Which Spin-Off would you prefer?
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Originally posted by Squishy:
Come off it Flamegrape, the above statement pretty much sums up what you think of earlier Lexx compared to what it is now.
The insect wars were not dreamt up by fans, the fact that they were not played out in the series does not mean they didn’t happen.
As we’ve seen with Star Wars, prequels can be an interesting and integral part of the Lexx history, an area that has never truly been explored.
nononononononono…. I didn’t say “the Insect Wars were dreamed up by the fans”. I said, “the [i]idea[/i] of an Insect Wars [i]prequel[/i] was entirely dreamed up by fans”. Worlds of difference. And actually, that wasn’t entirely true anyway. Didn’t MM bring up the idea in an interview? (I hope I’m not starting a false rumor!)
About [i]Star Wars[/i]. Since 1977 when the first movie came, it was [i]designed[/i] to have prequels. It wasn’t something invented after [i]Return of the Jedi[/i] was released. In fact, as I dimly recall from my childhood, there were supposed to be [i]nine[/i] movies in all! But I haven’t heard talk of an Episode VII in… well, in decades, I guess.
In the case of [i]Lexx[/i], the Insect Wars were merely backstory for Kai’s character. Famous throughout the galaxies, the Brunnen-G saved the universe from the evil Insects. The fact that many fans wondered about the details of that war demostrates how effective Kai’s character was defined.
Look, if they did an Insect Wars prequel, that’s great! I’ll be glued to the tube every week. But it wouldn’t be the same show. Sort of in the same sense the [i]ST:TNG[/i] is not the same as [i]ST:TOS[/i]. The first one was campy and sometimes outrageous. The second one was a bit more stiff and serious. Both good shows, but very different in style.
But yeah, you’re right about my opinion of the later seasons of [i]Lexx[/i] over the first season. I really enjoyed the goofball stuff that happened with Xev and Stan. In my viewpoint, the Beans have laid a firm foundation for Stan and Xev’s characters. Both the writers and the actors are now very familiar with them. To shift focus to an Insect Wars prequel would require a huge shift in gears and an abandonment of everything that has been developed in the previous four seasons.
Hey! Why not have our cake and eat it? LOL! Why not produce BOTH show ideas? The Beans could turn over reins to some other group of writers, producers, directors, and actors to let them make a kick-butt Insect Wars prequel! The Beans could come in as consultants or be executive producers while they focus on the continuation of [i]Lexx[/i] and the story of Stan, Xev, Prince, Priest, and Bunny! In fact, the more I think about it, the better that sounds!
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