Popshots of the Millennium Pt. III: The Epics

Forget what you've read about the adult industry applying for food stamps: some of the biggest porn moneymakers (or so their studios tell us) were released in just the past few years. Join us on the set after the gap.

"O2: The Power of Seduction," "The 8th Day," "Debbie Does Dallas...Again," "Corruption," "Barely Legal 75," "Operation: Desert Stormy," and a little movie called "Pirates" were large-cast epics that suggested that bigger is actually better, especially when talking about number of vaginas.

Maybe some of these productions amount to nothing more than vanity projects for their studios, but remember that porn doesn't have the margins it once did - these movies have to make money and they wouldn't continue to be made if they didn't. There's just a lot fewer of them now.

Thanks to my close personal friends at Wicked, Vivid, Digital Playground, Hustler, Sex Z Pictures, and Adam & Eve for allowing me unprecedented access to the Janine Lindemulders, Hillary Scotts, Nina Hartleys, Jenny Hendrixes, Bree Olsons, Kylie Irelands, Stormy Danielses, Jesse Janes, and Kayden Krosses of my heart.