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+ | ====== Endgame II: The Settlement ====== | ||
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+ | <wrap lo>**By [[imdb> | ||
+ | **AxaMonitor** contributor \\ | ||
+ | November 5, 2016</ | ||
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+ | Actually, not really. Deep Throat never said that. William Goldman said that — he made it up as dialog for the [[wp> | ||
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+ | Why didn't we see a [[settlement_conference|settlement]] Friday? I think, in this rare instance, we should take Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] at his word: he could not make a version of Axanar that [[settlement_conference|pleases the donors]] under the terms offered by [[CBS]] and [[paramount_pictures|Paramount]]. | ||
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+ | What are those terms? CBS doesn' | ||
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+ | ==== Axanar' | ||
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+ | But they are not going to allow any more public fundraising. Would you? He's already raised $1.3 million — that's more than enough. | ||
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+ | The real problem is that Alec is out of money. | ||
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+ | Because he was stupid and ignored advice, and sunk his money into an albatross of a studio on the megalomaniacal idea that he would be allowed to produce [[merchandise|bootleg]] Star Trek, indefinitely, | ||
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+ | I mean, people don't jump off of buildings for a reason — you won't fly, you'll kill yourself! | ||
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+ | === Breaking Down the Budget === | ||
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+ | The first, [[prelude_kickstarter_details|$100, | ||
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+ | That leaves the [[axanar_indiegogo_details|$575, | ||
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+ | Just look at the categories in the 2015 Annual Report: insurance, phones, perks, shipping—and the ones that are basically Peters' | ||
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+ | Even though his lawyers are pro bono, the lawsuit has hard costs that have to be paid (e.g., depositions, | ||
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+ | We know that a ton of the Tobias Richter VFX work was already completed. Was he paid? How much? | ||
+ | The short of it is: I would not be surprised if they are quite literally out of money. Or have $100K at most left to make anything. | ||
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+ | ==== Calling Axanar' | ||
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+ | So CBS would basically be calling Alec's bluff to let him proceed with making a limited version of Axanar...because he can't even afford to do that. | ||
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+ | And if he did, even though he would get to play Garth (which he is desperate to do, despite the fact he sucks and his own people consider him a horrible actor) it would be so embarrassingly bad he would be a laughing stock and a pariah. | ||
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+ | Plus CBS would not allow him to make a documentary about himself. A good documentary actually could be profitable, a la // | ||
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+ | ===== Ego Trip ===== | ||
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+ | I do not believe Axanar was ever a moneymaking venture. I do believe it was a massive creative ego trip, and the money was incidental. So I do not doubt Alec's sincerity about making the movie. | ||
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+ | But we also have enough of a track record on him and his shenanigans (like the [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== New Prediction ===== | ||
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+ | And for me his play financially is to: | ||
+ | - Try the Hail Mary pass of winning the lawsuit, to make Axanar as a [[fair use]] " | ||
+ | - Liquidate the studio — just walk away. | ||
+ | - Make a documentary about himself. | ||
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+ | So that's my new prediction. | ||
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+ | Really pathetic, and I feel so sorry for the donors who were swindled, and the people at CBS and Paramount who have to spend time on this instead of making //actual// Star Trek that we would all enjoy. {{: | ||
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