Yeah well, I got this screener months ago. I've got a life to lead other than review porn DVDs as soon as they arrive at my doorstep. When they no longer came with art discs also I wasn't so quickly inclined to open them up and find a few tranny DVDs, so the boxes piled up. Without the promo images they were even more worthless to review because words alone don't sell porn, pictures help with promotion. My eyes glaze over with boredom when some hack porn critic writes War and Peace reviewing some throwaway gonzo parody thinking it's the greatest thing since the last porn parody they liked. Plus, porn critics like yourself probably generally don't want to ruffle feathers with negative reviews because that means they''ll get knocked off the mailing list. Unless you like everything which means you have no taste. Reviews generally had to be positive when reviewing in print media because a bad review would potentially mean a loss in advertising revenue. One of the few porn critics I used to respect was Christian Shapiro from Hustler back in the day because he was fearless and LFP didn't have to worry about upsetting anybody.
Btw, as you should probably know, the stickers are on the paper insert not on the outside of the plastic dvd case, so trying to remove them would either leave a partially torn sticker or torn insert and water or cleaner would just damage the paper. Plus, the DVDs used to be sent sealed and brand new, not opened with the inserts removed and a sticker placed on them so they get damaged if one tries to remove them therefore making them worthless. It's pathetic and cheap.
If your big concern was the possibility a whole box might have a few tranny titles in it, I suggest the boxes were better left unopened in your garage too. I would just send such titles to those who really liked them and everyone was happy, though some in the TS community are still pissed off at my "beer scale" for rating them as well as my use of male pronouns for describing the guys.
There are worse hobbies out there to enjoy, I know far too many that spend at least as much time watching sports or keeping up with politics they will never influence. And for the most part, those who wrote epic length reviews of the "War and Peace" kind have either passed away or dropped out years ago, the need for an outsider to point out where a company is misleading consumers just as strong as ever.
But if you think I spend all day kissing ass in reviews while refusing to ruffle feathers, you can't have been too prolific a reviewer or in touch with the industry, my feather ruffling glory days perhaps past as I've cut back but still held up regularly by a few haters. Some still refuse to ship because they don't get the ratings their egos demand or ship titles months later, figuring there will be less impact. The real rating inflation experts are those at ADT, Rancho, and elsewhere where anything lower than 4 out of 5 stars means the director/performer didn't kiss enough ass at the last convention.
So if "Christian Shapiro" is your critical hero, you might want to read his book, "Prisoner of X" where he laughs at the many cheap shots he made in reviews, all while giving the exact same titles glowing reports under a myriad of aliases (not even watching most of the titles as I recall) to whomever would pay him. I'm sure you can find a copy on Amazon for a single penny (plus shipping) but it's actually a better read than any of his "articles" or "reviews" from the 20 years he worked at Hustler.
And if removing labels is a major concern, buy a bottle of Un-Du Adhesive Remover as it works on them just fine without damaging the paper insert. Other products work too but like you, I did like the art discs Evil used to send even if I took my own screen captures, believing as you do how important they are to a full review.
Regardless, every review has potential worth to someone, as long as you understand the limits of the writer in conveying what works for you personally. I write for a broader audience than XPT and my tastes are not so specific as to be worthless nor are they so broad as to be meaningless, no care given to who does or doesn't advertise as I do it for fun.
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