![]() You see, during the Pilgrim Wars, Blair’s father fell in love with a Pilgrim woman. Well, unless the human has Pilgrim in their blood like Blair. All you need to know is humans good, Kilrathi bad. There’s a lot of chatter about time jumps and coordinates, and none of it really matters. Fighter pilot Christopher Blair (Prinze Jr.) is ordered to deliver encrypted information to the Tiger Claw ship about the Kilrathi’s plan to take the Quasar Leap through space time … or something like that. I saw Wing Commander in the theater with my brother and I loved it, probably because I was hyped from seeing the trailer for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menacebeforehand. (Don’t worry, the She’s All That stars got other chances to reunite in Summer Catch, Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.) and an obnoxiously macho Matthew Lillard. Hamill does make a voiceover appearance in the 1999 film adaptation, but he wisely chose to go uncredited in this dreck starring a perpetually panting, wide-eyed Freddie Prinze Jr. However, the third game in the series, 1994’s Heart of the Tiger, could’ve made for a cool movie given its live-action interstitial scenes featuring such stars as Mark Hamill, Malcolm McDowell and John Rhys-Davies. But the story of the video-game franchise Wing Commander, which originated in 1990, is basically a Star Warsknockoff with the “evil empire” consisting of cat-like creatures called the Kilrathi. Video games have come a long way - from bouncing white dots on a black screen to photorealistic adventures with rich, cinematic stories. In the meantime, Game On looks at some of the more interesting, inspiring or, yes, insufferable video-game movies. ![]() This month, we’ll find out if the latest Mortal Kombat film is boss level or a misfire along the lines of Leeroy Jenkins. Oftentimes, the only thing less fun than watching someone else play video games is watching someone else make a video game movie. So few unlocked achievements, so many respawns. ![]() Not one has cracked the half-billion hallmark at the global box office. ![]() “Based on a video game.” Are there five words more reviled in the realm of cinema? Only two such films have topped 60% among Rotten Tomatoes critics while 11 of them have hit the 10% mark or lower. ![]()
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