BREAKING..: Potential threat to the movie opening of Joker™

Any of you guys heard of this. Just got this text from a coworker..

Posts on social media have made reference to involuntary celibate (“incel”) extremists replicating the 2012 theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, at screenings of the Joker movie at nationwide theaters. This presents a potential risk though there are no known specific credible threats to the opening of the Joker on 4 October.

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Thank you OP, I didn’t know what incel actually meant.

I did not like Heath Ledger in his role as “Joker”.

I don’t watch comic book bullshit, let me know when the incels threaten Cate Blanchett movies.

r4, they just down-vote her movies, sight unseen, on IMDb.

I've never seen a movie get as much advance bad press as this one.

I'm very curious as whether this will hurt or help the box office.

I wouldn’t be caught dead at The Joker in theaters and if you go you might be.

You'd think Incels would want lots of people to go to and from The Joker, so everyone can see just how tough it is to be a lonely, lonesome, celibate white man.

And what happens when lonely, lonesome, celibate white men are pushed TOO FAR!11!

It just proves, those bitches would all finish in about four seconds. Pathetic.

Only hater worse than an incel is a Cate Blanchett hater. You r4.

There was that one guy who opened fire in an Amy Schumer movie, so really what's safe these days? Once more, what does it matter? Someone could open fire in a Pixar movie and kill hundreds of kids and it wouldn't change a goddamn thing in this country. If nothing was done after Sandy Hook, nothing will be done at all.

R10 The Joker is incel, from what I gather.

R10 is right, as long as them can keep their guns and pound their daughters not shit gonna be done.

[Quote] I've never seen a movie get as much advance bad press as this one.

I thought it was getting good reviews??

Dunno where OP got that "alert" but the only result for it in a search is this post.

Sounds loke Dvida and one of her fake news posts again to be honest.

US Army warns about possible mass shootings by incels at ‘Joker’ screenings

The US Army issued a warning about the possibility of mass shootings at upcoming screenings of “Joker,” according to a new report.

In a widely distributed email on Sept. 18 marked “For official use only,” officials reminded service members to “identify two escape routes” and to “run, hide, fight” in the event of a shooting, Gizmodo reported.

“Run if you can,” the message said. “If you’re stuck, hide (also known as ‘sheltering in place’), and stay quiet. If a shooter finds you, fight with whatever you can.”

On Tuesday, the Army confirmed to Gizmodo that it issued the warning in light of social media posts from “incel” extremists that were flagged by the FBI.

The email to service members explained that incels “idolize the Joker character, the violent clown from the Batman series, admiring his depiction as a man who must pretend to be happy, but eventually fights back against bullies.”

An Army spokesperson said the message was routine.

“We want our workforce to be prepared and diligent on personal safety both inside the workplace and out,” the rep said.

In another memo Monday, top officials of the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division said it received “credible” intelligence from law enforcement in Texas about “disturbing and very specific chatter” on the dark web about “the targeting of an unknown movie theater during the release.”

“Joker,” starring Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, premieres Oct. 4 — and has already sparked concerns of movie theater violence.

The US Army issued a warning about the possibility of mass shootings at upcoming screenings of “Joker,” according to a new report. In a widely distributed email on Sept. 18 marked &#822…

This is relatively old news and has been discussed ad nauseam on sites like IGN, CNET, and the big Youtube sites that focus on comic con geekdom topics.

This feels like a plot by Disney, they feel threatened by the fact that the joker movie could make DC’s first real success in years. They saw what happened with Aquaman and are terrified that DC is finally catching up to this success of Marvel. Something smells fishy.

[quote]They saw what happened with Aquaman and are terrified that DC is finally catching up to this success of Marvel. Something smells fishy.

Aquaman only hit $1.14 b; Wonder Woman $825 mm; Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: $873 mm; Shazam: $364 mm

vs.

Spider Man Far From Home: $1.13 b; Avengers Endgame: $2.78 b; Captain Marvel: $1.12 b; Ant Man and the Wasp: $622mm

I don't think Disney is losing any sleep.

Could someone send Megan McCain Free tickets .

I don't think this is a Disney/Marvel plot, but if it is, I applaud the evil PR genius who came up with it! Brilliant thinking, the kind every Datalounger wishes they could pull off in real life!

But no, I think this is just a case of a movie studio totally misreading the public mood. The studios have been thinking that just about anything with a comic book origin will make money, even if it's total crap like the DCEU movies. So as far as the suits who okayed this were concerned when they okayed the film, it's just another comic book movie, maybe a bit more prestigious than some because it's got a dark tone and a prestige actor. But in the time between the greenlight and the upcoming release, there have been mass shootings and an ever-increasing rumble of worry about the incels and other online communities of potentially violent nutcases. People are scared, political groups such as the NRA are devoted to making them scared-er, and the public is in no fucking mood for an anti-hero who can't deal with his problems without turning to violence.

You all are such tools. This is a marketing scam so the movie gets more publicity.

I suppose you think those two "Martians" at the top of the Empire State Building were real.

I am interested by the stark divide among many reviewers. I got the sense that some critics were almost nervous to give it a positive review because they didn't want to be seen as promoting nihilism or white male victim complex or something. What I want to know is if a movie is in fact good, not whether it's right or wrong morally. There's too much moralism in movie reviews nowadays. Every review of a film by a controversial director seems to start off with two paragraphs rambling about how the director is a bad person. In any case, I won't be seeing it the 1st week it's released. Not because I'm nervous about any threat but because I hate crowds and noisy audiences.

R23 Save your money, stay home and watch The King Of Comedy on Amazon Prime. Joker pretty much lifted its whole plot and threw a few comic references in there and branded it as something “different”, so you’ll get the same effect.