I must admit when I saw this scene I was really surprised at the decision to make a scene this way Mikeyank. I have not been on the forum or site for the past six weeks due to personal reasons so have not kept up with developments, thankfully I have more time now. What disappointed me most about this scene wasn't so much the concept but the scene literally being filmed the same way it was when the site started way back. If you watch this and the an early one they are literally the same. Now when BSB was first filmed it would I have no doubt have been considered inventive and a welcome to the porn industry. For me, this format in 2020 looks tired and uninspiring. The chat was inane and went on for over five minutes. The models I am not convinced are straight particularly Moreno . There didn't seem the reluctance I would have expected from"straight' guys to get their kit off. Also a really big no no for me is using mobile phones in a scene, Skyler really looked bored with the whole thing when being jerked off by Moreno.
I appreciate that you and others that have been around since the beginning would enjoy this nostalgic scene, but the ratings do not reflect that this is what everyone wants to see. You're right, Management are not going to be able to please everyone but consideration needs to be given to a fine balance of the concept of BSB and the evolving needs of the membership and what they expect from scenes filmed today. Going back to a format that worked when the site first started is probably not the answer. As with any concept it should be allowed to grow and develop in the ever changing and competitive world of the porn industry. I think Mikeyank you know that I am going to be vocal on this point in coming scenes, I just hope future ones do improve and we can find something to agree on.
Foxyman, I am perfectly fine with us disagreeing. For me that's what has always made this forum fun. If everyone agreed and "kissed the ass" of management and said every model was great and that every scene was wonderful, that would also be very uninteresting. What makes the forum fun for me is when several of us all offer our honest opinions whether we agree or disagree.
Again on this particular jack off scene, both David and Mark admitted that the pairing and the filming were a rush job. The situation in Atlanta and the testing there made it impossible for Sha to have a shoot week at that studio and David who was already filming
College Boy Physicals had a testing site nearby that was equipped for both COVID and HIV testing and a quick decision was made to switch Moreno and Skyler from shooting
College Boy Physicals to a rebirth of
Broke Straight Boys-1.
Mark and David have said that future new match-ups will no longer feature jack off scenes and it will at least go right to oral. And we still have two more scenes of these two in the can, from the quick shoot week. My intention is to wait until David brings in new models who he hired exclusively for
Broke Straight Boys to get a better idea of what direction the site will go in. But knowing David, I would not expect to bring in new boys and expect them to open their scenes with open mouth kissing and to readily suck or rim one another as has been the formula on
Broke Straight Boys for the last few years.
Will David's style of shooting 'gay for pay' porn work in 2020? I don't know but I definitely think that a change in direction was needed and I am going to give the new direction time to find it's groove. With the exception of
Ethan Steel,
Masyn Thorne, Calhoun and
Jos Alvarez, I watched very little porn on this site for the last period of time. I am excited to see the new talent and how David works his magic with brand new to porn, straight type boys in 2020. I am more excited now about
Broke Straight Boys than I have been in many a moon. But we have to wait through the transition and through David's first three scenes which are apparently being interspersed with existing footage through the end of September.
P.S. I love this discussion with you Foxyman. And I urge others to voice their opinions, whether they agree with either of us. Spirited discussions are what this forum should be all about in my opinion.