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Wednesday, 1 May 2019

Taken Off The Streets - 5

For all the erotic action, there's a certain beauty and artistry in some of the interactions at BF


 Chris is obliged to feign attraction to his captor here, but he makes a pose that is defiant and artistic.
I'm not usually into stocking-knit masks but it creates a nice visual effect in this image,
an odd mixture of hooding, sexual barrier and villainous, non-disguise. 


A similar, unwitting, but rather charming, sexual display is cajoled out of Max here
 in the guise of harmless assessment and appreciation of his assets.


But Max soon discovers that collectability and admiration at BF
 does not imply respect for his body, not even for his most delicate assets.
We share his pain in this finely judged snapshot.


Steve's lusciously lithe body (shown to great advantage here) does not protect him either.
His neck and feet are tied to a suspension rope pulling upwards,
forcing him into a helpless and awkward position which is very nice to look at but invites attention.


A similar suspension triangle, reversed for Martin, putting him in a beautiful arching pose
which is partly tensioned by the dildo stick between his legs.
His plumped up buttocks become an irresistible target of course.


Shamus makes a backward arch, which is equally beautiful here,
but the interlocking triangle of muscled arms make this 'hog lift' a more special.

The manual lift is a very personal demonstration of the strength of his captor and his willingness to use it. The noose-like, neck bindings in this improvised suspension pose an additional challenge for the captive who is diminished accordingly, intimidated, used and reduced to a mere object.


Jack here undergoes a similar experience, also involving a personal lift, albeit in less threatening, conventional, hog-tie roping. His humiliation is amplified by having the crotch of his own underpants stretched across his face at the same time. It's not a pretty picture but it captures the sense of helpless 'flight' rather well. It doesn't flatter the captive at all and he is anonymous anyway so it's a disturbingly complete abasement.


Ross' tousled hair and dishevelled clothing are testament to the struggle to contain him.
But they actually underline his helplessness rather than a nudity that you cannot really see.
Shamelessly exposed and helplessly contorted, you can sense his bewilderment and dismay.
It's a classic image in it's way.


 Men's bottoms have a central role in BF proceedings and few men relish displaying them. 
Here Mike has been handcuffed to allow his ass to be paraded before an appreciative audience
The contrast between his nudity and everyone else's clothing is a powerful visual isolator,
while, the handcuffs, which are all he wears on his body, eloquently describe his captive status.
 

The simplicity of this pose by Kirk is striking and visually interesting.
The fact that he is kneeling on a table bestows a 'guinea pig' status upon him, similar to Mike above.
It's true even if you didn't see that his limbs are loosely tethered to the corners.
His underwear suggests there might even be a respectable (if puzzling) medical purpose.
Kirk isn't a rocket scientist but it looks like he's guessed where this position leads.

There's no denying the erotic thrust of this image, possibly the sexiest in this collection, but, cleverly, it's not sexually explicit at all by modern standards. It's also obvious that  Liam is tied up, but it's mostly implied, not visible.

His boots and soccer socks (in sexy pale blue) draw attention to his nakedness elsewhere.
and they enhance his almost unseen, rear attractions with a sporty and cosmopolitan aura.
Incongruously beset by painful nipple clamps he presents an open goal for prospective fans.


Another soccer player, Mark, demonstrates that nakedness is not a prerequisite for a beautiful buttock show. As a lifelong shorts fan I love this image. The wetting treatment in progress here may ultimately blur the nakedness boundary, but meanwhile the discomfort of wet pants probably qualifies as a cruel and unusual punishment.

 

The allure of Lee's inviting crevice is hard to contest
but it's a great picture too with a tripod-like composition that's cleverly judged.


But art or not, I defy anyone not to get excited by Kirk's plump globes 
 

The lick of the lash is an inevitable consequence for them all at BF.
~
In this retrospective I have focused on images and situations that particularly excite me at BF.
It's not comprehensive, I have pretty much ignored the older Str8 Hell material.
I like the imaginative use (and destruction) of clothing which I think marks the studio out as different, but I confess I find the level of realism and extremes in many scenes quite daunting.
For that reason I avoid the videos and 'raw skin' scenes and stick to spotting the best 'situation' imagery where I think this studio truly excels. Their policy of repeating similar punishment scripts with minor variations doesn't seem to inhibit the production of novel imagery and in practise seems to work as a teaser as much as a spoiler. I suppose it is an honest acknowledgement of the needs of mass production which other studios share but try to disguise.   



Visit the BF website (members only)
There's a good collection of trailer material at Scally Guy
and there you should find all the men featured here being dealt with in more detail. 

Sunday, 28 April 2019

Taken Off The Streets - 4

Putting men in their place is the name of the game at BF.
It's a house with many rooms.....



....like the crude invasion of intimate zones,
a hand crudely groping inside Jamie's underwear...


....like the intricate tying up and peg-pinching of private parts
a technique demonstrated in this picture of Chris.




There's the all-over, sharp shock of a drenching with  cold water,
a ball-tied Guy has his candle casually extinguished.



Sometimes more brutal assaults of a conventional kind.
Jack's cheeky boy persona earns him the role of oily, human punchbag.



Oiling the body of a captive like Toby, is an intimidating technique in itself
Lending him a visual allure and inviting attention which perhaps he does not seek,
The coating heightens his nakedness and sensitivity to touching
and creates an isolating barrier around his body,
one that must be removed before he can regain the comfort of clothing




This 'Free Style' bondage does not employ attachment to fixed objects 
It gives an illusion of freedom but hampers movement
Here Yuris, with minimal wrist restraint,
 struggles to obey an instruction to undress himself,


This arm and leg restraint, demonstrated by John, does allow some independent movement,
but not enough to escape humiliation or chastisement.


This mode of bondage is the basis of one of BF's most imaginative trials.


Clips are attached to the nips and cock of the captives.
There are small magnetic discs dangling from them on chains .
The captive is told to use them to collect other small discs scattered on the floor


 The captive must shuffle across the floor as best he can to get close to a target disc,
a clumsy motion at best, demonstrated here by Lee 


Effecting a pick-up requires him to crouch right down on the floor surface
in order to get one of his dangling magnets close to the target discs,
although from this angle he can barely see where they are.
The supervisor encourages him with his slapper.



The captive must master the co-ordination of distant body parts
which are not designed for precise positioning.
Here Lee demonstrates the cock attachment pick-up 


 Vincent, also seen in the last post,
has been one of the most memorable recipients of this punishment.


His muscular body hinders flexibility and movement.
but does not disappoint visually.


His reward for success is an increasingly heavy load on sensitive, pinched, body parts. 



A short video trailer of Vincents trial above, it's fairly mild,
but I'd caution readers of a sensitive disposition to approach BF videos with care
 as the visual content and improvised dialogue can be quite challenging.
 

Some men are called upon to give personal service,
a pleasurable challenge to most gay men, although Will here doesn't seem sure.

 
 Arguably the most delicious of all, 
the muscular Brad submits to waiting on his newly-acquired masters
wearing only his underwear and a dickie bow.

(series concluded in the next post)

Read whole series from Part 1

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Wednesday, 24 April 2019

Taken Off The Streets - 3

I hope readers will forgive me for dwelling on BF underwear scenes a little longer.
In erotic imagery we're usually limited to fleeting glimpses of these garments. 
It's not unknown for them to magically vanish, just when it starts to get interesting.
With BF though 
we have the luxury of a producer who gives them a fair share of the limelight


Underwear and contents are right to the fore in this picture. 
Ed was just getting to grips with his unplanned captivity 
when a nice young man arrived and began to run his hands over him.
He's not sure he likes it, but I think I detect a stirring in those underpants.


  
For Terry here, the preliminaries have become a little more intimate.
But with hands and legs tied down, he's obliged to watch with glum resignation
as his captor tentatively probes beneath his underpants.




Vincent has already realised that his undignified, over the desk position puts his ass in jeopardy.
His face flushes redder as exploring give him an extra nervous tingle down there.



Will is well past the tingling stage.
Rough hair pulling signals strong arm treatment.
There's more at stake than his modesty.

These men have all been dressed in the same, white underpants 
they have a characteristic blue line at the top of the waistband. 

They are too preoccupied to worry about whether another man had 'pre-worn' them.
Softened the up as it were, but I suspect another mitchmen, clothes sharing situation.
(Click the 'sharing' label below for more examples, this is no 27)


It turns out Will's pants are not for sharing. Not anymore.
 Will loses his modesty in most spectacular fashion
as his underpants are brutally ripped open.


Leaving him perfectly prepared for a noisy, naked paddling.



Danny on his pedestal is neatly packaged and cute
Waiting to be seen to, he has an understandably apprehensive look on his face.

I singled out this great image for my mitchmen 'Beautifully Bound' series a few days ago.


This image tells you that this is a photographer, a captor, who truly appreciates underpants.
Danny's lifted feet result from them attaching his ankles to his neck with a noose-like restraint.
 
 

Sadly, Danny's sexy underpants are not destined to accompany him all the way.
Once they've served their purpose, getting us salivating, they become dispensable.
Unlike Will's experience, they don't just vanish, nor are they casually discarded.
Instead, they are crudely ripped open by brute force.
Opening the way for the fickle finger(s) of fate.


It takes a certain type of man to understand what a gynaecological chair is used for,
 and would be daunting indeed for such a man to find himself strapped into one. 

Flanked by scary-looking toughs, Dan (No 2) feels intimidated enough 
without having to worry about possible, medical procedures. 

If he could see how tempting his ass looks 
in those slightly see-through white underpants 
he might be even more worried.



For me, the delicacy of this touch is so much more erotic than rough grabbing and pulling.
It's a declaration of interest that Dan, the target, can feel and fear, 
even if he does not fully understand why just yet.


The ravaging of Dan's underwear is restrained too. 
A hole is torn which simply exposes his rosebud.
It's hairy enough to suggest he's conservative or naive in sexual matters. 
But something seems to be going on in that mound between his legs. 
It remains neatly contained, but any growth will increase the exposure down below. 
Dan's puzzlement takes on a resentful air as he digests the indignity.



A man like Dan would find this use of the torn hole surprising.
If he knows what an enema is, he'll think it's women's stuff. Like the chair he's tied to.

Now he finds that being subjected to one by a stranger is uncomfortable and demeaning.
It becomes a strange and deeply invasive experience, coolness permeating within him.
 He has no inkling yet that gradually this will turn into increasing pressure
When the tube is removed the urge to eject it all will become unbearable.

Bring on the cane.


As Martin's pants are destroyed with scissors, 
the snipping blades give him cause to fear worse damage.
He's trembling with nipple pain and fear, 
but knows he had better concentrate and stay still. 

The sense of shared intimacy in this picture, mentorship almost, is sexy. 

Being nipple clipped and deprived of your underpants 
while still dressed in the formal work attire of shirt and tie 
must feel bizarre and doubly invasive. 

BF seems to have a grasp of psychological eroticism which isn't apparent with other studios.



Vincent hasn't been carried off to a cold warehouse to receive his treatment.
He gets a house call and is overpowered and restrained in his own hall. 

Being tied up and molested in your own home is a common gay fantasy. 
It carries the additional anxiety of being disturbed by other members of the household. 
How could he possibly explain this? 
His captor gags him to save him the trouble......


 
Vincents underpants are dispatched with clinical precision.

A photograph that's remarkable for its clarity. This photographer understands that the shredding of underwear is a highly erotic moment for on-lookers. Vincent seems to be similarly excited.

  
The domestic setting makes this unannounced lashing seem doubly electric. 

Utilising the stairs as a vantage point accentuates the incongruity, as though a fellow resident, descending, has stumbled on the shocking scene. This angle also makes the most of Vincent's muscular, tattooed back and cute butt. Suddenly we get the impression of a powerful, streetwise man being tamed rather than a sweet, innocent victim. 

This is a rather special sequence and there's more of Vincent to come in Part 4


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Saturday, 20 April 2019

Taken Off The Streets - 2

Bryce naked and restrained
  Bryce's Y-fronts seen in the last post have now gone, leaving no evidence of their fate.
He contemplates alone as he is secured with a standard 'hands above the head' restraint
with his legs are parted by side tethers.

Bryce penetrated
 It's a position which leaves him no defence against invasion.
The dick on a stick is one of BF's standard routines. I like this angled shot which accentuates the girth of the object. Framed by Bryce's receptive, curvaceous buttocks and chunky thighs it's a great picture.

Bryce steels himself for further indignities.
This bondage position, with just 3 tie points, is economical in concept (if not in rope usage!)  
The captive is not tied to anything but the tension in the rope work inhibits him from struggling.
The elevated platform has a similar deterrent effect on excessive movement.
The captive feels trapped and, with elevated legs, on display, exposed and vulnerable.
Like a patient on an operating table but more humiliating.

Bryce is one of several chunky men used by BF, he has a cute face too.
This picture makes a virtue of his fleshyness and size without uglifying him.

Shane is tied up
Shane is another chunky character and in his scenario he's a volunteer, wanting to earn money.
This allows the boys to truss him up, in complex, neat, 'Bound Gods' style rope work.
The moment when the subject surrenders to control is always an erotic one for me 
and the fact that he is still dressed in his street clothes adds to the atmosphere, 
it accentuates the independence and free will he had before, but has now lost.

Shane suspended
Shane's tethering is less comfortable than Bryce's spread eagle (top). 
This odd noose-cum-gag tweaks the neck in a way that looks both uncomfortable and dangerous.
 His tee-shirt has been cut awayat this point  allowing body punishment to begin. 

Shane's Wedge
 The disrobing process is unhurried in BF films.
It allows Shane's cute bubble buttocks to be put on display
 whilst simultaneously giving him a humiliating wedgie with his own underwear.

Brad bent
 Brad is another example of the bigger man at BF and his bulk makes this forced bending position all the more embarrassing for him. That seems to show in his face, although you can be sure that there is an assault on his nether regions going on too. The directness of forcing him to bend over by tying his neck to the frame crossbar is domination in the raw.

Brad astride
Meanwhile the broad angled supports of the horse/frame force his legs apart - and would do even if his feet were not tied to them, unless he chose to straighten his legs and put his backside in an even more provocative position. The ball tethering here stops him from doing that (a slap on the wrist to BF for the untidy strings though!) 

Painted black, this stylish frame is a good example of how simple design can be most effective. 

Rob ass up
 That provocative position I referred to above is illustrated here by Rob, who's a Doctor in the storyline and gets a taste of bad medicine on his own examination table. Rob's a lightweight compared with the other chunkies here, but that tightly indrawn stomach line reminded me of some 'flabbies' I have had the pleasure to encounter. In the context of this scene it creates a sense of bodily tension, a bracing against the invading hand between his legs.

Kevin in the squasher
 Rob gets off lightly compared with Kevin here who is tied to the exam table and subjected to  the ball squasher, flattening his prize assets between two plates (conveniently fashioned in perspex for our visual pleasure). The nuts are progressively tightened during the scene so gagging is essential.  There's also a sound in his urethra so it hardly seems necessary to attach pegs as well.

Daniel in a ruck
 Daniel here is subjected to torment of a different sort altogether. 
His face shows the effort needed to stand on one leg in an ill-balanced position, .
His rugby clothing  gives him a sexy aura anyway, but now his body gleams with sweat and oil,
making his sexy compression shorts translucent.
Worn by him to support his thigh muscles and private parts 
They are now used to keep a dildo and vibrator in position
tormenting him until his body expresses pleasure.


Jockstraps are the hallmark of rugby kit and it's inevitable that Daniel's trials include a jock sequence.
Here he is being tied up in preparation for that procedure


Ultimately Daniel will end up stark naked on the black horse frame with his tackle stretch-spread across the end plate, just like Brad above. This picture shows better how the attachment works.


Finally, another oily captive. This is Vincent whose whole body has been anointed for a caning test.
His discomfort is augmented by clips attached to his nipples and placed under tension.

The oiling up of a captive like this gives his body a more erotic appearance. 
The process is also intimidating for him being unsure what it's purpose is.
He can also feel the film on him like a second skin and it sets him apart from his surroundings.

The elaborate face harness-gag and oily body give Vincent a distinctive, ritual appearance
in this picture that is accentuated by the striking pedestal pose.

He is forced to endure being milked in a rigid press-up position 
with his backside still burning from the caning he has received.
Great picture.