LEXX
Tales from a Parallel Universe
(1997)
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Genre: Sexploitation Sci-Fi
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Plot Synopsis:
Everyman Stanley Tweedle (Brian Downey) is unexpectedly granted power of the Lexx, a Manhattan-sized planet-destroying insect/ship. He takes it and flees to the Dark Zone, accompanied by the lovely, dead assassin Kai (Michael McManus) and half-lizard, über-babe Xev Bellringer (Xenia Seeburg, replacing the original Zev, Eva Habermann). I refuse to mention the love-starved disembodied robot head 790, as I'd prefer to pretend it doesn't exist.
Favorite Moments:
- Any scene with Michael McManus, the man who's single-handedly putting the fun back into necrophilia. Sure, Kai's a ripoff of Cesare in Cabinet of Dr. Caligari AND he's the sole remainder of a race that went into battle wearing garishly clashing silk threads and singing three part harmony, but he's also unbelieveably, heart-stoppingly gorgeous. Aw, hell, Kai could spend an entire episode grimly put his hair in a bun and I'd watch...
- Trying to choose between the exuberantly sexy Xenia Seeburg or the exquisite Eva Habermann as my favorite Xev/Zev.
Links Away:
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YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING TOO MUCH LEXX WHEN:
- You refuse to mock His Divine Shadow for reanimating Kai's corpse, as this is what you would have done - prophecy be damned.
- You admit to yourself that "romantic dreamers" would make fairly crappy assassins (and much better love slaves) and half-lizard women better assassins.
- You've figured out that Kai's outfit is his godawful Brunnen-G garb dyed black.
- You applaud the funky "Rocky Horror Picture Show" reunion with Barry Boswick & Tim Curry
- You're starting to wonder about the Brunnen-G and their core-sample projects...
- You're itching to tell Kai that "supernova" is a noun, not a verb.
- You had a hard time breathing when Kai and Zev started singing to each other.
- You think Wist would be simply lovely if she hadn't done something terrible to her eyebrows.
- You politely turn down Kai's cooking advice to Rutger Hauer, as everyone knows you'd need flour and oil to properly form a roux.
- You're disturbingly pleased to see Kai kneeling down in front of Wist, reattaching his severed head.
- You wonder if the Oracle at Delphi was anywhere near as annoying as the Time Prophet.
- You're apprehensive of Malcolm McDowell in Roman togs, as you're unpleasantly reminded of Caligula
- You think that there are worse ways to die than being eaten by Zev in the shower.
- You hope the rest of His Divine Shadow's undead assassins make a future appearance.
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