OLDBOY
ONE of the photographs in the Virginia Tech killer's "multimedia manifesto" may have been inspired by a bloody South Korean movie.
Pictures of Cho Seung-Hui brandishing weapons, released by NBC, seem straight from the film 'Oldboy' which its tagline: "15 years of imprisonment . . . five days of vengeance".
'Oldboy' (right), from the respected director Chan-woo Park, is about a man, Dae-Su, unjustly imprisoned for 15 years. After escaping, he goes on a rampage against his captor. In one scene, he dispatches more than a dozen henchmen with the aid of a hammer.
Dae-Su embarks on a rampage of violence and bizarre torture. He extracts teeth with a claw-hammer, consumes a live octopus, and has live ants creeping all over him. He even goes so far as to chop off his own tongue. In the package of materials that Cho sent to NBC News, one photo shows the killer brandishing a hammer in a pose similar to one from the film. 'Oldboy' the second film in Park's Vengeance Trilogy won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
The connection was spotted by Professor Paul Harris of Virginia Tech, who alerted authorities. The similarities have prompted speculation, especially in online forums, that Cho's entire massacre may have been inspired by 'Oldboy'.
Notorious killers are commonly linked to movies or music. Some have dismissed the connection as "the most ridiculous hypothesis yet" saying there was no apparent link between Cho and 'Oldboy' besides the lone photograph among the 28 video clips, 23-page written message and 43 self-portrait photos that he sent to NBC. Cho did not seem to reference the film in any of his notes or messages.
Derek Malcolm, of the Evening Standard, said of the film, "It makes Kill Bill look like the proverbial vicarage tea party." (© Independent News Service)
For fuck sake! So it had nothing to do with the ease of access to weapons and ammunition but may be related to the fact that Cho Seung-Hui may have seen Oldboy. Goway and shite you daft yankee fucktards. I've seen Oldboy numerous times and regard it as cinematic masterpiece, no bubblegum American happy endings. But never have I wanted to kill people afterwards. Besides in the end of Oldboy your man cuts off his own tongue did Cho Seunf-Hui cut out his tongue? I think not! If movies are the root of all evil why don't obese big heap Americans sue the makers of Willie Wonka?
BUSH
PRESIDENT George W Bush said yesterday he was concerned that Iran's nuclear ambitions will trigger an atomic arms race in the Middle East.
He expressed his concern after 'The New York Times' reported that the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan, among other Middle Eastern states, were seeking to develop nuclear programmes for electricity.
The Times said that while interest in nuclear energy is rising globally, it is unusually strong in the Middle East and that the rush of activity appeared intended to counter the threat of a nuclear Iran.
For fuck sake! So its Iran’s fault that there may be an atomic arms race in the Middle East is it? Nothing to do with the fact that Israel has atomic weapons and has threatened to bomb Iran on behalf of the US, who as it happens also has atomic weapons. It has nothing to do with the fact that the US, among others, has never fully honoured the agreements of the non proliferation treaty i.e. dismantling their existing nuclear arsenal. It could certainly have nothing to do with the fact the current US administration has earmarked billions of dollars in the defence budget to the continued development of low yield tactical nuclear weapons. No of course not, sure it’s all Iran’s fault.
Max hand me my fouling piece ....
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