Great movie, too bad most ppl dont share my opinion

I remember rushing home from 7th grade to go see it. It was a good film, just wish some things were different. The budget is what killed this film I thought, too cheap.

This was a good Sci-Fi flick in '99. I never played any of the WC video games, but I followed the story just fine. Its a great space adventure, a desperate fight to save our home planet from destruction. Fans of the TV show Space: Avove and Beyond would like this movie. Very similar in look and feel. I especially liked the fact that there was starfighter battles as well as battles between the capital ships. They fire broadside cannons at each other like the sailing battleships of old. The only other time I've seen this in space battles is in the recent Star Wars EspIII opening battle scene. Star Trek frequently has a lot of capital ships fighting each other, but they alway fire from a distance.

I wish the Kilrathi alien race was explored a bit more. Probably due to budgetary reasons, we hardly ever seen these cat-like aliens. I read some where that they weren't planned to be seen at all.

For the DVD, I enjoyed the movie but I was very disappointed that there were no deleted scenes. I especially hoped to see the subplot about Adm Wilson being the traitor and Blair ends up killing him. I believe this was filmed, but it was not on the DVD. Too bad.

I have to admit this movie had something about it.

It was tacky in places, though the greatest let down I feel was when David Suchett's character got rather predictably killed, to enable the more gun hoe XO to take control.

Worth seeing.

Uhhhh... I like Wing Commander but this movie really sucked

I also caught it on HBO over this past weekend. I hadn't seen it in a few years, and I must say that it wasn't nearly as bad as I remember. I loved the naval atmosphere of the Tiger Claw. The clautrophobic bridge, the manual loading of the torpedos and missles, the hand-drawn space charts, the vending machines in the messhall. It was all very well designed. Plus, any movie where a character yells "give 'em a broadside!" is worth a watch. I actually saw it the day it was released in theaters, mainly to see the Star Wars Ep 1 trailer. After it ran, a whole group of people got up and walked out. I still don't understand that. Did they all have an appointment to keep? Whatever.

Without a doubt, the failure of this movie rests on the shoulders of two people: Freddie Prinze Jr, and Matthew Lillard. Sure, Lillard was a blast in the original Scream. But he seems incapable of playing any other character. Todd Marshall is just Stew Macher in space. Instead of killing humans, he kills aliens. I kept waiting for him to shout "It's a scream, baby!"

At least Matthew Lillard has some personality; a screen presence. Mr. Prinze can't act, plain and simple. He spends most of this movie with the same passive, vacant stare on his face. Even after he computes a jump faster than a computer, all he can muster is a "whoa." He fails to establish any kind of connection with the audience. Personally, I would've liked it better if he didn't get rescued in the end. At least his sacrifice would've brought some empathy to the character.

Of course, you must consider who hired those two in the first place. Was it studio suits, who wanted the film to target teenagers? Was it because Freddie and Matt were cheap to hire, but also recognizable? Or did Chris Roberts actually believe he could get great performances out of them? Whoever made the call, they were wrong. And they paid dearly for it. It's a shame, because the foundation for a quality flick was there. They even had a good supporting cast. Tcheky Karyo, David "Gorkon" Warner, etc. Oh well. At least it was better than Alone in the Dark.

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Well actually most sci-fi set in space take a naval approach when it comes to battles.

Personally I don't have any qualms ith the science in the film; sure they were "pinging" the enemy and couldn't tell a black hole from a quasar, but eh whatever.

I'd rate it six.