Worse than Doom?

Wow, there's actually another person out there who liked Wing Commander? Man, I thought we were all but extinct.

*There is no spoon.*

I saw this quite recently and overall it was okay, but nothing special. It was kind of dull because every cliche in the star fighter book is used (loss of another crewman, the inexperienced pilot, using some inner strength as well as having some unique trait, eventually becoming the hero, etc). There were also several things that bothered me, such as when the soldiers were called Marines, (no females in the Corps), and the earlier scene in the movie in which a commander tries to fire at the bullet-proof glass. Usuallly I wouldn't mind, but the weapon that he was firing with was a dressed up M-15 armed with a grenade launcher attachment. I have never played the games, so I won't comment.

Doom was good in comparison to other game-to-films (especially Uwe Boll). I had gotten a kick out of seeing the movie; it reminded me a lot of the old DOOM games that I used to play when I was nine. It lacked the aspect of Hell, but at least it tried to hint at it with the presence of the soul. I doubt that the games' satanic aspect was removed to prevent Christians from becoming upset, most likely budget reasons. Unless Hell was going to be depicted as a "happy place full of joy," that reason is out of the question. With Jurassic Park, it costs $120 million, which is why there is a T-REX, raptors, and so on. Try fitting all of that on a $60 million budget- not possible.