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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6228961" data-attributes="member: 19675">Not quite.&nbsp; It only seems that way because their own stories are written to be resolved that way.&nbsp; but if we compare them, the differences DO matter.&quot;The journey is as important as the destination.&quot;Where Bond might simply pick a lock to escape a locked room, MacGuyver might- actually, did- rig a tank of compressed gas to knock down a door to escape.&nbsp; Those are two very different methods of escape with different narrative consequences.Bond's method is quiet and requires only concealing or improvising lock picks.&nbsp; In many cases, he has a super spy gizmo that wont look like a lockpick at all, but will do the job, like acid in his cufflinks, an electromagnetic watch or some kind of small explosives in a pen.&nbsp; His escape is unlikely to be immediately noticed.&nbsp; But he is thwarted if reduced to nakedness (which he has been).MacGuyver's method is noisy and will be immediately detected by anyone in the building.&nbsp; Further, it requires that the necessary materials be present in the room.&nbsp; But even if there is no canister of compressed gas, MacGuyver will likely find another method of escape, and may only be thwarted if there is nothing in the room he can reassemble into something else.IOW, there are circumstances in which it is better to be Bond than MacGuyver, and vice versa.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6228961, member: 19675"] Not quite. It only seems that way because their own stories are written to be resolved that way. but if we compare them, the differences DO matter. "The journey is as important as the destination." Where Bond might simply pick a lock to escape a locked room, MacGuyver might- actually, did- rig a tank of compressed gas to knock down a door to escape. Those are two very different methods of escape with different narrative consequences. Bond's method is quiet and requires only concealing or improvising lock picks. In many cases, he has a super spy gizmo that wont look like a lockpick at all, but will do the job, like acid in his cufflinks, an electromagnetic watch or some kind of small explosives in a pen. His escape is unlikely to be immediately noticed. But he is thwarted if reduced to nakedness (which he has been). MacGuyver's method is noisy and will be immediately detected by anyone in the building. Further, it requires that the necessary materials be present in the room. But even if there is no canister of compressed gas, MacGuyver will likely find another method of escape, and may only be thwarted if there is nothing in the room he can reassemble into something else. IOW, there are circumstances in which it is better to be Bond than MacGuyver, and vice versa. [/QUOTE]

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