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Can superhero parodies rescue the porn business?
Daily News/AP ^ | 7-29-13 | John Rogers

Posted on 07/30/2013 6:55:56 PM PDT by dynachrome

Parodies, once a cheaply filmed niche segment of the adult movie market, are big business these days - filled with expensive special effects, real story lines, actors who can (sometimes) actually act and costumes that even comic-book geeks find authentic.

The movies may also help save an industry looking to rebound from years of Internet piracy, illegal downloads and amateur videos that have caused a serious financial hit, said Mark Kernes, senior editor at Adult Video News. The business has gone from annual revenues of as much as $12 billion a few years ago to about $7 billion today

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor
KEYWORDS: parodies; porn; pornbusiness
"At a cost of more than $100,000, it will also be one of the most expensive porn movies made."

Still a good vehicle for laundering drug money

1 posted on 07/30/2013 6:55:56 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Wastin away in Tony Weinerville


2 posted on 07/30/2013 6:57:06 PM PDT by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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disgusting, they are always trying to make it appealing to children somehow.


3 posted on 07/30/2013 6:59:10 PM PDT by GeronL
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Nah, I think they’re trying to appeal to the legions of adult comic book geeks. Children don’t have the disposable income to justify marketing anything to them that their parents won’t buy for them.


4 posted on 07/30/2013 7:00:54 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Nachum

Hmmm what would Carlos Danger’s super power be? Invisible to women? Able to trigger the gag reflex in people thousands of miles away? The ability to leap to the bottom of the polls in a single bound?


5 posted on 07/30/2013 7:02:56 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: dynachrome
years of Internet piracy, illegal downloads and amateur videos that have caused a serious financial hit

Either that or the advent of high definition television.

6 posted on 07/30/2013 7:03:26 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (I hear wet grass.)
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To: dynachrome

It sure gets the attention of those from Colorado.


8 posted on 07/30/2013 7:09:35 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dynachrome

Hollywood- This is one industry I can’t wait to see offshore.

I bet the Russians could make a movie where you don’t have to have the white and black cop that are friends, where the victim is a happy go lucky homosexual trying to save the world from global warming, and the bad guy a Catholic priest that was paid for by an evil corporation that didn’t take a government bail out.

Someone, please, anyone kill Hollywood. I don’t care if all the actors speak English with an Indian accent!


9 posted on 07/30/2013 7:15:56 PM PDT by Red6
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To: dynachrome

Now if they would only do political xxx parody ... on second thought they don’t need to, real life is parody enough.


10 posted on 07/30/2013 7:19:46 PM PDT by trapped_in_LA
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Someone, please, anyone kill Hollywood. I don’t care if all the actors speak English with an Indian accent!

Be careful what you ask for.

11 posted on 07/30/2013 7:26:19 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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**they are always trying to make it appealing to children somehow.

Making it appealing to children is indeed intentional. While children may not be able to purchase it themselves, child molesters often use it as a way to introduce children to the world of sex. Get the child interested, show them how much “fun” the actors are having, and just like that, you’ve got another victim.


12 posted on 07/30/2013 8:18:37 PM PDT by RedinaBlue (When truth is replaced by silence, silence is a lie.)
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To: Disambiguator

That was great! Never saw so many flying, exploding identical cars.


13 posted on 07/31/2013 6:28:46 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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Nice ... I wanna see the rest of the movie.


14 posted on 07/31/2013 6:34:07 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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