Hey how it going? You guys never answered cholmes58 question about diversity at Vivid. I would love to see a Black Director like Prince or a Rico Strong work for you company. I think it's about time Black and interracial are selling really well and it would open up a new whole new fan base for you guys.
I am working out a deal right now with someone. I agree with you that we need to do a real interracial movie and I will post who it is as soon as I finalize it.
Well I gave Vivid a 2nd chance and was very very pleased I did. Your female talent has always been top notch and the male perfomers were really good also. I thought I would let you know because i'm going to expect this from now on and I'm looking forward to keeping Vivid titles in stock. I hope you guys keep up the good work.
What's going on with vivid alt? The releases are slowing down, and only one title has been released on blu-ray. I was a regular on the vivid-alt website, but it has all but been abandoned. Howard, do you have any info on this? EMS providers for ALT Porn!!!!
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Posted - Sep 11 2009 : 12:06PM
Thank you so much. It really means a lot when someone takes a second look and is pleased. This is the path we are on, and going to keep it there going forward. again thanks for you honesty and second try.
Thanks - I hope someone does. I was very disappointed when I joined ginamond.com over a year ago after much hype ... they seemed to lose interest in it after a month or two.
hollywood woody, 1) Since it appears Vivid is really trying to get back into the ir market why don't their directors decide to do something that the company used to do back in the 90s, which is have a couple of their regularly used "go to" male performers be of Africian descent? I am not saying Vivid directors need to cast one or more Black male performers for every feature and non-feature production they make and release. I do however think for good pentage of them they should definitely utilize this production tactic, even if their movies' scenes, storylines, and/or situations do not call for them having either Black male performers or ir themes. 2) If you're able to can you please answer the questions I posted in this thread, seeing how a good percentage of Vivid titles are changed when they are aired on the Playboy Channel? alexl467 Edited by - alexl467 on 10/3/2009 10:27:38 PM Edited by - alexl467 on 10/3/2009 10:28:50 PM Edited by - alexl467 on 10/3/2009 10:33:18 PM
hey woody i would LOVE to get some posters for my store and was wondering if i could get some club jenna teravision and of course vivid girl posters??? maybe even a few 90's stars if you have any. matbe something to promote vivids 4hour comps. maybe some chi chi la rue (she still workin for you?) some good gay studs? I do keep some vivid gay titles. mostly comps. please!!!!!
I gave Stroke It a view. Thought it was just so-so. Not sold on the "new" Vivid. Also, hate the VIVID watermark. While I understand the need to protect your product, it was extremely "heavy" and placed so far inside the frame. Fortunately I only rented Stroke It, and as long as they use the watermark I will never purchase a Vivid DVD.
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Posted - Oct 6 2009 : 5:52PM
the reviews we have received on this site say otherwise. You can try to please everyone, but it hard to succeed at that. Out of 50 or so people, you are the first who didn't like it, that means we're doing pretty good!
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Posted - Oct 7 2009 : 4:30PM
It did really well. When you sell 3000 out the door these days, it is a blockbuster. Most companies are struggling to get out 1000 of a number, most are selling between 700 and 900. We have been very good about putting out great stuff, so we are getting titles with legs. Hannas House, Centerfolds Exposed, Raylenes Dirty Work etc have all done really well.
As A Fan and total outsider... I was Just wondering why (You guys who run Vivid) don't you use your Vivid contract girls more in your movies? Seems like your movies lately are about ONE star and a bunch of other performers. It's like Dreams of Sunrise... Sunrise Adams and a bunch of other people make a flix....Since Sunrise is in it...stick a Vivid sticker on the box and hope for the best. I guess I'm missing the whole new Vivid business philosophy...to me five scenes that have no correlation and scenes that don't even have to feature one Vivid girl, ta boot -- do not a movie make. I guess if I want to watch a good Sunrise Adams "MOVIE" I'll have to dust off Scorpio Rising. And if I want to watch a great movie I'll have to fish out "Cry Wolf" Ah, sucks that we all have to get old....and speaking of old....Mark Davis is so old and out of shape in Dreams that he was gasping for air and I thought he was going to have the big one.
OK, I haven't watched a Vivid video in YEARS, but after checking your website, I LIKED the "Spice it Up" trailer. My comments/suggestions: Hannah Hilton is a HUGE ASSET for Vivid -- you should build entire DVD series around her. Jenni Lee would be a GREAT addition. Your FUTURE contract girls should be free of BOTOX and COLLAGEN INJECTIONS. Between movie-length-plot "features" and plotless "gonzo", I think there is a NICHE for what I'll call "fantasies". Each DVD would feature a particular GIRL, and each SCENE would have a self-contained mini-plot with the girl in some sort of fantasy setup that leads to M/F sex. For example, I like the fantasy of the HORNY WAITRESS hitting on a guy while his girlfriend is in the bathroom -- the guy cheats with her in a motel room and fucks her every way his girlfriend won't -- ANAL, FACEFUCK, etc. -- and then WALKS OUT. But they should be male fantasies that are easy to set up in a few minutes of acting, leading to a sex scene.
woody i recieved the posters you sent friday and i would like to say thank you very much again,but as i was unpacking them you wont believe who walked into my store. Cheyenne Silver. I think I was about overwhelmed in vividness. What a sweet and lovely lady. She asked me to tell you Hi. She also commented on you saying that you were always very kind and sweet. In case you like to know she has a main stream sci-fi series comming out and for the life of me I can not remeber its name. Her daughter is in high school now and her husband has left her last year. Shes very much a country girl. Shes happy its seems with life and looking forward to the future. I personally was smitten by her extremly sweet and caring nature that seems to pour out of her in a constant flow. I never really realised how these ladies in adult movies are so... normal. I mean I guess I set them on a higher par.Cheyenne is definately not normal and is the meaning of sweetness but shes so delicate. Listening to her tell stories of the business and her personal life was kick ass. I kept her talking for an hour! Maybe i should be an AVN reporter. Anyway Thank you for the posters they are awesome! Thanks you for asking the porn gods to send "wild cat" my way. Friday was a great day. Edited by - nerdgod on 10/17/2009 1:17:46 PM
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Posted - Oct 20 2009 : 5:19PM
It actually feels ok. Paul is a good friend and he is ok with it. Vivid is actually Steven Hirsch, the rest of us are all replaceable. I was there for 18 years, and I thought I would/could never go, but I did, for almost 2 years, and I have to say i am glad I'm back. There is a time when everyone has to move on, when you get too comfortable in a position, you seem to mail it in after awhile. That happened to me. My absence made me realize I am grateful to be able to say i work for Vivid, to get up in the morning and give 100%, instead of the 50% I was giving. He will continue to make some movies for Vivid, but as an independent. I can promise you they will be much better than before.
I would most definitely agree with both points. It does suck and he does (generally) make good films. I think it's fair to say I would have stopped buying Vivid films all-together years ago without him. By far, one of the best storytellers in porn IMHO. Be interesting to see if someone fills in his gaps. Edited by - aplus on 10/21/2009 5:23:03 AM
OMA: Vivid is too busy buying "Stolen" (lol) sex videos from sub par celebrities to hire a decent writer who can write a decent script. So you get departures -- directors and fans -- and you get the new Vivid...5 sex scenes that have nothing to do with each other, one of them from a VIVID girl, and slap her face on the cover and call it a movie...sex scenes like pretty much EVERY Internet sex site is doing right now....It's called cheep and easy.
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Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 2:02PM
Nobody stole anything, a pretty harsh accusation. It was brought to us by a third party. If we don't put it out someone else would. BTW the response has been tremendous. Looks like we should do extremely well with it. Kim K was a nobody when we came out with her tape, you said the same thing about her. Now she is all over the place and her dvd has sold over 100k units. Actually most of the fans that have departed have returned, and are loving the product which is apparent from the reviews and the former customers, on this site, which have tried the new product. Some of our harshest critics on this site have said how pleased they are with B Skow and are buying again. Read the posts. As a matter of fact you are one of the only haters out there right now. It is your right to do so. I just don't agree with you at all. I know when things are bad and when things are good, I go by the numbers, and things have been really good. Please tell me the last Vivid movie you watched. I really have no idea what you are talking about when you say we slap a Vivid girl on the cover and the girl is in one scene, which is absolutely untrue. Hanna Hilton is in at least 3 scenes of every movie she has released. Nikki Jayne the same. Raylene was in 4 scenes. Nothing we do is cheap and easy. I am not trying to get into a pissing contest, but it helps when you use corrective critisium instead of just out right bashing. When Bob from this site said lose the intro commercials , we did. We listen to the customers, we don't listen to people just saying Vivid sucks, blah blah blah, it doesn't help anyone. Be specific, what movie had 1 scene of a Vivid girl in it? My guess is you probably haven't seen a movie in awhile. Or I can go back to, you just can't please everyone, but we are doing are best to please most. here is a review from Stroke it; Critical Rating: AAAA As wall-to-wall star vehicles go, this is a great value for fans of the magnificent Meggan Mallone, as naturally pretty and sexually stimulating a performer as anyone who has come along in a while. She participates generously in three really hot boy/girl scenes, most notably indefatigable trysts with Tommy Gunn and James Deen. B. Skow has become quite the sex director, eschewing production values for eroticism in a very POV-like three-way with sexy blonde Sindee Jennings, Courtney James and Evan Stone where, frankly, you hardly ever see his face. Kristina Rose is no slouch in the sex department either. Who would have thought that Vivid, king of features, would become a factory for hard, hot, no-frills sex? B. Skow joins the upper echelon of directors who can capture that kind of sex. And Meggan stands out as one of today’s most beautiful stars. as you can see the star, meggan mallone is in 3 scenes with a great review from AVN. Sorry for putting more sex in our movies. Edited by - hollywood woody on 10/21/2009 2:13:41 PM
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Posted - Oct 22 2009 : 1:04PM
we haven't. we don't really go out and find them, they usually come to us. I have to say, for her age, her body is pretty hot. the sex is really good. Very few Playmates end up doing porn. So this is a rare gem.