CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

[Tim Thomason]

That guy's name is Cash Markman, not Marc Cushman.

Memory Alpha states that they're the same guy. They have the same birthday (November 22, 1954). And if you're willing to search for it, there're pictures online of "Cash Markman" that show he's identical to Marc Cushman.

Although he has done a fairly good job of keeping a seperate IMDb page and Wikipedia page.

 

[Timby]

BEST ACTOR, Richard Hatch,

What was the competition? Inanimate carbon rods?

Seriously. There was some really, really, really bad acting in Prelude to Axanar, but Hatch looked like he had just eaten half a bottle of Valium about ten minutes before the camera was pointed at him. Not that he's a terribly talented actor in the first place, but damn.

 

[Indysolo]

That guy's name is Cash Markman, not Marc Cushman.

Here is an article at Adult Video News (potentially NSFW) about Cash Markman: http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Markman-Signs-Exclusive-Deal-With-Legend-47619.html

Here is the Jacobs Brown bio about Marc Cushman: http://www.jacobsbrownmediagroup.com/marc-cushman.html

There's a slight resemblance.

Neil

 

[Cranston]

Apologies if this has already been posted (I think I've read the entire thread, but may have missed here and there), but last night I rewatched WHOM GODS DESTROY to reacquaint myself a bit with Lord Garth. I was pleasantly surprised that questions of authorship and intellectual property were in fact discussed by Garth and Marta in the episode!

MARTA: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, and summer's lease hath all too soon
GARTH: You wrote that?
MARTA: Yesterday, as a matter of fact.
GARTH: It was written by an Earth man named Shakespeare a long time ago!
MARTA: Which does not alter the fact that I wrote it again yesterday! I think it's one of my best poems, don't you?

 

[Tosk]

That guy's name is Cash Markman, not Marc Cushman.

Here is an article at Adult Video News (potentially NSFW) about Cash Markman: http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Markman-Signs-Exclusive-Deal-With-Legend-47619.html

Here is the Jacobs Brown bio about Marc Cushman: http://www.jacobsbrownmediagroup.com/marc-cushman.html

There's a slight resemblance.

Neil

Hah, if you flick between the pages, the photos even line up with each other.

 

[Shaka Zulu]

Peters is very important. Inside his own head.

Someone actually said to me last night they would love to hear the conversations Peters had with these lawyers "assuming it wasn't imaginary." [/QUOTE]

What his mental state is reminds me of this song:

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I've lived in apartments, I've lived in a home
I traveled in trailers when I used to roam
But now in these places you won´t have me dead
´Cause I´m happy I live in a split-level head

I do what I want to, no worries, no care
If anyone bugs me I climb up my stairs
Way up to a level where I feel no threat
´Cause I´m happy I live in a split-level head

If you´re trying something, I couldn´t care less
I don´t rush for busses and trains are a mess
There´s no one to care for, I don´t need a bed
´Cause I´m happy I live in a split-level head

I like how I´m living, I´m nobody´s slave
My head´s above water, so don´t make a wave
There are no doors to lock and no dogs to be fed
´Cause I´m happy I live in a split-level head

Now why should I move when the neighborhood´s right?
No taxes to pay and no landlord to fight
Now I call this living, what´s more, like I said
´cause Im happy I live in a split-level head

Now you keep your ulcers, your ills, and what, too
You sure couldn´t have them and live like I do
You think I hace problems, but you do instead
´Cause I´m happy I live in a split-level head

I live with two people, I like both of them
He likes both of me and I like both of him
They´re my alter-ego and to them I´m wed
´Cause I´m happy I live in a split-level head

There´s no simple status in my neighborhood
And that kind of thinking, I think it´s so good
And I don´t take the lead when I like to be led
´Cause I´m happy I live in a split-level head

 

[Jon1701]

From Trekmovie 2012.

Posted without comment.

68. Alec Peters - December 28, 2012
“buying yourself the role”

“depriving another actor”

I have to say, both of your posts show a great deal of arrogance and condescension as well as a total ignorance of why people make fan films.

You clearly don’t get what these projects are about. They are about passionate Star Trek fans making Star Trek films with ourselves playing the roles we want to play (be that actor, producer or director). We don’t make a dime, and in fact we spend tens of thousands of $ of our own money. And we do it because WE want the experience of making Star Trek. Not because we want to hire professionals to do it for us.

Sure acting is often the weakest link in these projects, along with weak stories. Why don’t people hire better writers? They are all amateurs. Why don’t people get professional DPs? Why not professional editors? Because we AREN’T making professional features. We are making vanity projects.

 

[Tommunist]

From Trekmovie 2012.

Posted without comment.

68. Alec Peters - December 28, 2012
“buying yourself the role”

“depriving another actor”

I have to say, both of your posts show a great deal of arrogance and condescension as well as a total ignorance of why people make fan films.

You clearly don’t get what these projects are about. They are about passionate Star Trek fans making Star Trek films with ourselves playing the roles we want to play (be that actor, producer or director). We don’t make a dime, and in fact we spend tens of thousands of $ of our own money. And we do it because WE want the experience of making Star Trek. Not because we want to hire professionals to do it for us.

Sure acting is often the weakest link in these projects, along with weak stories. Why don’t people hire better writers? They are all amateurs. Why don’t people get professional DPs? Why not professional editors? Because we AREN’T making professional features. We are making vanity projects.

You'd need a Heisenberg compensator to figure out what the Axanar project is at any given time.
It can be a vanity project. It can be a fan project that's a labor of love. It can be a professional project that's independent of the big corporate studios. It can be a loving tribute to 50 years of Star Trek, in all it's forms. It can be a "screw you, Jar Jar Abrams: we know what Trek fans REALLY want" project.
It's also a floor wax AND a dessert topping..

 

[Amaris]

^ This. I love this.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

And no one can mistake those for the real thing, can they? Even the porn titles are like Sex Trek and This Ain't Star Trek.

I'm not familiar with Cushman's filmography, so I have to ask: Was his version of Star Trek faithful to Gene's original vision?

You can view his filmography here.

Neil

Amazingly he has like 800+ writing credits, I never knew porn needed actual scripts.

 

[Amaris]

I'm not familiar with Cushman's filmography, so I have to ask: Was his version of Star Trek faithful to Gene's original vision?

You can view his filmography here.

Neil

Amazingly he has like 800+ writing credits, I never knew porn needed actual scripts.

Oh certainly it does. A lot of porn is often far more complicated than "stick tab A into slot B while I tape it from behind". Hell, I've written a few scripts myself, though they were never published.

 

[JoeZhang]

Indeed - there are questions to answer like - what sort of fridge has the repairman come to fix?

These details count

 

[Amaris]

Indeed - there are questions to answer like - what sort of fridge has the repairman come to fix?

These details count

No detail is too small. That is why this industry has the job position of "fluffer". Everything must look just right.

 

[Jon1701]

From Trekmovie 2012.

Posted without comment.

68. Alec Peters - December 28, 2012
“buying yourself the role”

“depriving another actor”

I have to say, both of your posts show a great deal of arrogance and condescension as well as a total ignorance of why people make fan films.

You clearly don’t get what these projects are about. They are about passionate Star Trek fans making Star Trek films with ourselves playing the roles we want to play (be that actor, producer or director). We don’t make a dime, and in fact we spend tens of thousands of $ of our own money. And we do it because WE want the experience of making Star Trek. Not because we want to hire professionals to do it for us.

Sure acting is often the weakest link in these projects, along with weak stories. Why don’t people hire better writers? They are all amateurs. Why don’t people get professional DPs? Why not professional editors? Because we AREN’T making professional features. We are making vanity projects.

You'd need a Heisenberg compensator to figure out what the Axanar project is at any given time.
It can be a vanity project. It can be a fan project that's a labor of love. It can be a professional project that's independent of the big corporate studios. It can be a loving tribute to 50 years of Star Trek, in all it's forms. It can be a "screw you, Jar Jar Abrams: we know what Trek fans REALLY want" project.
It's also a floor wax AND a dessert topping..

They've moved the goalposts so many times they are now in the parking lot and no-ones told the players...

 

[Hartzilla2007]

There was already a failed Kickstarter for The Star Wolf.

Neil

Okay did not know that.

 

[Red Shirt]

You'd need a Heisenberg compensator to figure out what the Axanar project is at any given time.
It can be a vanity project. It can be a fan project that's a labor of love. It can be a professional project that's independent of the big corporate studios. It can be a loving tribute to 50 years of Star Trek, in all it's forms. It can be a "screw you, Jar Jar Abrams: we know what Trek fans REALLY want" project.
It's also a floor wax AND a dessert topping..

Yeah, Peters keeps changing his tune depending on who his target audience is. Doesn't he realize since he's decided to put himself on a pedestal and in light of the lawsuit, his inconsistencies and doubletalk don't work in his favor? Squiggy's comment comes to mind:

Your honor, CBS and Paramount have no opening statements - or case prepared. We're just going to call Peters to the stand and let him talk for 15 minutes.

 

[Karzak]

 

[Joe_Atari]

Here is the Jacobs Brown bio about Marc Cushman: http://www.jacobsbrownmediagroup.com/marc-cushman.html

I wanna sign up for his screenwriting class, but I don't have the password. Help!

 

[BeatleJWOL]

Kinda offtopic but what's with half of the I Stand With CBS group getting all bent-out of shape when TrekBBS went down, and they don't even post here??

 

[Jedi_Master]

From Trekmovie 2012.

Posted without comment.

That guy needs to have a talk with Alec Peters - maybe help him see the light