CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Saw this on one of the facebook groups and it struck a chord. The people blindly supporting LFIM as well as his other acolytes need to realize that this is really the 'order of things' (as the Jem'Hadar like to say). What is presented on screen (JJTrek, StD etc.) is hardly all that there is (they should really dive into TrekLit, ST: Online or start checking out some of the fan-produced stuff, whether filmed or written). I think once that point really sinks in, it will become easier to see LFIM for the arrogant charlatan that he is
No, but at the time, the climate was very fan film friendly. He was given a LOT of money. If he has actually produced what he said he was going to (or at least produced SOMETHING with the money) then this would have probably never been a big deal. If he hadn't bragged and ran his mouth constantly, and actually released content, then he would have probably been overlooked by the legal department like so many others.
A docudrama series would have been something never seen or done before in the Trek universe. Its why Prelude was so amazing at the time. A series done like that could have so many easter eggs, and so many guest actors doing commentary, and so many awesome space battles, and even a few low budget re-enactment scenes (labeled as such) where Peters could have still played Garth. If he had been smart and creative and efficient he could have been the Trek legend that he wanted to be. They could have gone back to do historical mini series set in so many different eras, with so many different types of uniforms, guest actors and ship CGI, without ever having to spend the money on the sets or the damn warehouse or any of it. They could have filmed the re enactments on the existing available TOS sets when they got the chance and done the talking heads / Federation TV / CGI battles / narrator telling a story thing quickly, efficiently, cheaply, and *repeatedly*.
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A lot of the creative team behind prelude wanted to go right into filming on axanar after the KS. Insgtead the studio came first. If they had done that and went right into work on axanar with the prelude team still intact it probably would be done by now and may not have been sued (but could have still triggered guidelines to be made). Alec got a big head and got greedy and the rest is history.
I think you are dead on. At least 30-40% of those donations looked to be based on "Psst, gimme ten bucks to make it to payday, and I'll pay you right back."
The Church of Axanar™
But...but...but...it's a NONPROFIT! Nonprofits pay salaries! Film students! Fan films! I'm really into philanthropy now! Really!
That was written by:
1. A child.
2. A bot.
3. Someone with a tenuous grasp of the English language.
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They built a new one on those grounds, it has a green screen and carpet tiles as far as the eye can see. The Cafe serves Sushi almost every other day also!
Read that. It's hilarious! Steven cites a million dollar budget for a movie that was actually made and released, while missing the point - THERE IS NO AXANAR MOVIE AND THERE NEVER WILL BE. And $1.4 million dollars of Trek fan money is gone.
Thank you for that detailed "behind the scenes" budget, Steven! It amplifies what we have been shouting about for a year: There is no movie, but there was plenty of money to make a movie (the sample budget in his blog PROVES it) - so where's the damn movie?
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and he brings up that continues raised $800K. They also produced 8 episodes for that amount too.
That's just sad. Or hilarious. Yeah, I'm going with hilarious.
"I thought how about evaluate, debunk and disprove the basic fundamentals of those who board the U.S.S Haterade."
How about showing what's in the court documents? Without ANY redaction. I think, that should suffice.
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