Re: FT:Battlestar Galactica Question
From: Tony Francis <tony@g...>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 08:49:34 +0100
Subject: Re: FT:Battlestar Galactica Question
Tom Anderson wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Chip Dunning wrote:
>
> > Since I don't know this loser's name I will refer to the
> > Director of the Wing Commander movie as <WCD> in my post below.
>
> Chris Roberts, according to www.imdb.org. his birthday's the same as
my
> uncle's. the database also claims he directed the film footage in the
> WingCo iii and iv games. he doesn't seem to have directed anything
else.
>
> i would guess that the changes were made not by the director, but by
the
> scrptwriters, and above all the producers.
>
Chris Roberts was the game designer for the Wing Commander series up to
and
including no.4. He decided that this experience designing computer games
made him ideally suited to directing a feature film. He's gone back to
designing games again now ...
Tony