The Guy Wanted to be The Joker

[phantom power]

It has probably been mentioned elsewhere and I would probably already have written about it if I were more of a movie buff, but I think last night's crime was completely inspired by the original The Dark Knight movie and I think it might be prudent for the police to familiarize themselves with the plot.

I believe that The Joker uses a gas grenade in his first scene in The Dark Knight. That is how the shooter introduced himself in the theater. The Joker also arranges to have himself arrested so he can be interrogated by Batman. Under interrogation, he reveals to Batman the locations of two of his friends but indicates that he will only have time to save one of them. They are both hooked up to complex incendiary devices on timers. I believe the shooter attempted to do something similar last night. He had his stereo hooked up to turn on by timer at midnight. It was extremely loud, and he knew that it would lead someone to call the non-emergency number to complain, which would lead some police to be dispatched to his apartment, which was booby trapped. When the police found him in back of the movie theater, he offered no resistance but revealed that his apartment was booby-trapped. He may have hoped that the police would be too late to save the respondents, or would find themselves in a race against time to save them.

One final thing to consider is that the shooter may have thought this out one step further. I think it is unlikely that he could pull it off because he is not, in fact, The Joker, but The Joker had a plan to escape from prison. In fact, getting arrested was crucial to his overall plan. But since this guy doesn't seem to have had many friends, we've probably seen the extent of his capabilities.

Still, I may be wrong about his plan for his apartment. It could be rigged in such a way that it can be detonated by sensors or remotely by cell phone or on a timer that is still ticking.

The guy clearly watched The Dark Knight a billion times and decided he wanted to actually be The Joker. What better time to initiate his plan than at the premiere of the sequel?

Given the level of sophistication of his plan and the fact that he is a neuroscience doctorate candidate, and therefore obviously quite bright, I would watch The Dark Knight very carefully, and perhaps all the other Batman movies, and I would not underestimate him.

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/7/20/225122/890

[wandy]

1. This is as good of a guess as any at this point......

The intriguing part of this is the apartment.
As of this morning they have 5 good sized apartment buildings emptied out, and still don't quite know how to disarm this wackos apartment.
The city has to somehow deal with a whole bunch of displaced people.
Not a good thing at any time. Worse considering recent events.
Police do have to plan for the worst case.
I live about 50 miles north of Aurora. Considering how much modern day explosives could be crammed into that apartment, if the police mess up, I expect the windows to shake.
Even if no person is harmed the costs in property damage could be considerable.
On the other hand it could be fake. Just bottles of water and empty shells.
A bluff costing Gotham City large sums in manpower and equipment expenses.
Right now we just don't know.
At the moment law enforcement is effective in check.
If it is not faked and well booby trapped, Checkmate!
I would call this a twisted but brilliant plan well worthy of the Joker.
But we don't know the part about the Joker, just yet.

What we do know.
Someone working on an advanced degree in neurosciences is likely to be of above advrage intelligence.
Something has defiantly gone very wrong with James Holmes Neuro programing.

We may never know if James Holmes has patterned himself after the Joker.
But the Joker sure and hell could have been patterned after him.

[HopeHoops]

2. He looks more like The Scarecrow.

[flamingdem]

3. He had access to chemicals at the university

and may have weaponized something in his apartment.

Very dangerous for those involved.

[coalition_unwilling]

4. If this is true, I will have to revise my hypothesis that

some of us on DU (myself included) need to get a life.

I've never been a big fan of any movie franchise (except maybe "The Godfather" and then only parts 1 and II), so really don't know the Batman plots too well. But, if true, this is some seriously crazy shit.