WING COMMANDER Clip - "Star Battle" (1999) Matthew Lillard

[@jamieolberding7731]

First Officer Paul Gerald: [urgently] "Sir?!" Captain Jason Sansky: [shouts] "SHIELDS UP!!!"

[@djargus]

In the deleted scenes (restored for the novelization), Captain Sansky turns out to be the traitor.

[@DropDead14]

First Officer Paul Gerald: [urgently] "Sir?!" Captain Hercule Poirot: [shouts] "SHIELDS UP!!!"

[@JamesL18]

​@@djarguswait what, there was a traitor in the whoke film? I need to re watch now

[@jamieolberding7731]

​ @djargus You're confused my friend, so I'll clear it up for you. Captain Jason Sansky is a traitor in the novelization version adaptation of the film, but he became remorseful of his actions. Here in the 1999 "Wing Commander" movie however, it's very different, as he never did betray our heroes (It's called Adaptational Heroism).

[@djargus]

@@jamieolberding7731 Yes, that's why they are called *deleted scenes*. They are not shown in the story for the finished movie, but are instead shown as a "Director's Cut", extras on a DVD or Blu Ray, or just someone finding an archive tape and posting the deleted scene(s) online!

[@Lavthefox]

I love how the SPACE SHIPS... which are in SPACE... fall off the end of the launch ramp, which is in space... when they are launching.

[@chinchaurgh]

artificial gravity still affects them when they leave mothership

[@justinrs85]

Does this apply to the torpedos too?

[@wolfganghuhn7747]

The torpedoes sound like launched with pressurized air

[@DraconX3]

@@chinchaurgh That doesnt make any sense lol What it has a delayed action effect? LMAO But its just hollywood stuff. Its a good fun movie, disconnect logic and enjoy it.

[@teslatrooper85]

Like they pushed the crashed fighter off the ramp and it falls down 😂 Seems I possible to have it pushed into the ship to salvage parts also 😅

[@HeadlessChickenTO]

Oh, the good'ol days of PC games and cheesy gem of movie.

[@michaelcarney6280]

And I absolutely loved it 😂

[@RobertMememe]

Sadly this old game is better than Disney Star Wars even with a 30 year difference in technology. I am shocked how well this game still holds up and looking at it now it is shocking how many big names they had in it

[@TheGlassSword]

This was a fun movie, while not great, I still enjoyed it

[@marcelcevani5688]

In Cinema it was a Blast

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

I thoroughly still enjoy it 😊

[@generaldvw]

Me too😅

[@blablubb4553]

Wing Commander series has so many awesome ship designs... why didn't they stick to those? Would have LOVED to see an actual Dralthi or a Rapier Starfighter on the big screen! And the plot of the first game would have been fine as a movie story!

[@HeadlessChickenTO]

Copywrite issues, I think. The movie was produced by the Robert brother's (the creators of Wing Commander). But by this point, they sold most of those rights to Origin and had split from them. Wing Commander 4 was their last WC game with Origin, who made Wing Commander Prophecy around the time this movie came out. But the Robert brothers did another split off space sim game (I don't remember the name) that had cutscenea from the movie.

[@gilgamesh7138]

​@@HeadlessChickenTO Starlancer

[@HeadlessChickenTO]

@gilgamesh7138 Yeah! That's it.

[@mariotomazzoni6523]

They didn't have the money to recreate the Wing Commander fighters, but got some cheap old jet fighter cockpits to use in close up scenes.

[@michaelcarney6280]

​@@gilgamesh7138Yeah the Eastern Coalition ships are the same as the film aren't they.

[@JimmySailor]

“Fire tubes one and two” Captain’s having flashbacks to his previous job.

[@tyree9055]

Yeah, but his Type VII u-boat had more torpedo tubes! 🤣👍

[@DK-421]

Hunt For Red October?

[@maverick8697]

@@DK-421 No he played the captain in "Das Boot". Consider looking it up. It's really good

[@7hunderingGod]

@@maverick8697 He also played the grandfather of the German team in Beerfest

[@EvanCops]

Matthew Lillard was a hell of a maniac dude. He has the same energy as Thomas F wilson

[@tyree9055]

I got shot up so many times by Maniac, that I allowed him to die in combat twice, and shot him down myself once, he was so annoying in the game! 😂

[@michael.a-e]

He would have been great in an alternate life where this gets a sequel 10 years later.

[@EvanCops]

@@tyree9055 thomas f wilson was great though lol

[@GreyDoofus88]

I feel like Matthew is much more of a maniac compared to Thomas. And more lovable as well.

[@4hire565]

FOR REAL Bro!!

[@nebulousy]

This movie is a guilty pleasure

[@johnathan651]

I honestly loved this movie as a kid!

[@sriley064]

Hated it for the whole pilgrim shit,which ruined any enjoyment i had from it

[@1977Yakko]

Das Boot but in space... and with fighters. LOL!!! I remember enjoying it back in the day. So cheesy it would make people from Wisconsin blush.

[@SandsOfArrakis]

Funny that you mention Das Boot. The German captain is sitting on the bridge here as well. He even orders to fire torpedo tubes 1 and 2.

[@quattro4s]

Jurgen Prochnow is a great actor

[@tyree9055]

If I'm correct, I believe Chris Roberts not only worked on / created the Wing Commander games, but Star Citizen, too. He financed this movie and wanted his favorite stars in it, or something like that. Check the information on it, it'll say. 😉

[@gpapich25]

@@SandsOfArrakisTubes 1 & 2…Los!

[@maxisaev568]

@@tyree9055 Back in the days when StarCitizen just started it was considered a fluke cuz it got hundreds of millions and produced nothing. If you try actual game you'll see nothing has really changed in terms of gameplay. Probably got some quatar king as a sponsor

[@KesselRunner606]

I enjoyed this film, in spite of its faults. It was great, lazy Saturday afternoon, slouch back on the sofa, joint-and-a-bagel DVD matinee.

[@jimskyboy2]

man the 90's were something else....

[@fredgilbert2032]

Fred and Shaggy puttin in work

[@chudgeon]

They have several movies together.

[@kourtneyhanley]

For a cheesy 90s movie it was actually really good and the part when the Marines board and fight saber tooth furries man 90s took chances and squeezed out diamonds

[@InternetGravedigger]

These days it's one terrible remake after another...

[@michaelcarney6280]

Sabre Tooth Fairies is a great description I'll have to use it because spelling Kilrathy or however it's spelled is a joke 😂

[@AndrewinAus]

Capt Sansky channeling his inner Hercule Poirot 'That damn Taggart was right' LOL

[@flintsky7706]

Yall are some hater. This movie was awesome, I guess you had to be there.

[@vincentramirez6967]

Didn't do the game justice, though. Mark Hamill could've starred in this movie, just as he starred in Wing Commander games.

[@guysky3873]

I was there. It was "Meh" at best.

[@highlander8419]

Cope

[@Kr0nicDragon]

It needed 64% more kilrathi scenes

[@maxisaev568]

@@vincentramirez6967 in late 90s early 00s whole cinema business started to hit younger viewer audience (which turned to be success in general), Hamil was great in Prophecy as older guide for main hero but as the main character? Too late for the first movie in what supposed to be a franchise like Star Wars. WW2 in space, yeah! Modern military stuff in space, why not? That'd be great, something to associate with.

[@scottr6755]

I like how the planes were basically A10 warthogs.

[@glennlao52]

They are actually mig 21

[@kuribayashi84]

*Actually* they were built from scrapped English Electric Lightning jet fighter fuselages.

[@Twitchguy]

Both wrong they used the UKs harrier jets for the bones & cock pits every cockpit scene minus the bombers they used the uk military’s training academy flight simulator because of their small budget

[@robwebnoid5763]

Yeah it gives the story setting the feel & vibe of an alternate steampunk cyberpunk dieselpunk earth universe where they are using classical ship designs from the 20th century & not the 27th century of which is the original era/setting in the game. As Chris Roberts put it, it is World War II in space.

[@RoughNek72]

Tiny smushed A-10s!!! 😂😂😂

[@shawncarter5619]

I actually loved the look of this movie. Exposed pipes, low overheads, more like a submarine than a surface vessel. There were issues, like things "falling" in space (the fighters dropping off the bow when they launch, the wreckage falling off the deck when they are clearing the crash away...things like that. But overall the look and feel was good. Fun movie despite its flaws.

[@quattro4s]

Wing Commander movie is very underrated. Interesting plot, great actors and characters. It is really a shame that it was released in 1999, a year that was dominated by Matrix.

[@StCreed]

This is just WW2 submarines and dogfights with special effects. Pretty cheesy. No comparison to the matrix tbh.

[@ghostinthemachine8243]

I agree. Great movie.

[@VictorLarronde-eu1vq]

I agree this movie is actually fun to watch

[@TheSiriusEnigma]

I disagree. Fans of the franchise were insulted at how little effort was done. The movie tries to redefine the wing commander franchise completely.

[@VictorLarronde-eu1vq]

@ cool I see

[@jerryhardman6365]

Chris Roberts made an amazing movie. I loved how they felt a lot like submarines.

[@ReviveHF]

The helmet mounted sight in this movie is actually based on a real Soviet Era Helmet Mounted Sights used by MIG-29 and SU-27 pilots.

[@michaelzahnle5649]

One of the few issues I have with movies like this, is that they simply forget that if you shut down your engine in space, you don't crash. Shut it down, drift, and get picked up by a rescue tug. Obviously, Rosie had to die to push the following story arc, but jeeze... do it right.

[@icecold9511]

You also don't land at speed in space, relative to the object you land on.

[@AveryChristy]

Submarines in space. In the future, technology has gone analog.

[@FedoReds88]

Serena Butler is that you?

[@xjuliussx]

her voice(pilot) made all the movie worth¬!

[@kuribayashi84]

The Special Effects in this movie kind of get a bad rap but I still love the shot of the Kilrathi Battleship getting ripped apart lengthwise by the Pulse Wave.

[@gogaonzhezhora8640]

It has the best FX of capital ships being ripped apart in space. Not the generic dumb fireballs we are getting from all the high-budget productions.

[@The_Greedy_Orphan]

Special effects editor in The Rise of Skywalker "OK, so what we do here is we select this Star destroyer, then we click copy, and paste 1000 more times annnnnd job done".

[@markhubbard9165]

I see what you mean!

[@Dr.MSC.W.Krueger]

Not at the time. Digital Anvil did some very solid work here on a limited budget. The production also had some large practical sets. I just think that the rest of the movie doesn't hold up very well.

[@mtjoy747]

I remember Wing Commander, even before they decided to use Mark Hamill in it LOL

[@JnEricsonx]

Played 3 and 4 as a kid. :)

[@mtjoy747]

I never knew, way back then with WC 1.0 on floppies, that it would grow into the industry is has LOL

[@JnEricsonx]

@@mtjoy747 Hell, I got to thank Francois Chou for his role as Vagabond! I was legit upset as a kid when his char died!

[@sarcasticguy4311]

Wing Commander and all expansions 7/10 Wing Commander 2 and all expansions 9/10 Wing Commander: Prophecy and all expansions minus the acting 10/10 -- with the acting 3/10 All other Wing Commander games 3/10

[@maxisaev568]

@@sarcasticguy4311 modern WC fans disagree, they like 3&4 and hate prophecy as for me, prophecy was the best. It got modern, even futuristic worldview and designs - fresh and optimistic. WC3 had more plot choices and WC4 had stronger plot.

[@RolandoRatas]

Freddie Prinze Jnr's and Matthew Lillard's best work (apart from Scooby Doo).

[@DJohnson899]

Love Wing Commander. A-10's in space is a goated concept.

[@potterj09]

I always loved how they had machineguns. Felt more visceral.

[@tyree9055]

I was annoyed by the blatant WW2 similarities. The original games weren't as transparent. You could see the WW2 similarities, but it wasn't as direct. This hurt the movie, imo.

[@sarcasticguy4311]

@@tyree9055 Yeah, very few of the original weapons were actually throwing slugs. Most were energy weapons and missiles.

[@kendo207]

Oh damn, I never knew they made a Wing Commander movie.

[@SandsOfArrakis]

It's one of the very few region 1 DVD's that I own. As it wasn't available as a region 2 (Europe) release here.

[@quattro4s]

Glad you get a copy of Wing Commander. Btw David Lynch's Dune is spectacular

[@sriley064]

It wasn't good to be honest

[@rodjapavlik5730]

"Das Boot"-Captain Jürgen Prochnow firing torpedos again...

[@MojoPup]

One of my favorite PC games!

[@atlascormac6273]

Underrated space battles

[@Anizer84]

Man, Jürgen Prochnow just can't leave Das Boot even when in space.

[@hundschraube]

One of my guilty pleasures

[@FatNorthernBigot]

I completely forgot this was a thing.

[@kevsnoop81]

This movie had no business being as good as it was! And having a Shakespearean actor such as the likes of David Suchet in a video game movie is nothing to sneeze at. May have to give this another watch for old time sake.

[@Vasun05]

Apparently in the novelization and deleted scenes Captain Sansky was a traitor along with the Admiral of Pegasus. That's why the self-destruct wasn't functioning and why the Captain was acting so strange.

[@maxisaev568]

How can anyone be a traitor if Kilrathi declare extinction war on the entire race? What was he thinking? Pure suicide

[@Reggie-b3e]

Thank you 4 this fellow sci-fi fan! ❤ from earth!

[@domokun845]

Man nostalgia hitting hard

[@ebonhawk3119]

Man the Influences for Star Citizen is!!!

[@larkfeast]

Chris Roberts is just copy and pasting his own ideas

[@Lightray110]

@@larkfeast He has a cameo in this film.

[@Robomaiale-kr8my]

I am happy for the upcoming 2062 release of Star Citizen: The Movie, right with Star Citizen going gold!

[@nicknorris100]

Pretty good effects for 1999

[@heavimetal1000]

The Rapier......A10 of space!😁

[@TheMediaMicSpeaks]

I noticed they changed the name from the original when the bombers made their run. In the original version he stated "steady on course Mr. LeForse" in this version he called him Mr. Knight. Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmm!!

[@grantparker5670]

Seeing the bones for the Battlestar Galactica reboot being set here.

[@rharvier]

Wing Commander deserved a far better movie.

[@sriley064]

Agreed

[@Eric-lx8hp]

Used to play this game in the 90s it was pretty good at that time

[@Sliferzero]

That Piece of Classic my friends. Really was in other Time. Thanks and HNY.

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

We need more Sci fi space operas and fleet battles!! 😊

[@antonweber8080]

Nowadays Star Citizen looks more real than the Movie... the technology is just great...

[@pauldehart744]

I like this movie and watch it from time to time. Would of liked them to make another one or 2.

[@john-mf1qm]

This movie was underrated

[@bryandow2827]

This was a great movie spaceship designs and the realistic military feel to the ships. It had its fault's but the ships were amazing pre BSG.

[@Twitchguy]

Cheesy lame and still a better movie to watch than any of the crap coming out of Disney lately lol This movie gets too much hate

[@r-1093]

For the 90's , not bad. I love the fact they have o2 masks in an open helmet in space 😀

[@electricbullshark765]

I remember seeing this in theatres as a kid.

[@azondaxx]

I love this movie I don't care what anyone say about this film I wish they did 2nd movie to this

[@kettch777]

This movie was far better than it was given credit for when it first was in theaters. Too bad they gave up on it after this. The Wing Commander universe had some great writing for it just being a game series. And this theme song was right on par with Star Wars or The Last Starfighter.

[@jajhug7354]

Bro did shaggy and Fred get hi in the van 😂 and day dream their Star Wars adventure

[@Psycked]

Chris Roberts was here.

[@Heckleburger]

Such a great if not campy movie that doesn't understand newtonian physics in the least but who cares! FIRE TORPEDOS!!!

[@michaelcarney6280]

Not gonna lie I loved this movie.

[@zzygyy]

More entertaining than phantom menace same year release.

[@angelofverdun456]

That’s funny because I remember going to see this with my friends because we heard the Phantom Menace trailer was going to be on before it.

[@Tigerman1138]

@@angelofverdun456a number of people went to see the movie for that reason…some walked out post-trailer.

[@Tigerman1138]

Better than Disney Star Wars too.

[@FleetAdmiralVildstar]

Nah. Still good but not as good.

[@Aikurisu]

@@Tigerman1138 Agreed. There are honestly few moments in Disney Star Wars that are better than scenes in this film.

[@alejandropein6247]

Toda mi vida pensando que en el espacio no se propaga el sonido, y finalmente veo este clip.

[@emmanuelgraphic22]

I love this movie....please somebodu upload this

[@coldavedixon133]

Such a great movie and video game

[@gregenglehart6795]

I liked this movie,hard to find on dvd.

[@FusionArmorX]

Watching this scene more closely made me wonder if the idea of the cannons on those Rapiers spinning when they fired like a minigun was a Mandela Effect thing...

[@oscarsiri2763]

Epic movie. I have the book too, a fantastic universe.

[@yunustan7502]

The CGI is pretty good

[@nobbynobbs8182]

I dont care what the haters say. I loved this movie. And yes, I've played the old WC games

[@inigma_X]

lost me at the planes dipping after exiting the launch run way... as if there is gravity in space, and aerodynamics to bump them back up? and why exactly would fighters shake like that? what are they buffeting against? and torpedos that fall into space like water? movie looks like it was made just after a WWII battle scene and they forgot to hit the space physics switch when the new film crew came in. its WWII carrier combat... but in space... almost half expected to see the pilot eject without a suit into space... with a parachute. and "pull up"? pull up from what? heh.

[@Xingmey]

have you any understanding of physics? The torpedo scene makes totally sense, those torpedoes are pushed out by... compressed gas whatever out of the tubes and then start getting speed when their engines kick in. Of course does a fighter shake up like that, when it has some big ass cannon that uses primer and gunpowder to shoot that gun. they don't use lasers in the movie (do in the games tho). And why should a spacecraft not dip after the runway? i mean they don't need a runway at all, but they wanted one in the movie, since it's in the books. to have them slide over the runway just some rcs thruseters firing down, and disengaging and engaging some other thrusters to bump back up. you are not very smart for pointing out these things and not coming up with an explanation for yourself. also, noone cares if they 'lost you' this movie is 25 years old - older than you probly by 2 decades

[@inigma_X]

@@Xingmeyprob the most awesome sarcasm-in-support post ive ever seen. lol you're awesome man! ya this movie had its moments, but the physics...oily moiley. prob why i choose to watch SQ:DSV as a kid instead. at least more believable. heh.

[@Arcturus572]

I thought it was hilarious that they treated the space battle like an old submarine fight, with torpedo tubes and everything, just add in the fighters that were effectively A-10's and it makes it even better... And space physics? Hush you with that common sense... lol

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

I bet you are fun at parties 🙄🙄

[@inigma_X]

@@Jabber-ig3iw hehe u have no idea

[@andrashavas]

Was a very good movie, though severely underrated...

[@nitroxide17]

Love love love this movie

[@wandarespati8404]

chalked up another one for the maniac!

[@robertmickelberg3720]

I still cannot believe Chris was involved with this and we got that lame duck of a fighter. IMO WC would make a nice streaming series. Hey Netflix make it happen!

[@jorelvaaz2087]

I love this movie!

[@bakpaokacang9651]

wow...the battle remind me of Freespace 2 battle.

[@jblue8436]

i remember fighting the tiger claw omg im so old loved that game series they keep remaking crap but none of my favorites

[@mohawkdriver4155]

This was actually a pretty cool video game.

[@worldview2888]

The sad part about this show is that its VERY sincere for its time .. just that STAR WARS set all possible bars of production SO HIGH that watching alternatives (like this one) just feels a little "low".

[@klipsfilmsmelbourne]

Shaggy: Total space cadet William Afton: Space maverick

[@ssejr01]

thoroughly enjoyed this movie, world war 2 in space

[@B.Heff03]

I love how the captain was basically just a passenger on his own ship. His XO was the one fighting the ship and barking orders lol smh

[@wintercat2605]

Love how the ships have no point defenses at all

[@Slice151]

Still better than SW episodes 7-9

[@shootloadrepeat]

"Pull up!" (in space)

[@mcsteppb]

Movie has some bad acting but in whole the submarine feeling of the Carriers and the Space Combat itself was absolutely on point.

[@robinbest2729]

Don't worry, you have Poirot and Duke Leto on the bridge, it'll all be okay.

[@SandsOfArrakis]

And Duke Leto captained his own German sub in Das Boot.

[@robinbest2729]

@@SandsOfArrakis Very talented this Duke.

[@Zeoran]

I really wish the studio would release a 25th Anniversary edition this year or early next to coincide with the release of Squadron 42, the next amazing space game from the genius of Chris Roberts.

[@TheMalfean]

I actually liked the movie... don't know why it was panned.

[@Tallacus]

Never undestood why the capital ships dont have point defense guns even if you have shields if see a missile or torpedo coming, dont rely on shields to tank it for you. Shields can always be countered.

[@locker1325]

A great movie. Super fun watch. Not going to win awards but who cares.

[@robwebnoid5763]

0:04 ... Why are the space ships falling a little bit just before rising after they leave the edge of the deck? There is no gravity there at the end of the deck. I know the studio is just making it subconsciously familiar to audiences who have seen this happen on oceanic aircraft carriers in real life. But it does not have to happen here though, so it is just odd. Of course we can further make things up as to why it is happening here. It is science `fiction` after all. 12/08/24

[@Wonzling0815]

In the movie there is a kind of artificial gravity because after the first few minutes it all goes downhill

[@guysky3873]

⏫ this guy 😂😂😂

[@tburrows357]

They are still in the gravity field of the ship

[@exasperatus2002]

I like the movie. Shame they didnt have a big budget.

[@Mornomgir]

Underrated movie this.

[@mrhironAB]

У меня есть сомнения по поводу следов от ракет, а так на то время отлично снято.

[@james_library]

This movie wasn't great, but the battle scenes were so much better than they had any right to be

[@FedoReds88]

The torpedoes scene make me scream "where the fuck are the flack cannons?"