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[thebrybaby.livejournal.com]

i'm just curious

am i the only one here who down right LOATHES Horatio Caine?? him and his effin sunglasses and exactly how many times has he actually processed anything?? i could go on for hours about what is wrong with him and his character but instead...read this (old so it may have been posted before)

now keep in mind i am only agreeing with what he said about caine. the rest of the cast i adore and i still miss speed.

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[reasdream.livejournal.com]

Let me say first that I'm no a huge fan of Horatio, as he is now. But I did like him in the beginning. And, to be honest, I haven't watched Miami in a while, in part because I felt like it went a little in the direction of Soap Opera/Marvel Comics... not that every good show doesn't do that now and then.

Here, though, is my though process on the difference between Grissom (my fave) and Horatio:

H is more of the classical 'cop'. He lives in the vein of Joe Friday and Dick Tracy. Very stark, full of angst and woe and hard lines. The very sunny nature of Miami is exploited by design in that outdoor shots are BRIGHT! And H is dark, in spirit and dress and those glasses. They're a veil he draws over himself. He was very interesting at first, but I think that some of the writers got very caught up in the "Oh! Woe!" King-Lear-Horatio, and they haven't always given the actor the range he could play with the character, instead making him a one-note song. At times.

I like Grissom better. Again, I haven't watched all 7 seasons point by point, but I've watched it more. G isn't a cop-cop like H. He's an academic, a scientist (and I like that because I grew up in a household of academics). Although he's well versed in police procedure, he isn't a cop, and he sees what they do from the outside. He studies people and events, slightly detached. Not always, though, as is the case with Lady Heather, and more recently with the character played by Alan Tudyk. Grissom has his bugs, which I think make more sense to him than people do. His glasses, when he wears them, accentuate his eyes rather than closing them out.

I suppose what I'm trying to say is that Grissom is, for some people (like me) more accesible because he's more open and because he observes as we observe. Horatio is so much inside, not only his world but himself, that he can be difficult to access and interpret.

I hope that makes sense.

[sarahcb1208]

Well, H actually was a cop. That's how he knows Mac from New York. It was discussed in a few of the episodes. He left New York rather than have to testify against his partner, who's mistress was murdered or soemthing like that (thank god for re-runs, LOL, or I think I would have missed that :)

[reasdream.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well, then, that makes sense. ;)

I'm with you on the "sunglasses thing is a bit overdone" :D

[thebrybaby.livejournal.com]

wait - i must be missing something. H and Mac know each other?? why, then, did they introduce themselves to one another while alone at the undercover cop's death scene in MIA/NYC Non-Stop?? Anyone else remember

"Who are you??"
"Caine - Miami."
"Mac Taylor..."

[sarahcb1208]

One bad thing about CSI: they're not always consistant