Against Type

Opinions, like the ones commented here, are like a*****holes, everyone has one and mostly they just exhume ***. I saw this pilot and thought it to be a refreshing relief from the nasty, sex driven, negative sitcoms posing as family fare these days. It reminds me of the shows The Brady Bunch and Courtship of Eddie's Father with a twist. I know these shows are considered sappy by today's standards, but not by everyone. The fact that The Brady Bunch is still on the air says something about the need for these kind of shows. That the bitter, angry people don't like this is similar to the bully not knowing how to handle someone who is nice to them when they try to beat them up. I hope Against Type gets a full season order. I for one welcome the sunshine. To the other commentors, if you can't say anything nice don't say anything. The fact that the show beat out over 1000 pilots to air on the RBS Network is a wonderful statement to the quality of the show despite what the minute few naysayers feel. Good thing, people realize how valueless the IMDb.com rating system is...because just like most of the internet, anyone can say anything here and that's why it doesn't matter what they say.

Wow. Can you say amateur? This apology for a pilot (available free online) was probably the poorest excuse for entertainment I had seen ever. I actually didn't mind the plot, to be honest. But it was nothing original (about a fitness instructor and his teen daughter, he is asked to become the trainer to a movie star who his daughter crushes on) nor particularly funny. I liked Roland Kickinger, but the acting from the girl was the sort of over-the-top style you see in amateur drama productions. Not to mention she had some terrible lines ("Sometimes I don't know who's raising who!"). The whole thing had the feel of a high school media class assignment, except I get the feeling that a bunch of 13-year-olds with an old camcorder could have done a better job than whoever was responsible for this.