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splodeymissile posted...

I've been following along on production trivia as I go and apparently this is the last attempt to make the Ferengi a credible threat. While they clearly don't have the raw power and presence of, say, a Klingon or a Romulan, I still think their scheming, slimy ways makes them dangerous. There was a bit of silliness and mugging in their first appearance, sure, but I find them alright as mostly serious villains. I mean, here, they're actually great.

They were very much conceived to be a replacement for the Klingons as a recurring threat. IIRC, there's even some mild build-up where they talk about them long before they ever show up. But then that first episode, man. Their design is just a little goofy to begin with, then their mannerisms made it even worse.

It's also hard to take them seriously as a threat when they still think gold has value in the age of replicators.