Sequelitis

We're living in an age where a 30 - 40 year old movie will get dusted off and plied for a sequel. The Indiana Jones movies were over, until they weren't. Top Gun got one. But I'm going to complain about this.

Now, whenever one of these 30 year removed sequels comes around, and I actually let myself watch it, the wife and I will watch the first movie one day, then the new one a day or so later. It helps because the original is fresh in our minds so we can see whatever callbacks and OG cast members carry over.

It's not even a spoiler to say there is exactly one callback to the original movie. One. No cast members, just Dorothy V sitting in a trailer that someone calls old in the first five minutes of the movie, and that's it. No more. You can skip the original and you won't be lost. The only thing they have in common is that they chase tornadoes.

I realize that a director wants to make it their own, but all they did was make a movie about tornado chasers and slap the old title on it, and slather it with loud country music.