KrisV has found instructions to crack your Creative DVD drives to allow them to play movies from any region -- so that people in Europe can watch Wing Commander DVD. Grab 'em here.
Shaggy over at Dan's Wing Commander Movie Site's Chat Board posted this about how the Wing Commander Movie works with 3D Glasses... sounds very cool, I'd test it if I weren't blind in one eye.
Smegmelon is a close friend of mine and he told me about using some 3D glasses on some movies that weren't meant to be 3D. Star Trek Generations and SW Episode one are great examples of films that weren't designed to be 3D but are. Wing Commander is one of the best films to date to show this quality. The best example is the scene when you first see the Kilrathi ConCom ship, while Blair and Angel are hiding in the asteroids. The forward thrust fins of the ship stick out quite well from the screen. Of course the film was designed for these attributes so some times the dimension effects come off looking kind of like the look of a Viewmaster, but in every scene is does create a better defined division between foreground objects and the background. Now what's that you say, you don't have any 3D glasses? That's fine too, just call 1-800-232-0324 and they should be able to hook you up with some of the right kind of glasses, the right lense needs to be light green and the left needs to be dark purple. When you start the movie watch the previews with the glasses on so your eyes have a chance to get used to the glasses, your left eye is supposed to dilate a little but it won't damage your vision. Have fun with it.
Interesting difference between the DVD and VHS versions of Wing Commander. At the beginning of chapter 16 of the DVD version you'll find the line "Security check, Alpha 2. Nothing to report in this quadrant. Everything looks A-OK. Wait, what the? {Explosion} Picking up three bogies, Kilrathi fighters. Tiger's Claw, this is Alpha Leader. I've got three, no, six bogies. I say again, six... mayday, mayday!" (The voice belongs to Dan's Wing Commander Movie Site's Dan Finkelstein, BTW). In the VHS rental version, however, the line is barely audible and possibly cut down... which makes the following scene where Gerald comments on radio silence being broken seem rather unusual.
Apparently people couldn't get enough of the Pilgrim Cross! Tuscany Trading Company has updated their web site saying that "Due to some unexpected free advertising for us on this item, demand has outstripped supply by a fair margin. We have ordered additional product and expect to fill orders by the end of the month." I wonder if that was us? If so... sorry! I'm still crossing my fingers and hoping that my order got through. A new shipment should be in by July 23rd, so go ahead and order so they'll know how many to get. For those interested in ordering a cross in Europe, KrisV reports that the cost is $20 US for shipping.
According to KrisV the DVD Box Office will ship Wing Commander DVD anywhere in the world... and for this month only there's NO charge! People in Uganda can pay less for the movie than I did just buying it at Circuit City.
Thanks to everyone who wrote in to report that Wing Commander is indeed now playing in France. One unusual note, however... it was not distributed by FOX -- but rather by United International. Very odd...
Just another attempt to drum up some support... anyone interested in getting WC4/P or Kilrathi Saga on DVD should email me. Erm, and a quick thanks to Beth over at ATFW for helping to promote this cause...
Since I got the DVD I've been watching the Wing Commander Movie... slowly. There are lots of cool little things you miss on one run-through, but if you take a while to freeze-frame through a scene you'll catch. For example, the recruiting posters and pin-ups in the officer's lounge... there's a picture of a Kat marked 'Warning", a sketch of a WC3 era flight helmet and a picture of KIA Confed pilots marked "Don't Underestimate the Kilrathi". There are a few others... I wonder what happened to them when filming ended? When Paladin announces that the communications ship is actually a transport, his VDU marks it as a Dorkir! Keen! There's a list of escorts for the Concordia, too! (Bracher, Toacka, Sommeria, Cahillier and Walleyer as far as I can tell)... lots of stuff. Spot something cool? Let me know!
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