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

Ep. 10: Dune Another Day

We're joined by Catie, Knar, and a pair of excitable dogs as we react to Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021). We discuss... well, I don't know. We were very tired. It's Dune, folks.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.

Ep. 9: It’s Gonna Take a Lot to Drag Me Away from Dune

Ethan and Devin watch David Lynch's Dune (1984). We discuss the film's relationship to the novel and to Lynch's career arc, its (spoiler alert: messed up) gender politics, and everyone's favorite pastime, intergenerational space eugenics.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.

Ep. 8: 20 9/11s, Pt. 4: 9/11 Did Bush

"we're gonna need a bigger conspiracy"It's part 4 of our 4-part series on 9/11's impact on garbage culture (and our garbage future); we watch Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup (2009).We discuss the film's montage-as-conspiracy aesthetics, its influence on our increasingly fantastical reality, and the undeniably great tunes.We finally made it! Let's never do this again. follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.

Ep. 7: 20 9/11s, Pt. 3: Bore of the Worlds

"THE JAVELIN'S THE KEY! LOAD THE GUSTAV, IT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH WATCH!"In part 3 of our 4-part series on 9/11's impact on garbage culture (and our garbage future), Ethan and Devin watch War of the Worlds (2005). We discuss Steven Spielberg's middlebrowification of the War on Terror, Tom Cruise's aversion to hummus, and the ideological refuge of the American family.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.

Ep. 6: 20 9/11s, Pt. 2: Never Fuhgettaboutit

"What kinda would fly a plane into the World Trade Center?"As part of our 4-part series on 9/11's impact on garbage culture (and our garbage future), Ethan and Devin watch World Trade Center (2006). We discuss this ultimate exercise in too-soonness, its strange position in Oliver Stone's filmography, and its horrifyingly imperialist religiosity.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.

Ep. 5: 20 9/11s, Pt. 1: With Great Power Comes No Responsibility

"I love you, but I've chosen stopping weird crimes."As part of our 4-part series on 9/11's impact on garbage culture (and our garbage future), Ethan and Devin watch Spider-Man (2002). We discuss its vexed production history, its (accidental?) role in establishing the conventions of post-9/11 superhero movies, and its undeniably incel energy.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.

Episode 4: Wake Me Up When September Elevenths

Devin and Ethan announce a special 4-part series coming this September, check in on some news updates in the You're Tall universe, and wade into the Wikipedia plot summary of Remember Me (2010).

Episode 3: Platformer Capitalism

Ethan and Devin watch Super Mario Bros. (1993). We discuss late-stage dino-capitalism, the impossibility of video game adaptation, and everyone's favorite Italianx-American: Rudolph Guiliani.

Episode 2: Game Over, Man.

Ethan and Devin watch Aliens (1986). We discuss the gender and racial politics of the space marines, and the aesthetic death of the 1970s, and James Cameron's symbiotic entanglement with Capital itself.follow the pod on twitter @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com

Episode 1: Get to da Choppah

Ethan and Devin watch Predator (1987). We discuss the multiculturalism of paramilitary death squads, the limits and affordances of imperial muscle mass, and how at the end of the day we're all just trying to get to da choppah.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.