I'll be brief.
Star Trek Axanar is a fan made and funded Star Trek movie, starring Richard Hatch. (Battlestar Galactica) Paramount and CBS are suing the project for copyright infringement, which happens to coincide with the release of a new Trek series, and the upcoming movie, Star Trek: Beyond.
Those are the facts.
Now, this is what I have to say to CBS and Paramount:
You people killed off Enterprise when it was getting really good. The Next Generation movies were mostly crap, and the 3 new movies (Star Trek, Into Darkness and Beyond) are garbage in the purest sense of the term.
Star Trek has been dead for a very long time, and the fans aren't impressed with what JJ Abrams has done unless its Star Wars. Why in the hell would you sue people who are trying to make a good product? Are you worried that a fan created movie would make you idiots look bad? You're doing a good enough job of that on your own. Are you worried about competition? You know that Trek fans buy everything that comes out, so what's the problem? Do you think that they would see Axanar and skip Beyond? They should because the previews for Beyond make it look REALLY bad, but they won't. Many people have seen every single Trek film in the theater and are going to continue the tradition, just like Star Wars. So, since I've alleviated your concerns, the only one that remains is that you're worried about DVD and Blu Ray sales, and downloads. Here's a suggestion: Stop making garbage Star Trek!
I don't buy the copyright infringement angle. Are you going to sue everyone who has done a Fan Fic? What about the people who recreated The Original Series with different actors? Why is their project any different than Axanar?
You don't need this negative press. Suing fans? That's a dick move. It was the FANS that kept Trek alive for 50 years, not you people. And you never listened to them. Instead of suing them, how about you hire them and throw the unlimited budgets that you have into Axanar and make it an incredible film?
You people are amazing. Rather than making something good, you'd rather crush something good. Its pathetic. Drop the lawsuit and either back the people making the movie or leave them alone. The fans are sick of the crap you've been dishing out.
I'm just one small time blogger, but I think I am speaking for an overwhelming majority of Star Trek fans. I hope you do the right thing. And I hope someone in your organizations reads this.
Oh, and I wrote a fan fic years ago. Just an admission of guilt for your inevitable class action lawsuit against all Trek fans. And, in honor of Lemmy Killmister of Motorhead (RIP) Here's a pic of him flicking you guys off.
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| This is for you, CBS and Paramount! |
#IStandWithAxanar #Axanar
Oh boohoo. You dont like the new incarnation of star trek. Grow up susan. Lots of us still love star trek. Jist because you dont like it, you cry and whine like a little girl. Stop making garbage star trek? Stop making garbage blogs like this.
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Sorry my opinion offends you. If you wanted to have a discussion about it, we could, but since you responded by tryng to belittle me, you're not worth my time. Please refer to the pic I posted of Lemmy for my response. Cheers!
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you on most of it. It's really strange that they gave a walk on role to an indie Kirk in that horrible reboot but decided to sue Axanar. I guess it's timing.
ReplyDeleteI've heard a lot of fans state that the only real Trek out now is the indie stuff. Maybe that is what they're scared of.
Another thing is that it has Richard Hatch. The BSG reboot is one of the best sci fi series of all time. I'm a Trekkie, but I liked the BSG reboot better than any Trek series. Sacrilege, I know, but that series was incredible.
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