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December 23, 2007

I Worship His Shadow

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About 8 years ago, I happened to catch an episode of Lexx on the SciFi Channel, and was immediately captivated by its twisted cast of characters and the incredibly weird universe they inhabit. The show deals with the adventures of the motley crew of the Lexx, a living spaceship capable of destroying planets, then eating the leftovers. The plots are brimming with brilliant concepts, quirky humor and kinky sexual situations, like the romantic triangle between the undead assassin, Kai, the decapitated head of lovesick robot 790, and Zev, a hot babe who's half cluster lizard. The show lasted 4 seasons, and got pretty much unwatchable (in my opinion) towards the end, but series 1 and 2 were more focused, and dealt primarily with the battle between the crew of the Lexx and the evil and mysterious alien, His Shadow, who rules over their universe.

Seasons 2 through 4 are available on DVD here in the US, but season 1, which consisted of four 2-hour television movies, seems to only be available in Germany. If you're a diligent googler, you can find most of season 1 on YouTube and DailyMotion, where I managed to scrounge up three-fifths of the first episode, I Worship His Shadow. Enjoy, meatbags!

[Link: I Worship His Shadow Part I, Part II, Part V]

December 19, 2007

From the Darkest Depths of the Cinema Graveyard

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Be-fezzed mad scientist, Uncle Pete, and his Lucha-masked sidekick, El Vato, bring you a World of Twisted and Absurd Audiovisual Oddities and The Forgotten Children of the Silver Screen in every online episode of The Dark Vault of Public Domain [Link]. They get mega-bonus points for playing a clip from my favorite Japanese New Wave band, The Plastics [Link].

Watching these clips reminded me of my own foray into public-access horror-hosting back in the early '90s, Chester's Chillers [Link]. I'll have to check into getting some episodes up on YouScrewed.

December 10, 2007

What's Wrong With This Picture?

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Judging by the vast amount of wildly age-inappropriate programming that consistently shows up on this channel, I'm guessing that ABC's definition of "family" must include sewer-dwelling alien child-murderers and the prey they feed on. Let's celebrate the diversity, shall we?

[Spotted in the Clown Will Eat Me Flickr Pool]

December 3, 2007

I'd Pay a Quatloo For That

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Drill Thrall Shanah

[Link: The Galactically Hot Women of Star Trek]
[Link: Star Trek Chick Gallery]