Re:Trying to get Lexx back on TV
The first series of Lexx consisted of 1 hour 50 min long episodes each of which was pretty much self-contained. If Lexx was edited down to 30 min or 25 min episodes it would be easy to create cliff hangers if you wanted to.
I would start with the beginning of series 2 where HDS explains what has been happening in the series up till then. This is an excellent introduction. Then you could go to HDS attacking Kai’s planet where Kai is killed, then 2000 years later on on The Cluster.
You could miss out some of the sleazy stuff and some of the boring stuff, like the stuff about the 2 universes that Stan has to listen to in his cubicle.
I have been thinking that maybe it would be good to have a narration all through, explaining what is happening. Lexx can be difficult to follow sometimes.
I have thought that you could shoot additional material. Maybe a man is captured by criminals and they want to kill him because he is no use to them. But he starts telling them stories and they keep him alive. He tells them about the Insect Wars, the rise of the Divine Order, the capture of the Lexx etc., almost like history. Bit like Homer recounting the Trojan War and the adventures of Odysseus.
Or you could have a school girl of the future trying to research the history of humans. Maybe the Prophetess could be involved.