{"id":2303802,"date":"2024-07-21T12:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T16:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curious-twisters-director-backing-off-of-climate-change-narrative-after-previously-embracing-it\/"},"modified":"2024-07-21T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T16:09:00","slug":"twisters-director-now-distancing-from-climate-change-narrative-after-previously-supporting-it-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twisters-director-now-distancing-from-climate-change-narrative-after-previously-supporting-it-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Twisters director now distancing from climate-change narrative after previously supporting it"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftwisters-director-now-distancing-from-climate-change-narrative-after-previously-supporting-it-3%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=2303802&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 article discusses the movie &#8220;Twisters,&#8221; a sequel to the 1996 film \u2063&#8221;Twister,&#8221; which \u200cfollows a group of scientists trying to\u2063 collect data to mitigate the destructive impact of tornadoes. Initially perceived as promoting climate change\u2064 alarmism, director Lee Isaac Chung has\u200b since \u200cdistanced himself from that\u2063 messaging, stating that films should not be message-oriented. The Hollywood Reporter expressed surprise at the lack of a climate \u2062change\u200d narrative\u2063 in\u2064 the movie and suggested that it may be\u2063 a result\u2064 of studio caution. The article \u2062also mentions the \u200csuccess of \u2063Disney&#8217;s &#8220;Inside Out 2,&#8221; which is not activist in nature. The movie &#8220;Twisters&#8221; is currently 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twisters-director-now-distancing-from-climate-change-narrative-after-previously-supporting-it-2\/\" title=\"Twisters director now distancing from climate-change narrative after previously supporting it\">1996 natural disaster film &#038;ldquo<\/a>;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, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curious-twisters-director-changing-stance-on-climate-change-narrative\/\" title=\"Curious: &#039;Twisters&#039; Director Changing Stance on Climate Change Narrative\">pseudo-sci-fi summer blockbuster<\/a> 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 climate-change policies.<\/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 make good choices 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curious-twisters-director-changing-stance-on-climate-change-narrative-2\/\" title=\"Curious: &#039;Twisters&#039; Director Changing Stance on Climate Change Narrative\">entertainment news outlet appeared<\/a> to be flabbergasted at the film&rsquo;s lack of climate-change narrative 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twisters-director-now-distancing-from-climate-change-narrative-after-previously-supporting-it\/\" title=\"Twisters director now distancing from climate-change narrative after previously supporting it\">summer movie hit&#038;rdquo<\/a>; 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; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Initially seen as a platform for climate-change alarmism, Chung now emphasizes that the film is not meant to convey a specific message. He believes movies should reflect the world rather than preach. This shift in messaging has surprised some, including The Hollywood Reporter, which noted the absence of a climate-change narrative in the film. 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