^ If we're talking strictly g/g performers; Charlotte Stokely (note the casting change in that Axel Braun thing from Shyla to Charlotte), Serena Blair, Vanessa Veracruz, Kendra James, Georgia Jones, Jelena Jensen, Celeste Star, Mindi Mink, Aiden Ashley, Angela Sommers, Jayden Cole and Prinzzess on an all around scale (acting and sex) and Jenna Sativa on the pure sex scale (Jenna is comparable to Shyla as an actress). This isn't to mention performers like Adriana Chechik, Mia Malkova, Brett Rossi, Cherie DeVille, April O'Neil, Abigail Mac, and Cassidy Klein that do both but would easily be frontrunners for All-Girl POTY if they only did g/g. Shyla's really good at playing the ditzy girl but she has no range beyond that. In any other circumstance, it's like reading lines off of a page rather than feeling natural and plays every role exactly the same to each other. There's no difference at all between any of the characters she plays and she's been in the industry for a decade now.
^I was just trying to be nice by naming only a couple other G/G performers, lol. But yeah, but I think Shyla's days of being an automatic award winner might be coming to an end. She's benefited a lot from being one of the few G/G only performers to never cross over and by working fairly consistently. When a serious and consistent contender like Jenna came around, she blew past her in only her 2nd year in the biz. Edited by - Aya on 6/9/2017 8:13:11 PM
^ She has one of the most rabid fan followings in the entire industry, b/g or g/g, so I think she'll remain in the running for those awards as long as she's active. However, when you have Georgia Jones putting out arguably the best work of her career, Charlotte getting big roles, Serena firmly establishing herself as the go-to girl for the most popular g/g studio right now, Vanessa's apparent blacklisting from certain sites ending (she shot for Girlsway Wednesday), Mindi being able to shoot for studios besides GFF, and the industry in general putting out the strongest g/g content outside of the WLT/Club 59/Nica Noelle/GFF quartet of the early part of the decade, performers constantly need to evolve and she's either complacent or incapable of doing so.
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Posted - Jun 9 2017 : 8:59PM
^ & ^^ Thank you both for your answers. Of the girls you named the ones I haven't really checked yet are: Jenna Sativa Aiden Ashley Jayden Cole But I'll be sure to make up for my missing them! Also, Eva93, I agree with you about Adriana Chechik, Abigail Mac, and Cassidy Klein being great g/g performers also. I'm watching more of their g/g stuff these days then their b/g stuff! Thanks again, Aya & Eve. I really appreciate it. My love for g/g stuff is growing every day.
I would rate Serena Blair as the best actor among the G/G crew. Sinn Sage and Jenna Sativa also have some chops... Edited by - Sexy Sadie on 6/9/2017 9:26:45 PM
Shyla's been in the business since 2009. I still enjoy watching her scenes. Yes, it would have been nice if she had expanded her repertoire along the way. As for her acting, she's no Meryl Streep. That can be said about most of the talent. 4 other women who excel in g/g scenes are Riley Reid, Angela White, Abdella Danger, and Lana Rhoades. But, they are good at all types of scenes. Noticed Sinn Sage's name mentioned above. I watch quite a bit of g/g porn and rarely see her. She is/was very good. Edited by - aclayfan on 6/10/2017 1:54:26 AM
I thought the same. Maybe WLT Scenes are getting better. Hope that Shyla and Vanessa are over with the LVLZ Argument and doing Scenes together again. That would be awesome. Edited by - TheWatcher on 6/10/2017 2:59:01 AM
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Posted - Jun 10 2017 : 2:19PM
Riley is a great g/g performer. For me she is the best of the "crossover" girls who do both kinds of scenes. She always bring an energy to her g/g scenes that few others even come close to. I also like the energy that Abigail Mac and Adriana Chechik bring to their g/g scenes.
^Such a shame, and it was right after they gave up their G/G anal virginity to each other too. I suspect the fallout was probably the reason why Vanessa was exiled from Girlsway. I wonder what changed. I guess it's all good as long as Vanessa and Shyla's paths don't cross on set, lol. Karlie Montana seemed to side with Vanessa in the whole debacle and hasn't been on Girlsway in awhile either. I wonder what the chances of her also returning are. If you're a G/G only performer, Girlsway is a company you don't want to be locked out of. Heck so many girls are just trying to get in. Edited by - Aya on 6/10/2017 10:17:02 PM
New Girlway Scene with her. From the WebYoung Series Starring: Shyla Jennings, Kristen Scott Title: The Rivalry Release Date: 07/07/2017 Here the Link to the Scene. Girlsway WebYoung - Shyla Jennings, Kristen Scott Looks hot. Then the WLT Scene with both Ladies from January this year is one of the better WLT Scenes in 2017. Edited by - TheWatcher on 7/6/2017 2:46:35 PM
Next GG Scene with her. For Twistys WhenGirlsPlay Series Starring: Shyla Jennings, Eliza Jane Title: Hide and Seek Release Date: 07/18/2017 Here the Link to the Scene. Twistys WhenGirlsPlay - Shyla Jennings, Eliza Jane
Next Girlway Scene with her. Again for the WebYoung Series Starring: Shyla Jennings, Keisha Grey Title: I have a Confession Release Date: 08/04/2017 Here the Link to the Scene Girlsway WebYoung - Shyla Jennings, Keisha Grey Looks hot.
New Scene with her. It is a Solo Scene for Twistys Starring: Shyla Jennings Title: Fun with Shyla Release Date: 09/16/2017 Here the Link to the Scene Twistys Solo - Shyla Jennings She also having 3 Scenes in the new Girlsway 5 Part Series "Vampires". Part 2 with Abigail Mac Part 3 with Abigail Mac and Serena Blair Part 5 with Jelene Jensen
Next Scene with her. For Girlsway new Mini Series "Vampires" Starring: Shyla Jennings, Abigail Mac Title: Vampires Part 2: Sisters Release Date: 09/28/2017 Here the Link to the Trailer: Girlsway Mini Series - Vampires Part 2 Shyla and Abigail together that is a must see Scene for me. Edited by - TheWatcher on 9/27/2017 12:24:59 PM
Next Scene with her. For Girlsway new Mini Series "Vampires" Starring: Shyla Jennings, Abigail Mac, Serena Blair Title: Vampires Part 3: Calling The Cavalary Release Date: 10/06/2017 Here the Link to the Trailer: Girlsway Mini Series - Vampires Part 3 The next must watch Scene for me. Edited by - TheWatcher on 10/5/2017 10:43:01 AM
^Did you see the same trailer that I did because if you did then you must have noticed that about half of that tiny 57 seconds trailer is a black screen with the Girlsway logo on it. The rest and there isn't much is mostly cut scenes involving Shyla doing stuff we saw her do in the previous episodes. Seeing as every other episode in this series has been lackluster than I don't have high expectation that this one will be any better. In fact I expect it will pretty much suck(sorry for the Vampire Pun).
^I tend to love most of Shyla's sex scenes and I have seen her do some decent acting in many movies/videos so I know there is a certain level of acting talent but I have to agree with you that GW pretty much threw her under the bus when they picked her to play in vampire. The only good thing I can say is that most of the other performers aren't much better than her so she can take comfort that pretty much everyone sucked in that series. The best thing that can happen to Shyla is for GW to look at the videos where she shines in her role and then select only the scenarios that better fit her acting talent.
^ I feel like she's been coasting for the last few years now. Between herself, Jenna Sativa, and to an extent Prinzzess because of her contract with GFF, Shyla's one of the very few g/g only models that's never going to have to worry about getting work. Her fanbase is so loyal that it doesn't matter what she does and they'll eat it up (see the Vampires comments just for the cringe factor) and because of that, she has no reason to try to improve or do anything different. At that rate, why try to be better or do something different if it potentially could upset that base? She plays her role in Vampires the same way she played her role in Sharing the Bed and her scene with Aiden Ashley she wrote exactly the same as she did in her WLT scenes with Malena years ago.
^Is it really coasting on her part or simply that she gets hired to play the same role all the time? She's a 28 years old woman but she still looks quite young so it wouldn't surprise me that producers hire her to play those young roles. Prinzzess is only 4 years older than Shyla and yet the difference in appearance is hard to miss which means that no matter how much Shyla might want to play more mature roles. Her face probably makes it very hard to get those mature roles. I agree with you that shyla probably doesn't have to worry too much about getting job offers but maybe it has less to do with Shyla as a performer and more because the reality is that there aren't that many active g/g performers that have such a long track record. That said Shyla could be in trouble if a few performers start to show a greater willingness to be porn performers first and not cam models or escorts or one and done performers.
^^ and ^ Eva, sometimes I think you're too harsh on Shyla. I feel like it's a catch 22 for Shyla much more than a coasting on her part: as pat said, I also think her looks are usually a decisive factor on the role she will get. At least for now, it's impossible to imagine her on more mature roles, even if she wants to try something like that - and I think she does - the "darker" scene with Aiden Ashley looks like a real shot of something different, at least for me. Then, if she only keeps getting the same roles, people will complain that she is not trying something different. For me, the "Poor Little Shyla" role is what she does best: an innocent, perturbed girl or something like that. But I don't want to every company book her to play roles like that. Looking on the bright side, I think Vampires feedback will help Shyla, Girlsway and the other models to evolve. As for her not having to worry about getting jobs, I think even if we had more performers doing only G/G she would still be a safe bet. She has a name, awards and a huge fan base. Also, it looks like she is not working that much this last year or so, so I think from now on maybe we'll see less of her anyway.
^ I think me being hard on her is more of a product of her being paired so often with favorites of mine rather than it specifically being her because we've all seen she can be great when she's put in a role where she can shine. The problem's been outside of the Keisha scene, she's been put in roles that she isn't a good fit for and either can't or doesn't want to adapt. Even in scenes that have tried to be darker like the aforementioned scene with Aiden and Vampires, there's still no real variance in how she carries herself when acting and there's no subtlety at all. You're right in that she probably wants to play darker roles, but every chance she's had to play something a bit darker, it's still basically interchangeable with her other portrayals. I think you're a bit more optimistic than I am when it comes to her learning anything from it. I'm about to do my summary on the series in the forum (tl;dr I liked it more than Pat but there are a lot of ways to improve for next time) and I'm going to be the fourth comment that isn't unanimously praising it on the site. One of which was a cheap shot at Georgia which was in poor taste and the other two were downvoted heavily for being critical of Shyla's acting (a trend that happens any time someone's critical of her on the site).
^ I didn't have any problem with her character on Christmas Spirit (think it was a simpler one) and I kind of liked her character in Business of Women (a little bit more complex). I agree with you but maybe she's trying: if she's been asking for different roles (and the Aiden story is an indicator because it's the only story we're sure she wanted a role like that because she wrote it) then it means she's trying something different. The question becomes if she can adapt to those roles and so far most people think she can't. My point is that I don't think she is coasting and I'm really optimistic of seeing Shyla evolving but I respect your opinion. I agree with you that in GW forum any critizes on Shyla is not that well received but I also feel that putting aside the downvotes, most discussions are pretty healthy over there as well like the one we're having here: a good talk with critizes and compliments without disrespecting the model. She's definitely on my all time top 5 actresses but I think sometimes people can't understand you can criticize and be a fan at the same time. Edited by - erolixxx on 10/31/2017 2:21:19 AM Edited by - erolixxx on 10/31/2017 2:21:47 AM
^True, I'm a fan and she's one of my faves, but there's no denying she's pretty 1-note. But when her strengths are played to, she's very effective. But I wouldn't count myself among her blind fans who feel she can do no wrong. Although, doesn't help that she can also be a bit snippy on Twitter.
^^ For me, it's even when she's playing a character where there should be a difference from her other characters, that difference doesn't really exist which impacts the sex in a formulaic way. Even in Vampires (since that's been a topic of discussion) there's no real difference in how she eats out Abi during the more "aggressive" part versus the "romantic" part. It could just be like Aya said that she's so one-note that her lack of another gear just gives the illusion that she's coasting, but she's been in the industry for 8 years now and hasn't evolved as a performer. If directors for whatever reasons aren't booking her for roles that fit to her strengths and refuse to adapt to her limitations, it's on her to improve and evolve and that isn't happening. That's what's so frustrating with her performances lately and why it may seem like I'm being "too hard" on her. You can see Celeste's arc from when she started 13 years ago through the WLT days to now. She's clearly a better actress now than she was in the skits with Sammie Rhodes for WLT and she's mastered how to either step on the gas or be soft in her performances without physically looking much different now than she did at 20 years old. Despite her doing b/g too, Bree Daniels came in around the same time Shyla did and has constantly changed her appearance and the types of roles she takes. There's just been no change in how she plays her roles when the combination of the roles she is being asked to play ask more on the acting side than ever before, and her peers are going to great lengths to evolve as performers whether it be fetish work, changing up their appearance, or even taking acting classes to improve.
^So true about Celeste Star. I used to not be into her at all. I found her performances so over the top and inauthentic. And I was so disappointed because she is so attractive. But she has really improved, and I actually enjoy her scenes now.
New Release "Net Skirts 17" [Tweet is no longer available] Wow there's a lot of heat between Shyla & Ryan in that trailer. Can't wait for the scene to be released on GFF 12/1.
For me Shyla has always blew hot and cold. Some scenes she is in are awesome, cock hardening brilliance. But some others she is clearly (to me) going through the motions. Not a fan of her stuff outside Girlfriends Films, although those two scenes she did with Elle Alexandra last Christmas were 11/10.
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Posted - Dec 12 2017 : 6:04PM
First scene of hers I saw was Fingerlicking Good with Maddy O'Reilly, from her smile to her laughter to listening to her breathing shift to the shaking moans as a powerful orgasm rips its way through her - I was hooked. Shyla is one of those freaks of nature who is so good, so incredible in what she brings to a scene that she doesn't ever have to do B/G and she will still be the reigning G/G queen sharing that title with the likes of Jenna Sativa of course. Sinful Scorpio, Passionate Aries