Regarding the beheading of the Dark Knight, I went to Six Flags a few months ago in Mass. and I don’t find it the safest place anyways. I um “broke” rides while I was angry at my friends for ditching me, literally, I got angry then they “broke”. Two got stuck (one with them on it and the other while they were in line) and the other was stopped before for tests runs. But the beheading was the guy’s fault, but not the person who’s legs were severed. I refused to ride any of their rides.

1) The Mothman was actually nicknamed after a character which appeared on the orginal Batman television series back during the original Mothman sightings in the 60’s.

2) Wasn’t a special effects technician killed during the filming of “The Dark Knight”?”?

Christian Bale is well known as an ‘intense’ actor-extreme weight loss for The Machinist, retaining an american accent during interviews (he’s british if you didn’t know). From what I’ve read the family thing has been long festering and provoked , IMO.

Also, given the absolutely huge number of people involved in the making of a movie (ever totalled up the number of credits on a movie?)-and that doesn’t include those involved in other capacities (marketing etc), I am not at all suprised that a number have died over the years since it has been released, especially if you add in their families.

I can’t buy into the Mothman curse either, sorry.

I also try to be open minded on these things, but to be truely open minded, I think we need to view as much data as possible before allowing all possibilities; maybe a good number of these dark films have been surrounded by trajedy, but how many have not? We can’t truely comprehend the positive space without some comparison with the negative. Sure, I agree these things get a little eerie, but it’s like those photos where you see something that looks like a big bad sasquatch, but without comparable background it could be four inches tall.

In any case, one of the worst curses I know of, if not the worst, is self destruction. Not just as in suicide, but as a species. Heath Ledger, I believe, was supposed to have killed himself after making himself insane over his act (getting just a little too into the spirit). In trying to be conquerors, humans may find themselves taking on a role they cannot fully control. To have power is one thing, to have control of it is another. Humans tend to be drawn toward the dark, toward the most dramatic and sinister at times. It seems psychologically built in, as we try to conquer our worst fears. It is not manly to admit when you’re scared, so you wish to get ahead of it; it is unfortunate that some take this a little too far and became their own worst fear. Didn’t The Dark Knight have some line about living long enough to become the villain, BTW? Ultimately, I tend to agree with those that say our own fascination with the bizarre can become the cause of it.

Keeping with the theme of movies and car crashes, there was also an alleged curse on James Dean’s porsche. When the wreck was moved, it fell and broke a mechanic’s leg. Then, during a race two physicians were racing in cars that had been fitted with parts from the porsche. One physician died when his car crashed into a tree and another was badly injured when his car flipped over. There have been other accidents linked to the car as well. Funnily enough, the car was known by the nickname “Little Bastard.”

Coincidence? I think there’s a chance. Lots of people have had accidents and if they were famous enough to take note and one looked hard enough, I’m sure one could find some seemingly mysterious connections of one kind or another. Ceroill summed up my own thoughts pretty well; finding significance and patterns in chaos. If you looks carefully at any tragedy and search for strange connections or circumstances, you will likely find them. At this point, I can’t say that I “believe” or “disbelieve” in curses. They are subjective and unprovable. The stories are certainly interesting to think about and speculate on, though.

And how do we thinking Cryptos respond – take away the bloody video games and TV programs and movies and books and all, thus “decapitating” the monster – teach respect and tolerance – emphasize the goodness inherent in each of us – or look the other way?