Talk:Zodiac Killer in popular culture

The Zodiac Killer In Popular Culture: Movies
Yet again someone has removed the entry for the film Hunting The Zodiac, a documentary by by John Mikulenka that debuted at the 4 Star Theater in San Francisco on March 3, 2007. -- 6:10 p.m. Pacific Time, March 13, 20015 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.76.58.138 (talk) 01:10, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Someone keeps removing the entry for the film Hunting The Zodiac. I'm assuming it's vandalism, but if anyone has a problem with the entry, I'm all ears. Here's what it says: "Hunting The Zodiac, a documentary by by John Mikulenka, debuted at the 4 Star Theater in San Francisco on March 3, 2007. It will be available via streaming download and DVD soon." Tom_Voigt 6:05 p.m. Pacific Time, October 24, 2007 (UTC)
 * I see that the entry and your talk page entry have been removed. I have reinstated both; the article entry with references and your comment here. Removing talk page entries of others' is considered vandalism, so I would ask people not to do that. Removing sourced material is also bad form, so I would hope that does not occur. Jeffpw 09:54, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

I added a note about the 2007 film by Ulli Lommel that reads " Two years later (2007), the director released "Curse of the Zodiac" which doesn't have much of a storyline but it is set in San Francisco, with a serial killer that calls himself Zodiac and sends cryptic messages to a journalist. Most of the film shows brutal murders unrelated to the actual killings of the real Zodiac, and at the credits it has the "fictional work, any coincidence with living or dead" disclaimer, though this is a bit of a misstatement. This film erroneously is sometimes listed as the UK release of the 2005 movie."Deep Atlantic Blue (talk) 22:53, 2 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Deep Atlantic Blue, I have just left a message on your talk page about why I rolled back your edit. Let me again apologize for my error.  When you signed it I thought you meant it for the talk page here and I didn't see this discussion from my watchlist.  I hope you understand that I didn't mean this to be disruptive or rude.  My explanation is on your talk page.  Thanks for listening, -- Crohnie Gal  Talk  23:00, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I am wondering if anyone has any information on if the subplot in George Lucas' movie American Graffiti involving the charachter Toad played by Charles Martin Smith taking a girl out to Lover's Lane and the characters talking about the 'Goat Killer' who preyed upon teens out necking was in any way inspired by real life events? Given George Lucas' youth was spent in Modesto and Zodiac was active when Lucas made his movie, I've always thought Lucas was referring to Zodiac with his 'Goat Killer' subplot. I'd be interested in thoughts and if anyone has ever read anything about this. Thank you. --Sephiroth9611 (talk) 17:29, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Internet
Given that there are so many sites devoted to the Zodiac, I wonder if it would be useful to discuss that phenomenon. I don't want to see the section used for self promotion, but readers might want to learn more about that aspect of popular culture. I have already added one site, zodiackiller.com, as an external link, but there are dozens which should be discussed at least in the general sense. And I picked zodiackiller.com because it has been written about in innumerable newspapers and is considered an authoritative source on the subject. Jeffpw 09:54, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

John Oliver mentioned the Zodiac killer in a musical number from his episode on SLAAP Suits. https://genius.com/John-oliver-eat-shit-bob-lyrics FireSparkling (talk) 02:12, 26 December 2019 (UTC) FireSparkling

Thr3e inspiration
I'd just like to point out that the novel and movie adaptation, "Thr3e", features a puzzle-dispensing serial killer very similar to Zodiac. I can't verify that Ted Dekker had him in mind when he wrote "Thr3e", but it's a possibility. How might one confirm this? Bpenguin17 (talk) 19:28, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Reverted back
Crohnie, if you want to help, please add references instead of removing perfectly valid data. The most obvious is the film Zodiac by David Fincher. Le o • N at an 08:27, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Zodiac (2007)
Hi. Could anyone add info about Zodiac movie from 2007, staring Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. ? I —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.239.216.2 (talk) 05:27, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Games
They mention the zodiac killer as an unsolved case in heavy rain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.98.14.87 (talk) 19:45, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

No mention of Zodiac?
Why is there no mention of the film Zodiac? It is easily the most visable and best known film about the famous killer. 75.118.250.122 (talk) 03:16, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I added the information about Fincher's Zodiac, with a new reference. Let's see if it is good enough for Crohnie. Le o • N at an 08:54, 15 July 2010 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lnatan25 (talk • contribs)

Mods please fix
Someone who can edit protected articles please fix the final sentence by removing the "they that" Just wasting time... (talk) 15:27, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * On the one, hand, I went ahead and corrected that typo, on the other hand, see the next section.  Laughing Vulcan  15:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Removing 'Ted Cruz' Item
I'm deleting the last section under miscellaneous about the Ted Cruz meme. In the lede it is stated, "This article lists only entertainment ("popular culture") inspired by the events, not documentary media." I'm aware that the phenomenon isn't exactly "documentary," in that it isn't about Cruz actually being the killer, but every other entry of popular culture are all purely fictional references. And the only way to sanely discuss the issue is by using documentary (i.e. news media) sourcing. If one reads the whole article, the break in tone from all the other items in the article becomes apparent. I don't have a political axe to grind in any direction, and I'm happy to be reverted if any reverter will come here and correct my reasoning. Laughing Vulcan 15:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)