Gay For Pay porn?
Aug. 2nd, 2008 11:35 pmApparently there's a gay porn company that does "Gay For Pay" porn videos.
They pay young straight guys who've never had gay sex $4,000 to be filmed their first time with a guy. (One time only, obviously.)
I have so got to see this. Oh my god, how vulnerable these guys must be. Wow, that sounds hot.
Can I pay someone $4,000 internet dollars to write a fic where John does gay-for-pay as a young Air Force pilot? And Rodney sees it years later and thinks John really is gay, but John isn't, he only did it that one time and it was for four grand which was a lot of money. And then Rodney offers John four grand now and John slams the door in his face? And Rodney's outside the door saying, "But there won't even be any cameras! I think it should be a grand less just for that!"
P.S. Just saw Daedalus Variations. Excellent creative idea. Tense and action-packed. I did not know how they were going to get out of this alive. I'm reminded of last year's run of fics where John or Rodney bounces from one alternate reality to another, one where Rodney finds himself dealing with a different John every 24 hours, another where John finds himself confronted with a married Rodney, a third where Rodney gets thrown into an alternate reality where John's a woman and separated from that universe's Rodney... were there more? This is a job for... *steps into phone booth*
sgagenrefinders! *that was funnier in my head*
- John giving himself the pep talk, oh, hee. I can just see John's thinking there: "I know his commanders never praise this guy, and let's face it, we can't blame them. But it's nice to hear once in a while, even if it's from -- more or less -- himself. Not that he'll ever know that, which makes all the difference--wait. He thinks I'm a great commander and pilot, too? And he doesn't know it's me? Gosh."
- Thank you SGA for not making Ronon instantly fabulous atvideo games the railgun.
- I'm impressed that John made the right call getting involved in that universe's fight. I thought it was a bad mistake on his part.
- Geeze those grey guys were hard to kill. Total rip-off of Battlestar Galactica with the crash-boarding there, but ripping off the best is always a good idea.
- Love that Rodney still wants to make that device. Proof enough that he designed it in the first place.
- Hooray Zelenka! Hooray Chuck! Hooray Lorne!
- Rodney as father scares John? You and me both, pal, you and me both.
Now I want to finish that fic where John fathers kids all over the Pegasus galaxy. I can't explain why.
They pay young straight guys who've never had gay sex $4,000 to be filmed their first time with a guy. (One time only, obviously.)
I have so got to see this. Oh my god, how vulnerable these guys must be. Wow, that sounds hot.
Can I pay someone $4,000 internet dollars to write a fic where John does gay-for-pay as a young Air Force pilot? And Rodney sees it years later and thinks John really is gay, but John isn't, he only did it that one time and it was for four grand which was a lot of money. And then Rodney offers John four grand now and John slams the door in his face? And Rodney's outside the door saying, "But there won't even be any cameras! I think it should be a grand less just for that!"
P.S. Just saw Daedalus Variations. Excellent creative idea. Tense and action-packed. I did not know how they were going to get out of this alive. I'm reminded of last year's run of fics where John or Rodney bounces from one alternate reality to another, one where Rodney finds himself dealing with a different John every 24 hours, another where John finds himself confronted with a married Rodney, a third where Rodney gets thrown into an alternate reality where John's a woman and separated from that universe's Rodney... were there more? This is a job for... *steps into phone booth*
- John giving himself the pep talk, oh, hee. I can just see John's thinking there: "I know his commanders never praise this guy, and let's face it, we can't blame them. But it's nice to hear once in a while, even if it's from -- more or less -- himself. Not that he'll ever know that, which makes all the difference--wait. He thinks I'm a great commander and pilot, too? And he doesn't know it's me? Gosh."
- Thank you SGA for not making Ronon instantly fabulous at
- I'm impressed that John made the right call getting involved in that universe's fight. I thought it was a bad mistake on his part.
- Geeze those grey guys were hard to kill. Total rip-off of Battlestar Galactica with the crash-boarding there, but ripping off the best is always a good idea.
- Love that Rodney still wants to make that device. Proof enough that he designed it in the first place.
- Hooray Zelenka! Hooray Chuck! Hooray Lorne!
- Rodney as father scares John? You and me both, pal, you and me both.
Now I want to finish that fic where John fathers kids all over the Pegasus galaxy. I can't explain why.
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Date: 2008-08-03 06:57 am (UTC)http://en.gay-lounge.net/
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Date: 2008-08-03 06:07 pm (UTC)Oh, now where can I find that?
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Date: 2008-08-03 06:59 am (UTC)If Atlantis ever runs out of trade goods...they can put Col. John Sheppard out to stud. I bet they'd have a lot of takers. And Rodney would complain that everyone wants the pretty boy genes, and no one wants the genius brain genes.
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Date: 2008-08-03 07:16 am (UTC)Teyla took a deep breath. She hadn't anticipated an objection. Colonel Sheppard was a man after all, and this sort of request, although highly unusual, wasn't unexpected given the Thiireian's circumstances. Besides, it was a good deal. "It would take very little effort on your part, and then Atlantis would be supplied for the entire year."
"You said I'd do what?" John repeated.
"All of their men were taken by the Wraith to punish them for their disobedience," Teyla reminded him. "It would be a generous act on your part."
"You did-- how did you become my pimp all of the sudden?"
Ronon sheathes his gun. "I don't know why you're complaining. Hell, I'll do it if he won't."
Teyla cringed. That was the expected response. "Unfortunately the... agreement... was for Colonel Sheppard."
Woolsey looked between them, blinking. "It is a very good deal. One might even say a bargain. An entire year's supplies for just...." He spread his hands.
John shook a finger at him. At all of them. "You know, if Elizabeth were here she'd have something to say about ethics and lines being crossed."
"Hmm," Rodney mused. "If you don't think you can do it, well, I did just break up with--"
"I didn't say I couldn't, I said that--! You're all aware that this crazy, right?"
They blinked at one another.
"Never mind," John said in disgust.
After the meeting broke up, Teyla approached Rodney. "Thank you, Rodney. That was well-timed."
"Nothing like an insult to his masculinity to get him to pony up and take one for the team. Coffee was included in that deal, right?" Rodney brightened.
"Of course."
"You told him about the--?" Rodney spun his hand in place of speaking.
"The public nature of the event? I felt it wise to leave the details for later."
"I'm going to sell tickets on the Puddlejumper," Rodney said. "I wonder what the load weight is...."
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Date: 2008-08-03 07:25 am (UTC)You, the whole conversation seems so *reasonable* on Atlantis.
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Date: 2008-08-03 07:42 am (UTC)Oh yes, indeed, just for you.
It is reasonable. Isn't it? *stands in line for tickets*
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Date: 2008-08-03 08:12 am (UTC)Thank you. They are eminently reasonable.
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Date: 2008-08-03 01:02 pm (UTC)It'll come to me. It'll-- *goes to SGA_storyfinders*
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Date: 2008-08-03 08:20 am (UTC)*goes to hunt for the torrent*
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Date: 2008-08-03 01:00 pm (UTC)And yeah, the episode reminded me of all those switching-universe fics too, which I am a *huge* fan of.
For Rodney dealing with lots of alt-Johns: Taking the long way home (http://sardonicsmiley.livejournal.com/39997.html), by
For Rodney meeting alt-girl!John who's separated from alt-Rodney: Lustrous (http://www.glitterati.talkoncorners.net/log/category/ficlustrous/), by
And as for the John-meets-married-Rodney...I have no idea, but it sounds good! :)
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Date: 2008-08-03 02:43 pm (UTC)Note to porn producers: don't let males speak. Ever. For that matter, don't let females squeak. Thankyouverymuch.
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Date: 2008-08-03 06:05 pm (UTC)Ha. There's a reason the guys who are both hot and can speak get paid millions for their TV and film roles.
I heard about it from a guy who was in one. (I'm afraid I won't be able to ask which one.) He had a girlfriend at the time and four grand was a lot of money for a 20-year-old. He thought it was incredibly hot. Now the girlfriend's long gone, he's completely out and gay, and he still tells people about it.
So obviously it's not exploitative for everyone. And men, gay men in particular, have a much more casual attitude about casual sex. Do you think I could brag about something like that? Never in a million years.
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Date: 2008-08-05 03:30 pm (UTC)Heh heh ... true. One of the reasons I adore the classic Singin' in the Rain is because when the movies went from movies to 'talkies', the beautiful actress has this horrendous screeching voice and exceedingly crass speech (compounded by a very strong regional accent). But she's the brilliant famous actress, so the studio comes up with voice overs!
I heard about it from a guy who was in one. (I'm afraid I won't be able to ask which one.) He had a girlfriend at the time and four grand was a lot of money for a 20-year-old. He thought it was incredibly hot. Now the girlfriend's long gone, he's completely out and gay, and he still tells people about it.
Yeah, that makes sense and that's great that he personally had a very positive experience. It's just the ones I've seen personally look pretty awkward ... and not the shy-endearing-reluctant type of awkward but the "ugh I can't believe I'm doing this" awkward or "close my eyes and think about my country" awkward.
As others have mentioned, pieces where there is a great deal of foreplay, genuine affection, etc. are (IMNSHO) far more erotic and engaging.
So obviously it's not exploitative for everyone ...
I'm sure you're right -- I didn't mean to imply it even is exploitive for everyone, just that it comes across that way to me on film (what I've seen, that is -- again, I haven't done extensive research into this 'genre' of porn so I might have simply seen the really crappy stuff). I've seen lots of clips from pieces where the actors, new or seasoned, were quite comfortable with what they were doing and really seemed to enjoy one another.
I get rather annoyed at the "everyone in porn is exploited!" argument I see tossed around from time to time, everywhere from newspapers to cafe conversations to blogs, etc. Is there exploitation? Definitely. Are all people involved as talent or technical people in porn exploited? Definitely not.
I once ran across some lengthy arguments about porn related to feminism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Dworkin#Critique_of_pornography) by someone who knew this activist personally and was completely convinced of the evils of porn. She was gobsmacked when I said to her, "So, what about gay porn? Are you saying that gay porn actors don't even exist?" (The theories as she presented them to me allowed no room at all for porn that didn't involve jiggly girl-bits.) I haven't touched base with her recently but the gay-porn-world honestly was a world she had not even realised existed.
To continue my unexpected mini-rant this morning (apologies!) ... some years ago I wanted to make a joke birthday card for a relative who had just turned 18 (adult in Canada). Digging around, I found and bought the latest issue of Playgirl and had to search high and low within it to find anything that actually included bare male genitalia. There were far more nekkid women in the back classifieds than there were of men in the entire magazine. The poses were all very sultry, 'come hither' sorts of looks. I honestly found it frustrating and for me personally the magazine held no attraction. I did my best to make the card but it didn't have near the amusement-value I had hoped for.
A couple of years later I moved into a flat where the previous tenant had left his stash of gay porn mags behind, and that was a complete eye-opener. Sure, some shy and sultry poses here and there but also some very blatantly objectified poses, "come and get it!" The contrast between the two was absolutely startling. Given that straight porn mags for men tended towards the "come and get it!" type of pose, I found myself even more annoyed in retrospect.
I got angry about it for the simple reason that it annoys me to no end when mysterious gatekeepers decide "what's best for women." Clearly there were hot male models willing to pose in sexually explicit scenes, yet what the 'girls' were offered in Playgirl was only marginally more enticing than the underwear pages of the Sears catalogue.
To end this sooner rather than later, all I can say is thank goodness for the Internet! :-)
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Date: 2008-08-06 05:03 am (UTC)True story: I once wrote a letter to Playgirl about previews for some of their videos that concentrated on besiliconed porn starlets moaning for the camera rather than hot guys, and pointed out that this wouldn't exactly be a draw for their customer base. The response I got said that they were targeting their products to the couples audience and expected the focus on female porn stars to draw male customers in. Yeah, I'm sure LOTS of heterosexual men are going to be surfing over to Playgirl.tv when they're in the mood to buy porn...
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Date: 2008-08-06 07:10 am (UTC)Excellent point ... and oh dear gawd no kidding re: hinting about penis! We can have full-on female frontal nudity in prime time but the world will end if we see a dangly bit. *headdesk* Though one great thing about Canada is French television -- amazing what shows up there. Even guy-bits! :-D
I've not heard anything complimentary about the Playgirl folks from any of my acquaintances with porn connections, but I guess I can see how they'd consider themselves better barometers of what women find sexy than straight men would be.
I can see how they might consider themselves that, yes, then again ... there is an astounding number of adult products being marketed to females. How do we know they're for the wimminfolk? Well, they're pink, because "the ladies" must like that sort of colour. *eyeroll*
True story: I once wrote a letter to Playgirl about previews for some of their videos that concentrated on besiliconed porn starlets moaning for the camera rather than hot guys...
Unfortunately a massive number of people in 'marketing' have absolutely no idea what they're talking about, have no knowledge of demographics or psychographics, never mind actually collect data from their target market in a meaningful way. Along with that, even folks who should know better often pull completely irrelevant details into their messaging.
My 'local' rant has been about our province's recent attempts to prevent ATV (all-terrain vehicles) to be driven by kids too young to have drivers' permits. We have a huge rural population here and they are heavily used on farms by kids to do chores, etc. (Horses are no longer in abundance like back in the day.) At any rate, one of the 'proofs' of the terrible dangers of youth ATV use is a factoid along the lines of '95 per cent of all ATV injuries occur in rural areas.' Erm, I should hope so. ATV use in urban areas is illegal here. I expect more relevant would be to note what percentage of ATV injuries are by regular farm/work users versus recreational (occasional) users. I suspect that severity might be higher in regular users but frequency is probably far higher among recreational users. But that type of statement would be intelligent, and neither gov't nor marketers seem to use that setting very often. ;-)
Sorry to be so ranty today ... my inner!Rodney needs to be duct-tapped quiet for awhile, I think. *g*
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Date: 2008-08-03 04:36 pm (UTC)Either way, I've got tons but would need to upload. The clips tens to be 20 min each and over 100-200k. If you're interested, I'll try to zip and upload a few.
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Date: 2008-08-03 05:56 pm (UTC)I would love to see one of your favorites (I trust your recs). I'm on a high-speed connection these days, too. (The better to download SGA with, my pretties.)
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Date: 2008-08-06 05:18 am (UTC)Randy Blue (http://www.randyblue.com/) has more of a mix, but at least a good portion of the guys are believably just doing a job rather than exploring an aspect of their sexuality that they'd want to pursue on their own time. Combine easygoing exhibitionists, viagra, and a hefty paycheck and voilĂ !