If the content is up to Mason's usual standards this could be a really good site. Someone mentioned August Ames has a scene on this site, can't wait to see that.
what i have seen, when the site is alive Veronica Avluv w Isiah Maxwell August Ames w Rico strong Cherie DeVille w Isiah Mercedes Carrer w Prince Alina West w Prince Remy w Rico in popular video section
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Posted - Oct 29 2015 : 4:07AM
^Don't forget Karlee Grey vs Mandingo
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Posted - Oct 29 2015 : 4:16AM
www.darkx.com/en/scenes Before that link got shut down, I got a glimpse of the site; the layout is the same as Mason's Hard X and Erotica X sites. The "Latest Updates" page displayed IR scenes featuring the following girls: Veronica Avluv, Piper Perri, Remy Lacroix, Cherie DeVille, Riley Reid, Mercedes Carrera, Allie Haze and Alina West. The "Upcoming" page showed upcoming scenes with the following girls: Pristine Edge, Sara Luvv, Angel Smalls and August Ames.
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Posted - Oct 29 2015 : 4:30AM
Is this any different than "blacked.com"?
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Posted - Oct 29 2015 : 4:35AM
^ Yes, the scenes will definitely be more "gonzo" and hardcore than what you see from Blacked. One thing I'm not sure of is if these Dark X scenes will include some sort of plot, like what you see every Blacked scene start out with, or if they'll be straight up gonzo scenes just like what you see on Hard X.
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Posted - Oct 29 2015 : 5:29AM
Believe it when I see it, so far from the actors it looks like just normal vanilla (pardon the pun) one on one porn.
I don't think it's gonzo. I believe gonzo porn by definition means the performers acknowledge the camera, audience, and or director, so that there isn't really any commitment to selling a dramatic scene. Gonzo means performers portrayed as performers, not characters. When you get more into characterization, plots, and scripts, then you venture away from gonzo into "feature" style scenarios, or dramatization. HardX from my experience following them has always been gonzo, and quite outstanding at it. I don't know if Mason is helming all of these DarkX scenes as well, but I've always felt she was a terrific director, and many of these DarkX scenes look highly promising. But all of the trailers I just watched for DarkX feature scripts and plots. They are dramatized scenarios, a la Blacked. However, unlike Blacked, the camera work seems to be more gonzo-style, which means more handheld shots and more dynamism in the presentation. If you ignore the dramatized setup and the dialogue, just looking at the core sex scene based on how it is shot, it appears to be gonzo-style. But I believe it is not, because if you look at the camera work for the setups, it does not seem like gonzo, due to the use of some staged shots and scripted lines. So this is quite an interesting approach, blending both the gonzo style and the narrative/dramatic style. I noticed Blacked has also been venturing more into this blended style as well. While their approach is still definitely dramatized, the camera work has incrementally become more dynamic and creative over the last year. I think Lansky is even mixing in some handheld shots now and it works really well. Edited by - Melvyn on 10/29/2015 11:28:08 AM
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Posted - Oct 29 2015 : 11:27AM
The Veronica Avluv scene has a plot, and I didn't watch all of the other trailers but I think the other scenes have plots too. I got a BlackisBetter.com vibe from the site.
BlackIsBetter looks nice. They are definitely following the quality over quantity path, with the more glamorous and professional look as opposed to the old-school method of typical IR. But I think BlackIsBetter is more comparable to TeensLoveBlackCocks, at least at this point. They're both looking really good and definitely going in the right direction, however I would say DarkX is even more closely comparable to Blacked. Mason is really that good. Out of all these new sites so far I think DarkX looks like the most capable of giving Blacked a run for their money. It says something that a rep for Blacked actually mentioned this site in advance, saying heads up.
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Posted - Oct 29 2015 : 11:57AM
It's certainly hybrid between gonzo-style porn and high-end features. Blacked>DarkX>Blackisbetter>Teensloveblackcock
Acknowledging the camera used to be pretty central to the definition of gonzo, but I think over time the term has evolved to mean scenes just shot in a hand-held style featuring hard, fast-paced sex. That's how I often see the term used. For example, Brazzers' scenes often have a set-up, albeit one that's absurd and trying for humor, but once the fucking begins it's very much gonzo style. So I don't think lack of acknowledgement of the camera and a story are enough to say something isn't gonzo anymore. I was having some computer issues when the DarkX preview page was live, so I only saw Remy's preview. One difference I noticed from Blacked is that the story had more of a darker tone. Rico was breaking into Remy's place and was kind of threatening, which isn't something I think we've seen from Blacked. So perhaps DarkX will further differentiate itself from Blacked with more dark and perverse fantasy set-ups. That would be par for the course for Mason.
Yeah when I saw that one, I was like "whoa... that's bold!" I applaud them for not shying away from real edgy themes. At first, I was thinking "wait, is this what the site is all about?" and I wasn't sure if it would work. But then I watched a couple more trailers, and it was clear to me they are experimenting with various themes on top of IR, or within it rather, or at least to the best they can. I think that's good, to mix it up so not every scene is like "home invasion followed by violation" lol. Granted, that Adriana preview was only a minute and a half, but based on that I think they did it right. Adriana is a real bona-fide freak so I trust she loved that scene.
I got a chance to see all the trailers before they were taken down. Some takeaways:1.The scenes all had stories. 2. Nice passionate seems 3. As of now the male talent was Prince Mandingo, Rico, Isaiah, & Jon Jon Everything I saw I was pleased with in terms of quality, myself personally I don't care for stories because they tend to be cheesy. I hope DarkX continues to use established stars to build their site, and I hope they don't shy away from some of the things their competition does: Tattoos, fake boobs, curvier women. The only negative I saw was they used the "intruder" storyline in 2-3 scenes, something I don't like personally. @PornDynasty
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Posted - Oct 30 2015 : 11:05AM
It would appear DarkX will be shooting the male talent that isn't featuring a lot on Blacked which is a good thing i guess because that's how they'll separate themselves from them. I find Blacked annoying sometimes with how much they stick to the same old play-book where positions and stuff are concerned so i'm hoping Darkx will have a lot more flexibility in that department too. All in all it's just fantastic to see the IR genre get the attention it deserves from all these new high class websites.
^Me three. No problem if they use the same guys that Blacked uses tho, plus guys like Mandingo and Rico Strong. Edited by - MorganKane on 10/31/2015 12:16:30 AM
Don't know why my original post got deleted but I'll try again. After looking at the trailers the scenes look good but I don't care much for the plots and the static camera shots. But I will say I do like how they seem to use more varied positions and angles compared to Blacked. But I hope future scenes are shot like the Sara Luvv one, more gonzo style like Hard X or have a good mix between the two. Another thing I noticed is that only 1 out 12 scenes had anal, hope they don't go light on anal scenes. One thing I like about Hard X are the frequent anal scenes. And like others have said I'd like to see them shot a wide variety of girls. And I'll like to see them shoot some of these new girls that have IR on their cards but hardly or take a long time to get booked for it.
Now that this thread has been moved any chance nas1960 can edit his initial post to change "Darkx" to "DarkX"? It's a little thing, but it's bugging me. Sorry, I have problems.
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Posted - Nov 1 2015 : 5:40PM
I really stoked for this. I, for one, can't get enough of IR and the initial line up merely heightens my excitement. As a gonzo man I certainly favour the Hardx approach over that of Blacked and Tushy though it doesn't stop me subscribing to them.
As I'm sure Mason is well aware, Jada Stevens is now a free-agent. I'd love to see her in a DP scene for DarkX. Rico Strong, Prince, or Jon Jon would all be ace choices.
Flash and Jason Brown are both under contract with Blacked, possibly Michael Williams too , none of them is working for anybody else This may be the main reason for shooting with some other talents , furthermore Mason very often worked and apparently still does with Rico and Jon Jon and is also one of those Mandingo likes to work with All in all she has a good roster of black male talents already
^ I just checked Mime's twitter and didn't see anything to that effect. Jada's been saying for a while that her contract ends in November. Link? ^^And I still haven't seen a pic of this supposed taint piercing. Link for that as well? Edit: Gaaaahhhh, AcidReign23 is correct I just saw these in the JJV thread: Tweet 1 and Tweet 2. I'm so confused, Jada has been saying on Twitter for a while now that her contract was up in November. Bummer to the summer man. Don't get me wrong, I like her work with ArchAngel, but I was looking forward to some new scenes from HardX and such. I really hope the taint thing isn't true as well. Edited by - Mister Fahrenheit on 11/4/2015 1:28:51 AM