27 Aug 2007
Mike Hancock
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If you like amateur guys, you're going to love the men of Mike Hancock.
The tour shows plenty of amateurs, mostly their first or second time
on camera. These are horny guys who need a few bucks and want to
go into porn, and so the action in mikehancock.com is a lot more
genuine than a lot of sites you see around.
When I entered the member area of this site, it looked pretty exciting. There seemed to be a lot of content, and I couldn't wait to check it all out. Mike Hancock is an actual person, and you can read about him in the member area. He and a friend started shooting amateur guys in action to start their own studio, and once they felt they had enough videos, they started a few websites.
Now let's wander around the member area and see what we find.
The site navigation is near the top of the page, and is very easy and obvious. I clicked VIDEOS, and was taken to page 6 our of 6 pages. There are 167 episodes in Mike Hancock at this time, and I chose an earlier video to get started. Each page has the story of the video shoot, which I like.
The stories include links to
any other shoot the model has done for the site. Each page contains
links to the pics and to streaming video. The pics are smallish,
and I think they are vidcaps. Still, they were a nice extra as
I enjoy seeing stills that complement the action. The first video
I chose was a shy amateur who started stroking his cock till he
was good and horny. Then another guy offered to suck his cock,
and finally fucked that virgin ass with a dildo. Nice stuff! I
was ready for more!
I wanted to try another video, so I picked another guy and gave it a shot. The video was of normal amateur quality, and had the url straightmen.com on the video. The size was good, and it played smoothly. The guy in the video seemed a little nervous, which makes sense. He also looked uncomfortable at first when he got his cock sucked, just the way a straight guy would look. He was pretty cute, and the video took us through everything from interview to shower.
From before halfway through the videos, you can see the cameraman improve as the video lighting and camera steadiness improve. I had no problems with the DRM - in fact, I didn't even have to input a login. If you do happen to have a problem with the DRM, there is a very helpful support page inside the member area of Mike Hancock to help you work out any technical problems.
I checked out the other features of the site. SWITCHBOARD is a forum about his sites with announcements from
the management. There are links to video on demand and the store,
both of which cost money but can be fun to wander around in. The
support page seems pretty helpful, and there's a page called ABOUT
MIKE where the site owner tells about himself, his sex life, and
how he came to create this site. There's also a casting link, so
if you think you're ready to make an amateur video, be sure and
click on CASTING.
My second favorite section after VIDEOS is called MEN. It's a modeling index that lists all the models, tells a little about them, and has links to all the videos each man has on the site. It also has links to other sites where each model is featured. From cock size to favorite sport to sexual orientation, I liked reading about the models even though some of them aren't first timers, as is the case with gay-for-pay star Rod Barry and his friend Trevor Mustang. I definitely recommend the MEN section.
At the time of this review, Mike Hancock has 167 videos featuring guy-next-door types masturbating or trying sex with another guy for the first time. The action is hot, the videos are nice and long, and if you like amateur videos, you are sure to enjoy these. For what you get inside the member area, the price is reasonable. The pics are smallish, but they're still pretty cool.
I like amateur
porn a lot more than glossy professional stuff, and these videos
are raw and nasty - just the way I like it! I'd say that Mike Hancock
is definitely worth a good, long look.
Things we liked:
- Content is exclusive
- Regular updates
- Vids downloadable
- Clips and full vids offered
- Great models
Things we didn't like:
- No dates on updates
- DRM used
Click here to visit Mike Hancock
Membership prices ( CCBill )
- Monthly: $24.95 (recurring at $19.95 after 3 months)
- Monthly: $27.95 (non-recurring)
- Bi Monthly: $49.95 (60 days, non-recurring)
- Quarterly: $59.95 (recurring at $19.95 monthly)
Angry Customer | 07 Aug 2008
My rating:
The site main page says that it is MAC friendly. IT IS NOT. I wrote to the customer service and they wrote me back to download FLIP4MAC. Hello DRM systems is not supported by that program. I asked for the explanation and they just ignored me. It really makes me mad. I hope this website will not last long until they respect their customers. I would have let it go if they apologized but they simply ignored my request for explanation. How can we stop to this? This is the second time this online website did the same kind of thing. Once they get paid they simply ignore you.
CJSole | 31 Dec 2007
My rating:
I was disappointed at the content quality. The men are hot, don't get me wrong - I'm speaking more of the technical aspect. I'm a mac user and much of the content isn't still available. I'll wait until the full library is available. Then, it might be worth the price.
vncntdl | 17 Sep 2007
My rating:
I joined the website when it became MAC-friendly. About 1/3 of the previous updates are now available for viewing/downloading on Quicktime (so no DRM). Unfortunetely, many months later, there has been no attempt to update the other 2/3 of archive material.
Worse, the website only updates once a week. Now, if you are going to only update so few times then they need to be awesome blow-out updates, and lately there has been one dud update after another. If you are going to show the same "amateurs" week in and week out then they better be up to some new tricks and not the same old thing.
Somewhere between 2 and 3 stars.
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