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What REALLY happened at Roswell, May 30, 2000
This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 80: Little Green Men [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Of all the aliens in the Star Trek universe, the Ferengi are by far the most controversial. Originally designed to be a replacement for far more threatening enemies that Federation (stupidly) made peace with, the little, troll-like aliens with excessively large lobes quickly devolved into comic foils -- weirdly racist foils who coveted latinum and kept their women naked and premasticating. Did I mention that the original Ferengi also hopped about like gerbils on speed?
Then came Quark -- conniving, little Quark with the dysfunctional family and a heart of pure latinum. The poor dear's lobes never quite manage to pull off any money-making schemes, but just about every con man in the galaxy wants him dead, anyway. This includes the cousin who sold him the ship...
The plot of "Little Green Men" is downright inspired: Quark and his goofy brother Rom attempt to pull off a smuggling venture, using nephew Nog's entrance into Star Fleet Academy as a cover. Everybody piles into the ship, which has been sabotaged. Of course. Something goes terribly wrong and they crash land outside of 20th century Roswell,NM, where they're captured by the military. We know the military personnel are up to no good as they all smoke like chimneys and say "swell" a lot. Our intrepid antiheroes spend the rest of the episode alternately trying to take over Earth and escape its nefarious clutches. Loads of ear-sex silliness and jumping about like gerbils on speed. Kudos to Armin Shimmerman for producing the best Ferengi Shriek of the entire series.
I love "Little Green Men." It's well-written and packed with Star Trek trivia. (I also suspect it was a dry run for DS9's penultimate time trip "Far Beyond the Stars.")
Be warned: this is a Quark episode. If you hate the Ferengi, don't buy it. However, if you're a conspiracy nut and hep to all the references, you'll want to watch it again and again.
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Uproarious Ferengi, December 30, 2001
This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 80: Little Green Men [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Armin Shimerman's, Aron Eisenberg's, and Max Grodenchik's talents are showcased in this Ferengi episode; my favorite of all the Ferengi shows. The three Ferengis (Quark, Nog, and Rom) are thrown back in time to 1947 Earth as a result of a sabotaged shuttle. Rom and Nog think of ways to get home while Quark thinks of ways to take over Earth. The problem is they are held prisoners of the military who think they are invading martians. Quark continually tries to manipulative the military and convince Rom and Nog that their taking over Earth is in the Ferengis best interest. However, Quark doesn't realize that there was a stowaway on board his shuttle and this stowaway is determined to get back to DS9 and their own time.
This show gives a hilarious twist to the Roswell, New Mexico, UFO story. If you're a fan of the Ferengi, as I am, this is a must see episode!
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Explains Roswell perfectly!, December 24, 2001
This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 80: Little Green Men [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I absolutely loved this episode. Normally I find Quark detestable-and generally I feel the same way about all ferengi-but this episode was perfect. It was actually believable. Can't you just see Quark going back in time and causing the Roswell incident? I love how Odo shows up and gets them all out of the mess they are in. I didn't expect Odo to be there at all. It was a surprising episode that was funny and well done. A nice change from all the 'Dominion Wars' and constant political struggles.
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