WCX
Rear Admiral
I’m a sucker for details. Little things. That’s why I love the Wing Commander franchise so very much. But there is one thing that has often tugged at the back of my mind:
Luna Jones: JumpScout.
From Claw Marks:
"Vidstar Saranya Carr, exotic heroine of the popular Luna Jones, JumpScout serial, is accompanying the TCSO troupe to the Tiger's Claw. Carr, 25, stated, "You bet your life I'm happy to be working with the TCSO. I mean, you see Luna Jones blowing Kilrathi fuzzies out of space every week, but Saranya Carr doesn't know a nav computer from a dialogue transceiver. Since I can't help our fighting forces directly, I'm proud to be able to entertain and build morale. Besides," she adds, "I'm not completely unselfish. Perhaps I can persuade someone to give me a ride in one of those new Rapiers..."
Now I fully realize that this show is supposed to be an entertainment/propaganda piece similar to the war films made by Hollywood during World War 2. But though it may have been Luna Jones fighting Kilrathi every week in a Nazi-stomping Indiana Jones-esque manner, something about the show’s name conjures images of Space Channel 5 or some Flash Gordon-like space cheese.
What about you, ya big ol’ Universe? What are your thoughts? What came to your collective minds the first time you heard this show’s name?
Luna Jones: JumpScout.
From Claw Marks:
"Vidstar Saranya Carr, exotic heroine of the popular Luna Jones, JumpScout serial, is accompanying the TCSO troupe to the Tiger's Claw. Carr, 25, stated, "You bet your life I'm happy to be working with the TCSO. I mean, you see Luna Jones blowing Kilrathi fuzzies out of space every week, but Saranya Carr doesn't know a nav computer from a dialogue transceiver. Since I can't help our fighting forces directly, I'm proud to be able to entertain and build morale. Besides," she adds, "I'm not completely unselfish. Perhaps I can persuade someone to give me a ride in one of those new Rapiers..."
Now I fully realize that this show is supposed to be an entertainment/propaganda piece similar to the war films made by Hollywood during World War 2. But though it may have been Luna Jones fighting Kilrathi every week in a Nazi-stomping Indiana Jones-esque manner, something about the show’s name conjures images of Space Channel 5 or some Flash Gordon-like space cheese.
What about you, ya big ol’ Universe? What are your thoughts? What came to your collective minds the first time you heard this show’s name?