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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Well, the Star Trek: Discovery announcement seems to suggest the new TV series will be set between Enterprise and TOS -- i.e., the Axanar timeframe. Settlement or no, I think that kills Axanar permanently dead. Might even sink in through the Axanar Marines' reality distortion field.
If that's the case, I fully expect them to double down on the "CBS killed Axanar because they saw it as competition" line.
No. ^^^That is a true tragedy of the highest magnitude. There were real children who died terribly from being forced to drink non-metaphoric real poisoned kool ade. They were confused people who were caught by an unspeakable charismatic who gave them hope, took their money, and took their lives away from reality.... and then killed all of them who could not escape his twisted self.Someone should photoshop him in here
'That' should not be minimized by using that horrible horrific life shattering event as a representation of anything in this litigation. These two things are not even in the same ball park of awfulness.
The universe has a sense of humor deep and blacker than the darkest of comedians. :-)
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Hmm... looks like the show being set between Enterprise and TOS thing is conjecture based on the ship registry number, not actually confirmed at SDCC. The official line is that they're not saying just yet when the show is set.
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If your experience lasts for more than four hours, please consult your physician.
An inventory of Alec hates JJVerse quotes really needs to be compiled and juxaposed to this by some college psych student looking for a pathology topic.
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I've heard that's basically how Hollywood works.
STD does seem like an acronym that would face boycotts from some quarters, I bet they tweak it. As far as timeline, I think writers have time-block about what could come past Voyager. After all a ship piloted by and away missions operated by VR probably wont relate till VR home theater becomes more widespread. Audience still needs to hear switches click and voice commands given against automated opposition and see actors successfully dodging laser beams.
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Plus there's an interest in and a value to origin stories. I think we naturally like to know how it all began, as much as we like to know what happened afterwards.
Oh, I do hope Picard's nanny woke him up to watch Shakespeare...
Oh, that's wicked!
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Well, that's good for him. I couldn't care less about his excitement.
In other news, I'm excited for DSC and all it has to offer.
Nah. It's cool.
I don't know if this was previously mentioned but the new Newsweek celebrating the 50th Anniversary has an article about Star Trek Fan Productions and, specifically, Axanar. Included in it is a large image of Alec.
I immediately put it back on the shelf when I saw it...
I immediately put it back on the shelf when I saw it...
Just saw the teaser for DISCOVERY. And again I will beg forgiveness for this indignant but oh, so well-deserved remark.
This ship design looks an *whole* lot like one or more of the prototype sketches for TNG Enterprise by Sternbach which I remember from the Eaglemoss booklets.
*and* there's this: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Planet_of_the_Titans
which would by continuity(ish) place the new show after TOS. Is that a winning conjecture? Or is the apparently lifted design just a distraction by their staff?
as far as the registry number (as mentioned on trekmovie), the ship is apparently not "the same" (Constitution?) class so the numbers don't necessarily have to align. One person over there has that theory
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It was said to be a rework of this: http://www.newsweek.com/star-trek-fan-fiction-451320
There was criticism that it didn't at all mention the studio or the unlicensed product sales.
It generated a meme image. http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/cbs-paramount-sues-to-stop-axanar.278077/page-1109#post-11664600
No doubt getting an 'article of record' in widely read media that fails to mention the studio scam was considered a big dodge the bullet moment by Axanar and just enabled them for a while more. When discovery questions are delivered to them they will find out it don't matter what they can dupe the press out of asking.
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