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[dontlookmyage]

The guy in both of Jamie's pictures look the same to me. They both have that awesome smile, facial structure, nose. The guy with Lena doesn't look the same, though IMHO, they are both hot. If that IS Teddy, and if I were Jamie, I'd take Lena's "sloppy seconds" if he looked like THAT! Oh, yeah! Then again, I go out, but I don't get drunk, so Teddy's "cunning plan" wouldn't work on me. I think he was "putting out feelers" for his victim, but Lena didn't fall for it. Jamie was the best choice, being the party girl and all, and apparently, not the sharpest tool in the drawer. To put it another way, if she controlled her hands like she controlled her mind, she'd beat herself to death! (to quote a friend from AL). Teddy probably saw that, too, and she became the obvious pawn in the scheme. I like your way of thinking, Mel - thanks for this thread.

[Johnnyutah16]

Good Work Melampus on the Timeline

[dontlookmyage]

Love the nicknames!

[Johnnyutah16]

Good insight on Rob's Knowledge

[dontlookmyage]

Perhaps, "DAMMIT! I should have listened to Teddy!" We'll see how those dots are connected soon, I hope, but I, like others, thinks Rob knows more than he lets on in the trailer. Also, he hauls ass to the stairs without even helping anybody else off the roof. Nice guy (his brother's hot, though - did I type that out loud?).

[brettoniasam]

[dontlookmyage]

True, but I think that's after he knocks Hud over trying to get down the stairs, lol. The self-preservation instinct is strong in that one...

[Fehdman_Kassad]

I think you are to something here... below are three screencaps from the trailer, just after the first movie roar and the lights come back on.

Someone says 'just relax' and we cut to Rob. The look on his face says "sh1t, this isn't good..." and the body language screams GUILT, not fear or confusion.

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If I didn't know any better, I would say that ol Robbie-boy has a pretty good idea that things are really gonna hit the fan!

[Dr. Awkward]

Re: Good insight on Rob's Knowledge

[keeno_82uk]

definitely a guilty look. Could be a "i left the oven on look".Nah only kidding.

He's definitely guilty of something. God knows what.

[Melampus]

If he does know something, do you think he'd reveal it in the movie, or will his ambiguously odd behavior be just for our benefit (people following along online)? I'd guess that he'd say something, at some point, to somebody, whenever they get a chance to take a breather.

Will he say, between panting breaths, "Someone... on myspace.. was trying to warn me.." I doubt it. That wouldn't make sense to the rest of the audience; if it did, they'd feel left out, cheated.

IF he knows something, it might not be anything sinister (of Rob's part). He starts working for Slusho/Tagruato; the Chuai station is destroyed - it's a company disaster, so he somehow hears about it. Maybe he also overhears some vague threat, e.g., that whatever it was that happened out there isn't 'contained' or some such, and that someone overheard from someone (etc.) that it may even pose a threat to the whole Eastern Seaboard of the United States! ...but the company is trying to keep a lid on it, and esp. to keep it from leaking to the press. Point is: even if he 'knows' something, it may not be much.

My problem w/Rob knowing too much is that he's young, and from what we know, he seems like a pretty average guy. He doesn't seem overly ambitious, so I can't see him being in any kind of 'inner circle.' Unless his "gramps" (in Hawk's PacSun pic) has some connection to the whole thing. There was speculation a long time ago that gramps, or Rob's Mom and/or Dad might be involved, but we just don't know anything about them, so who knows? There are a lot of references to the Hawkins family on myspace, though: aunt peg, gramps, dominick, and Rob's cousin (i.e., dominick's Mom or Dad); and, of course, Jason "Hawk." All that and two brothers talking to each other, and no mention of Mom or Dad?

If Rob's Dad, Mom, and/or Gramps were someone involved, I still don't see Rob being directly involved; but, it could explain how/why he knows anything at all.

Also, though - if he knows anything, and reveals this in the movie (in some bit of dialogue), then he'd have to reveal EVERYTHING. Imagine seeing a monster movie, and one of the characters pants "It's the company... the one I just started working for..." If he didn't go on to explain the whole story, you'd wonder why they had that line in there at all, wouldn't you?

Anyway, speaking of gramps - look at this picture. Is it my imagination, or is there some kind of Japanese (Chinese?) character(s) on his tie?

[The Internet]

Re: Good insight on Rob's Knowledge

[keeno_82uk]

[W-Three]

The rob knowing something theory:

I agree that the look on his face isnt a "WTF?" but i would say its more of a "Oh SH%$". Connect this with the fact he is supposed to be leaving, I would say the most probable reason for him acting wierd is that he knew something was coming (possibly didn't know what) and was pissed he hadn't left already, possibly thinking "those damn tagruato guys screwed me over". This could tie in with the watcher theory, Rob joins Tagruato and knows about the plan, but possibly thinks it wont happen untill later, or something goes wrong and the monster attacks early.

The Marlena - teddy theory/thing:

This ties in very well with the Teddy using Jamie thing. Teddy first tried to use Lena, fails and instead uses Jamie instead. Possibly Lena realises that teddy is using her and tries to stop them, or possibly just being jelous.

[MrToasty]

Not to derail any of the thinking here, but it might be better to resurrect the existing 'Suspicious Rob' thread and continue the Rob discussion there, rather than completely hijacking this thread:

Suspicious Rob (He knows something...)