"You have no idea how much pain I can take..."

[rogueslayer452]

I'm gonna switch it up here and talk about one of my newest obsessions: Nikita.

I am totally in love with Nikita, like you have no idea. I'm not going to spoil anything for those who haven't yet seen this fantastic new CW series, instead I'm going to gush over how utterly impressive this show particularly with casting Maggie Q who is, in my opinion, a fine choice in playing Nikita. She is my new wifey, in fact. ♥ I find it amazing and empowering that not only is this show featuring a strong female lead role but she's a minority female lead which, in this business unfortunately, finding Asians to carry on their own show of any kind is rather rare and needs to happen more often. So I'm grateful they gave her a chance and lo and behold, she is kicking so much ass. There just needs more empowering female roles on television in general though so, I hope to God this series sticks around.

Unlike most CW programs this one is promising in fast-paced action, which Maggie Q does the majority of her own stunts and you can see clearly in many scenes that it's mostly all her (which get it, girl!) since she is trained in martial arts from being in many international action movies, the plot is intriguing and the other characters as well. There's also tons of unresolved sexual tension between certain characters and a powerful relationship with another pair and it makes it even more interesting to watch without too much melodramatics being involved.

There aren't many shows on today that I can recommend enough, and with certain shows being canceled left and right I really want Nikita to succeed, it's already been ordered a full season so that's good. Let's hope it keeps up because I absolutely love it and I want to see what directions they take the show.

Did I mention that I love Maggie Q? Seriously. ♥

Comments

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I heard about that and I'm like, OH HALE NO CW! DON'T BE RUINING MY NEWEST SHOW WITH YOUR STUPID DRAMARAMA MELODRAMATIC BULLSHIT. NIKITA IS AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN ALL HER OWN WHO DOESN'T NEED IT, DAMMIT. :/ I mean seriously, why add something like that when it's doing perfectly fine on its own? Don't fix something that ain't broke, you know what I'm saying?

OMG MICHAEL/NIKITA! THE UST IS TOO MUCH! I love the little moments where Michael has these twitches in his expression hearing about Nikita, like how Division thought she was dead and realized that she wasn't. He was on the verge of smiling before correcting himself. IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT! Heeee!

And I love the relationship between Nikita and Alex. That are bamfs together and it's awesome. <333

[beauty-awake.livejournal.com]

I KNOW!!!! IT's the little cutaways to Michael that FREAKIN MAKE THE SHOW!

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I'm not entirely sure it "makes" the show per se, but it adds A LOT of layers to Michael as a character and his relationship with Nikita, and it really shows how much he cares for her. With the last episode we left off though, I'm wondering how that's gonna go down now, because that was simply heartbreaking. D: