where’s mantrid ? (bit like where’s wally?)
dgk, you obviously care enough about Lexx to create your own ‘tribute’ elsewhere. Its a fine page by the way, and I think we agree, usually a damn fine show. I’m also very confused actually – about two things. Firstly, whilst the show is often characterised by amazing highs and lows, I feel I’ve been watching it flatline lately. Lexx has always divided fans of course – usually the one and same fan! It is often possible to watch the show, and find yourself arguing with yourself. We can find ourselves questioning why we put ourselves through ‘that’, but the following week we can find ourselves anxious for the next serving and delighted by the result. Secondly, The thing that is interesting about the most recent season, however, is that our ‘private’ argument has spilled out into the ‘public’ realm (bearing in mind I am wary of such a distinction to begin with). We are not the first to bemoan the apparent lack of ‘quality’ during the current season. This has been ‘taken’ as a ‘given’ elsewhere (I’ve just noticed that there is a thread here somewhere way back of someone reporting about a consensus emerging in alt.tv groups concerning the current season – and the person reporting this ‘fact’ was quite surprised, and encourages responses to ‘it’). My response coincides with your own regarding ‘editing’ . Lack of quality control by virtue of too many episodes or an uncertainty in tone. I also suspect that the producers have responded to a critisism of season 3 – where it is commonly held to be ‘too serious’ . So, in response to this perceived quality and/or lack of (humour/playfullness), they went the other way for the first half of season 4. And now many are complaining about it not taking itself (and/or the audience) too seriously anymore! Note, however (Aleck), that any response to its perceived qualities – including Salter Street’s response to temper it with a perceived imbalance – has its basis in the thing being responded to: Lexx. We are talking about the show – or if you prefer, a given response taken from it. And the scales have tipped the other way in many quarters. You and I both know that we were going to continue to watch Lexx, and shall ignore the call to not watch it, despite ongoing reservations. This forum, however, appears to more accepting than most – the only thing it doesn’t seem to want to accept is our critisism of OUR show. Its almost as if its their’s alone. but to quote you on your site
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