The Internet changed porn forever.
For the ultimate consumer, in some ways I can see this change being “for the better," I suppose, but the real quality of what we were doing as a movie industry — again, in my opinion — for the most part became cheap and sleazy, with each “director” trying to outdo the others. Remember, equipment got very inexpensive too, and so anyone with a few thousand dollars and a little time to learn which buttons to press could become a “producer” and start a company.
A few companies remained putting out quality product, but even they seemed to do this on a much less frequent basis.
It sure has changed and not for the better. Used to be if you wanted to watch an anal scene, you had to search the video store for it. Couldn’t really go online and even search to find out what movies had anal. Had to read descriptions, reviews etc. There weren’t that many. Now it’s more like search if you DON’T want anal in the movie.
I worry about the girls doing the movies these days. They pretty much have to do the kinkier stuff if they’re going to work. And anal is the least of it. DP is almost the norm now. And double and even triple in one hole. They claim it doesn’t hurt, how much of that is numbing lubes, drugs etc. And no pain doesn’t mean they’re not getting injured. And the pain may just come later.
Glad you did a post on this Ginger, I know we’ve discussed some of this in the past.
I started at the tail end of film,but even the video shoots were bigger at first.Working for Wester Visuals we shot at a house in the redwoods of Northern California with catering ,scripts,and costumes.The pay was good..Then everything got cheaper.They would ask,”Hey Randy,we need you to 5 scenes,all anal with Hatian,heroin addict hookers and can you bring a Conquistador outfit”?