The New 'Twisters' Movie Has Some Clever Nods to the Original Film

In the 1996 movie Twister, fans were introduced to Dorothy—a piece of technology that might as well have been the main character! It was responsible for studying and analyzing those treacherous twisters, after all. The 2024 movie clearly had to add it in, too! It's used for the same purpose but it looks a little more modernized.

Bill's red Dodge Ram 2500 from the first movie is essentially what saved him and his crew from the wretched winds. Well, that car was honored in the 2024 rendition with Tyler's red "Tornado Wrangler." The main difference between the two was the fact that Tyler's truck could shoot fireworks from its top.

For the ultimate Twister fans out there, the dialogue is pretty important. So, when Kate tells Javi "we've probably stayed in Oklahoma," it should have sounded familiar. And then when Javi jokes that's he's glad to have her back in the state, she reminds him that she's "not back," which should have really sold the deal for long time fans. Why? Well, because this was the exact interaction between Bill and his team at the start of Twister.

When Kate visits her childhood home in the new Twisters movie, viewers see her lawn covered in beautiful sunflowers. This wasn't just for aesthetic reasons, but as a means to pay homage to the original movie's end scene in a sunflower field. Fun fact: the production designer, Patrick Sullivan, began his career in film when he planted the sunflower seeds in the original movie!