Comments on: TV Review: NIKITA

By: Shell Sherree

Shell Sherree — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:29:49 +0000

Hmm. I think I’ll be better off catching up on all of the Joe Pike I’m so far behind on.

By: Eric Edwards

Eric Edwards — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:34:23 +0000

A silly and ridiculous show, but nothing else is on. Maybe I’ll give it another chance to woo me.

I agree with Eirego and Reader#9, nothing beats the original French film version and I will punch anyone who says otherwise. Okay, maybe not everyone….but if it was a little old man who moves slowly, walks all hunched over and can’t see well? And maybe if he doesn’t have a cane with him. And if he becomes so worked up about not liking the French film version that he spits on me? Yeah, I’d punch him!

By: Reader#9

Reader#9 — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:21:50 +0000

I watched. I wasn’t very impressed, but maybe I will give it another try since nothing else is on.

The French film version with Luc Besson at the helm and Anne Parillaud as Nikita remains the best. Parillaud was so freakin’ feral! Don’t know why they ever remade it with Bridget Fonda as the lead. A very laughable film. To be fair though, I never got to see the TV version

I’m with you, EIREGO, this show is very silly.

By: EIREGO

EIREGO — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:06:30 +0000

I watched the show on my DVR, which, let’s face it, is the only way to view anything these days.

Is it just me or does anyone else feel like this show could best be utilized as a college drinking game? I’m being serious here. This is what I am proposing: During the show, whoever can keep from cracking up with laughter whenever Fonseca speaks a line, has to take a drink. Anytime Maggie Q wears something revealing and you don’t feel like you are looking at a prepubescent girl, you have to take a drink. For every fight scene that looks like it was choreographed by a toddler (and the all do), you must do one shot.

This an extremely laughable show with only two standouts: Tiffany Hines as JADEN (this girl should be the star of the show, she pops in every frame!) and Xander Berkeley as PERCY (a great actor who, unfortunately, must really need the money to sign onto this ridiculous show).

I know every show needs to find their rhythm before it becomes a hit, but I am baffled by the casting, direction and why they revamped this series in the first place. For a really kickass version of this story, see the foreign film La Femme Nikita. That’s the stuff!