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jimmyD · 12-22-2002, 02:17 PM

Good question--whose content do I like? Hmmm... John Leslie, Andrew Blake...

So much of what's put out is unbelievably shoddy. It could be good, but so often the arts and crafts of moviemaking are totally ignored. There's little or no 'quality of entertainment.' Who needs decent lighting and sound and camerawork and editing when you've got a hot-looking girl and a hard dick? That seems to be the M.O. for a lot of pornographers. I know we're not making Hollywood movies, but some adherence to minimum standards of movie-making are not difficult to achieve even when you have limited budgets and no time to get it done. How much money can I suck out of a budget and put in my pocket is the order of the day.

my work? I have no freaking idea. My series "The Sopornos" for VCA got a lot of attention, made a boatload of money, and won awards as did a movie I made called "Succubus." I guess my best is what made the most dough--that's what counts, right? That would include "Plaid," my "Boobwatch" series, my "Nightshift" series, possibly others.

I guess why I think so much of the content sucks is that there's little 'pride in workmanship' in the jiz biz. Putting a piece of shit in a good-looking box is what companies often do. And I've been as guilty of that as the next guy. I guess it wears on you. If others don't really care, why should I? If the guy you're making the movie for doesn't seem to care, why should I? If the guy who gave me 15 or 20 or more thousand dollars to make a flick, and then he can't even be bothered to look at the product before it's sold, why should I care?

The jiz biz holds the consumers who buy its products in low esteem. Rob Black calls them 'marks.' That's how they see their audiences. They shovel shit to the masses and then when awards time comes around, they pretend they're making something other than shit.

But it's all catching up to them now. Sales are off. Consumers are becoming discriminating. It seems that anyone can set up shop and be a porn company. But he whole world of porn consumers is not just made up of raincoaters. It's going to become tougher and tougher to compete, actually, it already is. The cable and pay-per-view outlets are turning down product like never before. Distributors are returning product in record numbers and taking longer and longer to pay for the goods they've kept. The guys who do it the cheapest are the guys getting the work and it shows--both in sales and in quality.

On the net, you don't have a box to hide the shit in. Yeah, I guess your 'samples' pages can be misleading, but you have less opportunity to hide true, abominable shit. So I suppose you resort to other tricks to fuck the consumer. But I'm thinking we're seeing a consumer revolt both in the brick-and-mortar porn biz, and the e-biz. It's not just because there's so much available, it's also because so much of it either sucks, or is the same as what everyone else is doing.

Sorry if I'm preaching. It's Sunday morning. Traditionally, a day for preaching.

I guess when you're in a business that gives out trophies and awards for things like sodomy you can't expect much more.

I could be wrong, though.

12-22-2002, 02:17 PM
jimmyD Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: porn valley Posts: 14	Good question--whose content do I like? Hmmm... John Leslie, Andrew Blake... So much of what's put out is unbelievably shoddy. It could be good, but so often the arts and crafts of moviemaking are totally ignored. There's little or no 'quality of entertainment.' Who needs decent lighting and sound and camerawork and editing when you've got a hot-looking girl and a hard dick? That seems to be the M.O. for a lot of pornographers. I know we're not making Hollywood movies, but some adherence to minimum standards of movie-making are not difficult to achieve even when you have limited budgets and no time to get it done. How much money can I suck out of a budget and put in my pocket is the order of the day. my work? I have no freaking idea. My series "The Sopornos" for VCA got a lot of attention, made a boatload of money, and won awards as did a movie I made called "Succubus." I guess my best is what made the most dough--that's what counts, right? That would include "Plaid," my "Boobwatch" series, my "Nightshift" series, possibly others. I guess why I think so much of the content sucks is that there's little 'pride in workmanship' in the jiz biz. Putting a piece of shit in a good-looking box is what companies often do. And I've been as guilty of that as the next guy. I guess it wears on you. If others don't really care, why should I? If the guy you're making the movie for doesn't seem to care, why should I? If the guy who gave me 15 or 20 or more thousand dollars to make a flick, and then he can't even be bothered to look at the product before it's sold, why should I care? The jiz biz holds the consumers who buy its products in low esteem. Rob Black calls them 'marks.' That's how they see their audiences. They shovel shit to the masses and then when awards time comes around, they pretend they're making something other than shit. But it's all catching up to them now. Sales are off. Consumers are becoming discriminating. It seems that anyone can set up shop and be a porn company. But he whole world of porn consumers is not just made up of raincoaters. It's going to become tougher and tougher to compete, actually, it already is. The cable and pay-per-view outlets are turning down product like never before. Distributors are returning product in record numbers and taking longer and longer to pay for the goods they've kept. The guys who do it the cheapest are the guys getting the work and it shows--both in sales and in quality. On the net, you don't have a box to hide the shit in. Yeah, I guess your 'samples' pages can be misleading, but you have less opportunity to hide true, abominable shit. So I suppose you resort to other tricks to fuck the consumer. But I'm thinking we're seeing a consumer revolt both in the brick-and-mortar porn biz, and the e-biz. It's not just because there's so much available, it's also because so much of it either sucks, or is the same as what everyone else is doing. Sorry if I'm preaching. It's Sunday morning. Traditionally, a day for preaching. I guess when you're in a business that gives out trophies and awards for things like sodomy you can't expect much more. I could be wrong, though.