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I liked Lexx

>I liked Lexx

Me too. Well partly, it got a bit repetitive and irritating at times but I quite liked the dark toungue in cheek humour and the universe(s) they created. (Got a bit nonsensical in the last couple of series though.) It was a nice surprise to see Craig and Hattie turn up in it though. Kind of amusing that Craig actually turned out to be one of the straightest actors. Everyone else seemed to over-act. A lot.

And then there was Xev. One of the sauciest minxes to appear in the whole of sci-fi.

I’d certainly rate Red Dwarf higher though, but the tone of the shows is rather different.

> I don?t watch Babylon 5, I just thought it needed a mention because I think it is shit.

That you see zero irony in this statement speaks volumes.

It’s probably all those confusing levels the show has…

I wasn’t keen on Babylon 5 in the early days. I found it a bit soap-operaish for my tastes.

On watching some later series on repeats it ended up one of my favourite science fiction shows though. The ongoing story arcs (the shadow war stuff, etc) is very interesting. I think I generally prefer it to Star Trek now. I say ‘generally’ as I have a soft spot for the Star Trek films, and the good episodes of Trek are very good.

I’ve yet to see the new Babylon 5 stuff. Most reviews I’ve read are negative, but I prefer to judge for myself. Most people disliked Enterprise and I liked that one. ;)

>I have nothing to say, except Red Dwarf is obviously better.

That sentence starts off well.

If Babylon 5 bashing is going to start don’t be surprised when me and Andrew start kicking shins with our spiked boots and Mick starts oiling himself up for some ass kicking…

GET IN!

I love you. You know that, don’t you?

> Marleen, do you think that Lexx is, in all honesty, a better show than Red Dwarf?

I think that all those programmes shouldn’t even be on the same list. I don’t think you can really rank / compare shows of so different genres.

I personally like Red Dwarf better (and own the DVDs, and I don’t have the Lexx ones).

Anyway.

I thought Red Dwarf deserved to be placed higher.
But that doesn’t mean I thought all the other shows deserved to be placed lower. You know what I mean?

>I haven?t seen Firefly yet but it seems a tad ridiculous to place it as the 3rd greatest sci-fi show of all-time. Above The X-Files? Above Dwarf, for that matter?? Above Galactica and Lost? Above SLIDERS????

When you watch it, you will reconsider this.

> When you watch it, you will reconsider this.

This.
Go buy it. Now.

I’m probably going to get shot down for this, but I’ve never been able to understand why BSG is rated so highly. I’ve seen the first season and, yes, it was enjoyable and the production values were good, etc, etc, but I’ve never liked it enough to stick around for subsequent series. Or indeed re-watch S1.
It was decent TV, but it never engaged me the way, say, Firefly or Lost does, or a lot of others on the list.

Is it just me? Did I bail out too soon?

>I haven?t seen Firefly yet but it seems a tad ridiculous to place it as the 3rd greatest sci-fi show of all-time. Above The X-Files? Above Dwarf, for that matter?? Above Galactica and Lost? Above SLIDERS????

The X Files is sci fi? I always saw it as “horror”/drama.

I?m probably going to get shot down for this, but I?ve never been able to understand why BSG is rated so highly. I?ve seen the first season and, yes, it was enjoyable and the production values were good, etc, etc, but I?ve never liked it enough to stick around for subsequent series. Or indeed re-watch S1.

When you watch (all of) it, you will reconsider this.

The Starbuck piano episode was excellent, and the mutiny episodes. Those and the finale aside I find it hard to even think of any other truly great moments. The first episode back after the break was pretty good, I suppose, with the revelation that the Five were on ‘Earth’ before the nukes hit and giving us the identity of the Fifth once and for all.

Moore got completely lost though. Trying to tie in the Caprica series AND a 2,000-year-old Cylon history. The exposition episode with Ellen and Cavill was pretty unforgivable. It’s like they went ‘oh shit, the plot, the BACKSTORY!!! We forgot to tell it, let’s cram it into one episode, that’ll work!!’