Still one of my favorites. What a loss that we never got a full TV run with McGann. He's fantastic in the Big Finish stories.
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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It's funny. "Doctor Who" proves audio dramas are a great way to expand upon a fictional universe. Meanwhile, LFIM & RMB made dozens of audio podcasts bragging about stuff they planned to do and never did. They probably could've produced a heck of an "Axanar" audio drama series instead.
Not enough glory.
Fixed it for you!
If it looks like pie, smells like pie, tastes like pie ...Ack! I Googled too fast! I crossed the streams!!!!
Better now, Ryan @Campe98 and @OtherGene ?
/hides in pieless corner/
I have been pieshamed.
Count me in. I'm not that picky.
I have little doubt LFIM lead W&S down the garden path with tales of woe about the big blue meanies at CBS/P raining on his parade while making himself out to be the beloved Star Trek Messiah speaking on behalf of all ST fans. All that prevaricating delusional wishful thinking hype on LFIM's part must be wearing thin with W&S so yeah, I agree with you ..."Wow did we misread this..."
So here's something I'm curious about. How much of the Axanar script is based on what was actually in the FASA RPG? I admit I know nothing of the FASA games, but given how much LFIM seems to revere them as Gospel, I'm willing to bet he "borrowed" more than a few plot points and elements from the manuals.
When you cross the streams you get pie?Ack! I Googled too fast! I crossed the streams!!!!
Better now, Ryan @Campe98 and @OtherGene ?
/hides in pieless corner/
I have been pieshamed.
Doesn't sound like him
Could also have this delightful mini-episode which is under 8 minutes:
I think Doctor Who is the greatest argument to show what can be done in short films under fifteen mins as it has produced a few over the last few years. The first two Matt Smith years had a number included on the dvd's as extras and were pretty good stories in their own right.
Alec Peters probably took a name or two, but I really doubt he took any major "plot" from the RPG.
It always seemed like this was going to be "The Battle of Midway" in Star Trek. That's really what was being pushed for when Prelude was still fairly new. Until Gossett had to leave the project anyway. Peter's probably went back to writing himself ten page monologues.
It always seemed like this was going to be "The Battle of Midway" in Star Trek. That's really what was being pushed for when Prelude was still fairly new. Until Gossett had to leave the project anyway. Peter's probably went back to writing himself ten page monologues.
He took Garth's first ship, the USS Xenophon, and the design of it from the Four Years War booklet. The D7 entering service during happened in FASA, although in their version the Constitution-class was in service already. The main Axanar plot, about Garth being god and the Federation tricking the Klingons into thinking the Constitution-class is being built over Axanar, isn't based on the game.
THOUGH, I will say this: The Doctor Who shorts don't require any set up or explanation of the characters. All the context and exposition is done in other episodes. Could you imagine what would happen if you showed Time Crash to someone who had no idea what Doctor Who was?
THOUGH, that said, a lot of fan films rely on the hope that the viewer has watched the thing the fan film is... "fanning"?
This must've been on the agenda at today's Federation Council meeting cuz now all the kids are spouting the completely unsupported allegation that Star Trek-Horizon is buying YouTube views to pull ahead of Prelude to Axanar. Stay classy, Axanar. The tweet:
Axanar @mistymills @AxaMonitor @BurnettRM You would have to compare real stats not views that Horizon bought, like its 3m views for its trailer.
This must've been on the agenda at today's Federation Council meeting cuz now all the kids are spouting the completely unsupported allegation that Star Trek-Horizon is buying YouTube views to pull ahead of Prelude to Axanar. Stay classy, Axanar. The tweet:
Axanar @mistymills @AxaMonitor @BurnettRM You would have to compare real stats not views that Horizon bought, like its 3m views for its trailer.
Axanar insisting you need to get to the measurable truth, not accept the fabricated appearances.
Such fine wine. Wonder how many donors are savoring it.
SFdebris released a review of "Whom Gods Destroy" today. Despite all the Axanar controversy, I hadn't seen this episode since I was a kid. After watching, all I can say is...
...damn, Alec Peters playing Garth of Izar is REALLY f*cking appropriate. XD
(Review: http://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/s071.php)
...damn, Alec Peters playing Garth of Izar is REALLY f*cking appropriate. XD
(Review: http://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/s071.php)
Stuff like this is why I don't worry about Axanar somehow pulling off a miracle win at trial. (And again, I do not expect the case to make it to trial.) LFIM isn't going to come off as a persuasive, wronged fan. He's going to come off as the world's biggest Internet troll. And no jury wants to side with a troll.
Robert Meyer Burnett @BurnettRM Aug 18
@AxaMonitor @StarTrekAxanar We have the virtue of never having been TRIED.
@AxaMonitor @StarTrekAxanar We have the virtue of never having been TRIED.
Your time will come soon enough. You will be tried and found guilty.
Full writeup on AxaMonitor of Axanar's unsubstantiated accusation that Star Trek–Horizon bought viewers to inflate its YouTube numbers.
SIDE BY SIDE Two graphs compare historical daily viewership for Star Trek–Horizon (top) and Prelude to Axanar. The large spike at the beginning of each is attributed to their premieres. Prelude‘s large spikes typically coincide with news events surrounding the controversial Axanar project.
SIDE BY SIDE Two graphs compare historical daily viewership for Star Trek–Horizon (top) and Prelude to Axanar. The large spike at the beginning of each is attributed to their premieres. Prelude‘s large spikes typically coincide with news events surrounding the controversial Axanar project.
That's a fair point about how liberating assumed knowledge is. Though if we're talking a 15-minute time limit (almost twice as long as "Time Crash"), there would be plenty of time for some barebones establishment of the universe.
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