# 12 people shot dead at BATMAN movie screening in Denver. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2012, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-people-shot-dead-at-batman-movie-screening-in-denver/628835 "2012-07-20T09:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-people-shot-dead-at-batman-movie-screening-in-denver/628835/381 "2012-07-25T02:57:36Z")
> [@D-bear](#): > > Just wondering what everyone thought might happen to this facility after all is said and done. They didn’t raze Columbine High after the shooting there, but I can kind of understand that one. I actually have tickets to see the 25th anniversary Star Trek:TNG event there on Monday, but there’s a snowball’s chance of that happening at this point. > > The building is fairly new, all stadium seating digital sound and picture, so it’s not exactly a given that it’ll be closed and torn down. What do the teeming millions say? Would you go there to catch a flick? [The debate begins.](http://www.9news.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=279470) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-people-shot-dead-at-batman-movie-screening-in-denver/628835/382 "2012-07-25T03:07:19Z")
My preference (and I fully admit I have no say here, it’s just my opinion) would be to re-open it as a theater, but have some sort of plaque or memorial display commemorating the victims. I do think it should be decided by the surviving victims and the families of the deceased. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-people-shot-dead-at-batman-movie-screening-in-denver/628835/383 "2012-07-25T05:56:35Z")
> [@Farmer\_Jane](#): > > Heh. [Victims get a visit from Christian Bale](http://www.denverpost.com/theatershooting/ci_21147699/christian-bale-town-visiting-victims-shooting). > > That’s…kind of awesome. I was going to post this, too, but was a little late. But yes, I agree. It was a classy act by Bale, almost like something Bruce Wayne would do. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-people-shot-dead-at-batman-movie-screening-in-denver/628835/384 "2012-07-25T11:45:03Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > My preference (and I fully admit I have no say here, it’s just my opinion) would be to re-open it as a theater, but have some sort of plaque or memorial display commemorating the victims. > > I do think it should be decided by the surviving victims and the families of the deceased. I actually think it should be left completely to the owner to decide what should be done. If the owner is altruistic and wants to give the families the decision, that’s their choice. But if the owner wants their to be no mention of the incident on his property that’s his right as well. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-people-shot-dead-at-batman-movie-screening-in-denver/628835/385 "2012-07-28T04:29:32Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Man, you really get picked apart when you do something like this. The CNN website was saying he had completely shunned Facebook, Twitter and such websites, but the authorities were working to determine if he had a sex ad up on Adult Friend Finders. I don’t know if they ever found anything on Adult Friend Finder, but [one report](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/families-theater-shooting-victims-plan-goodbyes-16845991#.UBNqI6CpOuI) says: **" A profile for a man whose name and appearance matched Holmes has been removed from a dating website. [Match.com](http://Match.com) spokesman Matthew Traub on Tuesday confirmed reports on [TMZ.com](http://TMZ.com) and elsewhere that the profile was posted before the movie theater massacre. … The profile included the question, ‘Will you visit me in prison?’ and said, ‘I spend a lot of time thinking about the future, mind (equals) blown’."** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-people-shot-dead-at-batman-movie-screening-in-denver/628835.md?page=19)