August 2007

Bourne to Rock

Here are a few fan made music videos using various clips from both The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy.  To begin with here’s “Nobody Does It Better” by Carly Simon.  Larger version available in the Full Diagnosis with other vids including music by Afterbridge, Nickelback, Vanessa Carlton, The Goo Goo Dolls and more.  Enjoy!

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“Nobody Does it Better” performed by Carly Simon

 

“Twilight” performed by Vanessa Carlton

 

“The End is Here” performed by Afterbridge

 

“Saving Me” performed by Nickelback

 

“Phenomenon” performed by Thousand Foot Krutch

 

“Before It’s Too Late” performed by the Goo Goo Dolls

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Bourne, Jason Bourne

  • Title: The Bourne Identity (2002)
  • IMDB: link

“I can tell you the license plate numbers of all six cars outside.  I can tell you that our waitress is left handed and the guy up at the counter weighs 215 lbs. and knows how to handle himself.  I know the best place to look for a gun is the cab of the gray truck outside, and at this altitude I can run flat out for a half-mile before my hands start shaking.  Now why would I know that?  How can I know that and not know who I am?”

bourne-identity-dvdThe Bourne Identity starts out with a bang, or rather a splash. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is found a drift in the Mediterranean Sea with only 2 bullet wounds and an implant with a Swiss bank account number. Jason awakes a little off kilter not sure of his surroundings or his own identity. When the ship comes ashore the doc gives him a few bucks and a warm coat then sends him along his confused and amnesiac way. Bourne heads to Zurich to find out what is in the safe-deposit box, is it his identity? Nope, there are multiple passports, a gun and plenty of money in different currencies. At this point he doesn’t know where to turn, until he is forced to run being chased by a secret ops agency that claims to have trained Bourne and know his true identity. Using fighting skills he didn’t know he had, Bourne works his way through the streets of Zurich only to be cornered and offering $20,000 for a ride to Paris with the lovely Marie (Franka Potente). Reluctant at first, Marie turns him down, but realizes she could really use the cash and accepts the offer. Waking in Paris with an uneasy feeling Marie ends up caught up in the search for Bourne’s identity and his heart. The two duck and hide escaping one assassin after another searching for the answer.

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Stillbourne Legacy

bourne-legacy-hardcoverIt’s been twenty-five years since Robert Ludlum published The Bourne Identity and fifteen years since the third and final book of the series, The Bourne Ultimatum, was published.  With the popularity of the new Matt Damon movies, Ludlum’s estate gave the project of resurrecting the series to Eric Van Lustbader.  In hindsight, it would have helped if someone had made sure Lustbader had actually read Ludlum’s books.  Lustbader’s The Bourne Legacyis a sequel of the worst order; a horribly written dime store novel, filled with characters that are only shadows of their once vibrant selves, full of countless continuity errors as the author gleefully violates the rules of the series, rewriting it to make it his own.  Anyone who thinks they can do a better job with an author’s characters than the author himself should read this to see what happens when such material is put in the wrong hands.

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Behind the Scenes

Julie Styles takes time to do a quick interview with RedCarpetLive.com to discuss the new Bourne film and a few other tidbits like filming in Morocco, food poisoning, and her computer prowess.  Larger version available in the Full Diagnosis along with the interviews of Matt Damon, Joan Allen and director Paul Greengrass.  Enjoy!

The Bourne Ultimatium
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Julia Styles interview.

 

Matt Damon’s interview

 

Joan Allen interview

 

Director Paul Greengrass interview

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Comic Rack

Hmm, we’re about to talk about comics so it must be Wednesday!  Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls.  Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at the master as we look at the new comics set to hit comic shops and bookstores today from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Wildstorm, Vertigo, Dynamite Entertainment, IDW Publishing, and Image Comics.

This week includes Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Detective Comics Faker, Highlander, Midnighter, Punisher, Star Trek: Klingons: Blood Will Tell and the first issues of Metal Men and Shanna The She Devil: Survival of the Fittest.  Also don’t forget the truckload of new graphic novels including Birds of Prey: Blood and Circuits, Green Lantern: Wanted – Hal Jordan, Invincible: Ultimate Collection Vol. 2, Scarface: Scarred For Life, Wisdom: Rudiments of Wisdom and much, much more.

Enjoy issue #32

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