Comments on: ‘Blue Movies’ is Silicone Valley’s ‘30 Rock’

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'Blue Movies' and 'Fall of Kaden' Academy Screening: Dancing on the Big Screen — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:41:28 +0000

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By: 'Sex Ed' Shows Us Sex Comedy Isn't Beaten Up Yet

'Sex Ed' Shows Us Sex Comedy Isn't Beaten Up Yet — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:27:30 +0000

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By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:39:39 +0000

Ronald no thanks is necessary because I never said he was “too young.” I DID acknowledged that he looks young. But again, I do not believe that makes his part unbelievable. Also, I never said that the show had to “explain it away,” I said that the first episode explained it “ANYWAY.” Please use the correct quotes if you are going to maintain that we now “agree on the facts.”

By: Ronald Neame

Ronald Neame — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:31:13 +0000

Jay thank you for finally acknowledging he’s too young and the show had to “explain it away” as you put it in a voice over in ep 1. Now that we agree on the facts, we are merely left with opinion which is incorrectly in your case, “it doesnt take away from the show”

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:07:59 +0000

Fine Ronald he’s young…. we get that. But it doesn’t take away from the show. In episode one his age is explained anyway in the Anna V.O. montage. He went from film school, to AVN nominated director. It happens sometimes… young people get successful.

By: Mind Over Matt Damon

Mind Over Matt Damon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:36:59 +0000

This series is great!

And Ronald, I’m pretty sure the intern stayed for the girl. In any case the age thing didn’t even occur to me until I read the comments, and then it still doesn’t bother me. Max was so intense I didn’t think twice about it.

By: Ronald Neame

Ronald Neame — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:45:54 +0000

Ah Jay on the contrary its quite the reverse it is the old guard from the 1970’s when porn was on film that did have artistic aspirations which would play well against the “new wave” which more and more does sex only compilations and has little regard for craft or filming as the easy of video and equipment requires none of the discipline of a film shoot with real film and a film crew as in porn of old Misty Beethoven, Devil in Miss Jones etc…

The point is YOU might not have been bothered but the rest of us (or at least more than a few) are taken out of the very nugget of the idea of the show by the casting of the young fish out of water plunged into a world with a younger mentor (director/producer) because it makes Blue Movies play like the kids from American Pie do porn set humor 30 Rock style.

And what of the issue of the cheap free availability of porn on the internet literally killing any “new wave” of director making a real feature because there isn’t any money in it for “movies” they want clips, websites, and web cam action? Porn Parody versions of movies are not clever enough, and thats the other hook in this show, heck look at the REAL funny titles in porn parody films they are just as funny. Thats not enough. Porn without the sex is only going to cut it so long.

Is this porn company going out of business very very soon in this show? Because it seems not to acknowledge the very internet that gives it birth as an internet that kills the full length porn “films” with aspirations of anything other than clips online, cheap pay for porn performances, more bizarre extreme niche markets, directed by older men and women in their 40’s to 60’s who used to be porn stars and populated with people closer to Magnolia than 30 Rock.

I am talking about the casting of the thing, yes it is well made and written blah blah blah, but its delivered by people who we do not for ONE second believe have this job, this status, with this attitude or position which renders all that moot.

Why doesn’t he just leave? We discover his key decision to stay was off camera, making the turning point diffuse and unseen and it’s for “art” they suggest or that a valid point was made by the director played by the VERY talented Jareb Dauplaise who reads 22 even if he’s 30, is this enough to make the intern say “Sure I believe this young man will make art. I’ll stay here with this guy my age ordering me around a porn set instead of going to the internship I was interested in doing.” Okay, yes? Fine, run with that as the foundation for a whole season.

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By: Druu

Druu — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:28:21 +0000

Yeah, I’m with Jay. I like Jareb Dauplaise as Max. His being on the young side doesn’t bother me at all. And Jareb is not the show’s director or creator. Scott Brown is.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:52:23 +0000

While the director does look a bit young, I do not see where it necessarily says he is “seasoned.” Nor do I think it is bad that the director is on the younger side. On the contrary, what I get out of watching the first two episodes is that Max is sort of the “new wave” of porn directors. While directors of old might only care about getting the sex on screen and getting a paycheck, Max actually sees the art (at least in his eyes) of the pornography world. This is apparent when asking the Joker about his motivation for the scene.

Max may not look “seasoned,” but he sure does act the part by the way he treats his actors, his crew, and investors. It is clear he wants his work to be taken seriously (which ultimately makes his character more likable).

I think the writing of this show is brilliant and the actors do a wonderful job of selling their roll.

Keep it up guys! I can’t wait to see more!