Quark - The Complete Series

starring: Richard Benjamin, Tim Thomerson, Richard Kelton directed by: Hy Averback See Larger Image List Price: $19.94 You Pay Only: $14.99 You Save: $4.95 (25%) Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 0043396257436 Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Label: SONY PICTURES Manufacturer: SONY PICTURES Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: SONY PICTURES Region Code: 99 Release Date: September 02, 2008 Running Time: 222 minutes Sales Rank: 8076 Studio: SONY PICTURES Related Items: The Starlost - Complete Series Iron Man (Single-Disc Edition) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Single Disc) Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series Wall-E (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition) see more Editorial Review: Product Description: A spoof of science fiction films and TV series, these are the adventures of Adam Quark, captain of a United Galactic Sanitation Patrol ship. His cohorts include Gene/Jean, a 'transmute' with male and female characteristics; a Vegeton (a highly-evolved plant-man) named Ficus; and Andy the Android and Betty and Betty (who always argue over who's the clone of the other). Based at Space Station Perma One are Otto Palindrome and The Head. Though Quark is supposed to stick to his sanitization patrols, he and his crew often meet adventure with such colorful space denizens as the evil High Gorgon (head of the villainous Gorgons), Zoltar the Magnificent, and Zargon the Malevolent. Amazon.com: The cancellation of Quark after a mere eight episodes makes us ponder yet again the existence of intelligent life in the television universe. Created by Buck Henry, who with Mel Brooks, sent up the spy genre with Get Smart, this quite funny 1978 series spoofs space operas like Star Trek and Star Wars. Richard Benjamin stars as Adam Quark, an 'ordinary human,' who commands a United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol ship. His mission: 'To boldly seek out grime and grit, to collect the uncollectible space baggie, and to always leave the area cleaner than when I found it.' His eccentric crew includes Ficus (Richard Kelton), a Spock-like Vegeton; Gene/Jean ('Timothy' Thomerson), a male/female 'transmute'; the gorgeous, hot pantsed navigators Betty I and Betty II (Cyb and Patricia Barnstable, who gained commercial fame as the Doublemint Twins), one of which is a clone; and Andy; the cowardly robot. The hapless Quark yearns for greater adventures, but gets no votes of confidence from bureaucrat Otto Palindrome (a pre-Mork & Mindy Conrad Janis), who administers Space Station Perma One as the behest of the behemoth The Head (Alan Caillou). Proceed with warp speed past the pilot episode. The series really takes off with the second episode, 'May the Source Be With You,' featuring the voice of Hans Conreid as the galaxy's supposed greatest weapon, but, that, after 200 years of inaction, is a little rusty. The Force may not be entirely with the cheesy-looking Quark, but, like Mel Brooks' When Things Were Rotten, this dimly remembered curiosity rates rediscovery. May it live long and prosper on DVD. --Donald Liebenson Stills from Quark – The Complete Series (click for larger image) Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Quark series on DVD I never thought this would get to DVD, but I'm glad it did. Not as funny now as it was then, but still entertaining, at least from a nostalgic view. Decent acting and hilarious plots taken from classic movies and stories, with a Buck Henry bent. Ah, the Bettys... Andy is a great sidekick who was underutilized, but anything could have happened if they HADN'T CANCELLED THE SHOW. Rating: - This *is* a parody after all You have to know the shows and characters (OMG, the character names!!! ;-) being satirized, parodied, lampooned and otherwise skewered. There are many hysterical moments: * The Betty's blowing up an evil ship, then making hash-marks with a lipstick on their battle station. * Quark apologizing to Princess Libido in her guard disguise just before she decks him. * The enraged Betty's screaming "Plant!" at Ficus after he criticizes their dancing on Polumbus. * Ficus and Joan Van Ark pollinating together: "Was it good for you?" "I think so?!????!?" * An antique Quark falling face down onto Princess Carna's sleeping dais and having to be rolled over like a log by Carna's serving wenches. Yes, the EFX are hokey. Yes, the plots are questionable. Yes, the acting is a bit rough in spots. Yes, the female flesh is all too apparent. Get over it; so was the original Star Trek for the first 8 episodes (and if you doubt that, go back and compare the first 8 episodes when the writers and actors were also still struggling with the characters to the second season shows when everything had gelled). Alas, we got no more than the first draft of Quark. But it was hysterical while it lasted, if you know your pre-quark SF and enjoy a good harpooning. Four stars only because of a complete lack of any Quark-related content except the shows. We could easily have had a section of publicity stills or other material, but we got nothing. Rating: - Not quite as funny as I remembered... ... time being the great equalizer. However, at the time this came out it was a slapstick poke at all things science fiction and star trek/star wars directed. It's dated, it's corny, but some ideas were actually rather advanced. The idea of a vegetable as a crew member (think Farscape's Zan) was weird at the time, but with time, became an interesting concept to explore. I loved the clone connundrum for Quark. I think that is the most memorable part I retained over the years. Still funny. If you like Mel Brooks' kind of humour, this just may appeal to you. Rating: - Quark Extremely dated humor and story plots. Recommended to die hard oldie TV series collectors only. Rating: - Quark, quirky before its time I really enjoyed this show in its first run, and its parody still holds up well (even if it EFX don't). Another show killed before it could hit its stride. If you liked Spaceballs I think you'll like this one. More Quark - The Complete Series Reviews Browse for similar items by category: Comedy - Genres - DVD - Video - General Television - Comedy - Genres - DVD - Video - General AAS Television - Science Fiction - Science Fiction & Fantasy - Genres - DVD - Video - General AAS Television - Genres - DVD - Video - General Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Studio Specials - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - All Sony Pictures Titles

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