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Justin Morningway was not aging

posted 15 years ago by CountVladDracula
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It just occurred to me that Justin Morningway was NOT aging. Harry aged, Morgan aged but Justin Morningway did not age.

The skinwalker (an ancient creature of legend) referred to Morningway as an old man. And then it dawned on me. In the flash backs of Harry as a boy over twenty years earlier Justin Morningway looked the same age as he does in scenes set in 2007. Morningway was not aging. Is there something more than wizard in Harry's blood line in the show? I know wizards age slower than mortals but the only character other than Ancient Mai to not show signs of aging had been Bob and he's dead.

[–] actionmanrandell 13 years ago

no harry killed his uncle a few years before the show started the justin morningway you see later is a doppleganger

[–] CountVladDracula 13 years ago

no harry killed his uncle a few years before the show started the justin morningway you see later is a doppleganger

I'm going to pretend you just misread my post because I feel a little insulted by this assumption of what I meant. Let me try again.

CHILD Harry (age elven) goes to live with Justin. Cut ahead a few decades and Thirty-year-old Harry kills a Justin that looks EXACTLY THE SAME as he did when CHILD HARRY was taken in by him. Got it? That's nineteen to twenty years of non-aging Justin.

[–] Viltrumite 13 years ago

2 explanations. A) As in the books, wizard's aging levels out once they hit a certain age, or B) There was no point in attemping to age the actor by twenty years or whatever.

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[–] StoneGriffin 11 years ago

Yeah, I pretty much buy this explanation. a 20 year aging is subtle (not subtle to us) but not enough to do it. Perhaps they could have given him more salt and pepper in his hair but his hairstyle limited what they could do with that. One thing we DO change when we age, is that most of us get a little fatter. I don't know how they could have added 20 lbs to the guy without looking stupid. Good fat suits and good aging makeups are HARD and expensive. People win Oscars for makeup if they do good aging makeup. It's easier to do a monster or demon than a slightly older version of a man or woman that does not look ridiculous. :D

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