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I completely agree with you. I've actually become increasingly bored with gonzo stuff, and while I still watch some of it, I don't have the same interest I once did. There is just too much of it, and about 85% of it is garbage.



Agree, although I feel the true figure is probably nearer 90-95%. There's only a handful of companies that really put the effort in.

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I also agree that extended sex scenes ruin the flow. I especially thought this in Pirates II, the scene between Jesse Jane and Belladonna seemed to go on forever, and the film solely relied on the hype from the budget and special effects.




Any film that relies solely on hype from the budget and special effects is invariably a turd, be it mainstream or adult. Whilst the inclusion of a real galleon or fire engine or CGI skeletons is a nice touch, I think many producers have lost touch with the ideas of eroticism, build-up and tease. Would a Lloyd Simandl film be ruined by the inclusion of hardcore? No. But by the same measure, it is also not ruined by not including hardcore either...the same is true of a Shannon Tweed or Shannon Whirry flick as well in my opinion.

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I think you make a good point that there is nobody exploring the boundaries of the DVD format, but what I find more pathetic is how nobody tries to make something new and interesting. Porn practically sells itself, yet you have such an overly saturated industry all doing the same shit. Not one single person daring to do something else. It's amazing.



I'm often shocked at how unbusinesslike the porn industry is...rudimentary business concepts and practices seem to be blithely ignored as a matter of course. The closest thing this industry can get to something like a USP (Unique Selling Point) is contract talent, whether they be performers or directors/photographers, because every act you can shoot on video can be pretty easily replicated by your nearest competitor with a modicum of ease, and very often with the exact same talent pool as well.

Max does Max Faktor, JM does Gag Factor, and everybody else suddenly has their own competing face/skull/throat fucking line. Let's also not overlook the cadre of directors who solemnly believe that dressing the talent up in fishnets and dog collars, and then jamming the camera up the girl's ass as they walk upstairs makes them the new Jules Jordan, and therefore well on their way to getting blown in a Bentley by Jenna Haze or somesuch.

As much as people deride Contract Girls and the very idea thereof, they make perfect sense to me. 'If you want to see talent x, then you have to buy from company a!'...the only thing I find slightly puzzling is that so few of them attempt to contract girls who haven't done b/g for any other producer beforehand (Sunny Leone, for example). Then they would have a true exclusive, and a true USP.