Blue Mountain State, BMS, or as I call it the best show I never knew about. Somehow unnoticed here in the US, my friend Misha keep telling me about how much he watched it in Geneva, Switzerland. Misha urged me to watch it. I've seen promos on TV but dropped it into that "I think I'd like this show, but don't have time to watch" category. Well, when a show's on a channel that I usually don't watch before 2am (Manswers is the shit!), you usually miss shows like that.Luckily, it was on my Netflix so I decided to give it a look. I watched one episode and was hooked. Alex Moran is such a great character. Moran is a middle achiever (not an overachiever or underachiever, much like I am lol!). He's a second string quaterback and never wants to start. He lives off the fact the he can get into parties and get girls just because he's on the football team.
Thad Castle, the teams linebacker is The Show. He's team captain and find ridiculously funny ways to carry that title. The coach is also really funny and the surprisingly still sexy Denise Richards plays his ex-wife. Sammy, the team's mascot and best friend to Alex who's quest to get laid by cheerleaders is as comical as many 80's and 90's quest to get laid movies.
Blue Mountain State is one of my favorite shows now and will be for as long as it remains on the air. This show continues to touch the ridiculousness bar and crosses many lines. If you have Netflix it's worth taking a look. Everyone I know who has watch it has become a fan.
I think that Blue Mountain State is a very interesting show to watch because it takes a look at what life is like at a certain college based on the football team's point of view. After watching a few episodes of it, I started to like it and there are some things in this show that make it really funny. What I don't like about Blue Mountain State is that it seems to stereotype the overall aspects of college life in general and that there is some bias directed towards the viewer by the football players and the relationship they have between themselves and the cheerleaders. I think the mascot in the show is stupid because he makes like he's so cool when he is actually a loser. He also tends to get in the way of any activity that happens on or off the football field. Also, too much attention is focused on the coach since he shares a bond with all of the players on his team. It is for these 2 reasons that I find the characters very annoying. I like how Alex is a quarterback on the football team and how he tries to be the center of attention and the life of the party despite his position, but he seems to have a hard time getting the girl he wants. He is still a good character, though. Thad, the team captain, is cool as well, but he is a bit of a show-off when it comes to preparing the team for the next game and proving himself to the world. Overall, the show seems to be well-structured and it's good in terms of content. The plot seems to be a little haphazard because it varies with each new episode done in a different setting. I think that this show is good for what it is and I recommend it to anyone that likes comedy. You might be able to understand it better if you watch every episode, starting with the first one from the first season. To anyone that hasn't seen it yet, try it out. You might like it when you watch it for the first time.
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