"Mel Brooks’ The 2,000-year-Old Man." Whom I have always taken to be the comic equivalent of the Wandering Jew...I can see him giving the curse against Jesus that would have gotten him cursed instead to live a long life...
Good point. I was concentrating on Sci-Fi. But supernatural immortality is a thing as well (in fiction 😉). Dorian Gray. Vampires. The Wandering Jew. The Roman legionary who shoved a spear into Christ when He was on the cross. Seems both sci-fi and supernatural immortality share a transactional nature. In sci-fi, the cost paid is a consequence of achieving immortality (disconnection from the rest of humanity). With supernatural immunity that price often has to be paid periodically (vampires drinking blood, etc...). Thanks for the comment.
Good point. I was concentrating on Sci-Fi. But supernatural immortality is a thing as well (in fiction 😉). Dorian Gray. Vampires. The Wandering Jew. The Roman legionary who shoved a spear into Christ when He was on the cross. Seems both sci-fi and supernatural immortality share a transactional nature. In sci-fi, the cost paid is a consequence of achieving immortality (disconnection from the rest of humanity). With supernatural immunity that price often has to be paid periodically (vampires drinking blood, etc...). Thanks for the comment.
"Mel Brooks’ The 2,000-year-Old Man." Whom I have always taken to be the comic equivalent of the Wandering Jew...I can see him giving the curse against Jesus that would have gotten him cursed instead to live a long life...
Jesus? Oy, that guy invented goyim!
Yes and there’s also Oscar Wilde’s “Dorian Gray”
Good point. I was concentrating on Sci-Fi. But supernatural immortality is a thing as well (in fiction 😉). Dorian Gray. Vampires. The Wandering Jew. The Roman legionary who shoved a spear into Christ when He was on the cross. Seems both sci-fi and supernatural immortality share a transactional nature. In sci-fi, the cost paid is a consequence of achieving immortality (disconnection from the rest of humanity). With supernatural immunity that price often has to be paid periodically (vampires drinking blood, etc...). Thanks for the comment.
Good point. I was concentrating on Sci-Fi. But supernatural immortality is a thing as well (in fiction 😉). Dorian Gray. Vampires. The Wandering Jew. The Roman legionary who shoved a spear into Christ when He was on the cross. Seems both sci-fi and supernatural immortality share a transactional nature. In sci-fi, the cost paid is a consequence of achieving immortality (disconnection from the rest of humanity). With supernatural immunity that price often has to be paid periodically (vampires drinking blood, etc...). Thanks for the comment.