Sequel to Donnie Darko, sign the petition against it!

[Ghaskamin]

(Skip down to the bottom of the post if you don't want to read the facts, and just sign it already.)

I read about Donnie Darko 2 last year, and thought it sounded cool that they were going to make a sequel to it. Back then, I didn't know anything about the plot in it, but because I love the original film, I thought it was pretty nice.

Anyhow, they are now making S. Darko, which is set 7-8 years after the original. Instead of Darko, it's about his little sister (Samantha), who is now 18. She and a friend are going on a road trip, and on their way, they stumble upon some upon some strange happenings.

This is a short description of the plot, found on IMDB:

The story picks up seven years after the first film when little sister Samantha Darko and her best friend Corey are now 18 and on a roadtrip to Los Angeles when they are plagued by bizarre visions.

The director of the original film, Richard Kelly, is not in any way related to this follow-up.
To cite him: "To set the record straight, here's a few facts I'd like to share with you all -- I haven't read this script. I have absolutely no involvement with this production, nor will I ever be involved."

Chris Fisher is directing S. Darko, with the motivation "I am a great admirer of Richard Kelly's film and hope to create a similar world of blurred fantasy and reality."
Unfortunately, his former work is really nothing to cheer about. Hopefully he can manage to not ruin this totally. For sure, this will be nothing worth seeing as a sequel, but maybe it will be okay if you overlook that fact.

Fortunately, S. Darko won't be played at cinemas at all. They will release it straight to DVD at April 28th this year. We can only wait and see what happens.


My goal with this post was to ask you to sign the petition against this sequel. Donnie Darko was a fabulous film, and we don't want it to be ruined like this. It is probably too late to change anything now, but for the sake of it, please sign it if you agree with me and the other 1100+ who already signed it.

Click here to come to the petition.

Thank you, and I hope I didn't write too much.

[Vergil the Fallen]

I don't think signing petitions will restrict the development of the sequel. I mean why would someone stop a million dollar project because of only 'signs'? It doesn't make any sense. A lot of remakes of great movies are in production like Nightmare of elm Street and Friday the 13th that have defined the horror genre so whats another remake? Nothing. The true fans of DD will just have to ignore this one. Who knows, it may be a success? Miracles do happen xD

[Esparc]

heh I agree... all we can do is hope for the best and cry when it isn't

[Ghaskamin]

Well, I did write that I didn't think it will change anything :P Though, nothing is wrong with expressing your feelings. That's why I signed it.

There are too many crap remakes and follow-ups on films. There is nothing we can do about it, because someone will always watch it anyway. Most of the film industry only care about money. Money, money, money. Lots of people will buy sequels only because they liked the original, and then get disappointed that the second one wasn't as good. You can't un-pay it if you already bought/watched it.

Anyway, signing the petition might help preventing a third film, if someone even thought about that. I'm against the new one coming now, but if I try to watch it like a completely unconnected film, I might even like it. Can't say that now. It's only the concept I am against.

[Esparc]

I can't sign because I haven't seen the original... I was just agreeing with you about the crappy remakes and sequels