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So.... If JM doesn't like to 88 all those poeple are screwed?


They can't take it over a body full time until the age of 44, right? So in order to pass on to the next vessel, Emily, they have to wait until she is 44, which means Malkovich will be 88. So Lester and all those people he took with him into Malkovich's body better hope JM lives a longer than average life.

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*live to 88
In the thread title. Oops.

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They can't take it over a body full time until the age of 44, right?
I may be wrong here, but I'm not sure whether the movie was saying all bodies ripen at 44. It could have been, but I thought it just said that JM's body ripened at that time. I took it that Emily's body may ripen at a yet to be determined time.🐭

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88 is not older than the life expectancy for
a 44 year old man.

79 is the life expectancy of a male newborn in USA.

Once you reach age 44, your life expectancy is higher.
Look up "life expectancy."

This is because the 44 year old man has already
jumped the hurdles of infant mortality, childhood fatal diseases,
and most importantly, the 18-25 year old life passage which
is the most likely years when a man will die.

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OK, fine. You're right. But that's really irrelevant to my post. Replace "longer than average" with "live to 88" and the point of my post doesn't change.

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