Mikeyank and Stimpy, you two have ennobled with your debate a rather superficial observation regarding gender preferences in relation to the actors on this gay porn site. Although Tyler has definitely graduated from being the all time darling of Broke Straight Boys, he was in his time the epitome of what was best about the site. He was a cute, bright, sexy, irreverent 18 y.o., blessed with better than average acting talent and intelligence, and the ability to seem totally natural and fresh in front of David's camera. He was the paradigm twink, so pale and unhairy that the only barbering he ever needed was a haircut. And although he has his grumpy detractors, possibly stimulated to complain by the breathless adulation of the majority, he was universally recognized as the site fave, not only on this forum but among the hundreds of voiceless loyalists who only ever e-mailed David with their praise. Even now in twentyeleven the most frequent first post by a new male forumite is a simple expression of admiration for Tyler.
I was really only saying how interesting it is that the kid who's been the famous face of Broke Straight Boys, worthy of a novel written about him and Beiber-like scrutiny of his every eyebrow twitch, is so summarily dismissed by the most vocal XX members and so appreciated by the XY ones.
Just for the record, I thought the love scenes between gay porn stars Diesal and Jimmie, and most of the scenes beautiful gay Shane was in, were among the hottest ever uploaded. As someone well up there on the Kinsey scale, I like seeing gay guys get it on, and the scenes those three were in were awesome.
Slimmie, as much as I adore you and the way you present yourself, not everyone was/is a Tyler fan. He was ok and all, but to me he was never anything special at all. I found him quite boring in the vast majority of his scenes actually, although there were a couple memorable -- and excellent -- ones where he really performed amazingly well. But those were few and far between, at least in my humble opinion.
I do agree with your assessment that he is way past his prime, although that's nothing that some serious time in the gym wouldn't cure. I was taken aback actually in his last two scenes with Aiden, how chunky he has become! His legs have become as round and as wide as tree trunks, with absolutely no muscle tone on him from top to bottom whatsoever.
I will say, his second to last scene with Aiden was wonderful. I loved all the kissing! He was also wonderful with Dustin in one scene (God bless Andrew Grande aka Dustin), and he had one or two amazing scenes over at Boy Gusher also.
Other than that, to me Tyler always acted very bored and uninterested in the whole porn thing, which was evidenced by his usually completely limp dick throughout much of almost all of his earlier scenes.
But when Tyler performed well, he always performed EXTREMELY well and to me, those few unforgettable performances more than make up for the majority of the boring ones.
Abe