Wicked Pictures (0)
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| Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
- Large site with access to a lot of Wicked’s catalogue
- Most files have at least two download options
- Later files have 720p and some even offer 1080p
- Contract girls (get access to a lot of material from the contract girls)
- Easy to download complete movies
- Supports download managers
- TBP Discount |
| Cons: |
- No tags for scenes
- Small scene thumbnails on main movie page
- Only one file format offered (mp4)
- A lot of silicone
- All condoms, all the time (neutral, really…) |
| Bottom Line: |
Wicked Pictures is a studio that I’ve liked for years but never really downloaded much of their stuff. To make matters more difficult, there are two sites that are either operated by or affiliated with Wicked. Obviously the technical information in this review only applies to this site.
I started watching porn in the mid-1980s when Gonzo had yet to be invented. Most porn that could be rented in those days followed a fairly standard pattern: studios had a few contract models, the movies involved acting and had a plot. And there seemed to be a rule that every movie needed a lesbian scene. Wicked still subscribes to this formula for many of their movies, even the newer ones. This is neither good nor bad, but only to give you a sense of what you’ll have access to.
At any given time Wicked has several models working on contract. There are pros and cons to this since if you like a model but don’t like Wicked’s style then you’re out of luck. If you don’t like a particular model you’ll end up seeing a lot more of her than you’d prefer, but on the other hand if you do like a specific model you’ll have access to a lot of her work. I found several models that I really like had been Wicked contract girls so this site gave me a great opportunity to get some scenes I didn’t have.
If there could be a “Wicked Girl” look, that look tends to be to the bigger-breasted women, many of whom are artificially enhanced. But as a fan of small breasts on petite women there was plenty to keep me happy too.
On another neutral note (for me, though it could be a pro or con for others) Wicked’s policy is for condoms in all scenes except for oral. The guys still pull them off for the money shot though.
The site is fairly large, offering 577 DVDs. These range from DVDs released in the early 1990s to newer releases.
Navigation is fairly straightforward: you can sort the site using scenes or DVDs, and you can go to specific models. After that any sorting or searching begins to fall apart. Each movies has tags applied to it, but those tags aren’t searchable and don’t seem to have any impact on the search function either. For example, I searched the term ‘anal’ and got many anal scenes, but I certainly didn’t get all the anal scenes with that search. They really need to have a better search function.
When you open a DVD page there is a large screen at the top of the page where the movie can be streamed. There are a list of tags and performers, and then vertically down the right side of the page there are small thumbnails for each scene. The good news is that you can download the entire video very easily. The bad news is that if all you want are scenes this can be more confusing. Once you open a page for a specific scene the only information available is the female model’s name. There are no tags on these pages to give any indication as to what’s in the scene – just who. I downloaded scenes that I normally wouldn’t have because the only information I had was female talent. For example, if I went to movie XYZ I could see that the ‘anal’ tag is there so there is anal in the movie, but site doesn’t tell me which scene has anal. I even downloaded what I though were b/g scenes that were actually lesbian.
Viewing the scenes is easy. There is a streaming option right on the page (which doesn’t download or play automatically – full marks for that!). Downloading the scenes is easy using a drop-down menu to select the available resolutions. I give the site credit for making good quality uploads available. Obviously the older material won’t look as good, but on the newer material options are available. While not all options are available on all scenes, the possibilities are: DVD, 720p, 1080p and iPod. I’d normally have selected the 720p but I found that the DVD quality was quite good so I chose that – and saved some disk space too. One caveat: the files are only available as mp4. No other options are available. The DVD files come in at 720x400 @ 800+ kb/s and 24fps. They look better than the specs suggest, and the HD stuff looks excellent.
Download managers are supported with no obvious timeouts. Download speeds were up to usual standards for similar sites.
The site does update by (apparently) adding one DVD a week. The schedule isn’t easy to determine because they only use a “release” date which with older titles is clearly the date the original movie was released (it certainly wasn’t added to the site in 1993) and with more recently added titles seems to be the date it was uploaded to the site.
The bottom line is that while the site has some flaws, I’d still recommend it. Wicked isn’t cookie-cutter porn like so many other studios. The material is great, I only wish the site did that material justice. And with the TBP/PU discount, the site is a good value. |
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