REVIEW: METALOCALYPSE “BOOKKLOK”

You know, I never wanted to go to Rio.  But after watching the intro to “Bookklok,” the only time I would want to go is when Dethklok is playing a show there.  Why wouldn’t you want to go see Dethklok in Rio?

Spoilers Below

Well, after the meh-fest that was “Motherklok,” I was a little miffed. The episode had a couple firsts.  First episode I remember that Brian Posehn wrote and the first appearance of Cam Pipes (lead singer of 3 Inches of Blood) as a voiceover. It looks like things are back on track in this episode…full of silly shenanigans.

The band is playing Rio, and setting up for the solos.  Toki is pleading with Skwisgaar to do the solo, but Skwisgaar, being the elite lead guitar, says no.  He goes to do the solo, and Toki swears revenge.

There’s the intro…wait…it’s the actual full song?   Cool.  Haven’t had that all season.

So, Toki goes on a whole media blitzkrieg tour promoting the book, Skwisgaar Is Ams Dick. Toki is pretty pissed with Skwisgaar, and it shows.  So, the band has a meeting, sans Toki, and it turns into the band ripping on Skwisgaar, and making him feel worse.  Poor guy.

Nathan bought a defibulator from Sky Mall, and wants to play with it and as such he uses it on Murderface takes one for the team.  Well, two, kind of.  He takes the shot from the defibulator, and pisses himself in the process.  Kinda funny stuff.

Tribunal time.  So…no doctor time, just Father orlaag, and General Crozier talking about the dangers of what a tell-all book can do.  OH MAN!!!  The Revengencers are back!  Apparently they were hiding in the woods, until they ran out of food, and then started killing and eating one another.  The leader, Silverface, says there’s a secret weapon, and soon, it will be time to attack.  OH MAN!!!

Back to Dethklok.  Murderface, Nathan, and Pickles are screwing around with the defib.  Apparently, it gets boring hitting each other with the defib, so they start to shock other things, like bags of chips, a microwave coffee mug, popcorn, a car, a moose carcass, and a beehive.

Since the release of the book, Toki and Skwisgaar switched in popularity.  Toki has almost all of Skwisgaar’s endorsements…wait…now it’s all of it which causes Skwisgaar to go catatonic. As a result, Nathan juices him with the defib.

Time to transition to Toki’s hall of him, ordering the minions to switch his schedule around.  Skwisgaar walks in, and pleas with Toki to let him take the solo at the ice festival.  Toki, in an ironic turn, tells Skwisgaar no.  I smell more irony! Be careful, the audience ams a fickle mistress.

So, we’re now at the Ice fest, and shit goes whacky.  Toki is in his rhinestone, purple shirt, trying to do the solo, and everything goes wrong. So wrong, in fact, Toki has a panic attack.  Nathan, Murderface, and Pickles are trying to figure out how to fix the heart attack that Toki isn’t having, and Skwisgaar “saves” Toki by juicing him with the defib.  After that, Skwisgaar tosses the defib aside, accidentially juicing the ice stage, creating a light show, and making the stage shoot the guitar heads all over the place.

So, I got to watch the episode, and the only thing I can say after watching it, is a resounding “OK?”  I mean, it wasn’t as bad as the last episode, but still meh.  It was an ok episode, especially since it was written by Brian Posehn.  It just didn’t have that intangible.  It seems like a lot on Cartoon Network / Adult Swim is missing that intangible nowadays.

 

(7.0 out of 10)