BIG update to my Lexx Dictionary! :D
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Finally! I have updated the pages of my Ultimate Lexx Dictionary with as much info from S4 I could get. Beings there won’t be any new episodes till next year this was the perfect time for an update. So any way just follow this link and as allways enjoy…
[url=http://www.geocities.com/slopmaster4001/Slopmasters_Ultimate_Lexx_Dictionary.html?1002742273720]Ultimate Dictionary[/url]
-SMBTW, I’ve confirmed now that it is Ostral B.
Cool, Cat, how did you do that?
I always assumed Austral-B, but Brian claims it is Ostral B, and who am I to argue?
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
It is Austral-B.
So, as it’s been confirmed by someone who spouts this phrase quite often (not to mention has read the scripts), are you going to admit that you’re wrong now? [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
–Aleck
[b]Austral-is -e[/b] [i]adj[/i] southern
-[i]The New Collegiate Latin & English Dictionary[/i], John C. Traupman
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Austral-is -e [i]adj[/i] southern-[i]The New Collegiate Latin & English Dictionary[/i], John C. Traupman
…Which doesn’t have any bearing on the way that the Beans spell anything. If the Beans have the word spelled “Ostral,” then that is the correct spelling *in relation to the series*.
…Just like the character played by Xenia Seeburg is spelled “Xev,” and not “Zev.”–Aleck
[ 14-10-2001: Message edited by: Aleck ]
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Originally posted by Aleck:
So, as it’s been confirmed by someone who spouts this phrase quite often (not to mention has read the scripts), [i]are you going to admit that you’re wrong now?[/i] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
–Aleck
Austral-is -e adj southern (DalekTek)
[i]apparently not, being dt means never having to say you’re wrong…or sorry [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img][/i]
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Originally posted by Cat:
I always assumed Austral-B, but Brian claims it is Ostral B, and who am I to argue?
Coolness!! Straight from the Tweedle’s mouth!
Time to ammend that dictionary, Slop [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
ThanX Cat!! [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by X:
Time to ammend that dictionary, Slop [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
If you’re going to update the dictionary, here are the corrrect spellings (according to my sources):
Aurelium 4
Farley Cuckle
Castle Drakul
Enox
Giggerota
Dr. Kazaan
Leesterians
Dr. Ernst Longbore
Lusticon
Gubby Marx
Argon Protopl
Ruuma
Schnek
Schlemmi
Smoor
Sub-Nebuli
VoraAnd by the way, a bird is not a feathered mammal. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
[ 15-10-2001: Message edited by: DalekTek790 ]
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Originally posted by X:
Time to ammend that dictionary, Slop [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
I’ll think about it but I’m not feeling very motivated to change it right at the moment.
-SM
Hey! That means [b]I[/b] was right. What a strange sensation. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Slopmaster:
I’ll think about it but I’m not feeling very motivated to change it right at the moment.
Well, when you feel motivated to update the content then I would like to contribute. I have entries available for some Lexxian terms that are missing from your dictionary:
[b]Buckyball[/b]
A geodesic spheroid composed of triangular faces designed for optimal resistance to stress and used in spaceship design. Invented by and named after R. Buckminster Fuller. Mantrid had a number of buckyballs, one of which he used as a decoy to trap Brizon.[b]Castro Monument[/b]
Monolithic monument erected in Cuba after the death of Fidel Castro to honor El Presidente. A reporter noticed the Washington Monument in the background of the faked Cuban militant videotape, but Prince said it was the Castro Monument.[b]Cimmeria[/b]
Region near the Black Sea that was occupied by nomadic barbarians from circa 3000 to 634 B.C. A 4000 year old carving from Cimmeria uncovered by Dr. Longbore depicted a dark figure and the Seal of the Divine Order.[b]Cluster Lizard[/b]
4 meter long encephalophagous reptile inhabiting the Cluster, but originally from a very hot planet. Used by the Divine Order for cruel and unusual execution. Cluster lizards have no legs, but their ventral surfaces are equipped with two rows of pseudopods, allowing them to roll in hoops after prey. An accident in a lusticon chamber left Zev Bellringer with 17% Cluster lizard D.N.A.[b]Dominatrix[/b]
Sadistic female soul who almost killed Stan in one of the tunnels on Fire. She was reincarnated on Earth as Dravidia.[b]Grey[/b]
Type of extraterrestrial biological entity that 21st century humans believed was visiting Earth. The image of the Grey was used by Haig-Schlieffen operatives.[b]Guglielmo Marconi[/b]
Human who transmitted the first radio signal. It was apparently received by an extragalactic intelligence.[b]International Space Station[/b]
A multinational space project. Started in 1997, abandoned in 2001, and accidentally destroyed by the Lexx in 2020.[b]Mars[/b]
Fourth nearest planet to the Sun. Destroyed by the Lexx under the command of Lulu.[b]Nanites[/b]
Cell-sized machines. Mantrid’s drone arms contained nanites, allowing them to deconstruct and reconfigure matter. Kai proposed a plan for the construction of a spaceship with nanites to Dr. Longbore’s followers.[b]Net[/b]
Large spaceborne organism. Consists of a spider and a web.[b]Plasma[/b]
Collection of positively and negatively charged particles exhibiting properties of both a gas and some a form of energy. Plasma is used in the power cores of certain space stations. Doctors on the MedSat Medical Terminal tried to destroy Kai by bombarding him with plasma tapped from the station’s core, but instead completely disintegrated themselves and mostly disintegrated Zev.[b]Pluto[/b]
Planetoid discovered in 1930 by Clyde Arthur Tombaugh. The subject of an enormous scientific controversy in the late 20th and early 21st century over whether or not it was a true planet. The Lexx said it was “maybe” the Solar System’s ninth planet. Stan destroyed Pluto in a test of the Lexx’s targeting systems.[b]Robot Intuition[/b]
Form of extrasensory perception supposedly possessed by robotic drones.[b]Seal of the Divine Order[/b]
7-part clockwise metallic aperture-shaped icon that was the symbol of the Cluster, the Divine Order, and the League of 20,000 Planets. The Seal of the Divine Order appears on the clothing of Divine Clerics, the Lexx’s moths, the stonework of the Castle Drakul, a carving from ancient Cimmeria, a painting from 16th century Carpathia, and a woodcarving Father Borscht owned. It is always associated with death. The Seal of the Divine Order was based on the Insect exoskeleton.[b]Star Child[/b]
Ancient skull unearthed near Chihuahua, Mexico that some believe is the remains of a human-Grey hybrid. A photograph of the Star Child was on a bulletin board in the headquarters of Dr. Longbore’s followers.[b]Trin[/b]
Spaceborne carnivorous plant. Subdue prey using telepathic and shapeshifting techniques. Lyekka was a Trin.[b]Vacuum Vortex Anticelestiometathesis[/b]
The entry into a planet’s atmosphere via a vacuum vortex, or funnel (the vernacular term is “tornado”). It allows a craft to land without the stress of entry, but the vortex is difficult to exit because of the violent effects it has on the surrounding atmosphere. Kai piloted a moth into the atmosphere of the planet Woz via vacuum vortex anticelestiometathesis from a preexisting vacuum funnel, but not without a hitch.[b]Venus[/b]
Second nearest planet to the Sun. Destroyed by the Lexx under the command of Lulu.[b]Von Neumann Planetoid[/b]
A donut-shaped celestial body with a ring-shaped center of gravity, of the type predicted by 20th century Earth astrophysicist John von Neumann. Stanley Tweedle destroyed a von Neumann planetoid to demonstrate the Lexx’s capabilities to the Gollean clan.[b]”The Wheel[/b]
7-stanza poem composed by Kai while under the influence of Ruuma’s radiation.[b]792[/b]
Robotic butler for Governor Roada and Lady Heedia. His body was eaten by Lyekka, and his head was destroyed by Mantrid.[b]2020[/b]
This number appears on the title card for “Xevivor.” It is presumably the year the episode takes place.If you need a [i]Lexx[/i] timeline for your site you may have the one that I posted on the board. I’m not going to use it.
[ 16-10-2001: Message edited by: DalekTek790 ]
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
[b]2020[/b]
This number appears on the title card for “Xevivor.” It is presumably the year the episode takes place.[ 16-10-2001: Message edited by: DalekTek790 ]
DAMN YOU!! Dalektek790!!! [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] now I’m gonna have to go back and watch that one again. An intriguing observation.
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Buckyball
A geodesic spheroid composed of triangular faces designed for optimal resistance to stress and used in spaceship design. Invented by and named after R. Buckminster Fuller. Mantrid had a number of buckyballs, one of which he used as a decoy to trap Brizon.
While this is true of the design, it was never referred to as a buckyball in the episodes. You earlier made reference to this, saying that Mantrid referred to the design as a “buckyball.” However, I’ve checked all of Mantrid’s dialogue scenes in the final two episodes of Season 2, and he never uses the term. The closest he comes is in the final moments of “Brizon,” in which he speaks of the decoy he planted to trap Brizon. He says, and I quote, “Of course, I noticed the primitive little bug he placed in an older version of the machine I’ve become.” As Mantrid speaks in a broad German accent, I can understand how someone could misunderstand and hear “bug he” as “bucky,” but he never uses the term “buckyball.”
So therefore, calling the objects buckyballs is correct in that they’re using geodisic design, but the term is outside of the text and is not applicable.–Aleck
Kinda like calling Lyekka a “Trin”. While that may be accurate in another fictional universe it really can’t be applied unless specified by the beans.
Then again Star Trek has “proton torpedos” but I’ll let it slide since ILM has worked on a lot of the movies and TV shows [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
I found this in a Google search. Anyone read German?
OSTRAL (Organisation für die Stromversorgung in ausserordentlichen Lagen)
[img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Aleck:
While this is true of the design, it was never referred to as a buckyball in the episodes. You earlier made reference to this, saying that Mantrid referred to the design as a “buckyball.” However, I’ve checked all of Mantrid’s dialogue scenes in the final two episodes of Season 2, and he never uses the term. The closest he comes is in the final moments of “Brizon,” in which he speaks of the decoy he planted to trap Brizon. He says, and I quote, “Of course, I noticed the primitive little bug he placed in an older version of the machine I’ve become.” As Mantrid speaks in a broad German accent, I can understand how someone could misunderstand and hear “bug he” as “bucky,” but he never uses the term “buckyball.”
Oops. I could’ve sworn he said “buckyball.”
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Originally posted by X:
Kinda like calling Lyekka a “Trin”. While that may be accurate in another fictional universe it really can’t be applied unless specified by the beans.
Now that one was right. If a term is stated in dialog at least once, in my book that’s being specified by the writers. In [i]The End of the Universe[/i] Lyekka, after her plant pod has been destroyed, says “Trins need pods to survive” (that may not be the exact wording). I interpret that as meaning her people are the Trins. That’s why I call Lyekka a Trinflower in some of my posts. I don’t have the script, so she might’ve said “Tren” or “Trana” or something similar, but she clearly refers to her people by some name along those lines, and I’m pretty sure it was pronounced “Trin.”
And if something isn’t referred to by name but is blatantly implied in the episode that counts, too. Like the von Neumann planetoid in [i]White Trash[/i]. There’s no room in dialog for Stan to call it that, but that’s clearly what the makers (whether the writers or designers or special effects department) had in mind.
Ok finally a few small updates. In addition to all the new info I also put it in alphabetical order. I also got all my pictures linked. Oh yeah and a question. I have the three stages of Stanley Tweedle plus one but I don’t know where to put it. Any one have any suggestions?
-SM
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Well, when you feel motivated to update the content then I would like to contribute. I have entries available for some Lexxian terms that are missing from your dictionary:
[b]Buckyball[/b]
A geodesic spheroid composed of triangular faces designed for optimal resistance to stress and used in spaceship design. Invented by and named after R. Buckminster Fuller. Mantrid had a number of buckyballs, one of which he used as a decoy to trap Brizon.Well as stated above this term was never used.
[b]Castro Monument[/b]
Monolithic monument erected in Cuba after the death of Fidel Castro to honor El Presidente. A reporter noticed the Washington Monument in the background of the faked Cuban militant videotape, but Prince said it was the Castro Monument.According to the closed captioning for “Stan Down” what Prince really said was “I think it was the shape of the Che Guevar monument in Cuba”
[b]International Space Station[/b]
A multinational space project. Started in 1997, abandoned in 2001, and accidentally destroyed by the Lexx in 2020.Well granted I need to add the def’ of the ISS but there was no mention made of it being abandoned in 2001.
[b]Mars[/b]
Fourth nearest planet to the Sun. Destroyed by the Lexx under the command of Lulu.Yeah I need to add that.
[b]Nanites[/b]
Cell-sized machines. Mantrid’s drone arms contained nanites, allowing them to deconstruct and reconfigure matter. Kai proposed a plan for the construction of a spaceship with nanites to Dr. Longbore’s followers.I believe I have Nanites as well.
[b]Star Child[/b]
Ancient skull unearthed near Chihuahua, Mexico that some believe is the remains of a human-Grey hybrid. A photograph of the Star Child was on a bulletin board in the headquarters of Dr. Longbore’s followers.Hmmm interesting but not entirely relevant.
[b]2020[/b]
This number appears on the title card for “Xevivor.” It is presumably the year the episode takes place.That number must stand for something else because as you recall in “Xevivor” Hank was Mr. Austrailia 2000 so I kind of doubt he was this 20 years ago.
[ 16-10-2001: Message edited by: DalekTek790 ]
Well some of that was helpfull and for that I thank you.
-SM
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Originally posted by Slopmaster:
Well as stated above this term was never used.
That was a minor error on my part.
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According to the closed captioning for “Stan Down” what Prince really said was “I think it was the shape of the Che Guevar monument in Cuba”
That might’ve been another minor error.
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Well granted I need to add the def’ of the ISS but there was no mention made of it being abandoned in 2001.
That really happened. Last I heard the project was officially dead. Not everything in my shoddy addendum is actually from the episodes, there’s some basis on reality. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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I believe I have Nanites as well.
I looked for a nanite entry before, but I somehow missed it. I believe some entries in the “N” section were out of alphabetical order, so I was looking in the wrong place. But the entry is slightly inaccurate. It says nanites are smaller than atoms, but they’re actually the size of cells, protein molecules at the smallest. Also SadGeezer said Mantrid was using nanites (I don’t remember them saying that, but I’m not inclined to doubt SadGeezer).
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Hmmm interesting but not entirely relevant.
I know. It’s just that “Oh-tOokurah” thinks it might be foreshadowing. [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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That number must stand for something else because as you recall in “Xevivor” Hank was Mr. Austrailia 2000 so I kind of doubt he was this 20 years ago.
Didn’t catch that line. The two 20’s weren’t connected onscreen (I don’t think), so I suppose it could be 20/20 (you get to see everything) or maybe it’s channel 2,020 (this is the future, after all) or something else. If the date isn’t 2020 then my whole timeline is off. [img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]
On that note, I notice you make frequent references to 2,009 years. I will remind you that the time the Lexx was adrift between seasons 2 and 3 was 4,332 years, not exactly 4,000. Oh, and Cluster lizards aren’t from “the hottest places in the Cluster.” They’re not native to the Cluster at all. Our favorite demireptile says they were imported from another, hotter planet in [i]Battle[/i] and [i]Heaven and Hell[/i].
And I told you about the bird thing.
Your website is a really good resource, and if you get on the ball and fix the entries I mentioned I might put a link to it on my sci-fi site that doesn’t exist. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Your website is a really good resource, and if you get on the ball and fix the entries I mentioned I might put a link to it on my sci-fi site that doesn’t exist. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
Get on the ball uh. Well don’t take this the wrong way but I won’t exactly loose any sleep if I don’t have a link on your site. I am working acording to my own pace and eventually most things will be fixed. Oh and as for the ISS it is not dead. Last I heard its still being built.
-SM
STS-108 Preparations Continue
With STS-108’s target launch date drawing closer, processing of Space Shuttle Endeavour continues at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Workers have completed crew module and external leak checks and auxiliary power unit checks. The orbiter’s payload bay doors were scheduled to be closed Monday. The attachment of the orbiter to the external tank is slated for next week. STS-108 is scheduled to launch no earlier than Nov. 29.
[b]Endeavour will be delivering the Expedition Four crew and the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to the International Space Station.[/b][url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/]http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/[/url]
It ain’t been cancelled. [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]
elmey
[ 17-10-2001: Message edited by: elmey ]
This one’s cool:
[url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/vrml/station/]http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/vrml/station/[/url]
elmey [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Slopmaster:
Get on the ball uh. Well don’t take this the wrong way but I won’t exactly loose any sleep if I don’t have a link on your site
I was kidding. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
I was kidding. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
Hehe I know [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
-SM
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
[b]Castro Monument[/b]
Monolithic monument erected in Cuba after the death of Fidel Castro to honor El Presidente. A reporter noticed the Washington Monument in the background of the faked Cuban militant videotape, but Prince said it was the Castro Monument.
Prince said “Che Guevara”.
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Originally posted by Slopmaster:
Finally! I have updated the pages of my Ultimate Lexx Dictionary with as much info from S4 I could get. Beings there won’t be any new episodes till next year this was the perfect time for an update. So any way just follow this link and as allways enjoy…
[url=http://www.geocities.com/slopmaster4001/Slopmasters_Ultimate_Lexx_Dictionary.html?1002742273720]Ultimate Dictionary[/url]
-SM
just a thought, but why dont you call it your ‘Lexxicon’? teehee!
Bug.
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Originally posted by bugblatterbeast:
just a thought, but why dont you call it your ‘Lexxicon’? teehee!Bug.
I could name it that but it would lack my great name and also Lexicon has been used before so I was going for something strikeing and original.
-SM
quote[quote]Argon Protopl[/quote]
Is that a mistpye? It’s Protop[b]i[/b] according to the credits (iirc)
quote[quote]Sub-Nebuli[/quote]
Sub-Nebulae, again according to Brian.
Protopl is how most online sources spell it. Plus if you listen to the dialog there’s clearly an “L” sound at the end of the name. Sub-Nebulae would make more sense, because nebulae is the correct plural of nebula, but the cast all pronounce it “Nebuli.”
Series 4 takes place in current time as in Little Blue Planet they talked about Priest having been in the jungle for 30 years(starting in the late 60’s).
In fact Little Blue Planet has to have taken place last November to be exact with the elections or in Nov 2004 at the latest.
Oh and I meant as opposed to 2020.
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Sub-Nebulae would make more sense, because nebulae is the correct plural of nebula, but the cast all pronounce it “Nebuli.”
i assume by ‘nebuli’, you mean that the final sound is the long i, which is the correct pronunciation of ‘nebulae’,although a correct alternative pronunciation of ‘nebulae’ would be nebulee(long final e) [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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