Soooo...Lexx...any opinions?

[The Squire of Gothos]

Except for TOS fans, who appreciate the the surrealism and found that element lacking in latter-day Trek, which increasingly tried too hard to be mainstream (ultimately resulting in the execrable nuTrek).

Probably the most insightful comment about the difference between TOS and latter-day Trek I've ever read. I approve.

I loved latter-day Trek right up until the end, but I definitely missed that mystical, exotic quality that the original had; I'd love to see a show that can recapture that sense of mysterious unknown (original Outer Limits had it, too)

The closest latter-day Trek got, I think, was Where No One Has Gone Before.

I can't think of anything though that captured the feeling we had when Kirk and a landing party beamed down to a new planet. Just as they arrive, the shimmer and hum of the transporter fades and for a second the landing party look around in silence as the planet (inevitably ) makes that strange barren noise they cooked up.

Maybe it was just the 60s. The first of the Peter Cushing Doctor Who movies had a similar feeling to them. The petrified surface of Skaro, bathed in an eerie light, produces an atmosphere quite unlike that found in the TV series.

I'm trying to (slowly) build up a full set of Lexx DVDs, depending on when the sets on Ebay dip down to an affordable level. There's a nice looking complete set in a tin can, but it's at the silly level of pricing for such sets.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Part of it was definitely the Zeitgeist. People then had imagination and liked color, they were looking for the awe and mystery that reaches from the inner mind. People now have little imagination and are terribly insecure; they just want to watch hut hut military posturing and stories about politics and corruption. It's hard to tell the genre fans from the Mundanes these days.

 

[Pauln6]

It suffered from repetitiveness in its plotting - horny characters try to get a shag, death and hilarity ensue. Visually it was a fun series but I think it needed more direction and character development. Something more akin to Farscape would have worked a treat.

 

[OmahaStar]

I'm trying to (slowly) build up a full set of Lexx DVDs, depending on when the sets on Ebay dip down to an affordable level. There's a nice looking complete set in a tin can, but it's at the silly level of pricing for such sets.

When I read that, I thought you were being silly. "What does he mean 'affordable'?" I asked. I think I paid maybe 25-30 bucks per season, and that's roughly what the average tv on dvd season runs, when it's on sale.

Then I went to dvdpricesearch.com and started looking. And looking. And looking. I didn't realize only the first season was still in print, and how expensive the dvds have gotten. A single disc, used, can run over a hundred dollars.

Netflix doesn't have all of the series' discs. It's strange, I had no idea it was so hard to find. So now, I wish you the best of luck completing the series .... at an affordable price!

 

[The Squire of Gothos]

It's annoying when a single volume of a season of Lexx costs as much as an entire season of other shows I'd like to pick up.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Wow. That's surprising. They just re-released the first Season-- i.e., the four movies-- recently, so maybe they will re-release the rest of the Seasons as well.

 

[OmahaStar]

Wow. That's surprising. They just re-released the first Season-- i.e., the four movies-- recently, so maybe they will re-release the rest of the Seasons as well.

While it's technically a re-release, it's the first release for the US. Because of the split licensing for that first season, Paramount had the video rights in the US, and Acorn (I think?) had it for Canada. Paramount released tapes, and stopped there. To get it here, we had to buy from Canada. One disc at a time. I don't know what their plans are. Hopefully, they'll follow FarScape's model and re-release a complete series box set at an affordable price.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean, but I have Season Sets for the whole series; I got them through Amazon.

 

[OmahaStar]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean, but I have Season Sets for the whole series; I got them through Amazon.

Seasons two and three were released in full seasons sets. Season four was released in two half-season sets. Season one was released originally as single dvds (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0). And every disc was released individually also.

It's only recently that season 1 was released in a box set.

 

[Tyson]

Lexx as a series is more interesting than most of the people that post on these forums could ever strive to be.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean, but I have Season Sets for the whole series; I got them through Amazon.

Seasons two and three were released in full seasons sets. Season four was released in two half-season sets. Season one was released originally as single dvds (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0). And every disc was released individually also.

It's only recently that season 1 was released in a box set.

Yup, you're right. That's exactly what I have: Season Sets for two and three, the two half-Season Sets for four and the new set for the movies.

 

[ReadyAndWilling]

anyone still watch this?

 

[RJDiogenes]

I put on an episode from time to time.

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

The Complete Lexx is coming out on UK Region 2 DVD tomorrow

Amazon

 

[saturn5]

Thought the pilot was amongst the most original and engrossing sci-fi I'd ever seen but it rapidly got repetitive and sadistic

 

[Trent Roman]

It's curious--I was watching Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, and thinking about how much it reminded me of Lexx: a cast of losers, gross-out effects, and nearly all guest stars reliably killed off by the end of the episode. Not sure what that says about Canadian--sorry, Harperland--culture that we keep generating these sorts of shows...

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Sindatur]

I enjoyed the original movies, but, then it became a non-stop quest for Stanley(?) to get laid. When they backed off that, and started telling stories without that never ending quest, I started finding some of it enjoyable again.

 

[ReadyAndWilling]

I put on an episode from time to time.

oh ok.

what are some good eps to check out that are focused on the ship?

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Watched it once, and found it almost completely devoid of any merit apart from the Brunnen-G song. I vowed never to watch it again.

 

[SPCTRE]

^ Well, Lexx was a Canadian/German co-production, so it's not surprising that it plays well to German sensibilities.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

That was only for three years though the Germans pulled out of the show after the third season.

I can't exactly confirm that it "plays well to German sensibilities" - that show is fucking weird. I'm a huge Sci-fi fan, but I don't get Lexx, not in the slightest

Also, seeing recognizable German actors in a Sci-fi show? Super-weird, super-campy.

Still, it was somehow entertaining when it wasn't kind of crap. Which didn't happen very often, mind you.