People volunteer their valuable time to write these, and basically we get complaints about how our efforts are somehow not good enough.

If you don't like the reviews, either write your own or read only the authors that you find helpful. Don't complain about people who are only trying to help the consumer navigate through the porn jungle.

[Link]

I try to just mention things that appeal to me.

Here are some of my reviews. I don't go into position breakdowns, as those bore me.

Edited by - valjean4876 on 8/22/2005 2:48:50 PM

[Link]

when you get a chance, please send me an e mail at : melissalauren2000@yahoo.fr

thanks,
Melissa

[Link]

Get a hold yourself people.

[Link]

Steph has usually several hundred titles available for the (unpaid!) reviewers of ADT and it is up to the reviewers to decide which ones they want to watch first, not to us, and I think that is a good thing.

Of course on our own retailsite we review the titles we like (and like to sell), but we don't offer those reviews as unbiased, external reviews to ADT or other review sites.

And yes, a good review is good for sales, but the only way to get a good review is making a good product and even then the reviewer in question might not like your style or genre.

Jacco

[Link]

On the subject of reviews - if a person is flippant in their description then maybe they didn't like the film ?

I'm writing my first although have only got through half the film so far - Melissa and Tory saw to that !

[Link]

No such thing as a good review. I look for certain girls doing certain things. There are a million reviews praising vids with "great facials". I hate facials and won't buy no matter how awesome Bono says it is.
But with no review at all, your sales are gonna suffer.

[Link]

There's no such thing as inexistence.

[Link]

As for someone else noting that there can be many reviews of the same movie and none of another, some companies are very good at supplying screeners to reviewers recognising that it is publicity. Others, not so good.

I follow the boxcover rule with respects to reviewing. If I look at the boxcover and don't want to watch the movie, I'm not going to review it either.

[Link]

Jacco

[Link]

There's no such thing as inexistence.

[Link]

One thing that made me start writing reviews was the lack of detail. Not because reviewers didn't have enough details, just a lot of the times they didn't give details that mattered to me (what a surprise). For whatever reason, I care a lot about what the girls are wearing and how long it stays on. Even in my older more crude reviews I never lost sight of that.

It's all about the reviewer's taste in girls and porn and what floats their boat. I have a thing with shoes. A couple of years ago a guy e mailed me asking me for recommendations on foot/shoe fetish type films. I really only dig shoes because it makes everything look better. A foot/shoe fetish film would bore me to death.

When a girl takes off a hot pair of high heels during some heated action, I'm disappointed but I can get over it because it's what makes her comfortable. When the guy does it, I hate it. Somebody else may like when the guy is fucking the girl missionary, raises one of her legs, takes off her shoe, throws it, then goes to town on her toes. I myself can't stand that.

It's all about the girl(s), and I think sometimes male performers forget that. God bless them, but I would consider them last in the equation since the girl(s) is the real reason I'm watching. My favorite male talent are so low key, consistent and effective. There's cases where the male performer can't help but impose. They're usually black guys with 20" dicks or proverbial beefcakes like Manuel. I don't mind them but there are times where I pass up on movies based solely on the male talent.

This is only what matters to me really. Now I think there are enough reviewers that provide enough detail, compared to a while back when it seemed like only a handful of people. If you really think it's not good enough, I suggest write your own reviews. Stick to what does or doesn't do it for you and someone is bound to feel the same way.

[Link]

Edited by - gapelover on 8/23/2005 5:37:48 AM

[Link]

There's no such thing as inexistence.

[Link]

I feel the exact opposite to you, but, I mention what happens to the shoes in my reviews, so you will still know what to expect.

I don't like stating what positions were done like a list. It just isn't important to me. I actually dislike seeing the reverse cowgirl position in porn, unless it's POV. I want to see the ass and/or feet in the air.

I appreciate all of the different reviewers, and know first hand that it takes time and effort to watch them.

The best thing to do if you want a certain type of review is to write it yourself. If everyone wrote the exact review that you want, then many would be unsatisfied.

[Link]

WB: Never heard of her. Is she good?

[Link]

There's no such thing as inexistence.

[Link]

But I wouldn't let a bland review through me off the rental horse. Get back on!

When I use reviews to decide on a movie, I'm much more a quick glance guy - does the movie get a thumbs up, or thumbs down? A+ or C-? 5 stars or...and so on. I don't need to know everything about it - and that goes for mainstream also. I'm thinking about rolling out an all-new revolutionary reviewing system. This is the result of what, in my mind, was a wildly successful analogy in my Fresh Pink 2 review in which I compared that movie to the $129 tasting menu (with wine pairing) at Spago (now, that is some fine dining!) to equal a 5 star ranking. All subsequent reviews would simply show a photo of a meal that equals the number of stars the movie is getting from me. 1 star would be an Arby’s roast beef sandwich, 2 stars would be an Olive Garden lunch, and so on. (I haven’t assigned meals for 3 or 4 stars yet).

As a completely unrelated note, our very own Steph once said this about my reviews when I asked if they were too short:

"brevity is the soul of wit"

I think that means they were fine. Maybe it meant they were shit. I'll double check.

[Link]

Is there any relation between roast beef and 1 star?

With gape movies you could use donuts.

[Link]