Bourne and Bond: Most Sincere Form of Flattery Edition

Remember when Bond was Bond?



Of course that was before Bourne. . . . 

When Bond became Bourne . . . 

And Bourne stayed Bourne. . . 

And Bond stays Bourne . . . 

It makes me excited about the next Spiderman . . . 












Comments

Manveer Heir said…
This is unrelated to the post, but the Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas widget you have messes up the page in Firefox 3.0 I've noticed. It overlays onto your posts all the time, making it impossible to read parts of the post (or in this case see the picture of spider-man)
August 21, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Alex said…
Hey, at least he's still wearing a suit!
August 26, 2008 at 6:47 AM
Anonymous said…
wait, which came first??
Casino Royale (2006)
Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
February 3, 2014 at 5:22 PM
Unknown said…
I guess I should have said Bourne Identity (2002)
February 3, 2014 at 5:27 PM
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