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I totally agree. The VoD market, and customer is all about instant gratification. They know what they like to see, and they want to see it now... not when the dvd comes in the mail, or when they decide to make a trip to the adult mart. Joe VoD Customer wants to watch a few cream pies, or DPs, get his rocks off, and get on with his day. Features just don't fit this bill. I mean, don't get me wrong, features sell on VoD too, just not like gonzo does, and will continue to do.



Exactly...gonzo has the advantage of being niche-specific too, i.e. the entire movie will be nothing but interracial anal creampie scenes (or whatever the theme is), whereas features are normally a bit of a mixed bag, maybe a b/g scene here and a g/g scene there, a b/g/g and a blowjob or solo scene...often the plot will define what sort of sex acts there are, whereas with a gonzo, the specific sex act/niche is the entire raison d'etre.

On the other hand, whilst you can shoot a softcore version of a feature and have a completely saleable product for a different/less restricted market (Digital Playground's R-rated version of 'Pirates', for example), you can't shoot a softcore version of 'Cumfart Coctails' or an ATM/Double Anal themed flick, so Gonzo can't penetrate the same markets a plot-driven feature can.

It's apples and oranges, but I do think there is a ring of truth about Pornlaw's prediction regarding the divergent paths of the two genres. Only time will tell...