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 > **Mission creep** is the expansion of a project or mission beyond its original goals, often after initial successes. Mission creep is usually considered undesirable due to the <wrap hi>dangerous path of each success breeding more ambitious attempts</wrap>, only stopping when a final, often catastrophic, failure occurs.(([[wp>Mission_creep|Mission creep, Wikipedia]], retrieved 9/28/16.)) > **Mission creep** is the expansion of a project or mission beyond its original goals, often after initial successes. Mission creep is usually considered undesirable due to the <wrap hi>dangerous path of each success breeding more ambitious attempts</wrap>, only stopping when a final, often catastrophic, failure occurs.(([[wp>Mission_creep|Mission creep, Wikipedia]], retrieved 9/28/16.))
  
-[{{ :gossett-sm.jpg?200|**[[yout>H-s-CDkR6co|IN THIS INTERVIEW]]**, //Prelude// director **Christian Gossett** disputes Alec Peters' account that Gossett wanted to build a studio from scratch instead of renting.}}]+[{{ :gossett-sm.jpg?150|**[[yout>H-s-CDkR6co|IN THIS INTERVIEW]]**, //Prelude// director **Christian Gossett** disputes Alec Peters' account that Gossett wanted to build a studio from scratch instead of renting.}}]
  
 <wrap em>MOSTLY FALSE</wrap> **Building a Studio**. Peters lays the decision to build out a studio completely at the feet of //Prelude// director Gossett, who was set to direct //Axanar// but resigned in May 2015 over his concerns about Peters' management of the budget and personnel. Gossett himself has disputed the narrative that it was his decision to build a studio. His concern about the sets in rural upstate New York was that the region didn't offer the necessary infrastructure to support the full-fledged production anticipated for //Axanar//. \\ \\ At the time, the desire for Axanar's own studio — viewed as a potential income source — was Peters' alone, said Gossett, who pleaded with Peters to temporarily rent studio space in Los Angeles for the few months required to produce //Axanar//, instead of committing to the three-year, quarter-million dollar lease to build Peters' commercial venture, [[Industry Studios]]. The time and money required to convert a warehouse into a soundstage [[annual_report#first_commercial_hint|blew past Peters' budget]] and delayed shooting //Axanar// by almost two years.(({{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|Axanar Annual Report 2015, Revised}}, p. 8, 12/15/15.)) <wrap em>MOSTLY FALSE</wrap> **Building a Studio**. Peters lays the decision to build out a studio completely at the feet of //Prelude// director Gossett, who was set to direct //Axanar// but resigned in May 2015 over his concerns about Peters' management of the budget and personnel. Gossett himself has disputed the narrative that it was his decision to build a studio. His concern about the sets in rural upstate New York was that the region didn't offer the necessary infrastructure to support the full-fledged production anticipated for //Axanar//. \\ \\ At the time, the desire for Axanar's own studio — viewed as a potential income source — was Peters' alone, said Gossett, who pleaded with Peters to temporarily rent studio space in Los Angeles for the few months required to produce //Axanar//, instead of committing to the three-year, quarter-million dollar lease to build Peters' commercial venture, [[Industry Studios]]. The time and money required to convert a warehouse into a soundstage [[annual_report#first_commercial_hint|blew past Peters' budget]] and delayed shooting //Axanar// by almost two years.(({{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|Axanar Annual Report 2015, Revised}}, p. 8, 12/15/15.))
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 <wrap em>TRUE</wrap> **Star Trek Continues**.  Burnett is correct. //Star Trek Continues// planned to end its run with four final episodes, all of which were to be produced outside CBS' fan film guidelines. However, CBS [[guidelines-podcast#questions and answers|did not promise]] to sue any production that failed to meet any of the guidelines. How Axanar may use //Continues// in its defense against copyright infringement had yet to be seen. <wrap em>TRUE</wrap> **Star Trek Continues**.  Burnett is correct. //Star Trek Continues// planned to end its run with four final episodes, all of which were to be produced outside CBS' fan film guidelines. However, CBS [[guidelines-podcast#questions and answers|did not promise]] to sue any production that failed to meet any of the guidelines. How Axanar may use //Continues// in its defense against copyright infringement had yet to be seen.
  
-<wrap em>FALSE</wrap> **Just Like Other Fan Films**. As a matter of scale, Peters attempted to portray //Axanar//'s crowdfunding as essentially the same as //Star Trek: Renegades// (which has since [[guidelines_aftermath#video productions|stripped Star Trek elements]] from its production). In fact, however, the $1.2 million figure Peters quotes ignores the fact up until the lawsuit it was [[crowdfunding_platforms#progress_to_axanar|still raising money]] to support //Axanar//'s ultimate budget of nearly $2 million, more than twice //Renegades//'. The commercial aspects of Axanar's self-avowed professional operation — and their expansive scale — are what CBS and Paramount said distinguished the production from other fan films. Peters' characterization is an attempt to place Axanar under the same umbrella of perceived safety as other fan productions.+<wrap em>FALSE</wrap> **Just Like Other Fan Films**. As a matter of scale, Peters attempted to portray //Axanar//'s crowdfunding as essentially the same as //Star Trek: Renegades// (which has since [[guidelines_aftermath#video productions|stripped Star Trek elements]] from its production). In fact, however, the $1.2 million figure Peters quotes ignores the fact up until the lawsuit it was [[crowdfunding_platforms#progress_to_axanar|still raising money]] to support //Axanar//'s ultimate budget of nearly $2 million, more than twice //Renegades//'. The commercial aspects of Axanar's self-avowed professional operation — and their expansive scale — are what CBS and Paramount said distinguished the production from other fan films. Peters' characterization is an attempt to place Axanar under the same umbrella of perceived safety as true fan productions.
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 Though he was a big fan of Fuller's work on the TV series, //Hannibal//, Burnett worried //Discovery//'s writers would be hampered by Star Trek continuity in the new show's pre-Original Series setting. Peters agreed: "It's a mistake to go back in time." Though he was a big fan of Fuller's work on the TV series, //Hannibal//, Burnett worried //Discovery//'s writers would be hampered by Star Trek continuity in the new show's pre-Original Series setting. Peters agreed: "It's a mistake to go back in time."
  
-All three declared they would not subscribe to the U.S. network that will carry //Star Trek: Discovery//, CBS All Access, preferring to wait for a later Blu-ray release, and complaining of the $5.99 monthly cost (with commercials) or $9.99 (commercial-free). {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}+All three declared they would not subscribe to the U.S. network that will carry //Star Trek: Discovery//, CBS All Access, preferring to wait for a later Blu-ray release, and complaining of the $5.99 monthly cost (with commercials) or $9.99 (commercial-free).
  
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 //**__True or False?__**// //**__True or False?__**//
  
-<wrap em>DUBIOUS</wrap> **All Access Cost**. Peters, Burnett and Hunt objected to the subscription cost of CBS All Access, particularly the commercial-free option, as if this approach were unheard of. In fact, it's exactly the same arrangement (though less expensive) that Hulu offers its subscribers ($7.99 a month with commercials, $11.99 without commercials).+<wrap em>DUBIOUS</wrap> **All Access Cost**. Peters, Burnett and Hunt objected to the subscription cost of CBS All Access, particularly the commercial-free option, as if this approach were unheard of. In fact, it's exactly the same arrangement (though less expensive) that Hulu offers its subscribers ($7.99 a month with commercials, $11.99 without commercials). {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
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