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    Default Beta Quadra: recommended TV shows

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    I like:

    NCIS - Abby is adorable and Dinozzo makes me laugh

    The Closer

    Friday Night Lights - I love love the characters especially Tim Riggins...rawr! That stare is so sexy.

    Veronica Mars (when it was on)

    Summer Heights High - I cried for Jonah. And I laughed at his jokes (yes they were poor taste). I loved the relationship he had with one of the teachers who understood that all he needed was some love. The other two characters were funny but seemed too egotistical for me to care about in the same way.

    And I just got the first season of Mad Men on DVD so I'm gonna check that out. So do you have any recommendations?
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    Dexter - the serial killer with a double life who does 'good'.

    Crash - essentially a show about the random vicissitudes of things (Hopper is a genius).

    CSI: Miami - Solid group of characters and thoughtful plots.

    Criminal Minds - love that dark, psychological stuff
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    Yeah I thought about watching Crash sometime.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Starfall View Post
    The Hills, Project Runway, Documentaries... I don't watch a lot of TV. I like a lot of the shows on TLC though; right now I like John and Kate plus 8.
    My favorite show of all time. Seriously. I just now learned it's on dvd which i will be picking up asap. I've always been curious on typing John and Kate--I can't seem to come to a conclusion. I want that little kid with the glasses.

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    Haha, I wanted to start a thread multiple times on their types but like you said, I wasn't sure if anyone else watched the show. I absolutely love Kate (erm, that sounds odd..?). She is extremely hard for me to type. All that seems obvious is E. I agree with IP for John...I just love watching their interaction, it's very amusing.

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    I gave up TV and I'm never going back.

    Breaking that addiction has been one of the smartest moves I made.
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    Grey's Anatomy (... is Izzie crazy? I heard she would be getting a brain tumor this season and written off the show)

    The Office (... will Jim and Pam make it? will Michael reunite w/Holly?)

    Arrested Development (Gob is my favorite character ever)

    30 Rock (crush on tina fey)

    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (those people are crazy)
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    TV is boring.

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    well I watch:

    Lost (love the going backward and forward in time stuff and piecing together the puzzles. I love guessing what's going to happen and I'm often right!)

    Pushing Daisies (which I think is more of an alpha show but I adore it! it's so innocent and sweet--feels very SEI to me)

    Boston Legal (at times boring but at times hilarious. a couple seasons ago it had me rolling on the floor laughing. hasn't been so good recently)

    Grey's Anatomy (eh, not as good as it used to be. Derek reminds me of my husband tho and Meredith reminds me of me, personality-wise, so I find it interesting even tho Meredith drives me crazy with her self-involvement at times and there's such a low level of morality but whatever)

    Heroes. Again, I enjoy the forward and backward in time thing and all the different characters.

    and I admit that I also watch Private Practice, which is just so-so.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tuturututu View Post
    I don't watch TV. Especially not sports.
    Sports are ok here and there -- like something to have on in the background.

    ...I hate sports.
    I don't

    ...I hate sports commentators even more. Professional sport is evil. They could go to hell easily...of course if they want to.
    I only hate female sports commentators. The day I saw a female analyst on ESPN was a very sad day, indeed.

    Why are professional sports evil? Don't you enjoy seeing that caliber of physical talent in action?

    Why should they go to hell?
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    Quote Originally Posted by strrrng View Post
    Sports are ok here and there -- like something to have on in the background.



    I don't



    I only hate female sports commentators. The day I saw a female analyst on ESPN was a very sad day, indeed.
    football (aka soccer) female commentators that have british accents are almost all hot, i don't know how or why
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    Quote Originally Posted by strrrng View Post

    I only hate female sports commentators. The day I saw a female analyst on ESPN was a very sad day, indeed.
    Isn't that kind of a sexist statement to be making? Seriously what's wrong with female commentators?
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    Quote Originally Posted by warrior-librarian View Post
    Isn't that kind of a sexist statement to be making? Seriously what's wrong with female commentators?
    I guess he believes men have some sort of intuitive feel for sport. Well that's bullshit. My ex was a passionate Man Utd fan and she owned me on any sports talk. It's all about your upbringing and passion. If you have the right kind of these things, you can go on about your subject and be the perfect commentator.

    However, if you can't, then maybe that's what he's on about. Female commentators on there for the way they look, or something.

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    the wire was an excellent show encompassing all quadra with a good representative of beta. Man, the wire ruled. I think dexter is really cheesy, a few beta friends of mine really like it, but i think the melodrama is kind of retarded, but i've seen maybe 2 episodes total.
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    Quote Originally Posted by heath View Post
    the wire was an excellent show encompassing all quadra with a good representative of beta. Man, the wire ruled. I think dexter is really cheesy, a few beta friends of mine really like it, but i think the melodrama is kind of retarded, but i've seen maybe 2 episodes total.
    Definitely, it is absolutely brilliant, possibly as good as the Sopranos. I haven't seen Dexter but my EIE friend loves it.

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    Betaish Movies that i've Recently Seen/Previews For


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    Quote Originally Posted by Starfall View Post
    Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle... comically Beta.
    lol. the second one was funnier imo. not much beats escaping a sexually abusive guard at guantanamo and hitting a blunt with george bush.
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    I recommend Crash to the betas (anyone really, but it does seem a bit more beta). Dennis Hopper is hilariously brilliant as a zany, ex-drug addict music producer who rides the tumultuous currents of his scattered fantasies and obsessions, while incessantly fighting on for his 'vision' of the future (an Ni-ENFj playing a loony Ni-ENFj). It's written by the same people who did the movie, only it's more gritty and less dramatic (tragic). But the plot is very clever, and the characters' lives intertwine in unexpected ways. Few shows these days can pique my interest, but this one definitely has.
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    game of thrones has lots of beta characters even if they're mostly evil, but its the only show i watch and i recommend it to everyone so...

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    The Tudors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lobo View Post
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    Shameless (American version) and Misfits (UK). Not sure if they're Beta, but they're awesome.
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    South Park
    Projection is ordinary. Person A projects at person B, hoping tovalidate something about person A by the response of person B. However, person B, not wanting to be an obejct of someone elses ego and guarding against existential terror constructs a personality which protects his ego and maintain a certain sense of a robust and real self that is different and separate from person A. Sadly, this robust and real self, cut off by defenses of character from the rest of the world, is quite vulnerable and fragile given that it is imaginary and propped up through external feed back. Person B is dimly aware of this and defends against it all the more, even desperately projecting his anxieties back onto person A, with the hope of shoring up his ego with salubrious validation. All of this happens without A or B acknowledging it, of course. Because to face up to it consciously is shocking, in that this is all anybody is doing or can do and it seems absurd when you realize how pathetic it is.

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    BBC Sherlock is great, not Beta though. I was gonna recommend Pushing Daisies as another great-not-Beta show, but you've probably seen it already since your avatar is Anna Friel (it is her, right?).

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    Skins seems beta.. I don't really like it, but my IEI friend is a big fan
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    All of my other quadra friends think South Park used to be better and that its not so funny anymore, especially Delta's.Until they watch an episode and crack up.

    But Betas, Every single one of them love the show. Including me. So i figure it has to be meant for us.
    Projection is ordinary. Person A projects at person B, hoping tovalidate something about person A by the response of person B. However, person B, not wanting to be an obejct of someone elses ego and guarding against existential terror constructs a personality which protects his ego and maintain a certain sense of a robust and real self that is different and separate from person A. Sadly, this robust and real self, cut off by defenses of character from the rest of the world, is quite vulnerable and fragile given that it is imaginary and propped up through external feed back. Person B is dimly aware of this and defends against it all the more, even desperately projecting his anxieties back onto person A, with the hope of shoring up his ego with salubrious validation. All of this happens without A or B acknowledging it, of course. Because to face up to it consciously is shocking, in that this is all anybody is doing or can do and it seems absurd when you realize how pathetic it is.

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    I just love how they allude to things subtly, and if you don't get it then tough shit for you. That probably drives the Ne/Si types nuts.
    Projection is ordinary. Person A projects at person B, hoping tovalidate something about person A by the response of person B. However, person B, not wanting to be an obejct of someone elses ego and guarding against existential terror constructs a personality which protects his ego and maintain a certain sense of a robust and real self that is different and separate from person A. Sadly, this robust and real self, cut off by defenses of character from the rest of the world, is quite vulnerable and fragile given that it is imaginary and propped up through external feed back. Person B is dimly aware of this and defends against it all the more, even desperately projecting his anxieties back onto person A, with the hope of shoring up his ego with salubrious validation. All of this happens without A or B acknowledging it, of course. Because to face up to it consciously is shocking, in that this is all anybody is doing or can do and it seems absurd when you realize how pathetic it is.

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    Skins (UK) is great. Watched it all in like a day.

    Even though Breaking Bad feels very Delta, I enjoyed that one enough to recommend.

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    The Office and Community are pretty funny. Wouldn't say they're necassarily Beta shows though.
    Projection is ordinary. Person A projects at person B, hoping tovalidate something about person A by the response of person B. However, person B, not wanting to be an obejct of someone elses ego and guarding against existential terror constructs a personality which protects his ego and maintain a certain sense of a robust and real self that is different and separate from person A. Sadly, this robust and real self, cut off by defenses of character from the rest of the world, is quite vulnerable and fragile given that it is imaginary and propped up through external feed back. Person B is dimly aware of this and defends against it all the more, even desperately projecting his anxieties back onto person A, with the hope of shoring up his ego with salubrious validation. All of this happens without A or B acknowledging it, of course. Because to face up to it consciously is shocking, in that this is all anybody is doing or can do and it seems absurd when you realize how pathetic it is.

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