Mac vs. Jack
There are important questions one must ask through the course of their lives. Where did we come from, where are we going? What will make us happy and how do we pursue it? Where is that smell coming from? If we had one wish during the holiday season, what would it be. Personally, I would wish for all the children of the land to gather hand in hand representing peace and joy in the world, but that's just me. So there a just a few things to ponder to name a few, but I had this realization the other day and well it's been weighing on my mind......who do you take in Jack Bauer vs. MacGyver.
Yup, that's the question that's been milling around in my head for the past couple of days, don't be surprised, there's not much going on up there to begin with. But seriously though, who do you take in this match-up? There are good arguments for both, valid arguments even. It's not so much as choosing aginst one, but simple choosing the other.
On the surface, the quick pick would have to be Jack Bauer. He's saved the world more as many times as fingers I have on one hand and he's in the process of saving the thumb on my other hand. Everytime when it seems like things can't get worse, they do and yet somehow he always comes out on top. Would you ever bet against him? Ever? I can't imagine a scenario in which you would. Sure it might take him all day to get something done, but you know he's going to go full tilt the whole way through and he will stop at nothing to complete his objective.
Jack Bauer is the ultimate, hands down. He doesn't lose, at anything ever it would seem. Am I the only person who can picture him being the really overcompetative guy in the company softball game? (Speaking of which, stealing signs in the CTU company game has to be a given, right?) He's relentless and tenacious and yet, for some reason I think if I'm being held at gun point and I had to pick I'd have to lean towards MacGyver.
OK, so that might seem a little bit insane but there's a method to the madness. As has been obvious with the slobbering over him, I think Jack Bauer could pretty much get out of anything and do anything that he damn well pleases. That being said, Jack always needs a hand. There's always a surveillance photot sent to his PDA, some kind of magic nugget of information he needs at the last minute always seems to fall his way when thing become most desperate. Plus Jack's always got a gun and some one at CTU always has his back.
So what does MacGvyer have? Chewing gum? A packet of sweet and low? Pencil Shavings? OK, you get the idea, he's has pretty much nothing and he somehow always gets out of trouble and saves the day. MacGyver is like a chameleon, always able to adapt to his surroundings and somehow find a way out when things are at their most dire. Am I saying Bauer doesn't do this as well? Of course not, he is usually able to do whatever he wants to, but he does it with all the technological toys that MacGyver doesn't have.
Listen, I'm not trying to put down Jack by any stretch of the imagination I'm just saying the MacGyver should have an edge because he always seemed to do more with less. Maybe Bauer is just a victim of his time, his greatness not being in doubt but he just happened to come along when the technology is better so that helps make him a better world saver guy person thing, yeah. Maybe growing up Jack watched MacGyver and said, I want to be like him. Now my MacGyver knowledge and experience aren't as extensive as my Bauer resevoir, but we all knew of McGyver's exploits and how superhuman they were. We've all said we've "McGyvered" something when we jerry-rigged something together. Is there a term like that for Jack? I suppose when we shoot someone and then punch them their bullet wound to cause them pain to extract information from them, then we'll be pulling a "Bauer".
Listen this is by no means a closed debate, to each their own. But when push comes to shove I'd have to go with MacGyver. Plus, there's less death involved with Mac as opposed to Jack and I'm really not all that enthralled with building up a body count. Again, I trace it all back to being able to do more with less and while Jack does plenty, would he be able to save you with a tube sock, some hand lotion and some plastic flowers? You had to think about that for a second right? Well with MacGyver that's be a no brainer, you'd be out and safe with enough time to wash yourself up and put dinner on the table.
Like I said before to each their own, there's no real wrong answer here, choose as you see fit. Now as long as we agree that neither of them has anything on the Professor from Gilligan's Island, we're all good.
Yup, that's the question that's been milling around in my head for the past couple of days, don't be surprised, there's not much going on up there to begin with. But seriously though, who do you take in this match-up? There are good arguments for both, valid arguments even. It's not so much as choosing aginst one, but simple choosing the other.
On the surface, the quick pick would have to be Jack Bauer. He's saved the world more as many times as fingers I have on one hand and he's in the process of saving the thumb on my other hand. Everytime when it seems like things can't get worse, they do and yet somehow he always comes out on top. Would you ever bet against him? Ever? I can't imagine a scenario in which you would. Sure it might take him all day to get something done, but you know he's going to go full tilt the whole way through and he will stop at nothing to complete his objective.
Jack Bauer is the ultimate, hands down. He doesn't lose, at anything ever it would seem. Am I the only person who can picture him being the really overcompetative guy in the company softball game? (Speaking of which, stealing signs in the CTU company game has to be a given, right?) He's relentless and tenacious and yet, for some reason I think if I'm being held at gun point and I had to pick I'd have to lean towards MacGyver.
OK, so that might seem a little bit insane but there's a method to the madness. As has been obvious with the slobbering over him, I think Jack Bauer could pretty much get out of anything and do anything that he damn well pleases. That being said, Jack always needs a hand. There's always a surveillance photot sent to his PDA, some kind of magic nugget of information he needs at the last minute always seems to fall his way when thing become most desperate. Plus Jack's always got a gun and some one at CTU always has his back.
So what does MacGvyer have? Chewing gum? A packet of sweet and low? Pencil Shavings? OK, you get the idea, he's has pretty much nothing and he somehow always gets out of trouble and saves the day. MacGyver is like a chameleon, always able to adapt to his surroundings and somehow find a way out when things are at their most dire. Am I saying Bauer doesn't do this as well? Of course not, he is usually able to do whatever he wants to, but he does it with all the technological toys that MacGyver doesn't have.
Listen, I'm not trying to put down Jack by any stretch of the imagination I'm just saying the MacGyver should have an edge because he always seemed to do more with less. Maybe Bauer is just a victim of his time, his greatness not being in doubt but he just happened to come along when the technology is better so that helps make him a better world saver guy person thing, yeah. Maybe growing up Jack watched MacGyver and said, I want to be like him. Now my MacGyver knowledge and experience aren't as extensive as my Bauer resevoir, but we all knew of McGyver's exploits and how superhuman they were. We've all said we've "McGyvered" something when we jerry-rigged something together. Is there a term like that for Jack? I suppose when we shoot someone and then punch them their bullet wound to cause them pain to extract information from them, then we'll be pulling a "Bauer".
Listen this is by no means a closed debate, to each their own. But when push comes to shove I'd have to go with MacGyver. Plus, there's less death involved with Mac as opposed to Jack and I'm really not all that enthralled with building up a body count. Again, I trace it all back to being able to do more with less and while Jack does plenty, would he be able to save you with a tube sock, some hand lotion and some plastic flowers? You had to think about that for a second right? Well with MacGyver that's be a no brainer, you'd be out and safe with enough time to wash yourself up and put dinner on the table.
Like I said before to each their own, there's no real wrong answer here, choose as you see fit. Now as long as we agree that neither of them has anything on the Professor from Gilligan's Island, we're all good.
posted by MC at 3:50 PM
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