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April 14, 2022 6:12 AM Subscribe
Superhero porn parodies are giving the fans exactly what they want, in more ways than one (story is SFW, with some links that are not)
Spike Glee -- yep, that'll be Batman XXX: A Porn Parody by Axel Braun. They used some actual sets from the original 1960's series and the guy playing the Joker grew a moustache just so he could paint over it a la Caesar Romero. The porn-free version is pretty fun, though there are occasionally some strange cuts that involve characters tugging their clothes back on or wiping their mouths.
Braun's productions are great, though, even if they're pretty heteronormative and male gaze-y. Worth watching for the nerdy crossovers and the incredible production values in the recent movies if nothing else.
My favourite casting decision in porn parodies was the choice to cast a Patrick Stewart impersonator in Star Trek The Next Generation: A XXX Parody by Sam Hain. They cast a guy who wasn't actually a porn star but was generally up for some well paid work, just because they wanted authenticity (he didn't shoot any porn scenes iirc, they used a stunt dick). The movie is also a pretty damn well plotted continuation of plot threads from the show, with some genuine Treknobabble and character arcs for Tasha Yar and Data. I believe there's a porn-free version of it out there too.
posted by fight or flight at 7:08 AM on April 14, 2022 [9 favorites]
Braun's productions are great, though, even if they're pretty heteronormative and male gaze-y. Worth watching for the nerdy crossovers and the incredible production values in the recent movies if nothing else.
My favourite casting decision in porn parodies was the choice to cast a Patrick Stewart impersonator in Star Trek The Next Generation: A XXX Parody by Sam Hain. They cast a guy who wasn't actually a porn star but was generally up for some well paid work, just because they wanted authenticity (he didn't shoot any porn scenes iirc, they used a stunt dick). The movie is also a pretty damn well plotted continuation of plot threads from the show, with some genuine Treknobabble and character arcs for Tasha Yar and Data. I believe there's a porn-free version of it out there too.
posted by fight or flight at 7:08 AM on April 14, 2022 [9 favorites]
MetaFilter: I believe there's a porn-free version of it out there too.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 7:35 AM on April 14, 2022 [17 favorites]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 7:35 AM on April 14, 2022 [17 favorites]
...he fixes the cable?
posted by xedrik at 7:42 AM on April 14, 2022 [11 favorites]
posted by xedrik at 7:42 AM on April 14, 2022 [11 favorites]
Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 7:44 AM on April 14, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 7:44 AM on April 14, 2022 [4 favorites]
Metafilter: they used a stunt dick
posted by Literaryhero at 8:01 AM on April 14, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by Literaryhero at 8:01 AM on April 14, 2022 [5 favorites]
One of the funny things about this is that the comics used to be pretty fanservicey anyway; artist Jim Mooney would draw Supergirl naked, then add her costume later.
posted by Halloween Jack at 8:03 AM on April 14, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 8:03 AM on April 14, 2022 [2 favorites]
To be clear, Mooney said he would pencil all his characters nude first before drawing the clothing layer on top, which is a valid way to draw the human form.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 9:01 AM on April 14, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 9:01 AM on April 14, 2022 [4 favorites]
artist Jim Mooney would draw Supergirl naked, then add her costume later.
Or you could just crop out the naked bits when it's time to go to production.
posted by The Bellman at 9:11 AM on April 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
Or you could just crop out the naked bits when it's time to go to production.
posted by The Bellman at 9:11 AM on April 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
A century ago, there were cheap underground pamphlets called Tijuana bibles, which showed popular characters from the newspapers' comics page engaged in all kinds of sexual activity. These movies are just a modern version of those.
posted by Paul Slade at 9:33 AM on April 14, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by Paul Slade at 9:33 AM on April 14, 2022 [5 favorites]
...he fixes the cable?
Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.
You make these jokes, but . . .
(Except the writer/director is Lee Roy Myers, instead of Axel Braun.)
posted by dannyboybell at 10:29 AM on April 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.
You make these jokes, but . . .
(Except the writer/director is Lee Roy Myers, instead of Axel Braun.)
posted by dannyboybell at 10:29 AM on April 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
Worth watching for the nerdy crossovers and the incredible production values in the recent movies if nothing else.
Yeah, suuuuure. You watch it for the "production values."
posted by Saxon Kane at 10:38 AM on April 14, 2022 [3 favorites]
Yeah, suuuuure. You watch it for the "production values."
posted by Saxon Kane at 10:38 AM on April 14, 2022 [3 favorites]
You watch it for the "production values."
I mean, I'm a guy who usually hits 5 on the Kinsey scale and nearly all of the Axel Braun catalogue is geared towards straight guys with the occasional made-for-men lesbian sex scene, so yeah, I mostly do.
Mostly.
posted by fight or flight at 11:21 AM on April 14, 2022 [3 favorites]
I mean, I'm a guy who usually hits 5 on the Kinsey scale and nearly all of the Axel Braun catalogue is geared towards straight guys with the occasional made-for-men lesbian sex scene, so yeah, I mostly do.
Mostly.
posted by fight or flight at 11:21 AM on April 14, 2022 [3 favorites]
According to the notes, there's a "party version" of The Big Lebowski: A XXX Parody. Do they lose the porn, or the plot in the party version?
posted by Spike Glee at 11:26 AM on April 14, 2022
posted by Spike Glee at 11:26 AM on April 14, 2022
I imagine it's something along the lines of Rocky Horror, except...y'know what never mind.
posted by jquinby at 12:10 PM on April 14, 2022
posted by jquinby at 12:10 PM on April 14, 2022
I don't care if he's an evil porno clown, he got us free HBO!
posted by The Underpants Monster at 12:39 PM on April 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by The Underpants Monster at 12:39 PM on April 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
Tijuana bibles appear in the Watchmen comic.
posted by doctornemo at 12:40 PM on April 14, 2022
posted by doctornemo at 12:40 PM on April 14, 2022
Do they lose the porn, or the plot in the party version?
Depends on the party, I guess.
posted by kirkaracha at 2:07 PM on April 14, 2022
Depends on the party, I guess.
posted by kirkaracha at 2:07 PM on April 14, 2022
say what you will about mainstream porn, but a friend had me gasping for breath when he informed me of the following adaptations:
Edward Penishands
Titty Slickers 2: The Search for Golden Curlies
there was something about the timing, my particular level of immaturity at the time, but I was crying because at first it was just funny, then I realized he wasn't joking, and anyway.. it's good to laugh that hard. And who WOULDN'T love a job coming up with these titles?
posted by elkevelvet at 2:20 PM on April 14, 2022 [2 favorites]
Edward Penishands
Titty Slickers 2: The Search for Golden Curlies
there was something about the timing, my particular level of immaturity at the time, but I was crying because at first it was just funny, then I realized he wasn't joking, and anyway.. it's good to laugh that hard. And who WOULDN'T love a job coming up with these titles?
posted by elkevelvet at 2:20 PM on April 14, 2022 [2 favorites]
This thread's influence is malign. I initially read that as "who WOULDN'T love a job coming up with these titties?" and had to do a bit of a double take.
posted by flabdablet at 3:13 PM on April 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by flabdablet at 3:13 PM on April 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
I had to finally break down and write a few lines of code to sort my collection by run time to actually look for the long ones. Found these by Braun. Yep, good production values.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hole
Spider-Man XXX
Also found (not sure by whom) a goodly produced
I Dream of Jeanie
Hairy Twatter
Still can't find the Scooby Doo one. IDoJ might be Braun, it has the 'xxx' in the title but all the credits if any are cut off, still rather a lot of effort put into it.... Somewhere I also have some Dr. Who (Amy & Rory), a Breakfast Club, an Addams Family (even has Thing), and King's IT.... that just get A+ for actual effort. Some of the parodies do have their own merit.
posted by zengargoyle at 2:36 AM on April 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hole
Spider-Man XXX
Also found (not sure by whom) a goodly produced
I Dream of Jeanie
Hairy Twatter
Still can't find the Scooby Doo one. IDoJ might be Braun, it has the 'xxx' in the title but all the credits if any are cut off, still rather a lot of effort put into it.... Somewhere I also have some Dr. Who (Amy & Rory), a Breakfast Club, an Addams Family (even has Thing), and King's IT.... that just get A+ for actual effort. Some of the parodies do have their own merit.
posted by zengargoyle at 2:36 AM on April 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
Porn and humor have always been together, they're both based on taboo.
But in general, the current humor came about when things went digital. No more film, no more VHS, not that hard intensive recording/editing. Once digital cameras came out and digital editing arrived and the internet was there for distribution so things didn't take that much really hard (heh) effort.... If we had had that back in my university days we'd have been making porn.
Just like any sort of Tuber, you get better at the production (or at least can). Cuts, multiple cameras, lights, sound, costumes (hello Amazon), cosplay grew. It stopped being something that required like a full studio setup.
Goofy fun people got their hands on their hands on lower barrier of entry into the market and ran with it. Now it's easy to have a couple go-pro's and a onesie and make a Pokemon Gotta Catch Em All spoof.
Porn developed a sense of humor when the tools to make it became much more accessible and into the hands of the masses.
(Thanks for listening to my TED talk)
posted by zengargoyle at 9:37 AM on April 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
But in general, the current humor came about when things went digital. No more film, no more VHS, not that hard intensive recording/editing. Once digital cameras came out and digital editing arrived and the internet was there for distribution so things didn't take that much really hard (heh) effort.... If we had had that back in my university days we'd have been making porn.
Just like any sort of Tuber, you get better at the production (or at least can). Cuts, multiple cameras, lights, sound, costumes (hello Amazon), cosplay grew. It stopped being something that required like a full studio setup.
Goofy fun people got their hands on their hands on lower barrier of entry into the market and ran with it. Now it's easy to have a couple go-pro's and a onesie and make a Pokemon Gotta Catch Em All spoof.
Porn developed a sense of humor when the tools to make it became much more accessible and into the hands of the masses.
(Thanks for listening to my TED talk)
posted by zengargoyle at 9:37 AM on April 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
"I imagine it's something along the lines of Rocky Horror, except...y'know what never mind."- jquinby
Rocki W***e Picture Show, 2011, Wicked Pictures, directed by Brad Armstrong (winning him the Best Director: Parody category in the 2012 AVNs). The special features don't seem to list a non-sex edit.
ZenGargoyle, I suspect the Scooby-Doo you're referring to was published by New Sensations, directed by Eddie Powell, according to the Internet Adult Film Database. (www.iafd.com - NSFW in pictures, words, ads, thought, and deed)
I'd also argue that the modern parody trend (keeping the character names; adding the branding of 'Not' or 'XXX' or 'Parody' specifically in the title) started in 2007 and 2008, when Hustler got away with Not the Bradys XXX and Who's N***in' Paylin? . Yes, the tech was cheaper to produce them, but also, it revived wider interest in movie-length, sort-of-plotted productions, and proved that locust swarms of lawyers weren't going to descend on whoever distributed these things. If people hadn't paid to see them, or if corporation lawyers had started dragging Hustler or New Sensations or Wicked into court, Axel Braun and Will Ryder and Lee Roy Myers wouldn't get paid to make this product.
The previous age of parody (say 1970 to 2008) heavily relied on changing the title and changing the character names to stave off lawyers. (The Maddams Family, in 1991, for example, to capitalize on the Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston film) . And part of staving off the lawyers was always going to be blatantly goofy jokes.
Even staying-in-character humor was there, occasionally: the Beavis and Butthead parody from 1995, directed by Buck Adams, had the 'Beavis' character saying to an angry authority figure, after both 'Beavis' and 'Butthead' had been intimate with a young woman, "He just slept with your niece, sir. I think you should kick his ass." Your milage may vary, but that seemed to me to be pretty in-character for Beavis.
posted by Mutant Lobsters from Riverhead at 3:03 PM on April 15, 2022
Rocki W***e Picture Show, 2011, Wicked Pictures, directed by Brad Armstrong (winning him the Best Director: Parody category in the 2012 AVNs). The special features don't seem to list a non-sex edit.
ZenGargoyle, I suspect the Scooby-Doo you're referring to was published by New Sensations, directed by Eddie Powell, according to the Internet Adult Film Database. (www.iafd.com - NSFW in pictures, words, ads, thought, and deed)
I'd also argue that the modern parody trend (keeping the character names; adding the branding of 'Not' or 'XXX' or 'Parody' specifically in the title) started in 2007 and 2008, when Hustler got away with Not the Bradys XXX and Who's N***in' Paylin? . Yes, the tech was cheaper to produce them, but also, it revived wider interest in movie-length, sort-of-plotted productions, and proved that locust swarms of lawyers weren't going to descend on whoever distributed these things. If people hadn't paid to see them, or if corporation lawyers had started dragging Hustler or New Sensations or Wicked into court, Axel Braun and Will Ryder and Lee Roy Myers wouldn't get paid to make this product.
The previous age of parody (say 1970 to 2008) heavily relied on changing the title and changing the character names to stave off lawyers. (The Maddams Family, in 1991, for example, to capitalize on the Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston film) . And part of staving off the lawyers was always going to be blatantly goofy jokes.
Even staying-in-character humor was there, occasionally: the Beavis and Butthead parody from 1995, directed by Buck Adams, had the 'Beavis' character saying to an angry authority figure, after both 'Beavis' and 'Butthead' had been intimate with a young woman, "He just slept with your niece, sir. I think you should kick his ass." Your milage may vary, but that seemed to me to be pretty in-character for Beavis.
posted by Mutant Lobsters from Riverhead at 3:03 PM on April 15, 2022
Still can't find the Scooby Doo one.
There's a "Scooby Does Dallas" pun in there somewhere, but I can't quite make it work.
posted by Paul Slade at 6:10 AM on April 16, 2022
There's a "Scooby Does Dallas" pun in there somewhere, but I can't quite make it work.
posted by Paul Slade at 6:10 AM on April 16, 2022
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