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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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He can "Act" like a douchnozzle so he needs a role like that ;-)
No offense to actual douchnozzles out there intended.
Go back to the post/comment about the proctology exam
He definitely has issues withholding that primal urge to strike back when someone criticizes him.
Regarding the casting "news," I'm a little surprised that was his "big" announcement. Nothing about "we're doing everything we can to shore up our legal defense, so we're un-Trekking this thing" and what not.
In any other situation, it could be viewed as a positive step, learning from, presumeably, the pained experience of James Cawley, who for years took endless and relentless ribbing about his acting, his Elvis persona, and his central role to New Voyages and who finally relinquished the starring role of Captain Kirk to another actor.
Peters is probably also thinking that it will give him a leg up, at least when it comes to public relations, against his favorite punching bag, Vic Mignogna, who is also in his fifties and playing someone 15 years younger than he actually is. The sad thing is -- Peters sucks at interacting with the public, so it will just come across as more arrogant trolling against Vic if he does go that route.
Thanks to whomever posted the "annual report". A few highlights...
One of my pet peeves has been that Axanar / Alec and girlfriend have travelled over the world for promotion. Not sure how that plays against crowdfunding... really you're funding this guy on vacation?
Some examples from their own report:
PRELUDE:
- 4/18/14 Table at Spacefest $200
- 4/21/14 Cards for Table $548.64
- 4/24/14 Hotels.ccom - hotel $537.28
- 4/29/14 Delta - Fedcon Airfare - $1,624.20
- 7/9/14 San Diego Comic Con - Ticket - $165.00
- 7/23/14 Delta - Airfare - $459.70
(note excludes some items like meals).
AXANAR (according to report, "rough breakdown")
- Advertising $6,246.83
- Auto $9,163.62
- Convention Expenses $2,670.00
- Film Festival Fees $2,180.88
- Travel $9,018.92
Yeah, this all sounds like production expenses to me. Gosh he went waaaaay overboard.
One of my pet peeves has been that Axanar / Alec and girlfriend have travelled over the world for promotion. Not sure how that plays against crowdfunding... really you're funding this guy on vacation?
Some examples from their own report:
PRELUDE:
- 4/18/14 Table at Spacefest $200
- 4/21/14 Cards for Table $548.64
- 4/24/14 Hotels.ccom - hotel $537.28
- 4/29/14 Delta - Fedcon Airfare - $1,624.20
- 7/9/14 San Diego Comic Con - Ticket - $165.00
- 7/23/14 Delta - Airfare - $459.70
(note excludes some items like meals).
AXANAR (according to report, "rough breakdown")
- Advertising $6,246.83
- Auto $9,163.62
- Convention Expenses $2,670.00
- Film Festival Fees $2,180.88
- Travel $9,018.92
Yeah, this all sounds like production expenses to me. Gosh he went waaaaay overboard.
AP - Would you like to be in Axanar ?
Actor - Gee, I'd love to, but, I have a doctor's appointment.
( read into that however you will )
Can someone please provide a link to Alec's announcement from today (i.e., recasting Garth)?
If all that convention and promotion and travel expenses led to increased fundraising, then it could be rationalized. But yeah, that sounds pretty excessive when its being fan-funded.
I did wonder about this after the Twitter comments. The Axanar team may have hoped that he could be convinced to return to the role once filming started in 2016, or they may have planned to include some of the scenes he filmed for "Prelude" in the actual film. It would make sense to use the speech scene in the film, if nothing else, from the footage that was already filmed.
The company I work for was recently involved in a major crowdfunding campaign. Indiegogo and Kickstater definitely competed with each other to have the company's campaign.
It would not surprise me if the same thing happened to Axanar, especially since the second Kickstarter raised more than $600,000. That's a lot of cash.
On the other hand, this could be Peters exaggerating in public. Kickstarter doesn't have Indiegogo's "flexible fundraising" option (another red flag, if you ask me) in which you (a) get paid whether or not you meet your goal and (b) can fundraise on the same page after your initial campaign is over. That may be the reason Peters left Kickstarter after three campaigns there (Axanar also ran the campaign for Marc Cushman's These Are The Voyages Volume 3 and collected an undisclosed percentage of the proceeds).
I know, he would never EVER speak out, but I would love to hear James' thoughts on this whole thing....
Too bad he is to classy of a guy for that....
Just imagine that this is his statement:
"I consider Alec a close personal friend and hope that this situation with CBS gets resolved in a timely manner."
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