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Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 28, 2010 7:11:04 am PST #4574 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aims - Jan 28, 2010 7:14:49 am PST #4575 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It's totally that Tebow guy's fault. And CBS'. And this chick who called a friend of mine a band-wagon jumping liberal bigot.
DavidS - Jan 28, 2010 7:15:25 am PST #4576 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey Dana, did you know that McG is doing a reboot of La Femme Nikita?
Dana - Jan 28, 2010 7:16:58 am PST #4577 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, that hit Livejournal this morning. The general response is "Really? You think that's a good idea?"
DavidS - Jan 28, 2010 7:20:03 am PST #4578 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
LFN is sort of like Die Hard. It was a perfect new pop culture template and you could redo it multiple times. BtVS is sort of like that too - everything from Charmed to Danny Phantom (cartoon) modeled themselves closely on it.
But LFN had some great knockoffs in HK (the Black Cat movies) and Japan too.
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2010 7:22:19 am PST #4579 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think the question is if they're remaking the TV series or if they're making another series off the movie. Either way, they initially seem a little dark for the CW, but they have been wringing a fair amount of angst out of the Winchester brothers. Interspersed with a lot of buffoonery and some good comedy, though, which doesn't have a place in either Nikita universe.
DavidS - Jan 28, 2010 7:25:00 am PST #4580 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The important thing is their commitment to Anne Parillaud's haircut.
Dana - Jan 28, 2010 7:28:31 am PST #4581 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
According to ONTD, the reboot will feature an assassin who goes after Nikita when she goes rogue.
DavidS - Jan 28, 2010 7:29:52 am PST #4582 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
the reboot will feature an assassin who goes after Nikita when she goes rogue.
That sounds a bit Bourne-ish. Which is okay - it's been the most influential spy series of the last 20 years.
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2010 7:29:57 am PST #4583 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The IO9 report barely goes into details (as it shouldn't, since it's not sci fi), but it looks barely like a Nikita series. It's about a Nikita replacement.