KillerWave said:My guess is that movies are adaptations of things, not cannon stuff.
If you take all movies to be cannon material, well, take spider-man for example. Its quite faithfull to the comics, but it does changes parts of the storyline. Same for movies like the vampire chronicles, resident evil, blade and so on...
Thats just my guess tough, fell free to disregard it
I agree with this as I've said before, this is pretty much the same way I feel about the movie and most move adaptations of things.
The difference between WCM and the WC games compared to Star Trek and Enterprise is that Enterprise is supposed to purposely be made to fit into the existing continuity of Star Trek even though it creates contradictions. I really don't feel the intention of the movie was to fit into the existing continuity of the games. I know I try not to harp on the ship designs changed for the movie, but I still feel if they did want to make the movie a part of the game universe they would've went with more game inspired designs.
After seeing the movie the first time a few of my friends had the same thing to say to me, "It was decent I guess but it's not Wing Commander." I guess that's the easiest way to sum up how I feel about how the movie should be taken. It's where I stood since the movie's release and it's where I still stand.
Anyway, I really did like the information provided in this little debate, and I will say that after learning a few things, and seeing things in a different light, I will look at the movie a bit differently from now on, and I'm willing to accept some of its backstory ideas.