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Post by milowent on Oct 2, 2006 23:10:33 GMT -5
OK, question, could the NoHoGirls REALLY be advance marketing for a porn site? 1. A few days ago a video was posted of Blue and Cara talking about Blue's first kiss, then soon after a video was posted of Cara talking to Blue (in the same location) about losing her virginity. Cara does not talk in explicit detail, but its pretty personal stuff and the subject matter is clear. YouTube takes down this 2nd video. Cara posts on her myspace complaining about this, saying the video was innocent (which is mostly true) -- she also mentions the removal in a later video where she scans video comments on her laptop. 2. today they posted a video of the 3rd NoHo roomate, Daniella. It's called "Daniella Butts In" and is a :22 clip mostly of her butt, allegedly filmed by her boyfriend Eddie. The end of this video has text: "Subscribe to our videos, and we'll hang out." Why be so obvious about getting viewers? Heres the link to that clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmW-vGrsw3A
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Post by jayhenry on Oct 3, 2006 0:06:12 GMT -5
I hate to speculate on this, since they might be mostly-real girls. But, if I were a pornographer, I would do something like this.
If they are real, I'd say they are deliberately ripping on porn motifs. The innocent, silly girl in her bed. The boyfriends operating the cameras for the girls. The very voyeuristic cameraman in the park. (Can you see future episodes out here?) A fakish name like Blue Nguyen (possibly riffing on Tila Nguyen aka Tila Tequila... while I know Nguyen is a very common Vietnamese name, porn stars often have names reminiscent of similar looking celebrities.) Blue's tongue ring (Y'all know what Chris Rock says about tongue rings?) Cara's MySpace picture. The opening of the laptop comments vid where the camera is zoomed in on Blue's butt. And the story seems to be somewhere along the lines of a lot of porn -- sorta innocent, but like-to-party non-virgin cutesy girls, the obligatory stating of ages...
It all seems... suspicious.
nohogirls.com was registered Sept. 23, by proxy, within two days of the first video being posted. This either suggests that they learned from LG and registered after-but-not-too-much-after, or it indicates that cyber-squatters are hovering, registering any domain name that might be the next big thing.
If this isn't porn, then these people are very consciously playing up the idea that it could be.
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Post by Smashing on Oct 3, 2006 5:59:56 GMT -5
My theory is that they are overtly playing up the sex angle, not because it's leading to porn, but just because it gets viewers. So what is it leading to? I don't know. What is LG15 leading to? It seems like in this genre, you get viewers first, ask questions later.
They probably said, "Let's make a show with three cute girls instead of one and make them 21 and sexually active. We'll figure out the rest as we go along."
Another clue that they are inspired by LG15: The third NoHoGirl Daniella has a myspace with only 8 friends, one of which is the number one myspace friend of LonelyGirl15 (the character).
And I still think it's the 'soup of the day' guy behind this, just because there aren't any other leads.
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Post by milowent on Oct 3, 2006 8:20:30 GMT -5
most recent comment on daniel's butt video: --- 8MDV8 (4 hours ago) This is such a good production of a porn company, first they create an emotional bond between the viewers and the girls. More and more of their body will be shown every vid. Until finally, they give you a link to a new pornsite (prolly Nohogirls.com) where there will be porn vids with these girls. Awesome! -- I am mostly speculating about the porn idea. it may just be for fun, and the sexuality angle will get more viewers. there's no reason to be as innocent as bree, that's been done already. Daniela's myspace: www.myspace.com/daniellaorleans I saw that ninja "Kyle" who is/was lg15's topmyspace friend is one of daniela's top friends. Kyle had a lot of fun spoofing that he really knew Bree in the pre-outing days, with Hyemew goading him as the covert myspace Danielbeat. --- The NohoGirls respond to comments pretty frequently, something long lost in Breeland. Look at my fanboy exchange: milowent (10 hours ago) Free gas! Free whip cream! You guys get so much free stuff! Can we get a video of Cara doing her yoga? Pretty please? (reply to this) NoHoGirls (8 hours ago) Just for you Milo, my next post is going to be in yoga positions. love,Cara Cara is very liberal with the "love" to reel in you in . . . .
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Post by noasinger on Oct 3, 2006 9:35:17 GMT -5
Hmm.. well, maybe it will be charming porn? It's rarer than hen's teeth, but there *is* some out there.
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Post by hyemew on Oct 3, 2006 12:00:37 GMT -5
I would not be surprised one bit if this was for porn. I mean lots of people thought LG15 was going to turn into that, so once everyone saw how popular that become the idea to do a similar thing to promote porn was definitely out there. That someone actually did the idea does not surprise me at all, I hear a lot of people in Hollywood are trying to work off the "Bree" model to sell their own products.
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Post by thezda on Oct 3, 2006 12:44:13 GMT -5
Cara's userpic on myspace and Daniella's first pic under her pics almost look like they are stills from a video...something about the quality of the picture...any ideas?
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Post by Smashing on Oct 3, 2006 16:46:39 GMT -5
The Blue character's parents were mad at her when they saw the video about how she got a tongue ring. How's she's gonna start doing internet porn? Remember, the characters are the one's posting these videos. It would make zero sense if in one video they said, "okay, we decided to go into the porn business. We set up a paysite." Anyone who'd been paying attention would be like WTF? It's not consistent with the characters they've established.
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Post by jayhenry on Oct 3, 2006 17:27:20 GMT -5
Well, porn doesn't exactly have a reputation for strong and consistent character development. It's sort of par for the course for these productions to vaguely sketch out characters, (their parents are often mad at them), and then for these characters to start taking off their clothes for no obvious reason. Sadly, there are a lot of sites out there where supposedly sweet girls decide to set up a paysite "just for fun!" I think the mods would kill me if I started linking to porn sites, and I'm at work, and don't really want to start Googling them, but honestly, they're really out there.
While it wouldn't make much "sense" from a storytelling standpoint, it'd probably be enough to get a decent fan base from a marketing standpoint. If the girls don't want people to speculate that they are some sort of porn operation, they should probably edit their videos so the camera is zoomed in on their posteriors less often.
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Post by VanillaFlava on Oct 3, 2006 18:49:29 GMT -5
Actually, why does it have to be XXX, blatant hardcore porn? I have looked at the stuff again, and I am sure it is leading up to some promotion. Not sure about the paysite idea though, they'd play off the girls as less brainy, I would think. Here's my theory. A cam site, with these girls as hosts. They get the audience emotionally involved, say 'we'll hang out' etc. And then later on casually, they say ok, we really dig you guys, let's hang out on cam. From there on out, it's just a matter of making the clock tick. There doesn't even have to be nudity or anything explicit. Enough people will pay for talking to these girls in real-time. As the actual girls move on, you just add different room-mates, make some clips with them etc. They'd get some acting experience, etc. and the money usually flows really well on cam sites, even if it would just turn into a lonelyhearts club kinda deal. It would be brilliant! The only prob would be trying to get a real job afterward Slippery slope this can be young, young Jedi.
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Post by milowent on Oct 3, 2006 21:15:51 GMT -5
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Post by jayhenry on Oct 3, 2006 21:37:26 GMT -5
To quote Congressman Mark Foley: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
She's much better at yoga than Emmalina ever was. And she's much 5luttier at it too. That was so ridiculous.
Edit: Wow, I didn't know we automatically translated some words. I'll have to switch to 1337 speak.
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Post by BaileysMom on Oct 3, 2006 21:55:41 GMT -5
Um, wow. I hope their mothers do not see their videos. If it isn't the beginning tease (pun intended) to get people to a porn site, I will be surprised. With that said, did you notice that the "YouTube" logo is prominently displayed on the video in the bottom right corner? Think maybe this is a ploy by YT?
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Post by Smashing on Oct 4, 2006 5:47:21 GMT -5
As for the YouTube logo: That's a part of the YouTube player when any YouTube video is embedded in another webpage. It's on everyone's videos. Well, porn doesn't exactly have a reputation for strong and consistent character development. It's sort of par for the course for these productions to vaguely sketch out characters, (their parents are often mad at them) I knew someone would point this out. I don't have an argument for that. Ha ha. But you all seem so sure this is porn, when there's no proof. It's just a feeling in your gut (or another part of your anatomy), telling you. But that's not the "hard evidence" I'm looking for (sorry, couldn't resist). I admit, there's no proof it's not porn either, so we shall wait and see. That yoga video really was ridiculous. I didn't even hear a word she was saying the first time I watched it, I was too distracted. Watching it again, it's true they are making not only the presentation, but the plotline sexual (i.e. this West Hollywood beyotch slept with our roomate's boyfriend, and we're gonna "give her a taste of her own medicine.") But couldn't it just be sexy in the same way and for the same reason "Desperate Housewives" is sexy? Not to promote some other service, but just to get viewers, and in this case get publicity for the filmmakers and cast, à la LG15?
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Post by milowent on Oct 4, 2006 8:33:57 GMT -5
funny post, smashing. yeah, the porn thing is mostly idle talk.
i noted that there is a youtube account for "wehogirls" (i.e., west hollywood girls) that was registered a week ago. the evil rival wehogirls were mentioned for the first time in yesterday's yoga video, wonder if anything will come of this (like mud wrestling!)
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