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lickitysplit
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1/06
Posted - Jan 15 2006 : 4:17AM
Hey, how are all of you doing? I'm new to the forum so this is my first post.

What I wanted to do was to request, if they are around, is something to the adult film reviewers on this site. The reviews are typically informative and usually very detailed. Everything from a basic rundown of what the story is (if there is one) and dialog (if there is any) are to exactly what positions are being done in the scenes. What is disappointing is to find that unless the film is of foot fetish, there is almost never a description if the girls are barefoot in the scenes or not.

I am an admirer of woman's feet and nothing turns me off than having a scene with a woman wearing boots, shoes, etc. For some guys woman's feet turns them off, but for me having the woman wear boots and shoes just turns it off for me.

I don't think it would be too much to ask the reviews to simply mention what the girls are wearing on their feet or if they are barefoot during their scenes. Personally, it would help me in deciding what titles to check out or buy. Cause unfortunately, the majority of the time I spend just guessing if a certain scene in a movie has the girl either barefoot or getting her feet sucked and when I end up checking it out, I end up disappointed and turned off. It ends up worse when I actually end up buying the title. :(

Thanks. :)


Edited by - lickitysplit on Jan 15 2006

jfontane
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Posted - Jan 15 2006 : 3:25PM
me 2!!
Pagoda
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Posted - Jan 15 2006 : 3:28PM
I've only reviewed 4 movies for ADT so far, but I've mentioned bare feet every time I've seen them in a scene. I also mention delicate, elegant shoes. If I don't mention the footwear or lack thereof, assume the female is wearing platform heels, which is standard gear for most porn scenes.
picman
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Nothing says I love you so much as a tongue in the ass.
2884 Posts
1/03
Posted - Jan 15 2006 : 3:30PM
Speaking for myself, it's not something I generally pay much attention to either way, unless it becomes party to the action. Foot jobs, toe sucking et al. I personally prefer garters, stockings and fuck me pumps.
lickitysplit
Member

30 Posts
1/06
Posted - Jan 15 2006 : 6:08PM
Cool. See, most times the reviews I see don't mention them at all which doesn't say anything and is annoying. I figure that if mention goes to everything else, down to what color bra the female has on, mentioning if she has anything on her feet wouldn't be hurt. Even if the dude doesn't care, it would help others out there who do. :)
 
scipio
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Posted - Jan 15 2006 : 6:10PM
Hi there and welcome to the forums.

The only problem with that is that there are so many specific fetishes out there, that it's hard to make note of them all. I note what I notice, and while it might seem like an easy, simple thing, bear in mind the sheer number of scenes that get reviewed by the many reviewers here at ADT (who, by the way aren't paid to do them).

Personally, I can't say that I really notice footwear during the scene. I know I make a note of it when there is footwear that really stands out, like long PVC boots and the like, and I often will mention stockings, and sometimes shoes at the start of the scene, ie: "Soandso is posing while wearing pink lingere with stockings and heels." But what performers wear at the scene intro is often different to what they'll be wearing 5 minutes into the fucking, if you see what I mean.

I'd suggest that you might want to try writing some reviews yourself in your spare time, doing so you might find it's not quite that easy to take note and mention things which you don't even notice, though on the other hand, people who share your liking for bare feet will be well served by your reviews.

cheers,

scipio

picman
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2884 Posts
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Posted - Jan 15 2006 : 6:14PM
You can go through an entire scene without the camera venturing down to the feet, except when Brandon Iron is handling it. I think it's safe to assume that if we're describing clothing, she's got something covering her feet. At the very least, stockings.
Flash All-Star Supporter
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11017 Posts
5/01
Posted - Jan 15 2006 : 7:08PM
As Scipico said, there is a fetish for everything out there. I know it seems easy to add what, if anything is on a woman's feet, but if a reviewer were to do that for every fetish, the review would end up so rediculously long that no one in their right mind would read it. Your best bet is to find reviewers that share your fetish as they are apt to mention the info you are looking for in their reviews.
LSBReviews
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1/05
Posted - Jan 15 2006 : 7:46PM
You may not like my reviews, nor do I post as many reviews as others, but I usually desribe what the girl is wearing (including heels).

Lenny

Myload
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6/03
Posted - Jan 15 2006 : 7:47PM
I haven't mentioned footwear or bare feet in my reviews so far, but I'll consider it for my next one. Honestly, it isn't something I had thought about. But I agree with what Flash and Scipio said.
astroknight All-Star Supporter
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Tastes so good...
4187 Posts
11/99
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 12:36AM
Jeeze, you want my reviews to be longer???!!!!

But seriously, I have to agree partially with what was said earlier about everybody having their own fetish and we can't please everybody. That said, I enjoy feet and shoes. I don't mention them all the time because there are many times when you don't get much more than a glipse at them. Believe me, there are some directors who I know love shoes or has somebody do the costuming that loves shoes where I make a deliberate effort to check the shoes. There's also way too many generic shoes out there that just aren't worth mentioning.

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shakes
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8/05
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 12:48AM
This review site searches all the review sites including ADT.
It is the most complete that I have found so far.
http://www.rame.net/
Pagoda
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Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 12:48AM
I'm going to review a movie titled, "Barefoot Maniacs," soon. I'm not into feet, but I'm into Julian, and he's in 3 scenes.
NuTTy_BuDDy
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12/00
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 1:10AM
I would say many of the reviewers have dabbled in the styles you described. I use to try and note every painstaking detail at one point. I still appreciate details but not exactly details geared toward certain fetishes. I'd rather use the space for even littler details like attitude, dialogue and other fine distinctions. Basically, all I could really do is tell you what I think about the overall scene or feature and encourage you to e-mail any questions. I don't get many questions so hopefully that's some sort of indication that it works.
lickitysplit
Member

30 Posts
1/06
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 11:11AM
Maybe I am being misunderstood. :)

I'm not looking for a detailed description of the foot ware involved. It makes sense to me that there wouldn't be a description for a scene not involving what fetishes are out there. In fact, it's quite the opposite as I prefer the girls not to have anything on during the scenes (just not into shoes and stuff during sex). I'm just saying a simple mention of the fact if she is or isn't wearing anything during the scene would suffice. :)

 
DenverDon
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Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 1:32PM
I don't think you are being misunderstood, and I think you have been answered by several of the posters.

It may seem like just a 'simple statement' to you, but several people have mentioned that some things they simply don't notice or pay attention to, so they say nothing about it. If you read through the forums, you will find dozens and dozens of things (fetishes) that people like, or don't like, or hate. If reviewers tried to address all of them, there would be one heck of a 'laundry list' in each review when they tried to address all of them with 'just a simple statement'.

Ramsey
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10332 Posts
10/02
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 1:40PM
My request for reviewers would be: please also list the males in the cast. This is very important to decide a movie is worth getting or not. Nothing worst than buying a movie and finding out it has a male in it you can't stand.
DenverDon
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Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 1:52PM
I understand what you are saying Ramsey, but that is not always possible. Some studios don't list or give any indication of the male performers, and then when you get the 'disembodied' cock waving around on the camera, you simply don't know who it is. This seems to be especially true in gonzo where you don't get a face shot, and sometimes not even the upper portion of the male body.
astroknight All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 2:00PM
Ramsey, I feel your pain, and it's one of the main things I look for in a review. There are certain girls who almost always do fantastic with certain guys (Aria and Lee Stone comes to mind immediately). I know with those pairings, I'm almost guaranteed to see the absolute best out of a girl who wil normally put out a very good scene. At the same time, there are other guys who make me wonder why they're there at all who might tilt me away from a movie. Of course, if I read that a star who normally doesn't impress me does a fantastic over the top job, I might be tempted to give the movie a try. So much of sex is about chemistry, and leaving half of that equation out just doesn't make sense to me.

I also can't understand why reviewers don't list a running time (who wouldn't want to know if a movie doesn't even last an hour and a half or if it goes over three hours???) or the director (give the same performers to Erik Everhard and Nicholas Steele and you're going to get what kind of difference????)...

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Ramsey
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Trina Michaels fan
10332 Posts
10/02
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 2:08PM
That's why I believe companies should always list both males and females on the boxcover, at this point I still have no idea why they don't. At this point I also play it safe and don't buy a movie if I don't know the full cast. I already got burned buying some WCP movies and finding out Mr.Marcus was in almost in every scene.
todhunternet
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Burbank
38 Posts
12/04
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 3:32PM
That's a problem, and I'm sorry to say there isn't a solution to it. Unfortunately, unless the focus of a video is feet, they aren't important to that video and don't get mentioned in the review. Same with big tits, or blonde hair, or any number of other characteristics.

If you're a serious foot guy I would suggest remembering the name Rod Fontana: He is a major foot fetishist and there is foot action in a lot of his performances.

--t
who has reviewed over 1000 videos and didn't pay much attention to feet in any of them, except the foot-fetish videos.

NuTTy_BuDDy
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608 Posts
12/00
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 3:46PM
I have the same sort of problem Ramsey, which is why I try to note the male performers, the exception being blow-bang titles where there is damn near 20+ different guys.
MASAMUNE
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12/04
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 4:15PM
Hamburger68
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10/05
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 5:22PM
lickitysplit,

I wonder why you would want to know for each movie, even ones that aren't made for feet fetishists, if the actresses wear shoes or not.

As it is, you should find reviews of films rather easy because bare feet will surely be mentioned, if they play a main role.

It's also not true that the "normal" connoisseur of blow jobs, assfucks and cumshots is easily satisfied by picking any porn movie even without searching through and reading any reviews, it only seems that way.

howie
Member

144 Posts
11/03
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 8:06PM
Ramsey:

I feel your pain. I can be selective in my reviewing queue if certain male performers are present and I try to pass along the cast listing scene-by-scene in my reviews. However, there are plenty of DVD's where the male cast is not included in the credits nor is there a scene-by-scene cast listing.

Of course, there is also the problem of misspellings of cast members on DVD covers.

 
Walter All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 8:19PM
I have written 15 reviews in the DVD review section and am currently writing a few more. I've experimented with different ways of formatting and organizing my reviews but am still developing as a reviewer.

I mention the women's attire (stockings, lingerie, clothes etc. . .) since it is a simple way of adding variety to the scenes. I sometimes list shoes but can't guarantee that I'll always remember to do so, since they are usually not emphasized, are typically platform heels, and may not capture my attention. I will always mention stockings since I like the way they enhance a woman's appearance. I will also sometimes comment on their presentation (ie whether they are "all dolled up" or not). I agree with other reviewers who have mentioned that it is difficult to cover every single fetish in a review without the review becoming too long and time consuming to write and read.

I will always do my best to identify the males, but it is difficult if they are uncredited and are performing in a POV movie. Does anyone know who the male is that performs in all of the following POV films (I have reviewed several) for Devil's Films? (It's the same guy in all of them).
Swallow Me POV
Swallow Me POV 3
Squirt For Me POV
Squirt For Me POV 2
Squirt For Me POV 3
Squirt For Me POV 4
MILF POV
MILF POV 2

If no one here knows, I'll post in Star-Crossed.

One more question on reviews. How can I enhance my review presentation with different font sizes, color shadings, underlining, bold format, etc. . .? For example, I really enjoy reading Astroknight's reviews and would like to learn to do something similar if he doesn't mind. I think it would make my reviews easier to read.

Thanks for your time. I appreciate any comments but hope that I haven't hijacked this thread by going off topic.

Walter

MASAMUNE
Senior Member

1452 Posts
12/04
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 8:29PM
the hard way is to learn html. the easy way is to use an html program.

i opted for the easy way and use Microsoft Frontpage. should be on your compurter if u have the microsoft office packge. It works similar to Microsoft Word. u type it up how you want it then switch over to html mode, copy all the html text and paste it in for submission

Edited by - MASAMUNE on 1/16/2006 8:31:01 PM

scipio
Senior Member

1901 Posts
2/00
Posted - Jan 17 2006 : 5:43AM
I try to identify the guys and girls by scene as much as possible. If I can via something like Private's scene notes I do, but often there is simply a cast list and I have no idea who the guys are. In these cases I simply refer to them as "Guy" and so forth. The ADT review page lists the cast anyway so a reviewer retyping it is redundant. For the girls, unless we're talking about someone famous (at least in ADT terms) I try to give at least a rough description.

I always note the director, when the info is available, on the other hand, I used to list scene length and overall movie length, but they got binned as sitting there watching the timecode was not fun and quite boring and time consuming.

I note when something is exceptionally long or short, but otherwise I figure a quality 2hours > an average 2hours 20mins, and so running time in and of itself isn't an important enough factor for me to note down anymore, especially as useless padding is so common and easy to do in porn movies, while adding nothing to the quality/content.

The running time on the back of the box is often dodgy anyway, and back covers can be found for pretty much anything on the internet anyway.

It pretty much comes down to each reviewer and their own personal likes and dislikes. I try to mention anything that stands out to me as good or annoying or offputting so things like non-outstanding shoes just don't get noticed as I'm pretty indifferent to feet or shoes. From the link to Selena's review, it appears that shoes falls into her own "notice zone", and that's cool, but different people notice different things.

On the other hand, I do my best to describe every scene, and avoid the "one paragraph review" style that I find is common on other sites linked by IAFD, because they really tell you nothing about anything.

scipio

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Greece
65 Posts
6/05
Posted - Jan 17 2006 : 5:58AM
Hey lickitysplit,
and of course to all of you adult reviewers.

I am realtively new to this sport, according to many of you ADT and non ADT adult movie reviewers who I personally appreciate and admire. A Woman's attire is similar to a wellworked garden, full of delicious erotic fruits. Every part of her body has its own characteristic smell, sense or erotic flavour. Woman's sleak silky-skin feet is one of the most sensual instruments of her overall silhouette and sexual behavior. Its shape is beautiful, its moves are elegant and sometimes it can be very expressive when the sexual position or the circumastances demand it. I personally love this part of a girl's body naked or covered with a classy smooth fabricated pair of stockings. However I believe that a chic elaborated shoe also expands and exposes nicely her leg's attractive shape, though I agree if you want to proceed to fetish activities like toe-licking it must be properly uncovered. Like you lickitysplit there is a respectable amount of other viewers who wish for us to inform them, through our reviews, about their own individual fetish activity. Although I love to remark small sexy details that elevate the scene's sexual appeal it is practically impossible to write them all down. The Chinese use to say one picture is worth thousand words. Imagine how many words a 25 or more minute video clip worth... Still, without promising anyhting I will try to do my best lickitysplit to emphasize in some notable foot fetish activities.

As for the male talent's role to a visually pleasant adult scene, my opinion is that is as much as significant as the female's one and occasionally even more. Although for some others it may seem a little bit odd, many of the male viewers including myself have our personal male pornstar heroes whose sexual skills and love-making attitude we really admire. I strongly claim that a male performer's ability to unveil and expose his pretty partner sexual's behavior and maintain the overall eroticism, heat and rhythm of the scene is quite essential. So I do agree much with the male's name listings inside the review. On the other hand I will honestly confess to you that some times I had to read other reviewers work in order to supplement a specific man's name into my review. Sorry, but I am not very well informed about some guys adult appearances.

Reverse it...and play it again!

lickitysplit
Member

30 Posts
1/06
Posted - Jan 19 2006 : 10:37AM
Thanks for the replies.

For those reviewers who don't mind, thanks a lot.

If anything, I guess I'll just make a thread in the future where I'll just ask on specific female performers.

Don't think that will be a bad idea.

lickitysplit
Member

30 Posts
1/06
Posted - Jan 29 2006 : 2:06PM
I was rereading this again and noticed masamune's reply about selena silver's reviews. Shame it seems she doesn't review all that often.

But anyway, that's pretty much what I was talking about. A simple mention and that's all. Be nice if more reviewers applied something similar. :)

piercedpixie1
Member

uk
194 Posts
11/05
Posted - Jan 29 2006 : 2:47PM
lickity split..i don't review...but Belladonna always includes somefoot stuff and is often barefoot as are the ladies in her films...so check her out..very hot!
x
Crucifixio_Jones
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4727 Posts
10/03
Posted - Jan 29 2006 : 7:18PM
His name is Mario Cassini and I have no idea why he and Devil's have always failed to give him credit on his POV work for them until recently (you can clearly see "Shot by Mario Cassini" at the bottom of the covers of Squirt For Me POV 4 and Squirt for Me POV 5, respectively if you took the time to look). Penny Porsche calls him by his name repeatedly in their scene together in Cocksucking Tittyfucking POV. I've seen him in plenty of non-POV work for Lethal-Hardcore as Phil Yer Gash and he had two scenes in Cobra Digital's Bacon Love; one with Zenova Braeden and another with Misty Mendez. Right now he's also credited as helping Jules with his Tunnel Vision POV project. He's actually worked with Jules before as talent in both Invasian! (the bonus BJ scene where Luci Thai sucks off him and Arnold Schwartzenpecker) and in Trained Teens 3 (the Nautica Thorn BJ scene).

Edited by - Crucifixio_Jones on 1/29/2006 7:39:15 PM

lickitysplit
Member

30 Posts
1/06
Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 11:47AM
Thanks for the heads up piercedpixie1. :)
piercedpixie1
Member

uk
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11/05
Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 3:22PM
hey lickety split...once you have checked out all those thousands of suggestions..come back and let us know what you liked...I know I don't generally like any particular fetish-themed dvds because its all about the fetish and can sometimes just make it a bit ridiculous..i like my fetishes mixed in with really good chemistry-full sex!!
that's why i like Bella, Rocco, Jules Jordan...balanced and yummy.
x
 
lickitysplit
Member

30 Posts
1/06
Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 3:36PM
Oh no doubt. I'm the same. That's why if all I was into were just the fetish only titles I wouldn't even have made my request in the first place for non-feitish themed titles. Just having the fetish in them and no actual good sex is kinda boring and not exactly what I'm into. So it's definitely a ditto for a good mix for me. :)
Walter All-Star Supporter
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3/05
Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 5:58PM
Thanks for all of the information. I wouldn't have asked others without doing some investigation on my own first. Squirt For ME POV 5 was not yet released (to my knowledge) when I made that post and the online DVD cover I previously looked at for Squirt For Me POV 4 was not large enough for me to read the credit given at the bottom, although it is clear in the DVD cover link which you provided.

I had never heard of Mario Cassini before now although I was familiar with the name Phil Yergash. Thanks again.

Walter

mrdngm
Member

754 Posts
11/04
Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 7:23PM
As Licketysplit said, he's not talking about fetish specifically. He just wants to know if the woman is/becomes barefoot in any given scene.

I feel the same way as Licketysplit. The barefoot issue is important enough to me to affect how I buy. There are certain good directors, whose product I still don't buy because they shoot women in shoes or boots that never come off. I don't mind if the actresses start out in shoes -- but I prefer to see the shoes come off before the scene ends. Christoph Clark used to do this in the early Euro Angels. And Kickass pictures has it as their policy, which works for me.

It's hard to tell from boxcover/dvd case. So it's appreciated when a reviewer lets me know if the shoes come off and if the actress is barefoot, etc. It's not so hard.

As Masamune said, Selena Silver does this as part of her reviews, very neat and efficient and it's no skin off her nose, evidently.

Edited by - mrdngm on 1/31/2006 8:28:44 PM

mrdngm
Member

754 Posts
11/04
Posted - Feb 5 2006 : 3:44PM
Yup. And if you check out Masamune's new review of Big Wet Asses 7 he's indicated shoes on/off for each scene. Thanks dude.



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