Donnie Darko 2: Because you demanded it. Why the fuck would you do a thing like that?

[yendi]

Yes, there's a sequel coming out to Donnie Darko.

It has no Richard Kelly involvement, and it looks like Daviegh Chase is the only returning cast member.

Hollywood continues to beg for a collective kick in the crotch.

Comments

[force-of-will.livejournal.com]

You sir, point out a lot of stupid stuff done by the moguls if media, but this, this sounds really really stupid.

Don't post much but I do read you pretty religiously.
Thanks for all the good info.
Will

[yendi]

No problem. As they say, "shared misery is lessened." And this is a pretty miserable concept, even for the movie industry.

[pixelfish.livejournal.com]

Who the fuck thought that was a good idea?

Sometimes it's NICE when things don't have sequels. Let it simmer in and become part of the great societal unconcious for a few decades and then let people start bringing new takes on it, but JEEBUS, why a sequel?

[yendi]

DD was the sort of movie that I hadn't even conceived of as having sequel potential. It's just mindboggling.

[rowancat.livejournal.com]

We already have a new Donnie Darko.

The Director's Cut changed so much**
from the original film
that it's basically a new film,
a new version of how it shows what happens.

**he even removed some scenes
and changed the visuals, sound effects,
music and added new scenes,
as well as deleted for time scenes.

I just wish they had packaged it with the
original theatrical release instead of the
useless second disc
of offputting nutjob fan material
and "how we chose these locations" extras.

The story has been told and it is finished.
A stand alone film.
THere is absolutely no need for a sequel.

They've already wanted to colourize or remake
films like Casablanca, etc.
Are they now going to insist on a Casablanca 2
or a Gone with the Wind 2 or Citizen Kane 2

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

Nice poem. =:o}

[rowancat.livejournal.com]

umm..what poem? (puzzled)

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

Your comment appears on my screen as a set of evenly lengthed short lines. It looks like a poem. Bits of it even rhyme. =:o}
(I'm guessing it's a side effect of whichever editor/client you use...?)

[rowancat.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's the way i usually write long comments,
it's easier to read.
Thanks :)
I don't use a client,
always work within LJ in real time.

[allroads.livejournal.com]

Are they now going to insist on a Casablanca 2
or a Gone with the Wind 2 or Citizen Kane 2


ummm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108915/

[rowancat.livejournal.com]

Oh, forgot about that one...
Huh, i guess any comment i could make
about the lack of imagination prevailing
in Hollywood would rather rhetorical :)

[allroads.livejournal.com]

Hollywood's black hole
Absorbs light, gold, and glamor
Creative thought....safe

[darknbitter.livejournal.com]

I disbelieve.

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

You fail your roll.

[allah-sulu.livejournal.com]

So ... should I finally get around to seeing the first one?

[davidlubar.livejournal.com]

I'm not the most perceptive film viewer on the planet, but I sort of thought the world ended at the end of the first movie. Or maybe just the rabbit died...?

[cscottd.livejournal.com]

*boggle*

What a monumentally bad idea.

[wakingdreaming.livejournal.com]

Sounds bad, but I'll probably have to see it. The curiosity will be unbearable otherwise.