The porn biz — which the New York Times adorably describes as the “sex film industry” — is suffering a major void: plotlines. All you Internet users on The Xtubes watching racy skin flicks are doing so in three-minute segments, leaving no attention span for the intricate plot developments involving plumbers, pizza delivery guys, and cable repairmen.
Michael vdB
Plot lines? Even most Hollywood movies lack those.
Hal
Plot-lines?? You mean the industry has, at last, managed to create a second plot-line?
Watch xTube has nothing to do with 3 min segments and all to do with watching real people doing real porn.
Doesn’t matter who makes it or how long it is, if the performers are “acting” it’s not real porn.
ggreen
Feminine guy with multiple tattoos and a lisp takes a handful of Viagra then he tops other feminine guys with a magically appearing condom. Rinse, repeat and it’s a ChiChi La Rue special two DVD disc opus.
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
….not to mention the pubic hairs in Domino’s Pizzas….
AlwaysGay
What is ruining the gay porn industry are the heterosexual male “actors” and the camera shots. The heterosexual male “actors” can’t act, look unpleasant, bored or even angry when they are performing sex. Another thing I can’t stand is how the heterosexual male “actors” get to chose what sex acts they perform. I’m really sick of having to watch my favorite GAY porn stars being fucked knowing the heterosexual “actors” refused to do anything else. I guess I’m unusual because I don’t see heterosexual males as naturally masculine or more masculine than gay men instead it’s created and only mantained by others reinforcing it. I don’t want to see heterosexual males in gay porn films who only a few months ago shouted anti-gay slurs at a group of gay men. One time I watched a gay porn movie and the guy in it was clearly heterosexual and the whole time he looked in the camera with the angriest face you could imagine (it was a solo performance). It was a turn off and I stopped watching the movie after three minutes, luckily I didn’t pay any money for it. I love seeing the chemistry between gay men. I love seeing the adventurous nature of gay men. I love seeing the playfulness of gay men. I love seeing gay men exert their sexuality. The other thing that bothers me about gay porn sometimes are the camera shots or what they left out. Sometimes the camera is too far away and you can’t really see the man’s body. I want to see a man’s ass flex as he’s penetrating another man or the beads of sweat rolling down his pecs. I also like seeing men put condoms on, usually that is cut out. Most of the time the editors jump from one sex scene to the other and we don’t see what led to them.
dvlaries
Say this for the three-minute moguls, they’ve learned something the pros stubbornly refuse to: stop drowning out the action sound with ersatz disco.
The Ghost Of Joey Stefano
If I pay $60 for a DVD, I want to see 70 minutes of fucking, not 30 minutes of fucking and 40 minutes of bad cinematography and piss poor acting. And i second what AlwaysGay wrote–send the breeders to do straight porn and get some hardcore queers in front of the camera doing what we do best.
Jayson
@GGREEN…Too funny!
TANK
Porn movies are for old men. And gay for pay as a fetish IS ruining the gay porn industry…well, that and all the free access on the net. But oy…those actors are so terrible…and these self hating faggots who fuel it are gaga over their straight boy “real men” image. WHat a sick community, at heart.
galefan2004
Personally, I would buy videos if they had actual plot lines and actually got into some character development. However, I’m not about to buy actual videos when its all fucking. I can get that on the internet for free. I kind of miss the glory days of porn when plot lines actually left you feeling attached to the characters. For me, when I’m attached to someone in a film I’m much more aware of what they are doing. That is why it was easier to “enjoy” QAF sex scenes then some porn.
galefan2004
@TANK: You don’t have to be a self-hating fagot to be gaga over “straight acting” guys. Case in point, you are bitching about them, and when I think of the term you used I want to buy you a nice big mirror.
damon459
when has gay porn or porn in general for that matter ever had anything amounting to a plot unless a plot is defined by bad lines stupid theme’s followed by the old formula of kissing sucking rimming fucking cum shot. I watch 3 min porn because I can skip over all the bad stuff and get to what I want to see though I will say porn is getting to be stupid what with gay for pay straight guy’s who can’t get it up and look like they are being tortured along with bad music and a total lack of vocalizing if I fucked someone and he just laid there looking bored I would kick him out of my bed so why would I want to pay 70.00 to watch what I wouldn’t even do.
Bitch, Please!
I never bought this “gay-for-pay” shit! Why do these “straight” guys keep coming back, repeatedly, to perform in gay porns if that was against their sexual nature? Yeah I know, some of the studios pay good money. But wouldn’t that makes them whores? Then for my buck, who gives a shit what a whore is or isn’t? Just take that dick in your mouth and shut the fuck up!
sufferthefools
Porn is an abnormal obsession.
To -watch- on a -screen- other people having sex is PATHETIC.
A much better idea would be sex centers where one could go and learn how to perform with greater intensity…In an ideal world.
sufferthefools
Also sex should not be so intimate. We are taught that sex is intimacy, it isn’t…it so is not
TANK
@galefan2004:
You don’t get it. Okay. There’s no such thing as “straight acting”. To even call it that is internalized homofuckingphobia. WHen a gay man doesn’t act like the stereotype, he’s not straight acting…okay…that means nothing, literally. THere are men. some men don’t behave in a way you find sexually appealing and others do. Are they feminine “acting”? SOme do act, and it’s ugly…but natural can be quite hot. Not to you, but a lot of guys find it hot.
TANK
Porn is hilarious. HILARIOUS. I find the plot and “acting” even more funny. I have never been able to get off to porn…but it’s relaxing for some reason, and goddamn funny.
Marius
What bothers me is the gay guys who play straight guys having gay sex.
“Plot Hole” is a nice title for Ms. La Rue’s next epic.
jjm16
i get all hot and bothered and shit by the plot lines in 80s porn… william higgins, etc. films. so much better than xtube.
me
i can’t stand the lack of passion in most studio gay porn. this is why i often find myself watching straight porn. it’s much rougher, generally speaking. the angles also seem to be better. most of the time in gay porn i either see the dick and the hole right in my face and nothing else, or the penetration is completely obstructed by body parts and i can’t see anything at all. there is middle ground, guys. watch some straight porn to learn how it’s done.
mylove
HELLO………..
HOW ARE U DOING MY DEAR, I AM HEAR FOR SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP……AND I HOPE I AM AT THERE RIGHT PLACE OK
Frozen Spaghetti & Meatballs on a Stick
Porno is nothing but quick turnover and instant gratification! As soon as the viewer shoots a load, he moves on to something else. Plot lines and dialog are a waste of time. Porn viewers want to see quick blow jobs, fucking and a multitude of variety of performers.