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-Kelly-
Senior Member

2517 Posts
5/03
Posted - Jul 31 2003 : 1:22AM
Hey, how's it going,

I remember a while ago Zane started going with the new slogan of "Porn for the new millenium." The new millenium came and they kept that claim, with the ad running in front of all of their videos. However, a couple of years in now and they just seem to be gone. I know that there were some serious legal and business problems that I know nothing about, but I never thought they would just fall away like they seemingly have. I never thought their stuff was great, but I never saw anything bad from them.

However, now that all of these new companies have popped up the pre-existing ones have to step it up or fold against the new competition. I've heard that Zane will be back, but right now they seem like a non-entity in porn. I'm just curious how many of you out there noticed their absence and whether or not you cared.


TSCfan

"Some things never change"

PS...I don't propose this as a poll question with simple yes or no answers, but if any moderator feels it belongs in a different forum then that's cool.

Edited by - tscfan317 on Jul 31 2003

skronker
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Scopophiliac
9780 Posts
9/02
Posted - Jul 31 2003 : 1:32AM
I think when Matt Zane started getting all the press for Backstage Sluts and his rock band and Gen X Porn and the MTV special where his girlfriend has an AIDS scare and so on and so forth, they were pretty close to over -- right?? I thought they were always second-rate, but I didn't know any better at the time. They had some early versions of Max Hardcore, before he went totally over the top, with actresses who later became much better known, so those tapes I'd still like to see ... But if you look at the best stuff out now, their output is pretty mediocre, I think. Fun concepts, though -- and truly "gonzo."
-Kelly-
Senior Member

2517 Posts
5/03
Posted - Jul 31 2003 : 1:58AM
Hey, how's it going,

What I find funny is that I the only Zane stuff I ever saw that I didn't like was "Backstage Sluts 3", which was the series that somehow made them briefly mainstream. I didn't think it was good at all. It's just weird watching Eve 6 sit in the studio as a porn girl is about to get it on with their technician who looks suspiciously like Kyle Stone. That's just one example.

I agree though that their stuff seems mediocre compared to a lot of stuff today. But they seemed like such a formidable company for so long and then they died rather suddenly.

Kelly

Edited by - tscfan317 on 7/31/2003 1:59:29 AM

Asmodeus
Lord of Lust

az-mo-day-us
6338 Posts
10/01
Posted - Jul 31 2003 : 5:59AM
I miss ZANE but they have only themselves to blame for what happened to that once stellar porn company. Chuck Zane literally killed the goose that laid the golden eggs with all that drama that led to their downfall, and I don't even wanna get started on his son Matt - who I always considered to be nothing but a little wannabe. But in their prime, they were producing some of the best extreme gonzo porn (featuring intense anal, DP's and double anal) the world had ever seen starting in the early 90's and seemed destined for greatness before that fiasco happened and I was fortunate enough to have bought all my fave videos from them which I still have in my collection. It goes without saying that it would be wonderful to see some of their stuff digitally remastered on DVD, but I don't know if that will ever happen...


Edited by - Asmodeus on 7/31/2003 6:07:14 AM

Bill All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

5334 Posts
6/00
Posted - Jul 31 2003 : 9:00PM
I liked some of their older stuff. Once the kids got involved, I thought that they went downhill quickly.
 
Murray Head
Member

263 Posts
9/02
Posted - Jul 31 2003 : 9:39PM
I agree with Assmodeus,Zane's production values weren't the best,but they were the shiznut for gonzo and double everything.Where would they be without my girl Nikki Brantz?

And Matt Zane is better off trying to be a rock star.At least he seems to be sincere about his band,unlike that pathetic Dick Smothers' Jr.

I laughed out loud when I saw the MTV doc they did on the porn industry.They mentioned that Matt Zane's Gen X style has "revolutionized the industry."Really?I think I missed that revolution.

Relating to things-you-don't-miss-in-porn,I will add all of that Matt Zane,Kid Vegas GENERATION X porn.Fuck Gen X.And FUCK GEN Y.It's all been done kids,the revolutions are over,not that you would know about the past anyway.Doomed to repeat the past and think you're original.

Oops,did I go off on a rant?I wasn't even talking about porn!

BIGmike
B-I-G-m-i-k-e

2335 Posts
3/01
Posted - Jul 31 2003 : 10:59PM
Does anyone miss them?

Hell, I never seen a thing from them, and had/have really no idea of who they were/are.

So, no I don't miss them.

- - - B-I-G-m-i-k-e, over & out! - - -

Asmodeus
Lord of Lust

az-mo-day-us
6338 Posts
10/01
Posted - Jul 31 2003 : 11:52PM
Well Michael, thats because when they were busy filming Nikki Brantz getting double analed you were prolly more concerened with turning in your 8th grade homework on time...

"Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law" - Aleister Crowley 1875-1947

BIGmike
B-I-G-m-i-k-e

2335 Posts
3/01
Posted - Aug 1 2003 : 12:40AM
Homework? A strange concept.

I never did no homework, at least for much of my elementary school times, that's what the smart kids were for!

- - - B-I-G-m-i-k-e, over & out! - - -

Asmodeus
Lord of Lust

az-mo-day-us
6338 Posts
10/01
Posted - Aug 1 2003 : 12:48AM
Sorry Big M, I was just being a smart ass - you know I still luv ya!

"Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law" - Aleister Crowley 1875-1947




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