Customer Reviews
John Bronco looks fantastic as the hero Golden Atlas. His snug gold briefs should get a Best Supporting nomimation for sure! Storywise, Bronco plays the overconfident brand of hero -- the kind that is used to winning. Not so much this time. Manical makes short work of the strapping hero, taming the Bronco into an obedient pretty boy -- a tale as old as time. Muahahaha.
This is definitely worth getting. But I also agree with Ryan Moriarty Moriarty's comments about the way hero stories are told. Seeing the hero strut more, or appear to be getting the better of the bad guy in the beginning makes his fall to the villain more enjoyable.
More like this, please. And more Bronco in superhero stories!
I think dr Maniacal too strong then our hero Golden atlus Golden atlus has poor abs but l love him 🥰🥰
When Golden Atlas foolishly challenges the invincible supervillain Dr. Maniacal in his own lair, he soon learns the true meaning of the demented doc's motto, "EVIL ALWAYS PREVAILS!"
The muscular but naïve young hero is instantly, mercilessly manhandled and abused...physically and verbally...by "The Handsome Monster" and soon finds himself nothing more than another of the twisted physician's brutalized and humiliated victims. But The Good Doctor is not done with his latest plaything yet! After his defeat, Golden Atlas regains consciousness strapped to a rickety operating table where he is further tortured and tormented by Maniacal. The burly, bearish brute shows his captive absolutely no mercy, and...living up to his moniker...chuckles maniacally as he menacingly toys with the bound, hapless, squirming muscle boy. In the third act of this cinematic saga, we see Golden Arrow after he's suffered through a truly diabolical transformation...whatever Dr. Maniacal's procedure was, he has now reduced the former hero to nothing more than his mindless minion. The debased super-slave now willingly submits to the wicked supervillain's every command...obediently kissing the bad guy's boots, worshiping the big man's superior muscles, and even properly acknowledging Dr. Maniacal as his MASTER! Soon, The Ultimate Supervillain will capture, conquer, and enslave ALL pathetic superhero do-gooders and create from their ranks an army of mindless super-minions to do his bidding and help him complete his relentless quest for world domination...HA HA HA HA HA!!!
The Good Doctor has never been more sinisterly impressive than he is here, in all his evil glory, and to his credit, Golden Atlas sells his suffering very convincingly throughout. This clip is just another prime example of why W4H is a genuinely unique and extraordinary production company, and why Dr. Maniacal is easily the hottest, most monstrous, and most charismatic heel who ever demolished and destroyed an outmatched and overwhelmed superhero for his (and his fans') beastly pleasure!
Before I start, I'm nitpicking about the genre in general. If you're wondering if you should get this - you should. As always, Dr. Maniacal crushed the assignment, and Golden Atlas has the bones of being great in this role. Before reading anything else, I'm about to write - it's worth your money, check it out.
In my opinion, the issue with this video is a lack of grit and strength on the part of the hero. So many videos in the oeuvre are like this one, and I desperately want some fight from the good guys. They should not be arriving to get their ass kicked and then be dragged through the wringer without another word spoken. What makes scenarios like this hot to me is the reversal of power. We should go into the video under the assumption that the hero will win, but through trickery or subterfuge, the villains gain the upper hand and can now touch, and in our case, molest, the untouchable.
That's how this works in the classic sense, and it's why so many people's gay awakening was Batman in the 60s. The difference is that Batman is not content to just be killed by the trap or just let the villains win - he struggles and fights and spouts bravado right to the bitter end. Try to imagine how 'erotically charged' an episode would be if Batman just limply walked into the villain's lair, laid down on the trap, and then let it crush him without a word or a movement. No! He fights goons, he flips tables, he does some heroics, and then is ultimately undone by a dirty trick.
That's what I'd love to see more of - fight, struggle, actual heroism - even if it's doomed. There was none of that in this one, and it's a shame because everything else is on point. I love these videos, but sometimes it feels like the heroes know what kind of video they're in and give up before it's began - no more resigned acceptance.