Just read it for the first time last week, actually. And I think I have to agree with most everyone. Derivative, not really in an "evil" way but more in a "that was cool, let's put on a show *just* like that, only imcompetently" way. And sadly, far too much thrown in that was "cool" and far too little that was plot. More things coming unexpectedly out of left field than in an early Twister fic, too. It wasn't quite fun enough to justify reading the whole thing like I did; I think I completed it more out of the kind of compulsive fascination that makes people stare at auto wrecks and "Plan 9 from Outer Space".

-- Bob