Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories (1997– )
"Lexx: The Dark Zone" (original title)

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

Stars:

Brian Downey, Eva Habermann, Michael McManus

Cast

Series cast summary:
Brian Downey	...	Stanley H. Tweedle (4 episodes, 1997)
Eva Habermann	...	Zev Bellringer (4 episodes, 1997)
Michael McManus	...	Kai (4 episodes, 1997)
Jeffrey Hirschfield	...	790 (4 episodes, 1997)
Tom Gallant	...	The Lexx (4 episodes, 1997)
Anna Cameron	...	The Time Prophet (3 episodes, 1997)
Walter Borden	...	His Divine Shadow (2 episodes, 1997)
Ellen Dubin	...	Giggerota (2 episodes, 1997)

Storyline

The tyrants who rule the Light Universe pass their essence onto their successor upon their demise, while their still-conscious brains are kept in a vault; their chief resource is Lexx, the most-powerful mobile weapon in the universe, which can only be commanded only by the keeper of the hand-key. The previous incumbent wiped out the Brunen-G race, except for Kai, whom he kept in a state of amnesiac suspended animation, to be revived by proto-blood for short periods and used as an assassin. Into this background comes anti-hero Stanley Tweedle, an ignored non-entity clerk, who misses an appointment and is branded a criminal. In the dungeons, overweight Zev has been convicted of not fulfilling wifely duties, and is being transformed into a gorgeous, svelt love-slave. Meanwhile, captured terrorist Thodin, due for public execution, escapes with his gang's help, and causes chaos, setting into motion Tweedle's accidental theft of Lexx and new ownership of the hand-key, Zev's escape with her ...

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Plot Keywords:

anti hero | tv mini series | android | surrealism | tooth | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sci-fi violence and gore

Details

Country:

Canada Germany UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 July 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories

Company Credits

Production Co:

Salter Street Films International, TiMe Film- und TV-Produktions GmbH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

363 min 363 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Kai: Would you care to join me in watching the supernova? It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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Crazy Credits

All Universes, characters depicted, names used, and incidents portrayed in this film are fictitious. No identification with actual persons is intended nor should be inferred. Blah, blah, blah--

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Connections

Followed by Lexx (1997)

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Soundtracks

"The Meltdown"
(1993)
by Lunatic Asylum

User Reviews

COOL MINI-SERIES!

This is my favourite TV sci-fi to date! Totally different to your usual Star Trek, this tv programme doesn't take itself seriously Star Trek fashion and the humour is entertaining.

What makes this so great is its originality. This is the virtually the opposite of every cliche you see in sci fi. For example....

1) Stanley Tweedle. He is a coward, but oddly endearing in a way, you have to feel sorry for him. His antics are also ridiculous! He is also the commander of the Lexx and he's definitely no cowboy Captain Kirk.

2) The Lexx. No flash chrome coloured starship, but a gigantic, insect spaceship that eats its prey! It also behaves as though its alive - because it is!

3) 790 robot head. Has more of a personality than Data, in love with Zev, how's that for originality???

4) Kai, the 2000 year old dead Brunnen G 'anti-hero'. His attitude toward Zev is completely the opposite of how a 'normal' hero would behave toward her! And also Zev, being part cluster lizard...

Having only recently found out there is a Lexx series on the net, we've yet to see it here in NZ. This will be the third time the original series has been aired this year! I look forward to seeing it in the (hopefully) near future...