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- | /* <fs small>November 17, 2018</ | + | /* |
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+ | <fs small>December 9, 2018</ | ||
====== The Unexpected Tale of Axacon ====== | ====== The Unexpected Tale of Axacon ====== | ||
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- | //This isn't a typical // | + | //This isn't a typical // |
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ATLANTA — **2018' | ATLANTA — **2018' | ||
- | We have the opportunity | + | Axacon was planned as a means to rally the troops ahead of the long-awaited //Axanar//, reduced from a feature film to a total 30-minute short film. The face-to-face gathering was to feature the nearly completed bridge set of the U.S.S. Ares, panels with some of the Trek alumni who appeared in the film's predecessor, |
- | Rancor and hurt feelings and sundered friendships. | + | <WRAP right box 320px> |
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- | That beleaguered production still appeals | + | The actual physical turnout for Axacon appeared |
- | In what some describe as a war between Axanar supporters and critics, there' | + | <fs large> |
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- | > So is it a war? A war to win hearts and minds, or is it just simply two sides to a debate that can get over the top when they decide to get personal instead of just being factual.(([[https://monitoringthetrekmonitors.wordpress.com/2018/ | + | But that energy has a dark side: If you take a tour of the [[yout>https://www.youtube.com/watch? |
- | The anonymous Australian who writes the [[https:// | + | Axanar has become a flashpoint for deep-seated rancor among Trek fandom. CBS/ |
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+ | In what some describe as an ongoing war between Axanar supporters and critics, there' | ||
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+ | > So is it a war? A war to win hearts and minds, or is it just simply two sides to a debate that can get over the top when they decide to get personal instead of just being factual? | ||
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+ | The anonymous Australian who writes the [[https:// | ||
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+ | But I really hoped Axacon might provide an opportunity to do something about it. | ||
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- | Among the Axanar faithful I'm Public Enemy No. 1, and the subject of quite a few personal attacks. While observers | + | Among the Axanar faithful I'm Public Enemy No. 1, and the subject of quite a few personal attacks. While observers often draw equivalence between the warring factions about personal attacks |
- | So it was in this context that I had decided to attend Axacon, feeling a duty to report on this important effort to rally the beleaguered fan film's fans ahead of the hoped-for production of the two 15-minute //Axanar// short films allowed under terms of the [[axanar_settles|settlement]] in the [[copyright_infringement|copyright]] [[lawsuit-primer|lawsuit]] brought against Axanar by Star Trek's owners, [[CBS]] and [[paramount_pictures|Paramount Pictures]]. | + | It was in this context that I had decided to attend Axacon, feeling a duty to report on this important effort to rally the beleaguered fan film's fans. After all, the Axanar short films are project to cost as much as $200,000, a budget fans are going to have to pay for. |
- | I set about buying a ticket to attend, including a weekend pass to [[https:// | + | So I set about buying a ticket to attend, including a weekend pass to [[https:// |
I asked him to reconsider, particularly since I had already spent more than $400 on non-refundable airfare. If I wasn't going to be allowed to attend I thought it only fair to ask for my airfare to be reimbursed. | I asked him to reconsider, particularly since I had already spent more than $400 on non-refundable airfare. If I wasn't going to be allowed to attend I thought it only fair to ask for my airfare to be reimbursed. | ||
- | Foolish? Arrogant? Perhaps. At least that's how it was [[https:// | + | Foolish? Arrogant? Perhaps. At least that's how I was [[https:// |
- | I was told in no uncertain terms I was unwelcome, and that all sorts of security precautions were put in place to prevent any " | + | I was told in no uncertain terms I was unwelcome, and that all sorts of security precautions were put in place to prevent any " |
- | Fortunately, | + | Fortunately, |
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I arrived Friday afternoon while Axacon attendees were visiting the now nearly completed //Axanar// bridge set during an open house at Peters' | I arrived Friday afternoon while Axacon attendees were visiting the now nearly completed //Axanar// bridge set during an open house at Peters' | ||
- | While the Axanar meeting room was off limits the hotel bar was neutral territory. If I was going to get a chance to talk to Axacon attendees, that and the hotel restaurant were the most likely places for any communication | + | While the Axanar meeting room was off limits the hotel bar was neutral territory. If I was going to get a chance to talk to Axacon attendees, that and the hotel restaurant were the most likely places for any face-to-face encounters. |
Friday night was uneventful, I saw only scifi writer and Axanar advocate [[david_gerrold|David Gerrold]] dining with someone; David (whom I've known for more than a decade and with whom I collaborated writing "Blood and Fire" for //Star Trek: New Voyages//) was there as a SphinxCon guest. He was also slated to join a couple of Axanar panel discussions. I don't think he saw me in the restaurant. | Friday night was uneventful, I saw only scifi writer and Axanar advocate [[david_gerrold|David Gerrold]] dining with someone; David (whom I've known for more than a decade and with whom I collaborated writing "Blood and Fire" for //Star Trek: New Voyages//) was there as a SphinxCon guest. He was also slated to join a couple of Axanar panel discussions. I don't think he saw me in the restaurant. | ||
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- | The next morning I stationed myself down the hall from Axacon' | + | Saturday |
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I had already seen Peters in the distance throughout the morning but I wasn't sure when or if we'd actually speak. As I had assured SphinxCon' | I had already seen Peters in the distance throughout the morning but I wasn't sure when or if we'd actually speak. As I had assured SphinxCon' | ||
- | Later Saturday morning, Peters approached me where I was standing counting attendees | + | Later Saturday morning, Peters approached me where I was standing |
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- | ===== David Gerrold ===== | + | <fs smaller> |
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Much has been said … but I leave it to others to weigh in on that. | Much has been said … but I leave it to others to weigh in on that. | ||
- | "The Oxford word of the year is a word or expression that is judged to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the passing year, and have lasting potential as a term of cultural significance," | + | "The Oxford word of the year is a word or expression that is judged to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the passing year, and have lasting potential as a term of cultural significance," |
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+ | And in a victory of human nature, we may have created something of a fragile peace. {{page> | ||
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+ | */ |