Terror, tragedy mark 'Batman' on screen and off With a fixation on random violence, Gotham City dysfunction and the death of a star, the "Batman" movies have long been consumed with tragedy and terror. Mixed feelings for Batman fans at Paris premiere Parisians turned out for France's first public screening of the latest Batman film on Saturday in subdued mood, a day after a deadly shooting spree at a US opening of the film. Batman ads pulled from TV HOLLYWOOD, July 21 (UPI) -- Television networks have pulled ads for Batman because they felt it was inappropriate to run them alongside news reports of the Colorado theater shootings. Batman Poster Found in Apartment of Aurora Shooting Suspect James Holmes This morning on "This Week," Pierre Thomas, senior justice correspondent for ABC News, told me that a Batman poster and a computer were found in the apartment of James Holmes. On Friday, 24-year-old James Holmes allegedly entered a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. during a midnight showing of "The Dark... Horrific attack at Batman screening; 12 dead As the new Batman movie played on the screen, a gunman dressed in black and wearing a helmet, body armor and a gas mask stepped through a side door. At first he was just a silhouette, taken by some in the audience for a stunt that was part of one of the summer's most highly anticipated films. Batman movie director laments 'savage' massacre Batman movie director Christopher Nolan lamented the "senseless tragedy" and "unbearably savage" gunning down of 12 movie goers at a Colorado theater screening of "The Dark Knight Rises". Manning Brothers Among Five NFL Duos like Batman & Robin In "The Dark Knight Rises," Batman rides solo once again, noticeably missing his crime-fighting partner Robin. If the Batman franchise is rebooted again after Christopher Nolan's trilogy, expect Robin to join in the Blockbuster movie fun. Batman massacre: Police reveal killer's semi-automatic rifle jammed saving "many more" from being slaughtered Batman killer James Holmes would have slaughtered "many more" movie fans had his semi-automatic assault rifle not jammed, police have said. Officers said the rifle had a high-capacity ammunition magazine and that it jammed, forcing suspect Holmes to switch to another weapon. Horrific attack at Batman screening leaves 12 dead As the new Batman movie played on the screen, a gunman dressed in black and wearing a helmet, body armor and a gas mask stepped through a side door. At first he was just a silhouette, taken by some in the audience for a stunt that was part of one of the summer's most highly anticipated films. Batman is proving a flashpoint for anxieties about the mob versus the individual Released for only a handful of days, The Dark Knight Rises is already the focus of anxiety, paranoia and now tragedy.
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