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- | A Hollywood producer, and former collaborator | + | <wrap lo>//See also: [[endgame_2|Endgame II: The Settlement]]//</ |
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- | Lukas Kendall, who worked on Burnett' | + | He posted a [[http:// |
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For its part, Axanar and its producer, Alec Peters (whom, curiously Kendall does not mention by name, preferring to call him "the Axanar principal" | For its part, Axanar and its producer, Alec Peters (whom, curiously Kendall does not mention by name, preferring to call him "the Axanar principal" | ||
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> By his own admission, he paid himself a salary because Axanar is his full-time job. Sorry, but this is the opposite of what making a fan film is supposed to be. Axanar is not a hobby, it is a profession, allowing him to enjoy the lifestyle of a film producer and specifically a Star Trek film producer: adulation, creative fulfillment, | > By his own admission, he paid himself a salary because Axanar is his full-time job. Sorry, but this is the opposite of what making a fan film is supposed to be. Axanar is not a hobby, it is a profession, allowing him to enjoy the lifestyle of a film producer and specifically a Star Trek film producer: adulation, creative fulfillment, | ||
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===== Why Axanar' | ===== Why Axanar' | ||
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> They want him to vanish off the face of the earth. That’s how much they loathe and distrust him.(([[http:// | > They want him to vanish off the face of the earth. That’s how much they loathe and distrust him.(([[http:// | ||
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+ | > I would bet anything that CBS would accept this — but CBS cannot propose it legally. Axanar needs to propose it and have CBS accept. … Will Axanar do that? No. Not right now. It’s too painful for the principal.(([[http:// | ||
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+ | ===== Aftermath ===== | ||
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+ | An end to the lawsuit leaves some hanging threads however, which Kendall addresses: | ||
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+ | ==== Disappointed Donors ==== | ||
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+ | He suggests soothing donors who will never see the movie by giving them the script, even though he admits, " | ||
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+ | Donors may be hurt, but the script may let them nurse their wounds. Kendall observes: | ||
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+ | > Axanar successfully made their donors think they were getting the best thing since sliced bread. When they eventually read the script, some people will still believe that. But most will go, “Oh…Okay.”(([[http:// | ||
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+ | The assets Axanar built out in its leased warehouse, which it refers to as [[Ares Studios]] are currently up for sale to a [[investor_group|secret private investor group]]. This poses a problem even if the lawsuit ends, Kendall noted: | ||
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+ | > That [sound] stage has a significant “burn rate” that will exhaust the donor money and get Axanar evicted—unless Axanar leases it for commercial use. Both options are problematic. The stage cannot be liquidated (dismantled) in order to repay the donors, but clearly somebody—be it the landlord or the next tenant—is going to benefit from the donors’ largesse.(([[http:// | ||
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+ | What are the options? Kendall observed: | ||
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+ | * CBS won't let Peters or any of the [[Does|unnamed defendants]] operate the studio; they " | ||
+ | * A trustee of some sort could operate the property in order to earn back donor money sunk into the studio. | ||
+ | * Possibly, a public auction of the rights to operate the studio. | ||
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+ | "Yuck, what a can of worms," | ||
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+ | ==== Speaking Out ==== | ||
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+ | > As much as I love hate-watching Axanar, I empathize with all the people being hurt by this fiasco: Primarily, the Star Trek fans who gave their money. But there are also the makers of the other fan films (now in jeopardy), the CBS executives dealing with this shit (better people than anybody realizes), and even the John Does at Axanar who just wanted to make a Star Trek film. \\ \\ //This needs to end//. | ||
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+ | His Star Trek credentials include producing most of the recent collector’s edition soundtrack CDs, including the 15-disc La-La Land Records TOS box set. He also assisted with the publication of " | ||
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- | Kendall is a producer and actor, known for //Lucky Bastard// (2014), //Basil Poledouris: His Life and Music// (1997), in addition to //Free Enterprise//, | ||
- | He is also known as the editor and publisher of the film music appreciation newsletter and website, [[http:// | + | ---- |
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