Does it seem to anyone else that Charlie Sheen is doing a poor impersonation of Hunter S. Thompson?

[Heidi]

At least, I hope it's a poor impersonation.

[KamaAina]

1. No way! The Doktor made sense at least some of the time

also, he lived well into his 60s. Sheen? Don't bet on it.

[RichGirl]

2. He's 45 now...

Will spend the next 15 years:

1/ six feet under
2/ behind bars
3/ in a padded cell, covering himself with his own feces
4/ on a sitcom called "two and a half men" where he is the half man having lost most of his brain cells

[Moondog]

3. Yes, and a damned poor one at that. Charlie is a mere wannabe

who is forever doomed to live in the shadow of HST.

And I doubt that Charlie, even in the few moments of clarity he allows himself, is capable of writing a coherent sentence. Hunter could function, and write, while totally wasted.

Hunter was almost 68 at his death. I, for one, do not believe that Charlie has the chops to last nearly that long. Nor do I think he will choose the manner and moment of his passing, as did Hunter.

[Call Me Wesley]

4. He really lost it after

"Top Gun."

Perhaps he's just reenacting this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbzZG_JxYY

[old mark]

5. No. Thompson was interesting . Charlie Sheen is a brain damaged asshole...nt

[Bossy Monkey]

6. Has anyone seen Casey Affleck? n/t

[Orsino]

7. Every one of us is doing a poor impersonation of Hunter S. Thompson.

Always.

[Bossy Monkey]

11. I'm not. I'm doing a very poor impersonation of Gertrude Stein. n/t

[Orsino]

15. Well, her impersonation of Thompson was pretty good. n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. speak for yourself. I am a complete and total fuck-up in my own inimitable style

thank you very much.

[NightWatcher]

8. I thought the exact same thing last night, too bad he comes across more like Britney or Lindsay

Except that the Good Doctor was able to write and not put out fart jokes on tv

[Amerigo Vespucci]

9. I'm not 100% convinced that he's doing Thompson, but he's clearly "in character."

Problem is that he's got a history of threatening wome with violence, sometimes involving guns, knives, etc...

...so whether this current bit of "theatre" is a goof or the unfiltered ramblings of a sick, drug-addled brain, it doesn;t really matter.

He's a disturbing guy voicing disturbing thoughts. You can;t threaten to kill someone and not have it come back to bite you on the ass. He may be freaking out over the fact that they took his kids away but he earned it.

[Capn Sunshine]

10. "I guess I'm just that goddamn bitchin'."

HST never said THAT

[MilesColtrane]

12. The Doctor started his drug career with brain cells to spare.

He ended up smarter, after decades of drug abuse, than Sheen was before he snorted his first line.

Plus, HST got a savage beating from the Hell's Angels when he intervened in an incident of domestic violence. (He confronted an Angel named "Junky George" who was hitting his "old lady", telling him, "Only a punk beats his wife.")

Sheen is just that type of punk.

So yes, it is such a bad imitation, it's not even close.

[david13]

14. No No No

[Tom_Foolery]

16. More like Charles Manson.