Storm Chasing Movie on Lifetime tonight

[Joey Ketcham]

Kind of a short notice, but at 9ET/8CT a movie will be on Lifetime called Storm Cell, here is the description:

Eighteen years ago, April and Sean Saunders watched helplessly as their parents were consumed in the wrath of a massive twister. Now April (Mimi Rogers) is a storm chaser seeking to understand every aspect of the forces that ripped her life apart, while Sean moved to Seattle where there is minimal chance of a twister touching down. As April is researching current shifts in weather patterns, she discovers that the path of Tornado Alley may be moving north...with Seattle as the new tornado hotspot. Immediately, she drags her boyfriend and rebellious teenage daughter to Seattle to warn Sean, a city Sheriff. Sean finds April's theory ridiculous; and more importantly, he despises what his sister does for a living?basically chasing the ghosts of their parents. It isn't long before odd weather phenomena begins to wreak havoc on the unassuming city, and April now realizes her prediction is horribly accurate. With a massive storm system brewing, and a category defying twister looming, April must fight against an entire city unwilling to believe, as well as two decades of her own nightmares and demons, in a desperate attempt not to let this deadliest of storms finally get the best of her and her brother.

[Bill Doms]

Why are H's pics from 5-24-04 hanging on the wall in the first few minutes?...I've seen enough. Thank goodness for Blockbuster and opting to watch the classic "Falling Down" over and over and over...

[Joey Ketcham]

Why are H's pics from 5-24-04 hanging on the wall in the first few minutes?...I've seen enough. Thank goodness for Blockbuster and opting to watch the classic "Falling Down" over and over and over...

I've done turn it off, I didn't last 10 minutes. I am curious to know if they got permission to use those pics that were hanging on the wall.

[Joel Wright]

My mom actually called and told me this show was on. I turned it on just in time to see an anti-cyclonic tornado roll right down a busy street in a large city. That was enough for me.

[Derek Weston]

I just find it funny that anybody would actually tune in after reading such a description.... unless you wanted a laugh for the camp value.

[Darrin Rasberry]

At least they could have moved him to Mississippi, Alabama, or Tennessee on a misconception, and at least raised public awareness that strong tornadoes are actually more prevalent there.

[Kiel Ortega]

Yeah, this movie was pretty horrible (I watched two minute increments while Dirty Jobs was at commercial). Though for the one scene I saw that had a tornado in it, it was pretty good graphics (sure beats the MS Paint tornadoes on other shows). I was disappointed to see Michael Ironside...what a fall since Top Gun. Though, go figure for Lifetime, there was a scene of a young man being aggressive with Mimi Rogers' character's daughter
(hormones leads to near tornado death!). I got mad at one point when they found some little kid standing in the road and the mom and the car were on the side (she was dead...sad) but the sheriff didn't get the kid out of the road....they just stood there! Oh, hate to ruin the ending, but the TV met is the dad. I give it one funnel cloud (for reference, I gave Twister 3 tornadoes and a funnel cloud) :D

[Jason Foster]

Ah, Lifetime network....the women as victims network. For a network that's suppose to be for women, seems like they don't portray them very well.

I'll skip it and all the other Twister rip-offs. Well, I'll skip Twister too.

Think I'll go watch my Hurricane Documentaries or Tornado Video Classics one more time....lol.

[Angie Norris]

Ok, I'm going to have to keep an eye out for a rerun...this sounds like something to watch for kicks and giggles when you're having a bad day.
Remember a few years back when the PAX channel had all those very disfunctional families brought together by the power of Mother Nature movies? Sounds like this was as bad as all of those. (And I almost hate to admit I taped all of those :rolleyes:)

[Paul Stofer]

My guess is this show is probably up there with Atomic Twister, and Night of the Twisters. ?

[Eric Whitehill]

No, atomic twister and Night of the Twisters was much, much better.

You should not, under any circumstances, attempt to play the "Twister Drinking game" to this movie. You will not make it out alive.

[Mike Hollingshead]

I've done turn it off, I didn't last 10 minutes. I am curious to know if they got permission to use those pics that were hanging on the wall.

Hmm, I missed it. That use sure doesn't ring any bells. Last time I had that happen it turned out that I DID license it for the use, after I whined about it on my website. I'm not eager to do that again, lol. Many times the licenses are general in wording and sometimes don't state specific shows. That said, I really don't think I ever ok'd it. Only thing that I can think of that sounds like that was some show on the WB that wanted pictures to have in the background like that. Maybe they used their set, lol. Having no clue how or what was shown exactly, guess I can't say much for sure.

[Shane Adams]

I'm still wondering why you guys even bother. We all know right now that you're all going to hate every possible show/movie about tornadoes. No point in doing this thread ever again...let's just say it right now: You all hate them all.

[Bill Doms]

I'm still wondering why you guys even bother. We all know right now that you're all going to hate every possible show/movie about tornadoes. No point in doing this thread ever again...let's just say it right now: You all hate them all.

I don't know about that. Every time one comes on, it's like the old game of seeing who can hang on to the electric fence the longest. But in this case, it is seeing how long you can stomach the movie...or in Whitehill's case, how many beers you can stomach before the movie has been on for an hour.

[Joel Wright]

I'm still wondering why you guys even bother. We all know right now that you're all going to hate every possible show/movie about tornadoes. No point in doing this thread ever again...let's just say it right now: You all hate them all.


I guess for me the reason is that while growing up there were never any movies about tornadoes on TV. At least that I can remember. Now whenever one is listed on the guide I automatically check it out.

Well, either that or I just need to get a life lmao.

[Susan Strom]

Ah, Lifetime network....the women as victims network. For a network that's suppose to be for women, seems like they don't portray them very well.

Oh man, I laughed when I read this. Jason gets the Right On the Mark award of the year.

Women's television, after all these years, has yet to appeal to actual women. It cures our insomnia with endless baby, wedding and fashion stories. No Lunesta needed. Even if some women do get married and have babies in their "Lifetimes" (and certainly not all of us), this would be just one chapter in a woman's long life. What about the other 80%...

Victim portrayals of women are worse. Female wild animals do not engage in self pity. Why should humans. This is about as valuable to us as celebrity news.

Even though women have been crabbing about this kind of content for so many years, the networks keep missing the mark so badly. (Speaking of crabbing...that's one of the only shows I do watch, Deadliest Catch. And I'm kind of a regular girl...I wear makeup, do my hair...but I don't need a TV show about that stuff. I'd rather watch the Time Bandit navigate an ice pack).

What women really want is regular content. What we pay attention to are politics, science, business. Iraq. Mountain rescues. International travel.

Perhaps there's a market there for women's TV, if such shows had a feminine touch...like for instance, the history of the Amazon warrior. A day with Linda Greenlaw. I was at Phoenix Art Museum today to see Monets. There was also a display about Jewelry of India. That's girlish, and it was extremely interesting. That could be a show.

For now, there's Discovery and PBS, at least for me. We are though, on any channel, still waiting for a good chasing movie. Actually, there was one as I recall back a few years ago. It was called "Tornado". It was actually not bad.

[Adam Lucio]

Im kinda sad I missed this, It would have been good for a laugh. Im sure Ill catch a re-run at some point.

My favorite thing about tornado movies is how they always seem to just go *poof* and dissapear. I guess the rope out stage isnt dramatic enough for television.

There was an episode of desperate housewives featuring a tornado...its the only episode I ever watched....and boy did I laugh...so I cant totaly hate something that has entertainment value.

[Jason Foster]

I'm still wondering why you guys even bother. We all know right now that you're all going to hate every possible show/movie about tornadoes. No point in doing this thread ever again...let's just say it right now: You all hate them all.

Shane, your absolutely right, I hate them all, because they are not real, and are not even good entertainment.

The only weather related movie I like for the entertainment factor was "The Day after Tomorrow". OK, the facts were way off. But I like the adventure factor.

Oh, and why bother? Cause we love to kick a person(show) when their down.