I watched the 1997 show, not all of it, but enough, and the thing that I like in this version more than in the old one, is that it's more outdoorsy. La femme Nikita was filmed too much in a studio.
I'm not comparing the two, they're based on the same premise, but still different shows. I saw the first season and actually liked it, but season two is getting annoying. I'll keep watching in hopes that it'll get better, but from my experience with other shows...
The thing that annoys me the most (as it does in most shows) is that you have a good idea and destroy it with too much bling, coolness and BAD DIALOGUE. Compulsive recapitulation of what happened in previous episodes gets on my nerves. For that, we have Latin soap operas.
As for the characters, I don't really believe Maggie Q is Nikita. Her acting is OK, but in the fight scenes... Well someone as tiny and skinny as her would have a lot more trouble in taking down big, well trained soldiers than she does. (I'm a martial artist, I've seen women fight) Peta Wilson could pull it off cause she's more brawny. Maggie should have, at least, eaten more for the role.
Shane West is OK. He has that good guy aura (though he should lose the goatee :-)), which is good, because this Michael is not a cold killer like the old one (and Roy Dupuis pulled it off perfectly). Bad dialogue ruins the part.
They really should have hired someone else instead of Melinda Clarke for Amanda. Her plastic surgery kills the cold confidence and screams "insecure about her looks". It adds to the maniacal aura, though.
Xander Berkeley is good. I like him as Percy. They should have evolved the character a bit more.
The character of Alex annoys me. For a junkie sex slave, she's too much of a spoiled brat. Lyndsy Fonseca is good in the role, it's just poorly written. Very inconsistent.
All in all, good idea that needs just a little more believe-ability.
I'm not comparing the two, they're based on the same premise, but still different shows. I saw the first season and actually liked it, but season two is getting annoying. I'll keep watching in hopes that it'll get better, but from my experience with other shows...
The thing that annoys me the most (as it does in most shows) is that you have a good idea and destroy it with too much bling, coolness and BAD DIALOGUE. Compulsive recapitulation of what happened in previous episodes gets on my nerves. For that, we have Latin soap operas.
As for the characters, I don't really believe Maggie Q is Nikita. Her acting is OK, but in the fight scenes... Well someone as tiny and skinny as her would have a lot more trouble in taking down big, well trained soldiers than she does. (I'm a martial artist, I've seen women fight) Peta Wilson could pull it off cause she's more brawny. Maggie should have, at least, eaten more for the role.
Shane West is OK. He has that good guy aura (though he should lose the goatee :-)), which is good, because this Michael is not a cold killer like the old one (and Roy Dupuis pulled it off perfectly). Bad dialogue ruins the part.
They really should have hired someone else instead of Melinda Clarke for Amanda. Her plastic surgery kills the cold confidence and screams "insecure about her looks". It adds to the maniacal aura, though.
Xander Berkeley is good. I like him as Percy. They should have evolved the character a bit more.
The character of Alex annoys me. For a junkie sex slave, she's too much of a spoiled brat. Lyndsy Fonseca is good in the role, it's just poorly written. Very inconsistent.
All in all, good idea that needs just a little more believe-ability.