| Review:
Noir.
Noir,
noir,
noir.
Noir
. .
.
c'est
noir.
Which
is
one
way
of
saying:
"Why
are
these
bondage
sites
always
so
fucking
dark?"
It's
not
like
it's
so
dark
we
can't
see
anything.
We
can
see
fine
(most
of
the
time).
But
these
dungeons
just
seem
so
depressing.
And
the
black
backgrounds
they
all
like
to
use.
It
gets
us down.
Maybe
it's
just
part
of
the
whole
dark/goth/bondage
philosophy.
But why
do
so
many
bondage
sites
also
use
RealPlayer?
That's
not
part
of
the
fantasy.
Is
it a
bondage-site
conspiracy? No
point
going
over
our
general
reflections
on
bondage
sites
(see
the
beginning
of
our
review
of Paintoy
for
that).
You
know
what
to
expect,
and
the
purveyors
of
punishment
at
this
site
aren't
going
to
disappoint. Lots
of
ropework,
clothespins,
hot
wax,
light
whipping,
etc.
More
machine
fucking
than
usual.
No
actual
sex,
but
more
attention
to
stimulation
and
toy-play
than
in
most
bondage
sites
(it's
nice
to
see
the
girls
getting
something
out
of
all
this
other
than
just
a
red
ass).
As
usual,
the
bondage
master
seems
kind
of
professionally
distant
and
uninvolved.
There's
a
woman
(her
name
is
Bridgett,
but
there's
no
"About"
page
explaining
anything)
who
talks
more
in
the
movies
where
she's
in
control.
Otherwise
there's
no
real
dialogue
or
dramatic
context.
We
didn't
see
anything
wildly
new
or
inventive,
but
some
of
the
stuff
looked
even
more
painful
than
usual.
Especially
this
hook
they
stuck
up
one
girl's
ass.
And
another
girl
who
seemed
to
be
suspended
by a
dildo,
which
must
have
hurt
quite
a
bit. There
is a
main
(non-alphabetically
arranged)
model
index,
featuring
28
models
when
we
dropped
in.
This
is
the
same
model
index
you
see
on
the site
tour
so
you
might
as
well
check
the
girls
out
first.
We
thought
they
were
better
than
the
average
line-up
of
bondage
models,
but
unfortunately
that
isn't
saying
too
much.
The
problem
here
is
that
the
model
index
didn't
seem
to
be
linked
to
all
the
sets
featuring
that
model.
It
just
gives
you
some
pics.
So
it's
totally
useless
as a
navigation
tool.
Which
means
the
only
way
to
navigate
the
site
(there
is
no
search
function
either),
is
to
just
keep
going
back
through
the
list
of
updates.
That's
no
fun.
Room
for
improvement
there. On
the
happy
side
of
the
ledger
they
do
have
lots
of
stuff.
Looked
like
around
150
sets,
with
updates
happening
twice
a
week.
This
is
great,
especially
seeing
as
how
each
updates
is a
full
movie
(10-20
minutes
long),
and
all
the
pics
that
go
with
it
(usually
around
100
stills).
The
video
is
the
aforementioned
RealPlayer.
You
can
stream
the
whole
movie
or
download
it
as a
bunch
of clips.
We
couldn't
figure
out
why
they
cut
each
scene
up
into
seven
or
eight
clips
of
one-
to
three-minutes
each.
The
files
aren't
large
and
we
wanted
to
download
full
movies.
Playback
is
at
350
kb/s,
but
actually
looks
better
than
that
(as
you
should
hope).
Sometimes
bit
rate
doesn't
tell
you
everything.
The
editing
and
camerawork
is
surprisingly
good
(no
stationary
camera
shit),
and
there
was no
music
in
anything
we
watched
(thank
God).
The
lighting
could
have
been
better
at
times
though. The
stills
are
nothing
to
get
excited
about.
They
aren't
just
screen
captures,
but
they're
small
(800x600
max,
and
often
less)
and
not
very
artistic
or
stylish. So
. .
.
wrapping
things
up
we'd
give
kudos
to
the
large
amount
of
exclusive
stuff
they
have,
and
the
hopping
update
schedule.
Overall
quality
was
pretty
good
too
(again,
for
a
bondage
site,
which
don't
as a
rule
give
you
"DVD
quality"
downloads).
What
disappointed
us
was
the
primitive
site
design,
the
absence
of
any
kind
of
personal
statement
telling
us
who's
behind
it
and
what
it's
about,
and
the
high
price.
But
the
thing
is, these
bondage
sites
are all
expensive.
If
this
is
your
niche
then
you're
probably
used
to
it
by
now. |
