to len tak pre zaujmavost z redditu kde chris odpovedal fanusikom
aj ohladom hry aj filmu : http://www.reddit.co... ..._wing_commander/


[–]pfelon 55 points 10 days ago

Apologies if this falls too far outside of the line of questioning youre getting here...
What are your overall thoughts on the Wing Commander movie (the Freddie Prinz Jr. one)? Were you forced to compromise too many things to get it done?
I enjoyed the movie, but it didnt feel like a "true" Wing Commander movie to me. Thanks for your time.
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[–]CommanderRoberts[S] 89 points 10 days ago*
The Wing Commander movie was not the movie I saw in my head when I developed it so it was disappointing as on my games I pretty much always manage to realize the picture in my head on the screen.
I think there was a combination factors that contributed to this 1) My inexperience as a film director. I had directed live action for WC3 and WC4 but a film is a whole other level of subtly and finesse.
2) I needed a producer that could do more than just do a good deal. I needed someone to help me on the set, to tell me hey Chris I know you want to do these 10 things but we only have money to do 5 things really well. So lets pick what they are and knock them out of the park and cut the others. This is what a strong creative producer does, and its what Ive tried to do for other directors Ive worked with over the last 10 years.
3) We had a ridiculously short pre-production timeline. The movie wasnt greenlit until December and we were in production towards the end of February - we basically had under 3 months of pre-production, which for a complicated sci-fi movie is way too short. Most films like this have 6 months, some much longer. Its why the Kilrathi and a lot of other stuff ended up being cut - we didnt get to test / work them out in pre-production, so we had to rely on what we got - and a lot of it just didnt work. Originally we had more time but when Fox signed the deal to distribute the next three Star Wars films from Lucas, they insisted that we deliver before SW Ep 1 so they could release before hand. So we were given a 1998 Dec delivery date. Given the time needed for the VFX we had to move up the shoot date.
4) I gave into some of the studios casting choices. In the same situation I would not. They were very keen to bring in all the young horror fans that were seeing movies like Scream and I know what you did Last Summer - but that really wasnt the Wing Commander audience.
If I made the movie today it would be 10x better... Ive learnt a lot over the last ten years and have matured as person / story teller. Having said that there are still some things in it that Im quite proud of - theres some really great visual moments. But I would do a better job of the emotion and feeling if I was making it today.