When I was a kid, I liked "Quark" and was sad when it was canceled after only eight episodes. However, I've re-watched a few shows I loved as a kid...and some really suck when you see them today! Will "Quark" be one of these? And, the best place to start to see if it's any good is the pilot episode.
The show begins by showing Quark and his ship...a giant galactic garbage truck in space. Then, as a quick way quickly introduce the characters, Captain Quark talks to his computer about their mission. However, unlike the following episodes, Ficus is not in the cast and instead Professor O. B. Mudd appears.
The mission that Quark is given is a suicide mission, which doesn't bother his superiors very much. Instead, however, the ship's horny robot manages to accidentally find a non-suicidal way to solve their problem.
So is it any good? No. The biggest problem is the way that the laughtrack was used...which was near-constant AND never seemed to be whenever anything funny actually happened...which was never now that I think about it. Unfunny, annoying and I am hoping things will change for the better with the first regular episode. If not, I'll bail on this series.
By the way, sensibilities have changed since this show was aired. The bi-sexual type character is bound to offend many today.
The show begins by showing Quark and his ship...a giant galactic garbage truck in space. Then, as a quick way quickly introduce the characters, Captain Quark talks to his computer about their mission. However, unlike the following episodes, Ficus is not in the cast and instead Professor O. B. Mudd appears.
The mission that Quark is given is a suicide mission, which doesn't bother his superiors very much. Instead, however, the ship's horny robot manages to accidentally find a non-suicidal way to solve their problem.
So is it any good? No. The biggest problem is the way that the laughtrack was used...which was near-constant AND never seemed to be whenever anything funny actually happened...which was never now that I think about it. Unfunny, annoying and I am hoping things will change for the better with the first regular episode. If not, I'll bail on this series.
By the way, sensibilities have changed since this show was aired. The bi-sexual type character is bound to offend many today.