A South Korean version of "Travis Bickle" angle to this mass killing.
Posted on 04/19/2007 7:38:26 AM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
Police believe the Virginia gunman may have been copying scenes from a film when he carried out his killing spree.
Scene from Oldboy and Seung-HuiDetectives say Cho Seung-Hui repeatedly watched the South Korean movie Oldboy in the days leading up to the massacre in which 32 people were killed.
The film's themes of obsession and revenge also occur in Cho's own writings.
In a chilling video sent by the student to the American TV network NBC he appears to re-enact scenes from the movie in a series of photographs.
In one he holds a gun to his own head and in another wields a hammer, images that appear in the film.
The video also confirms that Cho had been planning the killings for some time.
Advertisement It is believed to have been posted after the first shooting in a university dormitory, in which two students were killed, but before Cho shot dead another 30 people in a classroom across campus and then committed suicide.
Police said the package that contained photographs, video and writings could be a "very new critical component" of the investigation into the mass killings.
The video contains a rambling and at times incoherent account of his grievances and his reasons for the shootings.
The package Cho sent to NBCVirginia Police superintendent Col Steve Flaherty said: "We're in the process of attempting to analyse and evaluate its worth."
The package, addressed to NBC News head Steve Capus, bears a postal stamp in the two-hour window between the first shooting and the second, in which Cho killed himself.
It was passed to the FBI after it arrived yesterday.
In the video Cho talks to the camera and at one point makes a reference to the massacre, saying "this didn't have to happen".
In one clip, Cho says: "You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today.
Some of the victims"But you decided to spill my blood. You forced me into a corner and gave me only one option. The decision was yours. Now you have blood on your hands that will never wash off."
One of the 29 pictures in the package showed Cho staring at the camera with his arms outstretched, brandishing two handguns and wearing what appeared to be a military-style jacket for holding ammunition.
The latest revelations come after it emerged Cho was held in a mental health unit after two women students complained about his behaviour in 2005.
University police chief Wendell Flinchum said officers spoke to Cho in November and December 2005 following complaints of low-level harassment.
A South Korean version of "Travis Bickle" angle to this mass killing.
Was he locked up in a hotel room for 15 years and fed nothing but dumplings?
This guy was so nuts that he could have looked at Bugs Bunny toons and got the same message.
I’m sure it won’t be too long before somebody notices that “Oldboy” sounds a lot like “Al-Dubai.” Just to maintain that tenuous Islamic connection, doncha know.
It was sent Fed-Ex, right? Doesn't this just mean it was picked up out of the box sometime between the 1st and 2nd shootings?
Couldn't he have put it IN the box anytime since the previous pickup time, which I presume could have been as long ago as Saturday?
I'm not saying he COULDN'T have mailed it during the 2 hours, but is there any real evidence he took the time to walk to a fed-ex box to post it?
“Oldboy” was the name of a school in the movie, and the flick is based on a Japanese manga.
It’s time for some common sense movie control laws.
it's all a bunch of self centered garbage full of sex and violence
Oldboy was a fantastic movie.
Once again, we have to obsess over the pathetic life of a total loser, all because the students and faculty of VT were disarmed by the Virginia Legislature.
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Maybe it was "If . . ." There is a pretty good scene of school shooting there! |
"...Something's gonna set these people off, a delinquent tax return, a low-flying helicopter, something. I just try to be as far away from them, when it happens, as possible. I have that stenciled on a pillow in my heavily-fortified rec room."
-Dennis Miller (1990)
Cho’s ramblings are the same ramblings that you can find in the mind of any socialist/communist. Hatred for those who are successful, wealthy and the children of that wealth. Is Virgina Tech run by Conservatives? No, it’s run by socialists and they are singularly responsible for planting the seeds of discontent in this mans mind. That he went on a rampage and slaughtered so many, is the logical extension of their words.
It was sent US Postal Service priority mail, received by a postal clerk. The postmark has a timestamp.
Yup.
It was the rampant, PC indoctrination prevelent on campus that allowed this psycho to go on his rampage unfettered. Toss out all the sappy crap we've been fed since they closed down the nuthouses... this loon was a friggin' senior in college! He's been nuts all his life and no one had the guts to do anything about it.
It was sent by USPS express mail. I imagine he could have filled out the envelope beforehand and arranged for a pickup.
You mean they have violent movies in other countries???? I never would have guessed. I thought it was the “American” culture of violence that drove him to it. /s
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"Sid, don't you blame the movies! Movies don't create psychos! Movies make psychos more creative!" |
‘This guy was so nuts that he could have looked at Bugs Bunny toons and got the same message”
Yep.
You mean they have violent movies in other countries????
Yep. And they are far more violent than anything allowed over here. I'll bet that Battle Royale from Japan was a big favorite of Cho's, too. You can't get THAT movie here unless you get from Hong Kong. Amazon has bootlegs of it for sale as well.
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