EDITORIAL: Why I Left The Daily Axanar Fight Behind
It feels like a long time coming, but today it finally happened. I put myself out there in the Axamonitor Facebook group and was summarily shut down for holding a
Thu, 11 Oct 2018
Editorial
EDITORIAL: For $91 You Can Join A Party At Alec’s Place…
Axamonitor has today revealed the itinerary of the “convention within a convention” cleverly titled “Axacon” – and what a con it seems to be. You’ll have to fork out at
Sun, 23 Sep 2018
EDITORIAL: One Week On And Still No Lawsuit…
A week ago, I posted about a Kuwati-based game developer who had filed a lawsuit against CBS Broadcasting. Now, informed by legal advice and opinions of others interested in this
Thu, 30 Aug 2018
CBS “Promised” To “Stop Using Tardigrades”
A YouTuber has weighed into the Tardigrades dispute with a video posted yesterday on their channel. Ketwolski is an advocate of Abdin, fully supporting the Kuwaiti based game developer. The
Sat, 25 Aug 2018
EDITORIAL: “Tardigrades” Lawsuit Has Little Hope
The lawsuit filed this morning has little hope of making it to the jury trial nor being granted the injunction sought, in this blogger’s opinion. And I’ll tell you why
Thu, 23 Aug 2018
CBS & Netflix Sued For Discovery Storyline & Characters
A lawsuit has just been filed in the US District Court against CBS and Netflix for perceived similarities between the storyline and characters in the latest Star Trek series and
Thu, 23 Aug 2018
EDITORIAL: YouTube Shifts The Goal Posts
In this brief episode of The Trekzone Spotlight, I discuss the impact of YouTube’s decision to change the goal posts for entry into their partner program, the way of monetising
Sun, 21 Jan 2018
EDITORIAL: YouTube Threatens To Pull Trekzone ‘Partner Program’ Status
** UPDATE ONE 11:24 19/1: Adjusted figures are in, 159 subscribers and 769 Watch Hours to go I realised that the ‘last 12 months’ timeframe would mean 365 days before
Fri, 19 Jan 2018
EDITORAL: The Thirst For Knowledge – Details Are Few And Far Between, So Are We Making Up Information?
It’s a time of trepidation for die hard Star Trek fans as we eagerly scour the internet for new tidbits about the upcoming series Discovery, so much so that any
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
From There To Here – A Trekzone Spotlight Special Presentation
In a special three part edition of The Trekzone Spotlight, Axamonitor’s Carlos Pedraza and I will dissect the ‘golden age’ of Star Trek fan films. From the humble beginnings of
Mon, 6 Feb 2017
EDITORIAL: Different Reporting Styles Lead To Conflict
Yesterday morning (Australian time), I interviewed Jonathan Lane – the blogger behind Fan Film Factor and organiser of Project Small Access and later that day I posted a promo teaser
Fri, 2 Sep 2016
EDITORIAL: The Week That Shaped My Life – The Fragility of Life and the Continuation of Existence
Almost a week and a half ago my father passed away after a long battle with bowel cancer and earlier this week we paid tribute to the man who taught
Fri, 5 Aug 2016
EDITORIAL: The Golden Era of Fan Films Is Over – CBS’ Guidelines Will Force Creative ‘Short Story’ Approach
Early Friday, Australian time, CBS released the fan film guidelines that Axanar had been demanding for over two years – and not surprisingly they’re not happy with them, but neither
Sat, 25 Jun 2016
The Legal Dispute Dividing The Fans – And The Infinite Interpretations of One Lawsuit
It was December 29 2015, four days after Christmas… people around the world were slowly recovering from their eating binges and merry times with families and for us Commonwealth subjects
Mon, 21 Mar 2016
Does The Final Frontier Have New Life In Cannon?
Star Trek was an idea from the mind of Gene Roddenberry, a man who flew B-17 bombers in the Guadalcanal during the second world war, before discovering television after a
Tue, 2 Jun 2015
The Fine Line of Fan Production
Over twelve years ago I signed up for my first hosted domain with GeoCities – then a thriving community of websites hosted for free by one company, created by David
Sun, 15 Mar 2015
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