I came to the Bourne movies via the books, and ended up preferring the books. So the whole "remember when we said we had the ultimate assassin? It got ultimatier." And for some reason I find that irritating. It's like suddenly changing the metrics you were asking us to calibrate by.
And, seriously, can they not make a super-soldier-spy that doesn't turn against them? Have they not figured out they're doing something wrong?
I'm assuming that if they did have some badasses under their wing, they'd send them after Bourne and whoever Renner is playing. But unless I've blanked, Treadstone isn't sending out a horde of highly trained spies after their targets.
Other agents tried to kill Bourne all through the first and second movies, at least. He just killed them first.
But unless I've blanked, Treadstone isn't sending out a horde of highly trained spies after their targets.
Oh, they do, though. In the first movie Matt Damon takes out... damn. British actor of great hotness. Memfault. (I blame the shot of scotch my friend P gave me last night, which was a 17-year Pulteney, so excellent.)
Thanks, Sean. I knew there was a C in there somewhere...
He never seems to be reasonably matched, though. I am remembering that Clive said he was Treadstone-formed--did the others get the same treatment?
Its weird--I guess I'm looking for
more
chance in his successes, which isn't normally what I'd be looking for. Just that "we lost control of the best example of this study" thing it a bit tired for me. If the new version is "oops, we lost our even better best guy. Again." then I think they should start implanting remote controlled explosive devices *really* deep inside their bodies.
But, since I manage to forget Clive was a brainwashed spy too, I'm probably reacting to selective memories.
Everyone who went after him was Treadstone -- Clive Owen, Karl Urban, the guy he fought in the kitchen in one scene, even the guy who found him in the Paris apartment.
Jeremy Renner! Don't care about the plot.
Also, what Dana said. With additional Rachel Weisz!
In the first movie Matt Damon takes out... damn. British actor of great hotness. Memfault.
Unmmmffff. Oh, man, Clive Owen was ridic off-the-chart hot in that movie in what amounted to about 10 minutes of screen time. It's the air of silent, quiet competence (well, not competent enough for Bourne, I guess, but that's what happens when you go against the title character in an action movie). And... I think at some point, he had these black-rimmed glasses on, which made him even hotter. Wasn't his code name "Professor"? I remember thinking "uh, I'd like a whole prequel dedicated to this character, please."
