[StuartD]

It's a long post, sorry... but there is a point to it, I promise....

The trends that hit the adult market are the same ones that hit everywhere else.

Let's take... the Matrix 2. If this movie had been released as little as 4 years ago... it would have been heralded as the most brilliant movie ever made that broke the mold and yadda yadda....

People today are cynical. They're detailed. They refuse to let themselves lose their grip on reality... to suspend their disbelief long enough to just be entertained... to enjoy themselves.

Instead, they have to question the relevance of something, the existance of something... the sheer logic of this and that. Why was that car in that scene?? It's so stupid... it didn't need to be there. The film makers really screwed up and blew the whole movie for me because that car was there.

WTF?

The best movies to see are kids movies... and you can tell me all you want that you still like the grown up movies and you're not like everyone else... but admit it.. you like kids movies... and really do enjoy them. And you are critical of the grown up movies.... why??

Because you're more readily able to suspend your disbelief with a kids movie. It makes no pretence of ever trying to be molded around reality. It does really stupid far out stuff that no real person ever could do. So you never even think to question it.

People need reality now more than ever. They need to be proven this and that... they need to have everything explained and just won't take a "because it is" for an answer.

So... how does this relate back to porn? Well, people have forgotten who the major porn stars are. People have turned away from going to download Jena Jameson in exchange for teenage girls... amateur girls... college girls (right Chris?)

A perfect 10? Boob implants? Stunning curves and a painted on face to look like a woman that only an artist could draw?

It's not as much of a turn on as it used to be... because 99% of guys know that they'll never really sleep with that girl. He'll probably never even see a girl like that in his entire life. To him... they don't exist except in film... and that's just not good enough.

The Girl Next Door has taken over. The more real you can get the person to look... and the more real the situation you can put them in... the more people will accept it.

And if you so much has have a tiny glitch... if someone's ring is on their right hand in one scene and then on their left hand in another scene... you've blown it. People will catch that, and make fun of it and laugh... but not jerk off. You've lost them completely.

I've gone to countless movies with friends who walk out analyzing it. How many of you have had that happen? They (or you) talk about how a scene would have been better if it did this... or that... or they should have just done this...

when did we all become movie producers? Directors?

People are evolving... people are changing. We think we're getting smarter.... we're just getting more picky. Inner child? It's going away folks....

We're losing our sense of "fun"... we're losing our ablility to just let go.

Porn? how long do you think it'll take before all women on paper or a screen become like that perfect 10 with the painted face and fake boobs?
They're not real.... so why bother?

Right now, people want reality... Brad is right. Milk it for all it's worth... go that one step further like MaskTV did if you can. Give them reality... REAL reality. They'll love it...

for a while.