John Rambo
Like was said by his handler - Colonel Trautman in the movie, Rambo First Blood Part One to police officer Teasel: “You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In Vietnam his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well Rambo was the best.”Another one: “What you choose to call hell, he calls home.”
In terms of getting the job done, Rambo would be my wing-man. He does not ask questions nor is he blindsided by women and alcohol. Rambo is a loner. He has no friends, no family and his only interest is in finding comfort in the jungles and living off the wild. Rambo’s, level of education is questionable and it is very likely that he does not even have an O Level.
However, his weakness is that he is too emotional and has a tendency to be a cry baby. When he snaps, he becomes a serious liability and there is no telling what will do especially when he feels he has been double crossed. This trait was truly shown in the Rambo movies trilogy.
James Bond
Bond is suave, smart, sassy and very sexist. If Bond was thrown into the environs that Rambo lives in, he wouldn’t last. He can’t live off the wild like Rambo can. Bond is a city man - the high class living of fancy restaurants, fast cars, gambling, expensive tuxedos, gadgets and foxy women. Bond went to Cambridge University so obviously he is smart and a man of reason. Bond takes his drinking seriously and it has to be exact like in the movie Goldfinger when he exclaimed: “My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done. Such as, drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit.” His preferred style of accommodation is a suite at the Ritz Carlton hotel or Warldof Astoria.
While Bond always gets the job done, his arena of operations is in places like New York, London, Paris or exotic locations like Thailand and tackling a villain who is sophisticated and has the same acumen as he does.
But take him (Bond) to Ukraine, Somalia, to Nigeria to take on Boko Haram or to Afghanistan to battle against ISIS, he would be out of his depth – fancy gadgets or not. In fact, if you threw Bond into one of those hotspots, he would most likely stand out like a sore thumb - turning up to fight the enemy all dressed up in a tux and sporting a Rolex watch.
His weakness - though it has never affected his judgement in getting the job done, is women. He is seemingly unable to get the job done without having a fling with them. Bond is not out for love or romance. It is just about sex - Period. Unlike Rambo, Bond does not have any emotional hang-up’s. I would have Bond on myside but only if the battle was being fought in London, New York or Paris.
One reason why Bond is still alive today is that the villains he gets entangled with, rather than killing him off quickly as the movie draws to a close, they go on a blabbering spree of how their scheme to dominate the world was going to work thus giving Bond the upper hand.
Steven Segal
Segal is cocky and streetwise which, is inherent of most Italian-Americans from Queens. Segal is defiant of authority, causing as much destruction to city property and revels in breaking limbs. He is a walking time bomb all about engaging in a fight and asking questions later. He goes looking for a fight even when the fight is unnecessary. He seemingly revels in showing off his karate skills unlike Rambo or Bond who prefer a quick kill or quick end to the fight.
Although Segal did go to college, he likes to think that he is a suave man, but he is not. He is no Bond and while he does get the ladies, they don’t compare to those that Bond gets. I see him as a liability.
Jason Bourne
Jason is still a kid, almost like he completed his A-Levels just the other day. Despite his almost teen appearance, he is very enterprising, skilful and knows what he is doing. He is never settled though. He is always on the move and peering over his shoulder like a man on the run. He has no friends, nor shows any interest in women and alcohol but in just getting the job done. Like Rambo, he is not a man of many words and does not go looking for trouble like Segal does. He is methodical in his approach to his craft and you can literally see the ‘wheels’ turning in his brain as he figures out what to do next.
But like Rambo, Bourne too, is beleaguered with emotional problems that stem back to how he was recruited into the agency (CIA), the death of his father and finding out who he really is. He often questions himself and has constant flashbacks to his past which, sometimes impairs his judgement.
Bourne doesn’t trust anyone but himself and never calls on others for help. From start to finish, he works alone, never revealing his plans. Like Bond, Bourne is contented in working in large cities where his skills are accommodated.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Just to give you an idea of what we are dealing with here, take a look at some of his quotes.
l “What is the best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!”
l “I eat Green Berets for breakfast and right now I am very hungry!”
l “Not many people understand what a pump (action shotgun) is. It must be experienced to be understood. It is the greatest feeling that I get. I search for this pump because it means that my muscles will grow when I get it. I get a pump when the blood is running into my muscles. They become really tight with blood.”
When a man speaks like that, need I say any more except that he is on the team?
