Porn Preferences

[MikeyGMin]

Other than it gives you publicity ...

 

You kind of answered your own question. The publicity is pretty valuable -- especially if you throw in public appearances. The name recognition is pretty important to get people to show up at events.

[+ saminseattle]

In addition to things others have mentioned, I like the POV or “point of view” camera angle, which makes it easier to imagine oneself in the scene.

 

I apologize as this is a bit of a side note, but this thread got me thinking about the purpose and effects of pornography itself. I’ve seen a number of articles recently suggesting that it may be harmful to mental health and sexual function. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/fashion/mens-style/anti-internet-porn-addict.html?_r=0, http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/porn-culture/477099/

 

I suspect much of this is just a cover for moral prudishness, but I suppose it’s possible that there’s a grain of truth in it…at least in the sense that watching a lot of porn may have some negative influence on one’s real-life sexual encounters. For example, I find that I tend to push the sequence of things into the typical order shown in porn scenes, with a focus on the climatic moment, just as in porn. It is a struggle for me to get out of this pattern and be more spontaneous, to enjoy the moment, instead of thinking of the next step in working towards the ultimate “goal” of climax. I strongly suspect these mental processing issues are related to all porn I’ve watched, which my brain is probably trying to subconsciously imitate.

[+ glennnn]

But remember, we are also hardwired with the need to spread the seed which keeps us first and foremost focused on ejaculation. Aren't we the only animal that seeks prolonged pleasure in sex? Pornography also shows and teaches us the myriad sex acts possible. However, I also worry that it can raise unrealistic expectations (especially in terms of first time pleasure in bottoming) and become addicting.

[Decatur Guy]

1) What activity portrayed in porn is hottest to you?

 

I don't know how common these are, but I like these:

 

* Threeways where two buddies conspire to get into the pants of a reluctant third guy. They seduce him and he sucks them both and they take turns topping him (or even DP). It's even hotter if the two tops are a bit bigger than the guy they are seducing.

 

* I'm a fan of these really long blow job / throat job scenes that last a really long time and don't have much in the way of edits. (Like a guy on X-Tube called "Throat-It-Boy.")

 

* Blowbangs, where one guy sucks off three or more guys.

 

* I like a really vigorous fuck scene where the bottom is being really pushed to his limits -- not in a painful way. He likes it. But he's being fucked into exhaustion by one or more tops and is compelled to keep hosting that cock. That's hot.

 

* I like a good ol' romantic scene full of passion and kissing by two guys really into each other. That's actually not real common anymore.

 

* Scenes with two opposite guys: black/white or tall/short or Daddy/twink, etc. Something about the variety turns me on.

 

* One thing porn people don't do much that I used to love about Falcon -- outdoor scenes in cities and in the wild. And I don't necessarily mean sex scenes. I just mean shots that set things up. Some of those old Falcon ones are nice time capsules of San Francisco in the '80s, etc., and set a mood.

 

* I also like outtakes and interviews either before or after the scene.

 

2) What activity commonly portrayed in porn leaves you cold?

 

These aren't really activities, but I don't like:

 

* Videos where you never see the face of the top or the guy getting sucked.

 

* POV videos that always stay that way. Really close close-ups are fine for a bit but I don't like long shots of just that. Vary it up. And it some point, I want to see whole bodies and faces. I love to see a bottom's expression when the cock is first going in.

 

* Porn studios that never vary up the kinds of guys they hire.

 

* And I guess fisting scenes do nothing for me. And sounding -- ARGH. My Lord, no way!

 

3) Have you ever been inspired to try a sexual activity by something you saw in porn?

Yes. I've orchestrated a couple of blow bangs, on both sides of the equation.

Edited August 14, 2016 by Decatur Guy

[+ glennnn]

@Decatur Guy Blow bangs!!!???? Tell me more. How did you recruit? I would love to service a chain of guys. It will probably never happen, but a vicarious experience would be cool. Perhaps, you could PM me?

[Decatur Guy]

@glennnn: They are actually a lot of trouble and time-consuming.

 

For the one I did where I was doing the sucking, I actually hired an escort to come (the other guys didn't know this). I figured he could be like the ringleader and keep things going. He did his best, but it was something of a bust. Four other guys showed up, including one I had played with before. But the guys were kind of uncomfortable. It wasn't terrible, but for the effort I put in answering ads, etc., not worth it. They just didn't really get into the spirit of it.

 

I organized one once where I was the ringleader and that worked better. Found a cocksucker and he agreed to suck me and three other guys. We were pretty aggressive and we pushed him to the limit, but he handled it and said afterward it was hot. It just takes forever setting it up and you have to invite like three times as many people as you really want to show up -- and then hope two-thirds back out like you've predicted.

 

For the amount of time you spend setting it up, it's not worth it.

[+ glennnn]

Thanks for the quick follow up, Decatur Guy! I'll just keep watching that homemade porn video where one guy feasts on like ten guys in a row, one at a time. He's on his knees, each guy enters, he sucks each one off with no conversation, then waits for the next one. Not even safe, but very hot.

[Nvr2Thick]

1) What activity commonly portrayed in porn is hottest to you?

 

Fucking, preferably bareback. Bodies and faces must be in view, and the top must be hung huge. The bottom's ass must be visibly tight and providing resistance. The bottom also should be struggling to accommodate the top's length, girth, and pace. I always skip past the scenes where the bottom is riding the top.

 

I agree with @WmClarke about transitions. I love to see dicks go from soft to hard, and I love initial penetrations. Body movement from one position to another or one location to another is hot. There was an old Titan flick called "Stuffed" where some guy was blowing Jack Simmons on the back porch, and then they walked into the house with his huge hard dick swinging. I used to watch that transition over and over...

 

 

2) What activity commonly portrayed in porn leaves you cold?

 

Rimming. Take a minute to get excited about the bottom's ass and open it up, but five minutes of protracted licking with a close up of a guy's uncomfortable facial contortions does nothing for me.

 

 

3) Have you ever been inspired to try a sexual activity by something you saw in porn?

 

I hired an escort to sneak into my hotel room while I was asleep, and wake me up to a rough fuck. While I'm not much for the leather scene, I did ask a fuck buddy to fuck me in a sling while cuffed at ankles and wrists.

[TruHart1]

In addition to things others have mentioned, etc...

 

...I find that I tend to push the sequence of things into the typical order shown in porn scenes, with a focus on the climatic moment, just as in porn. It is a struggle for me to get out of this pattern and be more spontaneous, to enjoy the moment, instead of thinking of the next step in working towards the ultimate “goal” of climax. I strongly suspect these mental processing issues are related to all porn I’ve watched, which my brain is probably trying to subconsciously imitate.

That idea of pushing encounters into "the sequence of things [in] the typical order shown in porn scenes, with a focus on the climatic moment," doesn't work for me at all. Those porn scenes used to seem logical to my naïve thinking, but the actors obviously lasted the entire length of a scene because of all the off-camera edits, etc. over the actual hours involved in shooting the porn. I find that if the man with whom I am having sex turns me on completely, (and that happens all the time with so many of the great escorts I hire and re-hire!) I cannot hold off on my orgasm very long, and I have never had a problem with premature ejaculation ever.

 

For that reason, I get very creative during our activities in bed, always diverting anything he does which pushes me to the edge by concentrating on finding every little thing that could be a turn-on for him but takes my concentration off whatever he's doing to get me close. Sometimes I fail (as happened to me a few weeks ago, when an intensely hot man got me so excited, that before I realized it, it was already too late to stop my fountain of cum!) and we end up cuddling for the majority of our time. If I am successful in diverting the action creatively enough, though, I get a much more explosive orgasm myself, and have often managed to help the escort achieve an obviously satisfying orgasm himself!

 

TruHart1

[longtime lurker]

In addition to things others have mentioned, I like the POV or “point of view” camera angle, which makes it easier to imagine oneself in the scene.

 

I apologize as this is a bit of a side note, but this thread got me thinking about the purpose and effects of pornography itself. I’ve seen a number of articles recently suggesting that it may be harmful to mental health and sexual function. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/fashion/mens-style/anti-internet-porn-addict.html?_r=0, http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/porn-culture/477099/

 

I suspect much of this is just a cover for moral prudishness, but I suppose it’s possible that there’s a grain of truth in it…at least in the sense that watching a lot of porn may have some negative influence on one’s real-life sexual encounters. For example, I find that I tend to push the sequence of things into the typical order shown in porn scenes, with a focus on the climatic moment, just as in porn. It is a struggle for me to get out of this pattern and be more spontaneous, to enjoy the moment, instead of thinking of the next step in working towards the ultimate “goal” of climax. I strongly suspect these mental processing issues are related to all porn I’ve watched, which my brain is probably trying to subconsciously imitate.

 

Lots of things are harmful, but I disagree with the prudes that porn is any worse. Likely the food ads bombarding TV are worse in that they get the couch potatoes to raid the fridge... again. In Asian countries like China, there is now an obesity problem that didn't exist two generations before thanks to all of the advertising. A network like Fox News is harmful with all of that Trump trash talk and fear mongering that, in turn, prompts increased medication and an increased need for those Cialis ads since the typical TV addict can never find the "right" time.

 

Everybody is unique, as Mister Rogers on PBS taught us.

 

Some like a lot of structure in their lives. They won't cook anything as an experiment. It must be by the book. Instructions are key. Porno movies may be instructions to some since so many of them are repetitive.

 

Some of us got bored with Saturday morning TV after seeing Scooby Doo run past the same stock trees, backgrounds and display the same recycled animation of moving legs in episode after episode... just as the pre-Baby Boomers got sick of seeing a cowboy hop on a horse for the twentieth time and gallop after a stagecoach. Since there were so many westerns made from the 1910s through the '50s with pretty much the same plot (just as every cartoon TV show in the 1970s and '80s had pretty much the same plot), I remember an interview with researchers working with the American Film Institute complaining about falling sleep while watching each feature that needed documented in print.

 

Then there are sports. Unless you are emotionally involved with a certain team playing the SuperBowl, it is all about guys chasing after a ball and numbers changing on the screen.

 

Ditto seeing everybody jump to The Basic Actions in BOTH hetero and same sex porn. Especially now with the internet video extracts focusing on The Goods with no build up or fore play.

 

There was an interesting time after nudist documentaries like The Raw Ones (1965) removed the fig leaf and gradually you saw the first mainstream porno films actually sport storylines so that the lawyers defending the producers could argue their right to be shown in public theaters in the name of Art (i.e. as long as they wear clothes and talk during the film too). This was the era that begot The Devil And Miss Jones, Adam & Yves (in which we even got descriptive narration during all of the man on man action) and The Opening of Misty Beethoven. Once VHS came in, the fast forward button was put to use. The lazy viewers just wanted to get to The Goods, which... let's be honest here... still pretty much looks the same close-up despite differing body types and sizes. As with a B budget western. you can only watch a man mount a horse so many times.

 

In regards to those articles listed, the problem is more with individual younger men raised with computers almost since birth having too much available on their laptops and iphones to watch and suffering from the same problem as sports addicts.

[+ WmClarke]

And get rid of the music. Let me also hear the action!

[bimbosavant]

But remember, we are also hardwired with the need to spread the seed which keeps us first and foremost focused on ejaculation. Aren't we the only animal that seeks prolonged pleasure in sex? Pornography also shows and teaches us the myriad sex acts possible. However, I also worry that it can raise unrealistic expectations (especially in terms of first time pleasure in bottoming) and become addicting.

 

Google: Animals masturbating. (sorry, you asked)

[gallahadesquire]

PRO: Snowballing. It kind of grossed me out, then I discovered it, then i discovered the guy I was with really liked it.

CON:Felching

Position: bareback missionary. I wanna see everybody.

[Jim Corrigan]

Nothing is worse than music in porn.Its almost always a boner killer.I'd rather hear the slurping and breathing

[+ glennnn]

Some real dialog would be hot:

Yes, right there. Use your tongue more. Stop, I don't want to cum yet. I love your cock. You taste so good. Cum in my mouth now! Fuck me harder, faster, slower. Eat my ass. Squeeze my balls. I love your kisses. I want to fuck/suck you all night. Your cum tastes so good. I've been wanting to be fucked by you since the first time I saw you. Make me your bitch. Your ass is so hot and tight!

 

As opposed to:

 

Yeah! Fuck, yeah!

[+ WmClarke]

Some real dialog would be hot:

...

As opposed to:

 

Yeah! Fuck, yeah!

And "I'm gonna cum!" Well, duh! It's porn!

[BasketBaller]

There's a video with, I think, Michael Lucas and Jake Andrews where they're playing lovers. There's some believable talk, while Lucas fucks Andrews. At one point Lucas says, "I love you, baby," and Andrews murmurs "I love your dick" in reply. Made me laugh.

[Rudynate]

I really like hole shots - I love to watch a top's dick slide in and out of the bottom's hole. I love the way the top's dick, as he's pulling back, tugs at the bottom's asslips.

 

I really enjoy watching a hot guy play with his own hole.

 

I love watching fisting

 

I do love watching rimming. One of the best movie scenes ever is from "Manhole." There's a single top working three bottoms all at once. He rims them for awhile, then he fucks them, then he rims them . . . . I nearly die every time I watch it, I envy the top so much.

[Yeahman]

1) What activity commonly portrayed in porn is hottest to you?

 

2) What activity commonly portrayed in porn leaves you cold?

 

3) Have you ever been inspired to try a sexual activity by something you saw in porn?

 

For me, the hottest scenes in porn are full body shots of men fucking, where you can see their faces.

 

I'm pretty much left cold by scenes of rimming. I like it in real life, but watching it doesn't do it for me. And I hate long sequences of tight close-up footage of a dick pumping in and out of a butt. I want to see more of the guys' bodies.

 

I was sort of inspired to try gay sex at all by porn. But I very specifically got turned on by scenes with a guy getting pounded on his back in the missionary position and so wanted to try that. It became my favorite position.

Good topic. I like str8 porn with the focus on the man. It throbs me really bad to see a cock going in and out of a pussy or mouth. I like to watch blowjobs. Prefer to see a hot man cum inside the pussy or the mouth. I dont like anal sex m2m or m2w at all. It doesnt do anything to me. Also dont like rimming. I havent done it myself, dont feel like doing it. I dont believe I can bear it.

[Yeahman]

Turn ons:

- kissing

- rimming

- sucking

- cum swallowing and swapping

- when the guys are really into each other

 

Turn-offs:

- piss, scat

- BDSM

- endless takes of cock pounding ass with no faces shown

It seems a lot of straight porns show endless cock pounding without showing the face of the men. Maybe straight dudes like it? I like corbin fisher's str8 porns with focus on the men. I don't understand at waybig, there are always a few gay men accusing the site of putting up blogs on Corbin Fisher's straight porns, saying they are not appropriate for a gay site. They just have to understand there are many gay men who love such straight porns. Not all gay men are created equal.

[samandtham]

1) What activity commonly portrayed in porn is hottest to you?

Lots of tender, passionate, kissing.

A massage that leads to so much more.

Licking the bottom's feet while in Elevated Pirate's Bounty.

 

2) What activity commonly portrayed in porn leaves you cold?

Abrupt cuts.

Lingering close-up shots.

Condoms that magically appear, if applicable. I don't mind the actors being filmed putting it on.

 

3) Have you ever been inspired to try a sexual activity by something you saw in porn?

Having sex outside in not-very-private areas. For me, it wasn't really as exhilirating as it seemed.

[WolfRamNHard]

Turn-ons -

solo jerkoff (especially when the performer looks directly at the camera)

straight porn (not sure exactly why and it's probably multifactorial, but one reason might be that the guys' dicks look huge next to the petite women, whereas in gay porn everyone is jacked so it doesn't have the same effect)

 

Not a turn-off per se, but I get bored with group sex scenes because there's too much going on which makes it hard to focus and really get into it ... I think I'm more of a one-on-one person.

[N13]

Turn ons: Gangbang - love to watch the insertion by a bunch of different guys. Hate when one guy hogs and doesn't give others a chance. Bareback close up of insertions! The face of the 'target' and the fucker.

Massage of an innocent to full on fucking.

Doctor's exam turns into fuck session

Sleeping guy gets seduced

Turn offs: No facial reactions. Spitting. scat

[Yeahman]

Turn ons: Gangbang - love to watch the insertion by a bunch of different guys. Hate when one guy hogs and doesn't give others a chance. Bareback close up of insertions! The face of the 'target' and the fucker.

Massage of an innocent to full on fucking.

Doctor's exam turns into fuck session

Sleeping guy gets seduced

Turn offs: No facial reactions. Spitting. scat

 

Turn on: hot guy sleeping, one guy removes his underwear, gingerly suck on the hot sleeping dude's cock.

[Rudynate]

Turn ons: Gangbang - love to watch the insertion by a bunch of different guys. Hate when one guy hogs and doesn't give others a chance. Bareback close up of insertions! The face of the 'target' and the fucker.

Massage of an innocent to full on fucking.

Doctor's exam turns into fuck session

Sleeping guy gets seduced

Turn offs: No facial reactions. Spitting. scat

 

You've seen movies that depicted scat?