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- | [[stage_9|{{:stage_9.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ | + | <fs smaller>**POKEY PATREON** In the face of his lagging Patreon, Axanar producer Alec Peters concedes giving up his current warehouse " |
- | <wrap lo>**FANS SHUT DOWN** Why did CBS issue a cease-and-desist letter to Stage 9, a fan-produced re-creation | + | |
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- | [[axacon schedule|{{:axacon-logo-720px.jpg? | + | [[ares_digital_beta|{{:ares-digital-login.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**TICKETS SLASHED** Faced with Axanar | + | <fs smaller>**DOUBLE DUTY** Axanar' |
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- | [[tardigrade_lawsuit|{{:: | + | [[sound_fury|{{:sound_and_fury.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**ROCKY START** CBS has been sued by an indie videogame developer who alleges | + | <fs smaller>**SOUND AND FURY** Bile, bluster and vulgarity on display on //Axanar: Confidential// results in a short-lived boost to Alec Peters’ flagging Patreon campaign, as new donors |
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- | [[august_2018_update|{{:comic-con_premiere.jpg}}]] \\ | + | [[axanar_confidential_3|{{:donor_distribution.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**RED CARPET PREMIERE?** AxaMonitor fact-checks | + | <fs smaller>**DENOUNCING DETRACTORS PAYS OFF** Axanar producer |
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- | <wrap lo>< | + | <fs smaller>**ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST** Axanar Public Relations Director Mike Bawden resigned weeks ago amid litigation threatened by producer Alec Peters against |
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- | [[shrouded_destiny|{{shrouded destiny.jpg}}]] \\ | + | [[production_update_3|{{: |
- | <wrap lo>**DÉJÀ VU** all over again? An ambitious new Star Wars fan film makes an Axanar-like Kickstarter pitch, leading some fans to see disturbing parallels, including how the two projects eschewed the Fan Film label in their crowdfunding appeals. Has the Axanar | + | <fs smaller>**PATIENCE FOR PATCHES** In his latest |
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- | [[federal_coffeehouse|{{:axanar_coffee_tour.jpg? | + | [[temporal_anomaly|{{:temporal_anomaly_splash.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**FAMILIAR AXA-NAMES** are among the corporate officers and business partners | + | <fs smaller>**CBS RELAXES GUIDELINES** After months |
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- | [[shenzhou_kickstarter|{{:shenzhou_kickstarter.jpg? | + | [[patreon progress|{{:: |
- | <wrap lo>**ASKING FOR TROUBLE?** Kickstarter campaign launches for a nearly 200-page, fan-published ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ book. In the wake of the Axanar lawsuit, fans wonder if CBS will clamp down on this publishing project. {{: | + | <fs smaller>**GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS** Jonathan Lane tries to buck up sullen Axanar supporters asked to donate to Alec Peters' |
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- | [[facebook_group|{{:: | + | [[axanar_confidential|{{:axanar_confidential.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**LACK OF SUPPORT** Just as in Axanar’s failed 2017 Indiegogo campaign | + | <fs smaller>**DOESN' |
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- | [[sphinxcon|{{:: | + | [[reel_trek|{{:reel_trek_patreon.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**AXACON LIVES** Axanar plans to piggyback its fan convention atop the non-Trek related SphinxCon in Atlanta in November 2018, scrambling | + | <fs smaller>**PLANNING FOR THE WORST?** Just when did OWC pull out of supporting Alec Peters' |
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- | [[harsh criticism|{{::skin_game-1.jpg? | + | <fs smaller>[[ares_patreon|{{:ares_bridge_patreon-2.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**SKIN IN THE GAME** A reader wonders about the motivation behind **AxaMonitor**. Editor Carlos Pedraza answers the criticism, providing an overview of Axanar's lack of accountability and its treatment of now-former supporters who questioned OWC Studios head Alec Peters' narrative justifying why $1.7 million later //Axanar// has yet to be made. {{: | + | **PATREON PLEA** Having lost his corporate sponsorship from Other World Computing, Axanar |
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- | [[https:// | + | [[tardigrades_third_complaint|{{:tardigrades_discovery_art.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**THIRTY DAYS OUT** // | + | <fs smaller>**CONTRADICTION** After a Star Trek writer |
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- | [[temporal anomaly|{{:temporal_anomaly.jpg? | + | [[tardigrades_steam|{{:steam_greenlight.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**CBS RELENTS**, allowing fan production | + | <fs smaller>**FIRST HURDLE** Before the case can move forward, the federal judge in the copyright infringement case by Tardigrades developer Anas Abdin challenged his lawyers to come up with evidence that the creators of //Star Trek: Discovery// had ever seen his plans for the unpublished game. {{: |
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- | <wrap lo>**LAWSUIT FOREWARNING** Though Axanar has pushed a narrative in which CBS and Paramount' | + | <fs smaller>**BATTLE OF THE BLOGGERS** Trekzone’s Matt Miller |
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- | <wrap lo>**AWARDS FACTORIES** OWC Studios head Alec Peters lambasted other filmmakers for touting their movies' | + | <fs smaller>**SECOND DEBATE** focuses on AxaMonitor |
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- | [[i09_wrong|{{:io9_anniversary.jpg? | + | [[breakdown_dismissal_letter|{{:copied_elements.jpg?nolink|}}]] |
- | <wrap lo>**io9 GOT IT WRONG** The pop culture website' | + | <fs smaller>**FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS** in the Tardigrades copyright case against //Star Trek: Discovery// warrant dismissal, argues a CBS/Netflix attorney. {{: |
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- | [[2017_top_10|{{:top_10_2017_graphic.jpg? | + | [[tardigrade_october|{{:tardigrades_lawsuit_10_31_18.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**BIGGEST STORIES** What are AxaMonitor' | + | <fs smaller>**DESTROYING DISCOVERY**: The latest on the Tardigrades |
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- | [[december donor update|{{:donor_update.jpg?720&nolink|}}]] \\ | + | [[axacon_records|{{:finances-binders.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**ROSY PICTURE** OWC Studios head Alec Peters | + | <fs smaller>**OPEN RECORDS CLOSED TO CRITICS** Responding to continued calls for accountability, |
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- | <wrap lo>**PATTERN OF DECEIT?** Bill Hunt (right), co-writer | + | <fs smaller>**ANOTHER LAWSUIT** OWC Studios head and Axanar producer Alec Peters is being sued for defamation by a Las Vegas prop dealer after he threatened legal action over the disputed sale of the Enterprise-E model. The suit seeks at least $15, |
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- | [[burnett_resigns|{{:burnett-wondercon.jpg? | + | [[stage_9|{{:stage_9.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo><wrap em> | + | <wrap lo>**FANS SHUT DOWN** Why did CBS issue a cease-and-desist letter to Stage 9, a fan-produced re-creation of the Enterprise D from //Star Trek: The Next Generation//? |
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- | [[prelude_redux_2|{{:no_enterprise.jpg? | + | [[axacon schedule|{{:axacon-logo-720px.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**NEW FAN EDIT** of //Prelude to Axanar// has been released by a pseudonymous editor. The first version was taken down by OWC Studios head Alec Peters, | + | <wrap lo>**TICKETS SLASHED** Faced with Axanar |
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- | <wrap lo>**MERCHANDISE PULLED** Axanar merchandise, | + | <wrap lo>**ROCKY START** CBS has been sued by an indie videogame developer who alleges //Star Trek: Discovery// " |
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- | [[defamation_backfire|{{:harassment-claim.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ | + | [[august_2018_update|{{:comic-con_premiere.jpg}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**HUNDREDS ABANDON** Facebook fan groups controlled by OWC Studios head Alec Peters | + | <wrap lo>**RED CARPET PREMIERE?** AxaMonitor fact-checks |
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- | [[nonprofit_abandoned|{{: | + | [[shrouded_destiny|{{shrouded destiny.jpg}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**NONPROFIT NO MORE** Axanar | + | <wrap lo>**DÉJÀ VU** all over again? An ambitious new Star Wars fan film makes an Axanar-like Kickstarter pitch, leading some fans to see disturbing parallels, including how the two projects eschewed the Fan Film label in their crowdfunding appeals. Has the Axanar lawsuit |
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- | [[fanfilm_academy|{{:stlv-cawley-img_2246.jpg? | + | [[federal_coffeehouse|{{:axanar_coffee_tour.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**FAN FILM ACADEMY** CBS grants New Voyages' | + | <wrap lo>**FAMILIAR AXA-NAMES** are among the corporate officers and business partners of The Federal Coffee House outside Atlanta, including the creator |
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- | [[prelude_actors_bloopers|{{:vulcan-scene-1.jpg? | + | [[shenzhou_kickstarter|{{:shenzhou_kickstarter.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**CAST A PALL** ' | + | <wrap lo>**ASKING FOR TROUBLE?** Kickstarter campaign launches for a nearly 200-page, fan-published ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ book. In the wake of the Axanar lawsuit, fans wonder if CBS will clamp down on this publishing project. {{: |
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- | [[axanar_sporking|{{:kate_stark_logo.jpg? | + | [[facebook_group|{{:: |
- | <wrap lo>**DAILY CRITIQUE** In this exclusive **AxaMonitor** interview, meet pseudonymous blogger Kate Stark, who's behind the insightful scene-by-scene critiques | + | <wrap lo>**LACK OF SUPPORT** Just as in Axanar’s failed 2017 Indiegogo campaign to save its beleaguered studio, a poll of its staunchest fans reveals little desire for a monthly subscription to pay for Axanar |
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- | [[script release|{{:axanar-script-leak.jpg?direct|}}]] \\ | + | [[sphinxcon|{{:: |
- | <wrap lo>**AXANAR SCRIPT LEAKED** After producer Alec Peters attacked him on Facebook, | + | <wrap lo>**AXACON LIVES** Axanar |
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- | <wrap lo><wrap em> | + | <wrap lo>**SKIN IN THE GAME** A reader wonders about the motivation behind **AxaMonitor**. Editor Carlos Pedraza answers |
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- | <wrap lo>**PULLING UP STAKES** Axanar | + | <wrap lo>**THIRTY DAYS OUT** //Axanar// was famously purported only a month out from production before the CBS/ |
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- | <wrap lo>**UNSOUND STAGE** A close look at the long-delayed and thin so-called independent report on Axanar' | + | <wrap lo>**CBS RELENTS**, allowing fan production //Temporal Anomaly// to be released in three parts later this year. The movie' |
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- | [[statement-information|{{:axanar_s_board_720px.jpg? | + | [[axanar atlanta expo|{{:state_o_axanar.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**CORPORATE SECRETS** AxaMonitor has obtained documents revealing Axanar’s corporate structure, exposing its surrogates’ false statements | + | <wrap lo>**THE STATE OF AXANAR** At a recent con, OWC Studios head Alec Peters stated //Prelude to Axanar// proved the Hollywood model is broken. Our story fact-checks that and other claims, along with production news for Axanar Lite. {{: |
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- | <wrap lo>**ACCOUNTING FOR AXANAR** On the eve of the release of Axanar' | + | <wrap lo>**LAWSUIT FOREWARNING** Though |
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- | <wrap lo>**WILL THE TAKEDOWN HOLD UP?** In the wake of its own copyright infringement troubles, Axanar ironically claims copyright protection against | + | <wrap lo>**AWARDS FACTORIES** OWC Studios head Alec Peters lambasted other filmmakers for touting their movies' |
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- | <WRAP half column> | + | <wrap lo>**EXPLORING AXANAR** AxaMonitor presents its analysis |
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- | <wrap lo>**SETTLEMENT AFTERMATH** Many loose threads remain in the aftermath of the settlement | + | |
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