Repost of #HazbinHotel Ep 1 Review: Part 1

Episode 1 is absolutely serviceable. Though, I think the Pilot does a better job explaining the Hotel and how the characters fit in the roles. The interview with Katie Killjoy and subsequent song #InsideOfEveryDemonIsARainbow was able to cover a lot that struggled to come through for Ep. 1

Don't get me wrong, both #HappyDayInHell and #HellIsForever are excellent songs that do a lot to show off the characters, but the song shouldn't be a replacement for character dialogue. Or be a repeat of the dialogue in musical form. Like Adam's song that is just the same message viewers got from his meeting with Charlie. We get it, he's a Douche Dude Bro.

Happy Day is fine. It's very much got a vibe of 'Good Morning, Baltimore' which I love. I really don't know if Charlie is just used to Hell being this way because, ya know, Born In HELL or if she's just that delusional.

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My thoughts for Ep 1, and I'm gonna try to avoid major spoilers, but if you've kept up with the teasers and trailers then you've seen most of it anyway.

The intro was great. Paying homage to the pilot with the black/white shadow images- narrated by #Charlie. Alastor's snarky commercial. #HappyDayInHell. Was nice to see the full animation to the song finally. Charlie meets Adam, the head of the Exterminators, and eventually gets rock-'n'-rolled out of the room- After establishing Adam is the BIGGEST douche. Adam's song is good however.

There's also the B-plot of #Vaggie getting #Alastor #AngelDust and the others to help redo the commercial into something not so cynical.

It's perfectly functional as a 1st episode, introducing the main 4, and the idea behind what Charlie wants to do with the hotel. But TBH the biggest thing is the meeting with Adam and what is unilaterally decided at the end of that meeting. (Spoiler) It's a direction I didn't see.