CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

[Reilly]

Unfortunately watching the new teaser trailer just confirms to me that any expectation that the movie could be as good as Prelude walked out the door with Christian Gossett. What were they thinking with that barely legible Klingon shouting and then the over-long shot on Alec's "smell the fart" acting? I'm no director or editor, but even I could see that looked bad.

 

[Sgt_G]

Well, they did promise "Star Trek as you've never seen it before." Are you saying they didn't deliver?

 

[Amaris]

KERRRRRRRRRRRRN!

That new Axanar teaser reminds me of the old Scientology conference videos. It was wanky enough to charge up the base, but everyone else looked at it and couldn't help laughing their asses off at how utterly ridiculous and hokey it all was, and it was all for the money.

 

[carlosp]

Summed up on AxaMonitor. View the full trailer here.

 

[OtherGene]

Nah, that's totally cool. That's a difference of opinion on how two people experience art, as opposed to two people assessing Alec's objectively unethical behavior.

I should have gone on to point out that I think sitting down and talking reasonably well doesn't necessarily translate into good acting when there's more to do than that though. And based on the "teaser" that's doing the rounds it looks like I may have been right. I was reminded of Joey from Friends and his 'smell the fart' acting technique...

 

[Amaris]

Summed up on AxaMonitor. View the full trailer here.

I started laughing so hard when the yelling started.

 

[carlosp]

 

[jespah]

Those are some BIG waves, then.

@Professor Zoom - not everyone who is subpoenaed for a deposition shows up with their own lawyer, but it is usually a damned fine idea to do so, particularly if you think anything might draw you in later, either to that suit or another one.

 

[urbandefault]

Nah, that's totally cool. That's a difference of opinion on how two people experience art, as opposed to two people assessing Alec's objectively unethical behavior.

Calling AP's acting "art" is like calling art "Garfunkel."

In case it hasn't been posted yet (how could I have missed it?) here's Jespah's review of "Response to Counterclaim," a CBS/Paramount Production.

 

[jespah]

Aw, thanks!

We are live streaming in about 15 - 20 minutes or so and yes, this stuff is on the agenda yet again.
http://www.gandtshow.com/streaming/
Thank you for your kind support.

 

[Trekkin]

Those are some BIG waves, then.

'Waves breaking upon the horizon' basically sums it up. As to why they didn't just say that, well... Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness.

 

[Karen O'Shea]

I started laughing so hard when the yelling started.

I didn't think it could worse than "Queen Bitch Whore"....I was soooo wrong.

 

[muCephi]

it was only 240p, but was that really a *smirk* on Alec's face as he is remembering what he pulled off?

 

[Warped9]

Nuts. Releasing a teaser trailer for a production that will never happen.

 

[Michael]

Did you guys see that there's actual, officially-licensed Star Trek coffee now (the last item on the page)!

I know, this is likely just a coincidence, but it's funny to think this might be intentional on Paramount's part.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

That trailer! There are Uwe Boll-level performances there. The direction to the Klingon actor seems to gave been, "Ham it up to eleven," and somehow the actor got it to fifteen!

 

[Earthrise]

That trailer! There are Uwe Boll-level performances there. The direction to the Klingon actor seems to gave been, "Ham it up to eleven," and somehow the actor got it to fifteen!

The thing is, a decent director would have had the actor redo that line. There was no call to action, no desire, no effort to use his voice to change something about the situation, in the delivery. It was just shouting. It's what happens when an actor is either lazy or inexperienced: s/he mistakes volume for drama. And it's boring.

I wouldn't even give a fan film a pass on that one, since it's something every director should be watching out for and any actor with more than a couple of years of experience should be aware of.

 

[Harvey]

That trailer makes me hope they get to finish Axanar. Rifftrax can always use new material.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Summed up on AxaMonitor. View the full trailer here.

Amateur writing that's pretentious, trying very hard to be important when it's really about nothing. The CGI is bland, just a series of lumbering ship shots that have no energy in them. A Garth Stu staring blankly at a tunic followed by a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing.

Yes, this screams "real STAR TREK" and the "greatest STAR TREK movie ever" ... not.

 

[Harvey]

The CGI is bland, just a series of lumbering ship shots that have no energy in them. A Garth Stu staring blankly at a tunic followed by a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing.

Rob has been loudly insisting on social media that he's not the director because there isn't a movie. Maybe this is all part of his strategy to show he's not directing!