Hi alexa, I just mentioned that in my post right above yours. He was surprised.Apparently it's 50/50 the number of people for and against it. Of course fans of E/C are saying it's not true, that 90% of the fans want it. I don't know where they would come up with 90% of the fans wanting E/C.
On another board, they are already planning on sending letters and going on twitter in support in support of E/C. According to them,the anti shippers are gaining ground and they must speak up for what they want .
I'm sorry that Adam Rodriguez had to be shocked from this "newsflash" but I have to say I'm glad it's been acknowledged. One thing I never liked (& in part why this thread was started) was being thrown into a category of fans who wanted this relationship when it was so very far from the truth. I mean no disrespect to anyone by saying that, but we all come to this show for different reasons/characters.
I'm really impressed. It doesn't come as really shock the fact we're about 50%, but I am really impressed from Adam's reaction. I'll be honest....I would have never expected him to know this and, above all, such a reaction from the guy who used to promote this romance.
At this point, I really hope this is gonna be just their first step to slow things down 'cause lately they've been exagerating with their couple
I find it so sad that Rodriguez found this news such a sad awakening. And I wish I could be impressed, Flo. I really do. But I’m not. I DO expect him to know this type of thing. This is a major storyline line on a show on which he is a major character.
Just where has he been? Is he that detached from his own show that he doesn’t know how a lot of viewers feel? Or is he that insecure that he’ll only listen to those viewers who say what he wants to hear until the voices of discontent are so loud that they can no longer be ignored?
I personally feel that if he is now acknowledging the anti-E/C element of CSI Miami viewers, or just now being told by TPTB, we must number MORE than 50%. We certainly aren’t just sitting back quietly and taking what is being dished out any longer. We have come out and become more vocal in an attempt to make TPTB realize there is a whole other audience out here. One that is
not happy. And rather than walk away as so many have done, we are trying to save a show we care so much about by letting them know what is making us so unhappy. Something we’ve been trying to do, to the point of screaming frustration, for almost 4 years. They simply refused to listen because it's not what the few driving the nomance, who have all the power, wanted to hear. They're listening now because the ratings are going into the toilet and all of a sudden they are surprised? :scream: How pathetic is that?
But fans tend to gather with those who feel the same way they do. I have no doubt the E/C supporters truly believe that they are the greater in number. Although 90% is a bit unrealistic, they probably only interact with like-minded fans and so to them they are the greater number of fans because they don’t usually interact with those who don’t enjoy the nomance.
I’m convinced that the greater number is now the people who have simply had it with the focus on E/C, the melodramatic soap opera, the destruction of Calleigh (a truly beloved character at one time – not so much any longer) and Eric to achieve this contrived, ill conceived nomance - and the requirement that to focus on E/C other favorites are short-changed or completely ignored.
I’m also not totally convinced that this “realization” on Rodriguez’ part is not another attempt to galvanize the troops to start a campaign of support again – as he did to regain his position on the show. Of course he adds that he not sure where they’ll take the romance now. If that isn’t calling the troops to action I don’t know what is! And I’m not sure that Procter’s lament that she thinks Calleigh has only an 80% chance of survival wasn’t intended to illicit a campaign to “Save Calleigh.”
I find the timing of both statements curious. Just in time for the hiatus. To give fans plenty of time to campaign so TPTB can change course when they receive the deluge of emails and letters these statements will cause demanding that E/C continue and that Calleigh not be killed off.
Both he and Procter have become very good at making statements that cause an uproar and generate petitions and letter-writing campaigns designed to garner fan support for whatever they have asked for. And whether it truly has an impact we've been told it does, or this is publicity intended to stroke both the actors and their fan's egos, is open to interpretation. It's certainly how the game is played. Publicity is everything!
AND it’s getting very old. This determining where the show is going by whose fans have the time to bury them with emails and letters and whose fans can out scream the others is really a stupid way to run a show. I stopped screaming for what in grade school.
TBH, this ship is starting to feel like another Danny/Lindsay thing.
(No offense to you, Danny/Lindsay fans.)
Ouch! (No offense!) I like Danny and Lindsay.
Anyway, it seems fake. To me, they're kind of forcing each other to have a spark and that's kind of, IDK, a turn-off for me I guess.
While I feel that it is “forced” to the extreme with E/C, I don’t feel that it’s forced at all with Danny and Lindsay. I think they look very comfortable and at ease with each other and as parents to Lucy.
It’s not something that I feel truly strong about, but I really enjoy seeing them. I think their interaction is believable and not forced the way E/C is.
Maybe it’s because I don’t feel that they push the “aren’t they hot/sexy” angle with those two. They aren’t in my face all the time and I don’t feel that they take time away from other characters. And I don’t think the characters were utterly destroyed to achieve the relationship.
I know others feel differently. That’s okay!
I’m not a big fan of “ships” in general – at least not on a show that is supposed to be a crime procedural (what would be my “perfect ship” would never happen anyway. I LOVE the chemistry between Horatio and Stella. She is a strong woman that is finally equal to him. I could go on forever – so I won’t. Especially since I know there are other who have Stella firmly with male characters on her own show!
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Plus, CSI: Miami writers are taking this relationship way too far with the near-death scenes, shooting themselves and other stuff. Chuck a bomb in their way and we'll probably be stuck with another Eric/Calleigh scene with one of them in a hospital bed with tons of useless metal tubes. ~
I agree. To me all this over-the-top melodrama simply means they have nowhere to go with these two. It’s same old, same old. Over and over again with no end in site because they can’t think of any other story that is interesting for these two. It has to be one of them in jeopardy and them one of them on their deathbed followed by gag enducing scenes intended to appear "sweet", "cute," or "endearing" and are truly the farthest thing from it to most of the viewers. :scream:
The problem is that they’ve used it so many times there are a significant number of us that are praying that they just get it over with and kill one of them already so we don’t have to see it again! Calleigh preferably, although I personally would cheer the demise of both Calleigh and Eric at this point! I find myself cringing when either one appears on screen and the fast forward button has become my best friend when watching this show. I’d hate to see them lose this opportunity and we have to see this nomance continue to be the focus of the show for ANOTHER season. I should say those who stay – not sure I would be included in that group at this point.
It's not that I hate the characters, it's just that it's kind of sad seeing their characters fall apart because of some relationship that doesn't even look good.
There are a lot of potential storylines and characters in CSI: Miami that are being ignored because of this ship. :c
Uhm, yeah. Throwing my two cents.
Trying to avoid trigger words – in the strongest definition of the word “dislike” I dislike this nomance. IMHO, it is killing the show. Millions have stopped watching and I truly believe that a lot of those viewers have left because of the soap opera that it has become. The show has become a laughing stock. And while everyone loves to blame it on Horatio and his sun-glasses, to do so is to be in denial. More viewers than Horatio's detractors care to admit like that character - young people actually think he's cool - go figure!
Everyone that I know who used to watch has stopped because of E/C. And that is all of my family and friends.
I'm tired of the fawning over Calleigh show, and her men melodrama. What do they think they are trying to get men viewership by flaunting Calleigh and suffocating her presence? I wish she would die off from the cliffhanger. She brings nothing to the canvas.
I agree strongly with this statement. I think that it’s a testament to how much I adored Calleigh in her original concept that my feelings for this character have now become polar opposite and the only thing I wish for is for the character to leave - perferably in a body bag so there is no chance she'll return. I’ll have more to say about my intense dislike for Calleigh, and Eric, in the Dislike Character thread – when I get the time to put it together.
My concern lately is that in the last couple of episodes, it’s become the Eric show – with Calleigh hovering in the background with a blank look on her face. It appears as though even SHE can’t believe what’s happened to her character in the past 4 years. (The changes to Calleigh over the years are a professional woman's nightmare. She is every sterotype we've been fighting to overcome in the workplace!)
