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One of my favorite sexy [i]Lexx[/i] moments was during 3.03 [i]Gametown[/i]. No it’s not Bunny’s shower scene! It’s when Xev rushed onto the bridge to prevent Stan blowing up the planet Water. She grabs him by the collar, throws him to the floor, and muffles his face with her breasts so Stan couldn’t order the Lexx to blow up anything. Yowza! It was hilarious! [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Oh, come on. It’s no contest. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] Lyekka is a virtually unkillable shapeshifter who can telepathically trigger hallucinations in her prey. Zev only has superhuman strength and implausible rolling abilities. Lyekka created Zev, she can destroy her.Besides, Lyekka is a lot creepier than Zev. Zev is weird, but not scary. Lyekka has a genuinely frightening and disquieting persona. [img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]
Trust me on this one, DT790:
Zev = Eva Habermann
Xev = Xenia Seeberg
The spelling of the character’s name was changed in order to avoid confusion.
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Originally posted by Aleck:
The most logical choice would be the episodes immediately prior to and following, and definitely including, “Lyekka Vs. Japan.” As that’s the next-to-last episode, and its setting is revealed in the title, I think that the last 3 episodes are the prime candidates (and I’d guess that they’re all earth-bound).
–Aleck
So they don’t blow up the Earth until at least the last episode? heh-heh-heh… [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by SadGeezer:
The only thing I can add that might help is to offer you a NEW forum. A forum that I can create on SadBOARD called say, LEXX RPG or maybe LEXX APEC or something that certain people with a definate but different interest in one particular area of LEXX can get together and post to their hearts content without fear of being seen to domitate a different forum or discussion.
Hmmm…
I wouldn’t call it [i]LEXX APEC[/i]. I would want to call it [i]LEXX FanFic[/i], [i]LEXX FanFic/RPG[/i], or [i]LEXX Fan Fiction[/i] to make it abundantly clear. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by X:
Maybe the question should be:Lyekka VS Vlad
Oh! Will Lyekka save this universe too? Neat idea… [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by X:
APEC stands for:
All Powerful Estrogen CloudORAL stands for:
Overly Rowdy APEC Lovers
That doesn’t sound like groups of people I would want to deal with.
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Originally posted by Micromary:
EXCUSE ME?!?!?!
[img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]Slop co-founded ORAL with KSA, that’s true, but he was one of the reasons we had to take our Kai drooling into a private chat room. It was Ayrton who liked hanging out with the women, no matter how much estrogen we oozed, and it was AYRTON who gave our group a name.
MM
long-time member of APEC and lurker on this BB until this post
Wow! Kai-drooling made impossible on a bboard dedicated to Lexx! Surely a crime against humanity! [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by :
I would like to defend myself and my friends, and then I promise never to bring this subject up again on this board.
Bring it up as often as you feel necessary.
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Originally posted by :
It upsets me that so much negative stuff has been posted about people on the scifi board that may be believed by people who don’t regularly visit there.
I am one of those people who very rarely visits the SciFi bboard. Mainly because of it’s technically poor structure. (Old messages scroll off the page and are forgotten.) I have no idea what any of this trouble is about.
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Originally posted by :
APEC had been characterized as this all-powerful dictatorial organization that “runs” the scifi board (a patently ridiculous idea), that we purposely exclude people for “having an opinion”, and that somehow we have the power to force people off that board or keep them from posting whatever they feel like posting. In actuality, it’s a made-up organization formed for the purpose of playing a role-play/fanfic game with clones. The posts are all clearly marked so that other people who are not interested in them can avoid them. That’s all it is. And the people who are ignored are people who have purposely flamed us (including using obscenity and name calling) for no other reason than that we like to play the game and have fun. We don’t ask anyone to join who doesn’t want to, but we welcome anybody who enjoys it.
Based on what I have read of this issue so far, I beleive this is the cause of the trouble that has manifested. Role-playing game? What role-playing game? This is the first I have known of any game that is staged in the SciFi.com Lexx bboard. If there is an ongoing role-playing game that is taking place on a bboard, I can very easily understand why there has been an immense amount of confusion. Newbies to the bboard would have no idea if a thread is dedicated to a game or a real discussion. You say that the rpg posts are clearly marked. It is possible that these markings have not been effective. In other words, I do not recommend conducting a role-playing game on that particular bulletin board. It seems to cause confusion and anger.
Am I being hypocritical with my own “RPG” character, “Flamegrape”? Maybe. But I don’t use her to act out any fictional events or to use the character as a false facade. She’s more like a cybernetic hall-costume (to use the fan convention term). My thoughts and opinions that I present through Flamegrape are genuine. But it’s also my way to remain anonymous in an orignial manner.
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Originally posted by :
I have never had one negative word to say about Sadgeezer’s site. It was one of the first sites I found for Lexx, and I LOVED the episode reviews. Lately I’ve started lurking on the message board because I like to read the discussions and get new info about Lexx. When I posted a reply to the “Analyzing Scifi fans” I had no idea I would be attacked for “invading” the board. I thought everyone was welcome at Sadgeezer’s as long as they behaved in a civil manner.
As I recall, without actually going back and reviewing the “Analyzing Scifi fans” post, there were no attacks. Only statements of bitter complaint regarding the postings on the SciFi.com Lexx bboard, which remains within the subject of “Analyzing Scifi fans”. And everyone has been behaving in a mostly civil manner.
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Originally posted by :
Please forgive me, moderators, for bringing this up on this board, but I felt I needed to refute some of the unfair and untrue stuff that was said. That said, I will drop the subject now, and hope I will not be attacked again “for having my own opinion”.
It seems pretty clear to me now. Thanks for clearing up some of those issues. As I said, the presence of a role-playing game can easily contribute to confusion on a bboard. I beleive there has been a big misunderstanding.
And no, I’m not a moderator. I have no idea if appealing to them is relavent here in this case. From what I have seen since I’ve joined the SadGeezer bboard, there has been little need for executive action.
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Originally posted by Slopmaster:
Hey…whats that I smell? Well it can’t be a skunk. Its not that pleasent. Here’s hopeing this topic gets deleted along with the other trash thats pilling up on it. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]-SM
Now, now, Sloppy. [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] I think it’s a good topic that needs addressing.
What the heck is “APEC”? [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
I do not visit that other bboard. Educate me. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
ARRRGGG!! How does one find this stuff on EBay! Those &$%*#@s lied to me! I was supposed to be informed of each new item from Lexx! Arrrgg!
Oh and let me guess! Tina’s glasses have already been posted and sold, right? [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img]
Have there been other things for sale on EBay besides the mechanical cat? I thought I instructed EBay to notify me whenever some new Lexx thing is for sale, but I only receive EBay ads for special sales. [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by X:
Can’t believe you can’t find any Kai pics!! There’s more of him circulating on the net than anyone else. Try:
[url=http://www.netcolony.com/entertainment/saavikaam/kaitribute.html]http://www.netcolony.com/entertainment/saavikaam/k aitribute.html[/url]also try on SciFi.com they have some good ones there. Don’t forget to pass up the tiny tiny link that says “more” for more pics they have quite a few.
Thanxx, I’m sifting through those images right now. A few of them may be useful! [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by X:
So before we go any further.. and since APEC seems to be invading this board. Can we just please drop the comparisons now before this gets ugly. As you can see, I have very strong oppinions about certain people on the SciFi bb and I know they have strong feelings about me.
What is “APEC”? Association of People Exceptionally Cruel? [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
I just wanted to throw in my two cents. I will not tolerate cruel behaviour. [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]
Beware, evil-doers! Flamegrape is on the prowl! [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by mayaxiong:
…but what about Lyekka? or Prince..he’d be the perfect villian…something like: “I’m very good with pain..” [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
That’s a great idea! Prince would be perfect.
Lyekka I’m not too sure about. Although it would be fun to create models of her in different costumes, I’m not sure she would be appropriate for a splatter-fest videogame. Her weapon was eating people. That can’t be replicated for Q3A or EF. I don’t know, can you picture Lyekka with a rocket launcher or a phaser rifle in her hands?
How about Thodin from [i]IWHS[/i]?
A plain old cluster lizard would also be fun. The guns could be placed inside it’s mouth, as if it were “breathing fireballs”.
Oh, I should have mentioned a couple things. If you have suggestions about which quote I should use for “taunts”, please let me know which episodes the quotes came from. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] Although I have copies of almost all of the episodes of [i]Lexx[/i] on tape or DVD, I don’t have it all memorized! [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Also, I have a special request. I have a number of Kai pictures in my collection but I don’t have enough. In particular, I’m looking for full-frontal pictures of Kai (from head to toe). It would be wonderful if I could track down pics of him from the front and back. I could capture video of him from the show itself, but publicity photos are better. [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]
I know about when it airs in the USA (I live there!), the UK, and Australia. I wonder when it airs in other countries. Germany, for instance…
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Originally posted by Aleck:
Not trying to defend SciFi in any way, but keep in mind that Paul D. had said as early as mid-Season 3 that the 4th season would be the last. LEXX isn’t being *cancelled*, Salter is halting production. Now, the show is being handled insanely at the hands of SciFi, and that may have led to Salter’s decision to end it after 4 seasons, but from everything that Paul has said, the story has been heavily plotted to last this long from the beginning.
I’m not saying that huge ratings wouldn’t influence them to extend the show in some form into other seasons, perhaps not as LEXX but as something else, but if you even ask politely why they’re cancelling the show, the reply I’ll lay odds you’ll receive is this: “We’re not cancelling LEXX. We’d love to continue airing the program. Salter has decided to end the run after this season, however. This was not our decision.” I’ll bet you that this will be said almost verbatim.
I’ll lay even closer odds that this is one of the only questions he’ll answer about LEXX, simply because he can answer it in a way that makes the network appear blame-free.–Aleck
I agree 100%. This chat will be worth less than the electrons that carry it. [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]
I would NOT place japanese anime in the same category as “cult science-fiction”.
You really have to be tolerant of anime first before you can enjoy any of those movies. For newbies, you have to sit them down and go through the whole lecture that not all cartoons are for children, that the japanese have been making adult-oriented comics and cartoons for years, and that it’s a sad thing that [i]Heavy Metal[/i] is the only popular adult-oriented western animated movie. Most people are still fixated on the idea that [b]all[/b] cartoons are for kids.
With live-action movies, you don’t have to educate new viewers and convince them that it’s okay for them to watch it.
Myself, I find the vast majority of anime to be annoying. (Now STOP, I haven’t finished!) It was explained to me a long time ago by this nice japanese girl I met in art school. There are all sorts of anime. There’s anime for young children, pre-teens, teens, young adults, adults, and dirty old b*stards (This is the big difference between anime and popular western cartoons.) I can only stomach anime that is directed at young adults or older. I’m extremely picky about what anime I prefer.
Too many times I’ve been recommended some anime only to be disappointed. It’s rare that I come across anime that is worth a second viewing. I’ll never forget [i]Vampire Hunter D[/i] or whatever it was called. I was told that it was one of the coolest. Not. And then there’s [i]Fist of the North Star[/i]. Yeah, right, I wanted watch an anime wrestling movie. Not.
Some of the anime movies I like are [i]Ghost in the Shell[/i], [i]Akira[/i], [i]Princess Mononoke[/i], and [i]Naussica[/i]. There aren’t many others I like. But none of them I would consider cult sci-fi classics. None. They remain in the category of anime, or (at best, though not encouraged) under the category of animation in general.
Don’t get your hopes up.
I’m constantly imagining what it’s like for the cast and crew of [i]Lexx[/i]. If I were them, I’d want to move on.
But if there’s a spin-off, then I want [i]The Xev Show[/i] or [i]Xevivor[/i]!
I wouldn’t expect another Lexx series. The story seems to be wrapping up. Even though I’m a hardcore Lexx fan, I can live with just four seasons of the show. “It all makes senseless sense somehow…”
However, as I’ve said in some other thread, I wouldn’t mind seeing a show that was created by the same people. I can picture the ads: “From the makers of [i]Lexx[/i] comes a new show that is out of this world…”
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
I don’t mean to sound offensive Flamegrape, but what are you? I thought you were female, because when I asked about the insect woman at the bottom of your posts, you replied “That’s me, Flamegrape.” But now you’re saying you want to be eaten by Zev, whick implies your being male (and insane [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] ). So what [b]are[/b] you? [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
No, I said I’d like to be eaten by Xev, not Zev! There’s a world of difference. And being a fusion-powered biomechanical android with a chitinous exoskeleton, the point is moot. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] I think she might gag on my bug-juice blood. [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img] And besides, I think I’d be too tough to chew since my body is very dense; I weigh half a ton, despite my girlish figure! [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] But still, I think Xev and I could still be good girlfriends. Maybe she’ll let me borrow her dress sometime? [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Anyway, the whole issue of whether or not I can get together with any man is pointless. Oh yeah, I got the parts, thanks to the sick-o mad scientist who created me! For me, all human males are too soft and squishy. I would probably crush their pelvis. No man’s body would have the necessary physical density to… ah… wait a minute… are you thinking what I’m thinking? Uh, oh… [img]images/smiles/icon_redface.gif[/img]
[ 09-10-2001: Message edited by: Flamegrape ]
I can’t really make a top 10 list of favorite Lexx episodes. I really have to wait until season 4 is over with and after I obtain all of the season 2 DVDs.
But here are some of my favorites:
3.0 Eating Pattern
2.3 Lyekka
2.5 Lafftrak
2.18 Brigadoom
3.1 Fire & Water
3.4 Boomtown
4.03 P4X
4.05 XevivorOnce all of the episodes have aired in the UK, someone should set up a JAVA-script poll webpage. But only after it airs in the UK! Or maybe after it airs in all of the other major countries too, such as Germany and Australia. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Evil_Lister:
Machki(sp?) (Cardassian Resistance).
Maquis [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
[i]The Radio Is Broken
March 1983, 5:52 min.The cosmos at large
It’s so very big
It’s so far away
The comets . . . the craters . . . the vapors
The solar wind
The residual echoes . . . the residual echoes
The residual echoes . . . the residual echoes
The residual echoes from the giant explosion
Where they said it beginnedThe germs from space!
The negative virus knitwear
The blobulent suit
That’s right! THE BLOBULENT SUIT
It’s made of rubber, it’s very ugly . . .
It’s got an air hose . . .
(The guy that has it all has a Space Wrench!)The things that were supposed to be green in the black and white movies
They get you in the neck when you’re not looking
They get you, they get you, they get you, get you, get you
The radio is broken — it don’t work no more
The radio is broken — it don’t work no more
The lovely Lisa Kranston
Her father invented the secret fuel (that’s right!)
For the rocket,
So she gets to go with a clipboard
She writes it down when the meters go around
And falls in love in a space warp
Space warp
Space warpThe giant knobs
The porthole where you see the earth for the first time
The corrogated fiberglass interior walls
The partially reclining G-force lawn furniture
The brown hole
The pointed brasseries
The atomic war
The tiny little dresses on the space girls
A love starved race
Begging to reproduce with earthmen
They need to reproduce (with John Agar)
They need to reproduce (with Morris Ankrum)
They need to reproduce (with Richard Basehart)
They need to reproduce (with Jackie Coogan)
They need to reproduce (with Sonny Tufts)
The botchino . . . the botchino . . .
The botchino . . . the botchino . . .
The botchino . . . the botchino . . .
The gigantic spider
The co-pilot always plays the harmonicaThe navigator always gets killed by a bad space person
Uh-oh — the radio is broken
It don’t work anymore
The radio is broken
It don’t work anymore
The radio is broken
It don’t work anymore
We’ll never get back to the Earth no more
Uh-oh!
We have to fall in love on Uranus
The radio is . . .
That’s right — uh-oh
The radio is broken
The meteor storm
You spilled your coke
You’re stepping on the popcorn
JOHN AGAR!
Uh-oh . . .
(Dwarf Nebula)Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals, drum machine)
Steve Vai (guitar, acoustic guitar)
Ray White (guitar, vocals)
Roy Estrada (vocals)
Bob Harris (boy soprano)
Ike Willis (vocals)
Bobby Martin (keyboards, saxophone, vocals)
Tommy Mars (keyboards)
Arthur Barrow (keyboards, bass, micro bass, rhythm guitar)
Ed Mann (percussion)
Scott Thunes (bass)
Chad Wackerman (drums)
Vinnie Colaiuta (drums)
Craig Steward (harmonica)
Dick Fegy (mandolin)
Marty Krystall (saxophone)
[/i]Star Trek (The Original Series)- [i]Spock’s Brain[/i] “Brain? What is… brain?”
Star Trek: The Next Generation- the warp 7(?) speed limit.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine- Timecode frame 00:00:01 of the pilot episode.
Star Trek: Voyager- When they turned Seska into a badguy. Got better after 6of9 joined up. Started to spiral after [i]Unamatrix 001[/i].
Doctor Who- n/a [haven’t seen it all]
The X-Files- When Moulder got kidnapped by aliens.
The Lone Gunmen- I blinked! Where did it go?
Strange Luck- n/a [who?]
Lexx- Timecode frame 47:59:29 of episode, [i]4.24 Yo Way Yo[/i].
Red Dwarf- n/a [haven’t seen it all]
Babylon 5- Pilot episode when Lyta left for
Earth. Got better when she returned. Sad when she left again.Crusade- When they cancelled it.
Sliders- The Cro-Mags.
Quantum Leap- When he met this guy in some bar who claimed he was God, controlling his jumps. Was that the last episode? I don’t remember. I thought it was lame.
Blake’s 7- n/a [never saw it]
Space: Above and Beyond- When the writers started writing the dialogue of the show. Cool idea, stupid and dull dialogue. How did FTL travel work?
Alien Nation- When the slaves were set free on Earth. Oh wait– that’s the premise!
Batman- The Hostess Twinkie ads in the comic books during the 1970s.
Get Smart- n/a [don’t remember]
M.A.N.T.I.S.- n/a [avoided show like the plague]
War of the Worlds- n/a [don’t remember]
Max Headroom- n/a [don’t remember]
Farscape- When the blue lady died. Tho I like the klutzy redhead! Show’s not over yet. Much as [i]Lexx[/i] fans hate the show, it’s a good show nonetheless.
RAILING DEATH
As illustrated in MST3K episode, #820 [i]Space Mutiny[/i]. In any fight/chase scene, bad guys getting tossed over the side of of the catwalk/very-high-place. If this involves stumbling over a railing, this is known as railing death.THE IMPERIAL STORMTROOPER ACADEMY OF MARKSMANSHIP
In said firefights, all badguys will miss. The less clothing the heroes wear, the less likely they will be hit by badguys.SCREAMING FEMALES
Not so common these days. Useless female that only screams during stressful situations. As illustrated by Tess Trueheart on [i]Star Trek: Voyager[/i]. That’s why Zev/Xev is so cool!more to come…
[ 06-10-2001: Message edited by: Flamegrape ]
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Originally posted by Aurora:
(I majored in Psychology)- Freud may have been the “father of psychotherapy” but he was also a weenie. Here’s a guy who thought most women’s anxieties were caused by a wandering uterus! And penis envy – *come on*!
So the representation of Freud in [i]Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure[/i] was accurate?
I’m not a psychology major, but it seems to me that Freud should be put into the context of a 19th century western culture.
DT790, the next time you have that dream, I think you should marinate yourself and dive in. In other words, face your fears or anxiety or whatever may be causing you concern. You may undergo quite a transformation! Sexual symbolism, I think, is only window-dressing.
Myself, I love it when I have those flying dreams when I’m aware that I have the waking-dream ability to fly! It wasn’t until I saw [i]Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon[/i] that I saw this experience manifest on the screen. Especially that last sceen in the bamboo grove. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
I don’t know about Lyekka, but I wouldn’t mind having a dream about being eaten by Xev, the half-cluster lizard. Or am I going too far with my post? EAT ME! LOL! [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
In one dream that I mentioned earlier Zev kissed me, but I brushed her off (because I was dead).
Okay, forget what I said before. You’re completely off your rocker. [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]
I had a dream that I was hanging out with Stan, Kai, & Xev. We were at some sort of large outdoor festival. Maybe we were at a Phish concert or a Rainbow Gathering, I don’t know. It’s been a while, I don’t remember the details. Next time I have a dream involving anyone in Lexx, I’ll relate all of the lurid details to you all. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by antizero:
If anyone still has those pictures or knows where to get them (or others like them) please email them to me, or send me a link to where I can get them. I figured they would eventually be taken down, but I forgot about it and now I was wanting to show my brother and they are not here anymore.
Thanks.antiZero
What did the pictures show? I missed the whole controversy altogether. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by brunnis:
This post makes me want to do horrible things to the people at scifi channel. How dare they! What lexx could really use now is another one of the “chain reaction” marathons that they did all of once before. That way they could rerun a few ep’s in (my) hopes for better ratings, and greater things may yet happen to lexx. Perhaps we should all e-mail or something to pressure scifi into doing such a thing before they aire the last of season 4.
It’s all pointless. They don’t care. [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by X:
SciFi has tried this bit before with Sliders and MST3K. They think they can bully the producers by making it so that shows don’t get a fair shake with ratings and use that as a bargaining tool to get the syndicated rights to these shows cheaper. In both cases SciFi screwed themselves and lost the rights eventually to both shows. Tape MST3K while you can now, kiddies, after this year it’s gone.
My God! Is that really true? Man, it would be great to have documented proof. But where and how would someone get that kind of proof?
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Originally posted by X:
SciFi has never rerun many episodes of LEXX, they have never shown season 2 in order even in reruns. There are even some episodes of season 2 which have not even see a second run on the Sunday nite basement time-slot. One of those Episodes was Brigadoom. If you count this previous showing.. SciFi has aired Brigadoom all of 5 times. That’s counting the 2 this past weekend and the 3 airings (the 2 on Fri and then the repeat on Sunday) that were shown the very first time it was aired. Brigadoom is THE most popular episode of LEXX. So you’d think they’d beat that one into the ground with reruns, but no.
Oh yes. This is certainly true. All too true. Preach it, baby! Testify!
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Originally posted by X:
If SciFi strikes down LEXX.. it will become more powerful than they can possibly immagine.
[Flamegrape gives X a standing ovation.]
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Originally posted by Evil_Lister:
If they stop airing LEXX, its not like the show will be canceled….right? I’ll continue to buy DVDs with episodes ive never seen, even if people say its not as good as the last season, im sold!I havent enjoyed a sci-fi show like this since Red Dwarf, and its going to be years before they put those episodes on DVD.
Farscape, well, its more of a childrens show, and becomes more of one with each year. Im suprised Cookie Monster and Big Bird havent shown up as guest stars.
The producers of LEXX should try to get TNN to pick it up now that they own the episode rights to ST:TNG. I cant see it on any other american cable channel.
I hope they put Red Dwarf on DVD. If not, then I’ll do it myself. I recently purchased the first 3 episodes on a videotape. I’m getting a DVD-R soon….
Yes, they did turn Farscape into a kid’s show during one episode. Half of the episode was a cartoon that spoofed Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner.
I doubt TNN, The Nashville Network (based in Nashville, Tennessee, of course) would pick up a show like Lexx. It’s amazing that they picked up Star Trek, but that’s just because it’s a popular franchise. Lexx is no where near as popular as Trek. I think USA would be a perfect home for Lexx reruns. Isn’t SciFi and USA owned by the same company?
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
I have had some bad experiences with the opposite sex of late…
Ah-ha! Ze doktor’z diagnosees vas correctk! [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
By strange coincidence, I’m watching 3.6 [i]K-Town[/i] right now. Tish is one hot, scary chick! She could cause some serious anxiety. Oh, and then there’s the next episode, 3.7 [i]Tunnels[/i], with the crazy ballerina babes with the bear-traps! Talk about the manifestation of sexual anxiety! [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Aleck:
Laser or maser… [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]–Aleck
[i]”If you’re wondering how he eats and breathes
And other science facts
Repeat to yourself, ‘It’s just a show!
I should really just relax!’
For Mystery Science Theater 3000…”[/i] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]Uh, oh! I think I opened Pandors’s Box. (No pun intended. No, wait– yeah! Pun intended! Definitely pun intended!)
DT790, there is absolutely nothing out of the ordinary about such dreams. I’m not a psychologist, but I’ve read a few books and things. I don’t think that the dream suggests anything other than anxiety, manifesting itself through sexual means. It is absolutely no indicator of orientation.
My advice about not visiting the Isle of Lesbos was my sly way of saying, “Don’t hang around women for the moment. You don’t need the stress.” I was hoping that you would look up the Isle of Lesbos. It was an ancient Greek island inhabited only by women. It’s also related to the origin of the word, “lesbian”. Therefore, staying on an island full of women would cause you distress of untold comic proportions. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] At least I didn’t tell you to go find the planet of the milk-fed boys! [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
I had the creepiest dream about Lyekka last night. You probably don’t care, but it’s been all I can think about. [img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] It was like that thing on the Sci-Fi Channel (during commercial breaks) with the computer-generated plant that eats the butterfly (or was it a bird?) only it was the size of a house and it had Louise Wischermann’s head at the center with a crown of thorns and it had leafy tendrils wrapped around my body and was trying to eat me. I guess I was Stan, cause Kai was standing around trying to reason with the plant and I’m yelling “Just kill her, Kai! Kill Lyekka now!” Then the Lyekka head bit into me and I woke up.I’ve had a similar dream at least once before. I think maybe I spend too much time thinking about [i]Lexx[/i]. [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
I believe that your dream was the result of an anxiety of a… certain… nature. Whatever you do, do not go to the Isle of Lesbos.
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Originally posted by Cat:
I though Galaxy Quest was pretty good.
Actually, you have a very good point. [i]Galaxy Quest[/i] [b]is[/b] the best [i]Star Trek[/i] rip-off. No doubt about it. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Yes! I was the one who wrote the “Lexx Trek” piece under “Star Trek: Enterprise” (“I’m very good with the Prime Directive” [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] ). Actually, Kai is more of a Data ripoff, but Data is a Spock rehash. [i]Lexx[/i] is the best ever [i]Star Trek[/i] ripoff.
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! Here we go again! [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
PICARD
Geordi, can you use the Enterprise to see if there are any beautiful women on that planet below us?GEORDI
(eye visor lights up with pulsating cartoon hearts)
Yes, but only if my beloved golden-skinned android adonis wants me to!PICARD
(sighs)
Data, will you tell Geordi to use the Enterprise to scan for beautiful… busty…
(gesticulates obscenely)DATA
(grim and deadpan)
Geordi, please use the Enterprise to look for women on the planet we are orbiting.GEORDI
Anything for you, my hard-wired honey!(PICARD paces floor of bridge impatiently.)
TROI
Cheer up, Picard! We’ll find a woman just for you! All I know is that it isn’t me!GEORDI
Bad news, my electric lover. There’s only a bunch of scientists working on some boring physics experiments.PICARD
All right! I’ve had enough! Enterprise!ENTERPRISE
Yes, “Picard, Picard, and only Picard”?PICARD
Blow up that stupid planet with the stupid scientists!ENTERPRISE
As you command, Captain. Can I eat the chunks?Oh brother. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Aleck:
I’d have to disagree with your disagreement. One of the many things I appreciate about LEXX is what would loosely be called “realism.” The show isn’t bogged down in technobabble because no one on the show (besides 790, who doesn’t *care*) knows how any of this stuff works. They can’t go spouting off scientific jargon because they don’t know any. Stan reacts to most situations in a manner that befits a “joe average.” He’s frightened, he’s driven by self-preservation and self-interests, and he clings to whatever he can so that he can feel like he’s in control of the situation (his hat, his position as captain, etc.). Xev acts in a realistic manner as well, though she is explicitly relegated to “fantasy female.” She’s multi-faceted and she’s more than what her looks and her designation (love slave) would lead you to believe about her. Kai is extremely literal, and oft-times maddening. Which is pretty much how I’d expect a living dead guy to be.
I see your point. I suppose I’m too rigid with my definition of “realistic” science-fiction. I believe that [i]2001: A Space Odessy[/i] is the most realistic science-fiction story ever put on screen. What’s unrealistic about [i]Lexx[/i]? I guess that’s a good subject for another thread! [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Holt:
Okay, for those of you that have seen most of season 4, how does it make you feel that they have come to Earth to apparently end the story?(personally, living in Central Florida, I get a kick out of the fact that they blew up Orlando) Is there anything you don’t like about Lexx? Example: Personally, I find that some of the episodes are a little slow paced, but I’m an American, which means I need my entertainment directly injected into my brain?
Yes, we Americans have established a bad speed-freak habit when it comes to pacing in television and movies. It has resulted in a generation afflicted with ADHD. There is no way that I can get anyone my age (or younger) to sit through Andrei Tarkovsky’s [i]Solaris[/i] without them falling asleep or complaining of bordrome. It’ll take John Cameron’s over-the-top remake to get any young american even remotely aware of the storyline. But do you think the theme of self-examination, guilt, or concience will still exist in the remake? Hell no! The planet Solaris will probably be filled with monsters of the imagination come to life or some such dreck! Mark my words.
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Originally posted by Holt:
What would you do to improve Farscape?
You’re a writer for [i]Farscape[/i], aren’t you? [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] I have nothing to add about improving that show. It seems to be doing just fine and will forever live in re-runs. *yawn*
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Originally posted by Hypatia:
Well, I like Lexx because it is like nothing else. It’s realistic (yes, a 2008 year old dead man and a woman who’s half alian lizard on a huge organic spaceship with a lovelorn decapitated robot is realistic)
I politely disagree. But I like Lexx because I think it is NOT realistic. It has an air of [i]Flash Gordon[/i] or [i]Barbarella[/i]. It isn’t bogged down with techno-babble jargon like Star Trek. The machine (or whatever in question) works or it doesn’t, who cares how. And the task of explaining all the technical details is relegated to a decapitated robot. Very fitting!
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Originally posted by Holt:
The acting ability of one actor over the other is not as important as the writing.
The dominant power of writers makes shows like [i]Lexx[/i] and [i]Mystery Science Theater 3000[/i] so good.
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Originally posted by Holt:
Besides(and I’m not directing this comment at anyone specific) science fiction has not been known for long list of incredible actors.
JOHN AGAR!
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Originally posted by Holt:
As for the actual writing involved on all current story lines, that is a much more interesting discussion. One good point brought up is the way Ben Browder’s character is written. It is a definently more of a G.I. Joe figure than the scientists he’s supposed to be. Then again, if you are a producer who is trying to get good prime time ratings in the states, you give your audience a characters they can associate with on some self assuring level. Americans, for the most part, like to think of themselves as Crichton/Harry Callaghan/The Guy From Die Hard: A working class hero, who loves his friends and family, would proudly die for a good cause, always makes the honorable decision, hates “evil,” and only has enough flaws to make him feel human. And to compliment Ben Browder’s character is basically your typical “ship of fools” roster. Everyone fills a role. That’s why they each seem like archetypes(because they are!). Its easy to write(partially because it has been done before) and its easy to follow, which is probably why Sci-Fi channel’s programming directors love it so much. And, of course, Scorpius is just your run of the mill villain, who might as well have a long black mustache to twiddle. Okay, I’ll shut up. Just wanted to direct the discussion a little more.
Yuck! That’s what I really hate about most of popular television and movies. That damned formula! It has been lectured to me in film history classes that it’s all the same story, retold again and again in different ways. (c.f. Joseph Campbell) That’s the only way to make the best stories? That only sets limits, not open doors. It’s conceivable that our intelligence and imagination can evolve beyond such conventional barriers. Hero defeats foe. Big deal. What’s the point of retelling the same story over and over again? This is one big thing that prevented me from becoming a writer myself. I had this realization that if my stories were to sell, then I’d have to follow this damned formula. [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by FX:
lexxian faux pas! [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] we all do, but apparently it ****es the hell out of mcmanus to have his character compared to spock…so i’ll temper it by saying spock mixed with the ghola duncan idaho [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
How much you wanna bet that the production of the second SciFi Channel [i]Dune[/i] movie will be put on hold for politically correct reasons?
Political Correctness! That’s one thing that could be improved about [i]Farscape[/i]! Get rid of that [b]”working class hero, who loves his friends and family, would proudly die for a good cause, always makes the honorable decision, hates “evil,” and only has enough flaws to make him feel human”[/b] mentality. It’s like the big thing I dislike about [i]Star Trek[/i], the morality being shoved down my throat! If you wanna talk politics, that’s the big thing that makes most of humanity miserable!
Has anyone noticed how much [i]Lexx[/i] has been lampooning american culture, especially during the 4th season? I think it’s great! (I’m a United States citizen.) It’s about damned time, too! I seldom, if ever, get to see outside views of the United States. All around me, I witness unreasonable patriotism and… oh, hell I won’t even bother. (Yes, really bad things have happened recently and I support my president totally. That’s another issue.)
A couple of people who just wanna get laid, a dead guy, and robot head, all riding around in a bug bug. Now that’s my absurdist cup of tea. Stan had it right from the beginning, “I know my bad planets and [i]that[/i] [points at Earth] is a [i]bad[/i] planet!”
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Originally posted by brunnis:
one question though: did prince have a vial of black liquid in his pocket when digby pinched his security pass?
I think he did!
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Originally posted by Squishy:
What say we teach Sci-FI a lesson, how about our little army piling on to the Sci-Fi site after a showing of Fire-Escape, and then start slagging off Sci-Fi on their most popular(Ha) programmes chat site, and if they kick us off, then just relog on with a new name!!!
Sort of a demonstration of the shabby treatment Lexx receives, but of course we must let them know it’s done for Lexx.
Seriously, I’d love to get one back at those *******s.
Squishy [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]
I am in favor of such geurilla tactics. How about we all sign our messages with, “I WORSHIP HIS SHADOW”? [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Great googely-moogely! An intelligent analysis of Lexx! Oh no! We’re made, man, we’re made! We gotta stop watching the show before it’s taken seriously and becomes a popular and widely-accepted science-fiction phenomena! Better yet, let’s lobby for it’s cancellation! That’ll keep those high-brow mucky-mucks off our backs! What’s that you say? It’s going to end with the forth season anyway? What a relief, we’re in the clear! [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
SERIOUSLY THO….
I agree with what theFrey said about the SciFi Channel’s marketing favoritism of Farscape over Lexx. It’s a crime that Lexx does not re-run at a normal time slot like Farscape.
I think that Farscape is not a bad show at all. The effects are fantastic and the stories are engaging. But if I blink (or someone in the room is talking while I’m trying to watch the show), then I’m completely lost and I have no idea what’s going on in the story. Keeping up with the ongoing story of Farscape requires more than a little effort.
LOL! Lizard got it right. The characters on Farscape do act like snot-nose American highschool students as seen in too many other shows. Very good point! I’ve been wondering for a long time why are the characters on Farscape argue all of the time? Is that the only way to advance character development? Aren’t there other ways of revealing depth of character or invoking drama?
I don’t think Star Wars is to Star Trek as Lexx is to Farscape. (Wasn’t that on an I.Q. test?) Lexx is more akin to Red Dwarf or Hitchhiker’s Guide or Doctor Who or maybe even a little bit of Space:1999. (My GOD! Those are all UK tv shows!) In what ways are they similar to Lexx? The Red Dwarf is a city-sized spaceship with a tiny crew and silly things happen to them. (Lexx is a city-sized ship with a tiny crew and silly things happen to them.) The TARDIS is one of the most powerful tools in the universe, bending time and space, controlled by an unlikely individual. (Lexx is the most powerful weapon in the two universes, captained by a nitwit.) The Hitchhiker’s Guide and Red Dwarf is filled with humor that has Earth-based subreferences. (Lexx visiting Lafftrak, the planet of television shows, is a really good example. Or how about Vrml, the planet of the inbred rednecks.) Space:1999 had those far-out aliens and science-fiction storylines that you couldn’t quite take seriously. (Lexx is filled with such aliens and situations, but there is no attempt to take itself seriously.)
I just can’t see much similarity bewteen Lexx and Star Wars. Thus I disagree with thefrey on this point.
FX really hit it on the nose. Lexx is certainly not optimistic and hero-centric as is REQUIRED of all American television. Although Farscape has a darker tone than usual, there’s still that gung-ho American guy who’s always trying to look on the bright side or do what’s right and just (the typical hero). Who’s the hero on Lexx? Not Stan because he didn’t bravely kill himself in order to save a hundred heretic worlds from the wrath of His Divine Shadow. Not Xev because she has no ambitions of glory or fighting bad guys. She just wants to get laid (which is also true of Stan). Kai is just plain dead. The dead are not heroes, as he might say. Maybe all three of them together act as one hero? With Lyekka and 790 helping out at different times, they all defeated His Divine Shadow, Mantrid, and Prince(?). Don’t forget that Thodin, the certifiable hero in the first Lexx movie, I Worship His Shadow, was killed by Kai! Some would argue that Kai is the ultimate tagic hero. The theft of the Lexx was not the goal of a great quest on the part of Stan, Zev (not to be confused with Xev), and Kai. It sort of “happened” and they’ve been dealing with it ever since.
I have no idea what the ratings have been for any show. All I know is that ratings have zero relevance when it comes to quality.
I’ll stop writing for now. If i think of other stuff, I’ll chime in again.
Visit my stupid webpage! [url=http://www.flamegrape.com]http://www.flamegrape.com[/url]
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Originally posted by X:
1) NOT REPLAYING MAGIC BABY TONITE!!!!! SO I CAN TAPE IT CAUSE I COULD NOT FRIDAY!!!!
They’re not replaying it? Why??? I guess I’m stuck with my Friday night copy with squashed credits until it comes out on DVD. Fat chance of them repeating it. It all sucks big bad donkey bits. [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]
BTW, I took a look at the TV Guide.com shedule and it says that “Little Blue Planet” reruns tonite at 2 a.m. With “Texx Lexx” playing next Monday at 2 a.m. So that’s it? They’re only going to show the repeats in the middle of the night? They must really hate this show! I suppose the beans considered themselves lucky to even finish the story in 4 seasons.
Here’s the schedule, according to SciFi Channel. (And I assume that they were lying when they say that it airs on Sundays at 2am when it actually airs on Monday at 2am. Can you beleive it? They’re diseminating false information!)
1 OCT 2am LITTLE BLUE PLANET
8 OCT 2am TEXX LEXX
15 OCT 2am P4X
22 OCT 2am STAN DOWN
29 OCT 2am XEVIVORBeyond that, it doesn’t say. Maybe they will continue to repeat them in order, I don’t know. At least it gives me a chance to record Texx Lexx, Stan Down, and Xevivor again without squashed credits. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Catalina:
…and one of them always talks about how scary Xev’s lips are…
I think your friend has a labial anxiety of some sort. Thus his fear of man-eating women is true on all sorts of levels. [Flamegrape puffs on a cigar…]
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Does anybody know where I can find M.P.-3s of [i]Brigadoom[/i] songs online?
AudioGalaxy.Com. For Mac or PC. Good luck!
Wow! I’ve never heard of that! If I had a Nokia phone and some reference, I could make some sounds and graphics. But, alas…
[In my best imitation of Bruce Willis in [i]Pulp Fiction[/i]:]
[i]”Xev’s dead, baby. Xev’s dead.”[/i][img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img] Oh, boo-hoo-hoo-hoo! *sob* My favorite redhead lizard lady has passed on! Whatever shall I do?!? [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by :
[ 4.20 ] “Apocalexx Now”
[/QB]
(Fill in the blanks [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
“I love the smell of __________ in the morning! Smells like…. __________ !”I can picture Prince as Col. Kurtz (Marlon Brando). Or maybe Vlad? Or maybe 790 babbling useless nonesense!
Kai as Capt. Willard (Martin Sheen).
Stan as Clean (Laurence “Larry” Fishburne).
Xev as Lance Johnson the surfer (Sam Bottoms).
790 as Chef (Frederick Forrest).
I don’t know where I’m going with this…Maybe they’ll drop acid in a war zone? Go surfing at an invasion beachhead?
