Re: The Problems With Immortality

On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 01:34:37 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 2/11/2025 8:04 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

In article <voefgu$1g32b$1@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:
 

Of course one could just not try and hide it and take your chances, since
it's not illegal to live forever, and hope that you can defend yourself
against the government goons who will inevitably show up to take you in
for "further study".

 
I bet one could make a TV show or several about it.
 

 
https://youtu.be/Aoof0ug4Pbc?si=P3PT-CBrVSPq9Omm
 

Anim!!  *slap*  Stop speaking in YouTube!
 

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How about I mention that in the book the immortals name is Cartwright and
apparently they decided they couldn’t have the star of another show named
Cartwright so they changed it to Richards (which I think was actually the
bad guy in the book although it’s been a long time). They also gave the
name Cartwright to the girlfriend character played by the late great Carol
Lynley who had that look you very seldom find… The haunting, haunted kind.

Interesting that you bring her up. I've been working through the
JUSTIFIED series and in season 4 they come upon a brother and sister
faith hilling. The sister is played by Lindsay Pulsipher, who
instantly reminded me of Carol Lynley.  She's not quite the looker
that Lynley was but she shares many of the same characteristics.

There isn’t a wiki for the book, but it’s covered somewhat in the wiki for
the show:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Immortal_(1970_TV_series)?wprov=sfti1#Cast
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The TV show became just another FUGITIVE variation with the lone innocent
guy being chased by somebody who works for big evil. But the book extends
into the future and goes into how the various long lived hide from each
other. Or, more ominously, don’t.