Twisters
Billed as a standalone subsequence , Twistersis lot in the same universe as the 1996 blockbusterTwister , and the film boast plentitude of Easter egg and references to the original franchise installment . Even though a cheapHelen Hunt cameo inTwistersisn’t one of the many nod to the original film , director Lee Isaac Chung finds canny ways to pay court to the iconic calamity movie . InTwister , Hunt play Jo , a storm chaser who had a traumatic experience with a tornado as a minor and , as a consequence , dedicates herself to studying the brutal ( and terrifyingly random ) violent storm .
Like its herald , Twisters ' cast of theatrical role is largely made up of violent storm chasers , including jaded meteorologist Kate Cooper ( Daisy Edgar - Jones ) and thrill - seeking , societal medium - famed tempest pursuer Tyler Owens ( Glenn Powell ) . Instead of trying to deploy a tornado research gadget like Jo , Bill ( Bill Paxton ) , and the relief ofTwister ’s tempest chasers , the standalone continuation ’s grouping seek to deoxidize tornadoes ' intensityby plunge a sodium polyacrylate root — aka waterlock — into the storms . disregardless of whetherTwisterorTwistersis the better twister movie , it ’s fun to see the connections between the two motion picture .
12Kate’s Clothes In Twisters
Kate Dresses Almost Identical To Jo
Looking atDaisy Edgar - Jones star inTwistersas Kate Carteris almost a prison term capsule that brings back retentivity of Helen Hunt ’s Jo Harding . The heavy reason , other than their relationship to tornado , is that they dress so much alike . This was clear a shell where the film director and costume designer ( Eunice Jera Lee ) forTwistersensured that the stylistic choices made were similar enough to Joto make people realize that the two characters matched up at least physically .
Tyler finally partake more about his yesteryear in Twisters during a key aspect , which stemmed from Glen Powell ’s own experience with crack cocaine .
The tank top and khaki bloomers that Jo fag in the first movie are back , and Edgar - Jones is wearing them here . This also was n’t the only Easter ball and callback toTwister . Also , in the celluloid , Kate wore an outsized baseball Garden State , which was the same style of jersey tire out by a young son in the last scene ofTwister . " And because Kate is blond , I guess it would be interesting , as an Easter eggs , to tie these character together , " Lee said ( viaEW ) . " It ’s the same style jersey , with a slightly tweaked graphic . "
11Naked Running During A Tornado
This Is A Call-Back To Bill’s Story
There was a story inTwistersthat had the same introductory punchline as one told in the first cinema . InTwister , Bill Harding come into town with his girl Melissa Reeves ( Jami Gertz ) , a womanhood who love nothing about the tornado and ends up over her point . While she was getting to acknowledge Jo ’s violent storm squad , Dusty share a story with her about Bill while eat at Aunt Meg’s . It turns out that they first meet Bill when he was " butt nude " near a tornado they were chasing .
Bill corrects them and says he was " half - naked . " InTwisters , the movie repeated the joke , this time it was about Kate . Once again , while eating at Kate ’s home , her mother recite Tyler ( Glen Powell ) a story about how Kate was so aroused to see a crack when she was a slight girl that she ran outside naked so she would n’t overlook it . Both cases had someone trying to embarrass someone else ( Kate and Bill ) , and both stories had the same canonic joke as their cornerstone .
10Homage To Dusty’s Clothes In Twister
Lots Of Tie-Dye & Over-Sized Shirts
Twisterspaid court to the late Bill Paxton by having his son appear in a cameo . And the sequel also paid homage to the late Philip Seymour Hoffman . Hoffman play Dusty , a member of Jo ’s violent storm - chasing team , in the first film . While there were heap of colorful characters on that squad , Hoffman stood out thanks to his unbelievable performing and his appearance in mostly tie - die shirts , flowery print , and oversize clothing . He was impossible to forget .
InTwisters , Tyler ’s squad of " tempest wrangler " ( Brandon Perea , Sasha Lane , Tunde Adebimpe , and Katy O’Brian ) were dress to bear homage to Hoffman ’s memory board . “ Perhaps the most explicit of those homages are on Boone , Tyler ’s veracious - hand man and hype beast , roleplay by Brandon Perea , who sway some tie - dye , " Lee said . " On Lily , played by Sasha Lane , the group ’s free - spunky drone flyer , whose pant have swatches of flowered cloth , all nods to Dusty ’s wardrobe print . ”
9The Red Trucks In Twister & Twisters
Both Movies Feature Red Trucks Racing To The Tornado
When Bill Harding is racing out to the crack cocaine with his adaptation of Dorothy in his truck , it is an iconic vista with the cerise pickup tearing through the champaign , while the storm almost leaves the desktop a gray subtlety . The idea of make water his truck bolshie was potential a stylistic decisionto make it digest out in the scene , especially since one of the movie ’s most far-famed shot is of the truck from a distance .
It is also probable thatTwisterschose to repeat the hand truck ’s color for Glen Powell ’s Tyler Owens for the same grounds — it really helps the truck put up out in the monolithic broad nip with the tempest in the scope . However , it was also almost assuredly done as an Easter ballock , since the two shot from a distance were frame almost identically , and the red truck in the fresh movie brought back strong memory of the cherry-red truck from the firstTwister .
8Twisters Features Dorothy V
The Device References Jo & Bill’s Dorothy In Twister
InTwister , a crack - obsessed Jo leads a team of tempest chaser in Oklahoma when her alienated husband , meteorologist Bill Harding , show up to get her signature on some divorcement composition . or else of allot with their imminent divorce , Jo bear witness Bill " Dorothy , " a machine that contains C of small conditions sensors — sensor that Bill conceptualized . Theoretically , Dorothy could revolutionize Jo ’s line of business and save lives by potentially allowing for earlier violent storm - warning alerts . After the first three Dorothy devices fail , Twisterends with Dorothy IV successfully deploying its sensors .
Even though none of Dorothy ’s creators are name - checked , it ’s still a fun nod .
According toTwisters , another Dorothy came to realization at some power point , asKate ’s team inTwistershas a Dorothy Vdevice . Although Kate is intent on cultivate tornadoes , her former colleague Javi ( Anthony Ramos ) is concerned in collect more data on the storms , much like Jo and Bill . It arrive at sense thatthe Dorothy capsule has become a backbone in theTwisteruniverse ’s playing area of tornado research . Even though none of Dorothy ’s Divine are name - checked , it ’s still a sport nod .
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7James Paxton Has A Cameo In Twisters
The Late Bill Paxton’s Son Appears As A Nod To His Dad
One of the lead in the originalTwister , the tardy Bill Paxton played Bill Harding , Jo ’s estranged hubby . At the beginning of the cinema , Bill is introduced as a more down - to - earthly concern meteorologist — a stark contrast to Jo ’s wild - wit nature . Even though Bill shows up with his soon - to - be - wife , Dr. Melissa Reeves ( Jamie Gertz ) , Bill and Jo share an fantastically unassailable bond that ’s built on their love of tempest .
Led by the perfect alchemy between Daisy Edgar - Jones and Glen Powell , Twisters provides plenteous charge , substantial characters , and gravid technological oeuvre .
AlthoughTwistersonly feature one originalTwisteractor , Paxton ’s Logos , James Paxton , has aTwisterscameo . " I did this one for Dad , " Paxton toldEW . " I wanted to be a conduit for his spirit there and chirk up everyone in this production on to success because I know he would be . I wanted to do something that really abide by his mien in this new chapter and really do something for him . "
6Kate Says “I’m Not Back” — One Of Twister’s Most Memorable Lines
Daisy Edgar-Jones' Character Echoes Bill’s Sentiment In The First Movie
InTwister , Bill picture up to get Jo to sign their divorce papers . However , her team of stormchasers keeps excitedly exclaiming that Bill is back — meaning he ’s returned to join their storm - chasing efforts . Throughout the scenes , Bill say again and again that he ’s , in fact , " not back " to help with the Dorothy space capsule . Of naturally , he does wind up dumbfound around .
Similarly , Twisters ' Kate also claims she ’s " not back " upon give to the violent storm - chasing field . character in both films also assure anecdotes about Bill and Kate run outside , completely naked ( or , in Bill ’s suit , " half - naked " ) to recognize a violent storm , cementing Kate ’s place asTwisters ' Bill replacement character . It was a nice call - back and the quotation betimes on in the picture put her up in the role .
5Storm Par’s Codenames Reference The Wizard Of Oz
The Dorothy Joke Is Taken A Step Further
In accession to the Dorothy gadget , Twistersfeatures a few other funWizard of Oznods as an ode to the 1939 movie ’s twister - centrical game . At one point , Javi expend codification name for his tempest - chaser team thatreference severalWizard of Ozcharacters , let in Scarecrow , Lion , Tin Man , and Wizard .
Given that the Dorothy capsule is based on a real - life-time instrument called TOTO ( Totable Tornado Observatory ) , which become its name from Toto the dog inThe Wizard of Oz , the continued computer address to the L. Frank Baum story . WithThe Wizard of Ozthe most famous other movie to feature a tornado and its damage , it throw sense that the sequel would also pay court to the classic movie , its characters , and public figure from the moving-picture show .
4A Movie Theater Is Destroyed In Twisters
This Moment Directly References Twister’s Iconic Drive-In Theater Scene
One of themost iconic scenes inTwistertakes place at a drive - in theatre . While the ending of Stanley Kubrick’sThe Shiningplays out on the screen , a tornado stick out down on the movie - going audience , forcing Jo , Bill , and the balance of the storm team to assay blanket . At one full point , the violent storm even tears through the movie screen . It was a hugely iconic moment , and even theJurassic Worldfranchise paid court to this scene .
In the 2024 moving picture , Twisters , Javi was in accusation of Storm Par , a party that detected tornadoes , but what was the companionship really up to ?
Chung ’s movie pays court to this memorable moment inTwisters’ending , which boast a crack that rips through an indoor celluloid that ’s playingFrankenstein . In both cases , the films diddle are repulsion movies , and in the indoor theatre , it is an even older , classic repugnance film of a rampaging fiend , paralleling the rampaging tornado that is sweeping through the town .
3Muskogee State University Rides Again
Many Of The Twister Films Characters Have Ties To The School
In the opening ofTwisters , young violent storm chasers Kate , Javi , Jeb ( Daryl McCormack ) , Addy ( Kiernan Shipka ) , and Praveen ( Nik Dodani ) are all Muskogee State University students . While thatmight seem like a whole discarded fictional alma mater , it really support a lot of resonancefor theTwistercinematic population . One of Jo ’s storm - chasing mate , Laurence ( Jeremy Davies ) , wears a shirt that reads , " Muskogee State University . "
The team ’s vehicle are also plastered with gummed label boast the school ’s name . distinctly , it ’s the university of pick for wannabe storm - chasing researcher . Of of course , in the originalTwistermovie , Muskogee State University was the one Jo and Bill had an association with and was likely where the weather research program was located , which explain why it is still an of import part of the storey in the subsequence .
