Tuesday, June 1, 2010

A little more interesting

There are many questions that have plagues mankind for centuries. Questions that inspire thought, that stimulate conversation, that provoke philosophical debate, they can even cause quite the controversy. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Divine creation, or the big bang theory? Even Coke or Pepsi causes quite the stir. I wish to address one of the most divisive questions ever to be posed to man and the answer might not be a clean cut one. Bourne or Bond?
These two super-spies are infamous and legendary. Both have incredible strengths, both also have weaknesses. Which, after all is weighed and compared, will reign high king for his stunner abilities and off the charts coolness? It’s gotta be Bourne.
The notorious JB’s (James Bond, Jason Bourne) need to be examined side-by-side in order to see the how easily Bourne tips the scale in his favor. Let’s first examine sheer strength. Sure, Bond can carry his own in a scuffle between the 007 and whomever his nemesis of the film is, but he depends too heavily upon his weapons. Brian Tallerico, a journalist concedes “Daniel Craig proved that Bond could be a physical force as much as an expert marksman,” but then he continues to say, “but there's a history of Bonds that we think we could take. Timothy Dalton? Bourne would need one chop move to the neck to take that punk down. Roger Moore? Don't get us started. Even Brosnan would be Bourne toast. There's a reason that all the Bonds need a cadre of weapons for every assignment.” Bond relies too heavily on technologu, that if he were to find himself without, he would also find himself highly useless. Bourne, on the other hand, needs only just that—his hands. His greatest weapons are the parts of his body. In fact, the technology just slows him down! So, Bourne one, Bond nothing.
Next: weapons. Moviefone compared the two and had to say “Bond relies on a wide array of tech gadgets -- invisible cars, force-field-producing watches -- to combat his foes. Bourne prefers to use whichever household items are nearest -- magazines, books, pens… to bludgeon his attackers into submission.” While Bond does have cooler cars and gadgets, Bourne makes use of EVERYTHING to manipulate his opponent. Bond just takes what someone else, the ingenious “Q”, gives him and uses it and let’s face it, most of Bond’s gadgets don’t even exist. Bourne though, uses whatever he has available, assembles in a split second as he is on the move and still completely renders his opponent unconscious. He doesn’t need invisible cars or force-fields, he can achieve the same means with a fan, a flashlight, and a closed door. Bourne two, Bond zip.
While this is only a tasty morsel of the epic battle of the spies, more to come includes dabbles in comparisons on morals, storylines, characters, acting, and maybe even attractiveness. We’ll see!


PS-this is awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGltN2llcuw&feature=related

For some reason the hyperlinks weren't working for me...I have them in the real copy of the draft, I promise!

1 comment:

  1. Camille,

    This is a really fun topic. I'm interested to see where you'll go with it.

    So are you going to keep your argument focused solely on JB vs JB, or are you going to try to draw some implications out of your analysis that can apply to other situations (Brute force vs. innovation, America vs. Britain, etc.)?

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