Seattle moviegoers KIRO 7 talked with Friday said they weren’t doing much, if anything, differently in the wake of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado.

Police there said 24-year-old James Holmes walked into a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises, threw a gas canister and opened fire on the crowd. Twelve people were confirmed dead Friday and 59 were injured. Police said there were a total of 71 shooting victims.

“What do I think about it? I think it’s sad, it’s incredibly sad, and hugely senseless,” said Katie Okumura, who was at the Majestic Bay Theater in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood.

Okumura had lined up for a 3 p.m. showing of TDKR.

“I kind of look at them as unrelated events, to be quite honest,” she said. “I don’t really connect what one person did to this particular film.”

Neither, apparently, did several other people in line.

“People die in collisions in the street, you know, driving a car,” said Matt Palubinskas. “It’s not going to make me not get in my car and drive.”

“It’s nothing that we can really control in that case, but we sure can keep alert,” Paulette De Rooy said.

The question of better security at movie theaters drew more varied responses.

“That’s a good question. I’ve never thought about it before,” said a woman named Angelika. “I never felt like I had to feel insecure in a movie theater.”

The question drew a lot of debate on KIRO 7’s Facebook page Friday afternoon.

KIRO 7 also stopped by a Federal Way theater that’s part of the same chain as the one in Colorado where the shootings took place. It was relatively quiet Friday.

Lacey Harris, who was on her way into a movie, said she was disturbed by what the shooter was allegedly wearing.

“They let him go in dressed up as Batman? With a mask on and everything?” she said.

(Editor’s note: That description may not be entirely accurate. Police said the shooter wore body armor and a gas mask.)

A couple hours after the shooting, the AMC theater chain announced it is banning costumes that make customers feel uncomfortable, and masks won’t be allowed.

Elsewhere, across the U.S., theaters stepped up security in response to the shootings.