A quiet release for a long-delayed episode. The Lastest from Phase II (New Voyages)
Jan 162016
Jan 032016
By now, you might have heard that Alec Peters’ Axanar, the non-Trek Star Trek Fan Film, is being sued by CBS and Paramount. I am still trying to wrap my head around the whole thing, but so far a few things seem to be coming into focus, for me at least.
Disclaimer: This is an opinion piece made by someone looking down from the cheap seats.
This is not a news article.
Look, it’s real simple. The envelope, the line, just kept getting pushed further and further.
At first, it was all out-of-pocket, and the only rule was don’t sell it. Then the caterer had to get paid, and that was OK because people gotta eat. Then someone outside donated to pay for the caterer, but nothing was being sold so no one cared. Then came the crowdfunding, and the big worry was that the production was driving that extra mile to the directors brother’s store to buy lumber, using the production to funnel a bit of the funds to friends or family. But nothing was being sold, so no one cared.
Then Peters wrote himself a check…
In a nutshell, Axanar’s revised 2015 Annual Report clearly shows Alec Peters drawing a salary of $38,000 for the year, or about 6.5% of the budget.
That Report was released on December 15, 2015. About a week later the lawsuit was filed. Coincidence?
The issue seems to be hard for a lot of fans to grasp. Surely it must be about the amount of money raised! Or maybe it’s that Paramount is jealous at getting shown up over quality!
No, I am starting to think it’s where that money was going.
The concept of ‘making no money’ has somehow turned into ‘not making a profit’, which is not the same thing. A hat tip to Michael Hinman over at 1701news.com for pointing this out. Seriously, it’s a great opinion piece, way better than mine, you should go read it. Continue reading »
Nov 022015
The Tressaurian Intersection premiered in Austin, Texas one year ago today. Probably the best fan made Trek episode made so far.
Sep 202014
Star Trek fans should really check out this Kickstarter by author Stephen Fender. Stephen is a published author with a pretty neat hobby; he likes to write Star Trek ‘fan fiction’. And he is working on a series of new Trek novels set during The Four Years War.
What is Star Trek: The Four Years War?
The Four Years War was a protracted conflict between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire, which took place roughly ten years prior to the events depicted in Star Trek: The Original Series.
The entire war was outlined in a supplement for the FASA version of Star Trek: The Role Playing Game. While the supplement goes into some detail concerning battles, tactics, and political motives, it is lacking a great deal.
Being an avid fan of military history, I felt that this was a great project to test my abilities at novel writing. Thus, in 2011, this series was born.“
Jul 312014
The 21 Minute introduction to the upcoming Axanar feature film is now available to the public! The Axanar team have posted the video on Kickstarter to help raise awareness of the fundraising effort for the main film and have asked that it not be posted elsewhere, so you will have to head over there to see it in HD.
Believe Moby, it is worth checking out.
In any case here is the short non-HD version, only 5 minutes long, that I can post here(via Kickstarter).
Trust Moby, go see the whole thing in HD.
Of course, fans should also check out the Axanar Facebook page for up-to-date information on the project.
