{"id":2303747,"date":"2024-07-21T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T15:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curious-twisters-director-backing-off-of-climate-change-narrative-after-previously-embracing-it\/"},"modified":"2024-07-21T11:20:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T15:20:54","slug":"curious-twisters-director-changing-stance-on-climate-change-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curious-twisters-director-changing-stance-on-climate-change-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"Curious: &#8216;Twisters&#8217; Director Changing Stance on Climate Change Narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcurious-twisters-director-changing-stance-on-climate-change-narrative%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2303747&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The sequel \u2063to the 1996 natural disaster film &#8220;Twister&#8221; called &#8220;Twisters&#8221; was initially promoted as a \u2063movie with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actor-dax-shepard-scolds-eco-leftists-for-shaming-gas-powered-car-drivers-youre-movement-wasnt-very-fking-effective\/\" title=\"Actor Dax Shepard Scolds Eco Leftists for Shaming Gas-Powered Car Drivers: &#039;You\u2019re Movement Wasn\u2019t Very F**king Effective&#039;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-i-got-a-covid-test-four-times-in-one-day-two-came-back-negative-two-came-back-positive-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: I Got A COVID Test Four Times In One Day. \u2018Two Came Back Negative, Two Came Back Positive.\u2019 | The Daily Wire\">climate change<\/a> messaging<\/a>. Director Lee Isaac\u200d Chung appeared\u200b to support \u2062pushing climate change \u200dpolicies and viewing climate\u200d scientists\u200d as superheroes during a PR tour. However, in a recent interview with CNN, \u200cChung emphasized that the movie is not meant to convey any specific \u200bmessage and that cinema should reflect the world\u2064 rather\u2064 than preach. This change in messaging surprised entertainment\u2063 news outlets like The \u200dHollywood Reporter, which noted the absence of \u2062direct\u2062 climate change references in \u2062the film. Despite this, &#8220;Twisters&#8221; is currently\u200b showing in theaters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>After a whirlwind PR tour touting climate-change scientists as superheroes, &ldquo;Twisters&rdquo; director Lee Isaac Chung appears to be strongly backing away from those sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Twisters,&rdquo; the sequel to the 1996 natural disaster film &ldquo;Twister,&rdquo; is about a group of scientists who are trying to collect data in hopes of &ldquo;taming&rdquo; or lessening the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/drone-fly-shows-happens-wind-turbine-meets-tornado-bad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">destructive impact<\/a> of tornadoes.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a schlocky, pseudo-sci-fi summer blockbuster in every sense of the word, which is why the movie raised a few eyebrows when it was seemingly a vehicle to push <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/6-years-since-greta-thunberg-warned-5-years-stop-extinction-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate-change alarmism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In late June, Chung spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/twisters-director-lee-isaac-chung-sequel-climate-change-1235922437\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> and seemed almost eager &mdash; at least in the Reporter&rsquo;s characterization &mdash; to push &ldquo;Twisters&rdquo; as a champion for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-introduce-bill-to-block-super-sized-irs-from-targeting-middle-class-americans\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans Introduce Bill to Block \u2018Super-Sized IRS\u2019 from Targeting Middle-Class Americans\">climate-change policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anytime Hollywood is doing anything with climate change, I think we have to stay positive and let people have fun,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/viewer-beware-blockbuster-sequel-really-just-trojan-horse-climate-change-alarmists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chung told<\/a> the outlet. &ldquo;As a production, we want to inspire people to embrace the natural world.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That can go quite a long ways toward influencing people to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/god-loves-me-10-year-old-trans-child-quotes-bible-to-tell-tx-legislators-why-they-shouldnt-ban-trans-surgeries-procedures-for-minors\/\" title=\"\u2018God Loves Me\u2019: 10-Year-Old Trans Child Quotes Bible To Tell TX Legislators Why They Shouldn\u2019t Ban Trans Surgeries, Procedures For Minors\">make good choices<\/a> in their relationship with nature, to study what&rsquo;s happening on this Earth and to figure out how can we become better caretakers of the planet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the Reporter piece, the piece claimed, &ldquo;Chung says that he hopes his summer blockbuster will inspire people to regard climate scientists as the real superheroes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now?<\/p>\n<p>Chung couldn&rsquo;t distance himself any more from that sort of messaging.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just wanted to make sure that with the movie, we don&rsquo;t ever feel like (it) is putting forward any message,&rdquo; Chung told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/16\/entertainment\/twisters-film-interviews-climate-change\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>. &ldquo;I just don&rsquo;t feel like films are meant to be message-oriented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wanted to make sure that we are never creating a feeling that we&rsquo;re preaching a message, because that&rsquo;s certainly not what I think cinema should be about,&rdquo; Chung added. &ldquo;I think it should be a reflection of the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Again, that&rsquo;s starkly different messaging than what was seen in the Reporter piece.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of The Hollywood Reporter, the entertainment news outlet appeared to be flabbergasted at the film&rsquo;s lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-momoa-doubles-down-on-aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom-pushing-a-climate-change-narrative\/\" title=\"Jason Momoa Doubles Down on \u201cAquaman and the Lost Kingdom\u201d Pushing a Climate Change Narrative\">climate-change narrative<\/a> in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/twisters-climate-change-1235949639\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assessment<\/a> of the messaging in &ldquo;Twisters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The outlet called the lack of direct reference to climate change as &ldquo;rather surprising,&rdquo; and even took a jab at Chung&rsquo;s assertion that movies should &ldquo;be a reflection of the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Reporter, rather snidely, added &ldquo;Or, at least, a reflection of studio caution during polarized times when looking for a summer movie hit&rdquo; on top of Chung&rsquo;s previous statement.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that one of the biggest (surprise) blockbuster hits of the year is Disney&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/world-disneys-latest-film-actually-exceeding-expectations-amid-rough-2024-box-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside Out 2<\/a>,&rdquo; which is actually bereft of activist messaging.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Twisters&rdquo; is currently in theaters.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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