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de
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29 Posts
4/00
Posted - Sep 27 2000 : 2:06PM
Just curious what everyone would rate as the Good Studios and the bad studios?
I understand that everyone has their favorites but I would like to hear all opinions.
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Stacy_Chasey_Jenna_Fan
Member

Jenna's House
50 Posts
9/00
Posted - Sep 27 2000 : 3:37PM
Hello
I like Vivid the best. I also like the ideal of the Vivid girls. Why I don't know. They also have more on their dvd's then any other studio. Their other company Wave has some pretty good things too expect there dvd previews are always the same.
Stacy_Chasey_Jenna_Fan
Darkmage
Member

State of Denial
328 Posts
11/99
Posted - Sep 27 2000 : 5:03PM
I'll chime in with a dissenting opinion.
Vivid is bad. Vivid is terrible. Here are my reasons why I have formed this opinion:
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  • The video quality of their product is highly variable, but it averages out to roughly "piss poor". Artifacts are common, and a persistant grain permiates 90% of the titles I have seen from them.

  • Their plots and dialogue are laughable.

  • The camera work is unispired.

  • Several of their top-name models, while aesthetically very pleasing to the eye, have all the sexual energy of a potted plant.

  • The extras are always the same from disc to disc. None of these extras pertain to the disc you are currently watching.

  • Their persistant habit of cutting material out of their films to make room for the extra features.

  • Their lack of a presence on ADT.

  • Now, that's not to say that everything that comes out of Vivid is crap. Just most of it.
    I normally don't review crap, so it's hard to pin down particular studios. Heatwave has put out some crap.
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    astroknight All-Star Supporter
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    Tastes so good...
    4187 Posts
    11/99
    Posted - Sep 27 2000 : 6:26PM
    Best studio would probably be either Wicked or VCA. I've heard very good things about Private, but I haven't watched any of their DVDs yet.
    On the bad side, I've seen some poor stuff from Horizon and Heatwave. Adam & Eve has some poor stuff out there, but they seem to be putting a lot of effort into putting out a quality product now, so I put them in the middle (but the more I see of their new stuff, the higher I'm placing them). At the bottom would have to be Vivid. Ditto for everything from Darkmage. I like several of their girls, but a lot of the time it doesn't seem worth it to pick up their DVDs because the scenes are going to be edited. Perfect example: Bad Girls. It was considered one of the best movies of that year, yet Vivid edited it from something like 2 1/2 hours down to under an hour and a half! I hate editing of any movie, but at least VCA has a reason (I'd edit something down if it would keep me out of jail, and they don't do it that much). Vivid just does it to put some more extras on that are on every disc they release! Down with Vivid!
    fisheye
    Member

    98 Posts
    5/00
    Posted - Sep 27 2000 : 9:31PM
    I discovered that if I payed a little more for a Private title I would feel good about my purchase. You get what you pay for and sometimes more when you get a Private title.
    The girls actually appear to have life in them. My next bet is Diabolic, wall to wall hardcore sex. Though they can get a little too nasty and some one normally insists on putting the most butt ugly girl they can find in their Down The Hatch Series. Niether of those I would consider "Couples" porn though, so a little nasty is ok.
    ... end rant
    [This message has been edited by fisheye (edited September 27, 2000).]



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