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To the company with the pointy hat..
Alliance Atlantis has aquired Salter Street films, the makers of Lexx.
Read the full story on Salters Press Release and let us know what you think of this surprising news.
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Originally posted by Cat:
To the company with the pointy hat..
Alliance Atlantis has aquired Salter Street films, the makers of Lexx.
Read the full story on Salters Press Release and let us know what you think of this surprising news.
From what I can tell, the buyout isn’t affecting any of the day-to-day operations of Salter. It also won’t hurt their relationship with the Sci Fi Channel, since Alliance Atlantis has at least one series currently in development for them, Philip Jose Farmer’s “Riverworld.” It basically just looks like it’s the corporate guys that are changing around, and not affecting the creative end of things.
–Aleck
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Originally posted by Cat:
To the company with the pointy hat..
Alliance Atlantis has aquired Salter Street films, the makers of Lexx.
Read the full story on Salters Press Release and let us know what you think of this surprising news.
From what I can tell, the buyout isn’t affecting any of the day-to-day operations of Salter. It also won’t hurt their relationship with the Sci Fi Channel, since Alliance Atlantis has at least one series currently in development for them, Philip Jose Farmer’s “Riverworld.” It basically just looks like it’s the corporate guys that are changing around, and not affecting the creative end of things.
–Aleck
Although I’m happy got Donovan and Company, I can’t help but think their acquisition of Salter may not neccessarily be a good thing for Lexx. Alliance is associated with the Roddenberry Cadre and Majel will be hard pressed not to put her own fingerprint on the shows produced by Salter. Lexx certainly does not fit her mold. I suspect we will not see a season 5 for Lexx. Perhaps it is just as well, Star Trek was a little pathetic by the end of the last motion picture they did. It made me kinda sad. Time will tell about the potential new direction Salter may take.
Although I’m happy got Donovan and Company, I can’t help but think their acquisition of Salter may not neccessarily be a good thing for Lexx. Alliance is associated with the Roddenberry Cadre and Majel will be hard pressed not to put her own fingerprint on the shows produced by Salter. Lexx certainly does not fit her mold. I suspect we will not see a season 5 for Lexx. Perhaps it is just as well, Star Trek was a little pathetic by the end of the last motion picture they did. It made me kinda sad. Time will tell about the potential new direction Salter may take.
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Originally posted by nwmonikr:
Although I’m happy got Donovan and Company, I can’t help but think their acquisition of Salter may not neccessarily be a good thing for Lexx. Alliance is associated with the Roddenberry Cadre and Majel will be hard pressed not to put her own fingerprint on the shows produced by Salter. Lexx certainly does not fit her mold. I suspect we will not see a season 5 for Lexx. Perhaps it is just as well, Star Trek was a little pathetic by the end of the last motion picture they did. It made me kinda sad. Time will tell about the potential new direction Salter may take.
I just did a search on IMDb to see what stuff Alliance Atlantis had done, and I’m not really worried about Majel’s influence. They’ve had their hands in a lot of projects that don’t fit the Roddenberry mode, like the films “Jesus’ Son” and “eXistenZ,” to name a couple. Any company that finances a David Cronenberg movie is okay in my book.
–Aleck
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Originally posted by nwmonikr:
Although I’m happy got Donovan and Company, I can’t help but think their acquisition of Salter may not neccessarily be a good thing for Lexx. Alliance is associated with the Roddenberry Cadre and Majel will be hard pressed not to put her own fingerprint on the shows produced by Salter. Lexx certainly does not fit her mold. I suspect we will not see a season 5 for Lexx. Perhaps it is just as well, Star Trek was a little pathetic by the end of the last motion picture they did. It made me kinda sad. Time will tell about the potential new direction Salter may take.
I just did a search on IMDb to see what stuff Alliance Atlantis had done, and I’m not really worried about Majel’s influence. They’ve had their hands in a lot of projects that don’t fit the Roddenberry mode, like the films “Jesus’ Son” and “eXistenZ,” to name a couple. Any company that finances a David Cronenberg movie is okay in my book.
–Aleck
Although I’m happy got Donovan and Company, I can’t help but think their acquisition of Salter may not neccessarily be a good thing for Lexx. Alliance is associated with the Roddenberry Cadre and Majel will be hard pressed not to put her own fingerprint on the shows produced by Salter. Lexx certainly does not fit her mold. I suspect we will not see a season 5 for Lexx.
I’m with Aleck. It may not be such a bad thing, especially if Lexx is making money for the company. Sure, they’re down in the ratings now, but the Monday time slot and lack of promotion by SciFi could have something to do with that.
But anyway, if Lexx is profitable, Alliance will be hard pressed to give it the boot because of so-called “moral outrage.” It’s all about the Benjamins (or Canadian equivalent
) and there’s really nothing more risque on Lexx than you would find on, say, NYPD Blue (envelope-pushin’, fat guy ass-barin’, salty language-talkin’ US cop show for those of you who don’t know ).I suppose whether or not Lexx continues into a 5th season would depend on Donovan’s desire to do it, the actors’ schedules, etc.
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Peace,
Cassie—
“What fresh Hell is this?” –Yottskry[This message has been edited by Sarcasmagoria (edited February 14, 2001).]
Although I’m happy got Donovan and Company, I can’t help but think their acquisition of Salter may not neccessarily be a good thing for Lexx. Alliance is associated with the Roddenberry Cadre and Majel will be hard pressed not to put her own fingerprint on the shows produced by Salter. Lexx certainly does not fit her mold. I suspect we will not see a season 5 for Lexx.
I’m with Aleck. It may not be such a bad thing, especially if Lexx is making money for the company. Sure, they’re down in the ratings now, but the Monday time slot and lack of promotion by SciFi could have something to do with that.
But anyway, if Lexx is profitable, Alliance will be hard pressed to give it the boot because of so-called “moral outrage.” It’s all about the Benjamins (or Canadian equivalent
) and there’s really nothing more risque on Lexx than you would find on, say, NYPD Blue (envelope-pushin’, fat guy ass-barin’, salty language-talkin’ US cop show for those of you who don’t know ).I suppose whether or not Lexx continues into a 5th season would depend on Donovan’s desire to do it, the actors’ schedules, etc.
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Peace,
Cassie—
“What fresh Hell is this?” –Yottskry[This message has been edited by Sarcasmagoria (edited February 14, 2001).]
When I visit this bored and read these comments I have this thought… If I was commanding the Lexx, I’d have all your brains with me, the hell with those divine shadows…
(NB 1 goes in corner, sits cross-legged with chin in hand pondering with awe intelligence of said Lexxians . . . . )
When I visit this bored and read these comments I have this thought… If I was commanding the Lexx, I’d have all your brains with me, the hell with those divine shadows…
(NB 1 goes in corner, sits cross-legged with chin in hand pondering with awe intelligence of said Lexxians . . . . )
cat, thanx for the update…aleck, you like cronenberg too!!! one of my favorites, rewatched the brood the other day, and am having nostalgic twitches for dead ringers…also got to see videodrome but it was network and they sliced the hell out of it…god i love cronenberg’s twisted mind
cat, thanx for the update…aleck, you like cronenberg too!!! one of my favorites, rewatched the brood the other day, and am having nostalgic twitches for dead ringers…also got to see videodrome but it was network and they sliced the hell out of it…god i love cronenberg’s twisted mind
Warning: We’re going *completely* off-topic.
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Originally posted by FX:
cat, thanx for the update…aleck, you like cronenberg too!!! one of my favorites, rewatched the brood the other day, and am having nostalgic twitches for dead ringers…also got to see videodrome but it was network and they sliced the hell out of it…god i love cronenberg’s twisted mind
Oh, man…Cronenberg!!! The Brood is one of my favorites. Great turn by Oliver Reed in that one, and the kids! THE KIDS!!! Yoinks! Oh, and I feel sorry for anyone that has to sit through a TV viewing of Videodrome. Just how does one show a film dealing heavily with S&M/snuff/porn on television? And aren’t the TV programmers kind of missing one of the key points of the movie? And then there’s Scanners (ignore the sequels) and a great performance by Patrick “The Prisoner” McGoohan. Plus, there’s people blowin’ up! Blowin’ up reeeal good! (Channeling the spirits of Big Jim McBob and Billy Saul Hurok from “Farm Film Report”…obscure reference there…free meat pie to the first to Name That Show)
Until next time, may the good lord take a likin’ to ya, and blow you up real soon!
–Aleck
Warning: We’re going *completely* off-topic.
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Originally posted by FX:
cat, thanx for the update…aleck, you like cronenberg too!!! one of my favorites, rewatched the brood the other day, and am having nostalgic twitches for dead ringers…also got to see videodrome but it was network and they sliced the hell out of it…god i love cronenberg’s twisted mind
Oh, man…Cronenberg!!! The Brood is one of my favorites. Great turn by Oliver Reed in that one, and the kids! THE KIDS!!! Yoinks! Oh, and I feel sorry for anyone that has to sit through a TV viewing of Videodrome. Just how does one show a film dealing heavily with S&M/snuff/porn on television? And aren’t the TV programmers kind of missing one of the key points of the movie? And then there’s Scanners (ignore the sequels) and a great performance by Patrick “The Prisoner” McGoohan. Plus, there’s people blowin’ up! Blowin’ up reeeal good! (Channeling the spirits of Big Jim McBob and Billy Saul Hurok from “Farm Film Report”…obscure reference there…free meat pie to the first to Name That Show)
Until next time, may the good lord take a likin’ to ya, and blow you up real soon!
–Aleck
Hi Cat! as usual I hear it first from you…left a message on your guestbook–myrrhawa
Hi Cat! as usual I hear it first from you…left a message on your guestbook–myrrhawa
ULP!
oh dear, ‘fraid I always get a bit fearful during corporate takeovers. *wrinkles her brow* We’ll survive. Another season, and then, well, maybe we’ll have some new blood working for Lexx, and they’ll revitalize it. I dunno. I just hope we don’t lose any of our precious peeps at Salter; we love you everyone!——————
~~~Rustam~~~ “Help me, Lexx is eating my brain!”~~~~ULP!
oh dear, ‘fraid I always get a bit fearful during corporate takeovers. *wrinkles her brow* We’ll survive. Another season, and then, well, maybe we’ll have some new blood working for Lexx, and they’ll revitalize it. I dunno. I just hope we don’t lose any of our precious peeps at Salter; we love you everyone!——————
~~~Rustam~~~ “Help me, Lexx is eating my brain!”~~~~Beef! I like beef meatpies, Aleck!!! SCTV!! I love it!!! “Blowed up Real Good!” Hah!! SCTV! Grimley!
Bob and Doug, eh! Edith Prickley! And, of course, Guy. That was one of my favorite shows!Oh, and creepily enough, I met my first true love at a showing of “The Brood.” (and, that in itself should have been warning enow
) It would’ve been more romantic, if I didn’t have to keep wincing! That was the one with Samantha oh-my-career-is-really-in-the-toilet-now-Egger, right?——————
“mitaku oyasin”[This message has been edited by BlackCloud (edited February 15, 2001).]
Beef! I like beef meatpies, Aleck!!! SCTV!! I love it!!! “Blowed up Real Good!” Hah!! SCTV! Grimley!
Bob and Doug, eh! Edith Prickley! And, of course, Guy. That was one of my favorite shows!Oh, and creepily enough, I met my first true love at a showing of “The Brood.” (and, that in itself should have been warning enow
) It would’ve been more romantic, if I didn’t have to keep wincing! That was the one with Samantha oh-my-career-is-really-in-the-toilet-now-Egger, right?——————
“mitaku oyasin”[This message has been edited by BlackCloud (edited February 15, 2001).]
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Originally posted by BlackCloud:
I met my first true love at a showing of “The Brood.” (and, that in itself should have been warning enow) It would’ve been more romantic, if I didn’t have to keep wincing! That was the one with Samantha oh-my-career-is-in-the-toilet-now Egger, right?[/B]
oh gawd ,cronenberg-heads! between him, lexx and david lynch i think i’ve died and gone to heaven…the brood was awesome, when samantha is hatching another corporeal form of her hatred and licking off the afterbirth AAACKK! did any of you guys see existenz…i thought videodrome was a much more chilling statement of the same theme…blackie, a realization for me that my companion and i were not on the same wavelength occurred during my first viewing of blue velvet, it had just opened in l.a. and i was on travel with a then current lover, true blue american fighter pilot , anyway…i am getting completely aroused and repelled at the same time and all he can talk about was dennis hopper hitting isabella rosellini…kind of like when i watch clockwork orange with people who can only see the violence…i think reactions to film and books are always a litmus test for how compatible people really are..erm, aleck, are you seeing anyone
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Originally posted by BlackCloud:
I met my first true love at a showing of “The Brood.” (and, that in itself should have been warning enow) It would’ve been more romantic, if I didn’t have to keep wincing! That was the one with Samantha oh-my-career-is-in-the-toilet-now Egger, right?[/B]
oh gawd ,cronenberg-heads! between him, lexx and david lynch i think i’ve died and gone to heaven…the brood was awesome, when samantha is hatching another corporeal form of her hatred and licking off the afterbirth AAACKK! did any of you guys see existenz…i thought videodrome was a much more chilling statement of the same theme…blackie, a realization for me that my companion and i were not on the same wavelength occurred during my first viewing of blue velvet, it had just opened in l.a. and i was on travel with a then current lover, true blue american fighter pilot , anyway…i am getting completely aroused and repelled at the same time and all he can talk about was dennis hopper hitting isabella rosellini…kind of like when i watch clockwork orange with people who can only see the violence…i think reactions to film and books are always a litmus test for how compatible people really are..erm, aleck, are you seeing anyone
Hah! I never saw Existenz but I remember flunking (or, maybe I passed) that litmus test during a filming of Clockwork Orange. I laughed through most of the film and then got sad near the end. My date’s reactions were almost the mirror opposite!
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“mitaku oyasin”Hah! I never saw Existenz but I remember flunking (or, maybe I passed) that litmus test during a filming of Clockwork Orange. I laughed through most of the film and then got sad near the end. My date’s reactions were almost the mirror opposite!
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“mitaku oyasin”
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Originally posted by FX:
oh gawd ,cronenberg-heads! between him, lexx and david lynch i think i’ve died and gone to heaven…
And, of course, you know that in heaven, everything is fine. You’ve got your good thing, and I’ve got mine.
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the brood was awesome, when samantha is hatching another corporeal form of her hatred and licking off the afterbirth AAACKK!
Any surprise that Croney-baby was having domestic problems at the time? I mean, you couldn’t tell from *this* movie, that’s for sure.
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did any of you guys see existenz…i thought videodrome was a much more chilling statement of the same theme…
I think so, too, but I don’t think that eXistenZ is supposed to be chilling, per se. It’s more ironic than Videodrome, and has more of a warm tone (if you can say that any Cronenberg film is warm).
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i think reactions to film and books are always a litmus test for how compatible people really are…
Oh, totally. If two people can’t find joy in certain of the same things (film and books being a prime example, as their influence and the influences on them can range to so many other areas in life), then their chances of compatability are damn near nil.
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erm, aleck, are you seeing anyone
Not well. My contacts are bothering me, and everything’s a blur. Pah.
Oh, you meant *that* way…
Oh, well, yeah.–Aleck
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Originally posted by FX:
oh gawd ,cronenberg-heads! between him, lexx and david lynch i think i’ve died and gone to heaven…
And, of course, you know that in heaven, everything is fine. You’ve got your good thing, and I’ve got mine.
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the brood was awesome, when samantha is hatching another corporeal form of her hatred and licking off the afterbirth AAACKK!
Any surprise that Croney-baby was having domestic problems at the time? I mean, you couldn’t tell from *this* movie, that’s for sure.
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did any of you guys see existenz…i thought videodrome was a much more chilling statement of the same theme…
I think so, too, but I don’t think that eXistenZ is supposed to be chilling, per se. It’s more ironic than Videodrome, and has more of a warm tone (if you can say that any Cronenberg film is warm).
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i think reactions to film and books are always a litmus test for how compatible people really are…
Oh, totally. If two people can’t find joy in certain of the same things (film and books being a prime example, as their influence and the influences on them can range to so many other areas in life), then their chances of compatability are damn near nil.
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erm, aleck, are you seeing anyone
Not well. My contacts are bothering me, and everything’s a blur. Pah.
Oh, you meant *that* way…
Oh, well, yeah.–Aleck
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Originally posted by BlackCloud:
Beef! I like beef meatpies, Aleck!!! SCTV!! I love it!!! “Blowed up Real Good!” Hah!! SCTV! Grimley! Bob and Doug, eh! Edith Prickley! And, of course, Guy. That was one of my favorite shows!
One meat pie is being expressed directly to your door!
They’re showing SCTV here in the US on NBC in “Later”‘s time slot, BTW. Only a crummy half-hour version of it, with lots of the funnier bits snipped out, but still…A little SCTV is better than none. Guy Caballero, Johnny LaRue, Sammy Maudlin and Bobby Bitman, and the immortal COUNT FLOYD! “Dr. Tongue’s 3-D House of Stewardesses!” Oh, the memories…–Aleck
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Originally posted by BlackCloud:
Beef! I like beef meatpies, Aleck!!! SCTV!! I love it!!! “Blowed up Real Good!” Hah!! SCTV! Grimley! Bob and Doug, eh! Edith Prickley! And, of course, Guy. That was one of my favorite shows!
One meat pie is being expressed directly to your door!
They’re showing SCTV here in the US on NBC in “Later”‘s time slot, BTW. Only a crummy half-hour version of it, with lots of the funnier bits snipped out, but still…A little SCTV is better than none. Guy Caballero, Johnny LaRue, Sammy Maudlin and Bobby Bitman, and the immortal COUNT FLOYD! “Dr. Tongue’s 3-D House of Stewardesses!” Oh, the memories…–Aleck
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