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[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 20 points 3 years ago (1 child)

People realized they could just watch porn

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago

There's an old Hollywood dictum; shoot for X, cut for R.

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[+] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 13 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Interesting take. I'd guess it's pure commercialism. Deadpool went in knowing it was going to be R-rated, and they broke out the strap on. Most of the movies the article mentions are going for PG-13 so they can sell more toys. That's my take.

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[+] TheBat@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago

Thinking about it, you're correct. The last movie I can think of with real heat is 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' and that's from early 2000s.

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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

No one is horny? Speak for yourselves, I'm horny all the time lol

I get it tho, movies don't have characters with any libido.

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[–] WindInTrees@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

And, everyone is beautiful? Speak for yourselves there too

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[–] grue@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago*

The folks responsible for the sexy costumes, Roddenberry and Theiss, died in 1991 and 1992, respectively.

The sexiness of an outfit is directly proportional to the perceived possibility that a vital piece of it might fall off.

This basic theory underwrites Stripperiffic clothing, Impossibly Cool Clothes, and pretty much anything else you stick characters into: what makes clothing sexy is the potential for a catastrophic Wardrobe Malfunction. The Trope Namer is William Ware Theiss, costume designer on Star Trek: The Original Series, who first codified the concept.

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Though Theiss was a costume designer, according to Inside Star Trek: The Real Story by Herb Solow and Robert Justman, most of the costumes — following this theory — were actually somewhat more modest before being "improved" by Gene Roddenberry.