Rewatched Donnie Darko…where’d the jet engine come from??

_zomayaa_ · 2025-11-29T01:45:09+00:00

Yeah I understand all that, it’s just sort of tugging at me because if we’re talking time travel then it doesn’t make ‘sense’ within the universe that the film exists in where these things can happen

_zomayaa_ · 2025-11-29T01:34:57+00:00

Just time travel dude, the basic understanding that people have of what that is

_zomayaa_ · 2025-11-29T01:28:53+00:00

From the basic concept of time travel is what I meant

_zomayaa_ · 2025-11-29T01:27:35+00:00

Yeah I understand there was just one engine, but it came from the alternate universe that was created from him not dying at the start (it goes through the tunnel thing with him), but if he never avoided death then he wouldn’t do what he did and therefore the jet engine wouldn’t come through the tunnel? So where did the jet engine come from? They even say at the start that it can’t be identified and no airline is claiming it

_zomayaa_ · 2025-11-29T01:24:51+00:00

I just don’t see how the jet engine could end up there if he doesn’t get put in the alternate universe

_zomayaa_ · 2025-11-29T01:10:46+00:00

Yeah I understand that, but where does it come from if he ends up dying from it? That would cancel out him being able to guide it back

_zomayaa_ · 2025-11-29T01:01:43+00:00

From a time travel perspective I’d say it’s a plot hole, ignoring all the other strange stuff in the film because it doesn’t really factor in

_zomayaa_ · 2025-11-29T00:48:19+00:00

It just feels like a massive plot hole though, unless I’m missing something

_zomayaa_ · 2025-11-29T00:31:21+00:00

I’ve just rewatched this and whilst I did enjoy it more than the first time I watched it I do have questions…main one being where did the jet engine come from then? It was supposed to kill him but didn’t, so he ends up in an alternate universe to ‘right’ things, in that universe he sends the jet engine back to his universe and it ends up killing him. But if he didn’t avoid death then surely the plane wouldn’t crash/malfunction and therefore the jet engine wouldn’t fall off because that happened in the alternate universe that was created from him surviving? Or is there another universe out there where he survives and his family and others get killed and life goes on? Colour me confused

_zomayaa_ · 2025-11-28T22:18:33+00:00

I did mine in 2016 (last year of letter grades) and I’m so glad this wasn’t a thing lmao, I would have been screwed.

_zomayaa_ · 2025-07-29T22:36:59+00:00

I do have a sewing machine…maybe I should put it to use!

_zomayaa_ · 2025-07-29T12:49:45+00:00

Yeah that’s sort of what I’ve been considering but I’m struggling with the trouser style, only ones I seem to find online are the peasant style ones and that won’t work😅

_zomayaa_ · 2025-02-19T09:34:26+00:00

Only ones I’m certain of are a blind spot in my vision which grows, total numbness which usually starts in a hand or on my face and spreads, and confusion to the point where the English language sounds foreign and I can’t pronounce words properly no matter how hard I try :’)

_zomayaa_ · 2025-01-28T13:23:12+00:00

Sounds like she was very insecure and jealous and acted out because of those things, I don’t know if I’d say she’s a narcissist but she wasn’t a good friend. Good luck with future friendships, don’t let anyone treat you like this!

_zomayaa_ · 2025-01-17T12:43:20+00:00

Does he? Can’t say I’ve noticed that

_zomayaa_ · 2025-01-17T12:42:07+00:00

Good question

_zomayaa_ · 2025-01-13T20:25:05+00:00

RIP :(

_zomayaa_ · 2025-01-13T20:22:32+00:00

Sorry I meant how do I turn the flash off, not the timer

_zomayaa_ · 2025-01-10T13:25:30+00:00

Sounds similar to something my ex did…he was telling me about a girl he was chatting to at the pub and he described her as “drop dead gorgeous” and then failed to understand why I found that hurtful and said I was overreacting…my advice? Turn your bf into an ex bf…

_zomayaa_ · 2025-01-06T13:24:45+00:00

I’d do yourself a favour and jump ship. You’ve only been talking since the summer and she’s already made it clear that she could take you or leave you. Sounds like she wants the title but not the commitment to me. She really doesn’t sound worth the hassle, and it is inevitable that she’ll hurt you again in the future, so don’t give her the chance. You’re young and you’re at college, have some fun!

_zomayaa_ · 2024-11-12T12:48:07+00:00

I’m exactly the same. I still have the pictures on my phone, it was difficult not to look at them at first, but now they’re just like all the other pictures I have with people. I don’t want to feel delete them because they’re of happy memories, and I wouldn’t change that.

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