Blue Mountain State Alex Has Been a Nauthy Nathy Boy
Surprisingly awesome series
I did not expect much from this show at all. Some friends were watching it and I just caught a few minutes. One night I got bored and noticed that it was available on Netflix. I was hooked from the first five minutes, and I finished watching every single episode within three days. People say that the humor is similar to American Pie, but I disagree; it is more fun by far! The characters are perfect, and the actors have done a magnificent job. The jokes, the scenes and the actors together make this show the funniest I have watched in ages. I could not stop laughing. All I can say is that if you have a sense of humor and a love for stupidity in all shapes, you will love this show. I was really surprised, in the best way possible! Enjoy!
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bring it on.. Its hilarious
Actually i never thought this could be this much fun. Its a non stop fun express.. i would love to see more of this.. i just cant wait to catch the next season.
Great characters,plot and comedy is of the chart.. i laughed non stop and I'm addicted to this show..
I recommend every one to give this show a shot.. i promise you will not regret it not a bit.
Im from India and i love American television very much.. they rock.I almost watch every show except reality and soap.Enjoy guys greetings from India
Blue mountain state rocks a non stop fun show..
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American Pie: The Series - Good for what it is
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?
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this TV show was amazing
I am a TV lover. I'm into everything and its not often that a show gets me as excited about seeing it again and again and again . really !! this show has got to be the best TV series i have ever seen to date and I've seen a lot. i cannot believe that spike decided not to launch a 4th season. if there is any chance of the show been brought back to life it would make my life a hole not better. this show has given me so much laughter even when things are bad i look to the watch BMS and by the end of one single episode i have a smile and feel great. this show was and is the best TV show i will ever see. please bring it back !!!(please)
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Absolute must watch, at least for a male audience
The series takes us into the world of American college football. The main characters are guys whose life is spinning around sports, sex (or at least aspirations towards it) and endless partying. I can not compare this series with anything, because I do not remember seeing anything similar, and definitely nothing so much fun. I am not competent to comment on the script, directing, acting, or any other aspect of this series, because I was largely overwhelmed by laughter, and totally did not care for its technical aspects or objective quality. It's so addictive that I watched a season daily.
10/10
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Hilarious television
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.
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Stupid, But Spectacular
The show captures the same kind of humor and enjoyment that is displayed in the beloved American Pie franchise. Alan Ritchson's performance as Thad Castle is the definition of perfection. You will laugh your ass off at least 6-7 times each episode. Highly recommend to anyone looking for some laughs. Like I said, it's insanely stupid, but to the point where it becomes classic.
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COLLEGE! COLLEGE! "It's not gay! Stop saying that!!!"
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As my friend showed me this show I was thinking gaaaah.....I thought it was gonna be American Pie - The Series -.- and I gotta be honest...i find the American pie and the other teen movies even crappier every time, but Blue Mountain State....college is soooooo awesome!
The characters are just brilliant except sometimes(but not often) there are jokes that leaves you thinking "yeah......hm..". Alex Moran joins Blue Mountain State's football team and well....if he doesn't need to be on the field....he can't be arsed to go to the field...and as a second string quarterback he is not the most important man on the team and he sure as hell doesn't want to be :) He can party, get all the chicks...he's just plain cool actually haha. Sammy on the other hand...is kind of a loser, pathetic or just weird...but still i believe he's a genius and he is very likable...Chylo or w,e he's called...meh OK..Thad or w,e HIS name is...AWESOME haha. No he's not gay all though very often seems to be...all the characters just create a great great envoirement and funny situations and a hell of a good show!
-smestad1
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This show rocks
Slap stick simple comedy that brings about all the joys of college. Its really a shame this show got canceled while "reality" TV continues. Probably one of the best sport shows ever for comedy. The supporting characters changed a lot, but that was great because it provided a dynamic environment for the comedy. Guest stars were great, seeing Chad Ochocinco and the Captains ceremony made me laugh out loud. I do wish they had a few more actual football scenes, but maybe the actors weren't athletic enough. The show probably lack in the female audience as it was very much geared towards guys with all the themes, but a great guy show it was. All in all though a great show.
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Blue Mountain State is a Great Low-Brow Parody of All Things College Football
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Blue Mountain State wasn't on the air very long but it inspired enough of a following to get a crowd-funded movie. It didn't speak to everyone but it's easy to see why it was popular during it's run. There's always a fun party, some gross-out jokes that aren't afraid to play with taboo subjects and characters that can do almost anything they want and get away with it simply because they're talented athletes. It's escapist fantasy done well and I loved Blue Mountain State for it. There are reasons not to like this show (it's not PC and while there are worse depictions of women, this show is clearly made for men) but this is one of those exceptions to the rule for me. I love football and a comedy centred around seemed almost like it was meant for me.
I hate to use the excuse that this show is it what it is but that pretty aptly describes this show. There's been comparisons to American Pie and that's not inaccurate. Don't start watching this show for subversive underlying messages or Aaron Sorkin style writing. You won't find them and it will be your fault for tuning in and not realizing what you're getting into. The characters are immature and they aren't thinking about the future. They want to play football, drink and do drugs, hook-up and then wake-up and do it again the next day. I would compare it to Entourage a little bit (people really turned on that show quickly but I still enjoy it). If that doesn't sound like your cup of tea, that's fine but this show wears what it is on its sleeve and I don't think it should be penalized for it.
I remember describing this show to a friend of mine that's a big football fan and although he ended up loving the show too, the first thing he said was that for a show about football players, there isn't much football. He's right but I think it works for the show. You don't invest in how well the program is actually doing, you just want to get back to the team's crazy exploits off the field. There's never any game footage but I was always too busy laughing to care.
Now that the disclaimer is out of the way, the thing to remember is that this is a parody. I happen to have played football past high-school level (in Canada not in the U.S) and I'll tell you this, my experience was nothing like this show. But they play it up and they transport you into this fantasy that being a football player in college is like being a God on campus. If you went to college, you party and you have fun and that's what this show is about. They create some pretty cool characters that have some crazy personality quirks (Alex's commitment to laziness, Thad's bizarrely strong loyalty to BMS, Radon's complete love of himself, or Harmon's love of any illegal substance). Characters move in and out of the show pretty seamlessly and it's a good job by the writers in finding new ways to keep these guys occupied with the quality of the show dropping off from season to season.
Alex Moran is technically the show's main character and Darin Brooks is pretty good in the role. Alex could have been just a lazy jerk as a character but Darin embraces Alex's lack of commitment so well and he's funny. For me, the biggest reason to watch this show is the combination of Thad as a character and Alan Ritchson's performance. Alan is completely over-the-top as Thad Castle but he's hilarious. His character is a making fun of the dude-bro jock but without Alan, this show wouldn't work. Ed Marinaro is entertaining as the hard-ass Coach Marty Daniels, he doesn't have a ton of depth but he always has some new issue running the BMS football team. James Cade and Rob Ramsey are memorable in their small roles. Chris Romano did great work writing this show but I do agree that he's probably the weakest recurring actor in Blue Mountain State. Sammy is a little annoying in certain episodes and some of that is the writing but some of it is also Chris.
I don't know what else I can say about Blue Mountain State. This is not an award-winning drama, it's an extended party comedy and I got what I wanted out of every episode. It's too bad it didn't go on longer but I think the movie Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland was a decent enough encore to wrap things up. I wouldn't recommend this show to everyone but this show is perfect for grabbing a couple of beers and watching it with your football loving friends.
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Best Sports Parody Series Ever
Thad Castle is still my sports hero. I like everything about this show, and I still recommend it to people whenever I can. I made my gf watch it, and she didn't like it, but women don't really understand comedy, so whatever. This is a wonderful series about life in college, and so accurate it hurts. I played at a terrible football school (U of Illinois), but I can tell you, thots be lovin' us, even if you don't start. Throat goats are everywhere bro.
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Funny Show
Funny show that is just a funny as it is goofy. I love BMS!!!
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An Under-appreciated Work of Comedy
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.
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Just Amazing
When I first started watching this show years ago I would have never thought that I would love it that much. I cant explain it, because there isnt really much to the show and the plot, but it is just amazing. When I first started watching it I got so hooked on it and binged it like nothing else.
Each episode has its own plot and there is only a really minor overarching story over each season, but it is simply great and I dont know how often i allready watched the entire show.
But what is it about? The Blue Mountain State is a college and we follow Alex and Sammy who are best friends and they are just starting their first year at the BMS. So it is a lot about Football, Party Women and all the other stuff they do and experience at the college.
The characters are fantastic and so likeable. And to see how they evolve a bit over the sadly only three seasons is just cool. The story for each episode is simple but great and the humor is wonderfull, so you can almost laugh for the entire episode.
But thats basically it. Really, you can not tell a lot about this show, because the concept is so simple. Just give it a fair try, watch 2-3 episodes and maybe you will also fall in love instantly.
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Everything a middle aged guy would love
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This is a hilariously, sometimes over the top, show. The first few episodes i was almost crying from laughing too much. The way that the writers of this show contrasts the characters, allows for most times a hilarious joke to form from what would most times be unavailable. I would definitely say that the show is a mix of Van Wilder and American Pie. It brings back the hilarity from both and amplifies it. The first season takes you through the beginnings of getting on a team, from the initiation hazing, partying, and then with bowl games and rivalries with other schools. If you haven't seen this show, don't knock it until you try it.
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More than your typical college.
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Blue Mountain State is a genius parody of college life. The characters are larger than life in all the right ways. The writers hit the college comedy dead on in every episode. I skipped over this title in Netflix, but my husband decided to check it out one lazy afternoon. I knew I loved that man for a reason.
Darin Brooks makes debauchery delightful as Alex Moran, the second string quarterback for the Blue Mountain State Goats. His second string status allows slacker Alex to have high social status on campus while taking on very little responsibility. His dry humor and quick wit make him a hit with the ladies, but his womanizing ways don't alienate female viewers. His loyalty to long time best friend, socially awkward Sammy the mascot, lends some heart to this otherwise stereotypical man's man.
Alan Ritchman is consummate blonde and self-obsessed captain Thad Castle. Thad's only setting is full speed ahead. He is an overly confident idiot. The confidence with which he spouts his idiocy just serves to amplify the fact that the whole world is in on the joke except for Thad. He just blithely marches on with all the sincerity in the world, but not a clue as to the truth. His ignorance often leads Thad—who I'm almost sure is straight—to emit homo-erotic vibes that everyone perceives as weird and disturbing. Well, everyone except his sidekick and fellow defense man Larry, who picks up Thad's mixed signals loud and clear.
Fellow teammates include a kicker who is obsessed with drugs and likes the smell of his own genitals on his fingers; a white lineman whose halfro hairstyle and crazy actions make him look like a clown; and a narcissistic quarterback with his own hyperbaric chamber in his dorm room who required the goats to have a personal "problem solver" before he would agree to attend BMS. Somehow these characters manage to make up a championship football team.
The team is lead by Ed Marinaro as Coach Marty Daniels, a gruff "who gives a crap" alcoholic coach whose passion is football—and needling his cougar ex-wife and her new husband, the intelligent but not all that smart Dean of Blue Mountain State. Daniels' nonchalance seems like the best way to handle his team and keep some grip on his sanity. As he watches the bizarre hazing and other off the wall antics of his team, the message his body language (and sometimes his mouth) portrays is usually a slightly bewildered, "What the hell are they doing?"
Full of college characters and college humor; don't expect much college level thinking from this show. It is one absurd half hour packed with stereotypes of college life that are so exaggerated that your jaw will inevitably drop—either as you gasp for breath in laughter or as your mouth hangs agape in horror. If it's the latter then you've taken the show and yourself far too seriously. Lighten up, crack a beer, and enjoy a taste of college.
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So sad its over :(
Honestly i just watched all 3 seasons start to finish and I've never been so sad to see a series end! You guys should make more episodes please! Like make 4 or 5 more seasons and start advertising yourselves right crazy and get a huuge fan base going on! That'd be right gnarly! Yup throughly enjoyed this series. Your always laughing and its just right crazy, and the stuff they do is just ridiculous. Cant wait for the movie wonder how its gunna go. actually watching it right now and its just a roller coaster of wickedness. id have to say my favourite character would be Moran, hes pretty funny and hes usually chill 'bout everything. i guess thads alright hes pretty funny too.
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Season 2 please
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Well, I was surfing the net and I found some posts about BMS on a site (irelevant), bored as I was I tried to see what's the deal. Little did I know that I would find a genius combination of Van Wilder & American Pie (2 of my favorite movies), thing is the funniest part for me was that all of those things really happen in college, me being a first year myself. Annyway this is incredible and I was amazed of the characters being so cool and well played. If it's worth anything i highly recommend this to anyone, and for those who are in college and don't have that much fun, learn from it, you will have the time of your life. I sure hope season 2 comes quick cause i can't wait!!! GO GOATS!!!
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Thad is a character that we will never see again.
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.
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Why didn't this get backed by a huge production company bro?!!
10 years on and I've finally watched this amazing series .. the best sitcom I've watched ever but how can it just be ended ... The movie isn't the proper ending we deserve, we never saw them win a championship bowl or seen Alex in his senior year , college is at least 4years and we've only seen 3 .. that's not fair this amazing series just got chalked off coz of a budget issue that sucks ! This cast and directors deserve way more than what they got ! It's just unfair to see such an amazing programme get throw in the dumps .. I think we need a reboot😭 come on Hollywood do something
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Hilarious show deserves another season
This show is hilarious. I've watched it several times all the way through and it's one of those shows that just never gets old and I can always put on for a chuckle. It's definitely not for the 2020 offended folks but if you're not easily offended and can take a joke this show is hilarious and deserves one last season maybe two if you wanna stretch it. The characters Thad castle, makes this show without him it wouldn't be the same. Same goes for Alex Moran and Sammy. I wish they would make another season and keep the vibe.
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A lot of mindless fun
The title of the review pretty much sums up the entire series- it's a lot of mindless fun with sprinkled bits of genius.
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The Greatest and Funniest ever comedy TV series ever make.
one word awesome. People who tired, stress, bored, heartbreak, can't get laid and saying that life is suck. All this easily been heal and forgotten. This is like the imaginably or dream come true. Some say college is hell and some say is heaven. This show u get to watch hot sexy babes and naughty girl in action party. Your dirty mind is coming true on television. OK, i bought this show in Singapore. After watching i laugh like never end. I say the best of the best. I half nerd and half sport elite. firstly study is for future but fun is unforgettable. Because i never appreciate my college year and never having a single girl to date till now. This football player wish we could be like them having multiple girl. having multiple game tournament. and having become football superstar. This is why this show is best.
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We need to enjoy it for what it is.
Its one of the best Comedy Tv series ever, yet it only have 3 short seasons and a movie that only exist because the fans paid for it on kickstarters. Why is that ? Can someone explain to me why no producer thought it would be a good idea to produce more seasons ?
With that being said, time have past and we need to enjoy it for what it is. Blue Mountain State is basically a college type of show with alcool, drugs and sex being in the forefront of every subject/episode of the show. The show is very self aware about his situation and purpose for comedy. Yes, this show is very offensive, stupid and kind of mysoginistic at times. Does that mean nobody can laugh at this type of humor anymore? Absolutely not !
This show is not for everyone and its fine like that. I think if you do watch it, you will laugh... a lot ! I found myself rewatching this show at least once a year every now and then. I strongly recommand it.
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Whoever made this is a genius
Whoever made this series was 100% high on weed the whole time he wrote the script. This is an absolute banger. love it. a lot laughs.
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