Times are bad for the industry. Sales are awful, piracy is rampart and the volume of releases has dropped significantly for most of the studios over the past few years. Several well-known whores have whined recently on the ADT and elsewhere about the lack of bookings. It's now easier then ever before to find porn whores openly selling their "company" on teh interwebs.

I don't think all these problems can be blamed on the current state of economy. It seems to me the industry has been stagnating and even contracting for quite a few years, since early 2000s or so. I remember reading post by insiders such as Tricia complaining about terrible sales as far back as 2003. During that time, economies of the developed world were growing at decent rates and people had more discretionary income then ever before.

I think the reason for this contradiction is that until very recently, porn had been existing in the gray area at the bounders of legality and illegality, especially in the US. Pornographers and whores were often marginalized by the mainstream society, targeted by all kinds of bigots and often even prosecuted by the legal enforcement authorities. Therefore, there was very limited supply available to satisfy huge demand for porn allowing even very inefficient operations to make good profits.

This is no longer the case. Sure, there are still nut jobs with power organizing witch hunts against people like Max, but overall, the society is much more inclusive of porn and porners then it used to be. More and more hot broads, who could easily pass for models are now sucking and fucking on the camera and established mainstream media such as Maxim, Penthouse, MTV, E! and many others are routinely including pws into their magazines/shows. Every moron and his dog is now making his own porn and distributing it via the internet.

In other words the supply of porn is rising. At the same time, however, the demand is probably falling. Especially the younger generations often see porn as something that is essentially free and are therefore not willing to pay for it in any way. Literally everyone I know obtains all their porn illegally from torrent sites/streaming sites, with the exception of my fiance who is mostly using my bangbros account or watches DVDs from my little collection. The only people who actually pay for their porn seem to be old guys who are used to paying for their smut and guys like me who don't mind using illegal streaming sites once in a while but also understand that by actually paying for the stuff they like, they are also encouraging producers to make more of it(and hopefully less stuff we don't like). Additionally, current economic climate probably causes significant reduction of demand, as many people are saving their money, instead of spending them.

For some reason, the industry has largely remained ignorant to this important change of the business environment. Too many companies are still releasing shitloads of ever the same boring, uninspired gonzo flicks that we all have seen thousands times already, porn whores are still being paid up to $ 1000 (possibly more) for a simple B/G scene even though they have no real alternative to doing porn and would certainly settle for a half of the money if they had to. What's even more surprising, whores are not the only ones who are overpaid. Stunt cocks are being routinely paid as much hundreds bucks for a scene despite the fact that they are necessary evil and no one really cares about them. Most importantly, the majority of 'directors' don't seem to know what the fuck they are doing and as a result large part of the contemporary porn flicks are technically inferior to those amateur productions made by college students.

Typical example of an untalented douche who is unable to produce a strokeworthy scene is a moron extraordinaire known to general public as "Quasarman". I have no fucking clue why he is still using that stupid name despite the fact that his real name and pictures of his ugly face are to be found all around the internet but whatever, I don't really care. The real reason I picked him specifically to illustrate my point is that he is not technically a bad director. He seems to understand how stuff like lightning, editing and camera is supposed to be done and he even concentrates capturing whores' bodies, as opposed to so many 'directors' who seem to revel in showing us herpes outbreaks/stunt cocks' hairy asses instead. At the same time however, every single scene he has ever produced over the last more the decade can be used as an example of the most generic, uninspired, predictable porn possible. If you have ever seen one Quaserman scene you've seen them all. Besides, anyone who has ever seen a BTS footage of his sets or read any of his posts on the internet would have to agree with me that he's the biggest douche who ever walked on this planet since the prophet Mohamed(with the possible exemption of Wankus). I honestly can't picture anyone paying to see his movies. Yet, he doesn't seem to have any problems finding work.

How is this possible? The only explanation I can think of is that pornoland is still basically one big family where personal connections matter more then skills.

Please, discuss...

TL;DR

Dude, if you didn't read it, why bother responding? Actually, this is a valid question. Short answer: Porn isn't a bastion of creativity, originality or real talent.

Cliff Notes:

• Economy in shitter
• People stealing, rather than buying, their porn
• Quasarman is "the biggest douche who ever walked on this planet since the prophet Mohamed(with the possible exemption of Wankus.)"
• How the fuck does he get work?

Thanks Jim.

what a bunch of horseshit this post is. Look bro, Quasar is a talented and creative guy, which is how he got the job at ZT/Diabolic in the first place. that job comes with the provision that he has to shoot 20-30 scenes a month. every month. for years.

its really easy to be creative when you shoot one movie every 5 months. come on man, think about it.

ZZ, RK, BB, and NA all shoot 80-100 scenes a month. i think they have pretty much worn down every possible scenario (brazzers has started incorporating helicopters into scenes now). Those companies don't WANT creativity. They want a workhorse who can manage people and show up to work on time. You do realize that 80 percent of the people in the biz couldn't make an 8am call time monday thru friday to save their life right?

So to wrap this up, Quasar is a good director, and a humorous guy as well. Trust me when I say there are many, many, many more directors out there who are fucking idiots.

First, you say my post is a bunch of horseshit, then you basically repeat my point.

Again, how can the studios possibly expect people to pay for 30-50 run-of-the mill scenes directed, edited and produced by one overworked guy, featuring the same 'talent' over and over again? Especially when they are all available for free on the Internet? What kind of fucked up business model do they have?

I would take Quasar over any of those artsy-fartsy directors who are too busy "making statements" with their black light and funhouse mirrors to bother making a fuck flick.

If I like a scene I actually look to see who directed it. I have never checked and found that Quasarman directed a good scene. Ever. Even when he has a hot chick in the scene he (and Ivan) still manage to produce generic, boring porn.