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 ===== Hunt's Critique of Peters ===== ===== Hunt's Critique of Peters =====
  
-Hunt's departure caps a troubled position he held in the Axanar project. In his deposition durning Axanar's copyright infringement [[lawsuit]], Hunt admitted that Peters didn’t really understand proper script development or what a film producer was actually supposed to do.+Hunt's departure caps a troubled position he held in the Axanar project. In his deposition during Axanar's copyright infringement [[lawsuit]], Hunt admitted that Peters didn’t really know what he was doing:
  
 > Everybody on the production who was creative was falling into those traditional film roles, and [Peters] wasn’t familiar with how that process worked. … It was just – <wrap hi>Alec didn’t really know what a film producer</wrap> – he had an idea what a film producer did, but it wasn’t an experienced idea of what a film producer did. So it caused some conflict all throughout the project.((Transcript, Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Bill Hunt (10/25/16), Docket 181.1, p. 87, 1/6/17.)) > Everybody on the production who was creative was falling into those traditional film roles, and [Peters] wasn’t familiar with how that process worked. … It was just – <wrap hi>Alec didn’t really know what a film producer</wrap> – he had an idea what a film producer did, but it wasn’t an experienced idea of what a film producer did. So it caused some conflict all throughout the project.((Transcript, Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Bill Hunt (10/25/16), Docket 181.1, p. 87, 1/6/17.))
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 ==== Fraught with Conflict ==== ==== Fraught with Conflict ====
  
-In his deposition, Hunt described a script development process fraught with conflict between Peters and Burnett, with Hunt caught in the middle. Hunt said:+In his deposition, Hunt described a script development process fraught with conflict between Peters and Burnett, with Hunt often caught in the middle. Hunt said:
  
 > So we were talking to [Peters] about, “Listen, this is how the process works. The script isn’t ready.” Mostly, I think it was Rob and Alec having these conversations, but to the extent that I was kind of in the middle between the two of them, talking them all off —<wrap hi> talking them down off a ledge a lot of times</wrap>. > So we were talking to [Peters] about, “Listen, this is how the process works. The script isn’t ready.” Mostly, I think it was Rob and Alec having these conversations, but to the extent that I was kind of in the middle between the two of them, talking them all off —<wrap hi> talking them down off a ledge a lot of times</wrap>.
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 ===== Which Script? ===== ===== Which Script? =====
  
-Peters' post created the impression Hunt was continuing to work, "buffing" a 30-minute script for the //Axanar// short films. Peters had announced  that did not yet exist. Peters had announced completion of a first draft of that script on June 26.+Peters' July 29 post created the impression Hunt was continuing to work, "buffing" a 30-minute script for the //Axanar// short films. Peters had announced completion of a first draft of that script on June 26. According to Hunt, however, that wasn't the script he was working on before his departure.
  
 ==== Reason for Resignation ==== ==== Reason for Resignation ====
  
-However, according to Hunt, his work was confined to revising the original //Axanar// feature script. His resignation statement discussed no involvement in the 30-minute script, only in preparing the original feature-length screenplay as one of Axanar's promised — and yet undelivered — [[perks]].+Hunt said his work was confined to revising the original //Axanar// feature script. His resignation statement discussed no involvement in the 30-minute script, only in preparing the original feature-length screenplay as one of Axanar's promised — and still undelivered — [[perks]].
  
 > The result was a finished [feature] script I’m very proud of and that we all hoped to bring to the screen for the donors and fans. However, when it became clear that this would not happen, and that the project was moving in a different direction, I ultimately decided that there was little more for me to contribute.(([[face>billhuntbits/posts/10156600756294573|Bill Hunt post on Facebook]], 11/3/17.)) > The result was a finished [feature] script I’m very proud of and that we all hoped to bring to the screen for the donors and fans. However, when it became clear that this would not happen, and that the project was moving in a different direction, I ultimately decided that there was little more for me to contribute.(([[face>billhuntbits/posts/10156600756294573|Bill Hunt post on Facebook]], 11/3/17.))
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 ==== No Word ==== ==== No Word ====
  
-Meanwhile, that was news Peters did not see fit to share.. He chose instead to create the impression Hunt was still on board. As late as October, +Meanwhile, that was news Peters did not see fit to share for months. He chose instead to create the impression Hunt was still on board. 
 + 
 +=== 'Not Important' ===
  
 When asked on Facebook why he kept Hunt's resignation quiet, he dismissed the notion, saying it simply wasn't important: When asked on Facebook why he kept Hunt's resignation quiet, he dismissed the notion, saying it simply wasn't important:
  
 > People come and go on a production all the time, especially writers. Bill did a great job and moved on. Writers don't stay on through the end of a production. They do their job and get another job. We stayed in touch with Bill and he remains my friend.(([[face>Axanarfilm/posts/1458743747573477?comment_id=1458993207548531&reply_comment_id=1459056437542208&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D|Comment by Alec Peters on Axanar Facebook page]], 11/3/17.)) > People come and go on a production all the time, especially writers. Bill did a great job and moved on. Writers don't stay on through the end of a production. They do their job and get another job. We stayed in touch with Bill and he remains my friend.(([[face>Axanarfilm/posts/1458743747573477?comment_id=1458993207548531&reply_comment_id=1459056437542208&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D|Comment by Alec Peters on Axanar Facebook page]], 11/3/17.))
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 +=== Minimizing Hunt's Resignation ===
 + 
 +Hunt, however, chafed under Peters' attempt to minimize the resignation:
 +
 +> I would take a bit of issue on the matter of importance. On a traditional professional production, writers "come and go" as part of a work for hire situation. That was not the case here, which means I retain a portion of ownership of the drafts I produced.(([[face>Axanarfilm/posts/1458743747573477?comment_id=1458993207548531&reply_comment_id=1459884657459386&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D|Bill Hunt comment on post in Axanar Facebook group,]] 11/4/17.))
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 +=== 'Looks Really Bad' ===
  
 But the optics of Peters' omission were challenged by an Axanar fan: But the optics of Peters' omission were challenged by an Axanar fan:
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-Discuss this article in [[face>groups/axamonitor/|AxaMonitor's Facebook group]].+Discuss this article in [[face>groups/axamonitor/permalink/294859967695524/|AxaMonitor's Facebook group]].
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