REVIEW: CHINA IL ‘SURFER GOD’

 

Listen Bro, This Is God – Spoilers Below, Spoilers Bro

If you frequent my reviews here (which means you have serious unresolved mental issues bro, go seek help), then you would know one of my most prevalent gripes with my favorite ‘toons is that they oftenrevert back to recycled plot lines we’ve seen time and again.

I can most certainly say that I’ve never seen a plot quite like the one in this week’s episode of China, IL ever before.

Seriously, I really am going to have some spoilers below. Sometimes I just say that and never really do. This time, I am. READER BEWARE … YOU CHOOSE THE SCARE!

There’s just something about watching an animated version of The Beach Boys callously slaughtering bikini clad sheeple that makes me happy. If you can manage to me out of my critical-as-fuck computer chair for a second and cast my body into into sheer emotional reflex – then you’ve done something interesting. I mean, the word ‘remarkable’ means – worthy of remark. Bitch, I’m remarking right now. Shit is remarkable.

Now don’t take what I’m saying out of proportion – China isn’t going to make you rethink your life or change the way you view the world. I’m a huge documentary enthusiast (nerd), and sometimes I walk away from one like “HOLY FUCKSAUCE ON THE MOUNTAIN MY ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN A LIE.” But, China CAN (and sometimes WILL) entertain you, and in a world so fucking chock-full of stimulus, that can really be harder to do than you think.

This week’s installment of Neely-ness features a main plot that features a surfer-bro God coming down to earth and kicking a new set of chilled out commandments to the inhabitants of China, IL. Sub-plot kicks out Prof. Cakes devising a new way for Frank to reach his students that won’t make him sound so lame. It totally looks like some sort of leather animal faced shaped sex mask.

So, whats the bottom line? At one point Steve slowly slices off God’s head – leaving it to tumble down a giant pyramid in the middle of a football field. Chatchi, you know I can dig it.

Give this ep of China a go and let me know what you thought. If you are Christian this MAYYY have gone a bit too far, but most fucks aren’t given from this city’s hero – so I wasn’t phased.

ANOTHER.