CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

[HIjol]

 

[Earthrise]

That's because you didn't donate the 20 to 30 bucks for a T-shirt in the online store or the *choke* 125 bucks in the Indiegogo campaign.

Of course, with the way perk fulfillment is reportedly going, you might still have only ended up with the lawsuit.

 

[BoredShipCapt'n]

And even if you had gotten the T-shirt, wouldn't you be embarrassed to wear that thing now?

 

[Michael Hinman]

Really? Christ I'm behind the times. In the early days of this debacle I read the title "CBS drops lawsuit on Axanar" and thought that meant they'd retracted legal action. I remember thinking "I didn't know they'd sued in the first place!"

Yeah, it's not a good headline to use, because it can have an intended meaning. Sometimes it's better to go straightforward with a headline, than cute.

It's like when you cover sports, you might say a star player re-signs with a team, but you might not say the head coach re-signs, because it looks like resign.

 

[JD]

So how aware do you guys think the Axanar people would be of someone like me who just posts on the thread occasionally?

 

[OtherGene]

And even if you had gotten the T-shirt, wouldn't you be embarrassed to wear that thing now?

Did anyone see those Minnion T-Shirts they were peddling? I mean, they really thought that IP was like oxygen. I would most certainly have enjoyed seeing what else they would've come with if they'd be left unchecked. Axanar Ramones T-shirts? Axanar Unknown Pleasures T-shirts?

 

[muCephi]

So how aware do you guys think the Axanar people would be of someone like me who just posts on the thread occasionally?

more so now

really who knows. there could be a spreadsheet with Santa scores. or nothing.

 

[muCephi]

Did anyone see those Minnion T-Shirts they were peddling? I mean, they really thought that IP was like oxygen. I would most certainly have enjoyed seeing what else they would've come with if they'd be left unchecked. Axanar Ramones T-shirts? Axanar Unknown Pleasures T-shirts?

USS Mega Maid

sucking all the air off of planet FanFilm since 2015

 

[CaptGrumpy]

USS Mega Maid

sucking all the air off of planet FanFilm since 2015

Wrong franchise! Mel Brooks is gonna sue!

 

[fireproof78]

Wrong franchise! Mel Brooks is gonna sue!

You'd think we'd learn. Though, he did have that whole Heady Lamar business too.

 

[CaptGrumpy]

You'd think we'd learn. Though, he did have that whole Heady Lamar business too.

That's Hedley

 

[KennyB]

That's Hedley

Hedy Lamarr?

 

[OtherGene]

Lamarr? The pop star?

 

[KennyB]

Kinkyyyy. Sign here.

 

[Noname Given]

Hedy Lamarr?

just go watch Blazing Saddles and all will become clear

 

[muCephi]

Wrong franchise! Mel Brooks is gonna sue!

1. I'd pay to see that
2. its transformative, the image is used as a metaphor in a different context, rather than a literal planet-dusting.
3. its parody, UFP could never crack a smile about their ships

 

[KennyB]

just go watch Blazing Saddles and all will become clear

Hence that kinky quote.........

 

[Albinator]

It's like when you cover sports, you might say a star player re-signs with a team, but you might not say the head coach re-signs, because it looks like resign.

That exact situation happened a number of years ago when Phil Jackson re-signed with the Lakers. ESPN's on-screen headline read, just like this:

"Jackson Resigns with Lakers"

That's right, no hyphen. My eyes bulged out of my head, until I heard the guy talking about it.

 

[BillJ]

That exact situation happened a number of years ago when Phil Jackson re-signed with the Lakers. ESPN's on-screen headline read, just like this:

"Jackson Resigns with Lakers"

"With" tells the context of "resigns". If he was leaving it would be, "Jackson Resigns from Lakers".

 

[Albinator]

No argument, but when you see it, you don't think about all the little grammatical clues. When "re-sign" is so close to "resign" and have opposite meanings, the headline should have read "Jackson signs new contract with Lakers."