look up some photos of the May 3rd 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado if you're curious. :)
Back then we didn't have memes since Internet wasn't a household thing yet. Those came later. I'm talking every other movie or TV show or commercial making some flying cow reference. Ah, glorious times! :D
I am a Dusty fanatic. I still use some of his quotes. This movie was a staple rewatch in my house growing up after we saw it in the theaters. We lived in Oklahoma for awhile so we knew all about tornado alley.
I love this film for a whole bunch of reasons, but honestly, Dusty is #1 on the list. Such a memorable side character who truly feels real. "Loserrrrr! Move on!"
As a kid, I was stuck out in a tornado once with my mom. It was absolutely terrifying. I remember downed power lines, down trees, hearing the sirens, and the sickening green of the sky. This movie scared me so bad after that, but now I can appreciate this movie for the masterpiece it is.
A lot of basic CGI elements still in use today were developed in the making of this film. Industrial Light & Magic studied 100s of hours of tornado footage (captured by real life storm chasers btw) to create these iconic images. They studied the movements, wind velocities, different tornadic structures, and replicated true-to-life on screen storms that still hold up to this day. I believe “fractals”-the thousands of tiny bits and particles generated to create the on-screen tornadoes-were invented for this film. Fractals have been a part of movie fx ever since (think Transformers, Mummy, Avengers, you name it). Also, one guy spent like 6-8 months working on nothing but the rolling house scene, painstakingly rotating the house out onto the highway. Great reaction. Keep up the good work.
A lot of storm chasers are also first responders and WILL stop chasing a tornado to check on houses and potential victims. It's admirable. As someone in an area with tornado risk, the rule is to go to the most interior room on the lowest floor with head protection and hard-soled shoes. I store our bike helmets in our closet that would be our storm shelter with a trauma kit, a gallon of water, and some sugary snacks. When we've had a significant tornado risk, I also move essential medications, blankets, and our identifying documents into that space. Head injuries from flying debris is a leading cause of death, unfortunately. Mobile homes and cars are not safe. While a car could potentially outrun a tornado, most are rain wrapped and practically invisible so it is as likely to drive INTO the tornado as away from it.
I do the same when we have tornado warnings, but I also bring with me the external hard drive upon which all of our old family photos and videos are stored. A couple of years ago when a tornado ripped through western Kentucky, just a few days before Christmas, we found shreds of clothing and family photos in our yard. We are 150 miles away from where it hit.
I live in central Arkansas, the tornado siren sounds every Wednesday at noon to make sure it's working. I'm lucky to not have been through a tornado, but serious damage has occurred within 30 miles of my home. I've heard if you're stuck outside, you should get in a ditch. I guess that would provide some protection against flying debris and maybe you wouldn't get blown away.
This movie launched the career of many meteorologists and storm chasers, myself included! Also to answer your question the largest tornado ever recorded was 2.6 miles wide in El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31, 2013.
Ill never forget watcing this on VHS with my family! It literally blew us away! The tagline reads, "From The Creators/Producers of Jurassic Park And The Director Of Speed. TWISTER. The Dark Side Of Nature." Summer 1996. This was the very first film to be released on DVD, which cost 29.99. Nowadays, they cost 20.00-25.00.
Living in Alabama, we do have coverage for tornados whereas in other parts of the world where tornados aren’t common, they’re considered acts of god and wouldn’t be covered. And yes, F5 tornados are over a mile wide. Almost all of our homes have storm shelters built in or we have the outdoor ones like the movie feature. Tornados are so devastating and fascinating at the same time but thankfully because of people like their team, we are able to get warnings way ahead of time and deaths with these storms are a fraction of what they used to be. Loved your reaction!!
Wow thank you so much for sharing!! We had no clue, especially how much of a part of life it is considering the prevalence of storm shelters etc. You are so right about tornadoes, nature is formidable, beautiful but also terrifying. Thankfully things have developed so the havoc they cause is not as severe! Thanks so much for your support, we are so glad you enjoyed our reaction!
Another advantage of the south taking tornados seriously is if the conditions start lining up for a chance of tornadoes a day or two out they will start warning to stay tuned in for updates on if there will be storms and once the storms start they have wall to wall coverage on local channels until it passes. Even with that it can still come up on you unexpectedly, without warning. We were under a tornado watch one time, and we happened to look out our front door. All of the sudden all the birds quit chirping and all flew to the ground at the same time and it got completely quiet. We immediately went to the basement and it turned out a tornado went straight over our house, it just didn't touch down thank God. The warning didn't come until after it passed it happened so fast. They can just suddenly form so sometimes no matter what you do there just isn't enough time to get the warning out. Warnings are still a lot better than they used to be.
@@melissacreel4719 We even get tornadoes in Colorado (albeit usually small ones) and since it's near impossible to predict how large scale weather patterns will affect the front range (lots of localized stuff) we can be under no severe weather risk by the NWS but still get a severe weather event (hail is the biggest thing here but tornadoes on "no risk" days have happened too). We were just under a "slight risk" when we experienced our worst hailstorm of all time; $2.4 billion in damage. The strong EF3 tornado that hit Windsor was also, if I'm not mistaken, within a slight risk zone.
My self I live in sarnia ontario. There was a nasty F3 that hit the downtown area in 1953. And another F3 that hit in 1983 nearby. We live in a slight to moderate risk zone but almost never see anything.
My favorite scene in this movie is the lunch scene. You get such a sense of history between these characters. They genuinely seem like a legit family. Not to mention the jokes are hysterical! Side note: I actually saw this movie at a drive-in theater while a thunderstorm was happening in the background. 😎
Guys, this was one of the biggest movies in 1996. My mom, my sister and myself saw this 5 times in the theater 😂 We live in North Texas which is part of "tornado alley " so this is a big part of springtime here. So glad yall enjoyed it!
My climatology and meteorology professors usually started class with a joke about "weather men" - for them it's considered a step down. One in fact was pretty vicious about it and ironically when I visited home a few years ago I saw him on the local news as a weather man.
I don't understand why being a weather man would be a "step down", like being a pussy (at least that what it shows in the movie). They are the ones that warn the public, saving lives.
@@apollosaturn5 I was in school about that time (90's) but I certainly don't see that attitude anymore. Hopefully it's gone. It was also less likely to have actual meteorologist doing the job back then. Now they are all over the place and most programs include some broadcasting classes.
When I was a little girl, there was no real warning. It was like, watch the clouds, wstch the type of storm, watch your weather on the news. When I was a teenager, it became a longer amount of warning time. Instead of minutes, you had at least 10 minutes to get to safety. When I was a college student, they put in storm sirens that were extremely loud, extremely reliable, extremely durable. We were also given almost an entirely different education about tornadoes. That's about 40 years of my memories. Also, I grew up in Kansas City, MO. I have relatives in Sedalia, and when Joplin happened...they went immediately as they heard about it happening and called us to come. That's also part of living here. You help your neighbors when a whole town almost vanishes (building-wise).
My first movie experience without parents! I was 11 and my friends and I arrived late, entered in the theater right in the middle of the tornado that kills Jo's dad. 😮 It was memorable to say the least! It's still a great thrilling movie, that really holds up nearly 30 years later! As an adult I really appreciate how they didn't make Melissa a shrew or a typical mean other woman, she's smart and sensitive, reacts like a normal person would in those circumstances and is a great perspective character for the audience.
I was in one of the largest tornadoes in recorded history, an F5 in Xenia, Ohio on April 3, 1974. There were over 200 tornadoes in that 23 hour period. Now I'm a weather junkie, kind of like Jo in the movie (only without all the fun equipment!). Love this movie. Yes, most homeowners policies cover wind damage. FEMA can also assist. And yes, those big tornadoes can pick up semis. The one I was in hit a school bus parking lot and picked up about 20 buses and set them on top of my school. There was also a freight train coming through town and it picked the train up and set it on it's side! Train engines weigh tons. Glad you enjoyed it
I saw this at the theatre when I went to college. It was a surreal experience. Some of those scenes - I felt like I was being lifted right out of my seat - and hand to white knuckle my arm rest to hold on. But a fantastic movie - still love aunt Meg's kitchen scenes the best. Cheers from Canada! :)
Awww that sounds like such an amazing experience, we can only imagine! Definitely love Aunt Meg's kitchen scene, it's filled with so much exposition yet raucous joy, it's awesome!! Cheers back to Canada!😊
Tornadoes are absolutely beyond comprehension. Even the small ones are unearthly. Earlier this year I drove past one, about five miles off. You’re driving through a huge storm, the rain and lightning make it hard to see anything, then you hit a clear patch and you see this…thing in the distance. It defies your sense of how things should be. And that was just a little EF 1. The El Reno tornado in Oklahoma was an EF3 that was 2.6 miles wide at its biggest. If you were anywhere near it you wouldn’t even be able to understand what you were looking at, it was just too big.
When this was released, they actually had warnings outside the theater about the sound level. Even said, NO... we won't turn it down... it was designed to be this loud.
The "roar" of the storm wasn't totally metaphoric; the predominate description of real tornadoes by those who survive is, "It sounded like a freight train."
The cool thing about Jo is that she is a bit representative of a lot peoples' fears in the central US. We don't grow up fearing monsters, we grow up fearing storms because we're constantly surrounded by stories of the town next door being flattened or a cousin's house being destroyed. Regardless of how few of us have been directly impacted by these storms, the fear of them is almost imprinted onto us.
You mentioned never seeing a tornado before- I saw a few as a child and to me it is a sight! I've wanted to see one again in person but never managed to- where I live they're not very common and the times some have popped up remotely close to me they're gone by the time I've gotten anywhere near. If you do see one, know that a tornado can throw debris from miles away- even cars have been thrown further than a mile. So get a few seconds look at it then take cover!
I had to sub because of this reaction. I am a storm chaser partly because of this movie (plus living in Kansas) and a massive film fan. Storm chasing IRL is 98% boring road trip and 2% actually driving in bad weather. I love it. Tornadoes are like ethereal things to see in person. There are storm tours you can go on for a week or two from April-June! P.S. Jan de Bont directed this film right after doing Speed in 1994. He likes his transportation-based action. Michael Crichton, the author of “Jurassic Park,” wrote the screenplay.
On the topic of the "Twister" ride and how they created the tornado at Universal: They had 35 fans. 17 of them blew wind at the audience. The remaining 18 fans (with 7 foot long blades) shot out 35 mph wind gusts arranged around the room. The concrete flooring in front of the riders was a sponge like material (painted to look like actual concrete) and they pumped in fog, steam and liquid nitrogen up through the floor. Using the mentioned fans and a giant turbine overhead (all hidden from view), the fog, steam and liquid nitrogen would start lifting and rotating and ta-da, there you have it...an indoor tornado! The largest indoor man-made created tornado when the ride opened in in the late 90's.
Your reactions to hearing how big the F3 was in this movie kinda made me chuckle. In reality, the widest recorded tornado was one in 2013 in El Reno which was 2.6 miles wide. Also the highest recorded wind speed from a tornado came from the 1999 bridge creek Moore tornado. The official measurement was a little over 300mph but it could have been as high as 319mph. To get a grasp of the sounds a tornado can make as well, I recommend watching the clem Schultz Fairdale Illinois footage...dude literally took video of the tornado coming straight for his house right at him and miraculously survived!
I know im a little late, but there are plenty of youtubers that are tornado chasers. Reed Timmer is a meteorologist and a storm chaser. He has a vehicle that is able to anchor itself onto the ground in the path and he has videos of moments inside of tornadoes. In 2013, the El Reno Oklahoma wedge tornado was unbelievably unpredictable and sadly a veteran storm chaser, his son, and a coworker and friend died when their vehicle was rolled by the winds of the vortex. Pecos Hank is a youtuber that films tornadoes and lighting for the beauty and admiration of them.
So cool that Denise summarises the entire movie within the first sentence she says during the opening scene. “So cool that they’re getting a tornado warning…. As a tornado happens outside”.
When Bill Paxton passed away the storm chaser community gave him a send off by putting his initials on weather screens. A lot of them said that without this movie they wouldn't be storm chasers.
@@OfficialMediaKnights I’m a bit late with this comment, but yeah, the VFX in this movie were truly ground-breaking! Industrial Light and Magic did them, and it was the first really big use of particle FX simulation for the tornadoes and for the digital destruction of the buildings (remember the house that rolls onto the road? That was entirely CG, with every little board on it animated by hand by a single guy! It’s a real house when they drive through it, though), but most of all, it was groundbreaking for the compositing. They didn’t use any blue- or greenscreen at all, so every single shot in which they placed tornadoes, clouds and replacement/recoloured skies, the digital compositors had to isolate the foreground by hand, frame by frame. This included any foliage or waving hair - a compositor’s nightmare! It can seem a little janky nowadays, but damn, no other company could’ve done as good a job at the time. Sometimes it’s not so much about the polish - it’s the energy that sells VFX, and this film has energy out the wazoo!
I live in a tiny town in TEXAS, where if you blink you’ll miss it. We have storm cellars, underground with metal doors, (extremely heavy). If you don’t have a cellar, you go to a room with no windows, usually the bathroom, get mattress to shield the kids and pray. I’m 53, I think, and it is really scary. No the government doesn’t help, better have insurance.
F3 isn't actually "safe." It still destroys lives and businesses. An F3 hit my old neighborhood and they are still trying to recover 3 years later. Enjoyed your reaction!
awesome movie with some of the best tracks by Van Helen, Humans Being is the unofficial anthem for stormchasers and Respect the Wind was one of the best end credits tracks produced.
17:15 there was an idea to make that cow a zebra instead to make a reference to Jumanji which came out the year before this one, but they decided against it lol
This was the first movie where I got to see the first showing of it on opening night; my older brother took me as a special treat since our parents always waited for cheaper weekend matinée shows when taking us to see movies. We were teenagers living in Ohio when Twister came out, but we had lived in Oklahoma during elementary school. Just a few months before we moved to Ohio, there were a couple of F1 tornadoes (granted, we had no idea of their size/power when the warnings went out) near our corner of town that forced us to run through howling wind and rain to take shelter in our neighbors’ tiny underground tornado shelter, which had a metal door that our dad and elderly neighbor held closed with a rope. When that opening scene ended, after Jo’s dad got ripped away with the door, we silently turned and looked at each other wide-eyed and understood without a word that we had both just been transported back to that moment and had seen our worst fear from that day underground (that we had never discussed with each other) play out on the screen. We had been much luckier than Jo, as the tornadoes hadn’t gone directly overhead (we thought they had in the moment, though, as baseball-sized hail had been pounding on that windowless metal door which we mistakenly thought was debris from our homes being torn apart slamming into the door… the whole town needed roof and window/car repairs from the hail but there was no tornado damage). Just a few years after we moved to Ohio, we drove past two tornadoes on a family car trip through Pennsylvania in June (not far from Gettysburg): a spindly F0 that did no damage (and so wasn’t recorded by the NWS) in an open field and an F2 that crossed the river we had just driven across on a narrow bridge and went on to damage structures and inflict injuries (a number of years before Twister was released). So, we went together to see Twister almost as a kind of odd family/sibling therapy for our childhood experiences. We walked out of the theater after the movie ended having really enjoyed it and both feeling lucky that our experiences had been so fortunate.
This is one of my favourite movies of all time. So underrated. I can watch it on repeat and never get tired of it. Couple of tornado facts seeing as you were interested: The widest tornado was in Oklahoma in 2013. It had a base 2.6 miles wide and was an F3. There have been 2 F6 tornadoes recorded in all history. One in Ohio and one in Texas. There are scientific arguments still over whether to classify them as F6 and not F5+. These arguments led to an upgrading of the F(Fujita) scaling and now other factors are considered beyond just what damage the tornado leaves behind. The new scaling is called the Enhanced Fujita (EF). Also, F3's are not 'mild'. Some of the greatest losses of human life have occurred at the hands of an F3. The deadliest tornado was in 1925 and killed 695 people across Illinois, Missouri and Indiana, giving it the name the Tri-State tornado. It was an F5 and also holds the record for longest continious path of destruction at 174 miles.
I am SO happy y’all did this one! As someone from the town where they shot the movie, and a full time resident of tornado alley, some fun facts about the movie and nature: The movie was inspired by a major storm in Oklahoma in the late 80s primarily because of the destruction and like they pointed out in the movie at the time people never had a warning before it hit. Almost all of the tornadoes in the movie were inspired by a real storm and tornado (obviously some liberties were taken). While it’s possible to have a storm produce multiple twisters, they don’t usually jump in intensity like this. Almost all of the outdoor scenes and the diner etc were shot on location and pretty much everyone outside of the main cast were just local farmers or school students. The size of the twister isn’t what makes it bad! So that half-mile wide twister? A lot of times those are less deadly than the couple hundred yards wide ones. It just depends on the wind speed! And while a tornado could knock a cow over…it’s not likely to lift it like that 😂😂😂 but it is every Oklahoma farmers favorite scene. That and the dangerous barn moment. This is a seriously beloved movie amongst tornado alley residents and storm chasers, pro and amateur!
I’m from Alabama. The Midwest where this movie focuses is called Tornado Alley. The south east they call Dixie Alley. Many professional chasers won’t chase here because the danger goes way up. We have a lot of tall trees that run along our interstates. This makes it difficult to track from a distance and see what they are doing and they can shift and be on top of you before you realize it. Spend enough time outside just letting yourself feel and you’ll learn what the signs are. For instance when Bill says going green, he is referring to the sky and everything around you having this green tint. I’ve walked out my back door and seen it. Animals are also one of your best warning signals. Horses, dogs, birds. They will tell you if something is close and you should worry. If my dog goes behind the couch I know something is close.
This film is so much as endearing as it is destructive. I used to have nightmares of tornados as a child...I can still the sirens in the distance. So haunting. And then there's Phil Hoffman to save us. I also went to the Universal Studios "ride?" AND it was amazing, the roof was coming off and everything. Also JAWS.
I grew up on the prairie in north-central Oklahoma and saw lots of storms plus a few tornadoes, including one that took out parts of our sheds and barn, plus the shingles off our house. It was at night and rain-wrapped so nothing to see; when they say it sounds like train coming - that's a pretty good description. Some of the opening parts when they first met up were filmed just outside my hometown, with a few relatives in the background moving cattle, etc., so I'll watch it anytime it comes on. The town of Wakita let them "make a tornado" downtown with effects and CGI. The EF-5 tornado that destroyed much of Moore, Oklahoma in 2013 was just over a mile wide at its' base, wind of 210 MPH, killed 25 people and did more than $2 Billion in damage. The NWS has a collaborative presence on the campus of the University of Oklahoma with federal, state and academic research and a lot of Storm Chasers connect with them for sharing data. Thanks for a good reaction, as always.
You asked a bit about the width and size of tornados, and they do all vary. Worst I have seen/experienced was on May 22, 2011 in Joplin MO. It was an EF5 category tornado the base was just over a mile wide with 200 mph winds. That tornado took 158 lives cost over 2.8 billion dollar in damages, and lasted for 46 minutes.
The ride is more of a mini show, and i love it non the less. They explain in the show while filming about 5-7 twisters touched down and a day after they started a town over was hit. Its actually very sad bill passed, they were revamping it and planned to have a more updated intro to the show.
Yes, Denise. You are right. They mixed the sounds of bears, lions and several other animals to make the tornado roar. I grew up chasing tornados. There was a huge outbreak of tornados, like 5 or 6 of them on the same day in the same area. Yes, they do get more than 1 mile wide. It is so fun but it’s hard to bring your adrenaline levels down. You are actually fighting yourself for fight or flight. The scene when they were in Jo’s yellow truck and hit the flimsy bridge with the tractor on it would not have really happened. They filmed it on location in Oklahoma. They needed winds as high as a jet’s engine, so they went and got a jet’s engine! It was hard to film because it was shot in the middle of the summer… not good… and the jet engine was blowing its own hot air. It was hard to breathe. I think Jamie Gertz did a wonderful job. She hasn’t had many roles anymore. I was happy to see her have a strong performance. Speaking of, you gotta love Aunt Meg! Her acting style is so natural. Her face is like rubber and does an amazing job in everything I see her in. She reminds me of Geraldine Paige. You couldn’t ask for a better lead than Helen Hunt. (and her hair is so beautiful!) The sequel is being released in 2024. Looking forward to seeing it!!
Fun fact: Both Helen Hunt from this film and Paul Reiser from ALIENS starred in the comedy seires MAD ABOUT YO(1992-2019) so they share Bill Paxton together, first time I saw Bill was, of course IN WIERD SCIENCE (1985)
This was great! Thank you for reacting to this! Okay, here's my tornado story, and it involves the movie! We'd gone to see Twister the weekend before, in the theater,😮 and loved it! So, the following weekend we were back for another movie,. Twister was still playing, and while we were sitting there, about half way through, we realized we could hear the tornado sound effects through the wall and laughed... And then the lights and power went out! They came out with flashlights, said we all had rsin check tickets, because evidently the power wasn't coming back on soon. So we made our way out, and discovered the entire grid had been knocked out... By a tornado! It wasn't Twister the movie we'd been hearing, we heard the real thing blaze through! Fortunately, there was very little damage, we were lucky!
The cast of this movie is perfect. One of the few movies that over the years I would always watch if I came across it while flipping channels . As always great reaction !!! 😁✌️😎❤️👍
I remember when this movie came out and seeing it in theaters. It was one of the first (at least that I remembet) that had THX Surround Sound so the sounds of the storms and tornadoes really felt / sounded like you were in the middle of the action. That's so normal to us in theaters now, but it was an exhilirating movie experience back then. This movie was really cutting edge and I love how well the effects and story hold up after all these years. RIP Bill Paxton.
It has not been mentioned yet, but the soundtrack for this film is superb! I still play "LONG WAY DOWN" by The GooGoo Dolls & TELULA (TORNADO MIX) by Tori Amos while at work :)
Twister was btw the first Movie ever to be out on DVD I watched this movie so many times and still it amazes me to this day. I love how they gave the Tornados this kind of growl, making them like a beast you can't defeat
Just an FYI the largest tornado in history was the El Reno Oklahoma tornado on May 31st 2013. At its largest it was an unbelievable 2.6 miles wide with winds reaching 322 mph. It was LITERALLY the size of a town and it was rain wrapped which hid the outer perimeter of the tornado. There were 8 fatalities, 4 of which were storm chasers like in this movie. 151 serious injuries. However for the size of the tornado there could have been many more deaths. Thankfully it made an altered course and if it had continued to hit the downtown area of El Reno it would have passed over a major highway and hit a large residential arwa with several subdivisions. It is estimated that if it had hit those areas the fatalities could have been close to one thousand.
I am also a thrill ride enthusiast. Bring it on! I’ve seen this movie a bunch of times. It will be so fun to watch this with you two. You’re so cinematically intelligent.😊❤️
@@OfficialMediaKnights Guys it's the truth, your cinematic knowledge and commentary is what makes your channel even better, not only do you rock in your choice of movies and shows, but some of us movie addicts really appreciate what you do, keep it up!!
Saw this in the theater, and that was an experience. Mind blowing. We left the theater with a Wow expression on our faces. We went outside of the theater, and kept looking up 😂 even though it was a clear night sky.
"Nother cow." If you want more of this, I recommend Into the Storm. 'B' list actors, but being a newer film, the effects are way cool. Definitely worth a watch.
This is an outstanding movie!! The Fujita scale is online if you're interested in what each of the levels mean, F0-F5. Once you soak that in, consider the fact that there have been two recorded F6 tornadoes. Growing up in New Mexico, we could see tornadoes form out the windows of our classroom. They wouldn't send us home unless there were more than 3 and they were closer than 5 miles to the school. They really are fascinating to see. Fortunately, all the ones I saw were relatively small.
In all honesty, seeing one in RL is beautiful and terrifying. I’ve lived through at least 2 F5 (now EF5) twisters and a few varying degrees of lower ones. That’s why every Saturday here (in Oklahoma) they test the tornado sirens at noon across the state to make sure they are in good working order. And funnily enough, we have a tornado season which runs from March 15 to June 15, but some years we may get an outbreak, others, hardly a one. My first F5 was 3 years after this came out, May 3, 1999. The easiest way to tell if it’s gonna happen, is if the temperature goes from, let’s say 85 to 64 in the span of a minute. A sudden drop in temperature is the biggest indicator if the clouds look light grey.
A few things: Two great songs you heard are Child in Time by Deep Purple and Humans Being by Van Halen. youll love both! Secondly the backing soundtrack is by Mark Mancina another gem. Third, the largest tornado was 2.6 miles wide in El Reno which had winds over 300 mph and killed the first and only 4 storm chasers documented thus far. There now are stormchasers such as Reed Timmer who design tornado intercept vehicles with probes designed to drive right into the path of a tornado and endure it and get measurements. Also the tornadoes depicted in the movie reay do look and behave like that except running from an F5 on foot is obviously a deathwish. Lastly, the warning time is much much better now with ample warnings 15-30 minutes ahead of a likely tornado. Radar can very accurately spot large ones and and sign of strong rotation is also marked.
This movie to this day, still gives me goosebumps. I could hear a certain score from the movie and guess the exact scene, that’s how may times I’ve watched this. Was also the reason why i initially studied General Geography concentrating in Meteorology. Wanted to be a storm chaser! I still have a fascination with how weather and storm systems form hurricanes and tornadoes
Hey y’all! This was my fav as a kid, it made me want to be a tornado chaser. Helen is SO g in this. Tough and and also vulnerable. And rocked a white tank top. And PSH was a LEGEND! And the entire crew felt lived in. Also authentic. The dialog and energy. Forever a fav ! Glad y’all watched!
She nailed it playing as a storm chaser. I can tell you her act was nearly identical to what real life as one is like. I know because I am one. This movie was & is still wonderful.
@@Ashley_e I can watch this movie anytime. Its a classic & frankly I will watch this one on days I don't have a storm to chase. I chase through advanced SKYWARN for the NWS. I'm a chaser responsible in Texas for bringing warning out to the public during severe weather or tornadoes. Here's how it works. When I call the NWS (National Weather Service) & give them my official spotter/chaser ID, emergency alerts go out less than 2 minutes after I call through what is called the EAS (emergency alert system.) Example: "A Tornado/severe thunderstorm/flash flood warning has been issued for so & so, until so & so." It means your phones go off with alerts, NOAA radios or radios in general tuned in go off, & news stations like the weather channel, Foxweather, or local weather station news gets information of the warning also nearly instantly meaning you will see it on live tv. While it is quite fun to be a storm chaser & witness forces of nature like tornadoes, I'm reminded every time ultimately it is my responsibility to warn everyone in the path & keep people safe. So remember the next time you see a storm warning of any kind go out, its because of trained storm chasers like me.
30:32 I grew up in South-Central Illinois, and even if you have home owners insurance, you're pretty much out of luck. The loss is so much more than than monitary. My family home was taken in the early 1990's with no bodily injuries, but the house was literally leveled to the slab. House, furniture, family photos, mementos, all gone. Scattered over miles of Saint Clair County.
We saw this at the theater when it released in the 90's, the small screen doesn't do it justice, but still a very enjoyable film. Glad you two enjoyed it.
This movie is a classic in my house. I still quote it all the time and I’m so pumped for the sequel this summer. Twister deserves to be nostalgia bait. I hope the sequel revives interest in the disaster movie genre as a whole.
0:17 YES, I LOVED this set ride- It closed just 2 or 3 years ago, which broke me, because it still gave just as much of a true rush the day it closed. It was just ignored by most people. I’m so glad SOMEONE else remembers it 😂. Hope you both are well, love from Brooklyn.
I have such fond memories of that ride! I was 10 years old at the time and going to Universal was my birthday gift. Twister was the first attraction my mom and I got on. I could not believe what I was seeing. And years later now that I've seen how they achieved the magic it is still impressive. To think they reset that ride and created destruction over and over again for years is insane! Sending you all the love to Brooklyn! Hope you're not in the area that got flooded ❤️
@@OfficialMediaKnightsI am, but it’s fine. Water always recedes, items and objects can be replaced. I feel worse for the people who are out on the streets :/ - I hope everything is fixed for them soon, or shelters are opened somewhere. I will always be great though, water recedes, snow melts, extreme heat passes, winds pause, and everything can always be fixed. Stay well, both of you.
@@StormChaserMaci.right? I was so ticked off when I went back and visited with my friends, I went to show them the ride and it was just closed at that point. They hadn’t even put something new there. I was so ticked.
Again, watching a fun & cool movie with a fun & funny couple...you two rock. I live where we used to have tornadoe warnings and sightings every Spring/Sumner on a regular, not so much lately but imagine driving 15-20 miles home from work in daylight while it's getting dark by the minute, raining so hard you can't see the roads, sirens blasting and the radio is telling you to take cover. All you can do is pray to God and hope your heart don't give out on you. So, kudos to his girl friend. The fear is real. Something, I'll never get use to nor would I want to. Facts.
This movie was a core memory growing up. I grew up in sw mo, my Grandma and aunts and uncles are all in ne Texas and this is the movie that made my mind click from "these storms are so scary" to "there is SO MUCH COOL SCIENCE HAPPENING IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW!" Seeing you post this reaction made me click so fast.
Maaaaan!! I can't believe you guys are watching Twister!!! So awesome, I saw this movie in the cinema when I was a kid and has always been my favorite disaster movie. I'm so excited for 'Twisters' Can't believe after 30 years we're getting a sequel. I love that you guys pick 'old school' movies to react to, you can tell you guys know what you're doing instead of just doing what Fight club copies of a copy do on YT😜😜 love your commentary as always!! SHINE ON!! 🎶
Gaaah that is so awesome, love that you got to see it in the cinema!! Wish we could have done that too! We are so pumped for Twisters, because we really enjoyed this one! What a great disaster flick! Also thank you so so much for your support, it truly means the world to us!!😊😊😊
They really did a good job showing how powerful and massive a twister is. In 1983, my retail shop was hit by a tornado, and I along with an employee of mine were still in the shop at the time.. We were not taking the warnings on the radio seriously at first because we lived in " tornado alley" and were used to hearing tornado watches and warnings. But things changed quickly when we started hearing a train like noise and could see my huge plate glass windows in the front of the shop start to pulsate . We got in the back of the shop just in time and put pillows over our heads and were not hurt. The front of my shop was destroyed. Before it hit, we were outside the front of the shop joking around saying we were going to strap our selves to the support post that was at least 10 inches thick. After the tornado hit we evacuated the shop through the front door and we couldnt help but notice that massive support beam was totally gone!
Whoaaa... that is a crazy story, that must have been so frightening! We're glad you and your employee managed to get out of that unscathed! We are so sorry about the entire experience though!
Only like 5 minutes in and I subscribed already! I watch a lot of React videos, esp for movies and you guys are so great! Very chill and funny, I love your vibe! Also, this movie has always been one of my favs!!! I'm kind of excited for the new Twister they are making!
I always thought the moment they look up inside the cyclone and they should have had a close up of Helen Hunt's face remembering her father... Like the storm allowed her to see what no one else had...so she made her peace with her trauma ...
The opening scene of this movie gave me chills because 2 years before that we lived through the 1994 Lancaster TX tornado. We had just gotten back from church and my 2 sister's and I were already in bed (ages: 9, 10, 11) I remember our parents waking us up and then hearing the tornado sirens go off. We lived right across from the Lancaster Airport that had an alarm so it was so loud. We tried running outside to the storm cellar but it was to late as the winds were already to strong and a lot of debris was being blown all around. My dad put my mom and us 3 girls in the hallway closet and stood over us. The next day we saw the extent of devastation the tornado caused and we saw how close the tornado came to hitting or knocking down our house.. 3 houses on the other side of our street were completely demolished, but our house and 2 on our side of the street were ok, just a lot of debris laying around. Our elementary school as well as the downtown area were hit. I have never been so afraid. We've gone through another 5 tornadoes since then but the '94 one I will never forget.. For many months after it I slept with my shoes nearby and I would look out the window at night.. If I saw lightening or the wind picked up even a bit,, I would beg mu parents to take us to the storm cellar. To this day the sound of tornado alarms give me chills but I don't panic like I did as a child.
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Not related to the video but react to Gen V, the spin-off of The Boys (I think y'all have watched The Boys), it's great. I had lower expectations, but it's really good.
How well they treated the atmospheric physics in this?! I'm an old military meteorologist and this is sacred to us weather nerds. Gotta throw y'all a few bucks. Keep hitting all these "old" classics.
Love this movie! But I have always been terrified of tornadoes! I live in Texas, and have been through several, and believe me, it is NOT fun! It is absolutely terrifying
If you don't want to deal with EF5s in Tornado Alley, DON'T live in Oklahoma, May 3, 1999, near OK city had the fastest wind speed F5 recorded at 318 MPH, but on May 31 2013 just outside El Reno OK, the biggest F5 had a base on the ground of just over 2 and a half miles wide, 7 people were lost due to that storm, 3 civilians and 4 storm chasers, including all 3 members of "Twistex", people say tornadoes are just swirling air, but that F5 acted like the tornadoes in the movie.
I really appreciate how they didn't make Melissa the evil other woman or some rival. She's just a normal person who got caught up and realized it wasn't meant to be. I kind of feel bad for her
Yes!!! That was one of my favorite parts of the romance aspect of the film. Melissa was a decent person who found herself in a part of his life that just wasn't compatible with hers (other than his still apparent love for storm chasing and Jo). It makes things so much more enjoyable when characters feel like real people!
She handled it like a G. Same for the new boyfriend in Liar, Liar.
@DJKuroh Funny. The new boyfriend in Liar, Liar was played by the same actor who played the actual villain in this movie. Love Cary Elwes!
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Elwes's character isn't really the villain of the movie.
The true 'villain' of Twister is nature itself, as shown when the final tornado kills him and his driver Eddie (whose actor went on to play one of my favourite characters in The Good Wife).
Also sharp eyes may note Jake Busey on the competing storm chaser team.
As I kid I didn't understand that part of the movie. But as I got older and I watched it again. It might be my favourite part of the movie. It was done so well and as you said she wasn't the antagonist or anything.
Bill Paxton is the reason a lot of people became storm chasers also when he passed away storm chasers on the gps radar lined up and spelled the initials BP in honor of him also Twister was the first movie to be released on DVD
Whaaat??? No way, this got us in the feels 😭😭😭 That is such a touching gesture... what an actor, RIP Bill Paxton
@@OfficialMediaKnights the wizard of oz was the first movie to have a tornado and this is based on a true story the original machine was called (ToTo) used by NOAA
Twister was also a demo disc for a Laserdisc playing home cinema when I visited a hifi equipment shop once.
Probably the best home cinema experience I ever had and it was in the 90s before DVD happened 😂
@@OfficialMediaKnights It's true. We did it on the spotter network.
As far I know, it's a tradition only for storm chasers when one of their own pass away, and basically they did claimed Bill Paxton as one of their chaser community with this tribute
Dorthy is based on TOTO, which is an actual device that had to be placed in the path. TOTO is the reason we have tornado warnings today that are longer than 10 minutes. They have saved millions of people.
The people that work so hard on this type of research are true heroes. So many lives saved!
@@OfficialMediaKnights Very true.
Unfortunately, the creator /inventor of Toto, Tim Samaras, was later killed while chasing the El Reno tornado.
And if you got to the National Weather Center in Norman, OK they have the original TOTO and the Dorthey prop from the movie. They also have a cafe called the flying cow which is a cow in a tornado.
@@ambergaffney2705 LOL they named the cafe after part of of the movie? I had no idea. The other 2 things I did know about.
When Bill died storm chasers and spotters from around the world did a virtual tribute using GPS coordinates to spell out BP. This movie brought a lot of attention to storm chasing and had created a new generation of chasers by the time Bill died.
Wow... that's incredible, and so touching. What an incredible actor and movie, the influence of art like this is always awe inspiring.
Oh jeezus I'm tearing up knowing that. That's so awesome.
I loved Bill in this, folks in the theater were like "Oh it's the Whatarewe gonna do now man, guy"(Aliens)
As my then girlfriend and I were walking to the car folks were saying he was great in this as a lead.....finally.
One of his best, if not the best as a lead for him. I've watched and seen him in flicks since "Streets of fire" way back and he's always been a bit character in the background or supporting character later on.
R.I.P. Mr. P
Thank you for nearly 40yrs of film entertainment.
@@buzbom1 Yes we did it on the spotter network gps. We spelled out his initials on the Great Plains. Thousands of storm chasers joined in. We miss the extreme Bill Paxton.
I like how they actually filmed this in the heart of tornado alley as the director stood his ground and insisted on it.
They even filmed in the midst of the tornafo season.
And didn’t get a single tornado on camera!
@@vicentehizon6202which turned out to be pretty funny. A plane that was up after a tornado spotted the destroyed town the movie production had built, and directed emergency services to the area, believing it was a result of a tornado coming down.
@@ralphvelthuis2359They didn’t just build a destroyer town, they actually tore down several condemned buildings in Wakita and made the street look destroyed. Hence why the pilot was as concerned
F1-light/moderate damage
F2-Moderate Damage
F3-Heavy Damage
F4-Heavy Damage/Destruction
F5-Removal from existance
My sister is a storm chaser photographer because of this movie, 100%. We're both weather buffs who love this movie, but she took it to the next level and got herself certified with SkyWarn and Spotter Network and she reads meteorology textbooks for fun. It's really awesome.
I used to chase tornadoes but I had to give it up. I couldn't run that fast.
The one and only, Philip Seymour Hoffman RIP.
Indeed, what an incredible actor with such dynamic range and talent... what a loss. RIP.
Bill Paxton also RIP. I'm 34 this movie was a staple of my childhood.
And bill Paxton. Legend
Dusty is the role I think of whenever someone mentions his name.
@@taylorrussell3158 Mine too, I'm 28 and this was my first PG-13 movie lol (I was 7 when I first watched it, and was fascinated with severe weather and tornadoes)
I went to see the first Mission Impossible that summer, and during the famous scene where Tom Cruise goes into the clean room at Langley, known for how quiet that scene is, all we could hear was the audio from the tornadoes from this movie through the wall. I went back the next weekend to see Twister.
LOL you heard them through the wall? I would have though there was one right outside the building.
I went to see Twister in the cinema with my mum back then... even though the audio tech wasn't as immersive as it is nowadays (with IMAX), the roar & sound of hail were still very satisfying.
Bill Paxton was an absolute legend ❤ & sadly missed
The widest tornado was the El Reno tornado that was 2.6 miles wide. There was one in 1925 that was on the ground for 3.5 hours and covered 219 miles across 3 states!
Yeah, many say it was multiple F5s or just tornadoes if that is even possible but the idea of just one F5 being able to do that, is even scarier.
@@brett9675 Last year NOAA went digging for answers to see if this Tri-state tornado was really a single tornado or not. What they turned up was terrifying. They were able to confirm it was a single tornado thanks to original damage photographs taken on the same day. They were able to pinpoint every place the photos were taken & even fill in missing gaps in the path. It still holds the record for longest distance traveled today. They estimated it was doing about 70mph (highway speed) most of it's lifespan straight North East. That a tornado isn't one I could have kept up with easily at all.
Ok, well that would put the fear of God into you, I hate to think of what the "tri-state tornado" would do today, traveling the same path, that would be a mass casualty event.@@StormChaserMaci.
@@brett9675 When I found out... I was shocked it was actually true & not multiple tornadoes. The damage a modern "Tri-state" tornado would do would leave me without words.
I hope this stays as only an idea, just a what if, but if a modern day "tri-state tornado" happens, that would be the dreaded EF6 people think is on the horizon, then if you want to be a real nut job about it, take the "tri-state" and mix it with '99's OK City 318 MPH wind speed and '13's El Reno's 2.6 mile wide damage path, and you get the monster of any storm chaser's worst nightmare, if such could ever be real, the death toll could hit a million or more, I hope this is only a SYFY channel Z movie plot. @@StormChaserMaci.
This is still one of THE BEST movies ever to come out in the 90's!!!! Starring some of my favorite actors and actresses, including the late legends Bill Paxton and Philip Seymour Hoffman, who are gone but never forgotten, and forever immortalized!!!!😌🙏
The guitar riffs you enjoyed so much were Van Halen's contribution to the affair ("Human's Being"). A great film with, as you say, a stellar cast!
Love Van Halen with all my heart ❤️
The ending outro with the credits rolling goes straight from the orchestral piece, straight into "Respect The Wind" by Eddie and Alex Van Halen....pure magic
The guitar riffs were done by Trevor Rabin. Eddie Van Halen only did Respect the Wind.
@@MAnuscript421 The pieces across the score were Trevor, around the chase sequence as part of the orchestral passages, but the part the guys commented on was "Humans Being".
This was the first movie that my husband and I watched together. We were using it as part of a presentation for our college science class, we started dating once it was finished. We've now been together coming up on 26yrs, married for 23. It's a movie that I'll still watch at least a few times a year.
thats an adorable story. one of the first rides i ever went on as a kid during m first visit to universal studios was twister. i still remember hiding in my dads side and missing most of it bc i was so scared. Its amazing how one movie has impacted so many peoples lives reading these comments
The end of the movie as it heads to the credits has a hauntingly beautiful song called “Respect The Wind” full of amazing guitar rifts by the late Eddie Van Halen.
I sometimes will listen to respect the wind by Van Halen left on low volume just to meditate to. Oddly enough it works.
As a southerner, hearing you call an F3 safe made me laugh.
Lol we didn't quite grasp the, uh, severity of each until after we recorded the movie and did some of our own research 😂
"I love that it sounds like a growl". From someone born and raised in Alabama, it does.
@@OfficialMediaKnights Real tornado will have no problem doing major damage. Even an EF1.
@MaciMTrainedChaser Yeah, it just takes a relatively small piece of debris to probably either severely hurt or kill you.
@@ChadSimpson-ft7yz Yes. I had to alert the NWS 2 weeks ago of a tornado in San Antonio tx. I have seen firsthand what these will do.
I've lived in Oklahoma for almost 30 years now. This place is affectionately known as Tornado Alley. I was here when both F5 tornados hit the state. One of them passed a mere 2 miles from my house next to Tinker AFB. It is the strongest tornado ever recorded and had the highest wind speeds on record surpassing 300 mph and caused a billion dollars in damage over a 38 mile area and lasted for almost 90 minutes. I remember driving past the destruction the days afterwards. Entire city blocks literally reduced to toothpicks. One of my favorite ways to impress upon people just how powerful this storm was is to recount something I saw. We were driving past the base and I came across what looked like a car impaled upon the top of telephone pole. However, as I got closer, I realized it was actually 3 cars that had been crushed together so powerfully they looked like a single object. And then lifted and dropped 30 feet in the air onto the pole. Go look up some photos of the May 3rd 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado if you're curious. :)
Y'all can't appreciate how iconic that flying cow was in the 90s. MY GOD the amount of parodies 🤣
And memes 😂 (since then)
Back then we didn't have memes since Internet wasn't a household thing yet. Those came later. I'm talking every other movie or TV show or commercial making some flying cow reference. Ah, glorious times! :D
My brother and I will say "I GOTTA GO JULIE, WE GOT COWS" while on the phone and it always makes us laugh!
I am a Dusty fanatic. I still use some of his quotes.
This movie was a staple rewatch in my house growing up after we saw it in the theaters. We lived in Oklahoma for awhile so we knew all about tornado alley.
You sir are definitely my kind of people lol. Dusty quotes never get old
@@redneckwithajeep5001 I am a lady, but thank you
It’s the wonder of nature baby!!! Wooo 🗣️🗣️🗣️ 🌪️
I love this film for a whole bunch of reasons, but honestly, Dusty is #1 on the list. Such a memorable side character who truly feels real.
"Loserrrrr! Move on!"
Dusty was my favorite character. RIP
As a kid, I was stuck out in a tornado once with my mom. It was absolutely terrifying. I remember downed power lines, down trees, hearing the sirens, and the sickening green of the sky. This movie scared me so bad after that, but now I can appreciate this movie for the masterpiece it is.
The tornado sounds, is actually what tornados sound like. If you hear a freight train and you're nowhere near tracks, find shelter ASAP
A lot of basic CGI elements still in use today were developed in the making of this film. Industrial Light & Magic studied 100s of hours of tornado footage (captured by real life storm chasers btw) to create these iconic images. They studied the movements, wind velocities, different tornadic structures, and replicated true-to-life on screen storms that still hold up to this day. I believe “fractals”-the thousands of tiny bits and particles generated to create the on-screen tornadoes-were invented for this film. Fractals have been a part of movie fx ever since (think Transformers, Mummy, Avengers, you name it). Also, one guy spent like 6-8 months working on nothing but the rolling house scene, painstakingly rotating the house out onto the highway. Great reaction. Keep up the good work.
A lot of storm chasers are also first responders and WILL stop chasing a tornado to check on houses and potential victims. It's admirable.
As someone in an area with tornado risk, the rule is to go to the most interior room on the lowest floor with head protection and hard-soled shoes. I store our bike helmets in our closet that would be our storm shelter with a trauma kit, a gallon of water, and some sugary snacks. When we've had a significant tornado risk, I also move essential medications, blankets, and our identifying documents into that space.
Head injuries from flying debris is a leading cause of death, unfortunately.
Mobile homes and cars are not safe. While a car could potentially outrun a tornado, most are rain wrapped and practically invisible so it is as likely to drive INTO the tornado as away from it.
I do the same when we have tornado warnings, but I also bring with me the external hard drive upon which all of our old family photos and videos are stored. A couple of years ago when a tornado ripped through western Kentucky, just a few days before Christmas, we found shreds of clothing and family photos in our yard. We are 150 miles away from where it hit.
I live in central Arkansas, the tornado siren sounds every Wednesday at noon to make sure it's working. I'm lucky to not have been through a tornado, but serious damage has occurred within 30 miles of my home. I've heard if you're stuck outside, you should get in a ditch. I guess that would provide some protection against flying debris and maybe you wouldn't get blown away.
That tornado "growl" at the beginning was deliberate...
This movie launched the career of many meteorologists and storm chasers, myself included!
Also to answer your question the largest tornado ever recorded was 2.6 miles wide in El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31, 2013.
Your not the only storm chaser:)
@@StormChaserMaci. Ah a fellow person of culture I see lol
Ill never forget watcing this on VHS with my family! It literally blew us away!
The tagline reads, "From The Creators/Producers of Jurassic Park And The Director Of Speed. TWISTER. The Dark Side Of Nature." Summer 1996.
This was the very first film to be released on DVD, which cost 29.99. Nowadays, they cost 20.00-25.00.
Aw man those were the good days!!! Can only imagine how much fun this would have been with the fam!
yeah, this and independence day. i still remember the joy of having new technology 😂
Actually, you can now buy Twister for $5. We have it in the $5 DVD dump bin at work.
Living in Alabama, we do have coverage for tornados whereas in other parts of the world where tornados aren’t common, they’re considered acts of god and wouldn’t be covered. And yes, F5 tornados are over a mile wide. Almost all of our homes have storm shelters built in or we have the outdoor ones like the movie feature. Tornados are so devastating and fascinating at the same time but thankfully because of people like their team, we are able to get warnings way ahead of time and deaths with these storms are a fraction of what they used to be. Loved your reaction!!
Wow thank you so much for sharing!! We had no clue, especially how much of a part of life it is considering the prevalence of storm shelters etc. You are so right about tornadoes, nature is formidable, beautiful but also terrifying. Thankfully things have developed so the havoc they cause is not as severe!
Thanks so much for your support, we are so glad you enjoyed our reaction!
Another advantage of the south taking tornados seriously is if the conditions start lining up for a chance of tornadoes a day or two out they will start warning to stay tuned in for updates on if there will be storms and once the storms start they have wall to wall coverage on local channels until it passes. Even with that it can still come up on you unexpectedly, without warning. We were under a tornado watch one time, and we happened to look out our front door. All of the sudden all the birds quit chirping and all flew to the ground at the same time and it got completely quiet. We immediately went to the basement and it turned out a tornado went straight over our house, it just didn't touch down thank God. The warning didn't come until after it passed it happened so fast. They can just suddenly form so sometimes no matter what you do there just isn't enough time to get the warning out.
Warnings are still a lot better than they used to be.
@@melissacreel4719 We even get tornadoes in Colorado (albeit usually small ones) and since it's near impossible to predict how large scale weather patterns will affect the front range (lots of localized stuff) we can be under no severe weather risk by the NWS but still get a severe weather event (hail is the biggest thing here but tornadoes on "no risk" days have happened too). We were just under a "slight risk" when we experienced our worst hailstorm of all time; $2.4 billion in damage. The strong EF3 tornado that hit Windsor was also, if I'm not mistaken, within a slight risk zone.
My self I live in sarnia ontario. There was a nasty F3 that hit the downtown area in 1953. And another F3 that hit in 1983 nearby. We live in a slight to moderate risk zone but almost never see anything.
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My favorite scene in this movie is the lunch scene. You get such a sense of history between these characters. They genuinely seem like a legit family. Not to mention the jokes are hysterical! Side note: I actually saw this movie at a drive-in theater while a thunderstorm was happening in the background. 😎
Hehe nice.
When this was in theaters, a drive in movie theater did get hit by a tornado... and this film was screening that night
Guys, this was one of the biggest movies in 1996. My mom, my sister and myself saw this 5 times in the theater 😂
We live in North Texas which is part of "tornado alley " so this is a big part of springtime here. So glad yall enjoyed it!
I'm kinda jealous.
I'm in North Texas too, with family in West Texas, I've lived through 4 tornados while visiting them lol
My climatology and meteorology professors usually started class with a joke about "weather men" - for them it's considered a step down. One in fact was pretty vicious about it and ironically when I visited home a few years ago I saw him on the local news as a weather man.
Hahah that's crazy, we had no idea it was considered a step down!! Also oh the irony of that situation 😂
I don't understand why being a weather man would be a "step down", like being a pussy (at least that what it shows in the movie). They are the ones that warn the public, saving lives.
@@apollosaturn5 I was in school about that time (90's) but I certainly don't see that attitude anymore. Hopefully it's gone. It was also less likely to have actual meteorologist doing the job back then. Now they are all over the place and most programs include some broadcasting classes.
If you live long enough to become the villain ....
Those who can't do , teach
When I was a little girl, there was no real warning. It was like, watch the clouds, wstch the type of storm, watch your weather on the news.
When I was a teenager, it became a longer amount of warning time. Instead of minutes, you had at least 10 minutes to get to safety. When I was a college student, they put in storm sirens that were extremely loud, extremely reliable, extremely durable. We were also given almost an entirely different education about tornadoes. That's about 40 years of my memories.
Also, I grew up in Kansas City, MO. I have relatives in Sedalia, and when Joplin happened...they went immediately as they heard about it happening and called us to come. That's also part of living here. You help your neighbors when a whole town almost vanishes (building-wise).
My first movie experience without parents! I was 11 and my friends and I arrived late, entered in the theater right in the middle of the tornado that kills Jo's dad. 😮 It was memorable to say the least! It's still a great thrilling movie, that really holds up nearly 30 years later!
As an adult I really appreciate how they didn't make Melissa a shrew or a typical mean other woman, she's smart and sensitive, reacts like a normal person would in those circumstances and is a great perspective character for the audience.
I was in one of the largest tornadoes in recorded history, an F5 in Xenia, Ohio on April 3, 1974. There were over 200 tornadoes in that 23 hour period. Now I'm a weather junkie, kind of like Jo in the movie (only without all the fun equipment!). Love this movie. Yes, most homeowners policies cover wind damage. FEMA can also assist. And yes, those big tornadoes can pick up semis. The one I was in hit a school bus parking lot and picked up about 20 buses and set them on top of my school. There was also a freight train coming through town and it picked the train up and set it on it's side! Train engines weigh tons. Glad you enjoyed it
I saw this at the theatre when I went to college. It was a surreal experience. Some of those scenes - I felt like I was being lifted right out of my seat - and hand to white knuckle my arm rest to hold on. But a fantastic movie - still love aunt Meg's kitchen scenes the best. Cheers from Canada! :)
Awww that sounds like such an amazing experience, we can only imagine! Definitely love Aunt Meg's kitchen scene, it's filled with so much exposition yet raucous joy, it's awesome!!
Cheers back to Canada!😊
Tornadoes are absolutely beyond comprehension. Even the small ones are unearthly. Earlier this year I drove past one, about five miles off. You’re driving through a huge storm, the rain and lightning make it hard to see anything, then you hit a clear patch and you see this…thing in the distance. It defies your sense of how things should be. And that was just a little EF 1. The El Reno tornado in Oklahoma was an EF3 that was 2.6 miles wide at its biggest. If you were anywhere near it you wouldn’t even be able to understand what you were looking at, it was just too big.
When this was released, they actually had warnings outside the theater about the sound level. Even said, NO... we won't turn it down... it was designed to be this loud.
LOLOL that is awesome. When I saw it originally, it shook the entire room.
The "roar" of the storm wasn't totally metaphoric; the predominate description of real tornadoes by those who survive is, "It sounded like a freight train."
The cool thing about Jo is that she is a bit representative of a lot peoples' fears in the central US. We don't grow up fearing monsters, we grow up fearing storms because we're constantly surrounded by stories of the town next door being flattened or a cousin's house being destroyed. Regardless of how few of us have been directly impacted by these storms, the fear of them is almost imprinted onto us.
You mentioned never seeing a tornado before- I saw a few as a child and to me it is a sight! I've wanted to see one again in person but never managed to- where I live they're not very common and the times some have popped up remotely close to me they're gone by the time I've gotten anywhere near.
If you do see one, know that a tornado can throw debris from miles away- even cars have been thrown further than a mile. So get a few seconds look at it then take cover!
I had to sub because of this reaction. I am a storm chaser partly because of this movie (plus living in Kansas) and a massive film fan. Storm chasing IRL is 98% boring road trip and 2% actually driving in bad weather. I love it. Tornadoes are like ethereal things to see in person. There are storm tours you can go on for a week or two from April-June!
P.S. Jan de Bont directed this film right after doing Speed in 1994. He likes his transportation-based action. Michael Crichton, the author of “Jurassic Park,” wrote the screenplay.
EF stands for Enhanced Fujita. Fujita Scale is the scale of the winds of a tornado: EF0 is weakest while an EF5 is as they called, "Finger of God".
Bill Paxton is so underrated IMO. He's been in so many classics. He feels like home.
On the topic of the "Twister" ride and how they created the tornado at Universal:
They had 35 fans. 17 of them blew wind at the audience. The remaining 18 fans (with 7 foot long blades) shot out 35 mph wind gusts arranged around the room. The concrete flooring in front of the riders was a sponge like material (painted to look like actual concrete) and they pumped in fog, steam and liquid nitrogen up through the floor.
Using the mentioned fans and a giant turbine overhead (all hidden from view), the fog, steam and liquid nitrogen would start lifting and rotating and ta-da, there you have it...an indoor tornado! The largest indoor man-made created tornado when the ride opened in in the late 90's.
Your reactions to hearing how big the F3 was in this movie kinda made me chuckle. In reality, the widest recorded tornado was one in 2013 in El Reno which was 2.6 miles wide. Also the highest recorded wind speed from a tornado came from the 1999 bridge creek Moore tornado. The official measurement was a little over 300mph but it could have been as high as 319mph. To get a grasp of the sounds a tornado can make as well, I recommend watching the clem Schultz Fairdale Illinois footage...dude literally took video of the tornado coming straight for his house right at him and miraculously survived!
I know im a little late, but there are plenty of youtubers that are tornado chasers. Reed Timmer is a meteorologist and a storm chaser. He has a vehicle that is able to anchor itself onto the ground in the path and he has videos of moments inside of tornadoes. In 2013, the El Reno Oklahoma wedge tornado was unbelievably unpredictable and sadly a veteran storm chaser, his son, and a coworker and friend died when their vehicle was rolled by the winds of the vortex. Pecos Hank is a youtuber that films tornadoes and lighting for the beauty and admiration of them.
So cool that Denise summarises the entire movie within the first sentence she says during the opening scene.
“So cool that they’re getting a tornado warning…. As a tornado happens outside”.
When Bill Paxton passed away the storm chaser community gave him a send off by putting his initials on weather screens. A lot of them said that without this movie they wouldn't be storm chasers.
"Where's my truck?" BAM!!! "AUGH!!!" "There it is."
Brake isn't working?😢😮
OH yeah at the time those tornado vfx were top tier and the 'making of" was awesome back then : D
Haha for the time, yes absolutely! It's always fun to see trailblazer movies like these and remember how far we've come with VFX
@@OfficialMediaKnights I’m a bit late with this comment, but yeah, the VFX in this movie were truly ground-breaking! Industrial Light and Magic did them, and it was the first really big use of particle FX simulation for the tornadoes and for the digital destruction of the buildings (remember the house that rolls onto the road? That was entirely CG, with every little board on it animated by hand by a single guy! It’s a real house when they drive through it, though), but most of all, it was groundbreaking for the compositing. They didn’t use any blue- or greenscreen at all, so every single shot in which they placed tornadoes, clouds and replacement/recoloured skies, the digital compositors had to isolate the foreground by hand, frame by frame. This included any foliage or waving hair - a compositor’s nightmare!
It can seem a little janky nowadays, but damn, no other company could’ve done as good a job at the time. Sometimes it’s not so much about the polish - it’s the energy that sells VFX, and this film has energy out the wazoo!
I live in a tiny town in TEXAS, where if you blink you’ll miss it. We have storm cellars, underground with metal doors, (extremely heavy). If you don’t have a cellar, you go to a room with no windows, usually the bathroom, get mattress to shield the kids and pray. I’m 53, I think, and it is really scary. No the government doesn’t help, better have insurance.
Just what I needed today❤ Love this movie so much...RIP Bill Paxton😢
Hope you enjoy! We've been seeing Bill Paxton a lot recently with the films we've been covering. He was such a fantastic actor. RIP legend ❤️
Another great role by Bill, at least for me, is in 2 Guns 2013 with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg an Underrated Gem❤️
This movie has one of the best end credits sequences ever. Van Halen did the soundtrack to it
F3 isn't actually "safe." It still destroys lives and businesses. An F3 hit my old neighborhood and they are still trying to recover 3 years later. Enjoyed your reaction!
awesome movie with some of the best tracks by Van Helen, Humans Being is the unofficial anthem for stormchasers and Respect the Wind was one of the best end credits tracks produced.
This is a criminally underrated film - the song you were headbanging to in the second act was “humans being” by Van Halen (haggar)
I blast humans being when I find me one hell of a storm. Let the chase begin in other words. 😊
17:15 there was an idea to make that cow a zebra instead to make a reference to Jumanji which came out the year before this one, but they decided against it lol
This was the first movie where I got to see the first showing of it on opening night; my older brother took me as a special treat since our parents always waited for cheaper weekend matinée shows when taking us to see movies. We were teenagers living in Ohio when Twister came out, but we had lived in Oklahoma during elementary school. Just a few months before we moved to Ohio, there were a couple of F1 tornadoes (granted, we had no idea of their size/power when the warnings went out) near our corner of town that forced us to run through howling wind and rain to take shelter in our neighbors’ tiny underground tornado shelter, which had a metal door that our dad and elderly neighbor held closed with a rope. When that opening scene ended, after Jo’s dad got ripped away with the door, we silently turned and looked at each other wide-eyed and understood without a word that we had both just been transported back to that moment and had seen our worst fear from that day underground (that we had never discussed with each other) play out on the screen. We had been much luckier than Jo, as the tornadoes hadn’t gone directly overhead (we thought they had in the moment, though, as baseball-sized hail had been pounding on that windowless metal door which we mistakenly thought was debris from our homes being torn apart slamming into the door… the whole town needed roof and window/car repairs from the hail but there was no tornado damage). Just a few years after we moved to Ohio, we drove past two tornadoes on a family car trip through Pennsylvania in June (not far from Gettysburg): a spindly F0 that did no damage (and so wasn’t recorded by the NWS) in an open field and an F2 that crossed the river we had just driven across on a narrow bridge and went on to damage structures and inflict injuries (a number of years before Twister was released). So, we went together to see Twister almost as a kind of odd family/sibling therapy for our childhood experiences. We walked out of the theater after the movie ended having really enjoyed it and both feeling lucky that our experiences had been so fortunate.
This is one of my favourite movies of all time. So underrated. I can watch it on repeat and never get tired of it.
Couple of tornado facts seeing as you were interested: The widest tornado was in Oklahoma in 2013. It had a base 2.6 miles wide and was an F3.
There have been 2 F6 tornadoes recorded in all history. One in Ohio and one in Texas. There are scientific arguments still over whether to classify them as F6 and not F5+. These arguments led to an upgrading of the F(Fujita) scaling and now other factors are considered beyond just what damage the tornado leaves behind. The new scaling is called the Enhanced Fujita (EF). Also, F3's are not 'mild'. Some of the greatest losses of human life have occurred at the hands of an F3. The deadliest tornado was in 1925 and killed 695 people across Illinois, Missouri and Indiana, giving it the name the Tri-State tornado. It was an F5 and also holds the record for longest continious path of destruction at 174 miles.
I am SO happy y’all did this one! As someone from the town where they shot the movie, and a full time resident of tornado alley, some fun facts about the movie and nature:
The movie was inspired by a major storm in Oklahoma in the late 80s primarily because of the destruction and like they pointed out in the movie at the time people never had a warning before it hit. Almost all of the tornadoes in the movie were inspired by a real storm and tornado (obviously some liberties were taken). While it’s possible to have a storm produce multiple twisters, they don’t usually jump in intensity like this. Almost all of the outdoor scenes and the diner etc were shot on location and pretty much everyone outside of the main cast were just local farmers or school students.
The size of the twister isn’t what makes it bad! So that half-mile wide twister? A lot of times those are less deadly than the couple hundred yards wide ones. It just depends on the wind speed! And while a tornado could knock a cow over…it’s not likely to lift it like that 😂😂😂 but it is every Oklahoma farmers favorite scene. That and the dangerous barn moment. This is a seriously beloved movie amongst tornado alley residents and storm chasers, pro and amateur!
This movie will stay loved.
I’m from Alabama. The Midwest where this movie focuses is called Tornado Alley. The south east they call Dixie Alley. Many professional chasers won’t chase here because the danger goes way up. We have a lot of tall trees that run along our interstates. This makes it difficult to track from a distance and see what they are doing and they can shift and be on top of you before you realize it.
Spend enough time outside just letting yourself feel and you’ll learn what the signs are. For instance when Bill says going green, he is referring to the sky and everything around you having this green tint. I’ve walked out my back door and seen it. Animals are also one of your best warning signals. Horses, dogs, birds. They will tell you if something is close and you should worry. If my dog goes behind the couch I know something is close.
This film is so much as endearing as it is destructive. I used to have nightmares of tornados as a child...I can still the sirens in the distance. So haunting. And then there's Phil Hoffman to save us. I also went to the Universal Studios "ride?" AND it was amazing, the roof was coming off and everything. Also JAWS.
This movie was how I discovered "The Shining" as a kid and now I have a vast Stephen King book collection and DVDS of all of his work :)
I grew up on the prairie in north-central Oklahoma and saw lots of storms plus a few tornadoes, including one that took out parts of our sheds and barn, plus the shingles off our house. It was at night and rain-wrapped so nothing to see; when they say it sounds like train coming - that's a pretty good description. Some of the opening parts when they first met up were filmed just outside my hometown, with a few relatives in the background moving cattle, etc., so I'll watch it anytime it comes on. The town of Wakita let them "make a tornado" downtown with effects and CGI. The EF-5 tornado that destroyed much of Moore, Oklahoma in 2013 was just over a mile wide at its' base, wind of 210 MPH, killed 25 people and did more than $2 Billion in damage. The NWS has a collaborative presence on the campus of the University of Oklahoma with federal, state and academic research and a lot of Storm Chasers connect with them for sharing data. Thanks for a good reaction, as always.
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Hey people, never lived in Tornado Alley, but, can't say that I would like to, considering the weather patterns that pop up. 😂😮
You asked a bit about the width and size of tornados, and they do all vary. Worst I have seen/experienced was on May 22, 2011 in Joplin MO. It was an EF5 category tornado the base was just over a mile wide with 200 mph winds. That tornado took 158 lives cost over 2.8 billion dollar in damages, and lasted for 46 minutes.
"I love that it sounds like a growl" If memory serves, they actually used animal growls for the sound effect mix of the tornados
Ohhhh so they actually did!! It's such a great choice for the sound of the tornado, adds a great level of threat to it!
Camels and cows to be exact.
The ride is more of a mini show, and i love it non the less. They explain in the show while filming about 5-7 twisters touched down and a day after they started a town over was hit.
Its actually very sad bill passed, they were revamping it and planned to have a more updated intro to the show.
Yes, Denise. You are right. They mixed the sounds of bears, lions and several other animals to make the tornado roar. I grew up chasing tornados. There was a huge outbreak of tornados, like 5 or 6 of them on the same day in the same area. Yes, they do get more than 1 mile wide. It is so fun but it’s hard to bring your adrenaline levels down. You are actually fighting yourself for fight or flight.
The scene when they were in Jo’s yellow truck and hit the flimsy bridge with the tractor on it would not have really happened. They filmed it on location in Oklahoma. They needed winds as high as a jet’s engine, so they went and got a jet’s engine! It was hard to film because it was shot in the middle of the summer… not good… and the jet engine was blowing its own hot air. It was hard to breathe.
I think Jamie Gertz did a wonderful job. She hasn’t had many roles anymore. I was happy to see her have a strong performance. Speaking of, you gotta love Aunt Meg! Her acting style is so natural. Her face is like rubber and does an amazing job in everything I see her in. She reminds me of Geraldine Paige.
You couldn’t ask for a better lead than Helen Hunt. (and her hair is so beautiful!) The sequel is being released in 2024. Looking forward to seeing it!!
Wait WHAT?!? 😱
Fun fact: Both Helen Hunt from this film and Paul Reiser from ALIENS starred in the comedy seires MAD ABOUT YO(1992-2019) so they share Bill Paxton together, first time I saw Bill was, of course IN WIERD SCIENCE (1985)
This was great! Thank you for reacting to this! Okay, here's my tornado story, and it involves the movie!
We'd gone to see Twister the weekend before, in the theater,😮 and loved it!
So, the following weekend we were back for another movie,. Twister was still playing, and while we were sitting there, about half way through, we realized we could hear the tornado sound effects through the wall and laughed...
And then the lights and power went out!
They came out with flashlights, said we all had rsin check tickets, because evidently the power wasn't coming back on soon.
So we made our way out, and discovered the entire grid had been knocked out...
By a tornado! It wasn't Twister the movie we'd been hearing, we heard the real thing blaze through!
Fortunately, there was very little damage, we were lucky!
Having personally been through a strong F3 tornado the sounds of the tornadoes in this movie are actually pretty accurate
The cast of this movie is perfect. One of the few movies that over the years I would always watch if I came across it while flipping channels .
As always great reaction !!! 😁✌️😎❤️👍
Exactly, this movie has such great rewatchability!! Thank you soo much for your support, it truly means the world to us!!
Look up the tornados that have hit my home town, Moore Oklahoma. 1999, 2013 especially.
Side note: Love the soundtrack, especially Van Halen!
I remember when this movie came out and seeing it in theaters. It was one of the first (at least that I remembet) that had THX Surround Sound so the sounds of the storms and tornadoes really felt / sounded like you were in the middle of the action. That's so normal to us in theaters now, but it was an exhilirating movie experience back then. This movie was really cutting edge and I love how well the effects and story hold up after all these years. RIP Bill Paxton.
It has not been mentioned yet, but the soundtrack for this film is superb! I still play "LONG WAY DOWN" by The GooGoo Dolls & TELULA (TORNADO MIX) by Tori Amos while at work :)
Twister was btw the first Movie ever to be out on DVD
I watched this movie so many times and still it amazes me to this day. I love how they gave the Tornados this kind of growl, making them like a beast you can't defeat
Yessss, that sound effect was such a smart decision!! It added an otherworldliness to it that made it feel even more undefeatable!
It actually does sound like a growl when its right outside your window though. A sound Ill NEVER forget.
The F5 was well personified. They had it chase Helen & Bull in the movie like it was mad it's secrets were taken.
Just an FYI the largest tornado in history was the El Reno Oklahoma tornado on May 31st 2013. At its largest it was an unbelievable 2.6 miles wide with winds reaching 322 mph. It was LITERALLY the size of a town and it was rain wrapped which hid the outer perimeter of the tornado. There were 8 fatalities, 4 of which were storm chasers like in this movie. 151 serious injuries. However for the size of the tornado there could have been many more deaths. Thankfully it made an altered course and if it had continued to hit the downtown area of El Reno it would have passed over a major highway and hit a large residential arwa with several subdivisions. It is estimated that if it had hit those areas the fatalities could have been close to one thousand.
I am also a thrill ride enthusiast. Bring it on!
I’ve seen this movie a bunch of times. It will be so fun to watch this with you two. You’re so cinematically intelligent.😊❤️
Wow this is such a wonderful compliment, thank you!! It truly makes our day to hear you like our reactions!
@@OfficialMediaKnights Guys it's the truth, your cinematic knowledge and commentary is what makes your channel even better, not only do you rock in your choice of movies and shows, but some of us movie addicts really appreciate what you do, keep it up!!
Saw this in the theater, and that was an experience. Mind blowing. We left the theater with a Wow expression on our faces. We went outside of the theater, and kept looking up 😂 even though it was a clear night sky.
Haha I did the same thing!! 😂 Back right when I became a storm chaser.
@@StormChaserMaci. lol. That's the kind of effect it had on all of us 🤣
"Nother cow." If you want more of this, I recommend Into the Storm. 'B' list actors, but being a newer film, the effects are way cool. Definitely worth a watch.
This is an outstanding movie!! The Fujita scale is online if you're interested in what each of the levels mean, F0-F5. Once you soak that in, consider the fact that there have been two recorded F6 tornadoes. Growing up in New Mexico, we could see tornadoes form out the windows of our classroom. They wouldn't send us home unless there were more than 3 and they were closer than 5 miles to the school. They really are fascinating to see. Fortunately, all the ones I saw were relatively small.
That is the old F scale. There's a new EF scale in place since 2007.
In all honesty, seeing one in RL is beautiful and terrifying. I’ve lived through at least 2 F5 (now EF5) twisters and a few varying degrees of lower ones. That’s why every Saturday here (in Oklahoma) they test the tornado sirens at noon across the state to make sure they are in good working order.
And funnily enough, we have a tornado season which runs from March 15 to June 15, but some years we may get an outbreak, others, hardly a one. My first F5 was 3 years after this came out, May 3, 1999. The easiest way to tell if it’s gonna happen, is if the temperature goes from, let’s say 85 to 64 in the span of a minute. A sudden drop in temperature is the biggest indicator if the clouds look light grey.
A few things: Two great songs you heard are Child in Time by Deep Purple and Humans Being by Van Halen. youll love both! Secondly the backing soundtrack is by Mark Mancina another gem. Third, the largest tornado was 2.6 miles wide in El Reno which had winds over 300 mph and killed the first and only 4 storm chasers documented thus far. There now are stormchasers such as Reed Timmer who design tornado intercept vehicles with probes designed to drive right into the path of a tornado and endure it and get measurements. Also the tornadoes depicted in the movie reay do look and behave like that except running from an F5 on foot is obviously a deathwish. Lastly, the warning time is much much better now with ample warnings 15-30 minutes ahead of a likely tornado. Radar can very accurately spot large ones and and sign of strong rotation is also marked.
The storm chased you speak of were legends. Team TWISTEX.
This movie to this day, still gives me goosebumps. I could hear a certain score from the movie and guess the exact scene, that’s how may times I’ve watched this. Was also the reason why i initially studied General Geography concentrating in Meteorology. Wanted to be a storm chaser! I still have a fascination with how weather and storm systems form hurricanes and tornadoes
Hey y’all! This was my fav as a kid, it made me want to be a tornado chaser. Helen is SO g in this. Tough and and also vulnerable. And rocked a white tank top. And PSH was a LEGEND! And the entire crew felt lived in. Also authentic. The dialog and energy. Forever a fav ! Glad y’all watched!
She nailed it playing as a storm chaser. I can tell you her act was nearly identical to what real life as one is like. I know because I am one. This movie was & is still wonderful.
@@StormChaserMaci. what a cool job!! Jealous!! That movie had me fall in love with storms even more! She did!
@@Ashley_e I can watch this movie anytime. Its a classic & frankly I will watch this one on days I don't have a storm to chase. I chase through advanced SKYWARN for the NWS. I'm a chaser responsible in Texas for bringing warning out to the public during severe weather or tornadoes. Here's how it works. When I call the NWS (National Weather Service) & give them my official spotter/chaser ID, emergency alerts go out less than 2 minutes after I call through what is called the EAS (emergency alert system.) Example: "A Tornado/severe thunderstorm/flash flood warning has been issued for so & so, until so & so." It means your phones go off with alerts, NOAA radios or radios in general tuned in go off, & news stations like the weather channel, Foxweather, or local weather station news gets information of the warning also nearly instantly meaning you will see it on live tv. While it is quite fun to be a storm chaser & witness forces of nature like tornadoes, I'm reminded every time ultimately it is my responsibility to warn everyone in the path & keep people safe. So remember the next time you see a storm warning of any kind go out, its because of trained storm chasers like me.
30:32 I grew up in South-Central Illinois, and even if you have home owners insurance, you're pretty much out of luck. The loss is so much more than than monitary. My family home was taken in the early 1990's with no bodily injuries, but the house was literally leveled to the slab. House, furniture, family photos, mementos, all gone. Scattered over miles of Saint Clair County.
We saw this at the theater when it released in the 90's, the small screen doesn't do it justice, but still a very enjoyable film. Glad you two enjoyed it.
Maaan we would have LOVED to watch this on a theatre screen!! We still got to enjoy the movie though, it's such a fun time!
Small screens never do it justice!
The little tornado inside the F5 was it's core
That's Van Halen that you were jamming to in the movie
This movie is a classic in my house. I still quote it all the time and I’m so pumped for the sequel this summer. Twister deserves to be nostalgia bait. I hope the sequel revives interest in the disaster movie genre as a whole.
0:17 YES, I LOVED this set ride- It closed just 2 or 3 years ago, which broke me, because it still gave just as much of a true rush the day it closed. It was just ignored by most people. I’m so glad SOMEONE else remembers it 😂. Hope you both are well, love from Brooklyn.
I have such fond memories of that ride! I was 10 years old at the time and going to Universal was my birthday gift. Twister was the first attraction my mom and I got on. I could not believe what I was seeing. And years later now that I've seen how they achieved the magic it is still impressive. To think they reset that ride and created destruction over and over again for years is insane! Sending you all the love to Brooklyn! Hope you're not in the area that got flooded ❤️
@@OfficialMediaKnightsI am, but it’s fine. Water always recedes, items and objects can be replaced. I feel worse for the people who are out on the streets :/ - I hope everything is fixed for them soon, or shelters are opened somewhere. I will always be great though, water recedes, snow melts, extreme heat passes, winds pause, and everything can always be fixed. Stay well, both of you.
I remember it also. That TWISTER ride I loved it. They set it up very well. Mad as hell they got rid of it.
@@StormChaserMaci.right? I was so ticked off when I went back and visited with my friends, I went to show them the ride and it was just closed at that point. They hadn’t even put something new there. I was so ticked.
Again, watching a fun & cool movie with a fun & funny couple...you two rock. I live where we used to have tornadoe warnings and sightings every Spring/Sumner on a regular, not so much lately but imagine driving 15-20 miles home from work in daylight while it's getting dark by the minute, raining so hard you can't see the roads, sirens blasting and the radio is telling you to take cover. All you can do is pray to God and hope your heart don't give out on you. So, kudos to his girl friend. The fear is real. Something, I'll never get use to nor would I want to. Facts.
This movie was a core memory growing up. I grew up in sw mo, my Grandma and aunts and uncles are all in ne Texas and this is the movie that made my mind click from "these storms are so scary" to "there is SO MUCH COOL SCIENCE HAPPENING IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW!"
Seeing you post this reaction made me click so fast.
Maaaaan!! I can't believe you guys are watching Twister!!! So awesome, I saw this movie in the cinema when I was a kid and has always been my favorite disaster movie. I'm so excited for 'Twisters' Can't believe after 30 years we're getting a sequel. I love that you guys pick 'old school' movies to react to, you can tell you guys know what you're doing instead of just doing what Fight club copies of a copy do on YT😜😜 love your commentary as always!! SHINE ON!! 🎶
Gaaah that is so awesome, love that you got to see it in the cinema!! Wish we could have done that too! We are so pumped for Twisters, because we really enjoyed this one! What a great disaster flick!
Also thank you so so much for your support, it truly means the world to us!!😊😊😊
They really did a good job showing how powerful and massive a twister is. In 1983, my retail shop was hit by a tornado, and I along with an employee of mine were still in the shop at the time.. We were not taking the warnings on the radio seriously at first because we lived in " tornado alley" and were used to hearing tornado watches and warnings. But things changed quickly when we started hearing a train like noise and could see my huge plate glass windows in the front of the shop start to pulsate . We got in the back of the shop just in time and put pillows over our heads and were not hurt. The front of my shop was destroyed. Before it hit, we were outside the front of the shop joking around saying we were going to strap our selves to the support post that was at least 10 inches thick. After the tornado hit we evacuated the shop through the front door and we couldnt help but notice that massive support beam was totally gone!
Whoaaa... that is a crazy story, that must have been so frightening! We're glad you and your employee managed to get out of that unscathed! We are so sorry about the entire experience though!
This is one of my favorites! So happy to see y’all react to it!❤️
Thank you so much for your support, we're so glad we got to react to something you love! Hope you enjoy our reaction!!
Only like 5 minutes in and I subscribed already! I watch a lot of React videos, esp for movies and you guys are so great! Very chill and funny, I love your vibe! Also, this movie has always been one of my favs!!! I'm kind of excited for the new Twister they are making!
I always thought the moment they look up inside the cyclone and they should have had a close up of Helen Hunt's face remembering her father... Like the storm allowed her to see what no one else had...so she made her peace with her trauma ...
That would've been an excellent way to visually tell us that she made peace! Great idea!
Almost like "the respect for the warrior"
This movie is in my top 10 all timers. Near the back end of that 10. Just love everything about this movie.
This was a great reaction! Your energy and enthusiasm was contagious. Thank you!
The opening scene of this movie gave me chills because 2 years before that we lived through the 1994 Lancaster TX tornado. We had just gotten back from church and my 2 sister's and I were already in bed (ages: 9, 10, 11) I remember our parents waking us up and then hearing the tornado sirens go off. We lived right across from the Lancaster Airport that had an alarm so it was so loud. We tried running outside to the storm cellar but it was to late as the winds were already to strong and a lot of debris was being blown all around. My dad put my mom and us 3 girls in the hallway closet and stood over us. The next day we saw the extent of devastation the tornado caused and we saw how close the tornado came to hitting or knocking down our house.. 3 houses on the other side of our street were completely demolished, but our house and 2 on our side of the street were ok, just a lot of debris laying around. Our elementary school as well as the downtown area were hit. I have never been so afraid. We've gone through another 5 tornadoes since then but the '94 one I will never forget.. For many months after it I slept with my shoes nearby and I would look out the window at night.. If I saw lightening or the wind picked up even a bit,, I would beg mu parents to take us to the storm cellar. To this day the sound of tornado alarms give me chills but I don't panic like I did as a child.