CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar 2 - Electric Boogaloo-Fanboys gone WILD-too many hyphens

[urbandefault]

People, concentrate. Focus.

CHRISTMAS PIE.

Nothing else matters.

 

[Maurice]

Does no one read up the thread anymore?

I've read the thread, that's why I'm done. That's all. Don't bother replying. I'm not coming back into this thread.

 

[fireproof78]

(Heavier sigh with nose bridge pinch...)

All Right...then I will amend my comment to "I would rather celebrate what they gave me as Paramount Television, because the quality of what they're giving me as CBS television is shit." Does that work?

Works for me. Tired of fiery chasm talk.

 

[JD]

Me too.

 

[jespah]

Oh, Google alerts are fun. https://www.commdiginews.com/entertainment/star-trek-fan-film-infringements-110347/

 

[137th Gebirg]

Seems to generally take AP's side in the litigation matter.

And they spelled "canon" wrong.

 

[Mytran]

They also got the Fan Film Guidelines wrong.

They got a bunch of stuff wrong, in fact. Did Alec write this piece?

 

[CorporalCaptain]

They also got the Fan Film Guidelines wrong.

To wit:

"But Paramount studios obviously felt threatened by the high production value of the slick, documentary-style short film entitled “Prelude to Axanar.”"​

Delusion.

 

[urbandefault]

Peters says his “goal is to have everything in the can by end of February [2019] and a release date next summer.

So we're 60 days out, then? Give or take?

 

[dmac]

Other way around. Viacom merged with CBS and CBS effectively became a subsidiary of Viacom. Ironically Viacom started as the syndication arm of CBS before spinning off as it's own company in 1971. The company was split in two in 2005. Viacom was renamed the CBS Corporation. So the current CBS Corporation is the same company as the pre-split Viacom.

National Amusements, Inc. is an American privately owned theater company and mass media holding company based in Dedham, Massachusetts and incorporated in Maryland. It is the parent of Viacom and CBS Corporation, both of which were formed in 2006 after they were split from the original Viacom.
Who's on first?

 

[jespah]

To wit:

"But Paramount studios obviously felt threatened by the high production value of the slick, documentary-style short film entitled “Prelude to Axanar.”"​

Delusion.

Also dissed STC and Renegades. I am thinking AP or JL wrote the piece and the site owner just posted it, perhaps with no changes other than formatting.

 

[137th Gebirg]

That's the state of "journalism" these days. Just throw some random shit out there without researching its accuracy or provenance. So long as it sounds "kewl".

 

[KennyB]

I am thinking AP or JL wrote the piece and the site owner just posted it.

Glad I wasn't the only one who thought that, I would lean toward LFIM.

 

[Nerys Myk]

National Amusements, Inc. is an American privately owned theater company and mass media holding company based in Dedham, Massachusetts and incorporated in Maryland. It is the parent of Viacom and CBS Corporation, both of which were formed in 2006 after they were split from the original Viacom.
Who's on first?

Yes, I know. And as your links says

The split was structured such that the new Viacom was spun off from the old Viacom, which was renamed CBS Corporation.

 

[Amaris]

You can't get away from Axanar, either. I was watching a review the other day about Discovery's season finale, and the reviewer didn't mention a word about Axanar, or CBS doing bad, but in the comments there was all of this "CBS hates their fans! If they were smart they would have made Axanar the next Star Trek!" and other eye rolling comments. Anywhere The Orville, Discovery, or any Star Trek property is mentioned, someone has to talk up Axanar like it's God's gift to science fiction.

I see the same behavior from people who work for Amway or LulaRoe when I watch an anti-MLM video. There's this visceral, angry knee-jerk reaction. It's cultish.

 

[JD]

Oh, Google alerts are fun. https://www.commdiginews.com/entertainment/star-trek-fan-film-infringements-110347/

 

[Professor Zoom]

That's the state of "journalism" these days. Just throw some random shit out there without researching its accuracy or provenance. So long as it sounds "kewl".

Actual journalism is fine. Don’t mistake all websites for actual journalism.

 

[Amaris]

Actual journalism is fine. Don’t mistake all websites for actual journalism.

That might be part of the problem, though. It's getting more difficult to tell the difference.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

It's getting more difficult to tell the difference.

It's not. It's the "same as it ever was," to apply David Byrne's words.

The ability of the reader to discriminate has always been the key, to do so based on what they are reading and where it's coming from. For the purposes of discriminating journalism from everything else, not knowing where it's coming from is a place.

 

[Amaris]

It's not. It's the "same as it ever was," to apply David Byrne's words.

The ability of the reader to discriminate has always been the key, to do so based on what they are reading and where it's coming from. For the purposes of discriminating journalism from everything else, not knowing where it's coming from is a place.

Readers are inundated with information from every angle. It overloads their ability to discern finer details unless they're willing to dig deep enough to examine them closely. Most people read and watch their media on their phones, when they're surrounded by other distractions. Add more polished presentations thanks to Youtube, and even the biggest bullshitter will have the appearance of legitimacy. So I disagree that it's the same as it ever was, no offense to David Byrne.