wildphantom Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 1 hour ago, Torontofan said: Disaster movies i find do better in the after market. They are always shown on tv non stop and do well on streaming services. but a movie with Twister in the title. Pedigree says monster blockbuster. IMAX PLF ticket of the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedorito Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 I think I’ll take a “wait and see” approach to this, but the final thing I’ll say is that being big in the past doesn’t it’ll be big or even a moderate hit today. Sometimes it happens (TGM of course) but not always. It’s not a 1-to-1 comparison, but Independence Day was even bigger than Twister in 1996 (more than 800M unadjusted!) and the sequel in 2016 couldn’t cross 400M. There are reasons why beyond just time (very poor reviews and reception), but being a sequel to a decades old film that made bank doesn’t even guarantee it won’t flop, let alone recapture the zeitgeist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderByte Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) 45 minutes ago, wildphantom said: but it is the sequel to a movie that in its time opened as big as any of those. True but usually legasequel bank plays more to the original than this one seems to be. Which doesn't mean the movie is bad or anything but if you didn't know about the first Twister it doesn't necessarily stand out from any other disaster movie, so the pedigree of the first may not help it. Edited February 12 by SpiderByte 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildphantom Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 1 hour ago, Speedorito said: I think I’ll take a “wait and see” approach to this, but the final thing I’ll say is that being big in the past doesn’t it’ll be big or even a moderate hit today. Sometimes it happens (TGM of course) but not always. It’s not a 1-to-1 comparison, but Independence Day was even bigger than Twister in 1996 (more than 800M unadjusted!) and the sequel in 2016 couldn’t cross 400M. There are reasons why beyond just time (very poor reviews and reception), but being a sequel to a decades old film that made bank doesn’t even guarantee it won’t flop, let alone recapture the zeitgeist. Independence Day - they massively screwed that up. Should have been a slam dunk, but it was ill conceived. I don’t feel that with Twisters. We’ll see. Speaking of ID4, those that were adults when it came out can only attest to how much of a pop culture phenomenon that was in 1996. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderByte Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 11 minutes ago, wildphantom said: Independence Day - they massively screwed that up. Should have been a slam dunk, but it was ill conceived. I don’t feel that with Twisters. We’ll see. Speaking of ID4, those that were adults when it came out can only attest to how much of a pop culture phenomenon that was in 1996. I don't think this'll quite be that if only because Twisters pretty much has to be cheaper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildphantom Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 1 minute ago, SpiderByte said: I don't think this'll quite be that if only because Twisters pretty much has to be cheaper no doubt. More that this looks like a sequel to Twisters that retains what made the first film work. Resurgence was devoid of that from back to front. There’s ingredients in it that do work, but overall it was so disappointing. They even had a ready built second sequel that’s set up in the last act. It actually did alright when considering the tepid reception Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 17 hours ago, DAJK said: Calling it, there’s going to be a tornado disaster somewhere in Oklahoma/Nebraska sometime in May/June and people are going to call for this movie’s release to be canceled. Moore, Oklahoma gets a shellacking about once every 10 years so it's unfortunately a strong chance. That poor town has been run through by 4 violent tornadoes just in my lifetime. As for the trailer, those are the best looking/most realistic CGI tornadoes I think I've seen. I don't think this movie needs a strong plot if the effects are as good as they appear at first blush, similar to Twister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Did they bring Joss Whedon back to do uncredited rewrites like he did to the first? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontofan Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 as i said even if it makes okay money it will be quite popular on streaming and tv. Greenland made hardly any movie in theaters but made like close to 80 million in VOD rentals lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 18 hours ago, Torontofan said: as i said even if it makes okay money it will be quite popular on streaming and tv. Greenland made hardly any movie in theaters but made like close to 80 million in VOD rentals lol Proof that there is a huge & dormant audience out there for the genre, waiting to come back to theaters for the right film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontofan Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, stripe said: Proof that there is a huge & dormant audience out there for the genre, waiting to come back to theaters for the right film Disaster movies dont have loyal bases but they are films that interest a lot of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 21 hours ago, Torontofan said: as i said even if it makes okay money it will be quite popular on streaming and tv. Greenland made hardly any movie in theaters but made like close to 80 million in VOD rentals lol Greenland was bought for Prime in a lot of territories. On a separate note, went looking for the original Twister this evening to watch. Nowhere in the UK has it for streaming, and the disc is currently out of print. Somebody gotta get a 4K disc out already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel1 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Twister is like ID4 and Armageddon. Absurd story but perfect cast and emotionally compelling storylines more than offset the absurdity of the premise. It is STILL awesome. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDerby Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I think we got a 1 second shot of Corenswet in the trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Torontofan Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 So there no connection to the original or anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnokesLegs Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 1 hour ago, Torontofan said: So there no connection to the original or anything? Just the “intense depictions of very bad weather” apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 There were definitely reports when this was first announced in late 2022 that it would be about the daughter of Hunt and Paxton's characters, which is presumably who the DEJ character was supposed to be. Who knows when they decided to drop that since they've been claiming this isn't a direct sequel. Might've been when it became clear that Hunt wasn't coming back (whether that was always the plan or they made an offer to her and she passed? We might never know). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDerby Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 A huge whiff on the part of WB for not getting Hunt back for even a brief cameo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
