CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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I'm with you that this is the pivot that they make should they come out of this slightly maimed.
Not quite.
The poked the bear.
The bear warned them that poking would provoke a reaction.
The continued to poke the bear.
The bear got pissed and reacted by filing suit.
Then they told everyone else to poke the bear as they continued to poke the bear.
While we don't know how the bear reacted, I don't think it was good.
You mean professionals in business in the middle of a lawsuit aren't using social media and blogsites to push their side of their agenda?
They must not be trained as lawyers.
There's a good chance that they're maneuvering for a Star Wolf conversion. That may have always been the back-up plan.
I think, however, there's a good chance they're waiting for their fans to come to that conclusion independently. (In addition to waiting for the outcome of the lawsuit.)
The reason why an independent suggestion on the part of the fans would be ideal for Axanar Productions is that people tend to be enamored with their own ideas. If the fans start discussing a Star Wolf conversion, having come up with the idea themselves, then they will be happier with that outcome (i.e. less likely to demand a refund or sue) than if someone from Axanar Productions just said, "We're doing a Star Wolf conversion. Deal with it."
In any case I don't know that they're going to have the resources to pull off any sort of feature film production after all is said and done. I also don't think they'll be able to crowdfund a Star Wolf film at the level they were able to fund Axanar. Even if they're able to keep a chunk of their supporters quiet with a conversion, many more are just going to chalk their donations up as a loss and quietly move on--never again supporting a fundraiser by this team. Others in the sci-fi community will also (hopefully) be wary after watching the implosion of Axanar and, on top of that, Star Wolf just doesn't have broad appeal to draw in the casual donor.
...long as they don't "burn the toast".
There's a good chance that they're maneuvering for a Star Wolf conversion. That may have always been the back-up plan.
I think, however, there's a good chance they're waiting for their fans to come to that conclusion independently. (In addition to waiting for the outcome of the lawsuit.)
The reason why an independent suggestion on the part of the fans would be ideal for Axanar Productions is that people tend to be enamored with their own ideas. If the fans start discussing a Star Wolf conversion, having come up with the idea themselves, then they will be happier with that outcome (i.e. less likely to demand a refund or sue) than if someone from Axanar Productions just said, "We're doing a Star Wolf conversion. Deal with it."
In any case I don't know that they're going to have the resources to pull off any sort of feature film production after all is said and done. I also don't think they'll be able to crowdfund a Star Wolf film at the level they were able to fund Axanar. Even if they're able to keep a chunk of their supporters quiet with a conversion, many more are just going to chalk their donations up as a loss and quietly move on--never again supporting a fundraiser by this team. Others in the sci-fi community will also (hopefully) be wary after watching the implosion of Axanar and, on top of that, Star Wolf just doesn't have broad appeal to draw in the casual donor.
A reminder:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2137726026/david-gerrolds-the-star-wolf
Hmm. I wonder what could have gone wrong.
Think it might have been the "listen up, bad guys?" by any chance?
From the newest Captain's Blog - or as it is called now "The Testimony of Devotion"
The most appropriate person to deliver that line above is a sweaty fellow in a long white robe yelling his faith into a crappy mike while an equally sweaty group of folks behind him hum and sing and shout AMEN! at appropriate points during his Testimony.
The most appropriate person to deliver that line above is a sweaty fellow in a long white robe yelling his faith into a crappy mike while an equally sweaty group of folks behind him hum and sing and shout AMEN! at appropriate points during his Testimony.
Hang on. Did somebody say "steward"?
Maybe because he said he wrote it because he wanted to read something like it but NOBODY WAS WRITING that kind of thing.Hmm. I wonder what could have gone wrong.
Think it might have been the "listen up, bad guys?" by any chance?
Um... okay. Massive ego so no wonder he and AP hooked up.
They seem to be saying this, agree. But the chances that a Trek fan would go to a Trek convention, and be happy to see another, knockoff franchise as the content of the convention are, ... what? And AP above all would know this. It all depends on grafting his privately owned branch onto the Trek tree, asap.
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I haven't been to a so-called Trek convention of any size in ten years where the main focus of the weekend or schedule was actually Star Trek.
Well, two things.
First, these people are a great deal more sophisicated about running crowd-funders and right now they've got a core following of contributors on the social network that numbers in the thousands.
Second, we don't know how much of what they've already collected and built they'll be allowed to keep in any settlement.
We all have opinions, some more informed and some less so, but I remind myself that legally knowledgeable folk didn't think Axanar could get pro bono representation to begin with.
I have wonder if this a reaction to the Axanar crew's lawyers recommending them stop talking up Axanar so much? They can't talk about how great it is, so now they'll just get he fans to do it for them.
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