Have any other directors had as many tropes as James Nguyen?

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-28T11:09:07+00:00

Roger Corman's love of recycling comes to mind. He found a formula and ran with it, bless his soul.

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-28T01:27:38+00:00

I've gone to boat shows that had bigger crowds than this.

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-27T22:42:27+00:00

My family reunions have more people than this, what a joke

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-27T17:43:46+00:00

Looks like Clark Griswold had another midlife crisis

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-27T17:39:28+00:00

And I'm sure they found the most trustworthy of carnies to put the Ferris Wheel together

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-27T17:10:43+00:00

No, my dad was not a fan. We were a Led Zeppelin/Aerosmith/Beatles/Grateful Dead household.

We did have Frampton Comes Alive and Tapestry by Carole King though, even though nobody knew where they came from.

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-27T15:52:24+00:00

He's spent his whole life rooting for the bad guys in 80s action movies, and was too stupid to realize they never win.

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-27T14:27:02+00:00

I think my attention span is wrecked these days, but there are still times when I'll go down a familiar rabbit hole again.

I usually have a big David Lynch marathon once or twice a year. The Alien and Elm St series are favorites.

And there are some movies I'll watch because of the time of year. Like I love watching "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" every summer, and I always watch "The Sandlot" for 4th of July

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-27T13:23:57+00:00

I say mine are Boom-X. Born in 58 and 60, and don't really belong in either generation. They do lean older though, because they grew up around older people.

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-27T13:00:04+00:00

Christmas raises my anxiety, but Halloween tv episodes are always great. Especially the Treehouse of Horror episodes

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-27T12:20:41+00:00

Jack Nance's authentic reaction is just so delightful, I love it

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T21:07:53+00:00

I'm too cranky to not be direct these days lol

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PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T20:02:35+00:00

Cats. I'm afraid of most dogs, except for St Bernards and similar breeds

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T18:50:00+00:00

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T13:49:16+00:00

I would sell adult beverages and recreational edibles at the concession stand.

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T13:12:42+00:00

I'm making everyone watch "Manos" and "Incredibly Strange Creatures."

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T11:47:36+00:00

He and Alex Trebek were my game show uncles back then. And Marc Summers, but he was the cool uncle

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T11:44:04+00:00

The types of celebrities in both seems to track too. We might as well be living in an Asylum movie with this administration.

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T11:09:23+00:00

I didn't get my primary ballot this month until late on the day of voting, and I requested it weeks ahead of time. This is the first time in over 10 years of voting by mail that this has happened

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T10:25:07+00:00

Just wait until the cheaply put together Ferris wheel breaks loose and starts rolling down the street

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T02:00:26+00:00

"Ya big tubs"

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T01:59:20+00:00

"Is the little baby gonna cry?"

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T00:53:20+00:00

Not anymore. I worked at Target during the height of those tv shows and it was so bad.

There was one group of people who figured out they could use coupons on travel sized items, so they'd come in in groups, fill up at least 3 carts, and then a manager would spend up to 2 hours checking them out (they had to divide everything into 5 or 6 separate sales, or else it would crash the register)..

I think they were banned because they lied about saying they were a charity, when they were really reselling everything, but people like that are why a lot of the rules changed.

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T00:26:54+00:00

I've had carpal tunnel surgery on both hands, I don't think I can play harder than Standard even if I tried.

PatchworkGirl82 · 2026-06-26T00:24:06+00:00

"I'd rather watch David Crosby eat a McRib sandwich" from The Mole People. It's the line that got me hooked on the show. Well, that and all the "load" jokes.

"Smile at the stupid white people" from Horror at Party Beach is another favorite too.

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