Charlie Sheen == Col. Kurtz

[Yavin4]

Charlie has delusions of grandeur. He's holed up in his compound. His bosses want him taken out.

Call this guy to go get get him:

[City of Mills]

1. Is that Charlie Sheen?

It looks like Charlie Sheen.

[mikeytherat]

3. That's Martin Sheen. Funny now how Emilio is really looking like dad, more so than Charlie.

mikey_the_rat

[City of Mills]

5. Ah, I should've known

I haven't seen a young Martin Sheen in quite awhile...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Martin.

[mikeytherat]

2. Somewhat tangential, but your post made me think of this:

From "The Critic:"

Look at me, I'm Colonel Kurtz. Fat and bald, like old Fred Mertz. Watch me do this hula dance, to shake the egg rolls from my pants!

Heads on pikes singing: He's really not so bad, he's just an odd man.
Kurtz: And I shave my head like Dennis Rodman!
Dennis Hopper: He's a god, man!

mikey_the_rat

[hamsterjill]

6. Seriously!!!

I hope Martin can figure out a way to go in and help Charlie. I feel like we're watching Charlie self-destruct before our very eyes.

[Blue_Tires]

7. Charlie did write a strange letter to his son...

Dear son,

I'm afraid that both you and your mother would have been worried for not hearing from me these past weeks. But my situation here has become a difficult one. I've been officially accused of murder by the Army. The alleged victims were four Vietnamese double agents. We spent months uncovering and accumulating evidence. When absolute proof was completed, we acted, we acted like soldiers. The charges are unjustified. They are in fact, under the circumstances of this conflict, quite completely insane.

In a war there are many moments for compassion and tender action. There are many moments for ruthless action, for what is often called ruthless, what may in many circumstances be only clarity; seeing clearly what there is to be done and doing it directly, quickly, aware … looking at it. I would trust you to tell your mother what you choose about this letter. As for the charges, I'm unconcerned. I'm beyond their timid, lying morality. And so I'm beyond caring.
You have all my faith.

Your loving father.

[pokerfan]

8. Charlie Sheen is absolutely nothing more than a rich spoiled narcissistic philanderer

I hate myself for envying him so. :)

[Heidi]

9. I'm actually okay with how he's living, but I do worry that his reality will at some point

clash with conventional reality in ways that are detrimental to his health and his family -- neither of which is any of my business, anyway. Even if he puts it all out there for us to observe, it's still none of my business because I'm not obligated to be anyone's audience. :shrug:

P.S. I think Mr. Sheen may have a better handle on hyperbole, sarcasm and irony than many in his audience.

[JBoy]

10. His methods have become unsound.

[Swede]

11. Why ? Why would a nice guy like you wanna kill a genius ?

There's something happening out there, man. You know something, man, I know something that you don't know. That's right, jack. The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad . Oh yeah. He's dying, I think. He hates all this, he hates it! But ... the man's ... uh ... he reads poetry out loud, alright? ... And a voice! A voice. ... He likes you because you're still alive. He's got plans for you. Nah, nah, I'm not
going to help you, you're going to help him, man. You're going to help him. I mean, what are they going to say, man, when he's gone, huh? Because he dies, when it dies, man, when it dies, he dies. What are they going to say about him? What, are they going to say, he was a kind man, he was a wise man, he had plans, he had wisdom? Bullshit, man! Am I going to be the one, that's going to set them straight? Look at me: wrong!

[Yavin4]

12. "Never get out of the boat."

Absolutely goddamn right! Unless you were goin' all the way... Charlie got off the boat. He split from the whole fuckin' Two and A Half Men program.