Reviewed by C. Harding
 I want my MTV! Ok, not really. In fact, I haven’t wanted it for many, many years. But it’s still a cool slogan from a time when music television was new and exciting. MalePerfection.net bills itself as “adult entertainment for the music video generation.” It’s a concept that puts erotic videos together with music, and packaging them almost exactly like a conventional music video. The guys are beefy and ripped. They take pride in their bodies, and, when put in front of a camera, take delight in them too. Viewers get to see them bathing, working out, fighting or just flexing and posing. Full frontal is rare. Full hard-ons are nonexistent. The glimpses you’re given are brief and tantalizing. Let’s get one thing straight: There’s no hardcore action on this site. If you want the hard stuff, head over to their sister site, RockHardJocks.com. (You get access upon joining.) Like the best music videos, sexy is about what’s not seen, just as much, if not more, than what is seen.
 Some of the videos are works of pure genius. Two guys sparring, while slowly stripping each other down to nothing but jockstraps? Hot. But it’s been done. Intercut shots of one of the guys sitting in a chair, though, jockstrap thrown disdainfully in the corner while he rubs his hands sensuously over his entire body; that’s red hot. With the right music, and the right editing, it’s like suddenly it’s not just your fantasy he’s acting out, but his too. The videos are all streamed—no downloading—though the quality is mostly excellent. The newer videos even get titles listing the song and artist and the pages contain links to the artist or record company’s page. You can even find a link to where you can buy the song if you particularly like it. Currently, they have almost 150 videos, and are updating regularly.
 Since so much of the imagery is about the artistic and iconic, the pictures are an important part of the site as well, though not quite as radical as the videos. They also aren’t quite as numerous, with about 70 galleries of varying size, but the still photography is excellent and almost as erotic as the videos. One particular bone of contention is that the quality of the older videos and pictures is noticeably lower than what’s currently being added. And one of the more annoying features of the older pictures is the watermark splashed across the photo. Protecting copyright is all well and good, but when you pay for something it’d be nice to actually be able to get a good look. Fortunately, the site seems to have caught on and fixed this with the newer images.
 Ultimately, though, let’s not forget one of the most important things about the music video generation: everyone has ADD and attention spans rarely last beyond 30-second commercial spots. Some of the club mixes can go on a bit long, which means the videos do too. Great, if it’s the right video—which many are—but if there’s little more action than flexing and posing, it can drag. Remember the heyday of music videos when they were like nothing we’d ever seen before? Yeah, it’s kind of fuzzy for me, too. Well, here’s something new to get “excited” about. Innovative? Maybe, maybe not. But hot and unique. In a world where reality porn is all the rage, there’s something to be said for erotic production value. MalePerfection Video. I want my M…PV.
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