LEXX DVD Stuff

So, do you all know if and when these will be released in the US? I hope they’re not just released to Canada because I’m already mad about the Anne of Green Gables movies only being available on DVD in Canada!

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“I love you” “I know” – Princess Leia and Han Solo
“First you wanna kill me, now you wanna kiss me, blow” – Ash from Army of Darkness
“Darling, you idiot!” – Lum from Urusei Yatsura
“Who is this Anya!? Is she prettier than me!?” Xander’s sock puppet friend from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Aleck:
May 29, 2001. The first 2 collections (4 episodes on each) will be released on VHS and DVD on this date, with releases following generally every 2 months. The 3rd through 5th sets’ release dates are much more tentative than the first two, so keep that in mind, but it should follow that basic guideline.
…But don’t bite my head off if the dates change, please! [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

thanx aleck , i keep reminding people we dont bite heads off here, we merely kill people and hide the body parts in the sewer (that’s what the aromatherapy candles are for) would you like some pineapple juice? (FX grins evilly and pops the tab [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img] )

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No, no, no, there will be no biting of Aleck’s head here. We’re grateful for your info! And, if things ever heat up for you, we’ll hide you in the East sewer wing. There’s plenty of room down here. (eew! getting bad “It” vibes behind that line! [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/tongue.gif[/img])

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“mitaku oyasin”

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Originally posted by trillian:
[b]Can I kiss Aleck’s feet? *smooch*
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Ewww…you don’t know where they’ve been! [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/tongue.gif[/img]

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On my informal polling, someone mentioned that they would like to see some games on the DVD’s. You never mentioned, so I was wondering, will there be any silly games to play? [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]
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Probably the only thing that falls into the “silly games” category is a trivia game thing, which unfortunately isn’t going to be a real brain-challenging thing. I was instructed to not make it *too* obscure so’s not to alienate newbies. There’ll probably be a trivia thing on each DVD release.

As for extras on the VHS releases, we are going to put the interview segments on the VHS tapes as well. At least that’s the last I heard from the VHS folks.

–Aleck

Ooooh, gerbil thwacking! I say we start with the ones who changed ‘Lexx’ to Mondays and work our way up to the censors! Then, for triple points, get the Lexx to swallow/blow up a corporate boardroom full of petty bureaucrats, er, executives! [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by lancepr:
[b]Any word on a boxed set or do we have buy them individually?
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Individually. They won’t all be ready at once, and will come out in spurts. Two at first (May 29th), then ones following approx. every 2 months. I wouldn’t rule out all of them *at some time* becoming available as a boxed set, but as of now we don’t really have any plans to do it.

–Aleck

How ’bout “Thwack a Brain?” See how many divine predecessor brains you can thwack with Kai’s brace before HDS comes to save them. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

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Okay, 2 bits of bad news…
One, we won’t have a Thwack-a-Brain game, though I think it’s one of the best ideas I’ve heard for a game yet. Just think, it could start on the Cluster, where you have to defeat security guards, cluster lizards, and robotic drones. Then, on board the LEXX, you have to battle and defeat hordes of Mantrid drones, Aulk and Schlemmi, Giggerota, the Guleen clan et al (of course, you can find your way to other levels where you must defeat armies of undead Divine Predecessors like some mutant Resident Evil/House of the Dead thingie, sex-crazed monks, etc.). Finally, you work your way to the Hall of Brains and must destroy as many as possible (which ain’t really much of a challenge, since they just sit in their little pods–maybe you must fight off being possessed by Insect Essence). Anyway, sounds like a cool game, and it sucks that PlayStation hasn’t come out with it yet.

Okay, so that wasn’t much of a bad news bit.

But, here’s a bit of bad news on my end, anyway. Salter is filming the cast/crew interviews (I think they did some at the end of last week, and will continue this week), and Xenia has refused to be interviewed. I don’t know why, as no real reason was given, so it could be that she couldn’t work it into her schedule or any number of other reasons. Other cast members have agreed to participate, and they look to be cool. The one I’m waiting for (and which should be on set 3, if things go as planned) is the interview with Jeffrey Hirschfield *in character*!!!! We’re getting an interview with the HEAD!!!! [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] It’s all just *so* Max Headroom!

Anyway, just to keep y’all updated on what’s going on.

–Aleck

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Originally posted by trillian:
[b]Here are the results of the informal polls I started on three groups.
**SNIP**
Maybe too little too late, but for what’s it’s worth, here ‘ya go. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
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Thanks Trillian!!!!!
I passed along the results to the Powers That Be around here, and I’m still going to be pushing for some outtake stuff. It may not be available for the Season 2 stuff, but we’ll see what happens with the Season 3 releases. What surprised me is the number of people interested in costume development. I hadn’t really thought about that, and it might be something worth looking into.
Thanks again! [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

–Aleck

Okay, just a slight update.
The DVDs are in the beginning stages of being authored. This involves a bunch of programming that I personally don’t understand a lick of, but the fine folks at Salter do, and are working on it as we speak. We received 2 test discs for the DVDs yesterday, and aside from some small programming errors, they seem to be coming along swell. The image quality on the episodes themselves is just great. From what I saw, anyway. The discs had truncated, 10-minute snips of each episode on them (just so we could tell how the links worked and all that). But they looked great, much better than the VHS screeners I’d looked at earlier, which were a revelation compared to my EP-recorded tapes from Sci Fi.
Because Xenia was unavailable for interview, she’s been replaced on the second disc with the other interview they had in the can. So, for the first release, there’s an interview with MM, and an interview with Paul Donovan on the second. MM’s interview is particularly cool. There are a few behind-the-scenes moments edited in, and he’s pretty relaxed and funny. I had no idea his hair was so long now, though. I had only seen some pics of him out of costume with kinda short-ish hair. But now his hair’s down past his shoulders. Paul Donovan’s interview covers a lot of the same territory that he’s covered before, about wanting to break free of the “typical” sci-fi trappings. He mentions “The Beverly Hillbillies” as an influence, though, and I was fairly shocked by that. I didn’t see that at *all*. Both are pretty good interviews.
But, okay, here’s my reason for posting all of this. I haven’t been to Halifax. Never visited the studios. Don’t know what it’s like there. I just have one question that’s been bugging me and everyone else who’s seen the Paul Donovan interview. Are the sets heated? All through the interview, he’s wearing a big bulky coat and a wool stocking cap. He looks like he oughta be camping out somewhere in the wilderness, not flming a TV show. It can’t be *that* cold in there!

–Aleck

Hey Aleck, glad to read the updates. Sorry to read about Xenia, though. She probably got tired of people askin’ her why she took Eva’s place. Pity, though, people really like her character. It would have been nice seeing her ‘off-screen,’ speaking about her adventures with the show. Anyway, I finally got a chance to see the IWHS DVD, the one released by Koch(?). Dude, they spelled Divine with an “e”. Ex-English teacher Lexx fans want to know, you guys are using spell check over at Acorn, right? [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] Comparatively speaking, spelling aside, will the Acorn DVDs be much better or different? Okay, I know ya gotta say better, workin’ there and all, but how different? Well, regardless of perks and extras, I’ll still be getting them. IWHS was my first DVD experience and I couldn’t peel my eyes away from the screen! Now, I must have all of the series on DVD. Get crackin’ Acorn! [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

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…And I had to get this up on the board quickly…
I’m poster #668 in the forum.
The Neighbor of the Beast.

–Aleck

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Originally posted by BlackCloud:
[b] #668? And, who pray tell (gulp!) was the actual dreaded number? Waitasec, how did you know you were 668? (sheesh, the things I don’t know!) It’s probably someplace obvious, isn’t it?
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On the board’s main page, it lists the number of posts next to the forum and description.
As to the question of who’s post was THE ONE, I think it was someone posting under the name…NuageNoir! (cue music: bah bah BAAAH!) [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/eek.gif[/img]

–Aleck

Okay, just a little update here…
When the release date comes around, there’s going to be a big contest going on through the Musicland groups’ stores (Musicland, Suncoast, probably Media Play). I can’t say what exactly it is, as the details are being hammered out, but I’ll hint as to what it *might* be. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img]
You can wear it, and it’s got a hood, and it was worn by someone in the series.

Make of that what you will.

–Aleck

66..wha..?! Oh, how typical. Figures I’d have [b]that[/b] post. I guess I should try for that Divine Shadow robe (‘devine’ an American thing? I should think not!) after that lucky post. FX, was the black robe used in connection with bathing rituals and NIN??? [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by Joe D.:
[b]It’s a minor nitpick (since I was so thrilled to finally get Lexx DVD’s), but I was particularly annoyed with the fact that the Lexx DVDs aren’t actually divided into true chapters (there are a few “jump to” points, but they aren’t actually chapters), and also there are no track-times (the player never lists the time elapsed). Just makes it kinda difficult to find where you left off.[/b]

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You know, I’m glad you brought this up. I had the same problem with mine, and thought it might just be some hardware compatibility thing. The check discs we’ve been given don’t have track-times listed either, but they’re truncated and only contain 10 minutes of program (just to see how the on-screen functions go). I’ll inquire about this, as it bugged me as well.
As to the chapter question (I haven’t really used the chapter menu of Season 1, other than examining how they approached it in general), I’m unclear as to what you mean. The one thing that *really* bothered me about the Season 1 DVDs was the fact that the scene index was not numbered, and appeared to be almost randomly laid out on the screen (they really *aren’t*, I found out, but it looked kind of haphazard). What we’re doing as far as chaptering goes, is placing chapters either at the commercial break (where it fades to black and there’s a scene change), or where there is a significant scene change and a new element of the plot is introduced or expanded upon (and laid out at about 6-10 minute intervals). It’s a little more in-depth than a jump-to-a-scene thing, but a little more broad at the same time.

Good observations. Let me know what you think.

–Aleck

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Originally posted by Joe D:
[b]When you’re watching any DVD, and you hit the “next chapter” or “>>” button (whatever you want to call it), it should advance to the next chapter (essentially the same thing as tracks on a music CD). You actually see the # change (on the DVD screen) telling you which chapter # you’re on (it advances from chapter 1, to 2, 3, 4, etc. etc.).

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Aaaah. *That* I understand. I thought you meant something about how the DVD scene selection was set up. Thinking about it, this might have something to do with the fact that there is no track-time information displayed. I would hope not, but I’m going to check on this today. As to the track-time stuff that you mentioned yesterday, I spoke with the higher-ups around here (they have contact with the folks at Salter Digital), and it’s not something that we’ve ever had to worry about before (we don’t usually use Salter as our mastering source), and it is too late to change the situation if the first 2 DVDs are set up in the same way as the Season 1 discs. We’ve passed along the info to Salter, however, and if the first 2 discs have the same problem, we should be able to fix it by the next release. If not, then all for the better.

Again, thanks for sharing these problems with me. I’ll do my best to see that it won’t be the case with *all* of the releases, anyway. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

–Aleck

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Originally posted by Joe D:
[b] Aleck, I think it sounds like you guys are really striving to do a great job with these DVDs! [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
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Thank you! We are, and it helps to have a rabid fan on the staff (I want to put out something that I’d be happy to buy if I weren’t involved). [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

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[b]I have one question: Are the U.S. and Canadian versions going to be identical?
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Exactly identical. We here at Acorn are working together with Salter Digital to create the product, and Koch is distributing the same product in Canada in return for sharing in the production costs.

–Aleck

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Originally posted by Aleck:
[b] To follow up on this, I checked the test discs we have here, and you can, indeed, skip from one chapter to the next on the Season 2 discs. Don’t know how or why that happened with the first series, other than it was one of Salter’s first (if not their very first) DVD projects. But, it’s been cleared up now.
Hopefully, with the full sample discs we get in, the track-time thing will work. If not, as I said, we’ll try to get it worked out for the next 3 releases.

–Aleck[/b]

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Sounds great Aleck! I’m totally pumped up about these discs!

Thank you so much for the info. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

– Joe D.

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Originally posted by Aleck:
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…And is it just me, or has everyone been especially quiet over the past couple of days?

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Thanks for the info, Aleck. Now, about distribution…heh. j/k

I’ve noticed it’s been silent lately. Maybe they are all busy with Uncon? Or…*gulp* the lexx has blown up the planet and we got pushed into an alternate plane of being, we’re the only two really on line and everything else is just a rampant figment of my imagination! OMG!! [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/tongue.gif[/img]

*chuckle* just kidding.

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Originally posted by FX:
[b]aleck and trillian, how the hell are youse?! yeah the board has been painfully slow, part of it may be the uncon, but a lot is spring…you know people peering out from pasty white faces, not quite sure if it’s safe to come out, and then frolicking merrily around in the watery sun…even my dog looks cheerier, and nothing fazes him (except salty slush stuck in his paws and sudden loud noises [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] ) anyhoo i check in at night cause i really don’t watch tv and i have no life because of my job, so let’s chat! what do you guys think of lex gigeroff as clinton? and how about that mockup of the oval office (see kaisgirl.freeuk) pat’s halifax reports/photos from her visit to salter this february…looks fun huh?ps aleck, if i had down virginia again soon, what do i have to pay to see some snippets of these dvds [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] might inspire me to buy a dvd player love fx

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Yeah, Spring fever is getting me too and how’d you know what I look like? The fog we’ve had makes my pasty white face disappear but today has been delightful! I’ve been doing OK, how the heck are you!? Oh, how does one post a picture on the messege? I’ve got a picture of a billboard that’s hilarious! It advertises stantheonemanband.com, it’s a real site and a real bill board!

Lex as Hill-Bill-y…can’t wait to hear him do the voice. Amazingly close on the looks. Erm, Lex, baby, there some relatives you ain’t telling us about?

Are we gonna be seeing Kai with his hair down? OOOooo. I’ve also heard that 790 is gonna be back and lewd as ever! YEAH!!!

As for the oval office, I’ve never been there, my plans to take over the world have been foiled by MissJean, drat her! So I’ll assume they did an excellent job, but of course!

My little mind has been turning, turning trying to imagine the situations that could come about based on the props and snippets I’ve seen. I’m not into publically speculating about it, because if I’m wrong, I look like a doofus; if I’m right, I look like a genius. I’m neither one, just somewhere in the middle. *adjusts the doofus/genius glasses*

Heh, I’m REALLY feeling spring fever! I’ll be around a little more, I nuked my harddrive and reloaded. I was getting the blue screen of death too much. Now my computer has had spring cleaning and it’s time for the house, yuck!

*hums the Bee Gees “I Feel Like Dancing” Why? because it’s just stuck in my head for some unknown reason!*
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Originally posted by SadGeezer:
[b]I have a press release for the DVD’s and video stuff from those nice peeps at Acorn (I was supposed to put it up ages ago [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/frown.gif[/img] )

I’m starting a new thread with it here:

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Originally posted by FX:
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hrm, Sad,having a few hiccups? heh.
Ok, warning, it’s Friday night/Saturday morning, and I’ve had a few. It’s likely this post will make next to no sense. heh. Or will have the potential to make someone feel insulted. You’ve been warned.

What was I thinking? Oh, yeah! something about Kai with his hair down and thwacking off groupies! THUD! I better be represented somewhere in that spin off! heh.

As for Mr. Bill Clinton and his dyke… erm… I mean wife…well, I can only hope that the man is somehow lampooned beyond belief to make me die laughing with tears in my eyes. And to make the hilarity even more than I can handle, 790 wants the evilest thing he can find. Ok, I warned you this could be offensive!

And what about the Lexx? How many of us really want to see him get a piece of ass? (continues on her offensive rampage, I’m not scared for you to know I have an offensive side) *giggle*

And Xev and Stan, really, what could we say? The poor dears have gone through so much. Stan has been made to feel like he is the scum of the universe time and time again. Is that fair? Maybe, maybe not. Xev has been tested and grinded to the stone, how much more can the poor girl take? who knows, except the beans.

What do we want to see? *giggle* If I let MissEvil out, she would say sex, sex, and more sex. She would want Kai to experience something, even though “the dead do not…”
Xev would experience some respect against a raging libido. Stan would experience physical pleasure along the lines of love mixed in with his horniness and 790? He would get the equivalant to knowing what a vibrator feels! LOL.

OK, OK, you have my permission to edit and cut anything you want out of this post. I’m feeling awful naughty tonite. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img]

Have a good Spring everyone.

Hey, cool! I’m a committed Sadgeezer! I knew it would happen sometime! [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

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hyea Aleck, good to see ‘ya!

I do have a question. We are getting a Block Buster video that is closer than two hours away. Do they sell videos/DVDs? or just rent? (isn’t this sad? I don’t think I’ve been to a block buster yet, the opportunity was never there.) And if they sell them, would the next lexx releases be available there? If so KEWL!!! I’m so psyched, I can actually get them! woo woo!