Anyway, you might enjoy their work. I think you can still get Rimmer's x-rated videotape guides used online. I have all of them.

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There are hundreds of porn performers out there with more scenes than you could probably watch in your lifetime but why give so much time to anyone whose looks don't line up with what you find attractive? Yes, the porn consumer does often want to connect with the performer but this narrative that we are distracted by large or heavy tattoos is patently untrue. Frankly, that sweeping statement comes across as shamelessly self-righteous and ignorant of the fact that it's different strokes for different blokes. Sure, I think some tattoos look terrible but there are women whose tattoos (some moderate and some very heavy) attract my attention to her body and how some designs make draw my attention to her face or to other body parts. Conversely there are people on ADT who have an almost pathological hatred of tattoos on women, regardless of how "modest" they are or where they're positioned so this echo chamber you're trying to paint of what "we" as the porn consumer will be distracted by or what "we" as the will see as a little improvement to something already nice is a false one.

Maybe with your second subject, you should refer to your own perspective as "I" or "my" instead of saying "we" or "our", as if your views are the consensus for porn viewers? The fact that there is so much disagreement at ADT on what looks are appealing show that there isn't a single person you will find whose appearance pleases everyone. Even the most popular porn actress will have her detractors.

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ps - One other terrible tattoo is the "Briana Banks" above Lizz Tayler's vag. For one thing, the tattoo is ugly; for another, it's in a bad spot. But most of all it's insincere. Every guy hates a tease. I love Lizz for her athletic body and energetic performances, but she was no where close to being a "super slut" like Briana Banks (eg, Lizz never did IR, Anal, DP). If anyone should have had that tattoo, it was Lizz's friend from Georgia, Jada Stevens, who reached the Briana Banks' lofty "super slut" standard. If Lizz had lived up to her tattoo she might have become a star as big as Briana Banks. Deep sigh.

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Mainstream doesn't exist in isolation from niche or fetish. Fetish is often part of and in many cases an integral one in mainstream content e.g. big boob porn is a fetish by definition. There is plenty of crossover between those labels so I don't subscribe to any notion that they're like oil and water.

This topic/series reads to me like it will be nothing but a session of bashing those who don't align with what you like in while porn praising some performers under a thinly veiled pretense of giving balance in the "critique". Saying "in my humble opinion" sounds like an utterly wasted disclaimer when performers are denounced as "dumb and self-destructive" and "insincere" or described as having "defaced" or "destroyed" themselves. It sounds as humble as Trump.

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Sorry, you don't get to cherry pick my words. I'm not "bashing" anyone. For instance, I'm a big fan of Lizz Taylor. I think she's top notch all around, except for the ugly tattoo. Saying she is "insincere" is an honest opinion about her choosing body art that doesn't "align" with her relatively conservative porn persona (compared to her "super slut" friend Jada Stevens).

Being a "critic" means having a point of view. If you don't like mine, don't read my thread. Perhaps the "herd" agrees with you. If yes, I will gladly stop posting. I don't apologize for telling it like I see it using direct language that isn't watered down. If I am crossing any defined lines of decorum, I would ask the Mods to tell me how.

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Being a "critic" works both ways. Your critique is not immune to criticism itself. If I disagree with something I read, I will say so as I have done. Likewise, I offer no apology in not singing from the same hymn sheet as you. I'm curious how I am supposed to not read a thread from after the fact if I don't like it.

As you seem to be oblivious of forum etiquette, I'll give you a helping hand:

https://forum.adultdvdtalk.com/forum/etiquette.asp

Edited by - AngryPirate on 5/25/2020 8:31:46 PM

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I'd like a ruling from the Mods on this one. Did I violate the etiquette of this forum? If the ruling is yes, I will cease posting because I don't wish to participate in an Orwellian community that prevents the use of words like dumb to describe an unintelligent act. I say to the Mods, isn't the SPIRIT of this forum supposed to be about the free and open exchange of ideas? Other members of the community please chime in, too. I am a newbie and thought I would be welcomed here to contribute something incremental to the discussion, but instead AngryPirate has disabused me of that naive notion. Are his mean-spirited posts what this place is all about?

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Edited by - drexlspivey on 5/26/2020 2:27:47 AM

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And since I'm already digging myself into a hole here, I'll say that I've been kicking around here for a couple of years and have made a bunch of posts and read this forum daily and I have never once perceived the forum rules to be Orwellian or overly restrictive. I perceive the rules as maintaining a decorum that is welcoming to all, including porn stars. The rules also protect the forum itself by strictly prohibiting posts that could attract unwanted attention. Posting tube site links and celebrity photos are examples of this.

And I might as well continue digging... I perceive your position that following the rules here limits the "free and open exchange of ideas" is incorrect. This is a private forum. It is owned an operated privately. The owners and Mods can impose any rules they want and if you and I want to be members here then we're obligated to comply. Free speech can be limited when you're dealing with private enterprise.

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I seemed to have rubbed many folks the wrong way with my use of E.A. Poe's name, my writing style, what I wrote, etc. Sorry about that. My goal was to make a positive contribution to this forum, but I see now that this is not the place for me, that I am not welcome here. This will be my last post. Thank you RearAdmiral. I agree with all you say re: the First Amendment, that it doesn't apply to private biz, etc. On the other hand, porn as we know it today exists because of the SPIRIT of that amendment. Is it not a little ironic that a forum dedicated to porn should create PC rules to protect "sweethearts" like Kenzie Reeves (I agree, she is a sweetheart; I said I liked her), thereby restricting speech in such a dramatic way that a well-intentioned newbie like me is, in effect, driven out of this forum because he had the temerity to accurately and fairly use the word "dumb" in the context of many positive remarks about performers?

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