Jason Bourne vs James Bond ?, Movie talk Options

[macavely]

This came up at my job the other day. Who would win in a fight between Jason Bourne and James Bond. I was the only one that thought Bourne would kick Bonds as What are you thoughts ??

This post has been edited by macavely: Nov 6, 2008 - 8:01 PM

[Galcobar]

Speaking from the perspective of the Bourne books (the movie plotlines more or less only covered about half of the first book and ignored the whole basis of the "identity" issue)....

Bourne was an identity taken on by a man who was a highly trained diplomat (spoke French and a few dialects related to Vietnamese), who lost his family to a random bombing and due to the emotional trauma turned himself into a commando in a very black, behind-the-line unit in Vietnam. He was a guerilla, described by his men as a killing machine in the jungles, but his greatest skill was his chameleon-like ability in terms of both being invisible, and being taken for someone he was not. The purpose of taking on the identity of Jason Bourne was to challenge the world's greatest assassin of the time, and in so doing draw Carlos out to where he could be taken in -- or taken out.

Bond would set a trap. Bourne would be able to beat that trap, by virtue of his background. Or to put it another way, you'd see Bond coming. Delta's prey never saw him.