• Welcome! The TrekBBS is the number one place to chat about Star Trek with like-minded fans.
    If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

Status
Not open for further replies.
If it even gets to trial.

After everything Alec has said and done since the lawsuit dropped, I want everything in the courts to happen in full view of the public, with everything on the record. It's the only way to ensure he can't easily con more people out of cash for his paycheck.
 
"fiAXO" :lol:

When the judge rules against LFIM will it go to appeal? Will W&S stay on pro bono?
Unknown, but that stuff gets expensive right quick.

It is possible (I am not privy to the discussions of course, so the usual caveats apply) the pro bono agreement is only to the beginning of discovery or only at the District Court level - either of which would mean W & S bows out pretty soon.

Or not, but taking on a pro bono case without some conditions and brakes on it is a recipe for a tar babyesque time sink.

PS I, too, enjoy the term fiAxo and kind of want that to be some futuristic foot cream.
 
As the most basic rule of this entire site to attack the post and not the person has obviously been "summarily dismissed" for the purpose of Mr. Peters,
It's attack the post, not the poster.

For example, I can call your post moronic beyond all comprehension. I can't call you moronic beyond all comprehension. I may still get a friendly on that depending on the mood of the mod though.

This isn't some Roddenberryesque sans-drama filled world where there is zero conflict and people don't attack anyone. Hell...search for "Abrams" or "Berman". People get attacked all the damned time.
 
It's attack the post, not the poster.
That's what I wrote, except I used "person" instead of "poster." Are you saying a poster is different than a person who posted?

...search for "Abrams" or "Berman". People get attacked all the damned time.
Yes, I have also written some posts pointing out that while attacking members is not okay, anyone who is not a member is fair game. So what non-members need to do to prevent ad hominems is just become a member here as immunization - with the exception of Mr. Peters who is fair game whether he is a member or not. And attacking the post is just a proxy for attacking the person anyway - people know how to play the game to survive moderation. It's a dumb rule. Apply it to all people - member or not - or not at all.
 
Last edited:
Yes, I have also written some posts pointing out that while attacking members is not okay, anyone who is not a member is fair game. So what non-members need to do to prevent ad hominems is just become a member here as immunization - with the exception of Mr. Peters who is fair game whether he is a member or not. And attacking the post is just a proxy for attacking the person anyway - people know how to play the game to survive moderation. It's a dumb rule. Apply it to all people - member or not - or not at all.

He has been banned so many times I doubt he will get another account here.

Things is AP is one of the most unpleasant, aggressive posters I have read online, why should he get a by on everyone else discussing his fleecing of donors.

He took my money so he can take some of my snark.
 
At $5,870.73 per released minute it is the MOST expensive fan film ever made....

Which is shocking when you consider a Mockumentry style film, where all your actors are simply delivering monologues in front of green screens has to be one of the least expensive ways to tell a story...
You made my point better than I did.
I guess my problem is that I keep hearing that have proven they can deliver a product for one tenth of the cost.
 
You made my point better than I did.
I guess my problem is that I keep hearing that have proven they can deliver a product for one tenth of the cost.

Which is nonsense. Horizon proved it can deliver a product (similarly set up, people in front of green screens, but with an actual story, not just pieces to camera) for a fraction of the cost. Axanar has only proven it can devour its customer's money faster than a Dyson in a drug den.
 
This report http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/star-trek-lawsuit-debate-klingon-888419?facebook_20160428 is an attempt by some nutters to stop Paramount from claiming Klingonese is trademarked - though the report is wrong... It says that Klingon was first heard in Search for Spock but they spoke it in Motion Picture for the first time with what seems to be formed sentences

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Indeed, Memory Alpha reports

The Klingon language as spoken was originally developed by UCLA dialectician Hartmut Scharfe, James Doohan and Jon Povill for Star Trek: The Motion Picture
 
You made my point better than I did.
I guess my problem is that I keep hearing that have proven they can deliver a product for one tenth of the cost.

Just to put it into perspective.. when I look at Renegades, it was $4,261.79 per minute... and Horizon was $274.50 per minute... These figures were based on Crowdfunding totals, divided by the runtime of the film on Youtube...

And understand, ALL Prelude demonstrated, was that Peters could deliver on a technical end... and that is it. Every bit of dialogue in Prelude was a monologue, with the majority being delivered to a documentary crew, (Ramierez's was the only par that was legitimately acting a scene) . There was no interaction between characters... there was no blocking needed... no camera movements... there were no camera angle edits...

The story was told with a narrator, which is the EASIEST way to forward a story....

While Prelude was good for what it was, Nothing about Prelude really says Axanar would be good... other from a very technical end (CGI, Color Matching, Lighting)
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

Sign up / Register


Back
Top