A brave show, took a lot of risks and experiments in its stories. This worked about half the time, and the other half was less successful.
Season 1 (the movies) have aged very well I think, despite the limited CG. The origin story and the Divine Shadow arc were really nicely done. Eating Pattern (with Rutger Hauer) was a tremendous, dark story of consumption. In terms of the visceral reality of such a dire situation, it really does a great job.
Season 2 is both some of the best, and some of the most average of Lexx. The Mantrid arc is bloody brilliant, Dieter Laser (who would go on to be in the Human Centipede believe it or not) is magnetic, and I've seen no greater ambition from any big bad in all of Sci Fi.
Standalone episodes like 791 (dark and completely hilarious), Wake the Dead (really quite well made), Lyekka (wonderfully surreal) and Lafftrak (biting) were really great, far more unique and bold than most Sci-Fi offering. Of course, you counter this with the terribleness of Luvliner, White Trash and Love Grows, which are completely terrible.
Season 3 is my favourite. Its poetic and beautiful. To this day no story has gripped my imagination as they did with these two planets. The imagery and depth here could be discussed for years, and the writing went sky high. The eternal torment of Fire and the endless cycle of decadence on Water raise questions about the meaning of Good and Evil. Prince and Duke, avatars of human evil, are fascinating creatures with evolved abilities in this magical, impossible place.
Season 3 got me thinking, and not enough TV does that. Its also consistent quality, with only one or two average episodes. The truly excellent episodes (May, Battle, The Beach, Heaven and Hell) are unlike nothing on television.
Season 4 is where things go bad. The concept of the series is badly-managed, and uncomfortably streched over too many episodes. There is some gold here, but its almost always bookended by below-average efforts. Episodes like Stan Down; The Rock and Moss are genuinely funny and worth seeing. Episodes like Bad Carrot, A Misummer's Nightmare and loads more are the worst of Lexx and terrible.
Despite a mess of a last season, it contains two of the best episodes of Lexx ever made: The Game (extrordinary and magical) and Yo Way Yo (incredibly nicely done and touching).
Season 3 > ...... > Season 1 > Season 2 > ....... > Season 4.
Season 1 (the movies) have aged very well I think, despite the limited CG. The origin story and the Divine Shadow arc were really nicely done. Eating Pattern (with Rutger Hauer) was a tremendous, dark story of consumption. In terms of the visceral reality of such a dire situation, it really does a great job.
Season 2 is both some of the best, and some of the most average of Lexx. The Mantrid arc is bloody brilliant, Dieter Laser (who would go on to be in the Human Centipede believe it or not) is magnetic, and I've seen no greater ambition from any big bad in all of Sci Fi.
Standalone episodes like 791 (dark and completely hilarious), Wake the Dead (really quite well made), Lyekka (wonderfully surreal) and Lafftrak (biting) were really great, far more unique and bold than most Sci-Fi offering. Of course, you counter this with the terribleness of Luvliner, White Trash and Love Grows, which are completely terrible.
Season 3 is my favourite. Its poetic and beautiful. To this day no story has gripped my imagination as they did with these two planets. The imagery and depth here could be discussed for years, and the writing went sky high. The eternal torment of Fire and the endless cycle of decadence on Water raise questions about the meaning of Good and Evil. Prince and Duke, avatars of human evil, are fascinating creatures with evolved abilities in this magical, impossible place.
Season 3 got me thinking, and not enough TV does that. Its also consistent quality, with only one or two average episodes. The truly excellent episodes (May, Battle, The Beach, Heaven and Hell) are unlike nothing on television.
Season 4 is where things go bad. The concept of the series is badly-managed, and uncomfortably streched over too many episodes. There is some gold here, but its almost always bookended by below-average efforts. Episodes like Stan Down; The Rock and Moss are genuinely funny and worth seeing. Episodes like Bad Carrot, A Misummer's Nightmare and loads more are the worst of Lexx and terrible.
Despite a mess of a last season, it contains two of the best episodes of Lexx ever made: The Game (extrordinary and magical) and Yo Way Yo (incredibly nicely done and touching).
Season 3 > ...... > Season 1 > Season 2 > ....... > Season 4.
