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- | [[harsh criticism|{{:: | + | [[tardigrades_steam|{{:steam_greenlight.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**SKIN IN THE GAME** A reader wonders about the motivation behind **AxaMonitor**. Editor Carlos Pedraza answers | + | <fs smaller>**FIRST HURDLE** Before |
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- | [[temporal anomaly|{{:temporal_anomaly.jpg? | + | [[axanar_debate_1|{{:axanar_debate_teaser.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**CBS RELENTS**, allowing fan production //Temporal Anomaly// to be released | + | <fs smaller>**BATTLE OF THE BLOGGERS** Trekzone’s Matt Miller and Fan Film Factor’s Jonathan Lane square off in the first of three hour-long podcasts. We sum up and analyze their first debate on the impact and history of Axanar. {{: |
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- | [[axanar atlanta expo|{{:state_o_axanar.jpg? | + | [[axanar_debate_2|{{:debate_part_2.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**THE STATE OF AXANAR** At a recent con, OWC Studios head Alec Peters stated //Prelude to Axanar// proved | + | <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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- | [[luh studios|{{:industry-studios.jpg? | + | [[breakdown_dismissal_letter|{{:copied_elements.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**A GRIM CODA** to the story of Axanar' | + | <fs smaller>**FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS** in the Tardigrades copyright case against //Star Trek: Discovery// warrant dismissal, argues |
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- | [[prelude awards|{{:awards_only_have_meaning_and_merit_if_they_are_hard_to_get.jpg? | + | [[tardigrade_october|{{:tardigrades_lawsuit_10_31_18.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**AWARDS FACTORIES** OWC Studios head Alec Peters lambasted other filmmakers for touting their movies' | + | <fs smaller>**DESTROYING DISCOVERY**: The latest |
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- | [[i09_wrong|{{:io9_anniversary.jpg? | + | [[axacon_records|{{:finances-binders.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**io9 GOT IT WRONG** The pop culture website' | + | <fs smaller>**OPEN RECORDS CLOSED TO CRITICS** Responding to continued calls for accountability, |
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- | [[2017_top_10|{{:top_10_2017_graphic.jpg? | + | [[hero_prop_suit|{{:enterprise-e.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**BIGGEST STORIES** What are AxaMonitor' | + | <fs smaller>**ANOTHER LAWSUIT** OWC Studios head and Axanar |
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- | [[december donor update|{{:donor_update.jpg?720&nolink|}}]] \\ | + | [[stage_9|{{:stage_9.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**ROSY PICTURE** OWC Studios head Alec Peters sent donors an update describing healthy progress toward making the Axanar short films allowed under the CBS-Paramount lawsuit settlement, gliding over the production’s personnel | + | <wrap lo>**FANS SHUT DOWN** Why did CBS issue a cease-and-desist letter to Stage 9, a fan-produced re-creation |
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- | [[hunt_resigns|{{:peters_hunt.jpg? | + | [[axacon schedule|{{:axacon-logo-720px.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**PATTERN OF DECEIT?** Bill Hunt (right), co-writer | + | <wrap lo>**TICKETS SLASHED** Faced with Axanar fans' ticket price complaints, sluggish sales and thousands |
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- | [[burnett_resigns|{{:burnett-wondercon.jpg? | + | [[tardigrade_lawsuit|{{:: |
- | <wrap lo>< | + | <wrap lo>**ROCKY START** CBS has been sued by an indie videogame developer who alleges //Star Trek: Discovery// " |
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+ | <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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- | <wrap lo>**REVERSAL OF FORTUNE** A federal judge refused | + | <wrap lo>< |
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- | [[prelude_redux_2|{{: | + | [[shrouded_destiny|{{shrouded destiny.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 | + | <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 the Fan Film label in their crowdfunding appeals. Has the Axanar lawsuit affected donors' |
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- | [[soundtrack_pulled|{{:author-author.jpg? | + | [[federal_coffeehouse|{{:axanar_coffee_tour.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**MERCHANDISE PULLED** Axanar merchandise, | + | <wrap lo>**FAMILIAR AXA-NAMES** are among the corporate officers |
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- | [[defamation_backfire|{{:harassment-claim.jpg? | + | [[shenzhou_kickstarter|{{:shenzhou_kickstarter.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**HUNDREDS ABANDON** Facebook | + | <wrap lo>**ASKING FOR TROUBLE?** Kickstarter campaign launches for a nearly 200-page, |
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- | [[trekcetera museum|{{:trekcetera.jpg? | + | [[facebook_group|{{:: |
- | <wrap lo>**AXANAR-BACKED FUNDRAISER RAISES QUESTIONS** A last-ditch campaign backed by Axanar | + | <wrap lo>**LACK OF SUPPORT** Just as in Axanar’s |
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- | <wrap lo>**ACTOR' | + | <wrap lo>**AXACON LIVES** Axanar plans to piggyback its fan convention atop the non-Trek related SphinxCon in Atlanta in November 2018, scrambling to get its unfinished bridge set ready in time. {{: |
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- | [[nonprofit_abandoned|{{:tony-christian-prelude-bts.jpg? | + | [[harsh criticism|{{::skin_game-1.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**NONPROFIT NO MORE** Axanar abandons its effort to become a charitable organization, and its spokesman admits it could "take years" before supporters ever see the promised two, 15-minute | + | <wrap lo>**SKIN IN THE GAME** A reader wonders about the motivation behind **AxaMonitor**. Editor Carlos Pedraza answers the criticism, providing an overview of Axanar' |
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- | <wrap lo>**SECRET DOCUMENTS** Former chief technologist launches his controversial website, promising documents from Axanar' | + | <wrap lo>**THIRTY DAYS OUT** //Axanar// was famously purported only a month out from production before the CBS/ |
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- | [[fanfilm_academy|{{:stlv-cawley-img_2246.jpg? | + | [[temporal anomaly|{{:temporal_anomaly.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**FAN FILM ACADEMY** CBS grants New Voyages' | + | <wrap lo>**CBS RELENTS**, allowing fan production //Temporal Anomaly// to be released in three parts later this year. The movie' |
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- | [[prelude_actors_bloopers|{{:vulcan-scene-1.jpg? | + | [[axanar atlanta expo|{{:state_o_axanar.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**CAST A PALL** ' | + | <wrap lo>**THE STATE OF AXANAR** At a recent con, OWC Studios head Alec Peters |
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- | [[blooper threat|{{:prelude_bloopers.jpg? | + | [[the wrap|{{:wrap-headline.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**BLOOPERS LEGAL THREATS** Axanar producer Alec Peters | + | <wrap lo>**LAWSUIT FOREWARNING** Though |
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- | [[axanar_sporking|{{:kate_stark_logo.jpg? | + | [[prelude awards|{{:awards_only_have_meaning_and_merit_if_they_are_hard_to_get.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**DAILY CRITIQUE** In this exclusive | + | <wrap lo>**AWARDS FACTORIES** OWC Studios head Alec Peters lambasted other filmmakers for touting their movies' |
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- | [[script release|{{:axanar-script-leak.jpg?direct|}}]] \\ | + | [[i09_wrong|{{:io9_anniversary.jpg?nolink}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**AXANAR SCRIPT LEAKED** After producer Alec Peters attacked him on Facebook, Axanar' | + | <wrap lo>**io9 GOT IT WRONG** The pop culture website' |
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- | [[https:// | + | [[2017_top_10|{{:top_10_2017_graphic.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**WIN SOME, LOSE SOME** Axanar | + | <wrap lo>**BIGGEST STORIES** What are AxaMonitor' |
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- | [[new_studio|{{:lawrencevill_warehouse.jpg? | + | [[december donor update|{{:donor_update.jpg?720&nolink|}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo><wrap em> | + | <wrap lo>**ROSY PICTURE** OWC Studios head Alec Peters sent donors an update describing healthy progress toward making |
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- | [[atlanta_move|{{:hi-atl.jpg? | + | [[hunt_resigns|{{:peters_hunt.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**PULLING UP STAKES** Axanar | + | <wrap lo>**PATTERN OF DECEIT?** Bill Hunt (right), co-writer of the never-to-be-produced //Axanar// feature went public with his resignation in November right after its director did, but he actually left the project in July — news Alec Peters |
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- | [[moving_survey|{{:uhaul-shuttle.jpg? | + | [[burnett_resigns|{{:burnett-wondercon.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**UNDISCLOSED POLL** results are used by Axanar | + | <wrap lo><wrap em>TWO DOWN</ |
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- | [[starbase_sets|{{:starbase-transporter.jpg? | + | [[prelude_redux_2|{{:no_enterprise.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**INDIEGONEGONE? | + | <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, |
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- | [[studio_move|{{:moving_out_at_warp_speed.jpg? | + | [[soundtrack_pulled|{{:author-author.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**VACATING THE PREMISES** Peters strikes a deal with his landlord, who's forgiving | + | <wrap lo>**MERCHANDISE PULLED** Axanar merchandise, including |
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- | [[indiegogo_halt|{{:industry_studios_the_first_fan-funded_movie_studio_indiegogo.jpg? | + | [[defamation_backfire|{{:harassment-claim.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**SOUND AND FURY** Axanar' | + | <wrap lo>**HUNDREDS ABANDON** Facebook fan groups controlled by OWC Studios |
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- | <wrap lo>**A WEE COMIC** For the duration of Axanar' | + | [[todd_dragoncon|{{:todd-dragoncon.jpg? |
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- | <wrap lo>**EXPLORING AXANAR** AxaMonitor presents its analysis of Axanar's recent donor memo, financial report | + | [[nonprofit_abandoned|{{:tony-christian-prelude-bts.jpg? |
+ | <wrap lo>**NONPROFIT NO MORE** Axanar | ||
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- | [[studio-financials|{{:industry_studios-sound.jpg? | + | [[fanfilm_academy|{{:stlv-cawley-img_2246.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 | + | <wrap lo>**FAN FILM ACADEMY** CBS grants New Voyages' |
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- | [[statement-information|{{:axanar_s_board_720px.jpg? | + | [[prelude_actors_bloopers|{{:vulcan-scene-1.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**CORPORATE SECRETS** AxaMonitor has obtained documents revealing Axanar’s corporate structure, exposing its surrogates’ false statements and facts previously obfuscated by its spokesman. {{: | + | <wrap lo>**CAST A PALL** ' |
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- | [[financial_concerns|{{:accounting-for-axanar.jpg? | + | [[axanar_sporking|{{:kate_stark_logo.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**ACCOUNTING FOR AXANAR** On the eve of the release of Axanar' | + | <wrap lo>**DAILY CRITIQUE** In this exclusive **AxaMonitor** interview, meet pseudonymous blogger Kate Stark, who' |
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- | <wrap lo>**WILL THE TAKEDOWN HOLD UP?** In the wake of its own copyright infringement troubles, Axanar | + | <wrap lo>**AXANAR SCRIPT LEAKED** After producer Alec Peters attacked him on Facebook, Axanar's former chief technologist retaliated by posting a copy of the script that led to the copyright lawsuit. Then the Internet reacted. {{: |
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- | <wrap lo>**PETERS ASSERTS COPYRIGHT AGAINST FAN EDIT** In an ironic turn, Alec Peters | + | <wrap lo><wrap em> |
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- | [[fan_edit_interview|{{:kharn-redux.jpg? | + | [[atlanta_move|{{:hi-atl.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**MEET THE EDITOR** who recut //Prelude to Axanar//, shaving off four minutes and eliminating controversial producer | + | <wrap lo>**PULLING UP STAKES** Axanar |
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- | <wrap lo>**FROM THERE TO HERE** TrekZone’s Matthew Miller | + | <wrap lo>**UNSOUND STAGE** A close look at the long-delayed |
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- | [[plea_removed|{{:join-mission.jpg? | + | [[statement-information|{{:axanar_s_board_720px.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**PUBLIC DONATIONS APPEAL REMOVED** Axanar | + | <wrap lo>**CORPORATE SECRETS** AxaMonitor has obtained documents revealing |
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- | <wrap lo>**PUBLIC APPEAL | + | <wrap lo>**ACCOUNTING |
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- | [[settlement_aftermath|{{:burnett-wondercon.jpg? | + | [[takedown_analysis|{{:copyright-clash.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**SETTLEMENT AFTERMATH** Many loose threads remain in the aftermath | + | <wrap lo>**WILL THE TAKEDOWN HOLD UP?** In the wake of its own copyright infringement troubles, Axanar ironically claims copyright protection against |
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- | <wrap lo>**AXANAR SETTLES** After an eleventh-hour flurry | + | <wrap lo>**SETTLEMENT AFTERMATH** Many loose threads remain in the aftermath |
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