Part 2 of 3

20 Nov 2006
9:15 PM

WHO WILL WIN? NO ONE KNOWS!

I'm going to continue to obsess about Bond for a little while more. Why? 'Cause I can.

So I've been thinking1 about Bond as played by Daniel Craig. He's definitely a tough character. Girls melt looking at him, and men can appreciate his looks in a non-gay way (which is saying a lot for men). He's built like a brick house. Honestly, all we needed was a shot of him moving his pecs up and down like he would waggle his ginormous ears.

He is, by far, the best fit to the written Bond of any actors who have played Bond. Those eyes! Those piercing, blue, cold eyes. Is it any wonder Bond has stuck with MI-6 for all these cases and thru all those dead friends/lovers? He has no soul!2

Having said that, I have to wonder: who would win in a fight between James Bond and Jason Bourne? These two are arguably the best known secret agents/assassins in the world today. I credit The Bourne Identity for reviving a lagging spy movie industry, and also for allowing/forcing Bond to move in the direction it does. So who would win in a fight? Let's explore.

James Bond	Jason Bourne
License to Kill	Knows everything
Fast, tough, strong, takes a lickin' but keeps on tickin'	Never got his ass handed to him
Support of entire British government	Doesn't exist
Crack shot	Excellent weapons and hand-combat skills

They actually seem rather evenly matched. But I'm betting that since Bourne has never been on the losing end of a fight (that we know of), he won't know what his limits are. Bond knows. He's had his nuts thwacked with knotted rope. Bourne? Pretty boy never broke a sweat. Not even when fighting the other Treadstone agent in his Paris apartment. Also, Bourne has never killed someone when he didn't need to kill them. Bond, on the other hand, does have a license to kill, and I am sure he uses it liberally. See, Bond knows never to leave an enemy in a position from which they could get you, so he kills them.³ Bourne, on the other hand, is going to get it one day. If they can find him again.

Conclusion?

Bond > Bourne

1. Unlike Lincoln, who's been drinking.
2. And no bubbles for his bath. Not a one.
3. I know, I know, but it's only the movies.