The Dark Knight's Dark Night (Shooting in Aurora)

My god, a PhD student that shoots at least 50 people during a movie session?
The pineapple is wrong with this world.

I'm guessing that he just decided the cinema full of people was an easy target.

He seems strangely prepared though... smoke bombs, bulletproof jacket.. what was he trying to do? or was he just a nutter? Does anyone know if he's mentioned his motive at all?

It sounds like he was trying to be Batman but was insane.

It sounds like he was trying to be Batman but was insane.

You're rightish, correct movie, wrong character. It is reported that he dyed his hair red and claimed he was The Joker when apprehended. Looks like that comment regarding watching individuals that just enjoy watching the world burn wasn't too far off.

You're rightish, correct movie, wrong character. It is reported that he dyed his hair red and claimed he was The Joker when apprehended. Looks like that comment regarding watching individuals that just enjoy watching the world burn wasn't too far off.

i know it's probably not the time nor place, but the joker has green hair, that would be the riddler o.o

No. That isn't it. As if my first post in the thread didn't make it obvious enough; I knew the guy. He attended the theoretical physics club I founded in high school off and on. He came to my B-Day parties from middle to high school. He was within my group of friends at the time. I just can't see how he changed this much in the past 6 years.

And I feel partially responsible for not being a good friend and keeping in touch as it sounds like he was described as a loner now.

It's just a wretched feeling that I can't describe better than 3x my reaction to 9-11.

Your first post wasn't really that obvious. I had no idea why you posted that.

I doubt anything dramatic happened to him. He just started to hate people, it's very common especially during this whole internet era. Hell I even went through that phase, believing every person is an idiot and inferior to me.

I thought you still think everyone is stupid.

Hearing about this really has me interested and perplexed as to what really goes on in someones mind to make him/her do something like this. I guess the same can be said about soldiers who at some point don't care whether they are shooting civilians or opposing soldiers. I really don't get it.

I hear now they are claiming that James Holmes is "Mentally Ill"...err? So he's mentally ill after he shoots everyone, but before when he is purchasing all the ammo, setting up traps in his house, quite complex I might add, and obviously plotting all of this.. He's normal?

Very bothered by this whole thing.

You're rightish, correct movie, wrong character. It is reported that he dyed his hair red and claimed he was The Joker when apprehended. Looks like that comment regarding watching individuals that just enjoy watching the world burn wasn't too far off.

Joker has green hair. My point? Some people are already trying to make it seem like he was inspired by the movie >_>

Joker has green hair. My point? Some people are already trying to make it seem like he was inspired by the movie >_>

Well, maybe that's how he plans on getting his insanity plea through, he calls himself "The Joker," but he dyed his hair red. That's crazy!

I suppose I ought to have separated the two facts since they don't quite jive with one another. He may or may not have been inspired by the movie, it never stated that he imitated The Joker with red hair. Just he had red hair and he called himself The Joker.

Man. Lotso Europeans bashing 'murrica about this.

Hearing about this really has me interested and perplexed as to what really goes on in someones mind to make him/her do something like this. I guess the same can be said about soldiers who at some point don't care whether they are shooting civilians or opposing soldiers. I really don't get it.

I hear now they are claiming that James Holmes is "Mentally Ill"...err? So he's mentally ill after he shoots everyone, but before when he is purchasing all the ammo, setting up traps in his house, quite complex I might add, and obviously plotting all of this.. He's normal?

Very bothered by this whole thing.

Being "mentally ill" doesn't mean you drool into a cup all day.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07...do/?ref=us

Has alot of information on the whole thing. He booby trapped his entire house/apartment and police are in a long process of disarming things. Also everyone and anyone making jokes or talking about politics are really f'ucking horrible.

Being "mentally ill" doesn't mean you drool into a cup all day.

Do you know what the definition of Mentally Ill is? Someone who is Mentally Ill doesn't plan something this intricate. Not to mention the kid was a genius in college. Or ask the guy on this Forum that knew James personally, and ask him if he thought James was "Mentally Ill". Now of course something could have happened that could have triggered these kind of actions, but to immediately label him as mentally ill, because of a few strange facts such as calling himself the Joker. Seems a bit off.

Do you know what the definition of Mentally Ill is? Someone who is Mentally Ill doesn't plan something this intricate. Not to mention the kid was a genius in college. Or ask the guy on this Forum that knew James personally, and ask him if he thought James was "Mentally Ill". Now of course something could have happened that could have triggered these kind of actions, but to immediately label him as mentally ill, because of a few strange facts such as calling himself the Joker. Seems a bit off.

Do YOU know what the definition of mentally ill is? Someone that has anorexia is mentally ill. Are you telling me they can't plan anything intricate?

Do YOU know what the definition of mentally ill is? Someone that has anorexia is mentally ill. Are you telling me they can't plan anything intricate?

Ok.. so that sums up that you DON'T know what mentally ill means.. Because you just listed someone with a Mental DISORDER.

Anyways, not going to bother with you.

As I am more interested in this case as a whole. I kind of want the person who knew James personally to post a bit more, as it seems like he might have known him fairly well. I'm just interested in what makes people turn to these things. I have done some research on other various cases and some serial killings, and there are a lot of similiarities. Pretty annoying how some people are already starting to make jokes on twitter and FB and such.

Ok.. so that sums up that you DON'T know what mentally ill means.. Because you just listed someone with a Mental DISORDER.

Anyways, not going to bother with you.

Think what you will then, I can say I have more experience with "mentally ill" than you do :V

What retarded discussion.
Everyone has a type of mental illness, it doesn't define it as something bad or you have issues. Are you a perfectionist? Mental disorder. Do you have paranoia? Mental disorder. Obsessive Compulsive? Mental disorder. But yeah, let's keep bragging about how smart we are about mental illnesses, which by the way is synonymous with mental disorder.

What retarded discussion.
Everyone has a type of mental illness, it doesn't define it as something bad or you have issues. Are you a perfectionist? Mental disorder. Do you have paranoia? Mental disorder. Obsessive Compulsive? Mental disorder. But yeah, let's keep bragging about how smart we are about mental illnesses, which by the way is synonymous with mental disorder.

This is basically the point I was trying to get across but I suppose it missed.

Do you know what the definition of Mentally Ill is? Someone who is Mentally Ill doesn't plan something this intricate. Not to mention the kid was a genius in college. Or ask the guy on this Forum that knew James personally, and ask him if he thought James was "Mentally Ill". Now of course something could have happened that could have triggered these kind of actions, but to immediately label him as mentally ill, because of a few strange facts such as calling himself the Joker. Seems a bit off.

Seriously? By definition I have a mental illness, suffering from severe anxiety and panic attacks. Think I couldn't HATCH A PLOT? Do you think asking someone who knew/knows me would give you a definitive answer?

The reality about mental illness is that it effects your thought processes, it's not something people can outwardly see (which is why a lot of people have trouble considering it a real issue) and unless you tell you're friends they're probably not going to know. It doesn't mean you can't function as a normal human being.

Judging by this video, this guy doesn't seem very mentally healthy either:

[video=youtube;Jspqoq-6Dt8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jspqoq-6Dt8[/video]

That or he's high of drugs.