Re: The Great Ship Debate--CSI: Miami
The pairing of Eric and Calleigh is solely based on a formula that goes back in television series since television came into existence.
It's based on an expectation. It is not based on the pair have actual chemistry and come across as believable. Eric and Calleigh have been on the show since day one, they have worked side by side, through thick and thin, have a solid friendship and mutual respect,etc.... THUS, we ('we' being TPTB)
are somehow obligated to put them into a romance at some point. It would be expected that this would happen, rather TPTB thinks that's what the viewers would expect. The problem is that, to many eyes, my own included, that Eric and Calleigh as a romantic pair falls flat. They fail to make the screen 'sizzle' and the relationship comes off as less than believable and to some, contrived.
Additionally there is the way that TPTB sold this pair, they didn't let it happen 'organiclly'. TPTB rammed this down the throat of viewers by pushing it throught every entertainment media outlet they possibly could. There was no surprise to it at all. It's almost as if TPTB somehow knew the pair would not be as well-recieved as they thought and so had to crassly promote it whereever possible.
Sorry, TPTB but for some of us Eric and Calleigh just isn't working. They can put Delko shirtless in a shower all they want, this isn't going to help.
Chemistry between two people is subjective. One person can say there's none while another can say there is. While many say that there is no chemistry between EC many others say there is. Who's right and who's wrong. Nobody is cause it's subjective to what the person sees and perceives.
I don't think TPTB felt obligated to do anything. It's their show they pretty much do what they want, especially with big storylines. And how do we know 100% that pairing them up somewhere along the road wasn't their intention from the very beginning? We don't know, nobody knows but them. So it is a possibility. Donahue and Adam have mentioned EC was thought about in the early seasons, but many have chosen not to believe them. Still that doesn't mean that there isn't a chance that it might be true. If they did, did they do a poor job at letting it come across? To some they did, to others they did not. Again subjective.
If they did feel obligated to do this storyline (which again, I think they did not) then what does that say? I think that it speaks about how big the number of fans who want this storyline actually is that they felt they just
HAD to do it. If that's the case then there's a lot of happy fans out there.
There are fans out there who do not like this pairing and that is their right. But there are also a lot of fans out there who do.
Not because seven years and a great friendship later we just think it should happen but because we saw it from day one. Or because when we caught the show, season 3 or 4 or whatever we were drawn to them and they made sense to us. There are fans that are really pleased and like what they are seeing. Fans that see chemistry, and hotness, and to whom the pairing make total sense. That doesn't mean we are wrong or right. This is just the way we see it.
Now (don't get me wrong cause I'm not directing what I am about to say to you) it really upsets me that some that dislike EC state as fact that there is no chemistry, that they make no sense, etc. I don't have a problem with it as long as it is clear that it is an opinion and that the other opinion is respected. I don't like GSR and never saw chemistry. Still I can't say that those who did see it are wrong. They did see it and it made sense to them, which is good cause they enjoyed the storyline.
So there are people who do see chemistry and who saw it from day one. And I guess we did expect something, but not because they were originals from the show, but because we saw something between them from the beginning.
