Movies, s2, s3, s4, any favourites

IWHS

S2- They are all great, but Twilight and Love Grows stand out.

S3- I’m not too fussy on S3, but Garden was great ep.

S4- The Rock, Walpurgis Nacht

S1: Supernova – Tim Curry is just fantastic!

s2: Brigadoom. Though there really are some fantastic eps in s2 – Mantrid, Lafftrack, Wake the Dead, Twilight, Stan’s Trial, Brizon…

s3: K-Town was a pretty good Kai moment, and Garden.

s4. Bad Carrot

[quote=”streudel”]The Beach/Heaven and Hell rocked, too, but I’d have to disagree with Prince’s assessment of Stan’s culpability. 👿 Yeah, I know Stanley judged himself, but Prince pulled quite the Johnny Cochrane on him.[/quote]

Agreed. Stan’s sins of commission in life weren’t that bad, and the sins of omission were given too much weight. I didn’t find it credible that he would be sentenced to Fire on the grounds given- the ep was a bit contrived.

1. IWHS, Supanova, Eating Pattern, Giga Shadow – all my favs

2. Wake the Dead, Brigadoom, 791, Stan’s Trial, Twilight, End of the Universe

3. K-Town, Tunnels, The Beach, Heaven and Hell and Garden

4. Midsummers Nightmare, Mort, The Game, Trip and Yo Way Yo of course!!!

“Brigadoom” is a strong follow-up. I feel like there are bits and pieces of Kai’s culture hidden in both eps and I think about that at times!! 🙂

…Stanelle

S1 – Super Nova, between Tim Curry and Giggerota you can’t beat it with a stick

S2 – 791, Wake the Dead, Nook, Patches In The Sky

S3 – Gametown, Girltown and Gondola(because it was the first episode of Lexx I ever saw)

S4 – A Midsummer’s Nightmare, Bad Carrot, Mort, Viva Lexx Vegas

But if you had to pick only one stellar ep, which would it be?

Brigadoom is my personal favourite as well. It gives lots of background to Kai which is great, but its just soo cool to have it as a musical! I thought it really worked. It manages to be both very funny and at the same time very sad and really captures for me everything that is great about the show 😀

Lafftrak is superb. I love the audience of heads, its just so freaky! I also like the idea of ‘specialty show.’ Its an episode that works really well as a stand alone.

Lafftrak. What a great ep. A complete story of it’s own as well. Certainly one of my unmentioned favorites.

As for Stan, it’s hard for me to argue for or against, I don’t know all the rules. Maybe the God of the LEXX universe is a bit strange, but…

He selfishly was willing to sacrifice millions to save a girl he’d just met because she was nice to him. The girl murdered someone and his best friend Xev hated her. In my book that there is enough to take the cake.

Stan cowardly abandoned his companion, even though the guy was a twit. He murdered Fifi and Shmore, regardless of their evils, they were no threat at the time and he summoned them. The list goes on and on. Kinda seems like Stan’s a bit evil to me.

Even Kai in all his neutrality and balance, agreed.

But it’s just my take on it. And I think we can all agree that the punishment does not fit the crime, since none really took place with Stan (Other than the aforementioned Fifi and friend). Evil people can be lazy too.

Yes, Stan has made choices, but his motives were never evil. They might have been immature, as Cesare notes, or poorly thought out, but not malicious or intentionally hurtful (in contrast, say, to Mantrid or Brizon). I think that Stanley is an eternal adolescent who just wants to be loved and cared for.

I also agree with the observation that Stan’s life hasn’t been that great. And even when he turns out to be the captain of the most powerful weapon of destruction in the Two Universes he still gets no respect, and certainly no love and acceptance. That’s got to be hard on a guy. (And despite being captain of the Lexx, it never occurs to him to abuse that power and become a villain- although the potential temptation should certainly have been there. What would you do with all of that power under your control?).

Indeed, Stan (often with the assistance of the robotic spittoon) is the voice of reason, especially in S1 and S2, and does more to help his friends and rescue them than Kai does, often with Lyekka playing a key role. What a man!

All seasons seemed to be good to me. Season three was my fave series but my favourite episode was Lafftrak which was awsome.

If I were to recommend an episode to someone who had never seen the shows before I’d recommend ‘I worship his shadow’ not just because it introduces the characters or provides some of the background, but because it shows the superb awe and spactacle of LEXX, and demonstrates so clearly why LEXX achieved such a cult following around the world.

[i]Personally, I think the best episode of LEXX is still yet to be written.[/i]

[quote=”LexxLurker”][quote=”iStan”]Yes, Stan has made choices, but his motives were never evil. They might have been immature, as Cesare notes, or poorly thought out, but not malicious or intentionally hurtful (in contrast, say, to Mantrid or Brizon). I think that Stanley is an eternal adolescent who just wants to be loved and cared for.
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Rationalize much? 😛

He murdered two people in cold blood in Gigashadow. He twice fired upon planets in cold blood (once Earth, one Robot Donut Planet). He condemned an entire world for sex.

And I’m just getting started.

Selfishness and evil are not mutually exclusive. Oops I killed everyone, but I did it for sex so it’s okay?[/quote]

Stan was far from being a virtuous person, but…
It was him, who decided to fight Mantrid. It was him, who took the moth, went down to Mantrid’s prison and saved his companions. When Kai was willing to execute Jihanna at Stan’s command, Stan decided to let her go (not knowing that Kai would kill him as well, if he decided otherwise). And so on and so on…
Stanley is not virtuous, but he’s not evil either. And when you think a little bit of what Stan probably had to suffer through before the IWHS events, you will get a picture little more complex and complicated than just “little selfish turd”.
Actually, I think, that the fact that HE condemned HIMSELF to endless suffering on level 9 suggests a lot of penitence and supports the opinion, that Stanley Tweedle was in fact quite a nice guy. (I bet that a lot of nice guys we know would end up doing much more harm that Stanley did, if they got a key to the Lexx.)

He’s aware of his failings and the worst struggles he has to go through are struggles with his own vices and weaknesses.
Calling him evil seems somewhat harsh and way too radical to me.

Just one EP? Battle then. If only for the great banter between Prince and Priest in the ballon. Best character relationship of the series.

[quote=”ladylina”] S4: Still didn’t watch any of it. Hey, spending the last month trying to catch up all the previous eps to have a fresh start with my cable TV for S4 is good enough, right?? hihi

I am a download freak, but my day still have only 24 hours. 😉

One ep: [b]I worship His Shadow[/b]. 🙂 Much love.[/quote]

Ha! All Lexx, all the time! Been there, done that, went to Hali. 😆
I found lexx during a Marathon, but I only saw it in bits and pieces because I had committed to theNeice to take her various places. So, I ordered them…. all three seasons…. once they started rolling in, it was truly all Lexx all the time. 🙂

But, on the plus side, I was able to zone out theSpouse, who was going through the change I think. So instead of getting a lawyer to get theCrankyOne off my case, I just watched Lexx. Again and again and again….. He found it difficult to be cranky when I was pausing the TV long enough for him to have a one-sided argument with me, and then when right back to my tapes. 😉 Eventually, I became hooked on the show, and he made it to the other side of the Change. So you could say Lexx saved my marriage, and I owe it all to Battle, the ep that caught my attention. 😆 I am now working on 22 plus years, so thank you Lexx.

hehehe…
Frey, I can’t say the same about me .

My other half was not very happy during the last month, at all. I work around 11 hours a day, so spending the litte time I’m at home watching Lexx wasn’t exactly his idea of quality time hehehe.

But the worst part (for him) is over. Now I can watch it on the TV on Mondays and Saturdays. hehehe

But I’m glad you are up to the half century mark 😉

Much love.

1) IWHS, Eating Pattern and Giga Shadow

2) Mantrid, Terminal, Lyekka, Stan’s Trial, 791, Norb, Twilight, Patches in the Sky, The Net, Brizon, End of the Universe

3) Fire and Water, May, Tunnels, The Key, Battle, Heaven and Hell

4) P4X, Vlad, 769, Dutch Threat, Haley’s Comet, Apocalexx Now, Lyekka vs Japan, Yo Way Yo

Those are the best episodes. If I had to pick just one from every season it would be IWHS, Twilight, Fire and Water and Apocalexx Now

Now that i’ve seen the first 4 movies, i can say that i really enjoyed ‘I worship his Shadow’ and ‘Giga Shadow’ the most. I found ‘Eating pattern’ my least favourite of the four.
Though i’d be happy to watch ALL Lexx, ALL of the time!

Favourite Lexx ? A Midsummers Nightmare – Xenia trying to stop laughing and be a tree

Kai ” I don’t want to be a tree ..I AM A TREE” priceless