Alpha Quadra Movies and TV Shows

[posablethumb]

why did you have to derail the porn talk with that post?

pinky and the brain
i dunno if this is an alpha show, but i liked boy meets world a lot. what type do you think eric is? probably the same as kelso from that 70s show

[leckysupport]

porn

I don't find as much Delta and Beta porn as find Gamma and Alpha.

haha, If I start thinking about socionics while watching porn I will end my life with a dull hatchet to my forehead.

What else are you supposed to do after you've... "finished"?

[Gilly]

Family Guy
Southpark
Daily Show

(is this the kind of "thwarting authority" you mean?)

Yes, precisely. All of those would be Alpha-mood shows (and good ones, at that )

[Gilly]

Actually, South Park might be more Alpha/Beta.

[Exodus]

I've always thought of South Park as Beta. Boy Meets World is probably Delta.

[cracka]

Why did you have to derail this thread with porn?

I don't see where it's been derailed, more like, porn was talked about on the side...
but please, put me on ignore and get over it.

[Logos]

Which quadra would you identify with My Name is Earl?

[Exodus]

Which quadra would you identify with My Name is Earl?

Delta. Possibly Gamma.

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Revisiting an older topic, this is a thread for Alpha TV shows. To recap the current list:

Alpha Shows
- The Office (British & US)
- Scrubs
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Venture Bros.
- Sealab 2021
- Freakazoid
- Seinfeld
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Spaced (British TV Show)
- Father Ted (British TV Show)
- Reno 911
- Family Guy
- The Colbert Report
- Brisco County Jr.
- Jack-of-All-Trades
- Robot Chicken
- Mythbusters

Questionable Quadra Shows
- Farscape
- The Daily Show
- Southpark
- Friends
- Firefly
- My Name is Earl

[Logos]

Mmm... the shows I like... are... pure-hearted, subtle love stories that turn out happy...

Well The Office is an example of that, and it is definitely Alpha. Do you think that your shows should be included in the list?

[redbaron]

pinky and the brain

My husband and I used to watch that all the time when we were first married! My brother and I used to watch Mystery Science Theater 3000 all the time too and laugh our heads off. I'm not alpha but I love that stuff.

[Logos]

I am now inclined to include Stardust, though it may be another Alpha/Delta movie.

[Logos]

I think a lot of the films mentioned here are delta or alpha-delta. It's that some of these films seems to be a little too serious about being silly.

This thread is for making arguments of that nature, so if you feel that some of these Alpha films are not Alpha, but Delta, you should probably make a case for it being the case.

[tcaudilllg]

hmmkr:
I think you're mistaking ENTp for Alpha.... Yes ENTp is an Alpha type but... perhaps if you included INTj, ISFp, and ESFj references the connection would be clearer.

Cop 223 just got dumped by his girl.. so he decides to buy pineapples with the expiration date of may 1st for a month and eat them after may 1st...

vs .

Ah wait nevermind, it's difficult for me to get the gist of your posts immediately because we don't focus on the same things. Just cover for INTj and you'll be fine.

[Marina]

mr Brooks
watched it just yesturday. not particularly an alpha theme, but has some air of alpha "coolness"

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mmm... I can't really all of it in words... but some of the movies have a way of sounding pushy or too serious about being "Zany".

Take Ferris Bueller's Day Off...
Like Cameron, he just might be INTj, sure he's not in a good place right now.. but he gets pushed and prodded out of his shell..

Ferris is like his supervisor... ESTp, that relationship is not a equal relationship. Maybe this movie is more Beta/Alpha? If it was a gay love story with Ferris and Cameron, I'll buy Alpha/Alpha.. haha
The movie has this kinda of message, you're a loser Cameron, if you lived like Ferris you'll be a lot happier.

I guess what I'm point out is not that the films are solely Alpha, but my Ne told me there was other quadra interactions in there.

I guess I expect the movies to have a more subtle message... even if the message is to live the way you want. I think in a lot of way, Alpha movies are defined by what is left unsaid. Then again, Alpha is not against making a buck... gotta have a little bit of carrot for everyone.

Maybe I'm a little too perfectionist.. eh?

Okay, movies are not necessarily categorized into Quadras by characters, though they certainly play a part, but also by the message, atmosphere, and major themes of the movie, and of course there will be main characters from other quadras apart from that of the categorized quadra. But the point is that these characters of different stripes help to illustrate the central point or premise of the movie in a way which would be most entertaining for the particular Quadra watching the movie.

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- Young Frankenstein
- Spaceballs

[Mariano Rajoy]

Citizen Kane
Fight Club
Blue Velvet (Perhaps not, the surrealism is hard to type)
All the pretty horses
Waking Life
9/11 Conspiracy Documentary (Shitty movie though)

[Logos]

Citizen Kane
Fight Club
Blue Velvet (Perhaps not, the surrealism is hard to type)
All the pretty horses
Waking Life
9/11 Conspiracy Documentary (Shitty movie though)

I would type Richard Linklater films as not being Alpha but Delta.
David Lynch films too. Ne/Fi rather then Ne/Ti.... But I could be wrong.

I think Hitchcock movies are Alpha.
I think O'brother where art thou was alpha. In fact all Coen's brother films.

One of the brother wrote his undergrad thesis on “Two Views of Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy.” This was on their wiki.

Kurasawa films like Yojimbo, Rashomon are also Alpha.

The Big Lebowski is incredibly Alpha.

[Creepy-bg]

Citizen Kane
Fight Club
Blue Velvet (Perhaps not, the surrealism is hard to type)
All the pretty horses
Waking Life
9/11 Conspiracy Documentary (Shitty movie though)

I would type Richard Linklater films as not being Alpha but Delta.
David Lynch films too. Ne/Fi rather then Ne/Ti.... But I could be wrong.

I think Hitchcock movies are Alpha.
I think O'brother where art thou was alpha. In fact all Coen's brother films.

One of the brother wrote his undergrad thesis on “Two Views of Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy.” This was on their wiki.

Kurasawa films like Yojimbo, Rashomon are also Alpha.

The Big Lebowski is incredibly Alpha.

The Big Lebowski is just incredibly good!

[Blaze]

the big lebowski is so fucking good.

[implied]

tbl has got to be some alpha thing or something i simply cannot understand. i have never understood the hype around it and it just strikes me as such a "dude" sort of movie somehow (no pun intended.) there's something within it that i just don't really get. minus the nihilists and the whole kraftwerk joke album cover. those parts = funny.

[Blaze]

tbl has got to be some alpha thing or something i simply cannot understand. i have never understood the hype around it and it just strikes me as such a "dude" sort of movie somehow (no pun intended.) there's something within it that i just don't really get. minus the nihilists and the whole kraftwerk joke album cover. those parts = funny.

actually i totally get how you wouldn't get this movie lol.

after all it is pretty silly.

[aka-kitsune]

tbl has got to be some alpha thing or something i simply cannot understand. i have never understood the hype around it and it just strikes me as such a "dude" sort of movie somehow (no pun intended.) there's something within it that i just don't really get. minus the nihilists and the whole kraftwerk joke album cover. those parts = funny.

actually i totally get how you wouldn't get this movie lol.

after all it is pretty silly.

But Coen Bros. movies are all fabulous! (O Brother Where Art Thou was just on the other night) Haven't been disappointed by one yet. Raising Arizona is one of my faves!!

[aka-kitsune]

tbl has got to be some alpha thing or something i simply cannot understand. i have never understood the hype around it and it just strikes me as such a "dude" sort of movie somehow (no pun intended.) there's something within it that i just don't really get. minus the nihilists and the whole kraftwerk joke album cover. those parts = funny.

actually i totally get how you wouldn't get this movie lol.

after all it is pretty silly.

But Coen Bros. movies are all fabulous! (O Brother Where Art Thou was just on the other night) Haven't been disappointed by one yet. Raising Arizona is one of my faves!!

Are you sure you're not ISFP!!!

Positive!

I have a weak spot for goofy and often nonsensical. (Not crude, though, cause that offends my delicate aesthetic sensibilities.) Like, I rather regretted watching the 40 Year Old Virgin. Ugh. Way too much raunch for my taste. Made me cringe. Bleh.

[aka-kitsune]

Liked Talladega Nights a heckuva lot too. That one had me laughing so hard I was crying!

[Elro]

Sorry, you know it's my goal in life to have a ray gun that turns all illusionary relations into dual relations... :wink:

Purely hypothetically speaking, how much would you pay for a device like this?

[Blaze]

Sorry, you know it's my goal in life to have a ray gun that turns all illusionary relations into dual relations... :wink:

Purely hypothetically speaking, how much would you pay for a device like this?

oh but why? when entp/infp relations are so great?

[eunice]

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WTF? Why?

[Creepy-bg]

I hope they didn't ruin that movie... the original was quite good. Did John Waters even have anything to do with this remake?

[eunice]

WTF? Why?

Have you watched the movie already?

The movie most likely belongs to a / quadra. The movie basically conveys Alpha attiudes: creating a positive mood, light-heartedness, having fun, coming together as a group to pursue their interest in dancing, giving less emphasis to academic work because it is boring and irrelevant to the protaganist Tracy's interest in performing etc. In fact, most of the characters belong to the Alpha quadra, with the antagonists been in the Gamma quadra.

[ataronchronon]

I just saw "Movie Hero" and it was excellent. I would highly recommend it to all the alphas, and everyone else for that matter.

[Suomea]

Here's a list of some of my favorites..... any of them Alpha?


The Lives of Others, The Shawshank Redemption, Donnie Darko, My Dinner with Andre, Half Nelson, Amelie, Saving Private Ryan, In the Bedroom, In America, Hotel Rwanda, Million Dollar Baby, Blow, English Patient, Good Will Hunting, Schindler's List, Fantasia, A Beautiful Mind, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Braveheart

Wow.... I need some more light hearted movies as my favorites haha......

[Elwood]

well gee, I'd have to say.... The Blues Brothers!!! (the first one, the second one was a shit fest)

[Gilly]

Will Hunting is the archetypical, stereotypical Ti-ILE. Robin Williams' character is an Fi-EII. The girlfriend, Alpha SF, maybe Si-ESE?

[Elwood]

I'd have to say that the most Alpha show that I have ever seen is probably FLCL. I remember first seeing it 6 years ago when I was 11. Absolutely nothing makes sense the first time you see it (and that is exactly the point). But despite that it remains one of my favorites to this day solely because of the vibe that I got from it the first time I saw it. Oh, and it does make sense eventually after watching it again and again and again, it's just that because of the way it presents itself it kind of forces you to watch it without thinking logically. I find it's easier to enjoy that way.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force is pretty alpha too.

[Not A Communist Shill]

I really love Veronica Mars (the show that is) - I'm currently watching season 2 (haven't seen the first one yet ).

[Suomea]

Will Hunting is the archetypical, stereotypical Ti-ILE. Robin Williams' character is an Fi-EII. The girlfriend, Alpha SF, maybe Si-ESE?

Agree.... with at least Will Hunting. Girlfriend most likely as well. Don't know about Williams' character but that's an interesting hypothesis.

[Logos]

I'm still debating about Arrested Development's place in the Quadras.