After a few months of debate. I was led to believe by my opinion, and the opinion of others, that the unexpected donnie darko sequel, was going to ruin everything. Well I took the courage to walk to the movie store and rent it for the night, and I have to say, I was being very judgmental. S. Darko actually was no where near as bad as I expected it to be. It was a good sequel and a different take on the original Donnie Darko. I won't spoil anything, but it almost has no resemblance to the storyline in Donnie Darko except that it's his sister, Samantha, and that Donnie is dead, and now she's some sort of Scitzo/Psycho/Monster thing and that once again, the world is going to end. But you'd be surprised, it manages to tell a similar but all together different story. You will be able to compare many of the characters in S.Darko to characters in Donnie Darko.
For Example:
Iraq Jack/Donnie Darko
Samantha Darko/Frank
the preist guy/Jim Cunningham
Trudy/Ms.Farmer
Jeremy/Cherita Chen
Corey/Grethcen
etc
S. Darko doesn't feel like a sequel, it feels like a stand-alone movie in the Donnie Darko franchise. Most of the movie is a complete mindfuck and if you haven't seen Donnie Darko, then you'll have no clue what is happening and you'll probably think it is really stupid. But if you have seen Donnie Darko, you'll probably try to look at it as a direct sequel, which might ruin it for you, but it's not.
I adored Donnie Darko and I was kind of scared to see S. Darko but I'm glad I did because it turned out to be not that bad after all. But keep in mind that it was nowhere near as epic as Donnie Darko.
EXCEPT!! (All the shitty CGI animation.)
I suggest you go rent it, to try to compare to what I'm talking about and see if you feel the same way.
In other news, I will most probably be releasing a new short toon in a week or so, so go and check out some details at my website.
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