Wing Commander

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the deviants of Welcome 2 Show; The Clintoris, The Guch, and The Devoslack sit down to watch Wing Commander!   Wing Commander was a victim of trying to jump on the new hotness that was movie adaptations of popular video games. After the success(?) of Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter, and Mortal Kombat, somebody somewhere decided that Hollywood needed to experience the thrill of space combat with Wing Commander.   Of course, this movie would go down in a burning furball of glory.   Awesome special effects inspired by the greats of sci-fi? Negative.   Historical accuracy to the source material? Negative.   Gripping acting to at least keep you in the space? Double negative.   Need to Watch The Movie? Hit these links to rent or buy a copy and watch along with us! (Please note that by purchasing through one of these links, you are directly supporting Welcome 2 Show, and we truly appreciate it!)   Amazon: https://amzn.to/2VWl3VI   Deviant Casting Director The acting is atrocious! Was Freddie Prinze trying for an accent? Panaka from guard from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is in it! And he’s a Brit! Mark Hamill the voice of Merlin? Mark was also a voice on the Wing Commander Academy animated show   Deviant Script Doctor The space station was in an asteroid, pretty cool, have we seen that before? Zulu time? Wtf is that? They do this thing that Star Wars n Star Trek to a lesser degree always seemed to avoid: somehow they’re more technologically advanced (space travel, simulated gravity, etc), yet much of their tech is inferior to ours (computer screens, floppy discs, etc) What good is a self-destruct if it malfunctions?! The one-liners are terrible. “Buy one get one free”? “He really is a good guy once you get to know him.” Is that a popular phrase? The Kilrathi were g