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Lexx - The Complete Second Series Review

When Sci Fi first put Lexx on the air in the laste 1990's their was nothing quite like it EVER on TV. Original, Naughty, Twisted and highly entertaining to say the least. The three movies that came out first set the tone and layed the foundation. It is unfortunate that they cann not be purchased affordably on DVD at this time. Howerer, all of the main characters in their splendor appear here in their own very complete, unique and comical form in the Comlete Second Series. Stanely, Zev, Robot head, Kai and the Lexx all traveling randomly through the universe full of comedic horror and bizare adventures. I wouldn't recomend this to anyone under 18 or people who are "uptight" with its overt sexual references, but if you have an open mind this show will both entertain and refresh you to the possibities of life and adventure in the universe. Too bad the last two seasons ended so horribly. In my opinion the last few years of the show were as painful and horrible to watch as most anything else now on commercial TV. Having gotten that off of my chest, the movies and the second season (which I am highly recomending here)remain well worthwhile, full of creativity, wonder and adventure as few shows on modern TV have been able to capture in the past ten years. Not recomended for the Moral Majority, it is no wonder the show appeared during the Clinton Administration and was hindered during the last few seasons by a lack of creative writing, money and what seemed to be an effort to make it "politically correct and sanitized for our protection" in the end. Neverthless, Stan, Zev, Robot head, Kai and Lexx remain for me one of the most entertaining Sci Fi comedy groups of all time.

Lexx - The Complete Second Series Overview

A crew of misfit outlaws wanders the galaxy in a living ship. Sound familiar? Doomed to live in the shadow of cable TV's science fiction class act Farscape, the Canadian-German coproduction Lexx takes a completely different trajectory as a tongue-in-cheek, sci-fi sex farce from a three-man team of "Human Beans" led by creator and frequent writer-director Paul Donovan. Sad-sack pilot Stanley Tweedle (Brian Downey), coquettish love slave Zev (Eva Habermann), reanimated corpse Kai (Michael McManus), and lovesick robot head 790 wander the galaxy looking for food, people, and (most importantly) a little nookie. Shot on the cheap with loads of flashy (if often unconvincing) digital effects and a rather claustrophobic series of studio-bound sets, the show launched with a quartet of TV movies before settling into a weekly series with its second season (1998).

In the first of 20 episodes, "Mantrid" launches the Lexx into a funhouse galaxy of wacky worlds, where the dreaded insect king awakes and begins his bizarre reign of terror. The hilarious "Lyekka" introduces the title character, a curvy little plant girl with an insatiable appetite for human flesh, but more importantly it replaces platinum blonde Eva Haberman with the impishly flirtatious, full-lipped redhead Xenia Seeberg, the show's instant cult pinup queen. The show's eagerness to experiment is proven in "Brigadoom," a sci-fi musical that tells Kai's backstory entirely in song--with surprisingly impressive results. "Brizon" and "End of the Universe" end the second series as the Lexx is inexorably drawn into the Dark Zone after an epic fight with Mantrid's multiplying drone arms.

Each DVD features a different 10-minute, behind-the-scenes featurette, short cast and creator interviews, and a chapter of Rated LEXX, a TV special created for the Sci Fi Channel to introduce the characters and recap the origins.

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