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 **//Horizon Producer Says Accusation ‘Reeks of Jealousy’//** **//Horizon Producer Says Accusation ‘Reeks of Jealousy’//**
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 +//**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]]**</wrap>
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 A few days before //Star Trek–Horizon// moved ahead of //Prelude to Axanar// in YouTube viewership on August 23, 2016, Axanar accused //Horrizon//'s producers of having bought views of its trailer, and suggested the count for the film itself was inflated. A few days before //Star Trek–Horizon// moved ahead of //Prelude to Axanar// in YouTube viewership on August 23, 2016, Axanar accused //Horrizon//'s producers of having bought views of its trailer, and suggested the count for the film itself was inflated.
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 [{{ :undefined:horizon-trailer-1.jpg?direct&300|**PURCHASED VIEWS** While Axanar accuses //Horizon// of buying 3.4 million views for its trailer, YouTube data since 2014 show only a burst of activity upon its release and just prior to the film's February 2016 release. (Click to view full size.)}}] [{{ :undefined:horizon-trailer-1.jpg?direct&300|**PURCHASED VIEWS** While Axanar accuses //Horizon// of buying 3.4 million views for its trailer, YouTube data since 2014 show only a burst of activity upon its release and just prior to the film's February 2016 release. (Click to view full size.)}}]
  
-The article noted that //Horizon// was due to surpass //Prelude//'s 2.5 million views by August 24, challenging Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]]' characterization of //Prelude// as "the most successful Trek film ever"(([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxOkhC8-u3s|"Axanar: The $1 Million Star Trek Fan Film CBS Wants to Stop," ReasonTV YouTube]], 7/19/16.)) — "by any metric," added director Robert Meyer Burnett.(([[https://twitter.com/BurnettRM/status/751604413811134469|Robert Meyer Burnett tweet]], 7/8/16.))+The article noted that //Horizon// was due to surpass //Prelude//'s 2.5 million views, challenging Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]]' characterization of //Prelude// as "the most successful Trek film ever"(([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxOkhC8-u3s|"Axanar: The $1 Million Star Trek Fan Film CBS Wants to Stop," ReasonTV YouTube]], 7/19/16.)) — "by any metric," added director Robert Meyer Burnett.(([[https://twitter.com/BurnettRM/status/751604413811134469|Robert Meyer Burnett tweet]], 7/8/16.))
  
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 For his part, Burnett refused to identify which metrics justified his claim of most successful: “Nobody cares how many views //Prelude to Axanar// has on YouTube … except you,” Burnett told **AxaMonitor**.(([[https://twitter.com/BurnettRM/status/766508150883168256|Robert Meyer Burnett tweet]], 8/18/16.)) For his part, Burnett refused to identify which metrics justified his claim of most successful: “Nobody cares how many views //Prelude to Axanar// has on YouTube … except you,” Burnett told **AxaMonitor**.(([[https://twitter.com/BurnettRM/status/766508150883168256|Robert Meyer Burnett tweet]], 8/18/16.))
  
-[{{ :horizon-stats.jpg?direct&300|**NIPPING AT THE HEELS** of //Prelude to Axanar//‘s astonishing viewership is upstart fan film //Star Trek–Horizon//, projected to surpass Prelude‘s views on August 23. (Click icon to view full size)}}]+[{{ :horizon-stats.jpg?direct&300|**NIPPING AT THE HEELS** of //Prelude to Axanar//‘s astonishing viewership is upstart fan film //Star Trek–Horizon//, which eventually surpassed //Prelude//‘s views on August 23. (Click to view full size)}}]
  
 > {{::axamonitor-twitter.jpg?nolink&50 |}}<wrap lo>**[[twit>AxaMonitor/status/766518938226221056|@AxaMonitor]]**: “Seriously though, I’m interested in the metrics you used in claiming Prelude to Axanar is the most successful fan film.” \\ > {{::axamonitor-twitter.jpg?nolink&50 |}}<wrap lo>**[[twit>AxaMonitor/status/766518938226221056|@AxaMonitor]]**: “Seriously though, I’m interested in the metrics you used in claiming Prelude to Axanar is the most successful fan film.” \\