CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

Discussion in 'Fan Productions' started by Richard Baker, Dec 30, 2015.

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  1. Sgt_G

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    True, and I'm left wondering: what next??
     
  2. dmac

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    Will the last post come with sushi?
     
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    Imagine the freedom and efficiency a mockumentary series would have given them. Any time period would have been accessible! Any aesthetics and props and eras they wanted to do "special presentations" about would have been in reach! Any retired actor that could sit and *talk* could be bluescreened into any episode they produced! They could have done endless pew pew! All the coolest battles! Re-enactments of the bare minimum for dramatic effects! Totally able to work within a budget, with a versatility matched by none! They could have been legendary.... Just pick a "Part Number" and go to town creating Federation history specials..... unique and groundbreaking. In the end, what he did was gamechanging, but not in the way it should/could have been.
     
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    The thing is, most of the people involved wanted to do a feature length movie and only thought of the "mockumentary" format as a means to show off their proof of concept.
     
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    Yep. I don't know anyone who would be willing to sit thru a 90-120 minute "mockumentary". Even an hour-long such film would be pushing it for many people.
     
  6. 137th Gebirg

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    It will be the end of an era. Will a new one be started, I wonder, to document the ongoing dramedy that is Axanar for all posterity?
     
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    Locking is fine by me, but if you think that will stop a raccoon from trying to find more kitchen windows, you're probably mistaken. :beer:
     
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    But the whole point would be to make a bunch of short, 25 minute ones like the sample that got them their funding. They wouldn't be meant to be watched in 2 hour chunks like that. I'm sure most of the people involved would have been open to adaptation, but not Peters....
     
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    I could see a path to credibility by doing a series of these filling in fun details here and there in a short format and in a way the fans enjoy. Of course, the show stopper for this would be that it would involve former Trek actors. There's no place to inject Alec as a star upon the firmament doing just expansions of interesting plot points.

    But when I see the word mocumentary, all I can think of is the recruiting interstitials on Starship Troopers. That really is a stupid word. Honestly. Lawyers. (present company excepted ;) )
     
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    Ever watch "This is Spinal Tap"?

    Neil
     
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    I see the podcast has finally left Trek.fm. The show notes are all spin but you have to assume they were finally cut loose. I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner.

    Downloading it, but not sure I can actually face listening to it.
     
  12. Sgt_G

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    Nope.
     
  13. Potemkin_Prod

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    I watched a rather lengthy "War of the Worlds" mockumentary which recounted the Martian invasion of Earth. Very nicely done and quite engaging.
     
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    Or Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show, or A Mighty Wind.

    Are you talking about The Great Martian War?
     
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  15. Potemkin_Prod

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    Possibly. Done in a History channel style.
     
  16. F. King Daniel

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    Shouldn't it be 1650?
     
  17. Maurice

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    Yes, if it looks like WWI then it's The Great Martian War.

    Since that ship will never launch, maybe we ought to stop at 1649. ;)
     
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    I'd fire my agent, if he didn't know.
     
  19. Potemkin_Prod

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    That would be it, then. Nicely done, and overcomes VFX shortcomings through the use of "vintage" footage.
     
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    What podcast is this? Is it from Axanar Productions?
     
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