[HalfAMoon] 10 Reasons You Should Watch Nikita

Feb. 4th, 2011 08:58 pm
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10 Reasons You Should Watch Nikita

REASON 1: Nikita.

REASON 2: Alex.

REASON 3: Jaden.

REASON 4: Amanda.


REASON 5: Varied female relationships:
Nikita & Alex's friendship/mentoring relationship. Amanda and Alex's mentoring/monitoring relationship. Alex & Jaden's rivalry.


REASON 6: The women are the scariest and most badass of them all. And it is awesome.

REASON 7: Woman of color as a kick ass lead. Check.

REASON 8: Bechdel pass. Every episode. Check.

REASON 9: Great fight scenes.

Reason 10: Getting a show like this is a rare thing and we should support it before some studio exec decides to axe it because it's too 'female-targeted'.
(see [livejournal.com profile] eevilalice's comment for more commentary and a correction)



ETA: Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] staringiscaring for the links!
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Date: 2011-02-05 11:21 am (UTC)
tifaswife: <user name=musemoji> (smug [badass])
From: [personal profile] tifaswife
Maggie Q is half-Polish/Irish but we can still see that she's taken most of her Vietnamese genes in terms of looks (WHICH IS AWESOME BECAUSE I'M ALSO VIETNAMESE :D). But yes, Nikita is an awesome show XD It's not super amazing but it is pretty good, especially the winter finale!!! WHOOOOOO!!! SO SUSPENSEFUL AND SO GREAT!! It kept me on edge. All my friends watch it so even more squeeing to be had XD Haven't watched the recent episode yet but I SHAAAAAAALL~ :3 I'm an uploader for it on LJ XD

Date: 2011-02-06 01:45 am (UTC)
timeasmymeasure: jaden from nikita smiling (jaden: i approve of these shenanigans)
From: [personal profile] timeasmymeasure
Wikipedia (in as much as that counts as a source) tells me her mother's Vietnamese so yes she's definitely taken the Vietnamese genes in her looks.

I love Nikita. You should definitely watch the most recent episode. There is Alex and Nikita cuteness. Oh, and a katana. You might like that. Y'know. If epic ass kicking is your thing. *casual shrug us casual*

Date: 2011-02-14 05:47 am (UTC)
tifaswife: <user name=musemoji> (smug [badass])
From: [personal profile] tifaswife
Late comment is late but hells yes, I shall be watching it as soon as I can find time to :3

Date: 2011-02-06 01:53 am (UTC)
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)
From: [personal profile] alexseanchai
*adores Nikita*

Date: 2011-02-07 09:20 am (UTC)
timeasmymeasure: jaden from nikita smiling (jaden: i approve of these shenanigans)
From: [personal profile] timeasmymeasure
Yay!

Date: 2011-02-06 01:54 am (UTC)
copracat: Nikita pointing a very large gun (nikita)
From: [personal profile] copracat
Everything you said here! The multiplicity and the growing complexity of the female relationships makes my heart sing. Also the last scene of the recent episode. I wanted to smish it to pieces.

I also like the times they've mirrored Nikita & Alex with Amanda & Nikita and Amanda and Alex. <3

Date: 2011-02-07 09:23 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] timeasmymeasure
I love love what they do with the female friendships. I'm still waiting for them to give me something better for Jaden and Alex to interact with past the one-dimensional lack of complexity we have so far; I believe there's a lot of potential there and I'm not even asking for a positive relationship. A rivalry with depth would do me well.

I also like the times they've mirrored Nikita & Alex with Amanda & Nikita and Amanda and Alex. <3
So true! It's been interesting to see how Amanda switches tactics and at the same time uses very similar tactics to get at the girls. Of course with Alex it's even more complex because she knows she's being played and I love how she channels bits of Nikita in those moments.

Oh, this show. Hearts in my eyes with these ladies on-screen.

Date: 2011-02-06 08:23 am (UTC)
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Nikita is the show that keeps surprising me in a good way. Love how important and bad ass the female characters get to be.

Date: 2011-02-07 09:25 am (UTC)
timeasmymeasure: jaden from nikita smiling (jaden: i approve of these shenanigans)
From: [personal profile] timeasmymeasure
Legend of the Seeker and Nikita have been healing my tv female-friendship scars. There's a reason they've been my top discoveries of 2010. It's been so long since I've seen really great female interactions on a show; every episode too!

Date: 2011-02-07 09:29 am (UTC)
goodbyebird: Legend of the Seeker: Cara pushes Kahlan out of the way of an arrow. (LoTS push comes to shove)
From: [personal profile] goodbyebird
If your scars need more help healing, I'll just rec The Good Wife to you. You'll love the relationship between Alicia and Kalinda.

Date: 2011-02-07 09:45 am (UTC)
timeasmymeasure: kalinda sharma from The Good Wife smiling (kalinda: smile)
From: [personal profile] timeasmymeasure
Just recently got on that!
That one's my 2011 discovery female-friendship heaven :)
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