From Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and the makers of Jurassic Park and director of Speed and The Haunting comes Twister, and on DVD, it was pumped up and rumored to be one of the most aurally tempting treats to ever play back on a surround system.

There was supposedly an original version of this DVD out there, which included only a Dolby Digital track and no supplements; now, I purchased the so-called "Special Edition" (which does not say Special Edition ANYWHERE on the ugly Warner Bros snap case box---why do they make DVDs like this, Warner???) and along with making of features and a Van Halen music video comes a DTS track in 5.1. I was hoping this soundtrack would blow me through my sweet spot right through the back of my couch (after all, I AM waiting for Universal to send me the "corrected" version of Jurassic Park with the corrected LFE channel).....let me say this: the scenes where the twisters are whipping around and throwing debris everywhere (including a cow), the soundstage is awesomely alive----the wind whips through the surround channels and there IS a sense of tornado in your living room....but for a DTS track on the whole, this action flick --- which is rumored to be one of THE ultimate demo discs for surround sound -- falls kind of short on bass and overall "in-your-face"ness....I cant really put my finger on what is wrong.

Sure, there are moments when your sub will come to life and rumble when trucks are being thrown around in the twisters; but I read online that this DVD explodes with bass when the tornadoes are onscreen----and that just didnt happen in my system. And I know it cant be my sub, because during The Haunting DTS ES DVD, the doors of Hill House slamming shut makes my apartment bang and shake.