Armin Shimerman is still thanking the Blessed Exchequer in the Divine Treasury that Ferengi were not conceived as cat people.
As much as I enjoyed them there really is no justifying the existence, particularly in outer space, of the Pakleds.
i never had a problem with *any* of these aliens. now, clara - the terrifying imaginary-friend child-alien from season 5? that's a stupid alien.
Stipulating that the Ferengi were a lame threat species, you know what really sucked about the Ferengi being a lame threat species? We never got to see those awesome Marauders do anything cool after the first couple of seasons of TNG, especially and most unfortunately once the VFX technology matured to the point they could have shown them doing something really cool. I kept waiting on DS9 for a flotilla of Marauders to join the Allies and take on a Dominion battleline, but it never happened.
Yeah, and the Maurader is a pretty nifty looking ship design and, IIRC, is supposed to be able to stand toe-to-toe with a Galaxy Class.
I agree about the views with the Ferengi. How could they be established as a threat when they act so goofy at the same time. It's like they came up with the idea, and then quickly changed their minds while still writing and airing it! Another vote for me is actually-Human colonists. Have you ever seen the episodes where the wayward colonists are told their planet is about to be destroyed by an asteroid or the colony obliterated and they stubbornly refuse to listen? Even when Starfleet offers help, they refuse because Starfleet is an "outsider". So they sit around and do nothing telling themselves "there is no threat".