Blue Mountain State

When BMS was originally on air, I was only about 12-13 years old so it was just a little out of my age range. However now, all these years later, I decided to binge it because I never watched the full series through and because it came up in a conversation with some coworkers. Also, I just recently graduated from college so I always enjoy the overtop portrayals of American college life in TV and movies.

As I come close to the end of the third season, I can't help but be amazed at the masterpiece of comedy this series is. It's able to strike the perfect balance of crude and absurd humor with brilliant plots every episode. Typically, shows that feature this kind of crude humor, especially in portrayals of American college life, push far past the point of comfort where the dirty humor shoots past "American Pie"-ess levels of raunchiness and you just start to feel physically gross watching it.

Not BMS. Don't get me wrong, it has plenty of absurd comedy around sex, drugs, and other faucets of the party side of college. But where it excels is in its ability to have creative and outrageous plot lines that keep you engaged while making your laugh. The characters are goofy but likable (maybe not Thad) and the whole casts itself works perfectly together. It's over the top without plummeting off the edge.

Now fair warning: for people who didn't grow up or go to college in the era it was made, the comedy is a reflection of those times, meaning by today's standards it would mostly likely appear utterly gross and offensive. In short, I really don't think there's anyway this show could ever be released today. We can talk all we want about cancel culture, which I'm not a big fan of, but I'm not going to lie either: this show over-sexualizes and objectives women, features an intense display of what would be called toxic masculinity, and includes insults that certainly would be frowned upon by todays standards.

But I think the key here is this: nuance. As i said, the comedy is a reflection of when it was made. We can't judge it by todays standards. It is completely ok to genuinely enjoy the show while at the same time realizing that what they may be doing and saying is wrong and that we have grown and matured as a culture and society. Some people might not agree with this, but so be it. We can pick apart the show all we want about where it's offensive, politically incorrect, etc etc. But at the end of the day, it is possible to do this in the back of our minds WHILE having a good laugh and just enjoying the show for what it is: absurd and brilliant.

So kick back, crack a beer, light up a you-know-what, and have a good laugh at all the shenanigans of Thad, Alex, Sammy, and the rest of BMS.

I came across this show when I was flipping through the channels just this past Tuesday. I was on the floor laughing my butt off before it was halfway through. Afterwards I watched the rest on the spike TV homepage and just couldn't stop laughing. This show is awesome and I love the acting by the main guys. I used to watch Darin Brooks on Days of Our Lives and just thought he was amazing and with this show he has taken it to a whole new level. I also remember Sam Jones from Smallville and think he is just so talented. I forgot the other players name but he is too funny. So glad it was renewed for another season. Now instead of wondering what to do with my Tuesday nights I will definitely tune in to this show. It has by far become one of my favorite comedy's to date.

This show is the epitome of a college party show. From Thad to Alex Morgan to Coach Marty Daniels the characters alone make this show incredible. I feel like this show is one of those that they had no idea what a masterpiece they were creating.

The deeds and misdeeds of the Blue Mountain State college football team. Between numerous parties and general mayhem they manage to play some football, and play it well. Lead by coach Marty Daniels and captain Thad Castle they're a formidable team. Joining this team is second string quarterback Alex Moran and team mascot Sammy Cacciatore.

I initially wasn't that impressed with this series. The humour was quite juvenile and low-brow though there was a great momentum to proceedings that made the vibe quite fun.

Luckily I stuck with the series as things improved. The humour was often still quite juvenile but it also got more intelligent with some clever plots, scenes and one-liners.

The characters also become more engaging and fully formed. Alex Moran is the central character and is solidly played by Darin Brooks. However, the pick of the characters is Thad Castle, played by now-action-star Alan Richson with a great self-deprecating, jock-satirising humour. On the negative side I found Sammy Cacciatore (played by Chris Romano, co-creator of the show) largely irritating.

On the whole it's funny and good fun.

9/10

A series about a football team with loads of sex and drugs.. So, college. This is a great series for what it is, but not much more. It has a lot of good jokes and a lot of good characters. The 'bully' and captain of the team is hilariously insane, and the story is compelling to any teenager. If you've come for intelligent television, you're looking the wrong way, because this is pretty dumb television, but I enjoy watching it.

Watch it if you like movies like "American Pie", "Dude, where's my car?" and similar teenage movies.

Also, am I the only one who thinks the main character is sort of like a younger Johnny Depp?