December 11, 2009

Review: Reign of Tera 3

Before I get into the review itself, I’d like to talk a little about the postal service. Apparently they think anything sent in a padded envelope is meant for destruction, because when my DVD arrived the packaging well torn to shreds. I would suggest that EF start sending their DVDs in a bubble envelope rather than the thick multi-layered paper ones they use. I hate plastic as much as anyone else and recycle almost everything, but if this were a DVD I really wanted and I had purchased I would be irritated that it arrived this way. The rest of the plastic pieces were floating around inside the case along with the DVD itself that had become dislodged from its place during shipping.

Now for the review – I really wish that the opening credits on Reign of Tera 3 were set up in a better manner. Since I’m not familiar with what all of the 13 actresses look like, it’s going to be near impossible for me to name who is in each scene. Also, there is not mention of the male actors in the credits. This definitely is a negative since male actors do matter to me when looking for something I’d like to watch. When looking at the small print on the front of the box you can see that the male actors are Spyder Jonez, Tommy Gunn, Scott Nails, Jack Lawrence and Jerry Alec Knight. As soon as I read the male actors I had a big “Oh fuck no.” moment since I have only heard of Tommy Gunn and Scott Nails and don’t really like either one of them. Also, as soon as the opening credits roll you can see a man who I’m sure nobody on this earth would like to see naked. I would later find out that this was Spyder Jonez, the director of the film.

For the scenes I will attempt to look up the names and match with the faces of the actresses in order to tell you who is in each scene.

In the first scene we have Jack Lawrence and who I believe to be Michelle Maylene according to IAFD. From the very first scene I determined that this movie is attempting to have a plot. The acting is bad enough that I had to look up the plot to see what was going on – apparently someone is trying to overthrow Tera’s “reign” in the “Asian Love Palace. (Yes, Asian Love Palace, I kid you not.)

Jack Lawrence gets sent into Tera’s office and there is no lead up to anything, just Jack starts going at it. And not in a good way like everyone’s favorite Frenchman, but in an awkward “I totally don’t want to be here, but they’re paying me to so let’s get at it” kind of way. Yeah, not hot. This face coupled with Jack’s cock never getting fully hard makes for a bummer of a scene:

The next scene is Tera Patrick and Spyder Jonez. As I said before, Spyder Jonez is not someone you would ever want to see naked. I don’t expect porn actors to look like models by any means, but when they look like a, according to my boyfriend, constipated walrus, it’s just not something I’m going to want to see. Looking past Spyder’s appearance, the scene still lacks, well, everything. It starts out with Spyder fingering Tera’s ass and making her lick it. Honestly, I’m usually fine with anal play in films, but this is just rather gross since he keeps repeatedly spitting on her ass. You can see the spit droplets in the screen shot. You can tell neither one of them wants to be doing it.

After the ass fingering is over, the ass fucking begins. I don’t hate this, but it’s not inspiring and it doesn’t really turn me on. At least it doesn’t totally turn my stomach. Spyder then starts touching Tera’s clit. Rubbing nicely isn’t quite the right phrase, he more or less pulls back her clitoral hood and pokes at her clit. This sounds ways less than pleasant to me.

Then we get the ending. . .

If you’re still not convinced, here is the shot that gave birth to the name “constipated walrus.” I sadly wouldn’t recommend this scene to my worst enemy.

The next scene is what I call a gay-for-pay lesbian orgy with 9 of the girls. It starts out with them all throwing rose petals at each other and towards the camera. This basically sets the mood. The flower throwing seems to go on and on and I honestly think it would be boring even for a guy who just wants anything at all to help him get off. After the flowers it switches to boob licking – I don’t say sucking because they honestly seem scared of nipples. Include some nasty-looking double-ended dildos and some cheap panty-style strap-ons and you’ve got the scene. If you’re unsure of what I mean, here is an example:

The last scene is no better than the rest and doesn’t have any good highlights. Honestly, I wouldn’t wish this porn on my worst enemy. I think everyone should have the right to a well-made porn and not have to watch complete crap.

However, if something in my review made you interested in this, you can find it over at EdenFantasys by clicking the link below.

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DVD by Vivid
Cast: Lucy Thai, Nautica Thorn, Jade Hsu, Mika Tan
Dvd feature: Web site access, Chapter Selections, Interactive Menus
This product was provided free of charge to the reviewer.

December 8, 2009

Pleasurists #56

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Snow Bunny by carvenaked

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  • Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Ashley
  • At the core of the book is this: it is very, very difficult to study human beings sexually in a scientific setting. Science and sex are both delicate things and no normal human being is going to act the way they normally do while doing the down and dirty if they’re being watched, probed, evaluated, hooked to machines, and so on.

    Note: Some EP’s are picked because of the review itself and some are picked because the product made me go “Oooooh, want!” This one is definitely the latter. That’s not to say the review isn’t good too, it’s just overshadowed by my desire to read this and everything else by Mary Roach. Will you have the same reaction?

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December 7, 2009

The pictures I promised + some

I promised to post a picture or two of my ramp/wedge combo.  The review is already on EdenFantasys.

Here it is!

Also, the Mantric Sysil Edge arrived and I’ll be doing my video review of that soon.  It looks really cool and I think being adjustable is going to be really awesome.

Here are three pictures where you can see the different angles.  I tried to put it in once already and found the most acute angle works the best.

I’m really, really excited about trying it out.  It seems promising as the bullet his directly on the clit when it’s inserted with the most acute angle.

December 6, 2009

Holiday giving wishlist

I decided to jump in with the holiday wishlist meme.  So here’s my wishlist.  If you have one too, post a link and I’ll see if I have something/can get something that you would like!
  1. Nice, plain clothes.  Think the stuff on sale from Banana Republic or Gap that has a little more style than a plain t-shirt, so it can be dressed up or dressed down. Right now my wardrobe is full of either black band t-shirts or formal dresses.  I obviously need something in between especially since I’ll be starting job interviews soon.  I usually wear a medium.
  2. Cute and simple jewelry that can be dressed up or down for multiple occasions.
  3. Giftcards for Amazon.com.  It has everything basic that I actually need and it would be great to be able to buy things when I need them.
  4. Sex toy storage – I really like the smaller For Your Nymphomation cases in particular.  My toy drawer is getting messy because there is so much in there and also, I’m traveling to Spain for 3 months this coming summer.  I need an easy and discreet way to carry my sex toys in my bag since we only travel with a carry-on.  It just needs to be big enough to fit a butt plug, a dildo, a small vibrator and that’s about it.  Preferably black in color, but I’ll take what I can get, so as long as it’s not animal print I don’t really care about color.
  5. Honestly, anything that can help me organize would be great.  I’m unorganized and hate it.  I would even love advice on how to best pack a carry-on containing enough clothing for 3 months.  Advice is free to give and I would love you!
  6. Anything off of my three separate wishlists. Of course.
  7. Someone to help walk me through getting my blog new hosting and making a new layout.  I can’t pay someone for consulting, but I would really appreciate having someone there to help me out when I need it.  I honestly don’t know much about computers and don’t want to totally fuck things up.  Kind of an official blog mentor.
  8. Lube.  Seriously.  Anything paraben and glycerin free (preferably water-based) that you find good.  It doesn’t have to be off my wishlist or anything.  I am going through lube like crazy lately and basically, you can never have enough lube.
  9. Anything from Lushusa.com.  I love all of their products and they make me really, really happy.

That’s all I can think of for now.  I can be contacted at hello.saraid [at] gmail [dot] com.  If you are in the giving spirit and any of these sound like something you can do, let me know!

November 30, 2009

Guess what’s coming later tonight?

Pictures of my Liberator Wedge/Ramp Combo!

It will be at my house when I get home, so watch this post for pictures along with my first impressions of the Wedge/Ramp Combo.

UPDATE: Okay, okay, I know I’m late. I took the pictures but didn’t get them uploaded last night. They’ll be up soon!

November 28, 2009

I’ve got the small blog blues

I’ve been reviewing a lot lately for the wonderful EdenFantasys.com, but that just isn’t the same as posting something new to your blog and being proud of it. I would love to have companies ask me to review their products because they think I write honest and complete reviews and have readers. Not just for my ego, but because it would make me feel like I had a real purpose in blogging and was helping people make informed decisions about products that could give them pleasure.

I know I’m not going to get as many readers as already established bloggers like Epiphora and Essin’ Em, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to try. Therefore, I’m going to make a goal to make an update at least every other day and try to review more toys.

I hope you’ll stick around and read what I have to say. If you have any advice at all, let me know. I could really use it.

November 24, 2009

Pleasurists #55

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pull by aeric meredith goujon

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  • LELO Elise by Scintillectual
  • Remember when I said I was on hiatus from relationships? Well, I lied. I know, I know! I can hear my friends railing now about the fact that I jump into things too quickly and yes, she has already moved in with me. But, really, I do think she’s THE ONE. Before you get all hot and bothered, let me introduce you. Dear reader, this is LELO Elise.

    Note: Apparently I’m loving LELO reviews again this month (last week’s EP was LELO Ella)! I’ve read many many Elise reviews so they have to be special in order for them to catch my eye or make me want to finish them, and this one is written in an extremely entertaining manner so even if you’re burned out on LELO reviews like I thought I was it’s definitely worth the read.

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November 18, 2009

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November 17, 2009

Review: Blacklight Beauty

When I saw the cover of Blacklight Beauty I was immediately drawn in and thought, “I have to have that.”  Unlike some covers that have a random blonde girl on the cover showing you her pussy, Blacklight Beauty’s cover is stylish and almost puts you in an erotic trance even though the film hasn’t even started.

The beginning of the film starts out kind of slow for my tastes, but I’ve never been one for teasing and looking at the performers in clothing before the scene. I’m more into wall-to-wall sex in my porn. But if you like a nice tease beforehand, you’ll really enjoy the beginning of the scenes. After that it quickly improves with hot scenes and one of the best porn soundtracks I have ever heard. I’m usually not a fan of music in my porn, but if it has to be there, this is the music it should be. It doesn’t take away from the scene at all, but rather, it enhances the mood of the film.

Sitting through all 10 scenes (yes, 10) was neither challenging nor a chore, but I did find one of the latter scenes, which includes clown sex, to not be my cup of tea. If the performer had not been wearing the clown mask however, it may have been one of my favorite scenes. I’ve decided not to do a breakdown scene by scene as covering all 10 would be a bit challenging and also probably put you to sleep. However, I will list some of the best scenes with a short description of why.

1) James Deen and Riley Mason: I may like this scene the best overall since it’s the one I usually watch first, or sometimes it’s the only one I watch. It has no music, which for me is a plus because you get to hear the actors’ voices more clearly. But mainly, let’s face it, James is hot for a porn guy and Riley is adorable as hell. She also has on fun purple PVC boots with black stars on them.

2) Joanna Angel and the Clown Guy: Yes, there’s a clown. Yes, it’s creepy. But I like Joanna so much that I don’t really care. You can tell she’s into what she’s doing and that for me makes any scene so much better.

3) Allie Sin and two random guys: I usually hate blowjob scenes, but this one is an exception. The trance-like music gives it a more artistic appeal than a traditional mainstream blowjob scene.

Although the style of the film is unique, I could see some getting annoyed with the constant color-tinting (ex. A scene will look entirely washed in purple or green, etc.) and flashing to black & white and back again. While this annoyed me a little bit at times, mostly it was just entertaining and helped Blacklight Beauty to stand out from some other films I have seen.

Attention blowjob lovers: This film is full of them. And I do mean full. There are blowjobs in almost every scene and a couple that only feature and actresses sucking multiple guys’ cocks at once. And oddly, I like them. One scene is shot with Faith and multiple men only lit by a flashlight. While it doesn’t give that highly-produced feel some like, it does make you feel more like you are there or that the scene could have actually happened.

This film was very hard to review, but in closing, if you like alternative porn and are up for a trance-like soundtrack give this one a try. The cast is great and it will definitely break you out of the mainstream porn rut.

 

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DVD by Pulse Pictures
Cast: Mr. Pete, Taryn Thomas, Riley Mason, James Deen
Director: JackTheZipper
This product was provided free of charge to the reviewer.

November 10, 2009

Pleasurists #53

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Best Parts by *KodoqKatie on deviantART

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Editor’s Pick

  • Eroscillator by Epiphora
  • True to its name, the Eroscillator oscillates rather than producing regular up and down vibrations. That may not sound amazing to you, and I understand. I used to wonder what oscillating even meant. Was the attachment going to spin in circles crazily? Was it going to assault my clit? How could oscillations feel better than vibrations? Oh, it’s hilarious to think about now…

    Note: After hearing about this review for weeks and effectively building up the anticipation Epiphora has finally produced what is a truly epic review (which may actually be a love letter). Some reviews just have to be epic, the toy demands it, and true to form Epiphora delivers an amusing, honest, and well written review that fits the toy perfectly, and makes me (and possibly you too) desperately wish to own one. I consider it necessary reading.

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