>>4906803Yeah, back when blacked was in its prime. It’s sad what’s happened to the website over the last couple of years.
If you take a look at when Greg Lansky stopped directing and guiding the site forward you see the change clearly. Those first few years were about 'soft' sex under the thin veil of whatever the scene was about - the story was unimportant, the prelude was unimportant, it was just a way to get two people in the same room. There were some industry vets and big names but there were also a lot of relative newcomers and unknowns. Raceplay was nowhere present so you had a lot of debuts and the sense that this was 'safe' IR propelled them away from clown shows like Dogfart, LP, and to some extent BB. The guys were nearly all clean cut and respectable looking, very little dom/sub posing or attitude, so by and large it was just two good-looking people hooking up.
Then Lanksy stops moving the site forward and starts to party. The momentum carries forward because unreleased shots come out steadily but you see the slow change in the talent being cast and the overall mood of the scenes but eventually Lansky goes full retard with Vixen parties and Instagram. Now you get guys who looked like someone had to post their bail to get them on set, the domination atmosphere is more pervasive, and the action is much more physical and a lot less 'romantic' or natural. You have the new guys constantly having wood issues, they cast male talent that have no business being on camera let alone on a flagship IR site, and production shifts overseas in dramatic fashion. Joss and Gong can hold down some production in Europe but you're limited to only two guys and in the case of Joss he doesn't appear very regularly anymore so Gong is carrying the burden of the work.
Back in the US they're pulling guys off of Twitter and Insta and it shows. They rely on played out underperformers who couldn't cut it on, of all networks, Bangbros lol
