Good lord. CBS is going sink this guy.
My favorite line item in the Axanar report so far: $198.41 for "dinner with Tony Todd." Good Lord, what did Tony eat???
And did Alec ask him to split the check?
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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And did Alec ask him to split the check?
It can't be a coincidence that Alec Peters was sued after this document was released, can it?
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He has contributed original artwork to the "Ships of the Line" calendar and "Star Trek Rivals" game, so even if he's not held financially liable, he may have blown any chance of producing more officially-sanctioned material.
One: The sets still aren't completed. Two: Shouldn't 'Sound stage and set construction' be part of the production budget?
Good lord. CBS is going sink this guy.
My favorite line item in the Axanar report so far: $198.41 for "dinner with Tony Todd." Good Lord, what did Tony eat???
And did Alec ask him to split the check?
When would a dolly have even been used? Everything was talking heads against green screen and CGI!
I can't think of a single moving shot that wasn't entirely digital.
Something else to note. Releasing an "annual report" and referring to donors as "shareholders"--which Peters has said more than once on his podcast--means you're basically tempting securities regulators to look into your business. There's a plausible argument here that Axanar Studios' raising capital for their infrastructure, not just a "fan film," constitutes an unregistered securities offering. I don't necessarily believe that's the case, but I know enough about how regulators think to realize someone at the California Securities Regulation Division or the SEC might attempt such an argument.
And remember that Cawley was given a cameo in Trek 2009 and then wrote (to those of us who hadn't seen it yet) how amazing the bridge looked, that everything "worked". When the film came out I was shocked that a TOS purist who is obsessed with recreating the retro 60s vibe would find something to compliment about the Applestore design.
Did he? All I remember him saying about the bridge was how it was "not what [he] would have done."
However you slice it, that annual report was as valid as my Aunt Fanny's bakewall tart recipe
Yeah, he said it was impressive but not the direction he would have gone. Also New Voyages did put out this:
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axTdv68wIvk[/yt]
And remember that Cawley was given a cameo in Trek 2009 and then wrote (to those of us who hadn't seen it yet) how amazing the bridge looked, that everything "worked". When the film came out I was shocked that a TOS purist who is obsessed with recreating the retro 60s vibe would find something to compliment about the Applestore design.
Why couldn't someone like both? They are damned near 50 years apart, there were going to be massive differences.
1701News is the latest incarnation of Airlock Alpha/SyFy Portal. It's a fan news site (and one noted for printing tabloid nonsense and moronic opinion pieces). As far as I know, it's totally unrelated to Roddenberry Entertainment.
Well, it says “© 2016 Roddenberry Entertainment Inc. & Nexus Media Group Inc” at the bottom of the page, so I think it's pretty clear that it's a site operated by Rod Roddenberry's company.
That's not quite correct. From what I recall FASA released a couple of TNG sourcebooks BEFORE the series was officially aired, and was based on some pre production comments and notes, and conflicted with what was actually going to be in the series -- they also did so because they ASSUMED their license applied to ANY Star Trek aspect (released or not released). Paramount didn't see it that way; brought the specifics of their contract to their attention and asked to stop selling anything related to TNG. FASA refused; and Paramount took them to court (and won); and then refused to renew their license - which ended FASAs involvement with Star Trek. The whole "GR was unhappy because FASA's stuff was too militaristic" is fan made BS. The decision was 100% Paramount's - and based on the fact FASA violated an existing license agreement.
Yep, turns out I was wrong.
http://www.roddenberry.com/entertainment-1701news
Thanks for the correction. That site is...embarrassing, to say the least.
If Alec IS going to be tried in the court of public opinion, IMHO, then the "but everyone else is doing it!" argument matters. It might not matter in court, but it matters as far as overall sympathies of bystanders.
So on the "bite the hand that feeds it" count of bashing JJ Trek and saying "we're true Trek", here is New Voyages doing it more, um, metaphorically and tongue in cheek:
https://vimeo.com/101235559
And remember that Cawley was given a cameo in Trek 2009 and then wrote (to those of us who hadn't seen it yet) how amazing the bridge looked, that everything "worked". When the film came out I was shocked that a TOS purist who is obsessed with recreating the retro 60s vibe would find something to compliment about the Applestore design.
To be honest that wasn't aimed at Alec or Axanar but more a comment on how elements of the fan base talk about fan film productions.
As for James Cawley yes he initially said he liked it but not what he would have done, but he has since not been shy to share the fact that he doesn't like it in the least. I like the bridge, but too would say its not exactly what I would have done.
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