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QuestionQuestion for the women who defend " erotica " ...
I am making this post because I noticed there are users on Ovarit who defend " erotica " despite saying they are against porn...
How do you differentiate erotica from porn?
Is it based on the content of the material ( romantic love making, fluffy cute wholesome couples and stuff etc vs loveless degrading ugly fuckfests etc ) or do you differentiate it based on whether the content is visual content like live action porn, cartoon drawings like Anime popularly known as " Hentai " , video games, Manga etc or literature content like romance novels like Harlequin novels etc?
I for one think sexual content with live action actors can not be defended regardless if the content depicts degrading stuff or romantic love making due to reasons stated in here : https://ovarit.com/o/WomensLiberation/633799/you-know-it-must-be-really-messed-up-for-a-child-to-find-nudes-and-other-sexual
For stuff that does not involve real life actors like drawings, books, video games etc it varies I suppose... Depending on the content it can be almost as awful as real life porn like the infamous Japanese " RapeLay " Hentai game that caused controversy some years ago... : https://mediaclassification.org/timeline-event/rape-lay-video-game-japan-classification/
More tasteful depictions of sexuality in games like the love scenes from Baldur's Gate 3 may be considered mostly ok to be enjoyed by adults I guess... With the exception of the bear thing because what the phock LOL! XD
Share your views!
I don't really have ambitions to become a director, so I can only list the things that annoy me about directors, and say what I'd do different:
If I did a fantasy movie with elves, I'd either invest the time to hire only actually unrealistically beautiful people to play elves, or I'd do an animated movie. (LotR didn't quite manage, imho. The women were fine, but the men .... nah. Not really.)
Any stunt scenes would be only done with fully clothed people. No telling stuntwomen "you can't wear your safety gear because we need you to wear a little black dress" - writers will just have to come up with scenarios where the woman who is thrown out of the window wears clothes that safety gear can be hidden under, or deal with me just throwing a realistic doll out of the window.
No sex scenes with real people. No kissing, either. People should be able to have acting careers without having to kiss strangers. If the sex scene is absolutely needed, it will be an animated movie. Not sure about nude scenes, but if there are any, they will be non-sexual and the actors will always be given the option of having a double do the nude scenes.
In general, I'd become known for idealistic movies, often fantasy, with wholesome main characters and happy endings, and probably accused of my work being unbearably cheesy. (Though inbetween, I might do some seemingly dark stuff ... that is still extremely idealistic. Kinda like Pan's Labyrinth, if you get what I mean. I'd allow people to imagine that the happy ending was all just imaginary, but a happy ending there will be.)
I’ll be honest and say I’ve never really thought about directing movies, but, I love everything you’ve said here, and would love to see one (or more!) of your films
No obligatory heterosexual pair in every film that often adds nothing to the plot. That and their tedious obligatory sex scenes in many films.
You've clearly thought about this in great detail. My overwhelming impression is that you'd be a director's director, not one hung up on your audience or mass appeal.
I wouldn't want to be a director. If I did, I'd probably want my hallmarks to be something like use of lighting or witty dialogue or long shots (I detest the quick edits so loved today - let the camera linger, let a scene breathe).