Bond v Bourne
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Topic: Bond v Bourne
Posted By: Roj
Subject: Bond v Bourne
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 11:20
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Easy question, but is it an easy answer. Which do you prefer, Bond or Bourne?
Of course, Bond has longevity and that wonderful charm and typically British sense of humour. But Bourne is pretty damn cool too. And there will be a fourth Bourne film on it's way soon.
So, who is it to be?
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 13:53
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That was easy.
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 14:02
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Dude, even Maxwell Smart and Austin Powers would beat Bourne. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 15:22
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The Bourne trilogy is brilliant, I really love it, but I'm also a fanatical Bond buff. Just watched two of them last weekend. I can't look at the pre-Brosnan movies with much criticism, but the Bournes beat the living hell out of the last three Brosnan films. Casino Royale was a massive step up, I should watch the newest one soon. Can't believe I never went to see it on the screen. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 15:33
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I found the latest one rather disappointing. Bring back the gadgets and dry humour. Casino Royale was a cool deviation but I hope they get back to basics for the next one.
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Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 15:34
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James Bond has a more comedic and charming edge while Jason Bourne is nothing but intense action. I don't like comparing the two but I'll pick Bond. ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 15:39
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Jackie Chan rules!
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 15:47
This is my choice: Or maybe this one:  |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 15:54
| Bond, although Casino Royale was so horrible that I've no interest in seeing the new one. The last few with Brosnan very pretty bad too, but at least they felt like Bond movies. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 15:55
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well this is a prog site... Bond - cultured Englishman Bourne - barbarian American.. Bond all the way hahha.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 17:17
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I found Bourne's films to be extremely boring and repetitive (sorry to the fans here). Although I feel the same way about bond. I loved Casino Royale though, so that gets my vote...
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 18:22
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Bourne introduced a new aspect to the rock-paper-scissors game. He beat a guy who had a knife with a towel. Childhood games will never be the same  |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 22:52
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Which Bond/Bourne? Both characters were quite different in the books from the movies. Personally, I enjoy both a lot. Although I've only read Bourne in book form, and not Bond. Bourne in book is amazing and better than the movies, but I enjoyed the action and such. I'll go with Bourne I guess.
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: April 18 2009 at 18:02
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All, excpet a few, Bond movies are just crap. And Bourne just bores me to tears... so I´m going with Bond, just because of Casino Royale.
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: April 18 2009 at 18:12
Leslie Nielson.... YES! And Burn Notice is just an awful, awful show... not even Bruce "Mr Cool" Campbell can save it ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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cacho wrote:Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: April 18 2009 at 19:33
| ^My brother and I love it, surely one of the very people on earth who see it. We find it to be a great mix of Mission Impossible's fiction with a bit of humour. Also the fact of having a case per chapter, plus the story itself is pretty cool, one of the things I like so much about Dr. House too. |
Posted By: mr.cub
Date Posted: April 19 2009 at 00:20
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Hmm...interesting. I actually found the newest Bond to be essentially a horrible Bourne film. The Bourne movies are very good, the first one being exceptional. However, they come nowhere near this lineup: Dr No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger and Thunderball (actually Bond movies never came close after these) ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 19 2009 at 01:18
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loved Casino Royale but also thoroughly enjoyed the first two Bourne films, Identity a bit more I vote Bourne |
Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: April 20 2009 at 15:06
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Which one do I enjoy more? Bond. Which one would royally kick the other's ass in a fight? Tough, but since I have yet to see Bond kill a guy with a pen/towel/soon to be a blade of grass or piece of paper, Bourne it is.  But Bond at this point has the longevity, so I'm going with him. ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 20 2009 at 15:26
| Bond, because he almost turned into an archetype in the western collective subconscious. |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: April 20 2009 at 23:21
I think Thunderball is probably the least good Bond with Connery (not counting the unofficial Never Say Never Again). I watched it for the fifteenth time a week ago, and the movie is very good otherwise, but the underwater scenes are like all instrumental sections from Train of Thought combined. I believe I've expressed my opinion about them many times, so no need to specify  ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA!
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: April 20 2009 at 23:45
Yeah, how about this scenario (very close with Connery who had a real nasty streak= Russia with Love)
Bond- barbarian Englishman
Bourne- cultured American
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 21 2009 at 09:39
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: April 21 2009 at 11:58
^I've read a few of them (at least From Russia with Love, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Live and Let Die, Moonraker and You Only Live Twice) and I think ...Her Majesty's... was very much like the film and From Russia... also quite a lot. The other were indeed very different. A lot of things in the early Bond films look dated today and it doesn't bother me one bit, but the underwater scenes in Thunderball are just boring. Still, it's just the least great film of them, not bad at all  ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA!
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Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: April 22 2009 at 09:32
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I must be the only one on earth who doesn't care for James Bond. The Bourne movies are more interesting, although far from exceptional, imo. ------------- 
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: May 09 2009 at 15:42
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Finally managed to catch the latest 007 film, what a terrible let down. It feels like nothing really happened. There was a guy who wanted to control Bolivia's water supply and then he died. That's it, pretty much. Hopefully the next film will continue the story, maybe they make some sense out of the Quantum thing. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA!
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Posted By: Matthew T
Date Posted: May 09 2009 at 16:44
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Bond for me , Sean Connery ones 60s' nostalgia ------------- Matt |
Posted By: mr.cub
Date Posted: May 09 2009 at 21:43
Aww come on! They aren't that boring, but they could be much shorter... -------------
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