"Lexx" (1997) TV series 1997-2002

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Creator:

Paul Donovan

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

18 huhtikuu 1997 (Canada)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Comedy

Tagline:

Sci-Fi with an attitude!

Plot:

A group of desperate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny find themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.

Plot Keywords:

Universe | Exploding Planet | Living Ship | Space | Man Eating Plant

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Brian Downey	...	Stanley H. Tweedle / ... (61 episodes, 1996-2002)
Michael McManus	...	Kai / ... (61 episodes, 1996-2002)
Xenia Seeberg	...	Xev Bellringer / ... (55 episodes, 1998-2002)
Jeffrey Hirschfield	...	790 / ... (46 episodes, 1996-2002)
Tom Gallant	...	Lexx / ... (45 episodes, 1996-2002)

Also Known As:

Lexx: The Series
Tales from a Parallel Universe (USA) (first season title)

Runtime:

60 min (65 episodes)

Country:

Canada | Germany | UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:16 (television) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Salter Street Films International

Trivia:

The chess game between Kai and Price in "The Game" is a move-by-move copy of an actual championship match chess game (La Bourdonnais vs. McDonnell, 1834, 21st game of the first match).

Quotes:

Xev Bellringer: You may still only be a head, 790, but you're the best head I ever had.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Peyton Doves (2008) (V)

Brilliant!!!

This show is outrageously funny at times, deeply philisophical at others. Defying all attempts to generalise it as one thing or another Lexx flies from one genre to another week by week. The sheer intelligence behind the series cannot be doubted, listening to the three beans (the shows creators & writers) you are left with no doubt of their genius and their desire to show viewers a whole new universe of ideas and concepts. Welcome to the Dark Zone people, if you look to the front and rear you will see there are no exits. The show is just so damn good it's annoying how they manage to keep things going show after show while almost every other series fades and diminishes into cliches after a few weeks. This is TV the way it should be made, has to be made if channel execs want ratings in the future. Lexx has shown what viewers have been missing all these years, robot heads, nymphomaniacs, assassins, cannibals, mass murderers (and that's just the heroes!) The world is divided into two groups of people. Those who love Lexx and those who will come to love Lexx...