It was the perfect soundtrack for such a popcorn movie.

There wasn't really much of a storyline. Just stuff blowing up in space. I loved it.. well, after I recovered from the initial dissapointment. And yes, David Warner was awesome. But isn't he always?
[Flashback],,You will suffer, you will all suffer.'' [/Flashback]

Have you seen him in Hornblower? He's an even better villains there.
There were a number of points on which the Wing Commander Movie differed with the video-game franchise, but the main one is the introduction of a new sub-race called The Pilgrims, whose sole purpose was to function as a rather lame plot device.