[TokuChris]

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Originally Posted by Detective Stanton

My apologies for my anger. a LOT has been said about this project over the last 2 years, and as a professional, I chose to keep my mouth shut. Critiques are a big part of what we do, and we learn to ignore the negative. As you can see from my previous posts on this thread, I'm all for keeping it civil and reaching out to the fandom. That being said, this particular situation was not a critique of the work so much as a direct and utterly false attack on someone who I consider a friend and who is one of the most honest and forthright people I know. It was malicious, it was false, and anyone with even an inkling of common sense would be able to put 2 and 2 together on the accusation and its source. It was made personal. And THAT I will not tolerate. I appreciate the effort that you've put into this site. I really do. But you need to take a long and serious look at the things you allow to be posted, as well as the intentions of those posting them. If this weren't a fan film, and I was getting paid, and our professional careers WERE riding on this....the word "libel" would most definitely be used. If someone is going to make accusations against someone, they damn well better be able to support them with more than "I've discovered".

Allow me to explain how things work outside of the acting business, sir.

For starters - this is a community website that allows discussion on a large variety of topics except for a minor few - politics, religion, etc. We like to keep things civil around here and promote healthy discussion. In the end, we're all like-minded individuals who have a passion for a hobby/genre of entertainment that brings us together, forges lifetime friendships, and gives us memories that we can hold on to forever.

That's what makes THIS place special.

Regarding the production that you've been involved in. Your director pissed all over this fan community - whether it be drunken postings where he told the very fans you market this to at RangerBoard (the largest Power Rangers community online) that "they don't matter in the end", to causing enough of an issue that discussion is disallowed at every major Power Rangers fan community board except this one.

I even tried to set up an interview with your embattled director. To the point that I would let him choose which questions he wanted to be asked because I wanted to give him a chance to clear the air for the fact that the rest of the Power Rangers community can't stand him. "He's hard at work in production!" I was told. "He'd love to - let's communicate a time that works!" I was told.

Ironically a couple more E-mail attempts would result in nothing - not even from your good buddy who was trying to be the liaison. In fact, he simply disappeared off the face of the Earth here while discussing the film with potential fans.

Your production took $43,000+ from fans with deadlines and promises. Once the money was paid, everything changed - it went from "film" to "web series" to "one episode". You're almost two years past the end of the Kickstarter with two trailers since the Kickstarter ended and nothing else to show for it with an original deadline that is over a year past due.

Perhaps my initial reaction was harsh to the revelation made to me by a good source (who I will not name out of journalistic integrity). But it wasn't posted as a "news story", it wasn't blasted across the Internet on social media. It's a comment on a message forum. You want to wave around the word libel that's fine - I'll wave around the word fraud (you know, the whole "paying for a product that was not delivered on time or as originally advertised" bit).

At the end of the day - this is my website, my forum, made up of individuals who volunteer their time for a hobby that they are passionate about. If you'd like to throw around your critiques on how we should do things here - by all means hit me up, send me a private message, look me up on social media - I'm very easy to find. You and I can scream at each other until we're both blue in the face.

So I appreciate your understanding of why I would be personally pissed off if "I discovered" through a legitimate source that what I thought was an individual here on good will was only here because they were getting compensated and everything discussed was nothing more than lip service.

Wouldn't you?

For what it's worth - I enjoyed your accent in the latest release. Is it genuine?