Rating: 
Summary: This rocks!
Review: In short, so when will Season Two be released? And Three? And Four?
Rating:
Summary: THE ULTIMATE NEGATIVE UTOPIA
Review: The other reviews of LFN are right on and written by people who, like me,
became transfixed by the world it depicted. This television series had a bright
and thoughtful fanbase. As I relived Season One watching my copy of
the new release, I came up with the three aspects of LFN that I would bring to
a newcomer's attention as reasons to own this great collection, and things to ponder:
1. Interrogations - The bottom dropped out of my stomach whenever a scene cut to
the "clamp chair" room. The portrayal of interrogation and torture as a daily,
routine part of Section 1was fascinating. I've never been in the world of espionage,
but it seems quite plausible that extracting information from unwilling prisoners
has advanced to near the high-tech level portrayed. Madelline and co., to their credit, seem
to always try scare tactics first, but failing that, there are no heroes in that room.
No other TV series has ever dared tread this disturbing territory so regularly, or
so competently. You thought Zhora in Blade Runner was "Beauty AND the Beast"-
consider Madelline to be Zhora's mentor. But, like Hitchcock, the horror is more
suggested than actually shown. . .
2. Nikita - thru Section 1 training, Nikita's street cunning was turned into a
sophisticated tactical awareness. She became a superlatively trained human
being, carrying out orders with professional grace and efficiency (consistent
with her constant moral rebellion against Section ruthlessness). Off-duty,
all of this cooled and mellowed to a vibrant charisma that broadcast even more strongly
than her drop-dead gorgeous looks. Every episode, Wilson brilliantly (or perhaps-
just naturally) portrayed a fusion of strength, intelligence and compassion unique
to females, and before which even the most capable of male "Class 5" operatives
must bow. Her struggle to complete missions without the ruthlessness demanded
by Operations, and the ways she finds to do just that, is the central "addictive" component
of LFN.
3. Section One as Negative Utopia - As an "employee" of Section 1, you had a lot
of "freedom from choice". When you were finally allowed out of Section, to walk
among regular folks, either on or off duty, you had become a trained and focused
person - a lion among sheep. The dangers that operatives and support personnel like
Birkoff faced on a daily or weekly basis, the training and unlimited-budget technology
at their disposal, the heavily-armed assaults, the deceptions and role-playing to gain
access to guarded bad guys, etc, all constitute, even under the watchful gaze of Section,
a kind of freedom and intense living that the rest of us can only dream of. Section 1
was a prison because of the exclusive and extreme focus it demanded, but that focus created
dynamic and capable (though generally unhappy!) human beings.All of these things are clearly depicted in the writing, acting and camera work. Just
like a good novel, LFN makes you think.
Rating:
Summary: The BEST TV show ever!!!
Review: It's finally here, after all the waiting, and it was
DEFINITELY worth it!!! Please release the other 4 seasons
soon, don't make us wait as long as we did for this one.
Welcome to the world on Section 1!!!!
Rating:
Summary: Can't wait for all 5 seasons.
Review: You can read it all in the other reviews. Quite possibly the best show ever. I just wanted to add one more voice to convince the brass at warner bros. that they must release all 5 seasons.
Rating:
Summary: The almost perfect show
Review: I believe the first four seasons of this series may indeed be the best TV has ever produced. I will buy them all but I will NOT buy the fifth season. The fifth season (last eight episodes) are pure garbage and almose ruined the entire run for me. I swear that the episodes must have been written and directed by someone else. I would like to know. They were so bad and so out of character that it wasn't even the same show. One star for the last season and five stars for the first four. The show really has a legitimate ending with the end of the fourth season when Madeline bites it. It was great! To appease fans on some level they sold their souls and the soul of the show. I recommend buying only the first four seasons and if the producers of these dvds are smart, they will include the last eight episodes in with the fourth season release so they can sell them. If anyone tries to defend the last season, I wouldn't take their positive comments on the other seasons too seriously either. Nothing is perfect in the tv world. Nikita almost was.
Rating:
Summary: La Femme Nikita Season One
Review: Super DVD Set the extra stuff alone is worth the cost. Although no longer in production Section One lives on in DVD and in it's offspring "24"
Rating:
Summary: Finally!!!!
Review: Even though it has been in re-runs since leaving its regularly scheduled time its not the same as it is to be able to watch it in the original sequence. The DVDs had great extras and I really enjoyed the commentaries. I can't wait for subsequent releases...hurry up!!!!
Rating:
Summary: I Love The Show
Review: I have been a fan of the show since the beginning. It is the show that made me realize that there is something good to watch on TV. I watched every episode when it was on the air and was very sad to see it go. This show got everything: intrigue, romance, action, secret organization that does not exist in the world, psychological stuff, and also fun. I waited for this DVD to come out for a couple of years and now it is finally here. Horray!! I hope that the next 4 seasons will follow.
Rating:
Summary: DVD review
Review: The DVD box set of this series is excellent. The formatting of the DVD allows for quick and easy access to the different episopes on each disc. Unlike some box sets of other TV shows, this one allows for continuous play, after one episode ends the next automatically starts. It doesn't kick you back out to the main menu which can be really annoying. Each episode begins just like it was on TV (including the theme song). They did a good job putting this together! Let's hope they do the same for the next 4 seasons.
Rating:
Summary: Awesome box set - well worth the $
Review: Absolutely love the packaging of this box set. Received mine on July 7th and have been watching it everyday since. The audio commentary and deleted scenes add temendous value to watching the series. The Making Of is a treat for long time fans of LFN. And don't forget to look around for special surprises on disk 6. This box set is well worth the bucks. Definitely looking forward to the next box set for Season 2.
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