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    Exciting Discovery: Merlin's Holographic Emitter (March 14, 2023)

    Here's a recent discovery of mine regarding the unused hologram character Merlin in the Wing Commander movie. The film was shot to include all his scenes and his deletion had a knock-on effect for nearly all other elements of the film. Merlin was Blair's PPC (Personal Portable Computer), a...
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    WCM Dorkir Cockpit Footage Uncovered (August 8, 2023)

    It's probably only really interesting to me, but here's two minutes of the Dorkir VDU footage from the various insert shots done for the Wing Commander movie. I rotated, cropped, and did some minor stabilization on this clip to make it slightly more viewable. The best looking section is about...
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    Deleted WC Movie Scene Adds Interesting Relationship Context (April 10, 2023)

    There's a handful of scenes that don't show up in any of the workprints I've seen from the movie, so I've recreated these from the raw takes. These are work in progress edits with no real sound enhancement and minimal attempts to at least make the color consistent (though sometimes the footage...
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    Cool 3D Console Effect Barely Visible in WC Movie Time Slice (March 25, 2023)

    Here's another little detail I've never noticed in the Wing Commander movie before. [[ChrisReid: "Which is saying A LOT coming from AD!"]] In the Time Slice sequence there's a 3D effect layered over the lights on the panels behind Blair and Angel. Alas, it's nearly imperceivable in the final...
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    More Memories of David Warner & Extended Wing Commander Scenes (July 26, 2022)

    I'm saddened to hear of the passing of David Warner. He may have had no more than 5.5 min of screen time in Wing Commander (if you count the disk audio), but it was memorable and added a touch of class. In his honor, enjoy a couple brief extended scenes... First up, his call with Blair...
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    Something to Talk Obutu (July 10, 2022)

    Here's a short clip of a deleted line (and alt takes and temp cues) from the Wing Commander movie. Hugh Quarshie's Mr. Obutu utters an apparent African expression that I'd love to learn more of its origins and meaning. I feel it gives the scene an interesting flavor. One thing that was always...
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    WC3 3DO codec, compression, decoding and comparison discussion

    Since ODVS' AI enhancement thread is getting a bit long and somewhat fragmented with a few different discussions happening, I figured I would break out and try and document what we *do* know about the WC3 3DO video in one place. Over the years various people have made good progress on decoding...
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    Kevin Droney Talks Wing Commander Script (March 26, 2020)

    Here's an interesting German podcast that covers things like film and video games. The Wing Commander Movie is naturally an intersection of both, so it's no surprise they got around to the Wing Commander movie. The podcast features a discussion - in English - with the screenwriter of the film's...
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    Wing Commander Test Footage Reveals Kilrathi Point of View (December 18, 2018)

    All the way through pre to post-production, the crew working on the Wing Commander feature film explored the idea of giving the Kilrathi a unique point of view. Before shooting, the crew at Digital Anvil experimented with some basic effects using footage shot around their offices to get a feel...
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    Wing Commander 4 - Behind the Scenes (October 21, 2018)

    We have a small treat for you today: a significantly higher quality version of the Wing Commander IV 'making of' featurette that was released on German magazine cover discs! It's also slightly longer, with an additional minute of behind-the-screens footage. Check it out! -- Original update...
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    Wing 4 Trailer Plan Gets the Attention of Billboard Magazine (October 20, 2018)

    Billboard is a trade magazine for the entertainment industry which reports on the production and marketing side of films, television shows, music and others. In 1996, that included the burgeoning CD-ROM industry. We've found an interesting story in the February 3rd, 1996 issue about the...
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    Reading Drafts is a Breeze (August 11, 2011)

    A big part of our WCpedia movie effort has been to include the various script drafts of the film for easy comparison. While some work is yet to be done, the labor intensive part is done and each draft can be read in it's entirety. All, four - yes four! - drafts are parsed and ready for you to...
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    EPKFLV4U2C (August 11, 2011)

    We've previously reported on a recent re-encode of the Wing Commander Movie Electronic Press Kit. That tape is available to download in it's entirety HERE. But until recently it's been one of the big holes in our Holovids section. As part of our WCpedia refit I've been spending time chopping...
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    Film Facts Filling Out (August 11, 2011)

    A lot of progress has been made to enter as much relevant background information on the Wing Commander feature film into the WCpedia project. While tastes and opinions vary on the film itself, every fan owes it to themselves to familiarize themselves with the making of the film and the...
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    Caesar's Ralari found in Turkey (March 21, 2011)

    It's always great to come across odd localizations of the Wing Commander film that we missed in the past. On display today we present 'Cesaret Kanatları', as the film is known in Turkey. Roughly this title translates to "Wings of Courage," which I think has a nice ring to it! This site...
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    Birthday Greetings! (August 19, 2018)

    We're going to kick things off with a bang thanks to Fek'Leyr Targ! "For the CIC's 20th birthday, I felt that a simple 'happy birthday' was not enough for an occasion of this magnitude. So I decided to take the opportunity to improve my animation skills by creating this small gift for all of you...
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    Concept Video Shows Alternative Wreckage Removal (August 14, 2018)

    Here's an early look at how Rosie's crash scene in the Wing Commander Movie was originally envisioned. It features a slightly different take on how wreckage would be removed from the deck. In the theatrical cut of the movie, a pilot's crashed fighter is pushed off the runway by some sort of...
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    Wing Commander Movie's Extended Timeslice Sequences Revealed (August 5, 2018)

    The Wing Commander movie featured some of the earliest instances of what would later be dubbed "bullet time" in feature films after it was popularized by 'The Matrix'. Several sequences were shot for the film's jump travel sequences, but not all of them made it into the final film. This clip...
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    EA Debuts New 'Origin Access Premier' (August 4, 2018)

    Electronic Arts is expanding its Origin Access service. It first launched in 2016 to provide players with the chance to play unlimited amounts of certain EA catalogue games as well as a discount on digital purchases. Now a new Premier tier also gives people access to EA's brand new games. It...
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    Wing Commander Movie Model Rundown (May 24, 2018)

    Atherin has been busy recreating nearly every ship in the Wing Commander film using SketchUp. There's really not much missing - we don't see the Kilrathi Concom, Diligent or some of the small background items, but just about all of the other major stuff is there. It's a pretty nice lineup...
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