#hotel good reviews

[thailand-tourist-places]

Qualia Resort Phu Quoc

Qualia Resort Phu Quoc The air is filled with the lively buzz of laughter and conversation, mixed with the steady beat of music. We can hear the splash of water as people jump into the pool, their excited voices carrying through the night. It sounds fun, right? But not for us. After a few days, staying at Nhan Huy Bungalow, with our neighbors celebrating every night, made it hard to sleep. This…

[sangrefae]

i said this on twitter already but like. literally every single thing i've seen about h*zbin h*tel is convincing me more and more that they're trying to do what the good place already did but like. A billion times worse

[australet789]

I just rewatched Hazbin by watching someone's else reaction and i LOVE how they started skeptical about it and then enjoyed the show so much to the point of crying.

[probablygayattorneys]

Okay, now that I've had time to get my bearings and sit with Another Code and really think about what I want to say about it, I am prepared to do so.

First off, the Switch remake is not Trace Memory. In fact, if you were like me and played Trace Memory as a kid but then it kind of fell off your radar and you didn't buy a used copy on eBay to replay it before you replayed the remake, you would be forgiven if you had a little niggling feeling that you couldn't place that you had seen all of this somewhere before, but not where. Ashley's name isn't even the same - Robbins is spelled with only one b, which I do understand is the same as in the original UK version, but was still quite jarring to someone who's only played the US version.

I didn't feel like I was playing the same game. There's not a single puzzle that I remember as being the game, and where the original made use of it's hardware, so too does this game, having puzzles that depend on the gyroscope, which might be frustrating if you're playing in docked mode and the controller you tend to use doesn't have gyroscope controls.

It is certainly more fleshed out. There are more parts of the map that you get to visit, and you learn more about the Edwards family, though it also felt like it unraveled more threads than it was willing to wrap up, which is peculiar because it also got rid of one of the most interesting aspects of the original game, which is the multiple endings. No matter what you do, the game funnels you into the "good" ending, which I won't say more details about, just in case anyone reading this hasn't played it. This is a little annoying, because it feels like it's taking away one of the things about the game that made it so special, that the choices you make ultimately matter, but is also overshadowed by the fact that I suck at this game and always have, so I never got the good ending on my own, so now knowing why what happened had to happen and how things ended up the way they did... it's nice to have the closure I was never skilled enough to achieve on my own.

Another cool aspect of this game is that Sayoko being Japanese is not incidental - they actually spend time explaining various aspects of Japanese culture, instead of DTS cards Richard's diary is left on origami cranes, and there's a sweet moment where they talk about the meaning of the name Mizuki. As well, there's actually more depth given to Sayoko's character, even though she was still fridged.

So ultimately... Is it a faithful 1:1 recreation of the source material? No. In fact, you might feel frustrated because it feels like the game is treating you with kid gloves - from things like the forced good ending to the fact that anytime you're working on a puzzle, you just have to press a button to get hints and if you go through all of them it basically just tells you the answer straight out - which, in all fairness, it is.

But is it still worth playing? Yes. It's still a good game, even with the oversexualization of Ashley and the fact that with the camera, you spend most of the game looking directly at her ass and she's 13 years old. If you like puzzle games, which if you don't why are you even following me, it's definitely a worthy entry into that catalogue, which does seem to have been drying up lately.

Now, do I want them to make a remake of Hotel Dusk in the same style?

Hell fucking no. The game was good, but not "I trust you with my baby" good.

[monkey-network]

Good Stuff: Hazbin Hotel

Welcome Back Friends, to the Show That Never Ends

I will admit, while I'm a fan of her overall work, after seeing the pilot I wasn't into Hazbin Hotel. Not that it looked bad, just didn't appeal to me whereas Helluva Boss was more my speed. When the A24 pickup was announced though, I was intrigued because its lacking appeal didn't mean complete disinterest in its potential direction, you feel me? The future is alive now and a full series is finally here, blindsiding you with more shades of red than your blood stream. And you know, color me impressed that we truly got to this point upon the unbearable avarice of online chaos surrounding the creator that had its fair share of critics upon an Everest mass of pisstakers. But I'm not here to rummage all that, I just want to finally review Hazbin Hotel at long last.

So let's start with the presentation

Maybe it's thanks to Helluva Boss, but I've always liked Viv's flair in design and color. Things get to stand out in a way that says yes, she owns it. This is the art of somebody who was THE regular at Hot Topic AND adjacent Spencer's, has an autographed Gir hoodie buried in her closet, probably read Revolutionary Utena or Rose of Versailles in school, and her dream was to bring that vision of her childhood to life. Vaggie I say is my favorite design wise, major pilot improvement where the red and black compliments her cream and grey colors. Can things all look busy and disoriented? Of course, never to an eyesore degree but there can exist... garish clashes, like you're wondering how the boarders no less animators were able to put some scenes together. Then again, it's the rare time I can say "I've never seen anything like this" for a cartoon and it actually means something.

Needs more furries though, we can never have enough Broadway studded furry characters

Storywise, I think will be hard to follow unless you've seen the pilot, which is thankfully still online. Episode 0 I say better introduces the characters and whole initial feeling of the hotel's existence since Charlie introduces it to the citizens of Hell first. The structure of this season I was pretty lost on until I found that good ol' "Monkey connects it to another show to make his point" lightbulb. This is that kind of series that unravels as you go along, so if the first two episodes aren't your tea then you oughta drop this show, or not and "hatewatch" like the sodomite you'll become in your 40s. I was reminded of The Bear or Silicon Valley in that it's not about running the titular hotel but the characters getting it together before operations truly start. Charlie has her goal and deadline, and it's all a methodical stream of how bad or good things can turn out for everyone involved. It's story driven but more focal on the characters, if you follow. Speaking of which, let's finally talk characters... and how they're my biggest issue with this series.

Except Nifty. I can never hate on gremlins

I'll say with the characters, it's NOT that their scripts consist "just of swearing and sex jokes". Whether or not the case, this is me we're talking about. El Superbeasto is my all time favorite adult animated movie, and the Hellverse is tamer by comparison. Won't knock points because humor is "subjective", but I'm never gonna act like I'm above the large swear counts or thinking of the nasty every other minute and beyond the first episode, they lessen the excess. The no shits given humor of Viv's work still feels refreshing.

Trust me, nothing Adult has trumped the champ yet

My real issue is something I've realized for Vivienne's shows overall: she's not great at making... flexible characters, lack of a better term? What I mean is that when they work, they work purely in service of the stories, its gags, and it's hard thinking about them outside of their shows if we don't count the porn and memes. They're not static, but I think too symbiotic to the narrative. That's where the dominoes start because being inflexible means they have to be more compelling and if they're not, then the story falls apart. And yeah, Hazbin's characters aren't as compelling. I like them, but I'm not invested in them. The crux of this is that while the pacing can fly, none of the characters provide that snappy dynamic you would get with an ensemble. With Helluva Boss, you could throw Blitz and the crew in different scenarios and it's engaging enough just seeing them run amok. A pinchful of episodes and the Hazbin crew don't really do it for me beyond the occasional gag and piecing clues about them together. The musical numbers are great character moments in their own right, like everyone of them are actual bangers, but for only two an episode they are doing the heavy lifting. Again, it's that type of show where every piece comes into play one at a time, so it's conflicting where I want to be into this series but I'm not that into it.

Charlie also makes it somewhat worth it; infectious enthusiasm is my kryptonite

I overall can't fit this show in a box, and I frankly didn't want to. You think I went into this cartoon cavalcade, radiating with juvenile fujo theater kid energy, about a bunch of sailor mouths that can sing gospel from heaven AND hell and have everything click? It's not possible, but that's what I can respect about this and Vivienne overall. This show doesn't posses a "fuck all of you" type feeling, but an "I want to do this, you can join or go" feeling. Not everything works, but it's meaningfully experimental in a way that somehow makes it meta. Like Charlie and the Satanic Panic Plaza, nothing about this should've functioned, this shouldn't have had any saving graces and got left obscurely on Youtube, but it could and many saw that regardless of how well they're able to express. Viv actually committed to seeing this through and this speaks a lot about creators who put in to an non-compromised vision.

You could say, it's always about finding that one person who gets the joke

From the fractions of episodes I got to watch, I'm unsure if this is a hidden masterpiece or a disasterpiece of storytelling or if it's just okay. I don't know if the show's team can stick the landing, but the fun in her work has always been the journey. She put in the effort since way back for me to give her stuff a chance, to actually review Hazbin Hotel earnestly as opposed to belittling things which would've been easy. To conclude, with all its flaws this is enthusiastic, fascinating start to an otherwise predictably unpredictable year that's leagues better than the Velma series because I actually want to see where season 2 goes.

I'm just glad this finally exists, regardless of the hell it took to get here

[3gremlins]

no, you watched all of hazbin hotel season 1 in one sitting!!

...okay it was me. it was so good?!? def check out if you like cool animation, interesting designs, queer characters and musicals!

[transpool]

sorry if this comes off as pretentious but i think if you like hazbin hotel's or helluva boss's characters and their designs, dialogue, or story you. should not be able to critique any other work of media regarding character design, dialogue, or story. you lost that privilege

[inexpressiblybeatiful]

Hotel Portofino be like: Bury your gays and also bury your child.

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

New Video: Brainstory Shares a Woozy 70s-Inspired Visual for "XFaded," an Ode To Getting Fucked Up

New Video: Brainstory Shares a Woozy 70s-Inspired Visual for "XFaded," an Ode To Getting Fucked Up @Brainstory00 @bigcrownrecords @El_Michels @grandstandhq @shazi_la

Brainstory‘s Leon Michels-produced sophomore album Sounds Good was released last month through renowned purveyors of soul, Big Crown Records.  The album features the previously released: “Gift of Life,” a lush, old-school, Quiet Storm-like, show-topping ballad built around a shimmering and vibey arrangement featuring fluttering, ethereal flute paired with Kevin Martin’s emotive, falsetto croon…

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread

The Paradox Hotel

about a woman who runs security at a time travel hotel for the wealthy, who is unstuck from time - but stays there for the memory-glimpses of her dead girlfriend

when the time travel technology is about to get privatized and mega-rich guests are arriving for the auction, more things start to get unstuck, and there’s a dead body only she can see

grief, ghosts, & dinosaurs

[mrlechattm-iii]

I just finished the first four episodes of Hazbin Hotel and I’ve gotta say…

I LOVED IT. It’s same old blah blah Vivziepop writing or whatever but I loved the humor and the time they took to make every character unique. The central conflict is engaging, and the animation is honestly hit or miss. And the SONGS, so good.

I have my issues with it of course, but any good media has a few issues, so I’m not too hung up on the stuff I didn’t like. Can’t wait to pirate more because I am not giving money to Amazon Prime :D

[miladythewinter]

Out of Sight (1998): ⭐⭐⭐

I've always wanted to watch this film because it's a Soderbergh and because I've always heard good things about it. It's a pretty decent crime flick with Soderbergh's stylistic signature, a good plot and a very interesting lead female character. Has the makings of a cult classic.

I liked the non-linear storytelling; reminded me of Pulp Fiction though it isn't as extensive and integral to the film as in that one. But I would say it definitely follows Tarantino's popular film with a similar topic, style, dark comedy...

...and cast. What an incredibly stacked cast. George Clooney (looking incredibly hot and playing a character that can easily be described as a "less refined, inept Danny Ocean"), Ving Rhames, Jennifer Lopez (not bad but I wish another actress was in this role), Don Cheadle, Steve Zahn... and those are just the main characters. Viola Davis and Michael Keaton (?!) have small roles, the latter surely qualifying as a cameo, and in the very last scene a very famous actor and Tarantino regular appears. Which made me scream. It's definitely a movie where you're constantly like "oh my god it's [actor]" every 20 minutes (especially if you don't know who was in it beforehand, like in my case).

[kikai-sentai-zenkaiger]

as of 10 minutes ago I can officially say i've watched all of the cars movies & shorts. all that's left for me to become the ultimate cars-head is.

Planes...

[quercussp]

i really liked safiya's 2 part vegas video but my takeaway is that every single part of the video that is not the inside of the hotel room is a nightmare for me and i would never want to go to vegas

[the-sappho-of-lesbos]

I normally need at minimum 2 days recovery after leaving the house so for something that isn’t like an appointment based thing . I normally end up needing more. And I’m going to be running on one day recovery tomorrow

[bornangelauthor]

LAST CALL!

ARC and BETA reading sign ups close at 11:59pm est for these two books... though technically you could get all 10 of my books via ebook if you sign up to ARC/Beta read. 😏 Just sayin.

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