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Weirder Than Weird
From 1997, here's another one I missed. Lexx is a strange and delightful series that was a joint Canadian and German venture, which to some extent explains the bizarreness of the show. At this point I've only seen season one which is four 90 minute episodes, there's only four seasons all together. The show is set in a dismal future universe where a dark and mysterious entity called the "Shadow" rules without mercy. A group of fugitives trying to escape various punishments for infractions against the empire liberate a strange bio-mechanical ship called the Lexx and set out on a series of bizarre adventures whilst unwillingly and somewhat inadvertently fighting the Shadow. The show does a good job at showing how unnerving and foreign the future would be. You can really feel a sense of being in another time and place with different customs, morals and rules. There's plenty of humor in the series, some of it dark which is the best kind of course. The acting is good overall and the special effects are, well, special effects from 1997. They're not terrible, but you won't be going "ooh" or "aah" if that's something you do, which by the way makes you a bit of a dork. The series truly immerses the viewer into another world and does it extremely well. There is no way I can really describe the weirdness in the show so you'll have to watch it and, at least for Season One, I can vouch for Lexx as worth the time.