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Things You Learned About in Twister


Okay so here are a cpl of things I learned from this movie. Feel free to add any other ones that you've learned yourself 


Jo's team apparently gets hard on's chasing the tornadoes

Melissa has never had steak and mashed potatoes and no idea how to eat them. Apparently her class eats caviar only

Meg likes to slaughter cows on her own. No serial killer warnings going on there

Having instinct is better than high tech gadgets built for that. I believe the original draft of the script went as follows:

Miller: Any attack made by the Twisters against this high tech caravan would be a useless gesture, no matter what wind power they have obtained. This high tech caravan is now the ultimate power in the universe! I suggest we use it!
Darth Bill: Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to predict a twister path is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Miller: Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Extreme. Your sad devotion to that ancient instinct has not helped you conjure up the fifteen minute warning thingimagig, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the...
[Bill makes a pinching motion and Miller starts choking]
Bill: I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Jo: Enough of this! Bill, release him!
Bill: As you wish.
[He does]

Anyway, back to the list:


Jonas Miller is in it for the money not the science

If you are an obvious good hearted man but hang out with dick's...you'll die like a dick. RIP Eddie

There are times to act immature during a tornado, when you're at a safe distance and there are times when it's not a good idea. Like when you're practically in the twister. You'll get metal plates slicing your forehead

Meg is going to have to go buy some more cows since she kills them all at the same time. She must be used to Jo and her friends raiding her fridge

When someone says "no way" "it's not happening" etc, that's exactly what's going to happen in the next scene

The sheer act of simply mentioning an F5 twister scares the group enough to stop eating no matter how hungry they were

Melissa thought Bill chasing tornadoes was a metaphor. Meaning he probably never told her any stories or she thought they were all lies

Being a weatherman is something to be ashamed of and mocked for

Bills car insurance is going to blow his roof away. No pun intended (okay yeah I spent sleepless nights fantasizing with this moment)


Okay that was my list. I'll have to watch this movie again to find some more. Like I said, feel free to add some. G'night everybody 


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe

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Plus Helen Hunts WHITE tee shirt stays WHITE the whole movie! SoF ucking stupid!

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Miller: Any attack made by the Twisters against this high tech caravan would be a useless gesture, no matter what wind power they have obtained. This high tech caravan is now the ultimate power in the universe! I suggest we use it!
Darth Bill: Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to predict a twister path is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Miller: Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Extreme. Your sad devotion to that ancient instinct has not helped you conjure up the fifteen minute warning thingimagig, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the...
[Bill makes a pinching motion and Miller starts choking]
Bill: I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Jo: Enough of this! Bill, release him!
Bill: As you wish.
[He does]

This is actually pretty clever. And funny.

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"Rabbit" doesn't like it when you fold the maps.

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A tornado travels at the speed of the source cloud, usually 30-40 MPH. But if you're top notch storm chasers it'll pause long enough for you to meander into a serial killer's barn, then into a pump house where you tie yourself down with leather super strong belts that will hold you in spite of 250MPH winds and God only knows how much vacuum, and you won't even be bruised.

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Rabbit gets lost on "Bob's road"

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Rabbit is good, Rabbit is wide.

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Isn't it Rabbit is wise?

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Tornadoes will follow you down into a ditch

Tornadoes will always dissipate as soon as they pass over you

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