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Type of Site: Celebrity
Address: www.mrskin.com 
Price: 
$4.95/3-day trial; 29.95/month
Date of Review: 
August, 2006
Pornreports Rating: 

    

Review:

If you're into exposed celebs, nipple slips, simulated sex scenes, and fast-forwarding every (non-explicitly pornographic) movie you watch to the "good parts," you've likely already heard of this site. In fact you might have heard him on radio shows like Howard Stern. "Mr. Skin" is the brand name for nudity and associated sexiness on mainstream film, and this site is definitely the mother ship.

And the first thing we have to say is that we love the way it's set up. The design is colorful, original (we are so sick of cookie-cutter layout), and fun. Some people might object that there's too much going on--see, for example, the very negative review by X3 Guide, linked to below--but we didn't mind that at all. Mainly because there is so much going on. We enjoyed browsing through all the different features: the Top 10 lists, the interviews, the reviews, the "Anatomy Awards," the forum, the "Ask Mr. Skin" area, and the "Mr. Skin Minutes" (short radio spots discussing the latest in who's showing what where). Yes it's slick, but it's also well-written, funny, and entertaining. None of this stuff is what you came in for (i.e., it is not jack-off material), but it adds to the experience and contributes to making this an outstanding resource for the nudity connoisseur. 

As for what you did come in for, the nudity, the news is mostly good. The archive is very large and there are substantial updates (usually around four new clips) being added every day. At the time of our visit they were advertising 160,000 pics and clips, which we'll have to take their word for since the way it's set up there's no way of really checking. The search function and index work very well. Basically you can hunt for specific actresses/models, or movies/TV shows. Or you can do broader category searches. In addition, every movie is cross-linked to all the other models who appear in it. So not only is it easy to find what you're looking for, you're also likely to turn up plenty of other stuff you didn't know about along the way. Again, not necessarily sexy stuff (though there's that too), but just interesting trivia and information you might find surprising. For example: How in fuck did the Hellraiser franchise get up to eight movies? The last time we checked there were only three of them. And only the first one was any good. Where did all the others come from?

OK, enough of that shit. On to what you really care about. Watching the "good parts." Some brief comments:

(1) The video seems to all be formatted at 400x300 and around 900 kb/s, which is just OK in our books. And we could have lived without the red curtains they use as a frame. Of course, you only see them when the video is streaming. You don't see them in your media player after they've been downloaded.

(2) The clips are all kind of short. Usually around a minute. Which sort of makes sense, since the "good parts" in most of these shitty movies don't last very long. But they also took some longer scenes and split them up into these shorter clips as well. Why?

(3) In addition to the clips there are a lot of pics. Often these are vidcaps arranged as a "collage." We were really unimpressed by these. For a site like this the only point in having pics (which are, necessarily, only going to be vidcaps), is as thumbnail previews.

(4) As noted, the site is a huge index of every nude (or "sexy") scene on video, cross-referenced by actress. Which is great. But what makes it super-frustrating is that, despite having a very large collection of stuff, there are descriptions of so many titles that there are no clips for. It's a big tease to see a link to a title of a movie or star you really want to see and then finding out that there are no clips available. Arrrrgh!

(5) Holy shit does "simulated sex" ever look bad. Yeah we know the whole point is that it's fake, but after what amounts to a lifetime spent watching hardcore porn, simulated sex seems so un-fucking-believably fake. It's ridiculous watching these actresses bouncing up and down over a guy's mid-section while pretending like they're having a fifteen-minute orgasm. Puh-lease.

A worthwhile comparison would be between this site and Celebrity Movie Archive. Both sites have large archives and update daily. No question this site is a slicker production, but the CMA does have a lot these guys don't--and vice versa. You just have to check for yourself to see if they have what you're looking for (which you can do because both sites allow you to browse their full collections before joining). For example: We're big fans of 1993 Penthouse Pet Julie K. Smith. Mr. Skin has a number of clips of her (mostly "simulated sex" clips) that CMA doesn't have, but CMA has her awesome appearance as a superhero chick on Erotic Confessions and Mr. Skin doesn't. So it's hard to say which is better. Another difference is that CMA has clips from the sex tapes (Pamela Anderson's, Chyna's, Paris Hilton's), and Mr. Skin doesn't cover that niche. And finally CMA's membership is set up so you buy credits so you only pay for what you actually download. Mr. Skin, on the other hand, is the usual monthly membership deal, but does have a full trial. 

There was a lot here that we really enjoyed, and a bunch of little things we didn't. Overall there's no denying it's one of the most fun porn paysites on the Internet. It's classy, informative, witty, and well-produced. They even have a special icon alerting you to where in a particular scene a body double is being substituted for the star! But we wish they'd kick the video quality up a notch, and ditch some of the ads while they're at it. In general: More impressive as a resource--sort of like a nude version of the Internet Movie Database--than as a porn paysite. And no doubt that has a lot to do with the nature of the material. But if this is your kind of action, or if you're just curious, we recommend at least getting the trial. 

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---FreeOnes 
---Mr. Pink's 
---Planet Climax 
---Porn Inspector 
---Rabbit's Reviews 
---What Porn Site? 
---X3 Guide 

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