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re: Unpopular Opinion Alert: Ethan Hunt is a better spy than Bond or Bourne

Posted on 7/6/21 at 7:50 am to
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 7/6/21 at 7:50 am to
Bourne isn't really a "spy", he's a weapon.

If I want information, Ethan Hunt

If I want to track down and kill a guy, Bourne
This post was edited on 7/6/21 at 7:51 am
Posted by CU_Tigers4life
Georgia
Member since Aug 2013
9415 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 7:52 am to
Why did you leave out Matt Helm, Austin Powers and Derek Flint?
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60937 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 8:01 am to
What about tGOAT?

Posted by CU_Tigers4life
Georgia
Member since Aug 2013
9415 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 8:06 am to
I dunno..I forgot this one:

Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 8:06 am to
I guess Bourne is only a spy in the sense that he used a cover name and he planted evidence to make people think he had a higher head count in order to draw out a high profile assassin.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17606 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 8:16 am to
Easy to be a spy when you have a face-changing-masks.
Posted by AURaptor
South
Member since Aug 2018
11958 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 8:23 am to
quote:

Bond let his wife die


That’s Keyser Söze level commitment though.
Posted by USMCTIGER1970
BATON ROUGE
Member since Mar 2017
2371 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 8:36 am to
Book Jason Bourne: “I'm the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.” ...

Movie Jason Bourne:“I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.”

I don't know anyone who read the books that thinks the movies did the character justice. They were popular simply because Damon was a hot ticket at the time. Movies simply left half of the books out.
This post was edited on 7/6/21 at 9:22 am
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
115467 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 9:01 am to
quote:

Movies simply left half of the books out.


Way more than half
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
79445 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 9:20 am to
I watched The original Cruis MI the other days s

One of the spied gets stabbed to death through a fence… like there is a physical barrier there and she gets knifes to death.

*spoiler I guess* I know she Knew the guy, be he stabs her like 8 times while she just stands there. Worst spy ever.
Posted by Grievous Angel
Tuscaloosa, AL
Member since Dec 2008
10895 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 10:14 am to
Bourne nailed the chick from Run Lola Run. And I'm NGL she kinda did it for me...BUT:

Bond slayed OT 10s on the reg.

Ethan Hunt is a Scientologist.

We have a clear winner here.

If I could pick anyone's life it'd be Bond's.
Posted by terd ferguson
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Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 7/6/21 at 10:18 am to
Nathan Muir GOAT
Posted by GeauxTigerTM
Member since Sep 2006
30596 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 10:20 am to
quote:

Ethan Hunt is the best spy in the game.


No.

Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
41028 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:39 pm to


None of the others got to bang 99
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
39420 posts
Posted on 7/6/21 at 1:24 pm to
quote:

Bond is more of an assassin than he is a spy in the movies. Very rarely is he in the intelligence-gathering business. He's usually blowing stuff up, killing evil people, or a combination of the two.


Bond is basically a rogue agent sent in to foil a plan by any means necessary.

He gets a 1 minute briefing by M (just to set up the plot) and then is sent on his way to infiltrate the "evil-doers" gang.

If he gets any information along the way it's from the CIA and Felix Leiter. Bond is NEVER collecting information and reporting it back to SIS. 90% of the time they don't even know what he's doing or where he is.
This post was edited on 7/6/21 at 1:26 pm
Posted by stateofplay
Member since Sep 2018
1504 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 1:46 pm to
quote:

Bond is more of an assassin than he is a spy in the movies. Very rarely is he in the intelligence-gathering business. He's usually blowing stuff up, killing evil people, or a combination of the two.


That's a Hollywood spy. Most Hollywood movie spies are this
Posted by stateofplay
Member since Sep 2018
1504 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 1:47 pm to
quote:

Bourne nailed the chick from Run Lola Run. And I'm NGL she kinda did it for me...BUT:

Bond slayed OT 10s on the reg.

Ethan Hunt is a Scientologist.

We have a clear winner here.

If I could pick anyone's life it'd be Bond's.


James Bond has about 23 std's and is a dumb arse compared to Ethan Hunt
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
87406 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:24 pm to
quote:

I don't know anyone who read the books that thinks the movies did the character justice. They were popular simply because Damon was a hot ticket at the time. Movies simply left half of the books out.

I am glad I did not read then, because I loved the movies.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 5:48 pm to
quote:

I am glad I did not read then, because I loved the movies.
If you want to see someone run away from the government while trying to recover from amnesia, watch the movies.

If you want to see someone run away from the government while trying to smoke out and kill the world's premier assassin while recovering from amnesia, read the books.
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
61014 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 9:35 pm to
quote:

Bond let his wife die.

Ethan Hunt is the best spy in the game.


how is the guy who let his entire IMF team get killed because his mentor flipped right under his freaking nose a better spy exactly?
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