In a final videotaped message, a sad reflection of the sexist stories we so often see on screen

As deranged manifestos go, the final YouTube video made by suspected Isla Vista, Calif., mass murderer Elliot Rodger was remarkably well-made. Filmed by Rodger in his black BMW, with palm trees in the background and his face bathed in magic-hour key light, the six-minute diatribe -- during which he vows revenge on all the women who rejected him and men who were enjoying fun and sex while he was "rotting in loneliness" -- might easily have been mistaken for a scene from one of the movies Rodger's...