The images range from realistic drawing to poser art to avant garde grand guignol, but are typically far too gruesome and graphic for my taste. "Brutal Violence" is another site included in the membership and I checked out a few pages of the updates. It seems to focus more on rape and violence, which again, doesn't exactly make me want to extend my member. . .ship.

I like good looking naked women in bondage. Subspaceland has lots of that. The pros: Lots of good looking naked women in bondage. I'm guessing these are European women, and haven't been afflicted to the same extent as American women by the fad for tattoos, piercings, and silicone. The models are uniformly attractive with typically slender, well toned bodies. Production values are high, much better than, say, TNAV. The cons: The price is a bit steep, there are few updates, and Claudie Marcellino. Which coincidentally is both a name and a curse. The name belongs to the genius in front of and behind the camera in all the videos I watched. The curse is Italian for "May the Three Stooges be your camera men."

Before writing this review I checked the review page and found John Galt's write up of one of the videos (Deeply Touched) from this site. It is amusing and thorough, and his comments pertain equally well to the videos I watched. I briefly considered simply copying his review and pasting my nom de plume on it, but I was concerned that that might be considered an honor violation by the more narrow minded GIMPers among us. Therefore my review, though original, will echo many of his observations.

I'll focus on the video Mind-fucked Maid. It stars the appropriately named Inna as Catherine Earnshaw, and Claudie Marcellino as Heathcliff.

First off the title is entirely inappropriate. Where's Inna's frilly little apron? where's her frilly little hat?--oh, maybe they mean "maid" as in "maiden"--well let that pass. But "Mind-fucked?"

I have watched the entire first season of "Lie To Me," which makes me something of an expert on body language. So I can tell you that Inna was not mind-fucked, she was bored. I noticed at one point while she was suspended naked by her wrists that her mouth twitched downward, from which I deduced that she had just converted her modeling fee in Euros to Drachmas and realized that no, she wouldn't be able to afford a manicure.

It's not just Inna. All the models on this site seem strangely distant and uninvolved. I assume that's a conscious direction by Marcellino. I guess that's why it's called SubSpaceLand, as though the model has gone beyond mere passion into SubSpace. Although it's hard to differentiate that from BoredomRealm.

Did I mention that Inna is suspended naked by her wrists? I'm a huge fan. So please, I'd really like to see a straightforward shot. But no, the camera tilts, now Inna is horizontal! Now we have some weird filter and lighting effects, now we zoom in on a body part, now Marcellino's blocking the shot and pestering her with his passionless kisses and gropings and smacks on the butt. (As John Galt points out, this guy does like to kiss. That's like saying the Pope likes to pray. He must have chapstick the size of a Pringle's can. His lips are thin, yes, but they were thick once. It's called erosion. He keeps kissing the models like this and before long he won't have gums.) But I digress.

There is that moment in a suspension as the rope tightens, and maybe you hear the winch clicking, and the model's body stretches before she is finally lifted off her feet. That moment is really erotic for me. What happens in this video? We focus on her butt. That's right, as her body is being lifted off the ground all we see is her butt. And it's a very nice butt. But it doesn't illustrate the physical stress of being hoisted off her feet.

In the next scene Inna is bound (as usual we just jump from one position to another) to a globe of welded chain. She is swung to and fro. Looks like fun. Call Disney.

In the next scene we have explicit sex acts. I have to admit here that I really don't enjoy watching uglies bumping. I know, that's just me being weird. I will say that I have the distinct impression that the ball is finally in Inna's court, she seizes the opportunity, and finally tastes the fruits of a job well done.

This site is one of the most egregious examples of some of my pet peeves. Random, pointless camera effects that obscure, rather than heighten the action. Cuts that destroy any sense of continuity or deny one the pleasure of anticipation. Acting? Plot? Fugit about it.

Wait a minute. . . Mind fucked? Maybe I'm the one being fucked with. Marcellino knows I want to see good looking women in bondage and yet he does everything in his power to deny me that pleasure. Yes, that explains everything! Well played, Marcellino, you sadistic bastard!