Hunter S. Thompson commits suicide

[Miss Modular]

He's killed himself. (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=518039)

I love his work, but I can't say I'm surprised by this. My condolences go to his family. :(

[Sacks]

I didn't see this coming at all... Jesus. :(

[McClain]

WTF? This sucks... I'm going to go read Screwjack again. Maybe it will make sense now that he's dead.

[Command Prompt]

This completely sucks, he was one of my favorite authors.

I'd trade all of your lives to have his back.

[Anonymous]

Command Prompt again shocks the world

[BlueOatmeal]

What a godamn pimp! He blew his damn brains out after having some rough sex! Thats a hardcore cocksuker!

[BlueOatmeal]

I wonder if there was anal?

[Dole]

Shut up, you're an annoying arse.


RIP Hunter

[James]

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/496/496425p1.html
The Movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Criterion Collection)
The Offense: Hunter S. Thompson is eating radishes, screeching and making threatening phone messages rather than providing a serious commentary which I found highly entertaining.

Thompson's track bored me. I know Thompson is still a drughead and a boozehound, but did he have to show up so blazed he could barely pay attention? I'm glad he wasn't alone, Anita probably helped keep him focused on the film.

It's also worth nothing that Thompson watches the film, based on a book he wrote, presumably about events he himself went through, yet tries to deny certain events like a suspect on a witness stand, trying to deny the person on the tape is him. Stuff such as denying he mistreated the hotel dwarf and lied about seeing lizards... it makes it hard to know what's supposed to be true about this film if the man who went through this can't even seem to remember. Truth be told, for a late surprise to the extra features of the Criterion disc, it came off as a real disappointment.

Yep, we truly lost a good one. :rolleyes

I'm glad he's dead. I just wish it'd happened sooner, before all these people had a boner for him and a movie based on his bullshit.

[Geggy]

holy shit. :(

espn.com wont be the same without him.

[Dole]

That commentary sounds fucking amazing.

Fear and Loathing is a fucking entertaining book, couldn't really give a toss about the movie.
Hells Angels was damn good too.

[Anonymous]

Where the Buffalo Roam.

[mburbank]

"Fear and Loathing on the campaign trail"

He'd been a shadow of his former self for quite some time, but this is a great loss.


A boner for his work. What an idiot you are. The number of people per generation who come along and do something new is very small. Here's a tip. If you're quite it will be harder for people to see how ignorant you are.

[Big McLargehuge]

Everybody i like dies before i get to meet them, RIP.

[Helm]

Seems like a fitting way to go.

[ziggytrix]

I can't imagine he wouldn't have written some elaborate suicide note. I'd really like to be privy to it, but I can understand that his family probably won't air something like that for a long time.

I think if there's no note (and by note I mean 12 page rant) then it was an accident, and not a suicide.

[soundtest]

i wish paris had shot herself and hunter's cell phone had been hacked :sleep

[Rongi]

he would have had more interesting numbers, if he even had a cellphone :(

i hated the movie but god damn that book was a classic. he will be missed

[Helm]

because Rongi is hardcore oldschool, and any movie is worse than the book it's based on, lest someone calls us a fag

[Rongi]

what that movie did suck >:

[Helm]

no, it was actually very good, I think.

[Stabby]

At least he outlived Nixon :(

[Rongi]

i thought the shining was a better movie than it was a book

i'll just shut up now kay

[glowbelly]

if this topic doesn't bring jaeger back, i don't know what will. :oldskool

on topic:
i have never liked hunter. i tried. i read the books and the rants, but his stuff just seemed so overshadowed with anger and drug use that i failed to see the brilliance in it. plus he beat his wife. that being said, it's sad that he's dead. if only because he hated george w bush so passionately.

also, i'm not surprised at all by this. any person who does that amount of acid in a lifetime is bound to have mental problems.

[ziggytrix]

I thought the movie was remarkably faithful to the book.

[Rez]

same here, i thought it was great.

i'm gutted, and totally confused. even so recently as the election party he seemed to have more life and grit that could school most political writers to shame.

i mean, what the hell? you dont up and kill yourself if you still have something to say.

WHAT THE FUCK?

[Helm]

him killing himself says a lot

[James]

him killing himself says a lot

It says drugs are bad. :lol

[Cosmo Electrolux]

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/496/496425p1.html
The Movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Criterion Collection)
The Offense: Hunter S. Thompson is eating radishes, screeching and making threatening phone messages rather than providing a serious commentary which I found highly entertaining.

Thompson's track bored me. I know Thompson is still a drughead and a boozehound, but did he have to show up so blazed he could barely pay attention? I'm glad he wasn't alone, Anita probably helped keep him focused on the film.

It's also worth nothing that Thompson watches the film, based on a book he wrote, presumably about events he himself went through, yet tries to deny certain events like a suspect on a witness stand, trying to deny the person on the tape is him. Stuff such as denying he mistreated the hotel dwarf and lied about seeing lizards... it makes it hard to know what's supposed to be true about this film if the man who went through this can't even seem to remember. Truth be told, for a late surprise to the extra features of the Criterion disc, it came off as a real disappointment.

Yep, we truly lost a good one. :rolleyes

I'm glad he's dead. I just wish it'd happened sooner, before all these people had a boner for him and a movie based on his bullshit.
You are an enormous pile of dog shit, you know that, right?

[ziggytrix]

I'm a fucking pig. :lol

[Big McLargehuge]

doesn't james have some important video games to play or something?

[Geggy]

one of the 5 stages in dealing with death is bargaining.

oh, why couldnt it have been james and not hunter?

[BlueOatmeal]

I'm a fucking pig. :lol

[James]

Aww, guys, I'm sorry. I didn't realize how sensitive an issue this was for you all.

Tell you what, I'll make it up to you by getting fucked up on drugs and alcohol, and start writing a nonsensical novel about events that didn't really happen, then I'll have a movie made out of it. And then you can all watch that movie and pretend you're the greatest fucking people on the Earth by having seen that movie.

I'm sure not EVERY Hunter fan is a complete moron, but I'd be lying if I said every Hunter fan on these boards wasn't. Now deal with it and accept me as your Lord.

[Dole]

The worst thing about the internet is realising that no matter what you like, and how worthwhile it is, there are hordes of utter wankers out there who like it the same as you - so the lesson is, just because someone/something has all these pointless willocks slobbering over it, it doesn't make it intrinsically shit in itself.

I think we can accept you as our cleaner James, but you're underqualified for anything else. Now mop these boards, bitch!

[James]

so the lesson is, just because someone/something has all these pointless willocks slobbering over it, it doesn't make it intrinsically shit in itself.

Yeah. It's just really fucking annoying when people are like "Hey, I knew that guy! I saw Fear and Loathing! That movie was so cool! RIP Hunter. That movie was awesome."

So. Stupid. People are were fans of him, I'm sorry that he's gone. People who are idiots, you are the reason he killed himself.

Just let me be irrationally angry, k thx.

[Helm]

I wouldn't call myself a 'hunter fan' and I can't say I'm sad or anything else about him being dead. Just liked some of his writing, and enjoyed that movie. Just saying.

[Dole]

You HEARTLESS BASTARD! I suppose you wank when you see a kitten being killed as well?

[McClain]

James, you're a real moron. When George Lucas kicks the bucket and you're all up in arms, crying and covered in snot bubbles, I'll be sure to berate him and ciriticize his style because all he did was direct a nonsensical movie about events that didn't really happen, then made a bunch of CYOA books out of it.

[BlueOatmeal]

I love you James!

[James]

James, you're a real moron. When George Lucas kicks the bucket and you're all up in arms, crying and covered in snot bubbles, I'll be sure to berate him and ciriticize his style because all he did was direct a nonsensical movie about events that didn't really happen, then made a bunch of CYOA books out of it.

Something tells me you'll be crying about that long before I do. I've never even seen a single Star Wars film. Besides, I imagine the day he dies will be a very good day, because it'll mean he can no longer rape his own films anymore.

The first reply in this thread was by you, where you admitted at least one of Thompson's books didn't make any sense.

[McClain]

Using George Lucas was an dysphemism for what your dorky revelry might be. Swap him out with Dungeons & Dragons or Kevin Smith flicks. Whatever. Basically I was calling you a hypocrite. I'm sure some of the entertainment you're engaged in involves events that never happened. Ever read a sci-fi book? Like I need to ask. You're a poster child for the genre.

[James]

You are hereby ordered to stop making yourself look stupid, McClain. You're getting a little too sportsy for my taste.

[EisigerBiskuit]

SON OF A BITCH

[Geggy]

I've never even seen a single Star Wars film. Besides, I imagine the day he dies will be a very good day, because it'll mean he can no longer rape his own films anymore.

if you havent seen any of the star wars films then youre not entitled to an opinion on the films. i bet you havent even read any of hunter's stuff. youre a sheep. you're only living up what other people say and not your own say. nice try though.

[kahljorn]

President Bush assassinated him in fear of his next book. Bastard.

[Anonymous]

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[kahljorn]

He died on presidents day, FURTHER SUPPORTING MY THEORY THAT PRESIDENT BUSH HAD HIM ASSASSINATED.