Ed Powers review

Ed Powers review | Mr. Pink's Porn Reviews
MrPinks.com review date - 12/01/2015

Overview:
Every time you hear or read an anti-porn campaigner bemoaning the oppressive patriarchal rule that oppresses those women who'd have sex on camera for a living, the mental image they have of said oppressive misogynist pornographer probably looks a lot like Ed Powers. With unruly facial hair, a greasy ponytail, and nerdy spectacles, Powers fits a different kind of porno stereotype and, frankly, he's earned a reputation for supreme deviancy ever since his amateur porn series Bus Stop Tales debuted in 1989. Continuing to shoot porn with both amateurs and professionals in the subsequent years, Powers now has a site all his own and invites you to indulge in some extremely racy and rarely seen reality porn from the so-called originator. (I thought that was Bo Diddley!) Home to some of Powers's best work - Dirty Debutantes and Bus Stop Tales included - Ed Powers (he named the site after himself, naturally), should pack plenty of pornographic energy into its cyber-confines. You're asked to pay your way inside the members area to the tune of $29.95-a-month, but whether or not that's a good idea rest largely on what I, Mr. Pink, your trusted porn critic, finds out in this thorough examination of Ed Powers (the website, not the man).

Pros:
Home to a large archive assembled from years of Powers productions, Ed's site has plenty to offer any fan of amateur, gonzo, and reality porn. From his acclaimed Dirty Debutantes and Bus Stop Tales series to Gorgeous Global Warming Debutantes, Deep Inside Dirty Debutantes, and Porn 'o Plenty. Sex scenes usually take place in motel and hotel rooms, and at Ed's place for an amateurish atmosphere.

Although Ed Powers has banged hundreds, if not thousands of amateur sluts over the years, the pros often stand out here in some of their earliest hardcore work. In fact, Justine Joli's sole hetero hardcore scenes is here, as are thrilling turns from Zuzana, Flick Shagwell, Emma Mae, Bethany Benz, and Sarah Shevon.

Along with the main content archive or nearly 1000 scenes and 49 photo galleries, Ed provides his members, who now pay only $19.95 for their first month of access, with access to archived episodes of his radio show, blog posts, a video-on-demand service, and a wealth of third-party bonus videos.

Cons:
Clearly Mr. Powers has been at this whole porno thing for some time. The majority of scenes he presents look to have been shot in the early 90s. Low-resolution, low audio fidelity, heavy pixilation, and over-saturated color makes it difficult to enjoy such videos when beautifully sharp and clean 1080p and 4K HD videos are available elsewhere.

Ed Powers provides his members with 1024px photo galleries and 360p MP4-formatted movies. Neither of these content types proves especially attractive with videos in particular looking terribly dated and way past their use-by date. If you're devoted to low-res, lo-fi amateurish smut from the 90s, this site will impress. If not, it will likely disappoint.

Take a look at Ed's snarkily grinning face and try to keep your dick as hard as it was a moment ago. Go on, try! Not easy, is it? Ed's doing some solid work and has done for years, but plastering his face over every page of his site isn't one of his better stylistic choices, that's for sure. Or, if it's obnoxiously large watermarks that threaten the saucy visuals otherwise at your disposal, you to had better watch out.

If you're seriously considering a stint inside Ed Powers's exclusive hardcore site, why not try before your buy. A trial membership offering three days' access for $4.95 is helpful but also limits your viewing to streaming videos only. There's also a pre-checked offer that signs you up for a Total Video Pass membership unless you deselect the tiny box below the Powers payment plans.

Conclusion:
Ed Powers's site immediately makes you feel like you've been transported back to the 1990s and given the password to a huge haul of amateur porn that, for the day, was probably really thrilling and quite arousing. Nowadays, however, much Ed Powers content seems sloppily put-together, visually unattractive, and lacking the chemistry and atmosphere of recent amateur and semi-pro endeavors. With no HD video available and only low-res photos (in just 49 galleries), it's the size, not the quality, of the archive that'll be most exciting to amateur fans. After all, you never know who'll you'll come across in Powers's deep archive. An example: Justine Joli (formerly known as Swan) apparently shot one hetero hardcore scene before going devoting herself to lesbian sex and fetish work; that scene is here and, for Joli fans, is worth the price of admission alone. Definitely not for every porn fan, Ed Powers is an acquired taste that'll dazzle some viewers and really fucking annoy others.