{"id":2321687,"date":"2024-08-09T05:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T09:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tornadobilly-elegy-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T05:18:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T09:18:38","slug":"tornadobilly-elegy-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tornadobilly-elegy-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornadobilly elegy &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">10<\/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%2Ftornadobilly-elegy-washington-examiner%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=2321687&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 new \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/original-director-comments-on-upcoming-twister-sequel-its-a-movie-that-cannot-be-remade\/\" title=\"Director&#039;s take on &#039;Twister&#039; sequel: &#039;Unremakeable film.&#039;\">disaster film<\/a> &#8220;Twisters,&#8221; described by its producers as a &#8220;stand-alone sequel&#8221; to the 1996 movie &#8220;Twister.&#8221; &#8220;Twisters&#8221; takes place in the same universe where tornadoes\u2063 wreak \u200chavoc on the\u200b American Great Plains, but its\u2064 storyline \u200bis separate from the original film.\u2064 The plot follows Kate, a young woman played by Daisy Edgar-Jones, who, along with her friends, attempts \u2064to control a tornado with\u200d a moisture-absorbing chemical but suffers a tragic loss. Five years later, she has moved to \u2063New York and is drawn back to Oklahoma by Javi, another\u2063 survivor, who now runs a tornado-tracking company. <\/p>\n<p>The film portrays a struggle against powerful forces, including\u2064 nature and capitalism, while introducing various characters, including a YouTube-famous storm chaser, Tyler, characterized as a\u2062 humorous and adventurous\u2064 figure. Tension arises when it\u2019s revealed that Javi&#8217;s company \u200ccollects data for exploitative purposes rather\u200c than for genuine storm prediction.\u200c The narrative underscores \u2063themes of morality and motivations behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-allows-construction-of-key-natural-gas-pipeline-to-continue\/\" title=\"Supreme Court permits progress of vital gas pipeline.\">storm-chasing<\/a>, \u200bcontrasting\u200d the serious scientific\u2063 approach of Javi\u2019s company with the \u200cmore reckless, entertaining spirit\u2063 of \u200cTyler and his crew. &#8220;Twisters&#8221; is presented as an \u200denjoyable film\u200b with a delightful yet nonsensical plot, blending\u200d action, drama, and humor\u2064 amidst the chaos of tornadoes.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-sacff-txt\">Magazine &#8211; Life &amp; Arts <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tornadobilly elegy<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3087105\/twisters-director-says-film-not-preaching-message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>new disaster film<\/a> <em>Twisters<\/em> has been described as a &ldquo;stand-alone sequel&rdquo; by its producers. Meaning, I guess, that it is not a sequel to 1996&rsquo;s cult classic <em>Twister<\/em> in the sense that its events do not continue from those in the previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>film<\/a>, nor is it a &ldquo;reboot&rdquo; that rehashes the same events. Rather, it exists in the same universe, one in which tornadoes strike the American Great Plains, somewhat without explanation, and a group of plucky heroes has to survive and sort of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3009616\/tornadoes-batter-oklahoma-on-sunday-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fight the tornadoes<\/a>. Conceptually, it doesn&rsquo;t make a lot of sense, except in a world in which Hollywood tends to put money behind only those projects that are connected to some existing &ldquo;intellectual property,&rdquo; the better to feel confident that there will be some audience with a reason to go see whatever the studio is spending millions on CGI to make. Perhaps it&rsquo;s best not to think about it too hard, which is also the best way to approach this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3099332\/dont-get-it-twisted-movies-arent-meant-to-be-message-oriented\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>extremely fun movie<\/a> &mdash; the sexiest tornado-science-slash-survivors-guilt-action-dramedy probably ever &mdash; and its nonsensical, delightful plot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I love <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oklahoma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Oklahoma<\/a>,&rdquo; Kate, played by Daisy Edgar-Jones (<em>Normal People<\/em>), mutters to herself in the opening scene, looking up at the big, broad sky as an enormous storm cell forms over an open plain. In this movie, tornadoes, which are extremely common and only getting more frequent and destructive as part of the &ldquo;outbreak&rdquo; that sets off the plot, are to be both admired and feared. As things kick off, Kate and a crew of her young friends are a group of self-funded student scientists out to &ldquo;tame&rdquo; a tornado by getting one to suck up moisture-absorbing chemicals, theoretically causing it to die off spontaneously. But they select one that&rsquo;s too big, and they are overwhelmed. Three of the five of them are sucked heavenward and killed. Kate, wounded and bleeding, survives. Fast-forward five years, and Kate is no longer in the Southwest, a weather-chasin&rsquo; country girl, but is rather a New Yorker looking at computer screen data. It will take the other survivor of the opening scene, the data guru Javi (Anthony Ramos of <em>Hamilton <\/em>and <em>In the Heights<\/em>), to draw her back in &mdash; and back to where it all began, in Oklahoma.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, and Daisy Edgar-Jones in Twisters (2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the universe of <em>Twisters<\/em>, there are three powerful forces: God, capitalism, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/would-the-media-laugh-and-cheer-if-trump-refused-to-answer-question-on-israel-joked-about-running-over-reporter-with-a-truck\/\" title=\"Would The Media Laugh And Cheer If Trump Refused To Answer Question On Israel, Joked About Running Over Reporter With A Truck?\">pickup trucks<\/a>. The main plot is about our heroes using the third one to defeat the first two. But first, our team of heroes must assemble. As Javi and Kate reunite, Javi has set up a tornado-tracking radar data collection company, Storm Par, and he needs Kate&rsquo;s preternatural weather instincts to help him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3030064\/dc-tornado-severe-weather-sweeps-through-dmv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>predict tornadoes<\/a> and get its radars in the proper place. But a lot has changed in five years. Now, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-yet-another-climate-change-prediction-that-was-wrong\/\" title=\"Here&#039;s Yet Another Climate Change Prediction That Was Wrong\">tornado season<\/a>, when the storms start blowing, YouTube-famous storm chasers descend on the region to stream their exploits. Enter the most famous storm chaser, Tyler (Glen Powell), who styles himself a &ldquo;tornado wrangler.&rdquo; As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trapped-tornado-chasers-send-a-prayer-to-jesus-emerge-alive-and-with-incredible-video\/\" title=\"Tornado Chasers Trapped, Pray to Jesus, Survive with Epic Video\">tornado chasers<\/a> go, Tyler&rsquo;s team are fun-loving good guys, with modified Dodge trucks equipped with built-in anchors (you know, to secure them to the ground when they drive straight into tornadoes) and dreadlocks, juxtaposed by Storm Par, the doctorate-having, pen-pushing sticks in the mud.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Javi having been one of Kate&rsquo;s oldest tornado-taming friends, it turns out his new company is actually collecting storm data for evil. When one twister wipes out a town, we see Javi&rsquo;s team cross-reference its storm damage data against information about who is underinsured, and then we see his funder descend on the survivors to make them cut-rate offers on their ruined land. It is extremely unclear why better predictive storm radar would improve this predatory business scheme, given that it is already public information where a tornado has touched down after the fact. But anyway, that is how the movie establishes that some people are into chasin&rsquo; for the right reasons and that Storm Par, with its nice pickup trucks, is in it for the wrong ones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kate, learning she&rsquo;s teamed up with the bad tornado guys, is crestfallen. And so, with her faith in everything she knew shaken, she allows the YouTube tornado cowboy played by Powell to take her to the rodeo, where he explains that he used to be a regular cowboy and the two bond over their mutual folksiness and concern about tornadoes. Then, inevitably, the entire place is destroyed by a tornado. The two survive by hiding in an empty pool and are now incredibly attracted to each other &mdash; this being the natural consequence of two hot people sharing an experience of the proximity to death, and also of bull riding. Back home at Kate&rsquo;s estranged mother&rsquo;s farm, where country music plays over scenes of people who live simply but proudly, Kate and Tyler stare meaningfully at each other and say big science words while he learns of her younger plan to tame tornadoes. With some fancy computer modeling, they determine what went wrong back when Kate&rsquo;s friends got killed. It was missing one thing: pickup truck-launched fireworks. A new plan is hatched.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Twisters<\/em> seems to exist in the same universe as <em>The Fast And The Furious<\/em>, at least as far as the logic and the vibes go: No problem can&rsquo;t be solved by a crew with the right cars driving at it enough while making quips<em>.<\/em> It&rsquo;s inconsequential but entertaining, which seems to be breakout star Powell&rsquo;s forte. (See also such recent films as <em>Hit Man <\/em>and <em>Anyone But You<\/em>.) The tornado chasers have their own lingo. &ldquo;You chasin&rsquo; again?&rdquo; they&rsquo;ll ask. Or: &ldquo;I gave up chasin&rsquo; a long time ago.&rdquo; Their equipment has corny names such as Scarecrow and Tinman. They have a little handshake, which ends with a two-fingered twister motion. They drive beautiful fast trucks for stupid reasons. And, if there were 20 spinoffs, I would watch every single one of them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Kara Kennedy is a freelance writer living in Washington, D.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new disaster movie Twisters has been labeled a &#8220;stand-alone sequel&#8221; by its creators. This implies that it doesn&#8217;t follow the storyline of the 1996 cult favorite Twister, nor does it simply remake the original events. Instead, it takes place in a shared universe where tornadoes wreak havoc across the American Great Plains without much explanation, and a group of determined heroes must navigate these challenges. While this concept may not hold up under scrutiny\u2014especially considering Hollywood&#8217;s tendency to invest in projects tied to existing intellectual properties for guaranteed audience interest\u2014it\u2019s best enjoyed without overthinking its logic. The film is an entertaining mix of tornado science and survivor drama.<\/p>\n<p>In the opening scene, Kate (played by Daisy Edgar-Jones) gazes at the expansive sky as a massive storm brews overhead, murmuring her love for Oklahoma. Tornadoes are depicted as both awe-inspiring and terrifying forces that become central to the plot when Kate and her friends attempt to &#8220;tame&#8221; one using moisture-absorbing chemicals but end up facing disaster instead; three of them perish while Kate survives with injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward five years: Kate has traded her life as a weather-chasing country girl for one in New York City focused on data analysis. It takes Javi (Anthony Ramos), another survivor from that fateful day, to pull her back into storm chasing\u2014this time with his company Storm Par, which collects tornado-tracking data.<\/p>\n<p>As they reunite during tornado season, they encounter Tyler (Glen Powell), an adventurous storm chaser who leads his team with modified trucks designed for extreme conditions. However, Javi&#8217;s company turns out to be exploiting storm damage data for profit at survivors&#8217; expense\u2014a revelation that disheartens Kate.<\/p>\n<p>After bonding over their shared experiences at a rodeo\u2014which is soon devastated by a tornado\u2014their chemistry intensifies amidst chaos. Back at Kate\u2019s mother\u2019s farm, they analyze what went wrong during their earlier attempt to tame tornadoes and devise a new plan involving fireworks launched from pickup trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Twisters shares similarities with The Fast And The Furious in terms of its logic and tone: every problem seems solvable through high-speed car action accompanied by witty banter. It&#8217;s lighthearted yet engaging entertainment\u2014showcasing breakout star Powell&#8217;s charm\u2014and features quirky lingo among storm chasers along with amusingly named equipment like Scarecrow and Tinman.<\/p>\n<p>Kara Kennedy is a freelance writer based in Washington D.C., contributing insights on films like Twisters within various publications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3168,"featured_media":2321688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/LA.film_.081424.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37632,37631,32076],"class_list":["post-2321687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elegy","tag-tornadobilly","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/LA.film_.081424.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2321688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}