So, at the Drive in, with all their equipment right there, and the twister coming right at them, none of these brilliant, brave, "extreme" people studying tornadoes as an occupation thought to turn on Dorothy and see if it worked? and miraculously, none of those vehicles was picked up and taken by the Twister, but the movie screen was?
Dorothy could have flown 2 twisters ago, or both Dorothys left at that point should have been destroyed.
Just so you don't look stupid again in the future:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_hole
About 99% of the people who go around screaming "Plot hole!" don't actually know what it means, and their attempts to look clever fail miserably.
I find this to be a rather rude post on your part.
And yes, it IS a plot hole, as the fact that every one of the people have done nothing but hunt down a twister through the WHOLE movie, and yet when one barrels down on them, instead of using Dorothy, they run and hide. Had they done what they would have done the whole rest of the movie, the movie would have been over at this point.
Don't be a dick to people. It's not nice.
And your attempt to look clever failed miserably.
I wouldn't call it that. The team was off "duty" at the time, and had no warning of the impending tornado. Surprised and unprepared for the situation, finding a suitable shelter was more important. There was little to no time for everyone to organize themselves into position while staying safe and distanced from the tornado. Even if Dorothy was put in the path, the data would be worthless if one of the vehicles with monitoring equipment were destroyed.
It would have looked too unrealistic. I mean a tornado just shows up and they decide to put Dorothy? 99% of the people would run and hide.
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Wasn't a plot hole ..... just maybe a missed opportunity, if this were real life. Of course, it is a movie, and there is a reason for everything, including the drive-in scene.
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Nah, this wasn't a plot hole. A missed opportunity? Sure, but not a plot hole. As we saw later, the Dorothys took a few seconds to a minute to get properly setup. With the tornado already on top of them, there was no way they were going to get ready in time without people dying.
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Even if they had time to set up(they didn't) they felt it was more important to get everyone else to safety.
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They would not have risked their lives at that point. They barely got into shelter, much less had time to set Dorothy up. Also, they would only risk a Dorothy if they know 100% they were in the path of the tornado especially after losing two of them. So that is another reason why they would not have put one out.
And for the vehicles being left behind while that screen was destroyed, A. tornadoes are very random about things like that. You can find many stories about how something large was picked up but something small next to it was completely undisturbed. B. There were vehicles thrown by the storm. One was thrown into the building they had taken shelter in. The reason the group's vehicles were not picked were were because of C. they stated they were not in the path of the tornado. Said they just got sideswiped.
So I do not see any plot holes here.
Not to mention, as they say right after the storm, it was not an actual tornado. It was a microburst which is, in fact, quite different.
There are many, many other things about this movie that, scientifically speaking, are actually VERY wrong, but this one we can let slide.
I just feel bad for the police car that shows up. No one bothers to offer shelter to the poor police officer. :(
shareThreads like this always crack me up. People who think they're so clever and smart by pointing out a "plot hole" like it's gospel when in reality it couldn't be further from the truth. This thread could be the biggest FAIL of them all. I mean, it's one thing to call something a plot hole, but to preface it with "Glaring"? LMFAO!
Well the movie as a whole is scientifically inaccurate but we do see a glimpse of that tornado. It seems to be tracking behind the movie theater/car hangar. From a meteorological stand point they could have been caught in the "rear flank downdraft" which can cause damage an even destroy things behind a tornado. The most unrealistic aspect of the scene to me is there is a couple things.
1.Dusty seems to detect rotation/a mesocyclone
2.Tornadoes can intensify very quickly, but that one went from rotation on radar to a stovepipe in mere seconds.
Other than that yes I would agree it can slide. The most inaccurate part of the film in my book is the good cell reception in 1996 rural Oklahoma with a major storm system.
Sorry, no, not a plot hole OR a missed opportunity. It was night and the only time you could actually SEE the tornado was when lightning flashed. Dorothy had to go into the core of the tornado, but it needed humans to see where it was first.
Guy above me is right. This thread is an incredible fail from someone who thought he found a GLARING plot hole.
That wasn't a plot hole, the tornado formed way too close to them for them to put Dorothy into action. Basically they only had time to run for their lives.
shareThat's just macho talk. Sudden threats in real life make people hide. These "brilliant, brave "extreme" " people aren't superheroes. They value life over work. You have watched too many reruns of Rescue Me.
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