# Who Will Speak For Cable Softcore Porn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004 "2012-04-06T15:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/41 "2012-04-07T03:50:11Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Anyway, this series tries very hard to be a passable soft-core soap opera. What I think is a real barrier is the venn diagram of people who will fake fuck on camera and people an ounce of acting talent has a very small overlap. Well, it’s larger than the Venn diagram overlap of people who will real-fuck on camera and people with an ounce of acting talent. It’s just that in hardcore porn there’s generally no story anyway anymore (and they don’t even pretend otherwise) so that doesn’t matter for a second. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/42 "2012-04-07T04:48:48Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > _looks at thread title_ > _looks at post suspiciously_ > With what, exactly? /me looks innocent. “1920s style death ray, of course!” ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/43 "2012-04-08T00:02:18Z")
I was in college during the brief golden age of quality hard core porn (like the original Flesh Gordon.) 20 years ago soft core (or at least some of it) had plots also. It sounds like the same pressures which ruined hardcore has ruined softcore also. It appears that there is porn for every fetish except that for decent plotting. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/44 "2012-04-08T02:20:36Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Could be. As I said, I saw the documentary but not the movie itself. > > But I did check the IMDb pages of the actresses. They’ve been in more than a few movies. **There must be at least a large niche for large breasts.** Of course there is – large breasts call for a large niche. Seriously, there _used_ to be a niche for such women, but it seems to have disappeared. In the closing days of VHS/beginning days of DVD I saw lots of “Big Breast” titles in respectable video stores, featuring the works of Russ Meyer (and his chosen starlets), Softcore starring the likes of Kitten Natividad, and things like Playboy’s _Voluptuous Vixens_ (two different releases). Now these seem to have disappeared for some reason – i don’t see them in the remaining video-selling places, or among the “adult” offerings on streaming video, or on late-night HBO and the like. The only title I’ve seen is a Girls Gone Wild claiming to have “Big Breasts”. But not even Playboy seems to have these anymore. I don’t understand the disappearance. Certainly there are plenty of Big Breast sites on the internet. But you’d think it would survive in the more open video market, as well. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/45 "2012-04-08T04:10:23Z")
> [@SnakeBabe](#): > > Soft core movies can be very profitable (based on their costs to produce) and affordable to make. Many soft core movies are edited versions of Hard core movies that have already been shot. Camera angles are done to not show what they dont want shown. This allows _ **us** _ to make a second movie at little cost. As for who watches it, many people do. It is not the the majority market share but there are enough consumers of it to produce these second edits and show a decent profit. “Us?” Do you have an “Ask the…” thread somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![SnakeBabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SnakeBabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeBabe)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/46 "2012-04-08T17:36:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > “Us?” > > Do you have an “Ask the…” thread somewhere? Whats that? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/47 "2012-04-08T18:06:28Z")
> [@SnakeBabe](#): > > Whats that? An “Ask the” thread is a thread started by someone who has unusual or otherwise interesting experience in your life. The poster noted that you used the term “us” to describe softcore porn makers, implying you have experience in producing softcore porn, which could reasonably be described as unusual or interesting experience. We have had several sex industry pros start threads like that on the Dope, IIRC, but never anyone from the softcore field. ---
**Author:** ![SnakeBabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SnakeBabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeBabe)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/48 "2012-04-08T18:10:59Z")
Ah, got it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/49 "2012-04-08T20:44:00Z")
In softcore, it only _ **looks** _ like you got it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/50 "2012-04-09T06:11:17Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > There are also those weird cable series that come pretty close to softcore porn, but try to maintain a level of respectibilty, shows like True Blood and Californication. I don’t think this post has been emphasized enough. Series like these are where soft porn is going. It is being co-opted into premium non-broadcast TV series. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it disappeared as a separate and distinct genre of its own as it becomes more integral to regular series fare. The problems of broadcast TV are just gonna get worse, as federal regulations are preventing them from competing in porn television. I don’t watch a single broadcast TV series already, and not only because of restrictions on bodies, but because normal adult _language_ can’t be used. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/51 "2012-04-09T07:55:42Z")
Even the highly regarded Game of Thrones has soft core porn in it, I don’t remember a scene in the book where Little Finger gave prostitutes pointers on ass play. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/52 "2012-04-09T14:40:56Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Even the highly regarded Game of Thrones has soft core porn in it, I don’t remember a scene in the book where Little Finger gave prostitutes pointers on ass play. Hah! There was a WHOLE BOOK about it: “A Bounce of Buttocks”. You missed it? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/53 "2012-04-09T15:07:47Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Even the highly regarded Game of Thrones has soft core porn in it, I don’t remember a scene in the book where Little Finger gave prostitutes pointers on ass play. One of the bigger TV Bloggers coined the term “Sexposition” for the scenes in GoT where they would spice up the talking about back story with naked people boffing. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/54 "2012-04-09T15:34:50Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Hah! There was a WHOLE BOOK about it: “A Bounce of Buttocks”. You missed it? I missed that one, but _Rimjob of the North_ was awesome! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/55 "2012-04-10T06:30:43Z")
Is Rimjob of the North the one that is about 500 pages too long, introcuces a bunch more people who want to be king and then doesn’t move the plot forward? Oh right, they’re all like that. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004/56 "2012-04-10T07:42:08Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > One of the bigger TV Bloggers coined the term “Sexposition” for the scenes in GoT where they would spice up the talking about back story with naked people boffing. Because there is nothing HOTTER than discussing politics while boffing! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-speak-for-cable-softcore-porn/618004.md?page=2)