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- | [[harsh criticism|{{:: | + | [[axacon_alpha_waves|{{:alpha_waves_radio.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**SKIN IN THE GAME** A reader wonders about the motivation behind | + | <fs smaller>**AXACON ADVENTURES** In a November 11, 2018, interview on Alpha Waves Radio, |
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- | <wrap lo>**THIRTY DAYS OUT** //Axanar// was famously purported only a month out from production before | + | <fs smaller>**BETA TESTING** has begun, finally giving |
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- | [[temporal anomaly|{{:temporal_anomaly.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ | + | <fs smaller>**POKEY PATREON** In the face of his lagging Patreon, Axanar producer Alec Peters concedes giving up his current warehouse "is the right move," and is preparing for a move to a much smaller facility nearby |
- | <wrap lo>**CBS RELENTS**, allowing fan production //Temporal Anomaly// | + | |
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- | <wrap lo>**THE STATE OF AXANAR** At a recent con, OWC Studios head Alec Peters | + | <fs smaller>**DOUBLE DUTY** Axanar' |
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- | [[luh studios|{{:industry-studios.jpg? | + | [[sound_fury|{{:sound_and_fury.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**A GRIM CODA** to the story of Axanar' | + | <fs smaller>**SOUND AND FURY** Bile, bluster and vulgarity on display on //Axanar: Confidential// |
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- | <wrap lo>**AWARDS FACTORIES** OWC Studios head Alec Peters | + | <fs smaller>**DENOUNCING DETRACTORS PAYS OFF** Axanar producer |
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- | [[i09_wrong|{{:io9_anniversary.jpg? | + | [[bawden_resigns|{{:bawden_resigns.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**io9 GOT IT WRONG** The pop culture website' | + | <fs smaller>**ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST** Axanar Public Relations Director Mike Bawden resigned weeks ago amid litigation threatened by producer Alec Peters against the film' |
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- | [[2017_top_10|{{:top_10_2017_graphic.jpg? | + | [[production_update_3|{{:axacon_bridge.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**BIGGEST STORIES** What are AxaMonitor' | + | <fs smaller>**PATIENCE FOR PATCHES** In his latest Axanar Production Update, producer Alec Peters reveals there' |
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- | [[december donor update|{{:donor_update.jpg?720&nolink|}}]] \\ | + | [[temporal_anomaly|{{:temporal_anomaly_splash.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 | + | <fs smaller>**CBS RELAXES GUIDELINES** After months of reworking following a brush with CBS over violating its fan film guidelines, British fan film //Temporal Anomaly// finally debuts, attracting notice for its 51-minute running time thanks to dispensation by Star Trek’s owner. {{: |
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- | [[hunt_resigns|{{:peters_hunt.jpg? | + | [[patreon progress|{{:: |
- | <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 | + | <fs smaller>**GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS** Jonathan Lane tries to buck up sullen |
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- | <wrap lo>**REVERSAL OF FORTUNE** A federal judge refused | + | <fs smaller>**DOESN' |
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- | [[prelude_redux_2|{{:no_enterprise.jpg? | + | [[reel_trek|{{:reel_trek_patreon.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, | + | <fs smaller>**PLANNING FOR THE WORST?** Just when did OWC pull out of supporting |
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- | [[soundtrack_pulled|{{:author-author.jpg? | + | <fs smaller>[[ares_patreon|{{:ares_bridge_patreon-2.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**MERCHANDISE PULLED** Axanar merchandise, including the Prelude to Axanar | + | **PATREON PLEA** Having lost his corporate sponsorship from Other World Computing, Axanar |
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- | [[defamation_backfire|{{:harassment-claim.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ | + | [[tardigrades_third_complaint|{{:tardigrades_discovery_art.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**HUNDREDS ABANDON** Facebook fan groups controlled by OWC Studios head Alec Peters after he posts unsupported and possibly defamatory allegations of stalking and sexual harassment by an Axanar critic. The accusations came a day after **AxaMonitor**' | + | <fs smaller>**CONTRADICTION** After a Star Trek writer was named as a potential link between the Tardigrades videogame on the Steam platform in 2015 and // |
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- | [[trekcetera museum|{{:trekcetera.jpg? | + | [[tardigrades_steam|{{:steam_greenlight.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**AXANAR-BACKED FUNDRAISER RAISES QUESTIONS** A last-ditch campaign backed | + | <fs smaller>**FIRST HURDLE** Before the case can move forward, the federal judge in the copyright infringement case by Tardigrades developer Anas Abdin challenged his lawyers |
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- | [[nonprofit_abandoned|{{:tony-christian-prelude-bts.jpg? | + | [[axanar_debate_1|{{:axanar_debate_teaser.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**NONPROFIT NO MORE** Axanar abandons its effort to become a charitable organization, | + | <fs smaller>**BATTLE OF THE BLOGGERS** Trekzone’s Matt Miller |
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- | [[tinfoil_fedora|{{:tinfedora.jpg? | + | [[axanar_debate_2|{{:debate_part_2.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**SECRET DOCUMENTS** Former chief technologist launches his controversial website, promising documents from Axanar's internal hard drives, revealing information about the ill-fated project' | + | <fs smaller>**SECOND DEBATE** focuses on AxaMonitor as the cause for Star Trek fans' |
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- | [[fanfilm_academy|{{:stlv-cawley-img_2246.jpg? | + | [[breakdown_dismissal_letter|{{:copied_elements.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**FAN FILM ACADEMY** CBS grants New Voyages' | + | <fs smaller>**FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS** in the Tardigrades copyright case against //Star Trek: Discovery// warrant dismissal, argues a CBS/Netflix attorney. {{: |
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- | [[prelude_actors_bloopers|{{:vulcan-scene-1.jpg? | + | [[tardigrade_october|{{:tardigrades_lawsuit_10_31_18.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**CAST A PALL** ' | + | <fs smaller>**DESTROYING DISCOVERY**: The latest |
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- | [[blooper threat|{{:prelude_bloopers.jpg? | + | [[axacon_records|{{:finances-binders.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**BLOOPERS LEGAL THREATS** Axanar producer | + | <fs smaller>**OPEN RECORDS CLOSED TO CRITICS** Responding to continued calls for accountability, |
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- | [[axanar_sporking|{{:kate_stark_logo.jpg? | + | [[hero_prop_suit|{{:enterprise-e.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**DAILY CRITIQUE** In this exclusive **AxaMonitor** interview, meet pseudonymous blogger Kate Stark, who's behind | + | <fs smaller>**ANOTHER LAWSUIT** OWC Studios head and Axanar producer Alec Peters is being sued for defamation by a Las Vegas prop dealer after he threatened legal action over the disputed sale of the Enterprise-E model. The suit seeks at least $15,000 in damages after Peters allegedly threatened the company for a commission he says he's owed. {{: |
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- | [[script release|{{:axanar-script-leak.jpg?direct|}}]] \\ | + | [[stage_9|{{:stage_9.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**AXANAR SCRIPT LEAKED** After producer Alec Peters attacked him on Facebook, Axanar' | + | <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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- | <wrap lo>**WIN SOME, LOSE SOME** Axanar | + | <wrap lo>**TICKETS SLASHED** Faced with Axanar |
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- | <wrap lo><wrap em> | + | <wrap lo>**ROCKY START** CBS has been sued by an indie videogame developer who alleges //Star Trek: Discovery// " |
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- | <wrap lo>**PULLING UP STAKES** Axanar CEO Alec Peters | + | <wrap lo>**RED CARPET PREMIERE?** AxaMonitor fact-checks |
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- | [[studio_move|{{:moving_out_at_warp_speed.jpg? | + | [[seuss gofundme|{{:gofundme_chart_seuss.numbers.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**VACATING THE PREMISES** Peters strikes a deal with his landlord, who's forgiving | + | <wrap lo>< |
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- | [[indiegogo_halt|{{: | + | [[shrouded_destiny|{{shrouded destiny.jpg}}]] \\ |
- | <wrap lo>**SOUND AND FURY** Axanar's crowdfunding initiative | + | <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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- | <wrap lo>**A WEE COMIC** For the duration of Axanar' | ||
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- | <wrap lo>**UNSOUND STAGE** A close look at the long-delayed | + | <wrap lo>**FAMILIAR AXA-NAMES** are among the corporate officers |
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- | [[statement-information|{{:axanar_s_board_720px.jpg? | + | [[shenzhou_kickstarter|{{:shenzhou_kickstarter.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>**ASKING FOR TROUBLE?** Kickstarter campaign launches for a nearly 200-page, fan-published ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ book. In the wake of the Axanar lawsuit, fans wonder if CBS will clamp down on this publishing project. {{: |
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- | [[financial_concerns|{{:accounting-for-axanar.jpg? | + | [[facebook_group|{{::axamonitor-webcomic-cropped.jpg? |
- | <wrap lo>**ACCOUNTING FOR AXANAR** On the eve of the release of Axanar's long-delayed so-called financial review, insider accounts shine a spotlight on a growing number | + | <wrap lo>**LACK OF SUPPORT** Just as in Axanar’s failed 2017 Indiegogo campaign to save its beleaguered studio, a poll of its staunchest fans reveals little desire for a monthly subscription to pay for Axanar Lite’s production. {{: |
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- | <wrap lo>**WILL THE TAKEDOWN HOLD UP?** In the wake of its own copyright infringement troubles, Axanar ironically claims copyright protection against the fan edit of // | + | <wrap lo>**AXACON LIVES** Axanar plans to piggyback its fan convention atop the non-Trek related SphinxCon in Atlanta in November 2018, scrambling |
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- | <wrap lo>**PETERS ASSERTS COPYRIGHT AGAINST FAN EDIT** In an ironic turn, Alec Peters | + | <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>**MEET THE EDITOR** who recut //Prelude to Axanar//, shaving off four minutes and eliminating controversial producer | + | <wrap lo>**THIRTY DAYS OUT** // |
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- | <wrap lo>**FROM THERE TO HERE** TrekZone’s Matthew Miller and AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza team up in a three-part podcast to examine the past, present and future of fan films in the wake of the settlement of Axanar' | + | <wrap lo>**CBS RELENTS**, allowing |
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- | <wrap lo>**PUBLIC DONATIONS APPEAL REMOVED** Axanar | + | <wrap lo>**THE STATE OF AXANAR** At a recent con, OWC Studios head Alec Peters stated //Prelude to Axanar// proved the Hollywood model is broken. Our story fact-checks that and other claims, along with production news for Axanar Lite. {{: |
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- | <wrap lo>**PUBLIC APPEAL FOR PRIVATE DONATIONS** Is Axanar' | + | <wrap lo>**LAWSUIT FOREWARNING** Though |
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- | <wrap lo>**SETTLEMENT AFTERMATH** Many loose threads remain in the aftermath of the settlement of Axanar' | + | <wrap lo>**AWARDS FACTORIES** OWC Studios head Alec Peters lambasted other filmmakers for touting their movies' |
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