Carlos Pedraza is a journalist, writer and independent film maker uses his investigative skills coupled with his love of Star Trek to bring us the story of Axanar. Axanar is the brain child of a man named Alec Peters. According to Carlos's website axamonitor.com:
'Peters is a serial entrepreneur and winner of Ernst & Young’s 2004 Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and is a former collegiate volleyball coach. In 2013, Peters portrayed Garth of Izar in the fan series Star Trek: New Voyages and was to reprise the role in the planned feature-length Axanar, which he co-wrote and was set to produce, though he decided to re-cast the role with a younger, to-be-named actor. Peters wrote the original story for Axanar 25 years ago and decided to produce it as a feature film after his experience with Star Trek: New Voyages."
Unfortunately for Peters, the success of his crowdfunding campaign and the growing visibility of his production brought obvious scrutiny from Paramount/CBS officials who filed suit. This set the stage for an ongoing legal battle between both parties.
Fan films alone are an interesting topic. Carlos calls his time working on various Star Trek fan films projects as his "film school." Actors, writers, directors spend hours of their time and money creating mini-storylines or off-shoots of their favorite series and characters. Most of the time, the big studios look the other way as there is no competition and no financial reward for the projects. What happens when these films get too big? Listen to find out!
WWI #34 True Crime, “The Jinx” and “Making a Murderer” with author & former Secret Service Agent John Taylor.
WWI #33: Author, Martial Artist, Snow Border and Psychonaut Matt Belair joins me to discuss some of his less than ordinary adventures.
WWI #32: Bonus Show: I experimented with some video so I had random question night to gin up some soundbite! Here's the schizophrenic results!!
WWI #31: Riley Anderson @Nature_Freq takes us through his Ayahuasca Journey and how it changed his life.
WWI #30: The Apocalypse Show! Where, when and how wil it happen???
WWI #29 Bonus LIVE (unedited) show! Mike goes to the Dominican Republic & shares his experiences... plus more
#28 Mark Garrison, Author of Guts N' Gunships: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam
WWI #27 Designer Babies, Zika Virus; Frozen heads and much much more : )
WWI #26 Tonight's guest is amateur ethnobotanist Joe Hollis of Mountain Gardens Herbs
WWI #25: *LIVE* Savanna & Moses join me to talk about the future. Self driving cars, home made drugs, 3D printing, VR and much more!
WWI #24 Happy New Year! Let's talk about TIME; what it means; is it real or a man made construct; why it rules over everything.
WWI #23 The way of the gun. What is the truth about gun violence? Is it a gun problem, a crime problem, a nutty people problem?
WWI #22 Mike and Kevin head over to the Rhine Research Center to have their psychic abilities tested.
WWI #21 Savanna Steele returns to discuss: Elon Musk's Hyperloop; Jet Packs; Designer DNA; Pig to Human organ transplants...
WWI #20 HALLOWEEN EDITION! Can Cara and Bobbi convince Kevin that ghosts are real or will he be a stick in the mud???
WWI #19; Psychic/Medium Cherie Lassiter comes in to discuss her life as a psychic and to perform some readings in studio.
WWI #18 Tonight we talk to futurist Dr. Savanna Steele to discuss some of the possibilities that the next few decades will have in store for us.
WWI #17; Kris Millington, President of Maxim Enterprise, Inc, makers of classic toys shares his barstool philosophy on life, death and a little bit in between.
WWI #16 Free Will; Philosopher Paul Adams joins us to discuss the concept of Free Will. Are we really free to make decisions in our lives or are we predestined?
WWI #15; A Conversation with True Crime Author John W. Taylor: Murders and the Psychopaths/Sociopaths who Commit Them
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