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+ | ====== What's Behind Fan Film ‘Gag Order’ at Star Trek Las Vegas? ====== | ||
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+ | Axanar supporters claimed Creation Entertainment imposed a fan film "gag order" at the Star Trek Las Vegas convention celebrating the series' | ||
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+ | **AxaMonitor** received scattered reports on August 5, 2016, that a Creation official cut off a question about fan films posed to a panel consisting of Voyager actors Tim Russ, Garrett Wang and Ethan Phillips. | ||
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+ | ===== ‘Fan Film Factor’ Report==== | ||
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+ | Blogger Jonathan Lane, of FanFilmFactor.com, | ||
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+ | > I heard the guy on the other side mention //Prelude to Axanar// and how each of the actors on the stage had appeared in fan films themselves. How did they feel about the current state of PR…? The fan was never allowed to finish his question, but I recorded Creation founder Adam Malin’s response.(([[http:// | ||
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+ | <wrap lo>Video shot by blogger Jonathan Lane of a panel at the Star Trek Las Vegas 2016 convention.</ | ||
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+ | In the video, Malin is heard to say: | ||
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+ | > We’re gonna pass on that question because there’s a lot of controversy and discussion regarding it and a lot of confusion, and we’re not really in a position to have an appropriate discussion about it in this forum. | ||
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+ | ==== A Polarized Fandom ==== | ||
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+ | Given the polarization in fandom by the Axanar [[copyright infringement]] [[lawsuit]] brought by [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], | ||
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+ | Lane is an Axanar supporter leading " | ||
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+ | ===== Anonymous Celebrity Cites ‘Gag Order’ ===== | ||
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+ | Lane went on to report his conversation with an unnamed Star Trek celebrity in the convention' | ||
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+ | > One of the celebrities, | ||
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+ | Instead, the anonymous celebrity said they were instructed to change the topic if fan films came up. This directive, they told Lane, came from Creation through their agent. Supposedly, Creation staff, dressed as fans, were patrolling the autograph room to ensure compliance, the unnamed source said. | ||
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+ | //**__The guidelines offer "a brave new frontier, an official, permitted outlet" | ||
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+ | While Lane wrote that " | ||
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+ | Another unnamed actor asked about the restriction told Lane " | ||
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+ | ===== A Temporary Measure? ===== | ||
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+ | The so-called gag order may not have been absolute, however, as Lane reported the following day that Star Trek cast member Walter Koenig discussed his fan film experiences, | ||
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+ | Lane also reported on references to Axanar in a performance by the band The Roddenberries, | ||
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+ | ==== Peters Asked Not to Appear in Axanar Wear ==== | ||
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+ | Lane also reported that Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] claimed Creation co-founder Gary Berman had asked him not to wear any [[merchandise# | ||
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+ | ==== Fan Films’ Future Presence at Cons ==== | ||
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+ | <wrap lo>//See also: [[guidelines-podcast|CBS Official Explains Fan Film Guidelines]]//</ | ||
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+ | It is likely, in fact, that the so-called ban on discussing fan films may be tied only to the Axanar lawsuit and the hot button issue it represents among fans; apart from the lawsuit, the guidelines create a friendlier relationship between CBS and fan productions. | ||
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+ | For example, fan films will be welcomed at future conventions in exhibit halls and on movie screens, CBS Vice President [[guidelines-podcast|John Van Citters said]] shortly after the release of the fan production guidelines. | ||
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+ | Van Citters said he considered the opportunities afforded by the guidelines “a brave new frontier … an official, permitted outlet” granting permission for fan films to be screened at official conventions, | ||
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