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Post by coolbyrne on Apr 8, 2007 15:08:25 GMT -5
Yeah, I can't resist. I've been watching (or is that "re-watching"?!) some Bad Girl episodes and now that I don't have that "what will happen next??" worry over my head, I like to watch them now for specific moments or lines. So I thought I'd open this thread and see if you guys wanted to share your own favourites. I'll begin with the wine-making episode in season one, "Falling Apart". The humour of Nikki helping the two Julies make wine was a wonderful contrast to the sadness of Monica's son Spencer dying. Nikki – Well how you gonna keep it at the right temperature? Julie J – Well, what we thought was, we could take it in turns to come down here and hug it. Nikki - What? Julie S - Are you using that can? Nikki (holds flowering can possessively to her chest) - Yes, I am. After the two Julies explain how they thought they'd get the wine in by having Nikki do a relay back and forth to the potting shed: Nikki - That's the biggest pile of bollocks I've ever heard! And, of course, the great scene in the potting shed where Bodybag "catches" Nikki and Julie in their bras, and the wonderful cleaning of the shed by Fenner, while Nikki bemusedly smokes a cigarette outside. Beyond the general Helen/Nikki arc, this is probably one of my top three favourite Nikki episodes. (I'll share my other two later, but I want to hear yours, first!  ) -coolbyrne |
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Post by topcat on Apr 9, 2007 3:47:04 GMT -5
One of my favourite scenes has to be the one after the library confrontation over Caroline. As Nikki stomps to the door and is stopped by Helen saying 'Nikki'. The way Mandana turns around with that look of sheer turmoil and anticipation to say 'well?' and the devastation and disbelief that registers with 'what?' as Helen tells her to be careful instead of declaring she's been a fool! Brilliant facial acting with such minimal words.
Mandana does a smiliarly brilliant job in CUFA when Tom tries to give her the book back before she leaves. She is a master of facial expressions.
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Post by bgfanusa on Jun 10, 2007 18:37:01 GMT -5
Going back to CUFA...when Mandana talks in Spanish...well ermmm..not gonna say more...
I like a lot of the Nikki putdowns of Shell...what really gets me are the non verbal things like when she is sent to solitare I believe the first or second episode and she gets a goody bag from the julies and starts to look at it..priceless...
the looks, the longing...the body language...the way she listens..the way she says Helen
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Post by wadewannabee on Jun 11, 2007 2:25:32 GMT -5
Going back to CUFA...when Mandana talks in Spanish...well ermmm..not gonna say more... What do you mean about Mandana's Spanish? Are you saying it's not that good? But going back to fav Nikki scenes, mine is the last scene in 1.10. Nikki is in her cell listening to the nightcalls - the jokes about Helen's breakup with Sean. I love the simpicity of the scene. There's no spoken word, yet the the scene convey's volumes. I also love Mandana's sexy grin, it's so well acted. Thumbs up to the writer of the ep too. |
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Post by bgfanusa on Jun 11, 2007 8:01:05 GMT -5
NO NO not at all...just the opposite...a real turn on (now blushing)
Geez, I think she is a great actor and I'm singing her praises!
As echoed by others, I would like to see her working more and if the reason is she cut back for herself and family, totally understandable. If the reason is she has crappy management or not being offered good roles...that is a travesty!
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Post by coolbyrne on Jun 11, 2007 8:49:58 GMT -5
I loved the scene where the two Julies are making a wedding dress for Zandra and Nikki walks in.
Nikki: What's all this?
Julie: We're making a wedding dress for Zandra. What do you think?
Nikki: I think it's madness.
Julie: Some of us happen to like men.
Nikki: Yeah, but would you marry another one?
I always liked Nikki's scenes with the two Julies. They were always so playful and there was so much love between them.
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Post by topcat on Jun 11, 2007 9:10:21 GMT -5
I agree about the scenes with the Julies. The kitten episode springs to mind. Mandana's face as they show Nikki the bucket of droppings....
Some classic lines
"I'm not having Tinker shitting in my shed..."
Pam - "why are they crying?"
Nikki - "They're nutters!"
It's a shame these moments became few and far between in series 3.
Similarly, I think the scenes with Yvonne were particularly good. Two actors really sparking off each other. Again, it's a shame the writers built up this rapport and then seemed to forget about it until the wonderful scene where Yvonne and Nikki say goodbye. I love how Linda Henry portrays Yvonne in this moment of sadness - showing a true affection for Nikki and then straightens up as if to say "whoa, I'm a gangsters wife you know". It's a super bit of timing.
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Post by bgfanusa on Jul 4, 2007 8:16:07 GMT -5
I am not even going to try to list a favorite Nikki scene. What I will say is that although when I first started watching BG, I was very attracted to Helen's sultry Scot accent. I guess I am one of those Americans that swoon over a nice accent. LOL
Now that addiction has set in (this show is like crack, ermmm...in a good way) I am so into Nikki's accent. Those soft, low dulcet tones. Geez the way she says Helen makes me want to change my name!
The other thing Mandana does so well besides the way she talks as Nikki is her facial expressions. Trembling lips at the appropriate times, eyebrow lift, of course the famous eyeroll...
She just gets to me...
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Post by wadewannabee on Jul 4, 2007 19:35:07 GMT -5
I agree. I love MJ's middle class (posh) London accent. Other actors accents I love are Keira Knightly's, Keeley Hawes and Anna Chancellor's.
BTW a lot of people go on about Simone's accent. I think it's over rated!!
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Post by tingly on Jul 4, 2007 23:30:37 GMT -5
Oh wow-Where do I begin...oh woman...which scene...as soon as Mandana walked on the set of the first set or line...I was hooked,line and sinker!!I'm serious!!!The wine making scenes in the shed scenes with the two Julies..or when her and Shell would just start bashing each other...and the part were Helen is being really nice to Nikki and Nikki finally catches on!! oh...and all the parts when nikki would interact with when they were alone in the library...the undertones....and when Helen comes into her cell a bit down and then confesses in Nikki...and Nikki comforts her...and then whamp...plants one on her....Helen kisses her back...I have yet to see part 3 yet...so,I'm buying part 3!!!I can only find it at netflix...the last scene on part2...when helen's fiance...burns his suit on the gardening area...you know it ladies...nikki sees this runs to her cell and cries out Helens name...and the night time scene when nikki is smoking her cigerette and she's like the cat who ate the mouse...smirking...I just about went to Jelly...need I say anything more?? I'm totally an addict for this show and MJ!!!!!!
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Post by bgfanusa on Jul 5, 2007 10:42:42 GMT -5
Hi Tingly...welcome...yeh...she had me at hello...
little things like the way she said hiya babes talk to me on the phone early on calling for Trish
The bump...
oh and the tank top...I guess it is called vest overseas?
No one looked cuter in those blue/green garden clothes!
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Post by mevoila on Jul 5, 2007 13:43:47 GMT -5
There are too many Nikki scenes/lines I like, but right now I feel like mentioning these: S1ep7 when Nikki moves on enhanced - I love how she says "very nice" - priceless! S2ep12 during her indignant speech re Dominic being at Helen's place I can't help but smiling when she goes "...surprise sur-bloody-prise... at night, just the two of you, if you're really not interested? No. You don't." Adore this bit. She's fantastic. Can someone, please, clarify something for me? I keep coming across the line "I'm a lesbian elephant". It's definitely on this month's wallpaper on MandanaFC; I think I saw it on one of the icons by RM. I totally missed it;I don't even know whether it's Nikki's line or Mandana's. Is it something she said while in SA? And in what context? I assume it has to be something funny taking into consideration CB's and RM's fine sense of humour.  Thanks. |
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Post by topcat on Jul 5, 2007 14:32:41 GMT -5
Meviola, when Mandana and other cast members were in SA they were interviewed on radio and a caller came on to say that she disliked the 'lesbian element' of the drama. Unfortunately, the caller actually said 'lesbian elephant' before correcting herself. Later in the interview they were discussing whether Helen and Nikki would go off into the sunset together and how Helen couldn't make up her mind whilst Nikki 'knows what she wants'. Mandana joked, speaking as Nikki, 'I am a lesbian elephant'!
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Post by mevoila on Jul 5, 2007 14:40:45 GMT -5
Thank you so very much! I must find this interview now.
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Post by rotezora on Nov 3, 2007 11:06:13 GMT -5
I agree, wadewannabe, that look on Nikki's face during the catcalls (1.10) is stunning.
And mevoila, I also loved Nikki's "very nice!" (1.7) and "... No, you don't!" (2.12). Jealous Nikki is something to behold.
My other favourites are her response to Monica suggesting she appeal her sentence because someone would take her case: "Lesbian cop-killer? Yeah, very tabloid friendly, that!" (1.10) and when Fenner tells her she is lucky she is not being sent down the block: "I'm lucky I keep all my privileges in here where you can't touch them!" (2.5) Pure Nikki!
My favourite Nikki scene has to be in 1.6, the apres-Helen vacation garden scene. Helen flounces and Nikki smolders. It is pure butch desire. And she is wearing her white tank. I could watch it all day.
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