"Standalone sequel" - what a horrible phrase.

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Twisters (film)

Twisters is an upcoming American disaster film... It is a standalone sequel to the 1996 film Twister.

  • Gorillatactics [none/use name]
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    10 months ago

    Mankind dealing with natural disasters is a universal concept. Another film about tornadoes isn't a necessarily indicative of a decline in standards.

    • AlkaliMarxist
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      10 months ago

      I think that making it a sequel to Twister does indicate an obsession with risk mitigation though which I think, overall, hurts film making. They're either wanting to tell a story but are burdening it with a vestigial IP purely to hedge their bets at the box office or they don't have a story to tell and the new film will be an exercise in reviving an IP for it's own sake with the actual creation of a film and the telling of a story being an obligation at best.

      I simply don't believe anyone is really passionate about telling the continuing story of the characters or world presented in Twister.

    • Adkml [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      It's more the fact they didn't make "another film about tornadoes" they just rehashed an existing one.