You’re Tall but I’m Standing in Front of You

S4E13: We Saw the Signs (2002)

It's the annual You're Tall but I'm Standing in Front of You Halloween Spooktacular! We're joined, as always, by Matt Powers, this time to watch M. Night Shyamalan's Signs (2002). We discuss paranoid faith, Joaquin Phoenix's on-base percentage, and M. Night's many jobs.
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The closing music for this episode is "Song for a Dead President" by The Exclusive Document.

S4E13: Megalopolis

It's Megalopolis! Ethan and Devin watched Megalopolis (2024). They discuss Megalopolis, Megalopolis, and Megalopolis.
The closing music for this episode is "Idol Hands" by Ethan Palmer and the Ethan Palmer Experience. Listen to it and the rest of the 11th anniversary edition of Ethan's album The Piano Is Louder This Time at https://ethanpalmer.bandcamp.com/album/the-piano-is-louder-this-time-11th-anniversary-edition
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S4E12: Alien: Romulus, Deadpool & Wolverine, & Blockbuster Nostalgia

Ethan and Devin watched a pair of new releases, Alien: Romulus and Deadpool & Wolverine. They discuss the current state of the blockbuster and the films' contrasting approaches to cinematic nostalgia.
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S4E11: Hillbilly Elegy

Ethan and Devin are joined by Kenton Butcher and Catie Denham to discuss Ron Howard's Hillbilly Elegy (2020). Why were liberal elites so primed for JD Vance's anti-worker vision of Appalachia? Does this film secretly reveal that JD Vance is a sociopath? Did Pete Buttigieg rip off Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" in his memoir? Listen to find out!
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S4E10: Punch-Drunk Love

Ethan and Devin are joined by Miles Taylor (@MTisempty) to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love (2002). They discuss the collision of PTA's directorial sensibilities with Adam Sandler's on-screen persona, the film's search for love in the informational haze of the new 21st century, and Mormonism as grindset religion.Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com. You can read Miles's writing at https://mileshtaylor.com.

S4E9: Short Circuit

Ethan and Devin watched John Badham's Short Circuit (1986). They discuss the nature of sentience, the perils of Artificial Intelligence, and the sexual politics of robotic throuples.Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com

S4E8: Elden Ring (feat. Steven Watts)

Ethan and Devin are joined by Steven Watts (@stevenwatts) to discuss FromSoftware's Elden Ring (2022) just in time for the new DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree. They discuss how the game mediates our neoliberal hellscape into a dark fantasy apocalypse, the need to embrace death, and why Margit the Fell Omen should have never been named department chair.Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.

S4E7: You’re Mad Max but I’m Furiosa in Front of You

Ethan and Devin continue their unofficial post-apocalyptic explorations by diving into the Mad Max universe, with a focus on 1981's The Road Warrior and, with returning guest Catie Denham, 2024's newly released Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. They discuss Mad Max's massive aesthetic influence, Furiosa's prequel problems, and why the apocalypse runs on bullets and gasoline. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com

S4E6: Fallout: Great Energy for Crops and Kids

Ethan and Devin dive into the post-apocalyptic, multimedia Fallout universe. First, they're joined by returning guest Mike Opal and first-timer T Thumann to discuss the new Amazon series and test their wasteland wits against Ethan's completely unbiased trivia. Then, Ethan and Devin discuss Ethan's visit to the Hanford B Reactor and the evolving ideology of the Fallout video games.  But pod, pod never changes. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.

S4E5: Face Slash Off (feat. Erik Baker)

We're joined by Erik Baker to discuss John Woo's Face/Off (1997). We rank the performances and the performances within the performances, grapple with the power of Evil Howie Mandel, and ask what it means to swap faces at the end of history.Follow Erik on Twitter at erikmbaker and check out his work at The Drift. Find more of his writing at https://www.erikmbaker.com.Read Devin's piece on Face/Off, co-written with Kimberly Quiogue Andrews, at https://post45.org/2021/12/between-the-rock-and-a-hard-face-on-first-encounters-of-the-cage-kind.Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at Mathissippi and Devin on twitter at stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.