Axel Braun is a busy little beaver – he’s already publicizing his newest adult parody: “Man of Steel XXX.” Braun has made what could be a controversial decision in the nerdosphere by chosing to include Superman’s black costume. It’s discussion worthy because 20 years ago, Superman died. Spoiler alert – he came back to life. WOW I’m not going to get into that whole story right now, but in 1992 it was a pretty big deal. Upon his return, the real Superman briefly sported a black suit. One could say it’s simply semi-obscure trivia while another could say it’s an important era of Superman, and both could say that perhaps Braun is digging up two-issue plot lines to entice comics readers into watching his movies.
I, however, would not say that. I really don’t think that people who are uninterested in porn are going to start watching it just because a director knows his nerdery. And Braun certainly does seem to know just that – he even states that his attention to detail on this black suit was so great that the suits’ budget eclipsed the budget of most films in their entirety. And that fact makes me ponder two items: Why is there more than one suit, and Jesus lord what kind of material did they use for those suits? It either puts in perspective the cost of black vinyl or the average porn budget, both of which are relevant to my interests. Wait, what?
Axel Braun himself is a bit of a superhero. The son of a director in the adult entertainment industry, Axel is fluent in five languages, grew up in Italy, is a member of MENSA, has a PhD, and went to film school. Now those are some facts that could turn me into a regular viewer.
Black suit inclusion aside, why will I check out this parody? Can we please just talk about this lineup of characters: Lex Luthor, Batman, Wonder Woman, Lois Lane, Lana Lang (I smell a three way…), Livewire, Silver Banshee (bet she’s a screamer oh my God what is wrong with me), Angle Man (that joke pretty well just writes itself), Dr. Fate, Zatanna (and that my friends is the sound of 100,000 nerds getting simultaneous erections), and OH MY GOD BIZARRO IS IN A PORNO HOW COULD YOUR LIFE GET ANY BETTER??!!?! And super fun fact? “Man of Steel XXX” is set to be released on June 14.
Long story short, I kinda want to buy Axel Braun a beer and ask him to please make a Justice League International parody. You can follow the award winning director at twitter.com/axelbraun and/or facebook.com/AxelBraun, and you can visit Vivid’s wildly – wildly – NSFW site here. No trailer for “Man of Steel XXX” has been made available yet, but rest assured I will post it as soon as I can get my grubby little hands on it.