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Action! Comedy! Suspense! (Soft)Porn! Comsol has it all!

Posted by Wilson in movies, sex on April 15, 2009

I stopped by the old neighbourhood video/dvd store Comsol this afternoon, interested in what new additions they had in their library. Their stock is updated weekly, and while their range encompasses mostly A and B grade movies that either have already passed through the cinemas or are currently screening (and are generally labeled CCC, which I can only assume stands for Crappy Cinema Copy), now and then I notice a few movies, usually small indie flicks, that are not exactly your standard blockbuster fare, somehow making it into their weekly lineup. Generally, this is what I look forward to whenever I visit the store, but I do pay attention to my testosterone side and snag the occassional action mash up.

Comsol displays their latest range of movies by pasting A4 printouts of the movie’s poster onto a wall facing the front desk, which helps newcomers get up to speed with their latest offerings. Relaxing at the front, I browsed through the posters, mentally noting which ones were of interest, when I came across this:

Image source: www.wikipedia.org

No, this isn’t some B-grade rip-off from the actual Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Though in hindsight, it could be viewed as such. What this movie is, to be precise, is the biggest, most expensive adult film, made in 2005, and is basically about a bunch of “ragtag sailors who go searching for a crew of evil pirates who have a plan for world domination. Also, many of the characters in the movie have sex with one another.”

Mind you, the trailer for the movie is SFW. Mostly

Yep, thats correct. Right in front of me, pasted besides such familiar standard fare moviestock such as “Choke” and “Red Cliff” was an actual proper porn movie, in full and dare I say normal, display. Needless to say, I was taken aback by such boldness on Comsol’s part. I mean, granted, porn is one of the main money makers for many video stores for years, but it was always very subtle and secret like. Awhile back, when the Balu Khan sex tape was doing the rounds, video stores would have their own copies, but were always distributed under the table, so to say. So if you wanted to watch that particular video, you sorta had to whisper for ‘balu khan’, and next thing you know, you’ve got your own copy.

While I was still trying to comprehend what was infront of me, another customer on my right was already one step of me, and had inquired about the movie.

“Can I also get that movie there, Pirates please? Pirates? That’s pirates ga the pirate movie?” He asked.

Yes, I silently agreed. Pray tell, which Pirate movie are we talking about here? In a way, probably more out of disbelief, I was hoping that somehow, someone had mistakenly printed out the wrong (read: porn) version of the Pirates movie, and had just settled for this one, instead of the more family oriented friendly version we’ve all come to know and love.

The attendant, a young fijian guy, pointed to the poster.

“This one?”

“Yeah, that one.” The customer squinted, “Is it Pirates part one or part two?”

I was curious. Part one or part two? Did he even know there was a part three?

“Nope,” the attendant confirmed confidently, “this one is part one. Us gang only have part one for now.”

“Set. I’ll take it.” And with that, he walked off with his own copy of pirate porn (literally). I surpressed the urge to laugh and ask the customer if he knew exactly what he was taking home, but decided to instead just ask if what was on display was really what I thought it was.

“Hey bro,” I motioned to the attendant, trying to look cool and indifferent, “that movie, Pirates, what’s that movie about?”

A slight smile crept in his somewhat poker face, “oh that movie. Thing about pirates and stuff. Kila?”

I narrowed my eyes, hinting that I wasn’t quite the fool he made me out to be. “Pirates ga thing one porno movie?”

The slight smile morphed into a grin. “Eah. That one.”

“Ah.”

NOTE: Upon closer inspection, the “Pirates” poster had a ‘R18′ stenciled on it. A cursory glance at the movie’s wiki page reveals that the pornographic movie had two versions, the standard “Bangalot” version, and the more sanitised (when is a porn not a porn? When it’s R18

) R-rated version. Two guesses as to which version was actually being sold and displayed for all to see? Of course, what’s stopping them from actually having both versions?