The "Dark Knight" Colorado Shooting

32OrtonEdge32dh · Before February 2015

On July 20, 2012, James Eagan Holmes opened fire during the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises (Batman) in Aurora, Colorado. He killed 12 people and injured 58 others. Holmes acted alone and was dressed in protective clothing. He entered the theater and set off tactical grenades, then opened fire on the theatergoers with multiple firearms. The attack has received worldwide media coverage, being one of the deadliest mass murders in contemporary United States history.

Holmes is obviously pretty mentally disturbed, dyeing his hair red recently and giving himself to police claiming to be the Joker (Batman's archnemesis). He had a profile on a site where you find one-night stands, so he probably didn't get much action. He had a "sophisticated" bomb inside his apartment (which was booby-trapped). Also addicted to Guitar Hero, which is kinda irrelevant.

tl;dr: A psycho shot 70 people in CO, killing 12. Horrible incident.

I'm interested to see what countries (if any) with respected news channels (I'm sure some don't) did or did not cover it. I know England did, cause they showed it here for some reason, as if to say "Look how far-reaching this is."

(Also, with this, Columbine, and other non-death things, Colorado is the #3 shithole in America, behind Florida (#1) and the rest of the South (#2).

Last edited by 32OrtonEdge32dh (Jul 21 2012 4:56:57 am)

Arceus64 · Before February 2015

Yah, it's pretty sad thing, all over the news.

I live in Chicago (holy ****), and we have crimes like these happen every once in a while, but when these things happen in small towns and quiet suburbs, they really take the world by storm.

Let's keep all the dead and injured, including their families, in our prayers, that something so tragic could happen in a place so well-loved.

32OrtonEdge32dh · Before February 2015

Well, that's assuming you pray.

Another bad thing about it is that they're cancelling Batman events. (inb4 insensitive)

Arceus64 · Before February 2015

Well, sometimes things like that need to happen.

I believe Warner Bros. has the right idead going, because even though they're cancelling all the batman overseas, it's to protect from copycats at theaters and such.

I will also not be watching 'The Dark Knight Rises' simply out of respect for those injured. No that TDKR is a bad thing, I just don't want to have to have joy out of something that others have fear out of.

Last edited by Arceus64 (Jul 21 2012 9:28:52 am)

32OrtonEdge32dh · Before February 2015

I'm going to watch it, because it's not the movie people fear, it's going to the movie. So when I go, no one will be there, but whoever is won't be scared.

Arceus64 · Before February 2015

I'd go if I was Elvis and had the theater all to myself.

Breadfinn · Before February 2015

This is going to follow my whole life. I was going to go on the premiere here in Iceland but changed my mind because of the attack. Not that I was afraid to die, I was in a too deep think about the attack. I wouldn't focus on the movie. This is my most anticipated movie of the year so far, and I was going to promise my friend I would go with him on the premiere, but sadly he had to hook up his own friends.
I'm sure the people in CO were great Batman fans and had been looking forward to the movie, for over 4 years. Not that non-Batman fans deserve it more, it's just that I know that we have something big in common. Rest in peace.

Krazyman50 · Before February 2015

Argh. The news won't shut up about it.

Zoey2070 · Before February 2015

Hey, are you saying that dying your hair red means you mentally insane?! (I'm saying this because the fact that he dyed his hair red is completely irrelevant)

Anyway, yeah, it's a terrible thing, and it really sucks. Some local guy was killed there while protecting his girlfriend.

Also, here's a video of it. Not the actual shooting, but outside the theater. here.

Uhh, you wanna know something weird? The fact that I've had the majority of this post typed for eight hours and never got around to posting it.

Garfield2436 · Before February 2015

Yeah, heard about the Colorado shooting. The guy just wanted to have love.
On the serious side though, that was very insane of him to do that, just because he dropped out of a PhD class? Wow...

Arceus64 · Before February 2015

Zoey2070 wrote:

Hey, are you saying that dying your hair red means you mentally insane?! (I'm saying this because the fact that he dyed his hair red is completely irrelevant

I believe when he said that, he was talking in reference that the guy dyed his hair red, and he said he was the Joker, meaning nothing against red-heads, simply that is part of his Joker appearance, he dyed his hair red, like the Joker himself.

Shift · Before February 2015

I never even heard of this until I suggested to my friends that we go see the new Batman movie.

Obviously what happened is horrible, but you have to hand it to the guy- his strategy was amazing. I'd post my analysis, but then I'd basically be giving tips.

JDIZEL619 · Before February 2015

I live about an hour away from Aurora. It's tragic to hear this happened. Colorado is a really nice state, I don't want my home state to be known for this incident. That little bastard had to go and those 12 innocent people. Well, I hope this guy burns. In hell.

MIHB · Before February 2015

Frankly, the fact that people make a big deal of this, is embarrassing. Over 6000 people die every day in the US alone. But because 12 people were killed in a place nobody expects, its a big deal and everybody knows about it.

I saw on MSNBC information about all the people who died. Again, 6000 people die every day, but because these people died in an interesting an unexpected way, we have to be horrified and find out everything about it and learn all the details so we can be sad and feel deep sorrow for .2% of people who died that day in the United States.

If Holmes was a terrorist, I'd say he won big. Not because of the people who died, but because of all the people talking about it, and maybe even missing a movie because of it.

Echo! · Before February 2015

KRAZYMAN50 wrote:

Argh. The news won't shut up about it.

I could say so many things to that, but I'm going to hold back.

Shift wrote:

Obviously what happened is horrible, but you have to hand it to the guy- his strategy was amazing. I'd post my analysis, but then I'd basically be giving tips.

Finally some one said it. Thanks.

MIHB wrote:

Frankly, the fact that people make a big deal of this, is embarrassing. Over 6000 people die every day in the US alone. But because 12 people were killed in a place nobody expects, its a big deal and everybody knows about it.
I saw on MSNBC information about all the people who died. Again, 6000 people die every day, but because these people died in an interesting an unexpected way, we have to be horrified and find out everything about it and learn all the details so we can be sad and feel deep sorrow for .2% of people who died that day in the United States.
If Holmes was a terrorist, I'd say he won big. Not because of the people who died, but because of all the people talking about it, and maybe even missing a movie because of it.

It's not because the people died.

It's the man who done it, and how crazy it was, that's why it is a big deal.

Last edited by Echo! (Jul 22 2012 12:51:52 pm)

Zoey2070 · Before February 2015

Arceus64 wrote:

Zoey2070 wrote:
Hey, are you saying that dying your hair red means you mentally insane?! (I'm saying this because the fact that he dyed his hair red is completely irrelevant
I believe when he said that, he was talking in reference that the guy dyed his hair red, and he said he was the Joker, meaning nothing against red-heads, simply that is part of his Joker appearance, he dyed his hair red, like the Joker himself.

I'm definitely no batman expert or anything, but a quick google search (and having seen a really nice Joker cosplay on tumblr) shows that the Joker has green hair, not red. Maybe he got Ronald McDonald and the Joker confused or something. I don't know.

MIHB · Before February 2015

Echo! wrote:

It's not because the people died.
It's the man who done it, and how crazy it was, that's why it is a big deal.

Don't kid yourself. Crazy people wander around doing stupid crap all the time; this one is interesting because 12 people died in an interesting way.

Shift · Before February 2015

MIHB wrote:

Don't kid yourself. Crazy people wander around doing stupid crap all the time; this one is interesting because 12 people died in an interesting way.

Yes, in an interesting way. When some guy gets killed in NYC few people care. Why? It happens all the time, in almost exactly the same way it happened that time. When twelve people get killed in Colorado by some amazingly strategic maniac a lot of people care. Why? Stuff like that never happens there, and the amazing strategy.

It's a big deal because it's such a shock, as opposed to the 6,000 other deaths that happen in very hackneyed ways.

JDIZEL619 · Before February 2015

MIHB wrote:

Frankly, the fact that people make a big deal of this, is embarrassing. Over 6000 people die every day in the US alone. But because 12 people were killed in a place nobody expects, its a big deal and everybody knows about it.
I saw on MSNBC information about all the people who died. Again, 6000 people die every day, but because these people died in an interesting an unexpected way, we have to be horrified and find out everything about it and learn all the details so we can be sad and feel deep sorrow for .2% of people who died that day in the United States.
If Holmes was a terrorist, I'd say he won big. Not because of the people who died, but because of all the people talking about it, and maybe even missing a movie because of it.

A place that nobody expects? Dude, Aurora is definitely a place to expect it. It's Ghetto and filled with a new crime every day. This one was just a little more major.

Arceus64 · Before February 2015

Shift wrote:

MIHB wrote:
Don't kid yourself. Crazy people wander around doing stupid crap all the time; this one is interesting because 12 people died in an interesting way.
Yes, in an interesting way. When some guy gets killed in NYC few people care. Why? It happens all the time, in almost exactly the same way it happened that time. When twelve people get killed in Colorado by some amazingly strategic maniac a lot of people care. Why? Stuff like that never happens there, and the amazing strategy.
It's a big deal because it's such a shock, as opposed to the 6,000 other deaths that happen in very hackneyed ways.

Exactly, yesterday some boat in Africa capsized and about 150 people died, and yet since it was a freak accident, (as opposed to human-controlled) nobody really cares about it right now, since the media is just focusing in on every single detail about the Aurora shooting.

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Echo! · Before February 2015

Shift wrote:

Yes, in an interesting way. When some guy gets killed in NYC few people care. Why? It happens all the time, in almost exactly the same way it happened that time. When twelve people get killed in Colorado by some amazingly strategic maniac a lot of people care. Why? Stuff like that never happens there, and the amazing strategy.
It's a big deal because it's such a shock, as opposed to the 6,000 other deaths that happen in very hackneyed ways.

That pretty much sums it up of what I was going to say. Thanks.

32OrtonEdge32dh · Before February 2015

Just as no one cares about the 80-something people who just got bombed in Iraq (not by us, I don't think).

Drew12345 · Before February 2015

12 people get killed by a maniac i Colorado: everyone flips

Thousands die in wars: Gets mentioned on the nightly news

and yes Im going to see the movie because the crazy dude is in jail! If you want to pay respects to those people give a little more thought into what your going to do.

Last edited by drew12345 (Jul 23 2012 2:23:42 pm)

Echo! · Before February 2015

drew12345 wrote:

12 people get killed by a maniac i Colorado: everyone flips
Thousands die in wars: Gets mentioned on the nightly news
and yes Im going to see the movie because the crazy dude is in jail! If you want to pay respects to those people give a little more thought into what your going to do.

We have discussed this.
Is it just me or does anyone else have the feeling someone is going to copy James very soon?

Garfield2436 · Before February 2015

Echo! wrote:

drew12345 wrote:
12 people get killed by a maniac i Colorado: everyone flips
Thousands die in wars: Gets mentioned on the nightly news
and yes Im going to see the movie because the crazy dude is in jail! If you want to pay respects to those people give a little more thought into what your going to do.
We have discussed this.
Is it just me or does anyone else have the feeling someone is going to copy James very soon?

Thanks to the good ol' modern days and the era of gangsters and cussing language, I believe it is a yes.

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