ChrisReid
Super Soaker Collector / Administrator
> 1. Why are Blair and Maniac such good
> friends in the movie? They've been long
> time rivals ever since the academy.
This is supposed to be some sort of plot-destroying incontinuity? Come on. Why were Maniac and Blair such good friends in WC4 compared to WC3? Deal with it.
>2. Why is Paladin a Colonel in Secret Ops in
>the movie, when in WC1, he is a major and a
>fighter pilot.
He isn't a Colonel, he's a Commodore.. which is in a different military branch altogether. He went back to flying.. and it'd be rather odd for him to fly as a Colonel, so logically he was downgraded.
>3. Why is Tolwyn not commanding the Tiger's
>Claw, like he should be?
Why should be be commanding the Claw in the movie?
>4. Why do all of the ships (on bothe sides)
>look completely and uterly different?
They don't. What you see in the movie is what they are. If they look different in some other product, they're not the same ships or they've been upgraded over time.
>5. Why does Paladin have a French accent
> rather than a Scotish one?
He's a spy.. gotta be able to get into character.
>6. Why does Angel have a British accent
>rather than a French one?
Why does Captain Picard have a British accent instead of a French one?
> 7. Account for the obvious differences
>between Blair's and Paladin's character
>traits in the movie and games.
Like what?
> 8. Why do the Kilrathi look drastically
>different (slimy skin, hairless)? Were all
>the Kilrathi we saw in the movie standing in
>back of a fighter kicking in it's
>afterburners? Why would they look different?
I hate to be the one to break this to you.. but Kilrathi look different in every single WC product..
>9. Why, my friends, must the movie ships
>always jump through a Quasar or a black
>hole, as apposed to the normal, regular jump
>points of the movies
In the movie they use both regular and special jumps. Special jumps are used in dire situations. There is nothing wrong with this. In the games, novels and other products, they use both regular and special jumps. Special jumps are used in dire situations.
> 10. Where did this Pilgrim stuff come from
>all of a sudden? (this is an easy one to
>dipute, but it's a discrepency nontheless)
It's not a "discrepancy" because you're just hearing about it for the first time.
>11. Why are Blair and Paladin Pilgrims?
Why not?
>(with the Pilgrim hatred demonstrated in the
>movie, I doubt a Pilgrim would be elected as
>the President of the Senate or whatever,
>even after 25 years)
With the Kilrathi hatred demonstrated in the games, I doubt one will ever be allowed to defect to the Confederation, become a pilot, get promoted to colonel, join special forces and eventually be an executive officer aboard a Carrier.
>12. Pilgrims were supposed to have an
>increadible nack for piloting through
>the most trickiest of jump points. Where is
>the need in that with the Game and Novel
>versions of jump points?
There are quite a few.. Long Jumps.. Double Jumps.. why do you think Blair always gets sent out solo to scout in new systems from games ranging from WC2 to WCP.
>13. Why is Chen (Bossman) dead in the movie
>when he is supposed to die in WC1, and the
>movie happens before WC1?
Bossman isn't dead in the movie.. and he doesn't die in WC1..
>14. Why is Maniac such a wild, outgoing, and
>"suave" character in the movie as opposed to
>his character in the games (dork, afraid of
>confrontation face to face, bad with women,
>unable to make friends, etc.)?
Maniac was married twice. But "wild and outgoing" are exactly how I'd describe Maniac in the games. And "suave" isn't how I'd describe him in the movie.
>15. How can Blair and Maniac be rookies on
>the Tiger's Claw in WC1 when they've
>obviously seen much combat.
Two scrambles isn't "much combat."
>16. Why isn't Blair looked up to more in WC1
>for being a hero, or looked down upon for
>being a Pilgrim?
You've answered your own question. They cancel eachother out.
>17. Why is the ship named Tiger Claw in the
>movie and Tiger's Claw in the games? In the
>time it would've taken to build a new
>carrier (Tiger's Claw) Blair would be a
>Veteren and Ace, for it would have taken
>several years.
They're different ways of saying the same ship. Like CSS Lexington and TCS Lexington.
>18. Since when is there an onboard computer
>named MERLIN in the fighters, and why does
Probably since they implemented the Tempest Targeting and Tracking System.
>it talk so human-like? Seems they would have
>implimented something like that in future
>fighters as well.
They did..
> 19. Since when have Confed Cap ships been
>able to actually land on the surface of a
>planatoid?
Since the Wing Commander movie.
> 20. Why could Blair's fighter make that
>jump? Jump tech on fighters didn't come
>until MUCH later.
Wrong.
>I'll have more discrepancies soon.
Or you could just look in the Newsgroup archives. All of the above have been explained away months ago and I very much doubt you'll come up with anything I've not seen a dozen times before..
> friends in the movie? They've been long
> time rivals ever since the academy.
This is supposed to be some sort of plot-destroying incontinuity? Come on. Why were Maniac and Blair such good friends in WC4 compared to WC3? Deal with it.
>2. Why is Paladin a Colonel in Secret Ops in
>the movie, when in WC1, he is a major and a
>fighter pilot.
He isn't a Colonel, he's a Commodore.. which is in a different military branch altogether. He went back to flying.. and it'd be rather odd for him to fly as a Colonel, so logically he was downgraded.
>3. Why is Tolwyn not commanding the Tiger's
>Claw, like he should be?
Why should be be commanding the Claw in the movie?
>4. Why do all of the ships (on bothe sides)
>look completely and uterly different?
They don't. What you see in the movie is what they are. If they look different in some other product, they're not the same ships or they've been upgraded over time.
>5. Why does Paladin have a French accent
> rather than a Scotish one?
He's a spy.. gotta be able to get into character.
>6. Why does Angel have a British accent
>rather than a French one?
Why does Captain Picard have a British accent instead of a French one?
> 7. Account for the obvious differences
>between Blair's and Paladin's character
>traits in the movie and games.
Like what?
> 8. Why do the Kilrathi look drastically
>different (slimy skin, hairless)? Were all
>the Kilrathi we saw in the movie standing in
>back of a fighter kicking in it's
>afterburners? Why would they look different?
I hate to be the one to break this to you.. but Kilrathi look different in every single WC product..
>9. Why, my friends, must the movie ships
>always jump through a Quasar or a black
>hole, as apposed to the normal, regular jump
>points of the movies
In the movie they use both regular and special jumps. Special jumps are used in dire situations. There is nothing wrong with this. In the games, novels and other products, they use both regular and special jumps. Special jumps are used in dire situations.
> 10. Where did this Pilgrim stuff come from
>all of a sudden? (this is an easy one to
>dipute, but it's a discrepency nontheless)
It's not a "discrepancy" because you're just hearing about it for the first time.
>11. Why are Blair and Paladin Pilgrims?
Why not?
>(with the Pilgrim hatred demonstrated in the
>movie, I doubt a Pilgrim would be elected as
>the President of the Senate or whatever,
>even after 25 years)
With the Kilrathi hatred demonstrated in the games, I doubt one will ever be allowed to defect to the Confederation, become a pilot, get promoted to colonel, join special forces and eventually be an executive officer aboard a Carrier.
>12. Pilgrims were supposed to have an
>increadible nack for piloting through
>the most trickiest of jump points. Where is
>the need in that with the Game and Novel
>versions of jump points?
There are quite a few.. Long Jumps.. Double Jumps.. why do you think Blair always gets sent out solo to scout in new systems from games ranging from WC2 to WCP.
>13. Why is Chen (Bossman) dead in the movie
>when he is supposed to die in WC1, and the
>movie happens before WC1?
Bossman isn't dead in the movie.. and he doesn't die in WC1..
>14. Why is Maniac such a wild, outgoing, and
>"suave" character in the movie as opposed to
>his character in the games (dork, afraid of
>confrontation face to face, bad with women,
>unable to make friends, etc.)?
Maniac was married twice. But "wild and outgoing" are exactly how I'd describe Maniac in the games. And "suave" isn't how I'd describe him in the movie.
>15. How can Blair and Maniac be rookies on
>the Tiger's Claw in WC1 when they've
>obviously seen much combat.
Two scrambles isn't "much combat."
>16. Why isn't Blair looked up to more in WC1
>for being a hero, or looked down upon for
>being a Pilgrim?
You've answered your own question. They cancel eachother out.
>17. Why is the ship named Tiger Claw in the
>movie and Tiger's Claw in the games? In the
>time it would've taken to build a new
>carrier (Tiger's Claw) Blair would be a
>Veteren and Ace, for it would have taken
>several years.
They're different ways of saying the same ship. Like CSS Lexington and TCS Lexington.
>18. Since when is there an onboard computer
>named MERLIN in the fighters, and why does
Probably since they implemented the Tempest Targeting and Tracking System.
>it talk so human-like? Seems they would have
>implimented something like that in future
>fighters as well.
They did..
> 19. Since when have Confed Cap ships been
>able to actually land on the surface of a
>planatoid?
Since the Wing Commander movie.
> 20. Why could Blair's fighter make that
>jump? Jump tech on fighters didn't come
>until MUCH later.
Wrong.
>I'll have more discrepancies soon.
Or you could just look in the Newsgroup archives. All of the above have been explained away months ago and I very much doubt you'll come up with anything I've not seen a dozen times before..
