Netflix’s bizarre reason for Twister’s rating and 9 other odd trigger warnings
From puppet intimacy to very bad weather, these films come with some strange warnings.
Trigger warnings play an important part in our cinema and streaming experiences, ensuring audiences know what they are consuming.
They help us to deem what is appropriate for our children to watch, as well as avoid media that could prove upsetting or disturbing to us.
The British Board of FilmClassification (BBFC), as well as other bodies, work tirelessly to provide content advice detailing the potentially problematic or offensive things that happen in media released in Britain.
But sometimes, these trigger warnings are deemed a step too far, pointing out the obvious or the seemingly asinine.
From Wicked’s ‘green skin discrimination’ to Harry Potter’s ‘fantasy spiders’,fans often think the trigger warnings we receive border on the ridiculous.
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Twister’s ‘intense depiction of very bad weather’ You’d be pretty annoyed if this content warning didn’t happen when tuning in (Picture: Wb/Universal/Amblin/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)If you’re watching 90s action thriller Twister, you’re likely expecting to see some violent tornadoes.
As one Netflix user shared on Instagram, when you watch the film on the streaming platform, it includes the warning ‘intense depiction of very bad weather.’
Which is actually a pretty mild way of explaining what happens in the film, following meteorologist Jo Harding (Helen Hunt) and her estranged husband Bill (Bill Paxton), who team up to develop a weather alert system, putting themselves in the path of tornadoes.
The BBFC also warns that ‘another short sequence shows a live cow being swept away by a storm.’ Which is good to know.
Snow White’s ‘ominous trees’
