So, I've watched DOKS-675, and I would like your opinions on that because I see it as an interesting case, format-wise
First of all, it didn't make me aroused much. I mean, some of you may have read in this very thread how certain titles, even though I didn't expect much from them, had a big impact on me (e.g.
MIAA-005 showing me the allure of anilingus or
BONU deepthroat series making me believe that we can always find some gems among past releases, even if new ones are lackluster)
Well, this title seems very good for me (not ideal, see my criteria, e.g. not much 69-ing going on, not much spit play, not much actress-unique dirty talk):
- Every girl deepthroats, in various positions, no forced throating at all, even dildo scenes (with mostly clear dildos, which is a plus for me*) have zero forcing;
- There is some variety in terms of positions, and there is 3P (I personally find those distracting for the actress, though there are some exceptions);
- The title is clearly oral-focused (I could feel that in the 3P scene, for example, the actress might've not chosen to be so deep on the cocks herself)
Still, the very same "positives" seem to be playing against the title:
- Every scene still seems very "programmed"; yes, most series are, and that's actually why I like series, but here, the "program" is not arousing
- Why isn't it arousing? Because it seems too "average": yes, there is deepthroating, but it's on average to slightly above average (West-wise) cocks; the only one who seemed like he could do something was the last guy (and the girl was relatively more active as well, maybe it's the common "let's leave the best for last" trope), but even this scene didn't stand out much
- Even though the title is oral-focused, the action seems too "robotic"; I mean, take the Throat series by Nakamura for example: every title follows more or less the same "plot", but in his case, it's a good thing: we get to see various girls with their own sucking/throating style, personality and reactions in more or less the same conditions, which makes it kind of an experiment; here, however, the girls didn't seem much different; you might say, "Well, how about Sex Agent titles, where it's just random girls in various circumstances?" In those cases, the variety of the circumstances was the key: it helped make it more unexpected (even if all the scenes were filmed in a typical apartment setting: the girls weren't limited in many other ways, besides the idea of "giving a no-hand throatjob" etc.)
So, what am I getting at? I think my feelings about this title (it's not disappointment per se but just feeling that it's not "what it could be") can be explained by the very premise: it set too many limitations. More or less the same clothes, same setting, same behaviour, same action sequences... so, they were made too much like each other. This gives us an obvious example looking back:
series are great if they still have enough variety (well, duh, but as many other duh's, this needed a real-life example)
Maybe the BONU series is actually one of the best examples here. Would I be happy if they just made all the girls go through the same thing? Maybe... but only if it was the sequence of three 69 self-irrumatio's like in one of them... but I wouldn't know how great it was if they didn't allow variety within the series to try different approaches (while keeping the idea of "shy-looking girls self-throating themselves in various scenarios"). DOKS-675 basically made this choice for us by making all the scenes very similar. And it made us realize that in reality, it's not that easy to exactly pinpoint all the things even a single person might find worth repeating throughout the movie
Basically, it's a case about balancing the premise and variety within a themed title / series. And this one didn't do awful, but it didn't do great either... precisely because it decided to overfocus (overbet) on a certain combination... that didn't work for me. Maybe it did work for you, or some people, but maybe not for many
(I deliberately didn't edit this besides misprints and the post scriptums below. It's just a stream of consciousness right after I've watched the title. Even the footnote was typed in real time... it's just how my mind works. I like footnotes and stuff)
P.S. A follow-up on averages: admittedly, if the cocks were all big, it would have been a better title for me. But still, even "all big cocks" is not a universally safe bet because... what does "big" mean? In this thread, I mentioned multiple times how I value a certain "configuration", i.e. a long yet relatively thin cock, and it's not a universal view, obviously. So, even if we all wish for "bigger cocks in JAV", what this means exactly is a spectrum, hence every title/series has to take all kinds of such spectrums, even "the best kinds of spectrums" (i.e. "big cocks" meaning "long and thick" vs. "long and not so thick", with hanging balls or firm balls, etc.; or "big tits" meaning "big firm tits with neat areolas and small nipples" vs. "big saggy tits with huge areolas and puffy nipples"), into account. I hope you get my point. I started getting it quite well by the end of this
Maybe it's because, as I recently heard, dopamine is more about surprise/unexpectedness than the value we get per se. This also feels obvious in hindsight: if you know all the action in a JAV, or wherever else, beforehand, what's the point of watching it? Yes, some things are very re-watchable, re-listenable, etc., but it seems like a next-level discussion... to have sometime later maybe...
* It made me think: maybe the reason why I prefer "such unrealistic" dildos is exactly because they are very far from what actual cocks look like: it distances the teasing from the hardcore action even more, making it actually easier to imagine yourself in the position because it's easier for an average guy to imagine himself in place of a clear dildo that in place of a certain "skin-color" one, etc.