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Twister 2: THE SUCK ZONE

QuestionMarkManQuestionMarkMan Registered User regular
edited January 2010 in Social Entropy++
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Gentlemen...

I spoke with Bill Paxton yesterday in conjunction with the upcoming season premiere of HBO's "Big Love," and when I asked him about the other projects on which he's hoping to work, he threw me for a loop when he said that he's jazzed about the idea of doing a sequel to "Twister."

“I’ve had a meeting at the studio with Kathleen Kennedy about it,” Paxton said, whose inspiration for a sequel came as a result of a trip that he took to the Ozark Mountains last spring.

“I flew into St. Louis with my buddy Scott Thomson, who played Preacher in ‘Twister,’ and we rented a car and drove down to southeastern Missouri, into the Ozarks,” said Paxton. “We spent the night, and the next morning we got up and we started tracking the trail of the most famous tornado that ever hit the country, which was the Tri-State Tornado of 1925. It still holds all of the records. It was called the Tri-State because it was a mile wide when it came down from the sky on the afternoon of March 16, 1925, and it was a rural area, but, boy, before it was through, it crossed the Mississippi, it cut across southern Illinois, where it hit a lot of towns. The biggest one was Murphysboro, which was…it literally looked like Hiroshima after it hit. And then it went across the Wabash, into Indiana, staying on the ground three and a half hours and cutting a damage path 219 miles long, killing about 700 people. There’s actually footage that I found in Murphysboro at their historical society. They had footage from a biplane that the government sent down, just to do aerial footage of all of the destruction and the damage. So we just did that to kind of get some ideas, and from that I kind of extrapolated an idea for a sequel. And I kind of put that together into a format, and now we’re kind of waiting to see if that’s going to move forward.That would need Steven Spielberg’s blessing, ultimately, and they probably won’t take it to him ‘til there’s real studio interest, but I think the 3D applications of that could obviously be pretty amazing.

“The only reason I’d like to revisit that ground is because I realize we’re living in a time where big movies cost so much to make that the town is looking for built-in audiences,” admitted Paxton. “Of course, I’m so glad to see that the success of ‘Avatar’ is disproving that theory, but…I always thought the first ‘Twister’ was an exciting ride, but I thought a sequel could explore it in a more enthralling way, getting into more of the history and the lore, more of a darker version of the first one.”

Although it may sound more serious than the original “Twister,” Paxton doesn’t think that fans of the first film would have any problem accepting the sequel. “I think you’d still want to have a lot of the dark humor and all of that, with the flying cows and everything,” he said, with a laugh. “I think you could kind of intrigue people more by getting into a little more of the lore and really understanding. I just think there’s a lot more to explore there. When I researched the first film when I was getting ready to do it, I just found so much stuff. Ultimately, I was happy with ‘Twister,’ but I also had thought that it could’ve gotten a little deeper into it.”

What you do you think? I can’t say I’ve been chomping at the bit for “Twister 2,” but Paxton has proven in the past that he can make just about anything worth watching, and his point about how such a film would be perfect for 3D is certainly food for thought.

Best,

WILL HARRIS
Associate Editor
Bullz-Eye.com / PremiumHollywood.com
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    StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    stupid

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    tsplittertsplitter Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    If I had a lot of money, the last thing I would do with it is make a sequel to Twister.

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    sucks

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    ಠ_ರೃಠ_ರೃ __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    Twister 2: New Orleans

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    QuestionMarkManQuestionMarkMan Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Man, forget you guys

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    DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    oh my god

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    DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    No going to lie, I loved the first one. I found it to be pretty damned entertaining, the right amount of camp and a pretty nice soundtrack to boot.

    I'd watch this.

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Man, forget you guys

    man you made the same joke in the thread title

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    M.D.M.D. and then what happens? Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Man, this seems like a bad idea

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    QuestionMarkManQuestionMarkMan Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Man, forget you guys

    man you made the same joke in the thread title
    The suck zone is the point when the twister sucks you up

    I mean, that's not the technical term but you get the idea

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    M.D.M.D. and then what happens? Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I did enjoy twister I just can't see a part two being as good

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    tsplittertsplitter Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I guess we learned that QuestionMarkMan isn't that cool anymore

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    DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Man, forget you guys

    man you made the same joke in the thread title
    The suck zone is the point when the twister sucks you up

    I mean, that's not the technical term but you get the idea

    Tasty cow, Aunt Meg.

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    DislexicDislexic Creepy Uncle Bad Touch Your local playgroundRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    First movie to ever be released on DVD

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    QuestionMarkManQuestionMarkMan Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    tsplitter wrote: »
    I guess we learned that QuestionMarkMan isn't that cool anymore
    I have a hard time believing that any of you didn't have fun with the first one

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    the part with the sensors all flying up was neat

    that was this movie, right?

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    A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    YES! Yes yes yes.


    We've got cows.

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    WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Man I am so down for this

    It's you and me, Qmark. Everyone else can sit on it

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    StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    YES! Yes yes yes.


    We've got cows.

    Be careful, that one's going to split into sisters!

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    DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So is it the same tornado as the first one?

    All returning 14 years later, to finish the job?

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    DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    No, she didn't marry you for your penis. Well, alright, not only your penis.

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    QuestionMarkManQuestionMarkMan Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
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    WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    okay I guess not everyone else was being negative, but still, you and me should go some place private and spend some quality time together, qmark

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    Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Twister 2: right foot yellow

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    HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Davoid wrote: »
    So is it the same tornado as the first one?

    All returning 14 years later, to finish the job?

    No, it's his brother. This time he leaves bombs around the state of Kansas and makes them solve riddles to defuse them. In the end though, it's just a plot to steal gold.

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    QuestionMarkManQuestionMarkMan Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    He's gonna rue the day he came up against The Extreme, baby. Bill, I'm talkin' imminent rueage.

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    DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    What's an f5 like?


    The hand of god.

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    A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Cow.

    'Nother cow.

    Actually I think that was the same one.

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    DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Honey, your car is in the tree around the corner.

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    StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    THANK GOD FOR THAT OLD LADY'S ALUMINUM SCULPTURES CAUSE OUR EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ONLY TURNS ON THEN THE TORNADO IS ABOUT TO KILL YOU

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    QuestionMarkManQuestionMarkMan Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
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    DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    holy crap

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    THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    This movie blew my mind as a kid.

    Get it?

    Anyway, I don't want to see a twister sequel. Let alone see the first ever again.

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    Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I hated Philip seymour hoffman's character in twister. His over reaction to that dude's wife getting hit or something just made me think "ugh dude, calm down. Get a girlfriend or something."

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    FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I saw Twister 1 when I was a kid, right when it came out.

    We were at a Drive-In

    Then there was this scene in the movie where they were at a Drive-In and I was convinced they were showing video of the same Drive-In we were at and then the storm came and fucked everybody up and it basically scared the shit out of me.

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    The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    this is one of the best things I have heard about in a while

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    Volucrisus AedriusVolucrisus Aedrius Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    The best part about Twister was the part where 2 people, chained to an irrigation pipe, made out in the middle of a tornado.

    Wait.

    That might have actually been the worst part.

    Honestly sometimes I mix these words down. Up. Mix them up.

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    The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    no it is indeed the best part

    twister is bomb as hell

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    NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    It certainly does suck.

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    humblehumble Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    the extreme

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