I'll stay quiet on this one...except Brandon has one hot body!!!
Well, Robb did get fucked. Other than that, I did't see much that made this stand out. I'm beginning to develop an hypothesis that the number of times a performer says, "fuck" is directly proportional to the amount of boredom they are experiencing. I'm not talking about saying, "FUCK!" during initial penetration, or after a particularly deep thrust. I mean the liberal use of the word, by both models, during what could be considered an average, if not mundane, fucking. It's as if they think using the word will add the passion that neither one is feeling. It doesn't, at least not for me.
I didn't think this was a terrible scene. I consider a terrible scene anything that includes Tim Hanes. But this is probably where I should confess what many will believe is my heresy. I just don't find Brandon all that hot. Sure, he's got the looks and has a nice dick and ass, but the overall package is little more than the sum of his parts. A model that has the "it" factor just seems to exceed the sum of his parts. Except for Brandon's howitzer-like cumshot, which is always spectacular, I thought this scene was just average.
I thought the camera and editing work was improved, certainly over what was done in Robb's scene with Tanner. I liked the imaginative way they shot Robb's initial cowgirl position at an angle. At least you could see Robb's face from the side, enough to see that taking Brandon wasn't exactly a daunting task. Anyway, keep going on the camera work, Broke Straight Boys It looks better.
As far as the scene goes, I give it a "meh". I got the feeling from the beginning that the guys weren't into shooting a scene together. Or maybe they just weren't into shooting a scene at all, but I'm just tired of the "reality show" atmosphere. I don't care how the guys really feel. I want to see some hot, passionate sex. George Burns once said, "Sincerity is very important. Once you can fake that, you've got it made". That's what acting is all about.
While it's not my usual modus operandi, this time I will abide by the axiom "discretion is the better part of valor" and follow the example of my dear friend Robb by simply saying "ditto" to his post.
Kind of another waste of time for me...I'll stay quiet on this one...except Brandon has one hot body!!!
First of all oldfart63, I have to say that I DO enjoy reading your posts! They are honest and often objective perspectives based on the observations you have about a scene and it's content. But....what I have to wonder....even from my own observation of scenes and content is; have I grown to expect TOO much?
Now, let me qualify my comment by saying, I've watched A LOT of porn. I've even collected scenes from many sites that I thought I really had found the perfect group of models, the camera work was great etc...etc....but, collectively it's porn. Some studio's produce what could be considered by me, "Their signature" style.
If I were to compare the works, I realize that most porn is a combination of different things. From back ground, to focus on particular parts of the action while filming, it's all a representation of REAL sex. There are sites and scenes that allow you the real deal but, guess what? There is no moving camera, or the camera work is stationary, or the video quality sucks because it's homemade and it goes on and on!
Not to say that my expectations should change but, I do take a lot of things into consideration when I watch porn, and maybe there are times when Broke Straight Boys scenes aren't what I'd hoped they would be (for a myriad of reasons) the fact that they are keeping with the three new scenes a week, introducing new models or new faces with some regularity, there is always something New to look forward to? I use the term "Studio Porn" quite often. Studio porn, unlike Cam shows or actual homemade videos, is always going to be lacking in something, acting, models, production? I don't know if that makes any sense but, it's designed for entertainment but sometimes WE ALL hope for that bit of realism?
I just checked your stats on the forum here oldfart63, and see that you've made 431 posts since joining the forum six months ago, and I've enjoyed many, but this one is by far my favorite. You seem to have hit on so many pertinent points about the gay/straight fantasy in porn, about the current state of the "gay for pay" porn industry and about some of my current favorite performers on the site, (Gage Owens, Tanner and Ronan Kennedy, who to my knowledge perform exclusively here, which is so very important to me).I'm glad you enjoy my posts, Betu. Trying to be objective is just my way of saying that this is my opinion, and why I feel this way. Feel free to agree or disagree, I won't be offended. Your question, "...have I grown to expect TOO much?", puts an interesting spin on commenting on this forum, so I'll try to explain that. All I really expect from porn is fantasy, really. Nothing more than the same fantasy I'd expect from reading a short story, except that it involves sexuality.
When I started watching Broke Straight Boys many years ago (long before I joined the forum), I guess their reality was my fantasy. In gay porn, you always had (and still do have) models "acting straight". I just watched a scene where James Madison (formerly Tommy on Broke Straight Boys) and his co-star were watching a porn flick together and trying to rub up a stiffy, you know, like straight guys do all the time. Then James says, " I don't know what we're gonna do. There aren't any chicks around", an so the fantasy begins. But Broke Straight Boys was different. There was no story line. Or the story line was that here were two or more straight boys being paid to take off their clothes and masturbating to straight porn. A little more money, and they would, sometimes reluctantly, masutrbate each other. Of course, more and more money meant eventually crossing that line into gay sex. How many were really straight? How many were really gay? How many were really curious to find out? It didn't matter because they could pull it off. Their reality was the "straight guy" fantasy you couldn't get in gay porn.
It just isn't that way anymore. Though we're experiencing an expected backlash today, the strides made in LGBT rights and acceptance has been an improvement for the community, but at the same time it hasn't been kind to the gay-for-pay genre. Social media is a particular buzz-kill to the gay-for-pay fantasy. You can introduce the cutest little inexperienced wannabe porn star, and without barely even trying, find out that he's a voracious cumslut who brags about getting fucked by anyone within 20 feet from him who's got a dick. While some guys might get really turned on by that, it doesn't overall help the genre. I'd say that Twitter has done for the gay-for-pay business what the Hindenburg did for the dirigible business, which is send it down in flames. "Oh, the humanity!" And this shouldn't come as any surprise, since it's been discussed to death on this forum!
I'm rambling, so I'll try to sum it up. I've watched a lot of porn, too. That's how I figured out what it is that I enjoy. And I enjoy a fantasy. I like a fantasy where two guys fuck, and while they fuck they look like they're both on a trip of sexual bliss. I can get this fantasy from a scene with inexperienced actors. Tanner, Gage Owens, Cage Kafig, Dakota Ford, and Zeno Kostas are some of the guys who can do this. Ronan Kennedy can do it, too, as long as he likes his partner. He could work on that a bit. But I really don't care if they are gay, straight or bi, if they're good at creating that fantasy. (This would be a good place to add that I really like Brandon, but I think he makes a better bottom than a top. He just seems to be more believably enjoying bottoming than topping. From what I've heard and little I've seen from his work at the bigger studios, they prefer him in that role, too.) The camerawork and editing can only enhance or detract from what the models (actors) are doing. I also prefer the scenes here where they end with the two actors kissing or lying beside each other. That maintains the fantasy for me. Friendly chatter and high fives while they head to the showers may have worked when you were paying boys to push their limits, but it just doesn't work for me anymore.
Maybe I just need to take a break from Broke Straight Boys I enjoy the three new scenes a week and the new talent, but even the "new" talent is turning out not to be that new. If I liked just watching guys masturbating or fucking, then webcams would be a great alternative. For me, though, they offer all the allure of a "How To.." book on breathing. It seems that Broke Straight Boys is kind of in a middle ground. Sometimes they turn out a decent fantasy scene, but they still do it while trying to work in a gay-for-pay genre that just barely exists anymore. I hate to say it, but I think it's true.
Isn't that what some gay guys refer to as two guys "rubbing pussies"???? lololololololTwo bottoms trying to do it. It's like this young couple I knew, both cute blonds and both big bottoms. We used to say they had to flip a coin to see who had to top. Anyway I was singing to myself "I want to be a cow girl." During all the cock riding. Both of them are pretty boys but the shaving and manscaping, not to mention plain nellyness made this one of my least favorite recent scenes.
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Please don't "take a break" from the site and the forum, as Buckeye1 has told us he very well may do come April 10th. As I pleaded with Robb, the cost is so little and I'm sure you spend more money on routine purchases like perhaps a daily newspaper or a weekly periodical or maybe a bottle of wine, a cheesecake or a cigar. This forum needs your input oldfart. I would implore you to stick around and maybe only check out some scenes and perhaps space out your forum posts, but as I said to Robb a couple of weeks ago:
Ditto old boy. I really enjoy all your post and especially your stories of the old days. I would have loved to travel on board ship with you doing those boys in 3rd class. I don't quite date to those days but I did once do a crewman through a porthole while cruising down the Nile! I also joined the mile high club during my very first gay sexual experience when I was 13 with my best friend on a flight to London. So we have lots in common and I love all of your post, they are well written and border on fine literature. Don't go anywhere!
Two bottoms trying to do it. It's like this young couple I knew, both cute blonds and both big bottoms. We used to say they had to flip a coin to see who had to top. Anyway I was singing to myself "I want to be a cow girl." During all the cock riding. Both of them are pretty boys but the shaving and manscaping, not to mention plain nellyness made this one of my least favorite recent scenes.
Two bottoms trying to do it. It's like this young couple I knew, both cute blonds and both big bottoms. We used to say they had to flip a coin to see who had to top. Anyway I was singing to myself "I want to be a cow girl." During all the cock riding. Both of them are pretty boys but the shaving and manscaping, not to mention plain nellyness made this one of my least favorite recent scenes.