It really is as though he took the worst ways of producing every element of a scene and made them standard. Even the fake cumshots... just why?? Does he legitimately think people don't realize it?

Visuals are good for the intros, if you want to watch the tease sequences on silent. That's the only positive feedback I can conjure.

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The whole over-directing of the female talent really puts me off and I just wish he'd dial it down. He essentially treats them like children (e.g. adjusting their body positions/hands/heads/whatever he can nitpick every few seconds). We know you're the director but like no one wants to hear your voice or know you exist, we watch porn for the girls, not you, it's a complete distraction.

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I realize I may have ribbed Adriano in my OP but I hope that it is good natured enough to not cross the line. And a male performer not being able to cum seems like a reasonable critique.

And at least we've got a seperate thread so we're not like those posting negatively in the Deeper.com thread and preventing fans from talking about what they like in peace.

Edited by - BlackSix on 6/18/2020 3:29:10 PM

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Maestro Claudio has been shooting this style since Red Light/Platinum X, so I would say that he is the originator. He used to move back to give more breadth to the picture, to open the perspective.

When he and Mike partnered up, Mike wanted more of the close up style.

Now that Maestro has PervCity and Bam (with Mick Blue), he is able to go back to his original shoot style, he moves further back with the camera so you can see more of the action. We still have close ups of the gapes and penetration but you see a lot more in our scenes.

I don't think Maestro's style will die because we have a lot of fans that continue to enjoy it.

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The style isn't to my taste but obviously a lot of other people do like it so I do think it is a real acomplishment for Maestro to be proud of as others are definitely copying it. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

I think it is important to acknowledge Maestro as the real innovator of the style. Too often we forget the people behind the camera.

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In particular I hate how nearly every porn director shoots doggy style from a low angle with the guy climbing all over the girl and we just see the dude's ass and balls totally covering the girl. I much prefer the high over the shoulder angle that Mike and Maestro use that shows off the girl's ass in doggy.

I would say though that it really only Mike and Maestro that shoot this way. There a ton of other people doing porn that don't shoot this way so I'm not sure why it bothers you all that much. You can just avoid 2 directors and you'll be fine whilst fans of Mike continue to enjoy his stuff.

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I'm actually interested in seeing more of the BAM stuff to compare, keep intending to check it out.

I think I just find it frustrating because at first I did watch some of Mike's videos back in the New Sensations and early EA days. He booked performers I liked and had a black woman series that was good but then he became so set in his style and started all the gaping nonsense which kills the scene for me.

It isn't like there's that much porn production going on, it is way down from ten years ago and I find it frustrating when a performer I like is booked by Mike, so I'm tempted into checking out the scene and end up regretting it as I may as well be watching a cattle autopsy because of his excessive close-ups. The Lena Paul scene I used up thread is a perfect example.

Edited by - BlackSix on 6/18/2020 9:29:30 PM

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I'm tired of the plethora of sites that always film from a distance to show the woman's body in full where you can't see the actual penetration. To me that's Cinemax and I avoid those styles/sites like the plague.

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@ OP, His style isn't going anywhere until he's good and ready to retire. Many of us like it a lot. Wtf cares if you don't? Subscribe to Digital Playground. Buy some tokens for LP. Purchase a lifetime membership to Brazzers. Adopt Hoby. Start your own company so you can show the world your cinematographic genius. Do you.

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The main thing on ADT to me is to not get too personal or to threadcrap by going into an appreciation thread and posting a bunch of negative shit. I think that is obnoxious in Adriano's thread or Mason's or JJ's etc.

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Lately though it seems a lot of other studios are starting to catch onto it turning it into a trend. I imagine once its popularity peeks people will look for other styles until that style gets turned into a trend and then rinse and repeat.

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And of course the same old same old shots... I am also a guy who loves more then just closeups

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I get tired of the repetitive set-ups in porn so a scene not even ending with a cumshot doesn't actually bother me but his fake cumming inside of the women performer's mouths is so obviously faked it is reminscent of early 80e NYC porn where the male performer is so coked up they can't cum and it has to be faked.

Considering Mike's fans tend to be meat-and-potatoes porn types I don't get how they are willing to overlook this long-standing porn trope. I guess it shows how much they love him, lol.

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Also the no cumshot thing is odd considering the sort of porn he is shooting.

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things i don't like

• gape gloves (wtf ??)


• eating out girls gapes


• micromanaging the girls


• so much scene time of one girl just watching the other suck dick


• non-existent cumshots


• crazy amounts of lube

that seems like a lot of cons, but the girls, the clothing, the colorful sets, pretty good camera work, and just great quality anal (especially the doggy as has been mentioned above) more than usually make up for it

it'd be great to see a new studio with all the pros and a few less cons, not going to lie, but i still love Mike's work

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Edited by - Malik Starks on 7/24/2020 7:06:25 PM

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