tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196408733789348967.post8475486864402627568..comments2023-06-21T04:35:40.085-07:00Comments on Random Spiritualities from a Doctor's Chair: Essential Wolverine Volume 5Alex Tanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003300678212296112noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196408733789348967.post-80703782672075515482009-01-20T10:18:44.703-08:002009-01-20T10:18:44.703-08:00In my wilder moments, I have at times wished for r...In my wilder moments, I have at times wished for retractable claws :-)Paul Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090793506050422565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196408733789348967.post-87983267772634231622009-01-20T21:51:37.732-08:002009-01-20T21:51:37.732-08:00Paul,I know how you feel.Paul,<br><br>I know how you feel.Alex Tanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003300678212296112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196408733789348967.post-44867626937774846322009-01-22T02:43:01.149-08:002009-01-22T02:43:01.149-08:00the movie's coming out this year...can't w...the movie's coming out this year...can't wait...<br><br>claws? hey, what about the self-healing stuff??!! :)alwynhttp://alwynlau.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196408733789348967.post-88228770075409572742009-01-22T11:40:54.424-08:002009-01-22T11:40:54.424-08:00You're right! The self healing ability would b...You're right! The self healing ability would be very nice - but unfortunately it is limited to physical healing not emotional :-(<br><br>The character has undergone many developments. What for me is moving (in terms of plot) is the storyline that Wolverine is actually very old as his healing ability also slows down his aging process. As a result, he has lived many normal lifetimes and has had many "true loves". But many of them have died and he has to live with the pain of these memories. And how hard it is for him to allow himself to love again knowing that the chances are they too will die (violently because of his enemies) but he will live on. Also, he cannot fully trust himself and his baser animal instincts. <br><br>So there is a storyline in one of the comic books where he can be killed by a particular sword, which he had made and passed on in trust to his friend Scott Summers to be used to kill him if he ever gets out of control.<br><br>Many great themes .... brilliant writers!<br><br>Made me think too of Tom Hanks character in "The Green Mile" (I like that show too) where his "blessing" of long life is his "curse" is that he lives on (and this time in an old frail body) forced to watch his loved ones (from wife to children die) and yet is unable to die.<br><br>Related to the euthanasia post, it made me think of how sad it is have "eternal life" in such a condition. It makes me go back further to the blessing of knowing Jesus - that eternal life God gives us is not just longevity but "abundant life", where there is hope and joy and peace. <br><br>In this sense I think of how good it is to be able to die and yet live again in Christ in the new heaven and earth.Paul Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090793506050422565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196408733789348967.post-62225281812566286352009-01-23T23:27:51.756-08:002009-01-23T23:27:51.756-08:00Hi Alwyn,The self-healing stuff is good. Especiall...Hi Alwyn,<br><br>The self-healing stuff is good. Especially for pastors :)Alex Tanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003300678212296112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196408733789348967.post-5953045409940449742009-01-23T23:32:03.694-08:002009-01-23T23:32:03.694-08:00Hi Paul,I agree with you that Wolverine has many g...Hi Paul,<br><br>I agree with you that Wolverine has many great storyline. I am glad he was not affected in the House of M. I look forward to the ongoing Wolverine:Origins series where they unravel his checkered past.Alex Tanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003300678212296112noreply@blogger.com