Off Campus is a Hard Watch *SEASON 1 COMMENTARY*

Message received. Let's watch Off Campus. And if you see that I'm wearing the same thing that I was wearing in my intro to another video, then just mind your business. I actually watched this on my own briefly. I wasn't really like hardcore paying attention. I was kind of passively watching it. And then when I did every year after, I had a lot of requests to do off-campus. So, here I am delivering off-campus to you. In a very rare occurrence, I actually did read two of the off-campus books. I'm pretty sure the two books that I read out of the off-campus series was The Deal and The Mistake, and then I never read any other ones. They weren't really that great of books either, but Off-C took over similarly to Heated Rivalry or even The Summer I Turned Pretty. Everybody was talking about this show and I want to talk about it because I feel like you guys are not going to like my opinion cuz you guys never do. But we will be watching the entire season in this video. And even though I read the book, I have the faintest memory of the book. I actually don't remember basically any details. So book accuracy is really not a concern for me except for one scene that was like kind of the pivotal scene or one of the pivotal scenes of the book. And I'll get on that when we get to that. But for the most part, book accuracy is not really a concern while watching the show. It's just about the show. Thank you to today's sponsor, Belissa. Belissa is a bywomanowned company made for all things sexual wellness. Melissa's mission is to empower and embrace sexuality for everybody. And anybody that signs up gets a free rose suction toy with any order. Of course, the rose toy is a viral Tik Tok sensation. You know it, you love it. It looks cute. It looks like a little rose. So discreet, so cute. It has 10 different modes. So no matter what trying to itch you're trying to scratch that night, the Rose has you covered. 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And our and as a society, do we really care about hockey shows anymore? Like I think it's already like cooked, chopped, it's over. But I do think Amazon has a problem with styling boys hairs because his hair in real life makes him look a thousand times better than what he does look like in the show. Oh my god, it's his butt in my face. Butt in my face. >> Perfect. Another D. >> So >> I'll never get over like smart girl, dumb boy. I that is a trope that like >> Yeah, >> maybe it falls into like some sort of like stereotype of gender roles. >> I knew it had >> but I love it. Smart girl, dumb boy. >> Help with the cags. Hold you. I'll be right down. >> Yeah, but when >> you want me to come down naked, Tucker, cuz I'll do it. >> You sure will. I don't like how this house of men is written because it kind of writes them as characters or men like the good guys because it's setting up their own like you want them to be likable for when their season comes cuz they want each boy to have their own like season and storyline and a romantic storyline. So you want them to be likable from the beginning. And so even while reading the books of the deal, it was like every guy was just so nice and and not an [ __ ] at all. It almost in a sense is performative. I'm not saying that these characters can't have good morals and just be good guys at the end of the day. Because if they were [ __ ] I'd be like, "This guy's a [ __ ] asshole." Like I understand that that is also who I am. that if they were [ __ ] like this [ __ ] sucks like and I would have a problem with that too. So really this is a problem that I'm making for myself. I think that like having a character that's kind of like an [ __ ] especially in a house of a bunch of hockey players and none of them are in the least bit like toxic or like douchy or weird in this house. Like the other hockey guys, they're [ __ ] The other teams, those are the evil ones, but our team, we're the good guys. And it just seems a little >> Hey, can you play some on this Millennium, please? >> This is a classic. >> And that's annoying, too. Like, actually, all the boys are annoying. I I just said that they're all like like they're like created as these like good guys, but they're all [ __ ] annoying. It's weirdly like pick me boys that are being created in this show, which is just as annoying as pick me girls. >> You know, >> no, it's not. I want to present the demo in my class next week. So, pull an all nighter. Come spend the night at Sean's anyway. You have the place to yourself. >> No, but no, Hannah, I'm not letting you all this time. >> If you want to be a tailor, you have to take a risk. >> This is so Wait, I'm trying to I'm trying to get the Glee reference, guys. Just give me a second. Give me a second. This is so Rachel when she's writing her original song and she can't write a good original song because she has no life experience because she makes two songs. She makes my headband and she makes the omelette song. You've only got one egg. You're not going to make an omelette. Only child only child only child. But it's kind of giving that like Hannah is Rachel and until she gets her like Quinn Fbre moment where Quinn Fbre gives that amazing juicy monologue until you start realizing that you are never going to get it right and she does that and then she makes get it right and it's the best song ever. And if something like that happened to Hannah where she had that moment of like a Quinn Fra doing that to her because Rachel's song did not come from the heartbreak of Finn. It came from Quinn. Hold on. Let me figure out how get it right goes. To get it right. Oh my god. How the [ __ ] does the beginning of the song go? Um, a shipwreck. Oh my god. I have to look it up now. Now it's a problem. My editor right now was like, "Girl, like get to the [ __ ] point. Like just like [ __ ] [ __ ] like watch the show. Boy, what are you doing looking up? Get it right. Gleecast version. What? Oh, the first note. I already got it. What have I done? I wish I could run. The >> Bruins are putting a lot of faith, a lot of stock in Garrett Graham. He has the ability. >> And I just don't give a [ __ ] ABOUT HOCKEY. STOP MAKING HOCKEY SHOWS. I don't want to see them play hockey anymore. I don't want to see it. I really don't want to see them play hockey anymore. I'm over it. >> Your dad was great. Everybody knows it. >> But no one is expecting you to be him. >> I am. >> He is. >> Oh, all our parents have expectations. >> Me and your dad both. >> Yeah. >> Nothing. It's dumb. >> They basically just insinuated that something's bothering her within her life. Something triggered her for a moment. I don't think they did a very good job at creating her story around sexual assault. I don't think that they even marketed the show that well. I think that it's actually a really core integral part of her character that whenever I read the deal, that was like how I described it. I didn't really describe it as this like fake dating story. I was really more impacted. And what stood out to me was her story of overcoming um her relationship with sex after her sexual assault. That was one of the things that stood out about the book the most. And I think that the show doesn't really not that it should market itself as that, but I think that it really does bury the lead on that part that it's actually a huge theme running theme within Hannah's story and it's very integral to her relationship with Garrett. And I think that it is nowhere near like mentioned in the trailers from what I know. It kind of just seems like this like fun little show. And it is. It does have like it's fun romance. It's like a little sexy. It's, you know, it's got all this, but then she has this like underbelly of her character that really affects her. And they just kind of slowly like mention. And I think that's kind of weird for someone. If I didn't know what the plot was going into the show because I read the book, I think I would be really taken aback by that because it's almost like this reveal. Why? Cuz you get off on beating people up. >> What? >> Hockey is the only non-combat sport that doesn't eject its players for fighting. It celebrates it. When a team is down and points, an actual strategy is to pick a fight for morale. Sorry, I'm sure you're not a bad guy. I just >> She kind of ate him up though. >> Like hockey. >> Yeah. >> She was like, "It's barbaric and I hate you." >> Crazy. That is so crazy. Having him be the profile picture of your playlist is so crazy. Like that is actually so insane and I'm crazy. I am so crazy and I've done so many crazy things and manifestations. Put it under the pillow. I get it. Oh my god. Making your crush your profile picture on your playlist is crazy. Crushing. Oh my gosh. I can't defend this. >> I don't believe in favors or shortcuts. I don't want to pass this class because somebody handed me the grade. I want to earn it. And I'm pretty sure you're the only one who can help me do that. >> Is so what? I help you study for the midterm and you play my fake boyfriend to get Justin's attention. >> Something like that. >> This is Garrett's tutor. Please leave him alone. He'll [ __ ] you later. >> Damn. >> And she's annoying for doing that. She's annoying for doing that, too. Just silence the phone. How dare you? Winona Ryder is beautiful. >> Yeah, but she's not hot. Don't you have any of those boots that go up past the knee? >> You mean [ __ ] me boots? We wear those when we don't feel like shaving. >> I don't like it when characters say those. I don't like it when they make female characters say lines. Not in a sense of like a moral dilemma, but I don't like it when they make any young character say lines that are just not real. Like no one's ever said, "Those are my [ __ ] me boots." cuz the original term is [ __ ] me pumps. Just say that. And I just also think that sometimes they add cursing within the show that does not feel authentic to the character. Like I feel like Hannah doesn't really in this portrayal of her doesn't really seem like someone that would naturally curse, right? like Ally more so has that kind of demeanor where cursing seems more natural to how she speaks and Hannah doesn't have that. And I don't know if it's the actress portrayal, maybe it's like the way her speech cadence is, but it just doesn't seem or maybe it's the dialogue that's being written for her. It just doesn't seem very natural in her vocabulary that she curses. >> Back to Logan. These two are passing it back and forth like chlamyia during welcome week. Guys, let someone else have a turn. It's only fair. >> I just don't know why they always make a non-binary character annoying. It's like, why can't a non-binary character be fun and like not annoying and weird in some way? Like, they always make them so weird. And it's not like they're doing anything that weird, but there's something off-putting about like it'd be fun if they were actually like the narrator of the game like completely and not like on live stream. I don't know why being on live stream makes it annoying suddenly. Um, and then the being the gossip channel, it just I don't know. It's very off-putting as an audience. And I think Amazon, this is the second time they've done it because they did it in the Samurai Turn Pretty Too. I think they do it on purpose. I think they do that [ __ ] on purpose. It's weirdly like it seems woke to include someone that is non-binary, but then they always make them very unlikable, which adds so much hate to this like non-binary character, which seems not woke. Seems like they're doing the opposite of what you want them to do cuz they write them so horribly, so unlikable, which is not fair. She definitely sounds more musical theatery than song, right? Like her voice sounds more musical theater to me to get it right. What can you do when your good isn't good enough? That is literally that song. Wait, that sounded the exact same. And all that you touch tumbles down. And when she pulls out loser like me, she's going to win that pop ballad. You want to be a loser like me? Just go ahead and hate me and run your mouth so everyone can hear. Hit me with the worst you got. Knock me down. Baby, I don't care. Maybe we should just watch Glee again. I feel like maybe throughout watching this, I've just realized that I don't want to be watching this and I I would rather be watching Glee. Wait, like they kind of have the chemistry. Wait a second. Wait a second. I think like they're cooking. yellow. Yellow. And you would think I would really like this part because I'm so into like the songs and like all that type of stuff that happens. And I'm really just like I don't like this part. I don't like the hockey part. I just don't think I like the show. And I think that's okay. And I think that there's an element of also I'm just not in the best mood today. And I have to offend like this is the one time when you guys are right where like I am not in the best mood today. Like someone did [ __ ] in my Cheerios this morning. Like you guys got me on that one. You guys got me on that one today. All the other times. No, today. Yeah. >> Sick girl. >> Uh let me actually just [ __ ] It's um it's 7:30. I've got to >> I got to go. >> Well, yeah. >> Okay. Yeah. Yeah. No problem. >> Cuz the fact that she even did that at the beginning is just like craziness. Like it's just so crazy and and and creepy. >> It is creepy cuz if a man did that of me, I mean, yeah, a little bit flattered, but also no. It's like kind of creepy. >> No, girl. >> No. You know what you have to do? You have to change it to a picture that's really similar and be like that was the picture the entire time. >> That's like that's what I imagine myself looking like when I'm doing karaoke and I look nothing like it. But in my in my brain, in my dreams, I look like her. >> I don't think it's a great idea. >> I actually think it's my best idea. >> She's putting on that Sydney Sweeney voice. Jeans are passed down for men. >> Okay. >> I need you to give me an orgasm. >> Period. >> I was raped. Wow. Okay. There's really no way to make that seem less heavy than it is. Uh, even though I firmly put this behind me, I still can't seem to, you know, orgasm with a guy. As odd as this may sound, I think that this depiction of sexual assault and an aftermath that isn't just full depression or your life is in ruins after an assault. Like I think that was an interesting depiction of the aftermath of an assault and kind of these more daily occurrences that you run into after dealing with an assault and something that maybe people don't think about that feeling pleasure after an assault is a very very difficult point to get to. It feels like a betrayal of your body. There's something about your body that doesn't want to do it because it would I don't know that's just my interpretation of it. But I thought that that is one of the great things about The Deal and the story of The Deal as opposed to some of the other books in the Brieru series. I always thought that this story was really interesting because of that. And I think they did a pretty good job in the show circling it and kind of breezing past it like how they wanted it to. They didn't want her whole character to be about that. So they kind of emulate what she says in the scene like that she is fine and that that this is not a story about being in complete ruins after something traumatic happens to you. This is the daily occurrences of it almost similarly to like grief and how you don't think about the little occurrences that happen after grief. You only picture the very big loss and emotion immediately after. But what kills is those smaller moments of grief that come up when you doing your daily task and that person isn't there anymore or you buy a certain milk for that person and now you don't need to buy a certain milk for that person because they're not here anymore. like those moments of grief or those moments of after a traumatic situation happens to you I think are very complex and very interesting and I like diving into the psyche and the mind of that uh within stories and I think that showing this for a younger audience a younger female audience is really interesting as well and can be really impactful. >> I'm going there by myself. >> I'm not going to call you. >> Don't call me. Don't come by my house. We're done. And that bodycon dress, that Aritzia bodycon bando bandage bodycon dress is craziness. Like she hid AND HE'S IN SWEATPANTS. I just have to say that's the definition of being a girl is like coming to a date or something and looking divine, divine, divine, and there look like an actual [ __ ] bum. Like I'm sorry. Like if your friend's willing to do this for you, your friends in love with you. Just like be honest with yourselves. I love my friends, but I'm not giving them an orgasm. And you can call me a [ __ ] for that. You can call me a [ __ ] for that. I'm only like I would only do that for someone I loved in a romantic way. So, if you're not there yet, that sounds completely normal. >> One of their best scenes. I'm sorry. Like, they they >> so surprisingly deep. >> This is one of their best scenes. I think they're both doing really good job. Acting's great. >> Dialogue's pretty good. I wish it was brighter in here, but that's okay. >> Oh my god. Arm around the shoulder already. What in the world is happening? Little does he know, she was freaking stripped down in front of him like one day ago. >> Hear you all. >> A lots of things around girls finishing within this. And I just think like maybe if like the girls like knew about Bissa and they signed up for the giveaway, then maybe, >> you know, these stories wouldn't even exist. Oh my god, he looks crazy. I'm sorry. It's cute. It's cute. It is. It's really cute. It's just what I wanted. It's not bad. Like, it's not a bad show. It's just not amazing. And I think it's just cuz I don't really feel like a true connection to the characters like I have other like stupid romance shows, you know? >> It's a sex montage. That's just what I wanted. You guys know that's always what I want. And it makes sense. I think it's like completely contextually relevant and important for the show. I You know what? [ __ ] all those people that say sex scenes are unnecessary. They're so necessary. Some sex scenes are awesome. Some sex scenes are awesome. Not all the time though. Sometimes it's a bit too much. When it surprises you, that always gets me. Like when we were watching Heated Rivalry and it was like randomly cutting to I oh my god. Which sometimes I guess this is too. It's like, ah, >> we brought friends >> and we brought one. >> Oh, sick. >> Here are these people that we don't know. I'm so happy. That's just what I wanted. >> People are going to talk and and and Shawn will find out and I can't hurt him. >> I do think it's kind of funny when it's like a straight couple and like the only reason why they can't be together is because like her ex will find out. Like it's not even like she's cheating or anything. Like it's so funny like trying to make obstacles but obstacles that are not too morally corrupt to make your couples like get together. Like they couldn't have her just cheat on Shawn because that's too morally corrupt. I don't think it would be. Sometimes I love a little cheating plot. You know me. You and you know that. But I love it when it's like the forbidden nature of like a straight couple is just like the reputations of it all. I think that's like a really funny forbidden romance. Like, >> I love you, too. Everything's just working out really well for them right now. I wonder what could possibly happen. >> Panel, try writing your own lyrics. I'm done. Oh my god, he's so quick for Raider. Rachel's I almost said Zgler Rachel Barry. Then you are never going to get it right. What? >> Yeah. I mean, I don't really have any much I don't have that much to say about these scenes cuz I think they're done fairly well. the flashbacks and the panic attack. Like, I think it's all relatively good for the show and what it the story is. >> Hey, Graham. I love you. >> I love you, too. >> I'd be so pissed if someone was playing like [ __ ] and then they would like kissing their girlfriend on the side. Like, I would actually be so [ __ ] pissed. I would be like Troy Bolton up in this [ __ ] I'd be like, "Get your [ __ ] head in the game. What the [ __ ] are we doing?" >> You know what's going to be even better than me beating you? >> What's that? >> Oh, he's so nasty and evil spirited and evil. >> Beating you in front of that lying [ __ ] Like I know Hannah gets so mad at him for doing this, but I can't even lie. I think I would do the same thing. Like I would go batshit crazy. I would throw hands. Like I would kill that [ __ ] Like I I'm I know. And I know that like it brings it up for her and I know it makes it worse for her and I I get that. But I just like if someone told me that of someone that I loved, I think I would also kill them. >> You want to know why I didn't tell you? It's cuz every time I tell someone the truth, it [ __ ] everything up. It ruins people's lives. And it happened again. >> No, my life isn't. >> No. Tell me you didn't just put your season at risk. Your future with the ruins. Nowadays, I think women have so much more of this control over their story and their defense of themselves. And I think it's a really interesting dynamic cuz I think when we're still watching stuff, like even me when I'm watching this, I can be like, I would do the same thing if I was Garrett. Like I would beat someone the [ __ ] up if they said that about someone that I loved, right? And you can see how that defense comes and you can see where that um intention comes from the character. But then I also understand like I've seen the Hannah in real life. I've seen those people that don't want people to defend them. They don't want someone to be angry on their behalf. They that's theirs to be angry about, right? And so I understand both can kind of coexist and like there's always that conflict because in one hand you're like how could I not defend the person I love and how could I let that go? And then the other person is like, "How could you bring this up for me?" And I wanted this to go away and I I can defend myself if I want to. And it's a very tricky slippery slope. Let's wrap it up. Let's wrap it up. This the condom sponsored by Skin feel everything. What the freak? >> Okay, I'm going to tell you something, but I really don't want you to look at me differently or treat me differently. I think they could have done this thing sooner. I would have loved this, but a lot of >> not at the last episode. I think it would have been great for their development in their relationship if it was done sooner. >> Oh, I always knew. I just actually I thought you'd tell me when you were ready. That's so freaking sweet. like the amount of relief that you must have to be like >> you're my favorite. >> I've known it's like not about me or my reaction. It's always just been about >> to do with writer's block >> when you are ready to share that with >> that is so sweet. >> I'm thinking about quitting >> hockey. >> Yes, you should a thousand%. >> Thousand%. >> Look at me. Hey, I got you. I got you. Okay, >> just freaking kiss already. It's okay. I'll allow it. >> Listen, Delaney's a piece of [ __ ] >> But I don't want to be that guy. >> It's just everybody's such a good character and nobody makes any mistakes and everybody even when they make mistakes, it's not even really that bad. Even when he messes up, it's it's still cuz he's doing it out of the goodness of his heart. >> Hannah's doing the showcase. You have to get Garrett there. >> Why? >> Because they're stupid right for each other, and Hannah deserves a grand romantic gesture. >> So, you want me to >> Now, what have I done? Oh, I don't like the hockey noises. She's kind of eating though. They set me up because all of her other songs sucked. And this one's actually kind of good. And let's make the piano a little taller for her. Like, let's make the keyboard. Can we make all the instruments slightly taller for her? I meant what I said before. You should be with whoever you want to be with. But I really want that guy to be me. >> I'm just jealous cuz I want this I want someone to confess their love like that to me. I've already seen this, right? I told you guys I was re-watching it with you. It's not that good. And it's like not that I expected it to be like groundbreaking, but I just feel I didn't feel a connection to Garrett and Hannah like I did to them in the book. I feel like in the book I really really loved seeing their journeys and I I did like the book which is kind of crazy cuz I usually don't read any of the books but I really did like their story in the books and I like their characters and I just don't feel like they were I didn't feel that connection that I did to them when I read them in the book or even just as two characters in a show. I didn't connect to them either. Not even comparing it to the book. I just didn't feel that. Um, and it's hard because they're setting up Ally and Dean and they have this electrochemistry and they are pulling in an audience in a way that Garrett and Hannah in my opinion didn't call to me as um I do think this was too many episodes. Even though I think they left a lot out from the book, I feel like it was a lot of like overexposition, a lot of stuff that was just being overexplained, reiterated time and time again. like Alli's story kind of stays stagnant for a bit and then they keep running into the same point of that she just wants a fling, she just wants a fling, she just wants fling, that she has a fling. And so I feel like that's kind of where the problem within the series lies is kind of just this rehashing stuff over and over again, which is like I'm such a hypocrite because like some of the shows that I love the most, like Samurai Turn, I don't love that show the most, but we know I was gagging over it is like rehash century. Like all they're doing is rehashing old drama. I guess I just didn't find myself um caring so much about these characters or their storylines as much. Um and I don't like it when I can see that you're setting up spin-off series because that's how the Brier University series is going to work. It's going to work as every single season will revolve around another boy and girl. I don't like it when you can tell that through the first season that they're kind of trying to shift your focus to something else so that when you leave Hannah and Graham Garrett and they're happy, you can move on to another story where they're kind of in conflict, right? And so I don't love seeing that that I can tell where you're like trying to set up your like separate little story lines and it's kind of like a spin-off starter episode, but it was Ally and Dean and they were cute, so I'll allow it. No, I don't think this was my best work. I don't think that I enjoyed myself while watching this series. I think that it was actually one of the more painful series to watch. And I think that maybe just like hockey romance might not be for me. I think that maybe there there's like this internal like bias against it or something that I just don't necessarily enjoy cuz I love stupid [ __ ] I love stupid romance [ __ ] Like I love it. And I don't know why I'm having such a mental block with the hockey romance. because it's actually just not that great. Oh my god. Oh my god. But it's so hypocritical cuz I love stupid [ __ ] Like I love stupid [ __ ] like that. Like I actually do. But I will watch a second season. Are you going to hit me? Maybe. Are you going to hit me? It just wasn't my cup of tea. But I will see where it goes. I will see where it goes. And I do think that in terms of tackling a sexual assault storyline, I do think it does pretty good job at that. I'm not saying it did anything groundbreaking, but I think the way it showcases Hannah's assault and the aftermaths and the effects of it and the complexities of it, I think we're really good. I think they did a good job at that. I guess I just wasn't gagging over Garrett and Hannah as a couple. And so, if I'm not gagging over them, like, how am I supposed to gag over your show? I love you guys. I hope you do not burn me at the steak for my opinions on this show because I know some of you guys love it so so so much. Just wasn't my cup of tea. Thank you guys so much for watching. Let me know your thoughts on OffCampus in the comment section down below. I not I know a lot of the book readers were disappointed by this because it doesn't follow the book super um accurately. So, I would love to know if you read the book, if you didn't read the book, um if your opinions agree, if you agree with me, if you don't agree with me, I would love to know your thoughts. That wraps up for today, guys. So sorry. Like every single time I had to film these videos, I was in a grumpy mood. Just every single bad thing that happened that can happen while filming kept happening while I was filming this specific video. It was like this video is cursed. Off-campus cursed me. That's what happened. I love you guys and I will see you guys in my next video.