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Matthew Lillard as Lt. Todd 'Maniac' Marshall in WING COMMANDER (1999) dir. Chris Roberts
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nma-nekro · 1 month
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🚀︑⠀How you doing? Allow me to introduce myself. Lieutenant Todd Marshall!
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alphamecha-mkiii · 9 months
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alphamecha-mkii · 4 months
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Wing Commander IV Magazine Art by Chris Douglas
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segacity · 7 months
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A preview of 'Wing Commander' on the SEGA Mega CD. Source; SEGA Video Magazine, April 1994.
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dwcmarshalarts · 1 year
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"Proceed daringly."
Sometimes the people in the flight seat are the worst and best candidates for squadron leader.
Commission by DWC Marshal Arts for Karus_Daedlyn on Twitter.
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spockvarietyhour · 3 months
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“Open your mouth”
Tim (The Cure, 1998)
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retrocgads · 9 months
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biblioflyer · 6 days
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Discovery 5e3 first reactions
If you had told me in the early days of season one with its Expanse knock off aesthetics and edge that Discovery would deliver an exemplar of a truly great Trek story, I'd have been deeply skeptical. Yet here we are.
I'm authentically surprised I'm in this good of a mood after the credits rolling on an episode of Discovery. This was a good episode. It was a very Star trek episode!
After the bleakness of Picard, its really refreshing for a Trek show that is not Lower Decks to be leaning into core themes of mercy, adult relationships that are nuanced rather than histrionic, and really hitting that sweet spot between action adventure, sciency goobledygook, and human idiosyncrasies.
I was really, really happy to get a Culber-centric episode. The character is great, even when its not entirely the character. I really ought to look up the actor and try to see more of his work because he's one of the big standouts for me in this series, along with Doug Jones. It was a good use of the Trill personality exchange plot device.
Saru and T'Rina's subplot was likewise nicely executed. I really like this take on Vulcans where they are subdued but not entirely flat. The crisp "handsome and erudite Saru" was a great touch.
This is at least two instances in the same episode where my meta theory about the Federation, that its superpower isn't that its perfect but that it is full of people who will immediately course correct when they realize a mistake, seems embodied by its characters. This time in the form of Saru and Burnham.
I had a theory about Burnham as well that I think may be on the money as well. That through a mix of intentional planning and reacting to some of the more thoughtful critiques of the character, Burnham's arc has been to first bounce between the extremes of denial of emotion through her Vulcan upbringing, then have to do a crash course in managing emotions after abandoning that Vulcan conditioning. The version we see of Burnham in season 5 is a Burnham who is well balanced. Someone who is informed by intuition and feeling but not ruled by it. A lot like Spock in his later years after he had fully integrated and reconciled his Human and Vulcan natures.
Which is poetic. I think Sarek, while still not winning any father of the year awards, would have been pleased to recognize that his children, well Michael and Spock at least, well able to bridge Earth and Vulcan. Even if they had to strike out on their own and figure out for themselves without his influence.
Booker is interesting too. In a lot of ways I think he's being set up for the arc that Han Solo should have had. Namely growing into responsibility, being nostalgic for aspects of his old life, yet realizing that he's not that person anymore. Which does make me think that ultimately Booker and Burnham will reconcile on account of Booker making peace with his new life and role and it happening to be one that makes a lot more sense in Burnham's world, having decided to lean into Starfleet.
Rayner is definitely a torch carrier for the Jellico tradition but like Jellico, I suspect that he's going to find his own way to relate to the crew. His "speed dating" approach to meeting the crew is painful and stilted, but its a bit like ripping a band-aid off. Tilly isn't wrong that "professional distance" is not a great way to persuade a crew that they can trust your decision making. This is a crew that has gone a long time without a hardass on the bridge and not particularly fond memories of the last time their boss was aloof and prickly. A lot of Rayner's expressions do suggest to me that he knows what he's doing and is playing the long game with Discovery's crew.
I'm really excited to (hopefully) finally see the Tzenkethi. I'm really, really hoping for a Larry Niven tribute. Its been a minute since we've had anthropomorphic felines and someone desperately needs to atone for the film Kilrathi. Wow. I have not thought about Wing Commander in a long time. l feel like I need a shower.
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I would be surprised to see a modern top 10 games of all time list, even from a PC focused outlet, have any flight games. CGW's list from 1996 has 3 (Red Baron, Wing Commander, and Falcon 3.0).
It's interesting to see how some genres fall out of favor over time. (Pages from Computer Gaming World #148, Nov. 1996)
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benedictusantonius · 3 months
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Wing Commander (1999) directed by Chris Roberts
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krjpalmer · 1 year
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Computer Gaming World October 1997
The latest iteration of the long-running spaceflight combat simulator was previewed in this issue. There was also an article enthusing that “role-playing is poised on a bona fide revival,” as compared to a single review in this month’s “Adventure/Role-Playing” section.
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tatooineknights · 2 years
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Has anyone here ever played Wing Commander III before? It is this game from the 90s starring Mark Hamill, Malcolm McDowell, and many more, where they actually had filmed cutscenes. Anyways, I decided to play it and it is kinda fun, lol, obviously it is old and so are the controls. 
But I am honestly living for Mark’s look in it.
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alphamecha-mkii · 3 months
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90smovies · 1 year
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