Unexplained Stuff (Rotu Beach pick, etc...)
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Gina8642 | Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 06:48 pm     What is up with all this unexplained stuff: -They never said why the Rotu beach was chosen -They never showed Kathy and Rob picking a name -They never showed them making the flag. -How'd Gabe get the pen and paper to write poetry? - early enough to write poems for Pascal - long before Vee joined his tribe. -Where are all these necklaces coming from? -How 'come they never film hardly anything except when they are eating? (Eating only 800 cal/day probably only take 15 minutes.) It was clear (IMO) that niether Kathy or Rob could really remember what on earth their new tribe name was. I get the feeling that all this stuff is giving to them. Maybe they get three or four names to choose from, but to me, clearly, Rob would not have chosen some name like Soli.....whatever. In Africa the merged tribe had a similar disdain for their name, and thought it was based on Lex partly choosing it. But maybe not. So, what other stuff have they just not explained?? |
Webkitty | Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 06:51 pm     Gina, I think Kathy and Rob were too drunk to pick out a name!  |
Webkitty | Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 06:52 pm     AND, they were probably too hung over the next day to remember what the name was! |
Webkitty | Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 06:53 pm     I think your right, though. They are probably given a few names as "suggestions" |
Lobster | Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 06:56 pm     Gina, I think maybe they picked Rotu beach because it was easier to move 3 than 7. |
Seamonkey | Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 07:11 pm     I dunno, Lobster.. why go to a rocky beach with almost no food.. If rob was smart he'd want to yank the old rotu, especially John, out of their comfortable space, go to a more comfortable space, with all the blankets already there, and plenty of food so he and Sean wouldn't have seemed as lazy. But noooo. I don't think they had a choice. |
Twiggyish | Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 07:22 pm     Not including challenges, their meal times are probably the most interesting activities for the day. |
Seamonkey | Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 07:24 pm     Maybe they'll give them a challenge they get to practice for.. like everyone shooting flaming arrows at their feet? |
Car54 | Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 07:25 pm     There was a lawsuit against the producers by some property owners, and there has been some spec that the Maraamu site was on some of the disputed land, and that the move was in response to the lawsuit. |
Hippyt | Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 07:28 pm     Gina,according to the Tahiti Press,there was some sort of land dispute going on over Maraammu beach. I think it was something to do with flight restrictions,so they had to move. The necklace are easy to make from the shells around the island,rope,twine,shoe strings,whatever.Gina also brought a bag full of embroidery stuff that would have string in it. I think the new tribal names are given to them too. I mean,c'mon,How the heck would they have known what the name even meant,if not given alist of suggestions? You can't convince me Rob and Kathy are creative enough to come up with the "union with the sun" thingy!!! |
Gina8642 | Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 08:25 pm     I know there is some stuff we have managed to figure you on the boards, but I guess I'm complaining that they just totally leave it out of the show. It makes the show make no sense sometimes. Othertimes, it gives me a feeling of false advertising by the promotion of the show. Like Gabe's pen. They claim the players will just be stuck out there with nothing but a few pieces of clothes and one lame luxuary item. In reality if the production assistants like you , they'll give you pen and paper. That would be a huge luxary item to someone who liked to write. In the past the players choose the location of merge or it was made clear they didn't. Here it was glossed over. |
Donut | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 12:18 am     gina , thanks for starting this thread, i have been thinking the same things... and thanks guys for the reminder about the land suit, but they still shouldve indicated whether there was choice or not, like they have in the past. it was a big gaping hole as to why they would go to a place with no food and no beach over what the moos called paradise. and i didnt think it was fair that the moos had five min to run around- extra exertion for them was unfair. and talk about lying- the producers lie point blank too. Like referring to the big walk in terms of 'defeat' etc, referring to it in terms as tho it was a challlenge when it wasnt at all. Does anyone else think that it feels wrong when probst acts like he hasnt seen them for days, but then asks questions to probe specific incidents that he has been filled in on in advance? It just sounds way too prepared |
Car54 | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 12:35 am     I think the part about Kathy and Rob getting drunk and flirting was just such funny TV that they ended up not showing them talking about the merge. We may see more in the recap. Jeff says he sees them frequently, not just at the challenges, and he is part of the editing process during the filming, so he does know what happens every day. It is ALL prepared ...this is not real life, this is all choreographed, every single thing that happens is slanted, edited, prepared in incredible detail.. it has always been that way, always will be...what did you think was happening? Calling it fair or reality is like calling what happens on The Bachelor romance. It is TV...it is entertainment. The real game is not trying to guess who will win, it is trying to anticipate the story MB will tell us. We are playing against HIM...that is the real game. He has total control over what info we see and get...but there are a lot of details to keep track of and control- and the game is to catch him when something slips. |
Fruitbat | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 03:51 am     Yes Car. And I thought it was hysterical that they did not know the name of their tribe and certainly had nothing to do with making that flag! The logistical details were interesting in the first 2 but now are old hat. I am glad they did not show any more of the merging. Kathy and Rob were good TV. |
Llkoolaid | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 04:49 am     Exactly Fruitbat, what part of the show would you like to give up to see them make a flag. There was just too much going on to show all those details but JP could have used one of his monologues to tell us why they merged where they did. You guys are much more observant than me. I just focus on the excitment and forget to look for the little details. Maybe that explains why I am doing so bad in deadpool. |
Fruitbat | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 05:44 am     Rob and Kathy got drunk and made up that name AND the meaning! He just said that on the Early Show interview. That is too funny! Kool, I miss a lot of details too and I do not tape. I rely on this board for those. |
Webkitty | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 06:21 am     What Car said, I agree 100%. |
Cablejockey | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 09:54 am     Also there was that big build up about the skull and it was nothing, just a blip of 30 seconds. On the early show Rob said that after he and Kathy had 22 beers they were cut off and told to go to sleep. Makes no sense they were given 33 cans of beer in the first place.(shades of big brother) |
Julieboo | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 10:19 am     They didn't look that drunk. I think they'd be very inebriated after maybe 3. And after 22 combined, you'd think they be puking or really obviously drunk. Anyways, did Rob have a razor? Cuz with his beard/moustache thing, it looked like he used one on his cheeks. Unless his hair really grew like that. |
Sadiesmom | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 07:25 pm     I think this thread should be renamed to the Survivor X-files. |
Seamonkey | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 07:51 pm     The scene with Rob and Kathy was funny but it made me feel really squirmy.. like slimey/sandy.. at least I already knew, from the eastcoast spoiling, what the outcome would be. |
Hippyt | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 08:06 pm     Lol,Seamonkey,I know what you mean. I was a little frightened somthing might happen that I really didn't want to see! But,it was good TV. Kathy even looked nice with her new pink buff in her hair. I bet they both felt like hell the next morning! |
Sia | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 09:54 pm     Thirty beers for two people? Now, that's a lot of beer!!! Who was MB expecting to show up at the merge-meeting? The two heaviest drinkers among the remaining tribe members couldn't drink 15 beers apiece--could they??? Just wondering/just astounded! |
Seamonkey | Friday, April 12, 2002 - 11:30 pm     When Kathy stepped out of her long pants, I was just wincing. |
Car54 | Saturday, April 13, 2002 - 03:10 am     Posted by Ssssteffi at the SS board: Re: LAWSUIT? The 'owners' of Hakatea (maraamu camp) wanted S4 off their land and wanted some punitive action as well (confiscation of tape, monetary compensation, etc); the Court ultimately found in SEG's favor, but that was about 4 days after merge took place. After the skull discovery was shown in the merge previews, some of us were also speculating that it might have also been the reason Hakatea wasn't considered for merge camp. I hope that helps. |
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