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Season 13 Week One Bitch - My Immortal
Vampires. Highlanders. Evil Demons. Mythical creatures from other worlds. We have all seen the movies where they are so-called "Immortals".

I call Shenanigans on this whole concept. Immortal is a word used completely wrong.

The one thing that the characters in these films or tv series always try to stress is that they live forever.

Oh really??

How many times have you watched a film or tv show where these "Immortals" don't even make it through to the end? They either die right away or get whacked right before the closing credits.

That's Immortal? Umm....no. Not even close. I really think we need to rethink that whole term. Now some may argue "well the term Immortal means you can't age, and age won't kill you." No no, all that means is that you can live longer than us mere mortals, but that does not mean you are going to live forever. Not by any stretch.

Speaking of which, how many times has an Immortal character utter the line "puny mortals" or "mere mortals" and then actually live through the film? I can't think of any.

To me, Immortal means you can't age, and you can't be killed by any method. Period. Do whatever you can to them, they are immune and they keep on laughing at you. Oh you can do all kinds of things to a Highlander and they still live. But cut off their head, and they die. Not immortal.

So my friends, the next time you watch a movie or see a TV series and someone is labeled Immortal, please feel free to note how long they actually live. It's not going to be long at all, I can promise you that.

Shenanigans.


There can be only one...uh...until the next film that is



This guy? Totally killed.


Not Immortal. Not talented.