An Superhero Porn Line to Follow the BATMAN XXX PARODY

You ever see a blurb reported online and you can practically hear the sound of the other shoe dropping? That’s what I’m hearing when I see Comics Alliance’s report that porn company Vivid Entertainment is starting an imprint, Vivid Superhero, that specializes in, you guessed it, porn “parodies” of superhero movies. This is coming off the buzz created by the trailer for the BATMAN XXX PARODY you might have heard about at Lying the Gutters or on Attack of the Show. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s getting attention for its notably-high production values and its employing of costume and production designers from the 60’s BATMAN show to get that elusive authentic look.

The “other shoe” I referred to before will most surely be dropped by Time Warner and Disney’s lawyers, who probably aren’t going to be seeing these as “tributes” to their Marvel and DC properties. For one, you’ll probably remember that “superhero” is a trademark term that’s jointly owned by both companies. I recall that the indy comic SUPER HERO HAPPY HOUR had to change its name because of that and I’m pretty sure their corporate people are going to be even less sympathetic to a big established media company like Vivid using that name. I’m not a legal expert, either, but my understanding from some of the commentary on this is that the recent BATMAN porn hasn’t gotten away with it because it’s a “parody”, but because there’s still some dispute over which company has the rights to the 60’s BATMAN show. 

Anyway, Vivid’s chair, Steven Hirsch, breaks it down like this…

"The parodies under this new imprint will pay tribute to the world's most popular comic heroes... [we’ve] already started pre-production on a parody of Superman, which will be followed by those of The Green Hornet, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Captain America, Thor, and The Incredible Hulk. [We hope to] mine the really rich treasure of superheroes and have a lot of fun doing it."

Like I said, you won’t have to count too many minutes before there’s a big legal hullaballoo about this.

-- Tom Pinchuk is the writer of UNIMAGINABLE for Arcana Studios and HYBRID BASTARDS! for Archaia. Pre-order the HYBRID BASTARDS! hardcover now on Amazon.com.

first! :)

I think that this is hilarious

@danhimself said:

"I think that this is hilarious "

why not

Wow this is borderline, I bet they won't get away with it. Leave our beloved superheroes alone you immoral porn stars! How dare yo -- naw I'm just kiddin make all the porn you want.

this is cool, id watch that!
 
" Holy holiest of holies Batman"
 
"Yes Robin, that's once Batcave you haven't seen"

" You know you all want to watch this, I certainly do :P "

LOL this is hilarious.
I wonder whatll happen legally.

I am not surprised, remember Zach and Miri ......Star Whores. Same thing.

(smacks forehead. leaves room and begins asking God what the hell is wrong with this world)

If someone must have porn just please keep it normal.

" (smacks forehead. leaves room and begins asking God what the hell is wrong with this world) "  

Just imagine The Incredible Hulk getting angry :P  

" @Tesseract said:

" first! :) "

if you don't have anything constructive to say about the thread then don't say anything at all...there's no need for "first".....it just makes you look dumb "

Awesome!

" @danhimself said:

" @Tesseract said:

" first! :) "

if you don't have anything constructive to say about the thread then don't say anything at all...there's no need for "first".....it just makes you look dumb "

yeah, why does it make me look dumb?I did it for fun, i enjoy being the first to comment on a article, thread, whatever...don't know why but i don't have to explain myself to you, and you do not have to comment on something you consider dumb. "

" @Tesseract said:

" @danhimself said:

" @Tesseract said:

" first! :) "

if you don't have anything constructive to say about the thread then don't say anything at all...there's no need for "first".....it just makes you look dumb "

yeah, why does it make me look dumb?I did it for fun, i enjoy being the first to comment on a article, thread, whatever...don't know why but i don't have to explain myself to you, and you do not have to comment on something you consider dumb. "

it's fine if you enjoy being the first to comment on an article but at least have something to contribute other than "first" "

"*facepalm*     "

I really really want to see this. lol

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" @danhimself said:

" @Tesseract said:

" @danhimself said:

" @Tesseract said:

" first! :) "

if you don't have anything constructive to say about the thread then don't say anything at all...there's no need for "first".....it just makes you look dumb "

yeah, why does it make me look dumb?I did it for fun, i enjoy being the first to comment on a article, thread, whatever...don't know why but i don't have to explain myself to you, and you do not have to comment on something you consider dumb. "

it's fine if you enjoy being the first to comment on an article but at least have something to contribute other than "first" "

It annoys me when people do that as well. "

Legendary

To imagine I came on this site to avoid looking at porn. oh well

And these are not getting sued for this?

I wonder who's idea was this...

just nasty

   
I WANT THESE PEOPLE DEAD! I WANT THEIR FAMILIES DEAD! I WANT THEIR HOUSES BURNED TO THE GROUND!!!  
 
Ok, maybe not, but seriously, this is stupid. Lol, it's sad how many lonely comic fans will be all over this.

"You know you all want to watch this, I certainly do :P "

Cant wait for them to be sued

" this is cool, id watch that!  " Holy holiest of holies Batman"  "Yes Robin, that's once Batcave you haven't seen" "

complete trash

I'm downloading this right now.

" *facepalm*     "

ok I'm interested

LOL this his hilarious. Probably make a ton of money, just for all you sue happy individuals if a suit is filed they will win because bigger names have tried suing the makers of porn that have done parodies before and they are still making parodies. Parodies do not fall under copyright infringement.

LOL this is hilarious. Probably make a ton of money, just for all you sue happy individuals if a suit is filed they will win because bigger names have tried suing the makers of porn that have done parodies before and they are still making parodies. Parodies do not fall under copyright infringement.

I'm going to check it out.
Does that make me a perv?

I am shocked...SHOCKED...by the accuracy of the costumes. They even have a vintage Batmobile!
 
I don't know how well it would survive a legal challenge. Porn studios do this kind of thing all the time, but facing down the likes of WB and Disney with its Perpetual Copyright Extension Machine and its bought politicians may prove a more difficult proposition. Then again, as decadent as this country is, pornography may turn out to be one of the only mediums to get protection against the brutal intellectual property monster.
 
As an aside, I'd like to see the super-hero trademark challenged. I find it very hard to believe that an honest court would not rule that it's been sufficiently genericized to end the trademark. Then again, who's going to find an honest court? Oh well..