NETFLIX & CHILL

The first season of NETFLIX & CHILL consists of 16 models and was broadcasted on the Fashion Games forum of Reality Bites Games. Sign-ups for the game commenced on December 5, 2020, and the game officially started on December 7, 2020. There was no judging panel; public voting solely decided the call-out each week, in addition to earned bonuses.

Gameplay
Each week, I will provide you with two themes: a theme from a movie and a theme from a television show. These themes will relate to movies and television shows on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Showtime, HBO, and other platforms. Your job is to find your best pictures within your model’s portfolio that match the given themes. Once all of the pictures are collected from our outstanding models, pictures will be posted for public vote.

The call-out order will be determined by a combination of scores in both challenges each week. In addition, there will be bonuses that contribute to your weekly scores. Performing in the top for either challenge, as well as roleplaying or “chill[/ing]” (up to 5 points in total), will be added to your weekly score. Moreover, there will be a quote of the week challenge which may add an additional +3 points to your score, if won. Finally, at the end of every week, there will be a bottom two, and the model with the lower overall score will be eliminated.

Once we get to the final three, the final three will face off in portfolio voting. The model with the highest overall score will win NETFLIX & CHILL.

Week 1: Grace and Frankie; Jennifer's Body
December 7, 2020 - December 10, 2020

TV Show Description: Finding out that their husbands are not just work partners, but have also been romantically involved for the last twenty years, two women with an already strained relationship try to cope with the circumstances together. I want to see you portray this type of relationship that Grace and Frankie have: two mismatched figures who have hated each other since they first met, but have gradually learned to love and appreciate each other through hardship.

Movie Description: In Jennifer’s Body, a newly possessed high school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates while her nerdy best friend tries to stop her malice. For this challenge, show us this promiscuous and sexualized yet dark and succubus figure which prays on the opposite (or same) sex that Jennifer plays in the movie.


 * TV Show Winner: Joan Smalls
 * Movie Winner: Lara Stone
 * First Call-out: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * Bottom Two: Kari Calhoun & Liu Wen
 * Eliminated: Kari Calhoun
 * Quote of the Week: "I love Grace and Frankie because I see myself in them. One's an alcoholic and the other is a drug addict, so it's basically a tv show about my two personalities." - Jordan Barrett

Week 2: Designated Survivor; Bird Box
December 10, 2020 - December 13, 2020

TV Show Description: In Designated Survivor, a lower-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack on the US Capitol during the State of the Union. The new president struggles to keep the country from falling apart with the political arena becoming highly-volatile but manages to stay strong despite all the adversity that comes his way. For this challenge, be the designated survivor; show us leadership and perseverance through misfortunate and catastrophic times.

Movie Description: In the wake of an unknown global terror in Bird Box, a mother must find the strength to flee with her children down a treacherous river in search of safety. Due to unseen deadly forces that make people go insane and then commit suicide, the perilous journey must be made completely blind. Portray either type of individual in this movie: one whose vision and eyesight are completely covered or one who has seen the unseeable and subsequently goes insane.


 * TV Show Winner: Grace Bol
 * Movie Winner: Grace Bol
 * First Call-out: Grace Bol
 * Bottom Two: Gisele Bundchen & Jhona Burjack
 * Eliminated: Gisele Bundchen
 * Quote of the Week: "Glad y'all could see that what the United States desperately needs most to survive as a nation is a black woman president... but I suppose VP will do for now~ #TeamKamala" - Grace Bol

Week 3: Schitt's Creek; The Hangover
''December 13, 2020 - December 16, 2020

TV Show Description: When a filthy-rich video store mogul and his family suddenly find themselves broke, they are forced to leave their pampered lives to regroup and rebuild their empire from within the rural city limits of their only remaining asset -- Schitt’s Creek, an armpit of a town they once bought as a joke. For this challenge, parallel the family’s struggles living in Schitt’s Creek by looking expensive and/or acting rich all while being in a run-down, lower class location.

Movie Description: In The Hangover, three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding and find that their previous night out partying caused a lot more problems than imaginable. For this challenge, show us what craziness and chaos you would be up to during a night of partying in Las Vegas. Remember, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas~


 * TV Show Winner: Karen Elson
 * Movie Winner: Joan Smalls
 * First Call-out: Anja Rubik
 * Bottom Two: Eniko Mihalik & Karmen Pedaru
 * Eliminated: Eniko Mihalik
 * Quote of the Week: "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for the STDs, those will stick with you." - Jordan Barrett

Week 4: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Moana
''December 16, 2020 - December 20, 2020

TV Show Description: In Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Kimmy is rescued from an underground bunker upon being captured by the leader of a cult. Once rescued, she finds herself in New York City embracing a totally new world with the help of her roommate. Even though many obstacles are thrown her way, Kimmy makes the best of her new life while having to adapt to the world around her. For this challenge, be Kimmy Schmidt; act as though you are experiencing the world around you for the very first time in years. What are you up to after being rescued from an underground bunker?

Movie Description: In Moana, an adventurous teenager sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana meets the once-mighty demigod Maui, who guides her in her quest to become a master wayfinder. Together, they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and treacherous events. For this challenge, wayfind like Moana; travel the seas and/or islands and show us what you encounter along the way of your wayfinding.


 * TV Show Winner: Karen Elson
 * Movie Winner: Karmen Pedaru
 * First Call-out: Karmen Pedaru
 * Bottom Two: Grace Bol & Lara Stone
 * Eliminated: Lara Stone
 * Quote of the Week: "If you want to find two jobs that you can do at the same time, just look at Elsa. Besides hiking, she clearly is selling her pussy to some bigfoots." - Karen Elson

Week 5: Hannah Montana; Insidious
''December 20, 2020 - December 24, 2020

TV Show Description: In Hannah Montana, Miley Stewart might seem like an average girl, but she isn’t. Miley has a huge secret-- she leads a completely normal life, except for the fact she’s teen pop sensation Hannah Montana. Miley keeps her identity a secret by using a disguise on-stage. Inspired by Miley’s Hannah Montana persona, for this challenge, show us your celebrity persona in disguise. You do not need to be a pop sensation; rather, think undercover, costumes, pictures that do not give away how you look in real life. Be creative; no descriptions.

Movie Description: In Insidious, a family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further, a vast, dark and empty dimension which is an important location between Heaven, Earth, and Hell and where many souls are damned to remain forever. Ruled by the Lipstick-Face Demon, I want you to portray what The Further is to you. Think darkness, spirits and demons, void, abyss, purgatory, and malice.


 * TV Show Winner: Joan Smalls
 * Movie Winner: Crystal Renn
 * First Call-out: Joan Smalls
 * Bottom Two: Jhona Burjack & Jordan Barrett
 * Eliminated: Jhona Burjack
 * Quote of the Week: "Hannah Montana... What ever happened to her? (A lot of drugs)." - Jordan Barrett

Week 6: Keeping Up with the Kardashians; Into the Wild
''December 24, 2020 - December 30, 2020

TV Show Description: Keeping Up with the Kardashians provides a peek inside the exploits and privileged private lives of the blended Kardashian-Jenner family, including sisters Kim, Kourtney, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie and momager Kris. The family live lavish lives and are the inspiration for this week’s challenge: Be a member of this family and portray what you would be up to living with this socialite, reality-television family. Show us glitz and glamour and extravagant living with your Kardashian family.

Movie Description: In Into the Wild, after graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, abandons his possessions, gives his entire multi-thousand savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along his way, his Alaskan adventures help shape his young life. For this challenge, show us your living in the wilderness of Alaska, with minimal possessions and utilities and on your own, just like Christopher.


 * TV Show Winner: Crystal Renn
 * Movie Winner: Jordan Barrett
 * First Call-out: Jordan Barrett
 * Bottom Two: Karmen Pedaru & Kati Nescher
 * Eliminated: Kati Nescher
 * Withdrew: Karen Elson
 * Quote of the Week: None

Week 7: Freaks and Geeks; Us
''December 30, 2020 - January 5, 2021

TV Show Description: In Freaks and Geeks, it’s the 1980s and at McKinley High, there’s two different groups of teenagers: the Freaks who are the off-beat, burnout, “cool guy” group, and the Geeks who are the shy, nerdy group. For this challenge, portray being a member of either high school clique. You do not need to specify which clique you are a part of, it should be obvious. For Freaks, think eccentric yet academically lazy; for Geeks, think studious and dorky.

Movie Description: In Us, the Wilson family takes a summer vacation to Santa Cruz with the plan of spending time with their family-friends. But plans quickly run astray as one night, four mysterious people break into the vacation home the family is staying in, with the intruders being the family’s evil doppelgängers with grotesque appearances there to terrorize them. For this challenge, show us what your evil, grotesque, and murderous doppelgänger would look like if you were cast in the world of Us.


 * TV Show Winner: Joan Smalls
 * Movie Winner: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * First Call-out: Grace Bol
 * Bottom Two: Elsa Hosk & Liu Wen
 * Eliminated: None
 * Quote of the Week: "I hope your doppelganger replaces you in the competition, I'm sure she's got more personality." - Elsa Hosk

Week 8: Pose; Five Feet Apart
''Janurary 5, 2021 - January 10, 2021

TV Show Description: Set in the 1980s, Pose explores the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York: the ball couture, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe, and the downtown social and literary scene. One woman, Blanca, forms a self-selected family that provides support to LGBTQ youth who have been rejected by their birth families. With her and her children, Blanca and other characters in the show compete in fashion balls to win prizes and esteem. For this challenge, portray the fashion eleganza that you would serve to the fashion ball in Pose.

Movie Description: In Five Feet Apart, a pair of teenagers with cystic fibrosis meet in a hospital and fall in love, though their disease dictates that they must maintain a safe distance of at least five feet apart between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction. For this challenge, practice social distancing from your lover or other individual(s), like the teen patients in Five Feet Apart and in today’s COVID-19 world.


 * TV Show Winner: Crystal Renn
 * Movie Winner: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * First Call-out: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * Bottom Two: Elsa Hosk & Karmen Pedaru
 * Eliminated: Elsa Hosk
 * Quote of the Week: None

Week 9: Away; Dr. Dolittle
''Janurary 11, 2021 - January 15, 2021

TV Show Description: Away follows the first crewed expedition to Mars, the Mars Joint Initiative. It features an international crew: a Chinese chemist, a British botanist, a Russian cosmonaut, an Indian medical officer, and an American commander. All of whom travel on this three-year mission to Mars, away from home, family, and Earth. For this challenge, parallel the crew’s expedition to a location that is far away, one that is inhabitable, desolate, and distant from civilization.

Movie Description: In Dr. Dolittle, John Dolittle is not like most other vets; unlike other vets, he has the ability to communicate with animals. As the movie progresses and Dolittle’s ability to communicate with animals grows, word of his ability spreads throughout the animal kingdom. Soon, many animals from rat to horse flock to his place to get medical advice. For this challenge, portray Doctor Dolittle’s unique trait of being able to communicate with any and all sorts of animals. There should be an emphasis on communication in your picture.


 * TV Show Winner: Joan Smalls
 * Movie Winner: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * First Call-out: Grace Bol
 * Bottom Two: Crystal Renn & Karmen Pedaru
 * Eliminated: Karmen Pedaru
 * Quote of the Week: "If I could talk to animals the first thing I would do is ask a snake why it doesn't have any legs." - Jordan Barrett

Week 10: Sherlock; Mirrors
''Janurary 15, 2021 - January 22, 2021

TV Show Description: In this modern adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock lives in 21st century London, a city filled with mystery, crime, and deceit. The back streets are alive with robbers, blackmailers, smugglers, and serial killers. When the police are desperate, they call upon Sherlock Holmes and his unconventional methods of deduction to shed light on the matter. For this challenge, take inspiration from Sherlock and portray his attempts to solve some of the world’s most intriguing puzzles and mysteries as the best detective in history.

Movie Description: In Mirrors, an ex-cop takes a job as a security guard at the burned out ruins of a once-prosperous department store. As the ex-cop patrols the charred hallways, he begins to see horrifying images in the ornate mirrors that still adorn the walls. He soon realizes that a malevolent force is using the mirrors to gain entrance into the world, thereafter threatening the lives of his wife and children in their very home. For this challenge, parallel the distorted reality and malevolence that the family face with any mirrored reflections in their home, from glass mirrors to bathtub water to metal door knobs.


 * TV Show Winner: Joan Smalls
 * Movie Winner: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * First Call-out: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * Bottom Two: Grace Bol & Liu Wen
 * Eliminated: Liu Wen
 * Quote of the Week: None

Week 11: America's Got Talent; Friends with Benefits
''Janurary 22, 2021 - January 26, 2021

TV Show Description: In America’s Got Talent, undiscovered talent of all ages -- singers, dancers, magicians, comics, musicians, ventriloquists, contortionists, sword swallowers, and more -- appear before celebrity judges who decide which contestants move on in the competition each week. At the end of each season, one talented performer wins a life-changing $1 million prize. For this challenge, portray the talent you should perform at your audition for America’s Got Talent. Be creative! Think outside the box.

Movie Description: In Friends with Benefits, two individuals, Jamie and Dylan, break up with their lovers, each separately vowing to stay out of emotional entanglements. So when Jamie recruits Dylan for a job in New York City, and she’s the only person he knows in Manhattan, they decide to become friends with sexual benefits, a relationship void of any emotions or drama. But things get a bit complicated as this friendship grows closer. For this challenge, portray the friends with benefits relationship that Jamie and Dylan have in the movie.


 * TV Show Winner: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * Movie Winner: Jordan Barrett
 * First Call-out: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * Bottom Two: Anja Rubik & Grace Bol
 * Eliminated: Grace Bol

Week 12: Black Mirror; Nerve
''Janurary 27, 2021 - February 2, 2021

TV Show Description: Set in a world only minutes from our own, Black Mirror unveils how modern technologies and social media can backfire and be used against their makers, every episode set in a slightly different reality with different characters combating different types of technologies and social media. For this challenge, model the troubles that many of the characters in Black Mirror face with technology and social media; show us an exaggerated future that may come to fruition if we continue to allow technologies and devices to run our lives.

Movie Description: In Nerve, high school senior Vee decides to join Nerve, a popular online game that challenges players to accept a series of dares. It is not long before the adrenaline-fueled competition requires her to perform increasingly dangerous stunts. When Nerve begins to take a sinister turn, Vee finds herself in a high-stakes finale that will ultimately determine her entire future. For this challenge, be a player in Nerve and participate in a dangerous or embarrassing stunt or dare for monetary value.


 * TV Show Winner: Joan Smalls
 * Movie Winner: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * First Call-out: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * Bottom Two: Anja Rubik & Crystal Renn
 * Eliminated: Crystal Renn

Week 13: Game of Thrones; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Your Choice
''February 2, 2021 - February ?, 2021

TV Show Description: Game of Thrones tells the story of the mythical, medieval continent of Westeros. From the scheming south and the savage eastern lands, to the frozen north and ancient Wall that protects the realm from the mysterious darkness beyond, the powerful families of the Seven Kingdoms are locked in a battle for the Iron Throne. For the final movie challenge of the season, parallel battling for the Iron Throne like you are battling for the crown in NETFLIX & CHILL. Think medieval, royalty, fantasy, victory, and power. Be creative! Don’t just submit a beauty shot with a crown on.

Movie Description: In Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, a scientist creates a shrink ray that accidentally miniaturizes his children. When Wayne returns home, he destroys the device -- which he thinks is a failure -- and dumps it in the trash, throwing out the kids along with it. The kids, now 1/4-inch tall, must journey back to the house through a yard where sprinklers bring treacherous storms and garden ants stampede like elephants. For the final tv show challenge of the season, portray being shrunk like the children in the movie; contrast your model’s size with oversized clothing, accessories, objects, animals, etc.

Semi-Final Challenge: For the absolute last challenge before portfolio voting, I am passing the remote to each of you to choose your favorite tv show or movie and portray it through picture. You can choose any tv show or movie that has not been a theme in this game. Provide a description (no more than ~75 words) of the tv show/movie, as well as three to four scenes from the tv show/movie, that showcase how your picture mirrors a main theme and/or plot in it. Avoid completely spoiling plots! Take inspiration from the 26 tv shows and movies that we have had this season. Check out the Wikipedia page for NETFLIX & CHILL for reference.


 * TV Show Winner: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * Movie Winner: Joan Smalls
 * Semi-Finale Challenge Winner: Guinevere Van Seenus
 * First Call-out: Joan Smalls
 * Bottom Two: Anja Rubik & Jordan Barrett
 * Eliminated: Jordan Barrett

Call-out Order
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 * In week 6, Karen withdrew from the competition prior to elimination; the elimination ceremony carried on as normal.
 * In week 7, Elsa and Liu landed in the bottom two, and both were spared from elimination.
 * In week 13, Guinevere also won the semi-final challenge.

Bottom Two

 * The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two.
 * The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two.
 * The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two.
 * The contestant was eliminated after their fourth time in the bottom two.