LEXX vs Star Wars
I think Lexx and Star Wars is an even contest, mainly because they both can’t claim outright originality, having been influenced in so many ways.
But Lexx slightly edges it for the fact it is fighting against established Sci-Fi like Star Trek and other programs, it wins because it is different from the stale form of a sci-fi program that we get nowadays.
Lexx may have not been entirely original, but the first movie did give it a fresh appeal that many of us hadn’t seen in a long while.
Star Wars had it somewhat easier, there wasn’t a market for the big budget Sci-Fi movie back then, and like Elvis is called King because he was the best at the time, so it goes for Star Wars.
So Lexx wins on this front, but Lexx has alienated itself from a wider audience, but then it wouldn’t be Lexx otherwise.
Lexx and Star Wars are similar in the groundbreaking aspect of Sci-Fi, Star Wars moved away from the traditional Sci-Fi, and Lexx did the same, it’s a shame we don’t see the vision of Lexx and Star Wars in more T.V or movies.
But Lexx wins it for me, because Lexx did have it tougher and was never given the opportunity to become more than just a television series.
Squishy