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

By Ethan and DevinSociety & Culture

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

November 17, 2021 Ep. 12: Demolition Masculinity
Ethan and Devin watch Marco Brambilla's Demolition Man (1993). We discuss the future liberal wants, the Taco Bellification of the Western Male, and one way of escaping the end of history (blowingup).

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56 min
November 01, 2021 Ep. 11: Halloween SPOOKtacular (feat. Matt Powers)
Ethan and Devin are joined by old friend & creative director for Team Coco, Matt Powers (@MattPowersESQ). We celebrate Halloween by watching an obscure Canadian movie that Devin picked and which he desperately tries to make the case for, Pontypool (2008). We discuss language, genre, terrorism, and talk radio.

This episode features music by Matt that you can listen to at https://instinctalley.bandcamp.com/releases, plus a closing song by The Exclusive Document, who no longer exist.

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1 hr 21 min
October 25, 2021 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.
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59 min
October 12, 2021 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.

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1 hr 33 min
September 24, 2021 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.

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1 hr 17 min
September 17, 2021 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.

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1 hr 10 min
September 10, 2021 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.

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1 hr 1 min
September 03, 2021 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.

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1 hr 29 min
August 31, 2021 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).
54 min
August 16, 2021 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.
1 hr 42 min