Donnie Darko

[Evee]

Riva told me that he is an unhealthy INFJ but who knows.

 

[Doctor Cringelord]

I got a Ti-Ni vibe from the character. Not that this means anything.

 

[Riva]

Riva told me that he is an unhealthy INFJ but who knows.

Did I? I can't even remember.

Hmm.. I can remember talking about the actor who played him.

 

[wolfnara]

Donnie - ISTP
Gretchen - ENFJ
Frank - INxJ?
English teacher - ESFJ
Science teacher - INTJ

I'm still trying to figure out the meaning of this film. It must be about different universes of time but I still have to watch it again lol

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

It's a pretty good time capsule of the early 2000s; kind of eerily prescient in a way.

I'm not sure how well it reflects the climate of the late 80's; I was too young, but it seems to capture the contemporary society of when it was made pretty well.

Patrick Swayze is a self-help author rather than a televangelist, but he matches up pretty well with Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson.

 

[RobinSkye]

My b, I searched for one before posting this, but if the mods want to merge it or whatever they call it, that's cool...i'd be interested for more input. I don't buy INTP for Donnie. His intuition was within his psyche and had little to do with external stimuli - Ni. He did have a very strong Ti though, always loved dissecting things and argued intensely about why they were rational/irrational. Perhaps ISTP?

INTPs have a subconscious Ni. In fact, it's arguably my strongest trait, but I am an INTP. They control their Ti and Ne mostly, but also have an unconscious Ni and Te in the works. Otherwise they would probably be too disorganized to function(actually, many of them sort of are). Yes. I think Donnie is indeed a typical INTP.

 

[Doctor Cringelord]

It's a pretty good time capsule of the early 2000s; kind of eerily prescient in a way.

I'm not sure how well it reflects the climate of the late 80's; I was too young, but it seems to capture the contemporary society of when it was made pretty well.

Patrick Swayze is a self-help author rather than a televangelist, but he matches up pretty well with Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson.

Yeah, I took it more as a commentary on the political and social culture of 2002 USA than of 1988 USA. I was 7 in 1988, so my memories of that time center more around Thundercats and He-Man than on Michael Dukakis and George HW Bush. I do however remember some heated debates between family members over Dukakis vs. Bush, not unlike the scene when Donnie's sister (sort of) debates her parents at the breakfast table.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Yeah, I took it more as a commentary on the political and social culture of 2002 USA than of 1988 USA. I was 7 in 1988, so my memories of that time center more around Thundercats and He-Man than on Michael Dukakis and George HW Bush. I do however remember some heated debates between family members over Dukakis vs. Bush, not unlike the scene when Donnie's sister (sort of) debates her parents at the breakfast table.

I don't even remember Dukakis. Bush was the first president I remember. The first election I remember was the one in 1992.

 

[Doctor Cringelord]

I don't even remember Dukakis. Bush was the first president I remember. The first election I remember was the one in 1992.

I remember 88 vaguely. I have pretty good memories of 92. I seem to remember wanting Jerry Brown to be the dems' nominee.

96 is the first one I followed with great interest, although I couldn't vote yet.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I remember 88 vaguely. I have pretty good memories of 92. I seem to remember wanting Jerry Brown to be the dems' nominee.

96 is the first one I followed with great interest, although I couldn't vote yet.

I didn't really care one way or the other who won in 1992 or 1996. 2000 was the first election where I gave a damn, although I wasn't old enough to vote at that point.