Comments on: the porn industry blames the Internet…

By: DJTennessee

DJTennessee — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:56:52 +0000

I disagree with all these comments. Plot ruins porn. My fantasies don’t have significant story arcs. Do yours? Really?

By: C

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:07:44 +0000

‘ “Getting it on in one hardcore scene after another just isn’t as much fun,” she added.’

That’s going to have an impact eventually. I’m not very familiar with the feature length films, but clips from old, old porn are almost always more erotic. It’s about the seduction.

By: Tony Comstock

Tony Comstock — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:20:07 +0000

Over-promise/Under-deliver is not a long-term business plan, especially not in a day and age when your customers have ever more access to information about what’s actually inside your shiny packaging. Sooner or later you run out of suckers.

By: Gore Gore Girl

Gore Gore Girl — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:21:33 +0000

I think that’s a bit harsh, though I didn’t agree with the article too much either (for different reasons). I’ve found many features to be a space for progressive and anti-sexist commentary, as well as lampooning porn conventions. Just because the sex is staged, doesn’t mean it’s “bad porn,” and sometimes I can get over the theatrics of the sex if the script and plot are rockin. I’ve always liked DIY filmmaking, and in porn (and other trash genres) there is a plentiful supply with often surprisingly subversive results.

By: Stranger527

Stranger527 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:21:48 +0000

It’s funny that the porn industry is just catching up to this trend. Andrew Blake and many others have been making ‘features’ based on loosely related vignettes since the 90s. With DVDs hitting in the late-90s, people could use scene selection to skip to the tasty bits. Before that, more VHS players and tapes died because of the fast-forward and rewind buttons. Hell, the last time anyone had to sit through a porn movie was during the hey day of blue theatres. (btw – is the one near Turk and Market still open?)

By: R

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:18:56 +0000

You know, I kinda liked the lame-o “plots” that filled the first five minutes of most porn films, before everyone got naked. A lot of times they had all the clumsy earnestness of a small-town high school production of a serious drama.

In mainstream pro porn, the actors usually struck me as very closed off — walls and defenses up, revealing nothing of themselves even while they’re naked and fucking. Which is not surprising, of course — they’re professionals getting paid to do a job, and baring their souls isn’t what they were hired to do. But ironically, it’s in those ridiculous and clumsy set-up scenes — “Gosh, is there any other way I can pay for this pizza?” — where they tended to be the most open and, in a way, the most human.

By: Dr. Curiosity

Dr. Curiosity — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:07:47 +0000

I like story. Probably why I tend to read more than I watch.