12 killed in Colorado shooting at Dark Knight Rises premiere - Part 1

[Sundancer]

Im betting when they give this guy a psych eval theyll conclude hes insane.

I'm wondering if he really is and if he's counting on exactly that. He claims he's the Joker but doesn't put on the face paint and colors his hair red?? Not sure what to think.

 

[Spade]

7.11 Press conference: Suspect purchased 3000 rounds .223, 3000 rounds of .40, 300 rounds of 12 gauge shotgun. Multiple magazines bought over the internet, including a 100 round drum magazine.

Holmes was ready for war.

 

[The Apocalypse]

I'm wondering if he really is and if he's counting on exactly that. He claims he's the Joker but doesn't put on the face paint and colors his hair red?? Not sure what to think.

He was probably just being a dick saying that because it was a Batman premiere. I doubt he actually believes it or was trying to imitate him. He just wanted to kill people and he did. Absolutely sickening.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I'm wondering if he really is and if he's counting on exactly that. He claims he's the Joker but doesn't put on the face paint and colors his hair red?? Not sure what to think.

As petty a detail the hair color may be I think it says alot about his intentions.

He's not obsessed with the Joker he just wanted attention and this huge movie was his golden ticket.

I think he's the ultimate attention ****e and troll more than a Joker fan.

I bet he went to neurology school (dropped out after a week), realized he was no longer the rare mega genius he always thought he was and couldn't cope. So he decided to get the fame he always wanted by being associated with the biggest villain of modern cinema. Think about. He didn't even try to fight the cops, he wanted to see the outcome.

Just a theory.

 

[Tangled Web]

As petty a detail the hair color may be I think it says alot about his intentions.

He's not obsessed with the Joker he just wanted attention and this huge movie was his golden ticket.

I think he's the ultimate attention ****e and troll more than a Joker fan.

I bet he went to neurology school (dropped out after a week), realized he was no longer the rare mega genius he always thought he was and couldn't cope. So he decided to get the fame he always wanted by being associated with the biggest villain of modern cinema. Think about. He didn't even try to fight the cops, he wanted to see the outcome.

Just a theory.

This.

 

[terry78]

Scream 4 already satirized that type of person. Not trivializing it, but they made a point.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Scream 4 already satirized that type of person. Not trivializing it, but they made a point.

This whole this is also eerily similar to the opening of Scream 2. Everyone thinking it is part of the show.

 

[BrollySupersj]

A quote from George Takei on this whole mess.

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OM...648-496805060348952-55955535-n-jpg_224828.jpg

 

[Hypestyle]

according to a police officer on the scene, allegedly, Holmes identified himself as "the joker" when confronted by authorities.. http://tinyurl.com/733xbsd
taking into account this tacit connection to "fanboy" culture, I can see the future of conventions being almost irrevocably altered.. up until now, people would have elaborate costuming with fake weapons, brandishing them at folks, and nobody thinks anything of it.. but now..

..locally, a michigan theater chain has now banned masks and costumes-- http://tinyurl.com/7rawxsp

..I won't be seeing the movie this weekend.. not sure when i'll be back in any theaters at all.. in full disclosure, for the past 3 - 4 months, whenever I'd head into a multiplex to see something, usually sitting somewhere in the middle area, I would have negative fleeting thoughts, in many respects based out of awareness of the local violent crimes here... "what if somebody came in here and started something... should I sit near the exit.. or is that a too-convenient target".. (I remember a couple years ago walking out of a theater when some knuckleheads claiming gang ties started arguing in the seats right in front of me, right before the movie started-- I have no idea what, if anything, transpired next)
.. on these recent movie excursions, my head would dart around-- nothing unusual.. wait.. (some guy's ducking down and is really intently fiddling with his cell phone.. he gets up and.. he leaves. I'm not sure he comes back. Meanwhile, I'd change to an aisle seat.. allow myself to relax.. "okay, hype, you're just being paranoid...")

But now.. Jeez... I just don’t know.. a maniac with a Bane outfit claiming Joker status really does do that thing that my mother has “warned” me about for years about being ‘caught up’ in with people who are all-the-way deep into the sci-fi/comics/fantasy/dungeons-n-dragons world (not that the suspect’s hobbies have been firmly established, but anyway.. ) In the past six months I’ve already sold about 80% of my comics and haven’t been to a comics store at all in that time.. I just can’t compartmentalize like some folks can when it comes to events like this.. This is going to stick with me for a long while..

 

[terry78]

Yeah, you can't live in fear, but unlike in the movies, it's safe to assume that anyone you don't really know is a potential threat as well.

 

[VictorCreed]

Aaaaaaand the conspiracy theories have begun.

http://www.naturalnews.com/036536_James_Holmes_shooting_false_flag.html

 

[terry78]

Yeah, they are gonna politicize the hell out of this, especially with it being an election year. Some moron posted on AICN, "welcome to Obama's America."

 

[Spade]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

All that needs to be said. Don't give the people who say garbage like this a platform to promote themselves.

 

[SpideyForPrez]

I'm originally from Denver, so my first thought was to check up on some friends of mine who live in Aurora. Thankfully, they're safe and didn't attend screenings at that theater. But reading all the reports this morning made me realize just how easily something like this could have happened to me or someone I care about. These poor people were just going out to see a big movie that everyone's excited about and some sick individual does this. My thoughts and prayers are with the victim's and their families.

That being said, after I found out my friends were safe I went out to see the movie as planned and truly enjoyed it. I was worried I wouldn't be able to take my mind off the tragedy, but as soon as the lights went down my mind was on the film and the film only. That's what so great about the movies.

If anyone's reconsidering their plans to see the movie, I suggest they stick to their plans. If anything, go see the movie out of respect for all the poor souls who will now miss out. Unless you're truly worried about your safety or feel you wouldn't be able to enjoy the movie, then you probably shouldn't go. This a tragedy but life goes on, and we can't let the actions of one very sick person dictate how we live our lives.

 

[runawayboulder]

Yeah, they are gonna politicize the hell out of this, especially with it being an election year. Some moron posted on AICN, "welcome to Obama's America."

Gonna? That already happened hours ago.

 

[Salieri]

A special TDKR premiere should be held in Aurora in 3-4 weeks with half the proceeds going to the injured and the victims families. And those who did not have the chance to see the movie in that bloody theatre should get free tickets and those who died should be put in the end credits. Around 200 people died in Syria on Friday, but in fighting for freedom you expect casualties, not so in something like going to a movie.

RIP Dark Knights of Aurora.

 

[Kynergy]

I went and saw the movie for a second time this afternoon and couldn't help but feel this eeriness the whole time. It was like everyone there knew about the shooting, they had to its been all over TV, but no one mentioned a single word about it. You just know everyone is thinking "What if that happens right now, right here?" It was always in the back of my mind the whole movie. I sat there, suspicious of every other person in that theater.

Did anyone else feel this who also saw it today?

This whole thing is going to change the movie theater experience for me and I'm sure many others forever, it's horrible. There was never any need for this mindless killing, it's just to sickening for words.

 

[Maximum Carnage]

Some of the first-hand accounts from witnesses is scary as hell..

 

[Sawyer]

People are really giving Nikki Finke **** on twitter. It pleases me.

Her site is a good news source, but she's got such a repugnant attitude.

 

[BrollySupersj]

Aaaaaaand the conspiracy theories have begun.

http://www.naturalnews.com/036536_James_Holmes_shooting_false_flag.html

The only thing in that article that makes me think is how he paid for all the weapons. That's about it. Clearest and simplest explanation would be he had money saved up?

 

[jmc]

What has Nikki said to piss people off?

 

[floreairfoot]

Do we know if anyone here from the Hype was in the theater?

 

[VictorCreed]

The only thing in that article that makes me think is how he paid for all the weapons. That's about it. Clearest and simplest explanation would be he had money saved up?

Yeah, he could have gotten the money from any number of things, savings, college loans...he DID just drop out of school a month before this. He could have taken his tuition money for next semester and decided to spend it on all this instead.

 

[jmc]

Do we know if anyone here from the Hype was in the theater?

People have been asking that for hours, I don't know if we'll ever get a definitive answer given everyone has a username.

 

[angel1005]

Honestly it's really sad, i can't wait for the day that Americans will stop crying about this 2d amendement and realize that it may have been good decades ago but not anymore, not in our society... Too many crazies out there too let people buy guns. Really sorry for the families, they shouldn't have to go through that...
RIP