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October 18, 2009

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Jack also is surprisingly modern in his attitudes

Series about immortals, or about people who've been around a long time, tend to do that. TV series do, anyway. (Anybody else remembers New Manhattan? No, I'm not asking you, Susan, of course.) Normal humans tend to become set in their ways long before they reach their eighties, so one would expect things to be even more pronounced for those with extraordinary longevity. The thing is, they'd come off as gents we want nothing to do with.

It could be argued (in fact, it has been argued) that with immortals it becomes a "change or die" thing: if they don't adjust to changing technology, mores, etc. then they simply can't survive in an evolving world.

That's a little different than having modern attitudes before they've arrived in general. I'm not saying it's impossible, just that it was a little too PC to be convincing to me.

Of course, there are people who were ahead of their time, with attitudes toward certain subjects that would be considered modern, but your point is taken, Susan. (That in fact was one of the major problems I had with 1997's Wild Wild West. There was plenty of silliness in it, but Will Smith as a secret-service man pushed it way over the edge.)

Just finished watching Episodes 3 & 4 of True Blood. I was highly amused when I noticed the painting behind Fangtasia's bartender. It's Alex Ross's image of Dubya as a vampire drinking blood from Lady Liberty's neck.

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