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How Did This Get Made?

Fall

July 31, 2026 • 1h 5m

Summary

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Overview

The How Did This Get Made podcast tackles the 2022 survival thriller 'Fall,' where two young women become stranded atop a 2,000-foot TV tower in the desert. Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, and June Diane Raphael dissect the film's questionable climbing decisions, hidden affair subplot, and shocking third-act twist where one character is revealed to be a hallucination. The hosts praise the lead actresses and the film's tension while questioning character motivations, safety choices, and the bizarre elements like eating a raw vulture.

Introduction and Movie Setup

The hosts introduce Fall, a 2022 survival thriller about two best friends and climbing buddies who scale a rusty 2,000-foot TV tower to help one overcome grief from her husband's death. The climb quickly goes wrong, stranding them at the top for the entire film. The hosts immediately question the premise, noting the tower climb happens very quickly and the actual climbing skill shown is minimal, mostly just ladder climbing rather than technical rock climbing.

  • The movie focuses on Becky and Hunter climbing a 2,000-foot TV tower to help Becky overcome grief from her husband Dan's death
  • The climbing portion happens quickly - most of the movie takes place stuck at the top
  • The opening rock climbing sequence is beautiful but misleading about what the rest of the film will be
  • The tower is extremely rusty and structurally questionable
" Don't die if you don't want to live. Or maybe just don't climb up a frickin' tower. "
" The climbing happens very quickly. The climbing of this movie is over. "

The Vulture Fight and Survival Desperation

The film takes a wild turn when Becky traps, kills, and eats a raw vulture to survive. The hosts find this sequence both shocking and entertaining, discussing the implausibility of eating raw bird meat without getting violently ill. They debate whether she should have tried to cook it on the hot metal platform and question the hive-mind behavior of the vultures attacking her.

  • Becky kills and eats a raw vulture, which the hosts loved as it made the movie more extreme
  • The hosts question why she didn't try to cook the vulture on the hot metal platform
  • Eating raw vulture would likely cause severe illness, not provide energy
  • The vulture fight sequence is compared to Spider-Man Homecoming
" When she kills and eats the vulture, I was like, oh, okay, now this is the movie that I wish it had been the whole time. "
" Should they try to get on the back of a vulture and just ride it home? "

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