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Thread: Lexx

TRX
08-28-2010
I've been doing a bunch of tedious editing lately, so I queued up the "Lexx" series in a window on the right-hand monitor. I'd never even heard of it until I came across the fileset.

It's in English, but it's a German show produced in Canada, where it was cheap. Stargate and a bunch of other shows are made in Vancouver, which is basically "Hollywood North."

Being a German show, it's... different. German humor, at least in this show, tends to be rather blunt, but there are occasional subtle bits too.

Season 1 was four full-length movies, of which the first was by far the best.

Season 2 was ordinary episodes, unconnected with each other. Some good, some bad.

Season 3 was a single story arc taking place on the planets "Fire" and "Water." It was mildly interesting, but I think it would have been hard to follow if you saw it on TV. This season introduces the character of "Prince", an evil immortal who rules the planet Fire.

Season 4... the Lexx discovers Earth. Prince is also on Earth (it makes sense in context), and in control of one of the most evil organizations on the planet - the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. The crew of the Lexx land in Texas, where they run afoul of Prince and his ATF. And then it gets really, really strange, with heavy German spoofs of redneck American culture... it's freakin' hilarious.

"Yo! Yo waaay yo!... we are the Brunnen-G!"


TRX
08-28-2010
I dunno. There's occasional breasts and nudity, but nothing that you wouldn't see on cable.

Episode 4x03, "P4X":

Wardress: "So, where are ya from?"

Xev: "I was raised in a box."

Wardress: "Houston, then."


TRX
09-01-2010
My wife suddenly decided she wanted to see what I was laughing at, so I had to start Season 4 over again.

So far, the Lexx has destroyed Pluto, Neptune, Jupiter, part of the Brazilian rain forest, and Orlando, Florida. The President has nuked Cuba and Newfoundland. Aliens from the Fire planet keep showing up, we have alien vampires in Transylvania, and I haven't figured out what's going on with the cyborg carrots from space yet. And then there's always Prince and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms keeping things stirred up...

TV reporter: "In today's news, the Dow Jones has dipped 73 points, firemen rescued a cat from a tree, and the US has blown Cuba off the face of the planet. No response from Havana at this time."