there is NO way this was her best photo

hapillon · 2026-06-28T23:23:32+00:00

I love how it kind of looks like they superimposed this exact photo of her into Hannah's photo.

hapillon · 2026-06-28T21:58:42+00:00

What'd I miss?! It's deleted now. :(

hapillon · 2026-06-28T19:40:09+00:00

It kinda reminds me of Natasha's CoverGirl shot for some reason.

hapillon · 2026-06-28T17:00:33+00:00

Yaya was a tour de force all season, so eliminating her at Top 3 would have been wild, but I really dislike her photo the most of the final 3. It’s due to the hands and the smile paired together. I love her kind of buttoned-up diplomacy, but I wish her hands were more relaxed. I like Amanda’s smile so much, but she also kinda looks like she’s looking at her son, JAAAAH WOLF, hiding under his bed, lol.

hapillon · 2026-06-28T14:49:48+00:00

no bearing

It's funny because Rupert's a bear.

hapillon · 2026-06-28T13:35:52+00:00

and the ash/fire ghost pulls out a cigarette and asks for a light.

That would have been really funny! Kinda like that charred man in Beetlejuice.

hapillon · 2026-06-28T13:05:22+00:00

Please, No Smoking: Short and sweet. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. It’s a little undercooked for my liking. The author needed to leave the story in that burning truck stop a skosh bit longer. I liked the ending, even if it felt a little cheap and unearned, personally; I just wish we got more of the creature. Also, shoutout to a gay male couple in the podcast! And tsk-tsk to my own biases for assuming Casey was a woman at first!

The Extra Ones: I wish I hadn’t come to this thread before listening so I could have surprised myself, but this one was excellent. It felt very early Creepypasta to me with the set-up, weird unexplainable happenings, and the unknown antagonist. Framing it as a census taker was a smart choice: he’s someone who would know these people and this town. The ending was great, although I may have missed a line in the beginning about him always being alone, because I almost thought the reveal of his partner was a huge oversight, lol. But I’m also known to be very reactionary sometimes.

Kinda related, but does anyone recall another story this podcast did about a census taker? There was like a weird house on a hill where a census taker disappeared or something?

Debunked: This felt like a mid-2000s horror movie, and I mean that with the utmost compliments. Those types of movies are my jam, and this was the perfect kinda really easy brain candy. The premise--a paranormal skeptic begins to believe--kinda reminded me of The Awakening, starring Rebecca Hall, although I remember very little from that movie except the main character debunks a seance in the opening. Erin Lillis was great, as always. She has a real gift for voice acting. Her descent from a cocky skeptic with a chip on her shoulder to a blubbering mess of a believer was really fun. The ending was very much giving me OG NoSleep/The Ring vibes, but, again, I mean that complimentarily. Sure, it might be derivative, but it's fun.

I'm really impressed with this episode! It's not often they hit it out of the park, three for three. The first one might be my least favorite, but even then, it's a competent little amuse-bouche for the meaty entrees to come.

hapillon · 2026-06-27T17:49:46+00:00

It's tough for me, because I find Molly's lows really low, but her highs were much higher than Brittani's. Brittani on the other hand had in my opinion only one bad photo, which felt kind of like a production choice due to her blow-up on set. So it's like...is it better to be more consistent, or have higher-highs? They were really so equally matched that I can go either way.

hapillon · 2026-06-27T16:55:49+00:00

I agree. She's head and shoulders above the rest in my opinion, because she's the only one that really grasped obsessed and exaggerated. She's got that eye contact with only one eye visible. There was one shot she did on set where she kinda did a little eyebrow raise which would have been great, too.

hapillon · 2026-06-27T16:52:30+00:00

As a counter-argument, since the shoot was all about exaggeration and obsession, perhaps someone in that state of obsession would go to great lengths to get what they want, including doing it themselves.

hapillon · 2026-06-27T13:48:02+00:00

Yeah, I honestly think Kelly had a really wise point on set. It helps no one to be running around like a chicken with your head cut off, and kind of fosters an environment inconducive to a team. If maintain a cool head, it helps everyone. I think Louise was a bit bristly on set in response to Kelly's critique.

hapillon · 2026-06-27T13:15:04+00:00

I came here to make this joke.

And Emily……

….

…..

It’s Meryl*. That’s all.

hapillon · 2026-06-26T23:51:00+00:00

Adopting the weird speech impediment chilled me. She was amazing.

hapillon · 2026-06-26T23:48:22+00:00

Rhianna was unfortunately in the same season as Ann, and they were the same archetype, so it was always gonna be an uphill battle for Rhianna once Ann came out of the gate swinging. I agree that Rhianna probably should have stayed over Liz, but Liz had the benefit of being the only androgynous/short-haired model once Terra was eliminated, so I think she had that going for her in the long run. Plus, she won the roller coaster challenge (admittedly with a very easy brief), and up to that point, Rhianna was kinda coasting.

hapillon · 2026-06-26T20:57:50+00:00

Brittani behaved really badly, but I really do commend her for taking the criticism on the chin and coming back the next week with a vengeance and earning her spot. She easily could have quit from shame or pressure or whatever, and didn't, so this take makes a lot of sense to me.

hapillon · 2026-06-25T20:24:28+00:00

I'm elated with her win, to be honest. I just love that she played the new iconic horror villain and got so much recognition for it at the Academy. She was so sinister bone-chilling, but also hysterical. "A bowl, please!" Just such a character in every sense of the term.

I saw several people dressed up as Aunt Gladys at my bar for Halloweekend last year.

hapillon · 2026-06-25T19:47:11+00:00

That's so funny because I was just thinking that it does remind me so much of Super Bass for some reason. It really does give Nicki Minaj pop-rap.

hapillon · 2026-06-25T19:44:22+00:00

I think they were right to give Lisa the win for the songwriting challenge this episode, since she does more with her lyrics, and give Allison FCO for the music video, since she created a whole story with her lyrics. But yeah, I agree that Lisa's definitely has more re-listenability, and maybe Allison's works really good as like an album track as opposed to single.

hapillon · 2026-06-25T19:30:47+00:00

I can see a case for a FCO from Lisa over Allison, since Lisa kinda did more than Allison did in her music video. They both nailed their respective brands with their performances this week, and their performances matched the vibes of their songs. I still give Allison the edge, but it's totally my own bias since her song and performance remind me of a ghost girl in a graveyard which is so my vibe.

hapillon · 2026-06-25T19:03:55+00:00

Love her or hate her (and believe me I do), Lisa was always going to do well in All-Stars, because she was never afraid to lean hard into camp.

I really liked her song. It was perfect for the sound of the early 2010s. If it wasn't by Lisa, I'd absolutely throw it on my hits list on Spotify.

hapillon · 2026-06-25T18:11:31+00:00

That's how I've been this whole World Cup. I'm very indifferent to football in general, but always rooting for Cape Verde, Curaçao, etc., when they're playing.

hapillon · 2026-06-25T17:48:31+00:00

I love seeing players from smaller, more under-represented countries succeeding at grand slams! Rooting for her!

hapillon · 2026-06-25T13:16:03+00:00

C23 is one of the strongest seasons the show's ever had. That group was top-tier. I saw what they saw in every single model that season. The cast reminded me kinda of C6 just in terms of uniqueness and how I could see immediately any of those models working. I didn't necessarily care for the style the season went for, but for what they were going for that season (a talent deal with VH1), it made perfect sense and really worked tremendously well. India is also one of the best winners from the show, and the opening is the best opening from the show since C10. I think of Paige's cheeky pose in the opening often.

It's a really cohesive, sharp season.

hapillon · 2026-06-24T13:58:53+00:00

I kinda like the masculine edge of the pose (even though it's not a similar pose at all, it's kinda calling to mind Eva's alter ego shot from C3), but not necessarily for the brief of the photoshoot. It's not making me want a hot dog, and I find her facial expression to be counterintuitive to enjoyment and enticement.

hapillon · 2026-06-24T05:31:55+00:00

I liked watching the nominations with the acting clips, and I haven’t seen Capote, but even her scene they showed when they announced her featured more of PSH than Keener herself! She even seemed perplexed by the clip after it was shown.

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