CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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1) We tried to settle, but they wouldn't take our offer of leftover fundraiser patches in exchange for all the rights to Star Trek. Meanies.
2) JJ played us and hasn't given us a thought since. Jerk.
3) We are going to do something awesome someday - just you wait. Suckers.
" All we have ever wanted to do is produce the fan film that 14,000 donors have donated to see."
So instead we can show them the massive mothballed studio with the wonderful plush offices they paid for...
So instead we can show them the massive mothballed studio with the wonderful plush offices they paid for...
Say it isn't so. A major corporate law firm investing what is probably a half million by now in a fan film's right to ignore the property owner?
This statement should be provoking great shame in them, instead of damaged righteousness.
" All we have ever wanted to do is produce the fan film that 14,000 donors have donated to see", except our greed stole the resources from that and our arrogance thought we could ponzi the donors another million or more.
Dr. McCoy and I are getting nostalgic now for the period not too long ago where LFIM was living under a rock and not saying/posting anything.......
I want a gif from Trek VI where he says he'd pay good money if he would just shut up.
Seems like that thought was kicking around here about 6 months ago. Quite a bear trap he stepped into, if so.
"In the mean time, there are some pretty cool things we are doing for Axanar and one, that will frankly, blow you away. But we won’t be saying much about those things until we actually release them."
How many things is that now? About eight I think. Eight secret things that he'd like to reveal, really he would, but he just can't right now. And none of these big reveals have ever occurred. I've got a Yukka Tree in my living room that catches on quicker than your average Axanar fan.
How many things is that now? About eight I think. Eight secret things that he'd like to reveal, really he would, but he just can't right now. And none of these big reveals have ever occurred. I've got a Yukka Tree in my living room that catches on quicker than your average Axanar fan.
The angle was that JJ was using the "suit will be dropped" line as an attempt to placate the hard core Trekkies.
I think that supposition has proven to be correct.
It may have to wait for the definitive history is published to determine. Axanar did immediately countersue, which very well might have derailed a goodwill attempt by JJ to give them an out.
Axanar had better be careful with the law. Continuing to act defiantly may well propel them over into criminal charges. Imagine for example if they had this attitude towards the IRS in response to an audit. Think they are smart enough to only defy things that stay on the civil side? I don't anymore.
I don't think they ever were. Wonder what it would take to sic the IRS on those arrogant tools?
Yeah. For several months I kept notations of these notices of coming big & exciting things that can't be revealed yet (and many other notations on Plaintiffs, production, suit, similar law suits, attorneys, histories, etc) for personal referencing as I attempted to get a better picture of everybody's POV in this litigation and discern facts vs... etc. until I felt comfortable that I had a better grasp of the situations overall. After that I purged everything as unnecessary to me anymore. At the time of my purge I'm pretty sure I had six noted instances of these announcements compiled from the production site, the production's official podcast, and the production's offical vlog. And this latest one, makes seven. And I think I remember noticing another one between the purge and this one. So eight does seem at least very close to accurate to me. There is only one I remember being announced as coming to fruition. It was law firms lining up to take the defendant & production's case.
And here's the thing, for me personally I mean, and in addition to the 'spin factor' I recognize that is in play, I do see a person who, like I would, gets excited about things that give evidence of possibility. E.g., actors 'expressing' excitement for a role in my production. (and other production aspects) And again aside from the 'spin factor' I see in play, I see an excited person speaking way too soon about them because he wants me to be excited with him. Where he seems to fall short, at least to me, and where Hollywood professionals and indeed business people at large know better than to do this, the excitement isn't filtered to take into account the myriad pitfalls that have a tendency to thwart possibilities... before announcing things that are coming. So, at least with me, the defendant loses credibility every time he does this because of the sheer number of Coming Things announced without specificity... that just fade away. And, for me, speaks very directly to his business acumen. Or rather, lack thereof.
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I'd suggest looking up "Kevin Trudeau" and FTC. Because every day this is what this case is reminding me of.
As for possible criminal liability, I'd say the most immediate risk is AP committing perjury during a deposition. Remember, kids, that's how they impeached Clinton.
Being "trained as an attorney" he should know how to control himself.
^^^ Absolutely. Which circles me back to what I see as demonstrating a lack of business acumen.
Speaking of business, I wonder what's up with Mike Bawden & that mysterious 'group of investors'...........one would think they'd want to stay a couple steps ahead of this lethargic legal process.......
I would hazard a guess that it is Mr. Bawden et al. who 'are' the only actors in all of this that may be effecting any good business moves that might be in motion.
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"We love JJ Trek"
[mutter]"No we don't"[/mutter]
"No, we really do!"
Seriously, these folks flip more often than a metronome!
[mutter]"No we don't"[/mutter]
"No, we really do!"
Seriously, these folks flip more often than a metronome!
He said he was trained, not how well he was trained.
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