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Type of Site: Anal
Address: www.buttman.com 
Price: 
$34.95/month (package deal for the Evil Angel group of sites)
Date of Review: 
February, 2008
Pornreports Rating: 

    

Review:

FEBRUARY 2008 RE-VISIT

Well, it hasn't been that long since we last visited this site, but the re-design we mentioned in our previous review is complete and things have changed quite a bit so it was time to take another look.

As far as content is concerned, nothing has changed. What you're getting with this network is the Evil Angel library. This specific site handles all the Buttman movies, but there is now a network in place that offers seamless navigation across 19 sites which pretty much cover the entire Evil Empire (as they call themselves). Here's the breakdown of all the sites that were part of the line-up when we visited (external links): Jonni Darkko XXX (review), Rocco Siffredi, Anal Acrobats, Anal Centerfolds, Ass Corruption, Ass Fetish Zone, Big Butt Hos, Big Dicks Round Ass, Black Pipe Layers (review), Christoph's Big Natural Tits (review), Cock Choking Sluts, Cock Jugglers, Euro Angels, Face Fucking Inc., Gangbang Playground, Gaping Angels, Lesbian Fanatics, POV Blowjobs, Rogue Adventures, Strap Attackers (review).

As you can tell from some of the names (Buttman, Anal Acrobats, Anal Centerfolds, Ass Corruption, Ass Fetish Zone, Gaping Angels, even Strap Attackers), the clear emphasis is on anal sex and various kinds of ass play. You will also probably note that the individual sites are closely associated with specific series. Strap Attackers, for example, features content from the Strap Attack movies. The Lesbian Fanatics site has scenes from Evil Pink, Fucking Girls and Do Not Disturb (Belladonna's pregnancy video). This way of doing things is a lot like the way BrainPass (or Pornstar Network) is set up, where you have a bunch of different sites basically associated with a particular series of DVDs. Nothing wrong with that as long as the navigation between the different sites is good and the search function is helpful. And as far as the navigation here is concerned there are no problems. The search function, however, could have been a bit handier.

Anyway, the major improvement they've made is with the video. Basically you have a bunch of options to choose from. You can watch movies in your browser, download full scenes, or individual five-minute clips. The formats available are Windows Media or QuickTime. You have four options for these downloads: Evil 640x480, 1700 kb/s, High 640x480, 1000 kb/s, Medium 512x384, 850 kb/s, and Low 320x240, 350 kb/s. The total amount of content was pretty high: over 1800 scenes for the entire network (over 200 at Buttman, which is the largest), with updates coming a couple of times a day.

Our rating reflects the fact that this is a network. As networks go it isn't huge, but the quality is very good. Evil Angel put out some great stuff, especially for all you ass-worshippers. The only thing that takes it down is the price and the fact that there's nothing much in the way of extras. What you're getting are scenes from Evil Angel DVDs and that's pretty much it. But that's nothing to sneeze at, and the fact is they don't license their movies out to the DVD download sites so you won't be seeing it elsewhere. 

JULY 2006 REVIEW

John Stagliano has a lot to answer for.

Though it's probably unfair to give him all the credit (or blame), Stagliano (a.k.a., "The Buttman") has some claim to be considered the most influential adult film director of his generation. How he did this was by taking advantage of the easy-to-use features of video camcorders in the late 1980s to make super-cheap POV "gonzo" porn films. His breakthrough was as "The Buttman", a comic character--sometimes described as the porn Woody Allen--who basically runs around chasing ass. The Buttman videos were so popular they spawned a whole whack of spin-offs, and Stagliano went on to head his own film company, Evil Angel. 

Evil Angel has a lot of big name directors in its stable now, and has gone online with a bunch of websites showcasing clips from their countless videos. This site, for example, is part of a network that includes BlackPipeLayers.com, ChristophsBigNaturalTits.com, Euro-Angels.com, GapingAngels.com, JonniDarkkoXXX.com, and RoccoSiffredi.com. But this isn't why Stagliano is so important. What makes him important is the way his comic gonzo shtick took off with the Internet generation of porn entrepreneurs under the guise of "reality porn." The Bang Bus, for example, is 0 steps removed from Buttman's Babes Bend Over. That this style of film-making has since become ubiquitous, and creatively drained, isn't Stagliano's fault. When you're successful you're going to have imitators. Especially when your formula for success is based on filming from the hip. But you can see what we mean when we say he has a lot to answer for.

Anyway, this site features a load of clips drawn from the Buttman's numerous video series, a catalogue that includes such titles as Ass Jazz, Buttman's Big Butt Backdoor, Buttman's Bend Over Brazilian Babes, Buttman's Anal Divas, Buttman in Budapest, Buttman's Butt Freaks, and many, many more it would be too tedious to mention. More recently they are also adding some "Internet only" movies--a real treat for those of you who already have the 500 or so Buttman movies in your collection. Unlike some of the other sites in the Evil Angel network it's updating weekly (every Friday). Given how much content they have--they're just barely scratching the surface now with 175 clips up when we visited--that's the least we would expect.

The content itself is great, especially if you're an ass man. Lots of anal sex, butt plugs, ass eating, and general backdoor nonsense, making use of some quality industry talent. And it's not all gonzo either. Some of it is very slickly produced, like the stuff from The Fashionista (2002). We downloaded all the clips from that movie with Belladonna. God, there's a woman with an ass we'd love to eat our dinner off of. Hot clips too. 

We'd like to give a higher score to a site where we downloaded so much stuff (we don't usually find this much to keep from the sites we review), but the presentation here is really holding it back. It was being redesigned when we visited, and from what we saw it needed it. The layout is dark and clunky. Most of the scenes are cut up into a bunch of 20-meg (for the high-res) QuickTime clips. You can also grab low-res versions. For some of the newer scenes they've added full-length Windows Media clips, but these are only of average quality (320x240, around 500 kb/s). This was disappointing because usually full-length clips are higher quality (as they are, for example, with the Perfect Gonzo sites, or over at BrainPass). The best quality movies here are the high-res QuickTime clips, and they're 480x360 and around 1200 kb/s. Note however that some of the older movies are only available in a really inferior version that plays like a blurry postage stamp (the Buttman at Nudes-a-Poppin' movies are the worst).

Other issues include the lack of a search function (which they could really use with this big an archive), the absence of any photos (even vidcaps), and glitches like having links posted for "Forum" and "Buttman Letters" that you can't even click on. Really, there's nothing going on here but the movie clips. Which are nice. But we would have liked some more personality. Fuck, this guy practically invented personality porn.

Price is a little high, but you have to factor in the fact that it's a network. There is a lot of really good content on tap, we just wish it was set up better.

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