I think C/P made the right decision suing Axanar but I believe they should have adopted the good story.
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Maybe they will. Strange things happen in that city. Lotta stories left to tell. And they own them all.
What good story???
Axanar. The prelude was good.
KennyB, PhaserLightShow, I'm not trying to play mini mod here, but it's worth remembering that the mods here always stress that the rules are POSTs are fair game while comments about POST-ERs are not, and comments like the above are fairly obviously the latter.
If a post is fair game, then a comment about posters must be too (because it is also a post).
Nope. You're wrong. I'll notify the mods and they can explain it to you.
What of what I said was wrong? Please quote just the incorrect portion. Or tell the mods to do it. I don't care as long as I know where I went wrong. Best to know your mistakes.
This, right here, says to me that the uninformed donor might tend to think that AP & Co-conspirators have taken care of any roadblock that might pop up.
Carlos, this is an old post of mine. I didn't see you mention outside sources of money in AxaMonitor. Did I miss it, or is there too much speculation about the outside money on my part? I know you are trying to be as factual as possible and I appreciate it.
PATTERN OF OBFUSCATION? A deeper look at Axanar's Annual Report. It took some time to transcribe, code, sort and analyze the data, but a pattern of possible problems emerged — from unreported salaries to ballooning costs and repeated deficit spending. Read more »
"It seems Axanar has several routes for raising money outside of Kickstarter and Indiegogo:
1. Selling merch like patches, t-shirts, blurays, etc at cons
2. Selling merch in the “Donor Store”
3. Soliciting direct donations at cons
4. Soliciting additional donations inside Ares Digital
5. Soliciting additional donations on the Axanar website aka “Retroactive Donations” wherein someone could donate an unlimited amount of money
http://www.axanarproductions.com/…/retroactive-donor-pack…/…
Here’s the problem - none of this additional money is listed on the 2015 Annual Report. Only Kickstarter, Indiegogo and some Backerkit funds are listed. How much was raised via outside routes and what were the funds used for?"
Oh and I'm thinking Stripe was Backerkit. What do you think?
Oh, nvm found it.
http://axamonitor.com/doku.php?id=merchandise
Well done - just two questions:
Were you aware one of the major benefits of setting up your own Backerkit is to have ANOTHER donor button once the customer is inside Ares Digital. A button donors could push at any time and donate an unlimited amount of money.
Also, Axanar could have (not saying they did) asked for donations directly from fans at cons - cash, checks, cc.
Oh, nvm found it.
http://axamonitor.com/doku.php?id=merchandise
Well done - just two questions:
Were you aware one of the major benefits of setting up your own Backerkit is to have ANOTHER donor button once the customer is inside Ares Digital. A button donors could push at any time and donate an unlimited amount of money.
Also, Axanar could have (not saying they did) asked for donations directly from fans at cons - cash, checks, cc.
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Stripe is the payment processing company used by Kickstarter, no?
http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/06/kickstarter-drops-amazon-payments-for-stripe/
http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/06/kickstarter-drops-amazon-payments-for-stripe/
Cain, I haven't forgotten about unaccounted additional revenue sources, and I'd made note of your previous post, too
I make reference to that additional revenue in AxaMonitor's FAQs ("Does Axanar have any other income?"). I don't delve too much in the Annual Report article because I tried to focus just on the data in the report. However, future articles will take a look at that additional revenue.
I'm pretty certain Stripe, Backerkit and Kickstarter were linked. It's just that the Annual Report didn't explain that; it should've in order to make clear what its sources of income really were.
I've updated the article to explain Stripe has processed payments for Kickstarter since 2015.
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Not sure it is fair to say whether that script is good or bad. We simply have no idea. But I found the Vulcan scene rather weak.
But there really wasn't much to it. Two things impressed me when I saw it: the quality of the special effects sequences and the originality of doing a talking heads fake documentary instead of a typical episode. But the story itself, meh. I bought the FASA game supplements about the Four Years War back in the day but never really bought the idea that that war belonged in canon Trek.
The show is called Star Trek for a reason. It's about exploring, not fighting, though there are obvious exceptions -- but they are exceptions, not the rule. You want lots of space battles, there's something else that tells you up front it has what you're looking for: Star Wars.
There's also one obvious problem with stories about military geniuses: if you aren't one yourself, you'll have a hard time showing your military genius in action. That's why Star Wars went with Luke Skywalker instead of a Garth-like character. He's not a genius. You get to see a more or less normal guy learn how to deal with his situation. Makes him easier to relate to, and makes telling his story a lot simpler, too. I think Axanar as a movie about the legendary Garth of Izar would be harder to pull off convincingly than its fans expect. Unless Alec Peters actually is a genius, anyway.
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