First of all I think there's too many levels being confused here; Hardcore, simple fluff, and fantasy tickling. Three vastly different varieties, and each has it's own following. There isn't much cross-over, so the trick is to just stick with what excites you best.
Overall there's finally a growing realization on every message board that there isn't any genuine bondage, tickling, or tickling-as-torture being produced by anyone these days. I don't care what site or producer you name, and some have been named here- it's poor at best, and faked for quick profit. They could do better if they tried. It's not brain surgery. These are smart guys running it. For whatever reason, they don't try harder.
Perhaps they simply lack the passion and creativity? Can't find ticklish people? If they wanted better talent and better directors/producers for their films, they are readily avavilable.
Or maybe.. they're giving exactly what people want to buy? And they're smarter than we think? More power to'em if they're making a profit.
Ticklers today cringe at anything tight as far as bondage... anything that even suggests being against the victim's will... there is no torture, no surprise panic, spontaneity, testing of limits or headspace. Let's face it; if there were those actors would be out of that loose bondage in seconds. The actors/models are there for the money.
And in reality while ticklers love to read fiction about tickling-as-torture, in real life they turn away at anything slightly heavier than fluffy tickling that the girl 'enjoys'.
It irks me when they mislabel it as "abuse" or "torture" when it's really a lame outing in comparison to material that is truly tickling torture or such with genuine ticklish victims.. but that title on a site does draw people in who simply don't know better or have never seen better quality. So these guys are very smart indeed.
Creating decent quality photosets and videos takes time.. setup... thought... a filming plan... great editing... beginning, middle, end and some build up. Even in demos there should be some rhyme and reason to it- not just doing it to 'do it'.
What they appear to do is tie the girl down and just let the camera roll, and try to capture having a "fun time"...which is exactly what they do capture. It's not quality, not creative, not even torment.. just a fun tickle-time with usually the producer getting his hands on a girl or watch other girls get their hands on a girl.. designed to be chopped into tiny clips.
But in this approach they're able to spit out as many films per week as needed.
In the 30's, 40's, and 50's these would have been called "B" pictures. Filler in between the great flicks. Problem here is... we never get to seen the main feature or great flick. Just the "B" version.
So what you do have today (that seems to appeal to the simple majority) is fantasy tickling: very pretty but obviously non-ticklish models (therefor there's no non-con 'torture' involved) faking the response and laughter, placed in loose bondage that the poor models have to struggle to remain in... and always "enjoying" the tickling "torture" (even though the description doesn't qualify), with big "please tickle me more" smiles all around, including on the faces of goofy tormentors when they're not masked.
If that's your thing, enjoy it for what it is. If it isn't and you seek more hardcore, it'll take a vast movement and change of attitudes (and management) to make it happen.
But since a lot good amount of those poor ticklevid producers are mods, sponsors, or owners of message boards... I don't ever see it happpening. They would squash any other producer that did better than they could :cry
