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Well, I am quite disappointed! But we are going to drive over and have a good weekend anyway. Too bad that the con organizers couldn’t get the Benjamins for M.McManus! 😉
I agree with Pet about “Dune”: David Lynch’s movie is better than the book. Dune is one of the worst written books I have ever tried to read. Full of semimystical goobledegook b.s., no character development– I couldn’t get through it (ok I was a lit major and can be a bit of a snob.)
The movie was a weird visual feast.
Well, I now pay for digital cable so I get to watch really high quality films such as:
Invasion of the Bee Girls.
Has anyone seen this?? It’s about a bunch of really attractive large breasted women researchers who become sexually isatiable “bee” women. There is a lot of excessive mammary display, and they become “bee” women after standing in front of a really large, cone shaped thing aimed at their crotch ( a giant vibrator?? ). They kill men by getting them overexicted.
Fatguy wrote:PEOPLE GET THE GOVERNMENT THEY DESERVE.
.Well, fatguy! I really have to chime in here and say that that is not the case. Determining fair apportionment and fair voting in a democratic system is actually a nontrivial combinatorical problem. Let’s remember here that Al Gore actually won the popular vote (that is he was the first choice candidate of more voters that G.W B. 48.38 to 47.87) The one other time this happened in US history was in the 1800’s. Believe me, I teach voting theory to college freshmen and most of them did not believe that this could happen. The intervention of the supreme court in the election (stopping what would be the usual procedure of taking as much time as necessary to determine who should get the florida electoral college votes) was especially disturbing to me. In the end, GWB probably would have gotten those votes anyway but in their haste for a power grab the republican party couldn’t even wait for a legitimate count.
I hoped that the chaos surrounding the last presidential election would increase the amount of discussion in this country about voting methods, and whether or not there is a more fair, more direct method that should be used (some states award electoral college votes proportionally to more accurately reflect the popular vote, we could get rid of the electoral college, we could use ranked voting etc.) But it seems that everyone has just shut up about it.
The result is that we have arguably the worst president in history.
As for republicans, they are not my favorite party because:
They spend money and energy trying to prevent people from voting, by scubbing polls, forbidding scientific methods in census taking so people are undercounted.
They have a tendency to employ “stealth” candidates and methods. As in the california recall election they work hard to find weakenesses in laws that they can exploit to subvert duly elected candidates. (I would also include the bogus attempt to impeach Clinton in this category a blow job! a thong! get real).
Republicans have the worst fiscal record imaginable! talk about spending!!! OMG. Besides running up huge deficits spending like mad, the money doesn’t even get used to improve the quality of life for average americans.
PS I voted for Ralph Nader!
Hey, I wonder who did buy the hairpieces and what they plan to do with them. If you are reading this let us know!
Like I posted over on lexx.com, i think the wig should be given a proper burial!!
My favorite episode, so hard to choose. I don’t remember the name of it but here’s a description:
In an attempt to get him to spill the beans, no. 2 is having no. 6 drugged at night. They direct no. 6’s dreams and view them on a large screen. When no. 6 dreams, he dreams of a party. He is going to meet someone at the party, as the episode goes on the party in each successive dream is a little crazier. Finally no. 6 gains control of his own dream and it’s a real trip. I want to go to no.6’s funky cocktail party.
I haven’t watched the prisoner for MANY years, so my opinion might change if I get a chance to see it again.
Hum Brad Pitt— Not really my type. But then I am no Jennifer Anniston either.
I am interrupting this thread to say congrats to Funket!!! So your baby has arrived! Have fun. I am sure that he/she is a darling (and by he/she I don’t mean to imply that the baby is a hermaphodite, just that I don’t know the gender!!!)
Hey gang! don’t forget to take notes, pictures, samples …. whatever!!! And post all about it.
We await news and gossip.
Well Logan, I have to agree with you about mainstream = death for scifi. As one of the few science fic fans willing to admit to watching Enterprise, I have to say it’s a case study of what your are talking about. This show desperately needs to “re-cultify” itself. I think that it is going to go the way of Earth Final Conflict, which became complete garbage after the first year or so. It seems that they are going to militarize the show —- with some big alien threat so that the wee little enterprize can save the earth — YAWN!
I think I am going to stop watching tv for a while!!
Hi Ho! Did anybody notice that on the cover of the Speaking Parts DVD (at least the one that I have). They choose to include, in the background, a still of M.Mcmanus semi-nude and tied up!? It’s a bit misleading, since it is such a small part of the movie, and it’s a video within the movie so the cover pic doesn’t actually convey the “feel” of the actual movie.
This must be some acknowlegement on the part of the marketers that some of us are buying the DVD so we can look at his stomach for a few moments!!!!
Now I am really going to play devils advocate– maybe science fiction fans would be better of if US scifi channel just went bye-bye. I would be happy watching one or two interesting and innovative scifi shows on channels with many other types of programs. Sci fi channel is desperatley trying to fill hours of TV time with garbage.
”Trini_T” wrote:I also noted that it is because of M.M. that you decided to go.
I am really tempted to run a poll a little closer to the con to see how many other people decided to come specifically because Michael McManus decided to appear.Well, to be honest now that I am going I am very excited to see the whole cast, and see folks from online. Also, when I brought the idea up with my husband I said: Do you want to go to atlanta for the weekend and meet the Lexx cast? All those cute women will be there”, and even though “Kai” is his favorite character, I doubt that he would be interested in going if these beautiful actresses were not going to be there too! We might only stay one night, so I hope we don’t miss seeing McManus, since it is a 4 day event, but really it sounds like a lot of fun. So I guess McManus acted as a sort of “catalyst” to get me to go, but now that I am going the whole package sounds like fun.
Hey, this sounds interesting. I will have to try to find it and watch it. Anything with P.M. in it can’t be too bad, and the philosophical angle sounds fun.
Questions for Vlad:
1) BTW I loved your character. Did you like wearing that Vampire outfit? You look great in it by the way.
2) Was it fun to work on a show like Lexx? Did you have to hang from wires for some scenes? Did you enjoy tossing kai around like a ragdoll?
Well! Thanks for all the info! I am planning to drive over. I got tickets for me and the spouse and signed up for the parties. It will be fun to meet all the folks and of course I am prepared to be starstruck– never having attended anything. Sounds like a fun weekend.
Hum, you think Brizon is eating fruitcake? Maybe i will watch the DVD and see if I can tell. I don’t even remember seeing the victim’s face.
Patches in the sky is one of my favorite eps btw, really good character development and a self contained story.
Saddy, if you make it they will come! Yes I would watch a homemade Scifi movie. You are right about nothing being on air. The genre for some reason seems to be relegated as childrens viewing, so has to be incredibly bland and innoffensive to everybody. Sometimes I think the US scifi channel would run Barney in outer space.
(Come to think of it, isn’t telletubbies sci-fi? But that created a scandal here in the US because of the sexual ambiguity of the purple one with a purse and the po doll’s foul mouth.) In short, it is you Brits who must now carry the torch of bizarre science fiction. Canadain TV seems to have been co-opted completely as a kind of discount outsource for Hollywood.
Fugly wardrobe, yes! Well, in speaking parts, someone put him in this black jacket that looks 3 sizes too big! I don’t know if its a ridiculous “80’s!” look, or an accident. Maybe the directors commentary on the DVD will address this question! (that is why I bought the DVD). I had a used copy of the vhs tape I got on amazon or Bargoon.com (or should I say Bargadoom!) but I gave it away to another fan already.
I am going to start a new fugly wardrobe thread here if I can figure out how to make a poll.
streudel wrote:As awful as his hair looks, he still is absolutely drop dead gorgeous, though.
Performing in a FUGLY wig seems to be McManus’s forte. In some scenes, it looks like he has his own hair though. So it is rather confusing—I am waiting for my DVD– it is taking weeks!!!!
Well, I am glad to hear that DT790 hasn’t fallen off the edge of the world, just gone to college. A good move! I miss his theories, he would make a good scifi writer.
HappyBday.
Thanks saddy. Actually i was as poster to sadgeezer before going over to lexx.com, and there are many things that I prefer about this board. Namely, the variety of topics is nice. A while ago, I had a lot of trouble loading and posting here… so I kind of switched over to lexx.com.
Now, either because i am using OSX, or because of your new board, it is moving much more quickly for me, so nice work!
One of my fave scenes in this movie is when kai pulls the worm out of the back of Stan’s neck and says “This was attached to your brain”. The look of horror and disgust on Stan’s face is precious! Whist has to rank up there as my favorite predator.
Good point, that there are shades of S4 here, what with the giant woman at the end, and the nature of the predatorial alien.
I saw it last night. I liked it right up until the “end”, then I felt a bit cheated. Agent smith is great. The special FX and fight scenes are good. I liked the plot of the original better, because it had more mystery. On the whole I would recommend seeing it
I was looking at the german forum when the board disappeared. I thought perhaps we had been “cleansed”. Not that I don’t deserve to be cleansed, especiall after that “lets all make little kai paper dolls” post. But still, it is a good excuse to start posting here more.
This is a really tough question, and one that I tend to vacillate on. Sometimes I prefere one, then the other. I think that Zev is prettier, and yes, had a more intensely romantic role. But Xev is funnier, and has a little more charm. It would have been incredible to have seen the two together in S4– Zev could have been Xev’s “other self”. That way we could have done a head-to-head comparison!
It’s tough to choose a favorite! Gigashadow is really good too. Malcom McDowl (sp?) is great, the plot is exciting and Kai gets a little pet lizard! I recently viewed the uncut version because I finally got the DVD and it is worth it. For example, I don’t remember ever seeing Stanley in the shower on TV!
Well for me (a US citizen) this war appears to be unjustified– since we have been able to bomb selected targets in Iraq for years, and they have been under a no-fly zone. Why now? Why this big invasion? I don’t believe that GWB wants to liberate the children of iraq out of the goodness of his heart and not much evidence has been shown that Sadaam (awful though he is) was about to embark on a new agressive assault on some other country. Invading another country should be a last resort. Should we take over the entire chunks of the third world because many goverments in africa and other parts of the middle east and asia are doing a bad job running their countries??? Do we intend to rebuild Iraq? Can we really afford it? Have we rebuilt Afganistan– aren’t we accused of sticking the UN with most of the bill for that? I think that invading a country to get rid of a leader that we don’t like is decadent, and opens the door to other countries making pre-emptive strikes (it has been pointed out that the Japanese considered pearl harbor to be a pre-emptive strike). This is all just my opinion and is not meant to be insulting– i just have many questions and misgivings about this drastic action.
Thanks flamegrape. The interviews appear without a hitch when
i use realplayer on mac osx. Good work! you did an awsome job, what nice people! Can’t wait to watch Brians interview.Flamegrape! What software does one need to view it? I am having problems.
Thank you so much for doing all this work to let others see the fun! we appreciate it.
Dang, I was awed by the idea that one of you ladies might be shopping for K.Reeves ,oh well!
Elmey, in that picture McManus seems taller than Downey! But maybe MM is wearing platform tennis shoes or cowboy boots!Also, just had a sick idea about the tee shirt— has it been washed since he wore it during the shoot??? Maybe it is still full of phermones — I think I am going to pass out just thinking of it. I bet all that acting makes a person very sweaty. i had better not buy this thing, I don’t think I could stop myself from sniffing.
Well, if I had know J.Hirshf was in it I would have watched more of the show. I liked N.Bennett, but I too became bored very quickly- I think that I stopped watching 15 minutes or so into the show. It’s funny that you mention the casting, because early on in the show there is supposed to be this room full of bounty hunters (or assassins)– and they look and act about as threatening as a bunch of catalog models! And it’s not that model types can’t play dangerous, threatening or tough characters– look at movies like species, tomb raider etc–
How come the short station ID segments that scifi shows right before the shows come on are more interesting than the shows????
Well, this is all very interesting. I agree that this outfit doesn’t appear in the tv show as seen by me. Maybe it’s what live kai is wearing when he gets devoured by Xev?
It’s interesting that you saw that B.Downey is taller than M.McManus– because on the show it looks the other way around! Although they seem pretty close in height, maybe it’s the big hair that has me confused. I also noticed that the boots he wears as Kai have no heel at all, and Xenia is always wearing these tremendous heels. I figured they were trying to even out a really big difference
in height. I guess she is very petite.ok, this has only a LITTLE to do with the topic at hand but (or should I say butt):
Guy in kilt on a windy day who forgot his undies:
http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/2663/Gosh! There is no way that I am going to buy this little tunic but Wow! I wish I could buy it– then I would make my hubby wear it– hee hee.
RE: undergarments– ages ago Jacha posted a comment on the lexx.com board about the undies in the Gondola ep with live Kai being visible at certain times. At first I thought–humph the stuff they show in England really is different! Bcause I never saw anything. But if you view the dvd in slo-mo (this is an embarassing confession on my part) you can definitely see the underwear when Kai sits! So there is underwear– and M.M. has no idea how to sit in a mini skirt!
While the sci fi channel fiddles, A&E has put out a well produced, quality version of U. Leguin’s novel “The lathe of Heaven”. I am finding better scifi off of the scifi channel.
Arg,
I hope this show doesn’t vanish before I get to check it out—I am going to watch it
on this friday for the first time.Thanks for the tip, I am always looking for new scifi
Sometimes i think that loving Kai is like loving a cat (a really expensive pure bred kind of cat)— Xev shouldn’t necessarily expect any affection back and at least she doesn’t get clawed with that wrist thingy.
In one’s house, Kai would be there just to lounge around looking beautiful and killing inconvenient critters. Stanley on the other hand is a dog.
I think the first to harness insect technology for their own purposes were the Brunnen G. too. After all, they had to fight the insects, and one has to learn from ones enemy.
This discussion of an experiment gone wrong makes me wonder if things could have been different– in a less lexx-like universe maybe insects and humans could blend successfully into some new species, and not eradicate each other.
If I had to be part insect, I would definitely choose spider.
That seems very odd, Will an american dvd player work on your tv? Dvd’s are much cheaper now, I got mine at walmart! You could probably mail order a US or canadian dvd player, but it does seem like a lot of trouble just for one show. It seems utterly moronic to me that all dvd technology is not compatible.
I was going to wait to buy the lexx movies, but maybe I shouldn’t if they are going to stop selling them!
There is a joint near me where you can sit at a table and eat pizza while watching..maybe I will see it there.
Everybody says the same thing..that the fight scene between yoda and C.Lee is the only thing good! But I’d like to go to see the special effects. i do agree that things have gotten really bad since the the emp. strikes back! Salon mag. likens the love scenes to a douche commercial!
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Just goes to show how silly censorship is in the States… You can’t show naked breasts on TV, but you can show someone getting their head cut off… go figure…
OK, I know that this is a bit of a pointless point, but there is no censorship of cable TV in the US. Each channel pretty much decides for itself what is acceptable, there are plenty of bare breasts shown on “Wild ON” for example. The absurd behavior of US SCIFi channel is due to their own fear that someone in Idaho will start a morality campaign against them if a nipple is shown during Lexx.
Indeed, there is a lot of nudity on the cable public access channels in NYC (at least when I lived there). The silly aspects that you are talking about are the result of MARKET forces such as advertising and whether cable distributers will agree to carry a channel. The thing that gets my goat is that we pay extra for cable, and one would think that they would not then slavishly bow to advertisers etc. but apparantly that is not the case!Here’s an idea that will get you 4000 years more of plot time. The crew, except for 790 and sometimes Kai, was is cryo sleep for 4000 years between series 2 and 3. Now, who is to say that they were really out of it the whole time? Clearly something dramatic happened to them, how else did they end up in some afterlife on fire and water? Maybe they just cant remember the time between when they went into cryo-sleep and “woke up” on fire and water. 790 would remember but he is not telling. A whole new series could have taken place during that 4000 years, ending with some cataclysmic event that sends them to fire and water, with some kind of “newborn” amnesia.
When Captain Kirk originally encounters the Romulans they look almost exacly like Vulcans and no-one has heard of them yet. They could manage to bring them on the show, if somehow it is explained why the info would not be passed on. I hope that they don’t put that hokey TNG makeup on the Romulans in the new series. What is the deal with the forhead fascination!!!!!!
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He laughed because he saw that the mass of the Higgs boson was a repeating decimal.
But what’s so funny about 13/99? Maybe he was laughing because he realized it was all wrong.
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After viewing the finale, I do not think so… He never told her he loved her and he had two chances, once back on earth and once in the moth…..I know in Terminal he had tears in his eyes at her demise, but I think now he might of even thought of her in a sisterly way….
I have this theory that Kai was starting to fall in love with the original Zev, and never got over her melt down in terminal. The reconstituted Xev is really a very different person from the Zev that he lost, and seems to have been drawn to. Check out their interaction in the movies. He can like Xev, but really she is a creation of Lyka–made up of various proteins and he can’t love her.
