Guys, I am really sorry for giving this topic so much attention, but it is quickly turning into a possible “detractorgate” story, and I feel it’s important to share what just happened.
As I covered on Saturday in this editorial blog, AXANAR detractor MICHAEL ILASI created a series of “mockery” videos of ALEC PETERS and Axanar using previously unreleased blooper footage from Prelude to Axanar without the consent of Alec or any of the cast members who appeared in the 2014 fan film. This sparked quite a tempest both here and over on the Fan Film Forum Facebook group (and probably elsewhere).
When I woke up this morning, the following e-mail was waiting for me. It had been sent anonymously via the “Contact Us” form here on Fan Film Factor at 3:43am. Here’s a screen cap of the message…

I have no way to verify that this was, in fact, from a detractor and not just someone pretending to be a detractor. However, I did have an interesting IM exchange with Michael Ilasi via Facebook…
It’s not necessarily a smoking gun, but the gun barrel still feels a little warm. The fact that Michael messaged me mere minutes after Alec contacted YouTube to ask that the videos be taken down leads me to believe that yes, this was all planned out as an elaborate (is that the right adjective?) “trap” for Alec. And of course, Michael later says, “There are more people involved in this…” implying, if I may use a word that I loathe, a conspiracy.
Needless to say, I contacted Alec himself (as Michael requested), but I also included a forward of the anonymous message I’d just received and asked for any response on the record. Here’s what Alec wrote back…
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