CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Nothing about this has felt right since he made the announcement.
So you've said this before, I think I agree.
Let's break down what doesn't seem right.
1. Why did they get a phone call to shut down, when they didn't get one about the release of their film? Does this mean CBS was allowing people to release finished works but not start new ones?
2. Why did they get one when Star Trek Continues did not? Is it because they think Continues will suffer from their failed indigogo? Is it because they think that Continues will put up a fight like Axanar and they'll deal with them after they win against Axanar? Has Continues done something to stay in the good graces of CBS?
3. Did CBS pick them just to make an example?
4. Where is Renegades in all of this? They haven't started production yet, they certainly are more inline with Axanar than Continues.
1) That new announcement seems almost a copy of the previous one about Horizon
2) They are complaining about the delivery of sushi being suspended? Is that not a admittance of donor money being used for non trek related items...?
3) What is happening about Diana 1? She seems to have been replaced by Diana 2 - does Diana 1 still work for/at Axanar?
4) Why did they expect that a resturant would allow an animal into their premises?
2) They are complaining about the delivery of sushi being suspended? Is that not a admittance of donor money being used for non trek related items...?
3) What is happening about Diana 1? She seems to have been replaced by Diana 2 - does Diana 1 still work for/at Axanar?
4) Why did they expect that a resturant would allow an animal into their premises?
It's a joke son.
You son of a sea dog... I read that as a real thing!
From what I've read (I think elsewhere in this thread) the situation with Horizon isn't without precedent. There was an author who'd Kickstarted a book about Kirk who got a polite letter from CBS saying "finish the project, give the donors what they paid for, but don't do this again." That could equate to them leaving the near-complete Horizon alone but blocking the launch of the new film.
The Continues campaign remains an oddity. I would've expected it to get shut down while this case was ongoing, but perhaps replicating the TOS style rather than a more modern look is providing a degree of protection as others have suggested. That or, now the Axanar case is dragging on CBS/P see more of a need to be proactive in a way they maybe weren't when it launched.
It's a shame we won't get to see a Horizon sequel, but I'll be keen to see what Tommy does next.
The Continues campaign remains an oddity. I would've expected it to get shut down while this case was ongoing, but perhaps replicating the TOS style rather than a more modern look is providing a degree of protection as others have suggested. That or, now the Axanar case is dragging on CBS/P see more of a need to be proactive in a way they maybe weren't when it launched.
It's a shame we won't get to see a Horizon sequel, but I'll be keen to see what Tommy does next.
Nothing to back it up, but I tend to think that NV/P2 and STC have been ok so far because they are making episodes of a 50 year old show that was cancelled 47 years ago. No confusion as to what they are, as admitted by Lord Foot-In-Mouth himself. Some other productions are in a very grey area, where some viewers might think they are watching official CBS/Paramount Trek.
I could be wrong. It's happened before.
I can say with some certainty that Continues would not put up a fight like Axanar. Vic has said publicly that if CBS told them to stop tomorrow they would stop and thank CBS for what they had been allowed to do.
Perhaps it's correct that new productions are being told not to start up during the pendency of the lawsuit. Only time and PACER will tell.
I move that we attach this title to all discussion of Alec. For example, today LFIM Alec Peters is one day closer to complete and total irrelevancy.
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James Crawley has said the same thing.
Sorry, not the first time I made that mistake.
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