[url=466904]DVD Explorer's Atomic 3-Pack Bundle</A
[url=466906]DVD Explorer -- Fallen Angel 1</A
Next time I may remember to do these links in the review itself...
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| alanbenson Member Lompoc, CA USA 156 Posts 11/99 |  Posted - Dec 1 1999 : 7:37PMFALLEN ANGEL, 84 minutes Titan Media / Atomic Video (Distributor) Directed by Cam & Kirsch REPORT CARD: B+ First off, if you're looking for the extreme side of S&M, buy the video--not the DVD. Titan Media, like others, is farming their DVD production to an outside company. Thus they've decided to release only what they call "retail" versions on DVD, rather than their own private "mail order" versions. (Is this what Falcon is going to end up doing too? I hope not. But if they out-source their DVD production, you can probably count on it.) These "retail" cuts are hardcore sex, to be sure, but they've been re-edited to remove "controversial" scenes, which in gay porn usually means fisting or extreme buttplay, flogging or piercing. (Perhaps multiple penetration too; I'm not sure.) Since this stuff has only slight novelty value for me personally, I probably found the DVD cut of Fallen Angel at least as exciting as I would the VHS cut. Still... No one wants to fork out $69 (the very high retail price) just to find out they've gotten a censored or edited-down product. An unacceptable practice, in my opinion. Shame. That said, Fallen Angel is still easy to recommend--for the right people. You like your sex warm and fuzzy? You want your men to be models--all gorgeous and well-groomed? This is NOT your cup of tea. The guys here are older, hairier, and in some cases, not even flat-chested. They are, however, completely authentic. The tattoos and piercings on these guys are not the result of some recent fashion trend. And you can bet that--unlike some leather productions--these guys actually own most of what they're wearing... Four scenes here, all four of which got me going--although the first and last are certainly the best. First, a great three-way featuring Cole Tucker, followed by an odd (but amusing) oral twosome in a busy "public" elevator. Next is a long orgy sequence, filmed at a bathhouse, with lots of "regular joes" looking on. (Not much continuity in this scene; it's probably the most heavily edited for DVD.) The final scene is an amazing kidnap-and-brutalize scenario starring Kyle Brandon and Steve Cannon, which for all it's pseudo-rape trappings plays out with a lot of hot sex and real feeling. Kyle almost made a believer out of me in this scene; he somehow manages to be intimidating and sweet simultaneously... He can dominate me any time. Surrounding these four sex scenes is some stylized footage in which Steve descends to earth as a hunky black-winged angel. He wanders about an empty city, before being "found" by trenchcoat-wearing Kyle and taking part in the final threesome. Silly or artsy, take your pick. This movie is a great antidote to the "gorgeous-but-straight" men you'll find so common in gay porn. Guys who look amazing while fucking and sucking, but don't seem too interested in what they're doing. In contrast, there's not a sweaty sex-pig on this DVD that isn't doing exactly what he digs most. The sex is honest and raw, and the sense of connection and commeraderie between the guys is so real that it sells the whole thing, even for folks with no specific interest in S&M roleplaying. To quote from the Titan website-- Please note: This is the 90 min. retail (censored) version of Fallen Angel. The 120 min. uncensored version is available only on video tape directly from TITAN *SIGH* --alanbenson [Link] |
| alanbenson Member Lompoc, CA USA 156 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Dec 1 1999 : 7:54PM [url=466904]DVD Explorer's Atomic 3-Pack Bundle</A [url=466906]DVD Explorer -- Fallen Angel 1</A Next time I may remember to do these links in the review itself... [This message has been edited by alanbenson (edited December 01, 1999).] [Link] |
| image49 New Member Melrose, MA 02176 3 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Dec 5 1999 : 2:43AM Thanks for posting the GREAT reviews! A word on "uncensored" versions-Even if Falcon does produce their own DVDs, I will be amazed if we find that footage on DVD. DVDs are produced in very large pressing quantities, and titles with controversial footage cannot enter general distributionn (which would likely be necessary to sell that kid of volume). Distributors won't carry them, and a dealer, along with the studio, runs the risk of arrest on obscenity charges for violating local standards if the item is found on his/her shelves. So companies that shoot such footage monitor the sales very carefully, by selling only mail order direct to the consumer, usually without dealer-friendly packaging. Controversial footage includes fisting; deep toy insertion; pissing onto another person; realistic rape with hard core sex, etc. It is not so much that a version without this footage is censored, as the longer version has added footage (I know, it sounds like a semantics game!)-the official version is really the one we find on dealer shelves. Many, many all-time straight classics (such as "Candy Stripers") have had footage removed in order to allow them to be sold today. I suppose we would be correct in calling these censored, as the longer versions were the ones originally shown in theaters and sold in video stores. Ah, the anything-goes freedom of the 70's...will we ever see an era like that again... (That is really far from true in so many other ways-it is much more comfortable being gay and out today than in the "liberal" 70's, IMO. Boy, I do digress. I very much look forward to your next reviews-thanks again! -AJ [Link] |
| alanbenson Member Lompoc, CA USA 156 Posts 11/99 |  Posted - Dec 5 1999 : 3:22AMThanks for the encouragement! I've been slacking off a bit, since I'm more-or-less playing to an empty house at the moment... I'll finish my first trio of Atomic reviews Sunday--promises, promises--and I have a quartet of e-rentals due here any time now. Thanks also for the additional context on the "extra footage" vs. "censorship" question. I need to remember that some apparent "poor choices" may not be choices at all... that there are lots of state and local obscenity laws out there, still affecting what we see both directly and indirectly. (Seems amazing to me that we've slid so far back in the past 20 years. Of course, as you say, there have been good changes as well.) Again, I appreciate you comments; hope to hear from you from time to time... [This message has been edited by alanbenson (edited December 05, 1999).] [Link] |
| Toy New Member 2 Posts 12/99 |  Posted - Dec 10 1999 : 12:34PMMike Roberts is very hot bare , And i think Fallen 2 is best more Fallen 1,Totel This DVD is Best ***** [Link] |
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