There has been a lot written on the similarities of these, as well as some court cases, but let’s just talk about the pilot of Forever, which was up on Hulu recently. He has an elderly sidekick name Abe, given life by the talented Judd Hirsch. As a twist, when he dies, he wakes up naked in water. Henry Morgan, a New York City Medical Examiner who was shot trying to save the life of an African slave and becomes immortal. It centers around Ioan Gruffudd, who portrays Dr. The flashbacks were really great, and his “sidekick” was an elderly man who was actually one of his sons.įast forward to this week, ABC is debuting a show called Forever. I’ve watched it on Hulu, and other than the somewhat forced (and boring) romantic plot, I really liked the show. It’s a great book, and I completely recommend reading it.įive years later, Fox debuted a show called New Amsterdam, about Johann van der Zee, now named John Amsterdam (as portrayed by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), a Dutch man born in 1607 who was granted immortality for saving the life of a Native American girl.
He is bound to the city, ageless, and never allowed to leave Manhattan. One of my favourite books is Pete Hamill’s 2003 novel, Forever, which centers on Cormac O’Connor, an Irish immigrant who arrives in New York City in the 1740s, and is granted immortality by an African slave. Now, stop me if you’ve heard this one before…Īn ageless man in New York City who has various lovers, children, and friends, yet yearns to die.
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