LEXX Unauthorized Series 2

<p>LEXX Unauthorized Series 2 - The continuing story of Kai an undead assassin Zev a combination of love slave and cluster lizard Stanley Tweedle a hapless security guard and 790 a robot head careening through space together in the LEXX a stolen planet destroying biological warship shaped like a dragonfly. In the second series the crew travel through space searching for a new home or at least a good time while in their wake a mysterious force is destroying the universe. LEXX was one of the strangest and most wildly surreal space operas ever conceived owing as much to Luis Bunuel and Alejandro Jodorowsky as to to Star Trek and Star Wars. It was unique and unforgettable mixing black comedy and absurdism with epic drama and an astonishing visual sense.</p><p> </p><p>Series Two explores the creation of the series including the development of story arcs the musical episode shooting in Canada and Germany and the evolution of scripts and ideas including a breakdown of lost episodes that fell by the wayside or mutated into dramatic new forms.</p><p> </p><p>Backstage the story of the creation of the series was even more extraordinary a tale of regional Atlantic film makers renegade artists cult film makers wild experimentation Canadian cultural nationalism German entrepreneurs new computer generated imagery technologies and backstage chaos intersecting in wildly unpredictable ways to create truly exotic images and stories. The product of years of research and dozens of interviews this is a 'must buy' for any fan of the show itself or of science fiction movies television generally and an eye opening insight into film and television production especially Canadian and international productions.</p>