Post #4

• I would adapt the Bourne Identity into a TV series. This book is around 600 pages long and separated into 3 or 4 parts within the book itself, I think it would be easier to adapt the book into a TV series. You could make each chapter into an hour long episode, drawing out the series, each season could be a part in the book. I think this would be the best way to stick to the plot and build the action of the novel without cutting many of the crucial scenes.
• At the start of the novel, the main character has amnesia and to earn some money has taken on a job as a member of the crew on a fisherman's boat. During this scene one of the crew members becomes violent with him and it stirs up deep instinct within the main character. This leads to an epic fight scene and some questions that the character must answer. I think this scene is important to the book because it allows the viewer to infer what his old life was but also opens up more questions that the series could later answer.
• Around 50 pages of the book are dedicated to the main character kidnapping Dr.St. Jacques to allow him to safely escape. While parts in this section is important, like a stop at a man's place which gives some more insight into who the character is, most of it is them driving and Bourne trying to decide where to go. I would shorten this scene, condensing it into the most important parts because the rest isn't really relevant to the plot.
• Some changes that would be needed would be the cut of minor scenes. It would be the only way to keep the episodes an hour long and not bore the viewers with the too-extended plots. I would shorten the bank scene, maybe leaving his bank account shrouded in mystery, a quick in and out mantra of events. I would also need to cut out a graphic scene with Dr. St. Jacques when she is left with an assassin to be killed.
• I would produce this TV series if I could get Matt Bomer to play Bourne. I think that he would bring the right mix of instinct and righteousness to the character. I would also cast Kate Walsh as Dr. St. Jacques. She could pull of the right  mix of toughness and intelligence that it required to portray the character. 
• The soundtrack would have to be an interesting mix of genres. While some scenes could pass of as meaningful and deep, others are fast-paced and action packed. The songs would have to  alternate between slow and soul music and upbeat, punk and metal music. There's a lot of emotion to capture and the soundtrack could make or break the show.  
• One thing the show would have to stress would be the relationship that is developed between Bourne and the Doctor. At first she despises him, he's taken her and she doesn't know if she can trust him. But after he saves her (getting injured in the process) she starts to have doubts about her initial judgment. She stays with him, cares for them, there's a spark. Whether it becomes a strong friendship or an amazing romance the viewers would have to wait and see. Through that the series could show a lot of character development. It would be an interesting dynamic and I would love to see that in the show.