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23rd January 2002 at 7:29 pm #51363
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Originally posted by bonnee:
Tony

do you think Salter Street have any indication that season 4 has been stinking up the two universes?…. – whoever say’s the dead don’t poo obviously hasn’t been watching lexx recently.

[img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] I understand what you’re saying. I’m finding it difficult to review the latest shows because I don’t like commenting negatively on poor episodes of my fave Sci Fi show.

However, LEXX does this to us a LOT! They have done it to us in every series (even the first series!). There have been things to remember (good and bad) in each of the seasons, and I think it’s just that this is [b]not[/b] the exception.

I remember wondering if LEXX was worth a section on the SadGeezers Guide in Season one! (I didn’t particularly like episodes 1.02 or 1.03.

In Season 2, I thought that some of the shows were very bad, Norb was boring and all the references to rednecks became embarrassing in the end.

Season 3 I thought was boring for the most part and Season 4 is slow moving and could all have been squashed into an exciting 8 or 9 episodes.

However, if you look at the seasons as a whole they are each innovative and exciting. I loved them all and it’s hard sometimes to think that I could ever have doubted Salter Street – but only when I’d seen the end of the season.

I think that watching the season through to the end gives us a better perspective and the fact that LEXX is so bloody wacky, makes us impatient for the show to conclude (so that we can better appreciate the good bits).

I honestly believe that the shows will improve considerably as the season progresses and am confident that at the end I will probably think it one of the best seasons ever.

I appreciate that it all seems like a cop-out, but in all honesty, if Splarka (op in #lexx IRCchat)hadn’t talked me round after seeing episode 1.03, there wouldn’t now be a SadGeezers Guide to LEXX at all. (I’ll always be grateful to Splarka for that).

I agree with much of what you say in terms of the cheapness of the sets, but I can’t really comment on it too much. Salter Street Films is far smaller than some of the other production companies who tend to wastefully throw cash at complete drivel.

LEXX became a world leader in Computer Graphics in Sci Fi with the first season, but they only spent 12 million (that would be completely unheard of today). To keep up the pace they would have had to secure much more money from TV companies and if I had to choose between seeing a lower tech Season 4 or no Season 4 at all, I’d go for the former.

And so, while I understand how miffed you are, I’m pretty sure that you’ll feel different after a few more episodes. I guess I should watch this space. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

[ 23-01-2002: Message edited by: SadGeezer ]