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Sunshinemiss

Friday, March 08, 2002 - 12:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Episode #2

Opening shot- Rob sitting next to Sarah and Sean in front of the fire, getting teased by Hunter.

Confessional- Rob talks about taking a break first thing in the morning, getting it off to a good start, as they cut to the impromptu R & B session with Sean singing. Rob and Sarah NOT shown dancing. Rob says he is responsible for the morning food, but I'm not sure if he is kidding or not, because all they show is him sitting there recounting what he would LIKE to eat for breakfast.

Interesting note- All of Rob's confessionals in this episode were obviously filmed a day or two later, as his mustache and beard were much more noticable. A good indicator, at least for the time being.

Next shots with Rob show him working hacking up cocanuts, and helping Patricia with the chicken trap, then the next two show him alone under a tree, first whittling and then just laying on his back. On each of the last three shots he is continually eating cocanut- good thing he likes them! Then Patricia lecturing him on the "tool tree", and as he listens he is, again, munching on cocanut. This may bode well for him keeping up his strength, its good for the metabolism if you continually feed it, even in small amounts.

Next shot of Rob is during the Sean confessional- shows Rob wading in the ocean with Sarah, Patricia and Hunter, then they are joined by Gina.

Day 4- Shows Rob and Hunter harvesting a bunch of cocoanuts, then Rob throwing some kind of food into the frying pan, with voiceover about others not participating in the work.

Next shot is of Rob and Sarah, walking off alone as the others ask where they are, calling them Frick and Frack etc.

Nightfall, Day 4- shows Rob by the fire with Sarah- then confessional (obviosly also filmed at a later time) saying that he is only going with Sarah as an asset to voting, (ed- hmmm.. doubt that !!) but that Sarah is both a liability and an asset, that he has to play for two now, and shows Rob urging Sarah to work more, he is concerned she will get voted off if she doesn't pull her weight. Shot of them sleeping cuddled up- voiceover by Rob says at least with her there he has 2 votes.

Interesting note- next shot is of their treemail, and it shows everyone else in the tribe BUT Rob and Sarah while they are reading the mail??

Reward challenge- hard to tell with all the action but at least one shot of Rob diving to remove rocks.

Interesting note- next tribal shot shows Sarah having her tantrum over the hut building, how she suggested it etc etc and there is NO sign of Rob anywere while all this is going on ???

Food challenge- Rob has trouble!! (ed- so would i, nasty!) troop seems supportive. Rob seems well liked (despite Sarah) and seems to pull his share and maybe some of Sarah's too.

Confessional over voting- shows him talking first to Hunter and Gina about not wanting to vote for Sarah, says "it would kill his home life".. then cuts to him walking off with Sean, complaining about Patricia... they banter back and forth a bit about having lit a fire under Patricia, maybe too much so... no overt voting strategies were discussed, Sean even said he wasn't going to ask Rob who he voted for, but they shook hands at the end of it... and considering how the voting ended up going I would say there is the beginnings of an alliance between the 4 of them (Rob, Sean, Sarah and V.)

Hope this helps! I wasn't sure what to write- any suggestions for additional observations welcome!

Crazydog

Friday, March 08, 2002 - 12:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought this was great. Oh, so that's what Rob said, that it would kill his home life. Now other posters here seem to think that means he has a girlfriend back home. I read that to mean it would kill his chances with Sarah.

I actually thought he was faking the first time with getting the fish down. I thought he was doing that to goad Rotu to pick him in case of a tie and then he would just chomp it down. What a great strategy, I said. Then I remembered that this guy isn't bright enough to think of that and knew that Marammuuu was in trouble.

Another observation I had is that before S4 started Jeff said there was clearly a Survivor romance and that it was obvious by the second episode. Well so far apart from spooning we haven't seen a whole lot of romance. I am sure Mark would use any "scandalous kissing" footage to get more viewers (especially one involving the winsome Sarah), so I am thinking there has been no opportunities as of the sixth day. I'd hardly characterize a mild flirtation as a "Survivor romance". This leads me to believe that Sarah lasts at least another six days (assuming that Marammuuu wins immunity next time). But then again, perhaps Jeff has a tendency to exaggerate. After all he told us that Sarah's entrance would be an "instant classic Survivor moment" that we wouldn't forget. Pbbbbllllttt.

Resortgirl

Friday, March 08, 2002 - 12:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Crazy, I took Robs statement "this will kill my homelife" to mean that voting off Sara would be taking away his night time sleeping buddy too. I guess I didn't know he had a girlfriend.

Sunshinemiss

Friday, March 08, 2002 - 01:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I concur, I believe Rob was referring to Sarah, otherwise it doesn't make sense in context. JMHO.

Urgrace

Friday, March 08, 2002 - 09:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Me too, what RG and Sunshine said. I mentioned in another thread that both tribes seem to be pairing off instead of aligning. So maybe what Jeff meant was a general statement of 'romance', not a specific one. However, Rob sure likes having Sarah around and that is what decided his vote.

Awareinva

Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 09:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Great job, sunshine! I think Rob is definetely the comic relief- but man, if he, Sarah, Sean and V team up to boot Hunter- what a coup!! Would be one of the greats in Survivor! But we know that Markie B always is manipulating the game to protect his favs and he has to know Hunter is the babe this time around!!!

Sunshinemiss

Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 03:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks! I think Rob's alignment with Sarah could work against him if she continues to annoy the rest of the tribe enough. If they make it to the merge it will be interesting to see if the quasi-romance lasts.

I would be very sorry to see Hunter go, but I agree with you Aware that it could happen if the alliance strengthens.

Ought to be interesting! Can't wait for Thursday!

Moondance

Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 04:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great job Sun! Remember this weeks show is Wed... I didn't want you to miss it!:) We need you to keep an eye on Rob!

Sunshinemiss

Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 04:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oooo thanks Moon, you are right I HAD forgotten. Thanks for the head-up!

Lancecrossfire

Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 04:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thansk Sunshine.

I think Rob has a lot of potential. Rob sems to help out, although I agree he would be helping more if not distracted by Sarah. He also provides good balance in their challenge efforts.

Urgrace

Monday, March 11, 2002 - 08:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lance, I think all the tribemates on both tribes are distracted!

Poor Rob will never make the merge if he sticks with Sarah, unless he aligns with someone - Hunter and Gina OR Sean and Vee - against the other two. Then he can bring Sarah along.

Judy

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 06:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Looking forward to your next post Sunny!
At the risk of attracting the wrath of Moonie I must say that I like watching Rob. He cracks me up- even if he is a fruit loop.

Fanny

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 10:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
And a knucklehead...and an alpha ass.

Moondance

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 12:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah what Fanny said!

Fanny

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 01:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Moon you are such a deer (I just crack myself up sometimes)

Moondance

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 01:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
dear, deer, foe, fawn?

Sunshinemiss

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 02:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yah he's a cutie, even if he is a moronic thinking-with the wrong-head controlling wanna-be alpha one.

Superspoiler scheduled to be posted no later than 8:30 this eve, I am working on it now.

Moondance

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 02:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Sun!

Chippy

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 05:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Anyone else get hives when Rob speaks. Between the accent and the alpha BS, I start itching all over as soon as he opens his stupid mouth. I absolutely can't wait till he's voted out. Then he can tell us all again how he fooled the fools. Oh, well, seems that at least he's fooling himself. Dumbass... excuse me, dumb alpha ass.

Moondance

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 05:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Luv ya Chippy!

Chippy

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 05:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You too, Moon!

I just know Rob's gonna yell, "HEY, ADRIAN" any day now. He reminds me of a smaller, dumber, Rocky.
Let me count the ways I could wipe that wiseguy grin off his face...

Sunshinemiss

Sunday, March 17, 2002 - 01:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Episode #3...


Night 6, after tribal council... shows Rob, helping with the fire, eating coconut again. Then no sign of Rob whilst Hunter, Sarah and Gina all argue over the nights events. You even hear Sean and V, I believe... not a peep from Rob. UTR.
Last word from Rob saying Gina is a pepperoni pizza? The meaning escapes me.. I think its a good thing.

Day 7. The usual Maraamu morning quasi-radio show. Rob, barefoot, wearing long-sleeved brown shirt over a blue tank top with khaki pants, is sitting between Sarah and Gina, looking somewhat cold and miserable. He participates in the show, pretending to be a call-in, complaining about the "No-no's", that they are 45.000 times worse than mosquitos.

Switch to a confessional, Rob shirtless in dark brown or black shorts, obviously filmed at least a day or two later from the thickness of the mustache, explaining about the no-no's.

Next shot with Rob is later the same day, everyone
still sitting around the fire, but some time has passed as now Rob is shirtless in just his black shorts. Shows Jeff bringing their raft materials.
The tribe stands around discussing how they want it to be built, Hunter seems insistent on it being large, while Rob says they may have to carry it so to not make it too heavy... then shows them assembling it, Rob seemingly cheerfully taking orders from hunter.. switch to

Confessional- filmed at the same time as the previous one (i.e., later) saying that though it may not seem like it, he is just like Hunter, but that he won't let it show, because people don't like it.. that a smart guy will just sit back and let others take the lead, and then later bank on their mistakes. (ed- this boy is more clever than his facade lets on!) then switch back to the raft construction, showing him smiling and joking about getting jobs at the shipyard after this.

Later that afternoon, the primary shots of Rob are during the voiceover of Hunter complaining about some people not wanting to work... shows Rob with Sarah on his lap, eating coconut, (calls it the breakfast of champions, ha), then Rob and Sarah laying down, talking about his wanting to wash his hair and take a bath, while the raft , unattended, looks like it is about to float away....

Reward challenge... just prior, shows Rob et al getting lectured by Hunter as to how to manuever the raft. The shot of Rob has him in the dark brown shirt he had on that morning? Interesting, as he didnt have it on before or after that shot. Hmmm..? Anyhow, Rob was a good participant in the RC, he retrieved the 1st, 3rd and 5th box, and rowed his heart out.. I did notice they seemed to have either changed rowing positions mid-game or else they didnt want to take the time to turn the raft around and just turned themselves around, because Rob had been at the front right corner, but at the end he was in the back. Seems very discouraged by the close second place.

Day 8- Mood is low at Maraamu. Everyone sitting around, only comment from Rob is "this sucks!" (in reference to losing) Primary shots of Rob show him sitting next to Sean on log, eating papaya while V is talking. Definitely seems to be primarily with Sarah and Sean. Could just be editing... then shows him eating coconut while Sean complains about not having rice. Is shirtless, wearing dark grey-ish shorts, either with or without a baseball cap on(shows both).

IC- while manning the pulleys, Rob looks good, but when he is up taking his turn directing,he seems very ineffectual. You hear as much from Sarah and V during his turn as you from him. Not the leader he purports himself to be, or just more UTR? In either case, Maraamu were in the lead until his turn, and then lost...

Day 9- Hunter and Rob floating in the ocean, talking strategy- Rob says his first impression of Sean was that he was a lazy loudmouth, but that now he "doesn't not like him" (?) thinks he is a pretty good person... Hunter says he is thinking in one direction, then a comment I didn't catch, sorry... too mumbly for me to get. Then switch to Rob and Sean talking alone, saying they are the ones that are going to be making the decisions.. Rob is wearing khaki shorts, no shirt or hat..

Confessional- says it is important to have people on his team who will do what he wants without him having to tell them directly to do it.. then cuts back to he and Sean, talking about Sarah and his feelings for her- he claims to be "just playing the gaeme", then a cut to he and Sarah, and he says the her that the game always keeps you thinking.. back to confessional; It doesn't matter if your team is stronger mentally or physically, just that they obey (!!!), followed by a VERY devilish grin.. back to he and Sarah, advising her to always be thinking about your next move, and that Sean isn't good in the water... then a shot of Rob sitting next to V on a log, asking her if she is ok... then back to

Confessional- (verbatim) "It's all in how smart they are- if they realize they need you, that is what will keep them loyal. Right? Fear, basically. It's a tough principal. Fear keeps people loyal. If they are afraid, they have something to lose, then they will do what they tell you (sic) to do. That's straight out of the Godfather. It's true..."

Tribal Council- only comment in response to Jeff's question is that the challenges have been close, they have just had bad luck and been one step behind.

Interesting note- after the first vote for Hunter, it shows Hunter turning and looking right at Rob, and that Rob turns away. Hmm.. could be editing though.

Very interesting episode! I must say I have increased respect for Rob on some levels, even if I don't quite like him as much. More going on in that handsome brain than he is letting on to the rest at this point. I will be curious to see if he is able to follow through or if it is all just machismo and bravado.

On a personal note, I broke my VCR during this summary (more work than I anticipated, there was a lot of Rob this week) If anyone could help out this coming week I would appreciate it, I should have the VCR either back from the shop or replaced by the following week. Thanks!

Awareinva

Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 06:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good job, Sunshine--- but how awful that your VCR broke!!!:( One more reason for me not to like Rob! LOL

I think that either this guy is really really good at playing the game or he is really really stupid and will crash and burn soon. I still don't understand why he would target Hunter and not Gina??? It was just too early to boot the strong player when you need to win the challenges in order to hit the merge equal in number to the other team. This fact make me think he played his hand too early in the power play and it will kill Maraamu without some Mark B intervention.

Sunshinemiss

Wednesday, March 20, 2002 - 07:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Aware I agree Rob seems really dastardly at this point. Unless there is some serious shake-up Maraamu is doomed, certain self-destruction then "pagonnggg".... lol.

Lancecrossfire

Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 12:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, Rob is showing himself to be quite a guy. So far he's single handedly perpetuated a couple of bad stereotypes.

Somewhat of a set of sexist actions--he thinks he can make Sarah do whatever he wants, he will keep Tammy around as long as she keeps serving them food while he lounges with Sean. What's important is having young women with large breasts around in small bikinis.

Next, he seems to have had nothing but crass things to say about his new team mates. This guy is doing the exact same thing one of the people odes here at work--tries to make himself look better by trying to make others look bad.

Next, let's cover how lazy Rob is. For a contsruction worker, this guy sure works hard at trying or wanting to get out of work--yet has no problem with others doing the work.

Rob's comments about John were a bit out of line, IMHO. So far he's showing us the type of person you wouldn't want to ever turn your back on--especially if he said "you can trust me".

Is anyone else reminded of a cross between Will and Justin from BB2 when they watch Rob?