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- | [[facebook_group|{{:: | + | [[axacon_alpha_waves|{{:alpha_waves_radio.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**LACK OF SUPPORT** Just as in Axanar’s | + | <fs smaller>**AXACON ADVENTURES** In a November 11, 2018, interview on Alpha Waves Radio, AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza recounts his experiences trying to cover Axacon, |
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- | <wrap lo>**AXACON LIVES** Axanar | + | <fs smaller>**BETA TESTING** has begun, finally giving the troubled Ares Digital 3.0 a launch timeline. |
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- | [[harsh criticism|{{:: | + | <fs smaller>**POKEY PATREON** In the face of his lagging Patreon, Axanar producer Alec Peters concedes giving up his current warehouse " |
- | <wrap lo>**SKIN IN THE GAME** A reader wonders about the motivation behind **AxaMonitor**. Editor Carlos Pedraza answers | + | |
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- | <wrap lo>**THIRTY DAYS OUT** //Axanar// was famously purported only a month out from production before | + | <fs smaller>**DOUBLE DUTY** Axanar's future depends entirely on the troubled software platform, Ares Digital. Its version 3.0b is in public beta testing, and producer |
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- | [[temporal anomaly|{{:temporal_anomaly.jpg? | + | [[sound_fury|{{:sound_and_fury.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**CBS RELENTS**, allowing fan production | + | <fs smaller>**SOUND AND FURY** Bile, bluster and vulgarity on display on //Axanar: Confidential// results |
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- | [[axanar atlanta expo|{{:state_o_axanar.jpg? | + | [[axanar_confidential_3|{{:donor_distribution.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**THE STATE OF AXANAR** At a recent con, OWC Studios head Alec Peters | + | <fs smaller>**DENOUNCING DETRACTORS PAYS OFF** Axanar producer |
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- | [[luh studios|{{:industry-studios.jpg? | + | [[bawden_resigns|{{:bawden_resigns.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**A GRIM CODA** to the story of Axanar' | + | <fs smaller>**ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST** Axanar |
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- | [[prelude awards|{{:awards_only_have_meaning_and_merit_if_they_are_hard_to_get.jpg? | + | [[production_update_3|{{:axacon_bridge.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**AWARDS FACTORIES** OWC Studios head Alec Peters | + | <fs smaller>**PATIENCE FOR PATCHES** In his latest Axanar Production Update, producer |
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- | [[i09_wrong|{{:io9_anniversary.jpg? | + | [[temporal_anomaly|{{:temporal_anomaly_splash.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**io9 GOT IT WRONG** The pop culture website' | + | <fs smaller>**CBS RELAXES GUIDELINES** After months of reworking following a brush with CBS over violating its fan film guidelines, British fan film //Temporal Anomaly// finally debuts, attracting notice for its 51-minute running time thanks to dispensation by Star Trek’s owner. {{: |
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- | [[2017_top_10|{{:top_10_2017_graphic.jpg? | + | [[patreon progress|{{:: |
- | <wrap lo>**BIGGEST STORIES** What are AxaMonitor's top Axanar stories from 2017? A year after the copyright infringement lawsuit was settled, Axanar was still making news. We count down the past year's Top 10 stories. {{: | + | <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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- | [[december donor update|{{:donor_update.jpg?720&nolink|}}]] \\ | + | [[axanar_confidential|{{:axanar_confidential.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**ROSY PICTURE** OWC Studios head Alec Peters | + | <fs smaller>**DOESN' |
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- | [[hunt_resigns|{{:peters_hunt.jpg? | + | [[reel_trek|{{:reel_trek_patreon.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**PATTERN OF DECEIT?** Bill Hunt (right), co-writer | + | <fs smaller>**PLANNING FOR THE WORST?** Just when did OWC pull out of supporting |
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- | [[https:// | + | <fs smaller>[[ares_patreon|{{:ares_bridge_patreon-2.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**REVERSAL OF FORTUNE** A federal judge refused | + | **PATREON PLEA** Having lost his corporate sponsorship from Other World Computing, Axanar producer Alec Peters is making a $4,000 a month funding plea on Patreon |
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- | [[prelude_redux_2|{{:no_enterprise.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ | + | [[tardigrades_third_complaint|{{:tardigrades_discovery_art.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, who is completely eliminated from the new edit, which also features new visual | + | <fs smaller>**CONTRADICTION** After a Star Trek writer was named as a potential link between the Tardigrades videogame on the Steam platform in 2015 and //Discovery//, **AxaMonitor** |
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- | [[soundtrack_pulled|{{:author-author.jpg? | + | [[tardigrades_steam|{{:steam_greenlight.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**MERCHANDISE PULLED** Axanar merchandise, including | + | <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 |
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- | [[trekcetera museum|{{:trekcetera.jpg? | + | [[axanar_debate_1|{{:axanar_debate_teaser.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**AXANAR-BACKED FUNDRAISER RAISES QUESTIONS** A last-ditch campaign backed by Axanar to save a Canadian Star Trek museum successfully concludes amid questions about the CBS-licensed museum’s connections to Axanar, saddled with its own troubling crowdfunding | + | <fs smaller>**BATTLE OF THE BLOGGERS** Trekzone’s Matt Miller |
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- | [[todd_dragoncon|{{:todd-dragoncon.jpg? | + | [[axanar_debate_2|{{:debate_part_2.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**ACTOR' | + | <fs smaller>**SECOND DEBATE** focuses on AxaMonitor as the cause for Star Trek fans' rift. Plus, a defense of the Axanar |
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- | [[nonprofit_abandoned|{{:tony-christian-prelude-bts.jpg? | + | [[breakdown_dismissal_letter|{{:copied_elements.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**NONPROFIT NO MORE** Axanar abandons its effort to become a charitable organization, | + | <fs smaller>**FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS** in the Tardigrades copyright case against //Star Trek: Discovery// warrant dismissal, argues a CBS/Netflix attorney. {{: |
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- | [[tinfoil_fedora|{{:tinfedora.jpg? | + | [[tardigrade_october|{{:tardigrades_lawsuit_10_31_18.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**SECRET DOCUMENTS** Former chief technologist launches his controversial website, promising documents from Axanar' | + | <fs smaller>**DESTROYING DISCOVERY**: The latest on the Tardigrades copyright lawsuit against CBS and Netflix. The game developer suing over //Star Trek: Discovery// wants all the profits and every copy destroyed, and a federal judge approves a 30-day extension for the networks to respond to the suit. {{: |
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- | [[fanfilm_academy|{{:stlv-cawley-img_2246.jpg? | + | [[axacon_records|{{:finances-binders.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**FAN FILM ACADEMY** CBS grants New Voyages' | + | <fs smaller>**OPEN RECORDS CLOSED TO CRITICS** Responding |
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- | [[prelude_actors_bloopers|{{:vulcan-scene-1.jpg? | + | [[hero_prop_suit|{{:enterprise-e.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**CAST A PALL** ' | + | <fs smaller>**ANOTHER LAWSUIT** OWC Studios head and Axanar producer |
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- | [[blooper threat|{{:prelude_bloopers.jpg? | + | [[stage_9|{{:stage_9.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**BLOOPERS LEGAL THREATS** Axanar producer Alec Peters threatens | + | <wrap lo>**FANS SHUT DOWN** Why did CBS issue a cease-and-desist letter |
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- | [[axanar_sporking|{{:kate_stark_logo.jpg? | + | [[axacon schedule|{{:axacon-logo-720px.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**DAILY CRITIQUE** In this exclusive **AxaMonitor** interview, meet pseudonymous blogger Kate Stark, who' | + | <wrap lo>**TICKETS SLASHED** Faced with Axanar fans' ticket price complaints, sluggish sales and thousands of dollars in losses, OWC Studios head Alec Peters announced a 40-percent cut in Axacon' |
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- | [[script release|{{:axanar-script-leak.jpg?direct|}}]] \\ | + | [[tardigrade_lawsuit|{{:: |
- | <wrap lo>**AXANAR SCRIPT LEAKED** After producer Alec Peters attacked him on Facebook, Axanar' | + | <wrap lo>**ROCKY START** CBS has been sued by an indie videogame developer who alleges //Star Trek: Discovery// " |
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- | [[https:// | + | [[august_2018_update|{{:comic-con_premiere.jpg}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**WIN SOME, LOSE SOME** Axanar | + | <wrap lo>**RED CARPET PREMIERE?** AxaMonitor fact-checks Alec Peters’ August 2018 production update. Fans hoping to see the two short films comprising what’s left of Axanar |
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- | [[moving_survey|{{:uhaul-shuttle.jpg? | + | [[seuss gofundme|{{:gofundme_chart_seuss.numbers.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**UNDISCLOSED POLL** results are used by Axanar CEO Alec Peters to justify diverting Indiegogo funds to new purposes, like moving | + | <wrap lo>< |
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- | [[starbase_sets|{{: | + | [[shrouded_destiny|{{shrouded destiny.jpg}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**INDIEGONEGONE? | + | <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 |
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- | [[studio_move|{{:moving_out_at_warp_speed.jpg? | + | [[federal_coffeehouse|{{:axanar_coffee_tour.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**VACATING THE PREMISES** Peters strikes a deal with his landlord, who's forgiving | + | <wrap lo>**FAMILIAR AXA-NAMES** are among the corporate officers and business partners of The Federal Coffee House outside Atlanta, including |
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- | [[indiegogo_halt|{{:industry_studios_the_first_fan-funded_movie_studio_indiegogo.jpg? | + | [[shenzhou_kickstarter|{{:shenzhou_kickstarter.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**SOUND AND FURY** Axanar' | + | <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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- | <wrap lo>**A WEE COMIC** For the duration of Axanar' | ||
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- | [[studio-financials|{{:industry_studios-sound.jpg? | + | [[facebook_group|{{::axamonitor-webcomic-cropped.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**UNSOUND STAGE** A close look at the long-delayed and thin so-called independent report on Axanar's finances. Also: What's behind the delayed crowdfunding launch on behalf | + | <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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- | <wrap lo>**CORPORATE SECRETS** AxaMonitor has obtained documents revealing | + | <wrap lo>**AXACON LIVES** Axanar |
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- | [[financial_concerns|{{:accounting-for-axanar.jpg? | + | [[harsh criticism|{{::skin_game-1.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**ACCOUNTING FOR AXANAR** On the eve of the release | + | <wrap lo>**SKIN IN THE GAME** A reader wonders about the motivation behind **AxaMonitor**. Editor Carlos Pedraza answers |
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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 the fan edit of //Prelude to Axanar// | + | <wrap lo>**THIRTY DAYS OUT** // |
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- | <wrap lo>**PETERS ASSERTS COPYRIGHT AGAINST FAN EDIT** In an ironic turn, Alec Peters issued a takedown against a pseudonymous | + | <wrap lo>**CBS RELENTS**, allowing |
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- | <wrap lo>**MEET THE EDITOR** who recut //Prelude to Axanar//, shaving off four minutes and eliminating controversial producer Alec Peters. Learn what's behind | + | <wrap lo> |
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- | <wrap lo>**PUBLIC DONATIONS APPEAL REMOVED** Axanar | + | <wrap lo>**LAWSUIT FOREWARNING** Though |
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- | <wrap lo>**PUBLIC APPEAL FOR PRIVATE DONATIONS** Is Axanar' | + | <wrap lo>**AWARDS FACTORIES** OWC Studios head Alec Peters lambasted other filmmakers for touting their movies' |
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