Watched movie, 1st time
Ok I finally got my DVD of the WCM, sat in my recliner with my tall glass of tea and chips. First run thru the movie, got interupted by phone 15 mins into it,
, so I restarted it! 2nd time, 30 mins into movie, someone knockin at the door!!
Third time, I put up a note on the door, "Do not Disturb", told the wife to go play bingo or something, unpluged the phone, put out the cat, put the dog in the backyard. At last peace and quiet!
4th run, this time I was able to see the entire movie, start to finish. My "two cents" worth...
The begining with the little recap of history was neat! Sort of a "nutshell" history lesson, giving anyone who has never known about WC an idea of the WC Universe.
The incident of Pegasus with its destruction and the theft of the nav comp AI box sort of gave "the chills" that the cats had coordinates to jump into SOL. With the core of the Confed fleet 2 hours behind the Kilrathi, made it even more chilling! The thought of what would happen during those 2 hours.
Blair and Maniac's characters were well played by the actors. Seeing familiar faces from Privateer 2 gave the movie a sort of "at home" feel.
I liked the way how Blair found out not to "judge by looks" when talking to Angel. Chewed off more than he could handle! The bar scene was a neat way to introduce yourself to a bunch of strangers! However, I was confused by the "you die, you never exsisted" game that was being played by the rest of the pilots. Sort of unusual, and unhuman IMO.
The Tiger Claw in the movie looked awsome. It had a look to it to the likes of "ya, come mess with me"! The large hanger door and the way the entire landing deck would close up was neat.
The Rapier fighters had some HUGE guns, to the looks of a gatling gun! Very small body and close hardpoints for the missiles. What was strange to me about how they landed and took off was they actually slide on the landing deck, metal to metal contact, sparks flying etc. (guess wheels were a waste of time) The landings also seemed a bit harsh, almost smashing into the deck. The take offs were also a bit puzzling, when they reached the end of the carrier deck, they "dropped" a bit, much like aircraft do after the catapult shoots the aircraft off the deck. Although it was a neat visual effect, its impossible for that to happen in zero G space. A minor detail! Unless the landing deck has gravity generators out to the edge of the deck, that may explain how Forbes craft suddenly dropped when it was cleared off the deck, in a zero G environment, it should have floated off the deck, not dropped! Again a minor detail.
The character of Paladin was well played, dispite the apparent lack of accent in the voice. (who cares!) I thought the part was played very well. Taking over for the injured captian at a moments notice, and taking out that destroyer with that "side attack" manuver was cool!
The ending with the Kilrathi jumping into SOL, one ship at a time was IMO, was a "too easy" way to stop the cats. I would have liked to see the fleet exchange a few rounds with at least 3 or 4 Kilrathi ships. The fighter dogfights could have been a bit more, well there could have been more of it!
Now, this story about the Pilgrims, I thought it added a sense of "humanity" to the whole thing. Plus a story plot other than the normal "take out fighters, cap ships" stories we are all used to seeing in the games. I think they did a good job with that.
Overall, the movie IMO was great! Very impressive visual effects, great acting, and interesting story about the Pilgrims. I liked the part where they "froze" during the first jump sequence! The only thing I thought could have been a bit better was the lighting during the "cat" scenes. It was hard to see any detail. But considering that cats dont need as much light as humans do to see, that sort of put an explanation on the lack of lighting during those parts of the movie.
In conclusion, an excellent movie. I am happy to add it to my WC collection. Wish there was a sequal in the works!
RFB
). And I'd be happy to see a sequel too...in a few years...more WC-y stuff in it...