Jason Bourne, James Bond. Even the second letter in the Christian and surname is the same.
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SinisterCreep — 11 years ago(September 15, 2014 05:49 PM)
Jason Bourne, James Bond. Even the second letter in the Christian and surname is the same.
if so why couldn't he have done a totally different name? would've been more original. -
Robot-Werewolf — 9 years ago(April 18, 2016 05:58 PM)
Bond is a cover name.
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/jamesbond/images/0/05/Andrew_Bond_-Monique_Bond-_Profile.jpg -
adolphe-artin — 11 years ago(December 28, 2014 09:49 AM)
The similarity is of course striking, but I've always thought of it as a play on a "Jason born" after the "demise" of his former self, David Webb.
Jason, the leader of the Argonauts on the quest for the golden Fleece, is of course one of the greatest of mythological Greek heroes; he's on a par with the likes of Perseus and Theseus. But he is ultimately a deeply flawed, and deeply tragic figure. One of the accounts of his death, after having lost everything, by the rotting hull of his once-proud Argos on the beach is one of my favourite moments in classic mythology.
And without wanting to compare "The Bourne Identity" with say, such a classic as Euripides' "Medea", there is also a somewhat tragic quality, in a more popular and less accurate sense of the word, to David Webb/Jason Bourne in the films.
But then again, I haven't read the novel, so I may be completely off track!