I am – Hercules!!
Greetings from Comic-Con!
The convention kicked off Wednesday night with a three-hour Warner Bros. event that included a screening of the first episode of the CW’s new fall series “Nikita.”
I'm not certain if the Comic Con crowd saw the same version of the pilot I saw, but I liked the version I saw about as much as I liked what I’ve seen of the 1997 “La Femme Nikita” series. It has nowhere near the wit and imagination supplied by 1990 Luc Besson movie on which it is based -- but what does?
Unlike the old TV show and 1993’s “Point of No Return,” the new series is more sequel than remake, with Nikita (now played by Maggie Q) having escaped from her old espionage job. She’s now determined to destroy her old agency, even as that agency is training a new girl named Alex to replace Nikita. Alex is played by the piping hot Lyndsy Fonseca (“Big Love,” “Desperate Housewives”), one of the best things about the project.
If you saw the “Nikita” pilot screened by Comic Con Wednesday night, kindly offer your reaction to talkback. If you missed it, and you don’t care about Jon Faverau’s “Cowboys and Aliens” presentation in Hall H, Comic-Con screens “Nikita” again 5:15 p.m. Saturday in room 6BCF.
(The best fall pilot I’ve seen so far – and I think I’ve seen most of them – is NBC’s “The Event,” which screens Saturday in room 6A at 11:15 a.m. It’s kind of a cross between “Lost” and “24” and far better than I was expecting.)
"Nikita" launches on The CW Sept. 9.
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