Come anticipate David Fincher's "Zodiac"

it def says something about this case that the message ends up (unsurprisingly) being more of the same boring braggadocio

https://blog.wolfram.com/2021/03/24/the-solution-of-the-zodiac-killers-340-character-cipher/

huh

https://www.fox13now.com/news/national-news/investigators-say-theyve-finally-identified-the-zodiac-killer

I have a slightly used vault that used to belong to Al Capone I'd be interested in selling for $1M or best offer. If interested, please contact me care of FOX NEWS.

TMZ broke it first but I can't read their article due to work filters

The investigators were commissioned by a television producer who obviously wants to hype the audience numbers, so the linked article is rather thin on details. But the guy they name is dead, so libel shouldn't be a legal worry. In other news, the case of Jack the Ripper has finally been solved... for the ninth time!

the only clue they've revealed is that he had wrinkles on his forehead.

looking at some zodiac forums, nobody believes the name works as a key to the ciphers. It uses the same bullshit anagramming that Graysmith used -- it produces nonsense text, then rearranges the letters until they make words.

What do the forums think of that Wolfram decipherment krakow posted?

nvm https://www.reddit.com/r/ZodiacKiller/comments/kb173t/the_340_has_been_solved/

Aren't these just normal wrinkles, not scars?

https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2021/10/1862/1048/37073095-Poste.jpg

yes

I need to look him in the eye, and I need to know that it's him.

No way, that's not him: no glasses!

the actual press release on this is much more interesting than anything in the news reports which are all kind of vague:

https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.114.250/g9q.07b.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Zodiac-Killer-Press-release-1-1.pdf

intrigued by this 'criminal posse'

i am skeptical purely because it’s Riverside which always felt like a separate set of murders than Vallejo/Bay Area zodiac …but that’s just my nerdy halfassed opinion

and there is so much ~un~confirmed that any sense that theyve “got” the guy feels wildly insanely premature

where are the claims that the letters in his name decode some of the cyphers coming from

The claim is in the press release but they haven’t showed their working yet. One of the case breakers mentioned on Twitter it involves anagrams which doesn’t sound particularly convincing.

that's what i saw too

yeah I mean these are retired law enforcement. are these usually people we just believe?

idk that i believe un-retired law enforcement

I don't really follow the case so I don't know how the circumstantial evidence for this suspect compares to that of any other, but it's a good story, and it seems like a big deal that it should be possible to definitively confirm whether or not it was him:

https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/zodiac-killer-paul-alfred-doerr/

No idea how credible it is either, but that's a great story

blank check podcast doing Fincher series, Zodiac episode went up today

naturally i am now rewatching for the seven zillionth time because it’s the best movie ever

if i ever get a tattoo it will be
a) an aqual velva
b) paul avery w cravat
c) animal crackers?
d) lamp?)

*AQUA goddammit

This can no longer be ignored.

(I want this to be like the JFK thread, where we drop by with random quotes.)

how does one do THAT

i drop "this can no longer be ignored" into daily life, usually when gesturing to a pile of clean laundry my son has yet to put away.

jesus harold christ on rubber crutches bobby you’re doing that thing the thing we discussed the thing that i dont like
starts with an L

looming

yep

you want me to tell him that verbatim or can i spice it up a little

Eagle Scout, actually--first class.

key memory of seeing this for the first time with mr veg

him being SO psyched at all the period recreations of bay area/SF stuff, the chron, the freeway, transamerica, tv stuff etc

me being SO psyched by all the zodiac recreations of the letters, codexes, cards, and the suspect casting etc

we nerded out so hard on this movie in completely separate parallel lanes lol

This is probably among my favorite three Fincher flicks, I need to see it again.

Zodiac, Seven, and Social Network, not necessarily in that order

my top 5 finers are all zodiac

finchers

ffs

(I haven’t seen Benjamin Button, Gone Girl, Mank, or Dragon Tattoo.)

mank is great, i really vibed with it & i think it was unfairly panned

i hated gone girl at the time but for petty reasons, i need to watch again

Decided to scroll up and see my initial reaction to this movie go from basically “this was ok I guess” to “alright so I have seen this 5 times now.”

my other fave thing:
DAVID SHIRE SCORE, so beautiful

and the blanchard-ian trumpet just gorgeous

i know its not blanchard but similar tone

https://www.marcjacobs.com/default/heaven/shop/view-all/

I really want the signed Frank photo

lol wrong gillenhall movie. seriously, ban me.

but yes “how does one…” is one of my favorite lines

his “that” emphasized with the perfect amount of distaste

Blank Check ep reminded me of "once...in high school" which is indeed hilarious and perfect.

hilar

gone girl
zodiac
panic room

is my preferred fincher

i also adore alien 3 but this is harder to convince ppl of for obvious reasons

Cannot get enough of this film, the tone, the vibe, the composition, the blocking, the ridiculously self-effacing effects, the way it disappears into vapour.