Please let us know your choices (up to 5) for the following categories. Your choices can include any adult DVDs to date (ie this is not restricted to this year.) If you don't want to post your choices here then please email them to me at webmaster@adultdvdtalk.com. Your input on these awards is very important. Thanks for participating.
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Posted - Dec 29 2000 : 9:38AM
we haven't set a deadline (probably should hunh :) we're planning on having the awards show in mid-february. so i would say we'd need the nominations within the next couple weeks.
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Posted - Dec 29 2000 : 2:19PM
Stephanie , fake breast pornstars are not nominated right? They shouldn't count.
I know this was considered before, but I'm not sure there was much discussion about it. After thinking about it, I believe it may be better to restrict the nominations to discs or perhaps even better - features released in 2000.
I say this because the field of selections is so large, there is apt to be no agreement at all when the nominations do come in. We are selecting five out of thousands! I will be very surprised if two people nominate even one of the same discs. This is especially true because the categories are very broad. We are not nominating "best girl/girl scene of 2000" - we are nominating "best overall dvd".
There could be a special category for "Hall of Fame" disc or something of that nature which would be retro to all discs in the past.
If we limit it to only 2000 DVDs, then a lot of great movies won't get the credit they deserve. We can't go back in time to award movies made for each year before 2000, so I feel we should leave them in for this awards show.
Snowman, I think for the first awards, all dvd's should be considered that have been released until some set date: my choice for the cutoff date would be 12/31/00. Subsequent awards can be limited for the year following, etc.
Why? Because this is the first year of the awards. A lot of great dvd's have been released in the last few years and to exclude them based solely on a timing issue seems flawed (to me).
As far as not being able to agree on a "best" dvd or other category, when push comes to shove, most porn dvd's suck. Most are churned out in assembly line manner so that's not likely to impact the awards. How likely is it that, for example, any two reviewers think Ed Powers' dvd's are good enough to nominate/win?
Extra's? Most of the time, we're lucky if a company puts a few old trailers and a sucky photogallery on a dvd.
Interactive? Maybe a dozen have been released so far...
All Sex? after you cut through the crummy ones (99%+), you are left with a short list.
Feature Film? Let's be honest here, how many companies even make something they'd consider a passable "feature" film?
Just a thought from the peanut gallery. I've seen probably a dozen that should earn "best" dvd, 4 or 5 worthy of "best" extra's, etc. I'm not known for being overly generous with my grading/reviewing and my votes will be at least as tough. (and not for sale-even for hookers, drugs, and money )
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Posted - Dec 30 2000 : 12:43PM
snowman - i agree it's a big pool, but like don said there are thousands of coasters. i have a feeling the nominations will be more similar than you think.
this is the first show. i'm sure we will all learn a lot this year and have an even better one next year :)
Gigalo (The) New Wave Hookers Pyramid (The) Tower (The) Wild Things
* Best All Sex
Unnatural Sex #01 Down the Hatch #01 Cumback Pussy #06 Cumback Pussy #27 Debauchery #01
* Best DVD Extras Package
I hardly ever see any DVD Extras on Adult discs worth mentioning. It is a struggle to even come up anything. However, after considering it, the discs that include 2 parts on 1 - that is a substantial bonus to DVD customers.
Devil in Miss Jones Part 3 and 4 (2 for 1!) Tower (Parts 2 and 3) (2 for 1!) Planet of the Gapes (Extra Bonus Scene) Lord Of Asses (Extra Bonus Scene) American Bukkake #01 (Behind the Scenes Short)
* Best Overall DVD
Unnatural Sex #01 Cumback Pussy #06 Down the Hatch #01 Pyramid (The) Tower (The)
* Best Interactive
I can't make any nominations here because I have never tried an interactive disc yet.
Steph: I could think of a few things you could do to encourage more participation but Drew might get jealous. For better of for worse, here's my nominee's. In a few categories I could've come up with a a dozen or more great dvd's. Some titles lost out for minor reasons and others made one grouping but not another simply because it allowed me to give a nod to more movies. Future awards shows will be easier because there won't be 3 years of releases competing against one another. (of course, as companies learn to make better dvd's, more great one's may be released in a given year...)
> Best Feature Film DVD
Raw Dark Garden Conquest A Witch's Tail John Leslie's Dog Walker
> Best All Sex DVD
Shane's World 19 Hell on Heels Stop My Ass Is On Fire 2 Electric Sex:Collectors Edition Ms Jackie's Full Service Salon
Virtual Sex with Jill Kelly Chasing Stacy (waiting on a few to come in-may add them later)
> Best Overall DVD
New Wave Hookers 5 DMJ 6 Double Feature A Witch's Tail Flashpoint
> Best Gay DVD
Haven't seen any
For the record, any of the best feature or best extra's could've been nominated for best overall.
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Posted - Jan 5 2001 : 10:58AM
Updated my voting list. Had to add Buttman's Big Butt Euro Babes to the Best Overall DVD list. Which by the way it take first and Down The Hatch 2nd place.
For all the bellyaching and bitching I did, after much consideration, I think it only appropriate for me to follow the example of say, Marlon Brando (in principle, not in size ;) and withhold my vote. What principle, you ask? I don't know yet, but in keeping with the Brando tradition, I'm sure it will be something obscure that no one gives a rat's ass about. (don't go there, Diesel, please)
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Posted - Jan 8 2001 : 10:34PM
Let's make sure this thread got sucked by replies ok? Let's help out our beloved Stephanie!
It's been a long time since my last post.. my, how time flies :)
I haven't seen that many GOOD DVDs, but my noms would be :
Best Feature Film DVD :
Dark Garden (VCA) Dream Quest (Wicked) Cashmere (VCA) Sex 1/2 (VCA)
Best Extras :
Dream Quest Flashpoint (Wicked) Dark Garden
Best Overall DVD :
Dream Quest Dark Garden Ritual (VCA) Cashmere
Sorry, that there have been so many VCA titles in there, but so far, these have been the best I've seen, except one or two exceptions such as Dream Quest or maybe Zazel
I've put off making my official nominations because I have a tendency to change my mind. That's not to say that I am now resolute, but here it goes anyway. In no particular order....
Best Feature -- DMJ6 -- Pornogothic -- Cafe Flesh 2
All Sex -- Shane's World 19 -- Titman's Pool Party 2 -- Pornographer
Best Extra's Package -- DMJ6 -- Flashpoint -- Sex Island
Best Interactive -- My Plaything: Stacy Valentine -- My Plaything: Tera Patrick -- Chasing Stacy
Diville brings up a good point - once someone votes, is it set in stone? I'm sure a lot of voters are holding off until the deadline for this reason ( or, maybe to milk it for maximum payola possible - JUST KIDDING!!!)
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Posted - Jan 11 2001 : 5:25PM
nothing is set in stone. there will be a period to discuss the nominations. i'm sorry that i can't provide more exact timeframes for everything, but we still have some things to work out.
Finally, here's my nominations. I have to admit that this was one of the toughest decisions I've had to make this year (so what if we're only 15 days in). I almost had to pick names out of a hat for some categories, so some titles aren't represented that I wanted to, but I had to draw a line somewhere.
Seeing that it's almost the cutoff for nominations, here are mine. Many are redundant (which is a good thing, since that probably means that a lot of people are liking the same titles). Nominations are in alphabetical order:
Best Feature Film DVD Bliss (VCA) Conquest (Wicked) Insatiable (i-Candy) Justine: Nothing to Hide 2 (Metro) Ritual (VCA)
Best All Sex DVD Private: Millennium (Private) Tanya Hyde's Twisted Dreams (Private) Titman's Pool Party #2 (Metro) Real Sex Magazine 18 (Legend) Zazel (Metro)
Best DVD Extras Package DMJ6 (VCA) Dream Quest (Wicked) Electric Sex: Collector's Edition (Digital Sin) White Lightning (VCA)
Best Interactive DVD Chasing Stacy (VCA) White Lightning (VCA)
Best Overall DVD DMJ6 (VCA) Dream Quest (Wicked) Electric Sex: Collector's Edition (Digital Sin) Private: Millennium (Private) White Lightning (VCA)