Defunctland: The History of Disneyland's Adventure Thru Inner Space

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3 жыл бұрын

Special Thanks to Steve Wesson (TheMightyMicroscope.com) and David Oneal for letting me use their photos/videos.
In this episode, Kevin discusses the history of Disneyland's Adventure Thru Inner Space, a ride that shrank guests to the size of an atom and was sponsored by an infamous company.
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@nlpnt
@nlpnt 3 жыл бұрын
“Convincing customers that they had nothing to be afraid of - before it was revealed they created something they should absolutely be afraid of” is the best Perjurer line since "a California-themed theme park in the already California-themed California."
@OrontesRM
@OrontesRM 3 жыл бұрын
Put them on a t-shirt!
@quietchap
@quietchap 3 жыл бұрын
And don't forget "A Powerful Rat named Charles Entertainment Cheese"
@allistull24
@allistull24 2 жыл бұрын
“Homosexual fast dancing” has to be an iconic Defunctland line as well
@TwoCagedBirds
@TwoCagedBirds 2 жыл бұрын
@@allistull24 What video is that from?
@TuesdaysArt
@TuesdaysArt 2 жыл бұрын
@@TwoCagedBirds I'm pretty sure it's the Videopolis video
@FriendlyPhilcoDealer
@FriendlyPhilcoDealer 3 жыл бұрын
“Ride operators sped up the ride...which only seemed like a challenge.” You’ve heard of Homosexual Fast Dancing. Now prepare for... HETEROSEXUAL QUICK SMOOCHING
@kieranprendergast6693
@kieranprendergast6693 3 жыл бұрын
I signed in just to like this comment
@Hillers62
@Hillers62 3 жыл бұрын
The same thing happened at Six Flags over Texas during "The Cave" ride in 1979...It got to where park workers would be stationed at several points along the very dark ride to make sure there were no "shenanigans" going on...I know...me and a girlfriend that year were caught making out during the ride...but because we were not doing anything "else", they ignored us...I can only imagine the other things they did catch!!!!!
@SirBlackReeds
@SirBlackReeds 3 жыл бұрын
This projection could fill an Imax theatre.
@kellyweingart3692
@kellyweingart3692 3 жыл бұрын
heterosexual quick smooching 😂
@skrounst
@skrounst 3 жыл бұрын
Not even an issue. When we were teenagers any sort of sexual encounter was usually very quick anyways. 😂
@twistysunshine
@twistysunshine 3 жыл бұрын
The "miracles from molecules" playing over them poisoning from Vietnam was haunting. Good job on really discussing that part of the ride
@Donteatacowman
@Donteatacowman 2 жыл бұрын
I do expect theme park buffs to gloss over the "this is a global entertainment monopoly with a ridiculous amount of power" but instead, these vids are using the parks as microcosms of societal issues at large, even back when Disney was a word associated with magic instead of capitalist domination. The polyester clothes thing was already ominous, based on the amount of plastic clothes waste being promoted like a fun thing, but wow, it got much worse from there!
@Saph638
@Saph638 2 жыл бұрын
That really was terrifying
@nastyab8003
@nastyab8003 2 жыл бұрын
Now you can be mRNA going into a little kids arm....
@twistysunshine
@twistysunshine 2 жыл бұрын
@@nastyab8003 buddy. Vaccines are not agent orange. Implying these things are even remotely the same is both so laughably priveleged and so offensive that it makes me want to laugh at you like that little boy from the Simpsons
@nastyab8003
@nastyab8003 2 жыл бұрын
@@twistysunshine sigh... VAERS enters the chat.. UK Yellow Card buys it a drink. Some sheep cry.
@rowsdower50
@rowsdower50 3 жыл бұрын
When my dad went to Disneyland as a kid he kept telling his brothers about this cool ride he heard about where they shrink you down, and got them all hyped up for it.. So he pointed out what he thought was the ride, and they waited in the long line and got on. Turns out he had instead led them to "It's A Small World" And boy...were his brothers pissed.
@wonderlanddaphne
@wonderlanddaphne Жыл бұрын
😭😭TRAGICCCC
@ZeranZeran
@ZeranZeran Жыл бұрын
this is hilarious, poor guys I can attest its like hell in there
@tapchoke2363
@tapchoke2363 Жыл бұрын
Honestly though....... The connection\mistake makes sense haha
@peachtea7269
@peachtea7269 Жыл бұрын
Thats so sad
@maximillian1109
@maximillian1109 Жыл бұрын
I truly do hope he played it off as a prank, because that is bloody legendary!!xD
@SamAronow
@SamAronow 3 жыл бұрын
Kevin: "Teens would add to the ride's narrative with chemicals of their own..." Me: LSD? Kevin: "Hormones."
@Defunctland
@Defunctland 3 жыл бұрын
And LSD
@kaikobak1698
@kaikobak1698 3 жыл бұрын
@@Defunctland Oh good old Defunctland always making funny jokes.
@CmdrVoltaire
@CmdrVoltaire 3 жыл бұрын
Funny, I was going to say Jizz
@Zulf85
@Zulf85 3 жыл бұрын
Ngl, vividly hallucinating whilst being in a ride like that sounds pretty unforgettable. Probably not in a fun way, but definitely a way of some sort.
@astronomydemon6312
@astronomydemon6312 3 жыл бұрын
I thought weed or crack lmao
@lanciferian
@lanciferian 3 жыл бұрын
That shift from 1950s idealism to 1970s disenchantment gave me whiplash. I always love how Perjurer is able to turn what could just be a straight forward theme park facts video into such an engaging world history lesson.
@teddyfurstman1997
@teddyfurstman1997 3 жыл бұрын
These Videos are so good!
@hedgehog3180
@hedgehog3180 3 жыл бұрын
That's what elevates Defunctland from the other themepark channels. Anyone could make a history of a specific themepark ride and give a story of the changes made to it etc. but Defunctland gives a broader societal perspective to it as well as adding a personal angle from those who created it. It doesn't just teach you about the ride itself it also teaches you about this period of history in general and the greater forces that dominated the history of this ride.
@SirBlackReeds
@SirBlackReeds 3 жыл бұрын
We never completely recovered from that disenchantment.
@lucashenderson2775
@lucashenderson2775 3 жыл бұрын
This video might be as perfect an example of mood whiplash as I've ever seen.
@churblefurbles
@churblefurbles 3 жыл бұрын
@@SirBlackReeds no, it just became warped, look who has faith in institutions now, the ever growing graduate priesthood who back the new cathedral.
@paperdawn
@paperdawn 3 жыл бұрын
10 mins into the video: "the imagineers made an amazing ride that helped shape disney land forever :)" 20 mins into the video: "agent orange was used for chemical warfare in the war and killed hundreds of thousands of people" 30 mins into the video: "the imagineers made an amazing ride that helped shape disney land forever :)"
@lydiaboll2872
@lydiaboll2872 Жыл бұрын
Lol
@purpleYamask
@purpleYamask 2 жыл бұрын
As weird as this is... This ride concept could 100% be repurposed today on Avengers Campus for a Quantum Realm Ant-Man thing.
@jonasquinn7977
@jonasquinn7977 2 жыл бұрын
That’s actually a good idea, it would have to be narrated by Paul Rudd though
@DannytheTourist
@DannytheTourist 2 жыл бұрын
You would have to be inside Sam Wilson's body.
@CrabKFP
@CrabKFP 2 жыл бұрын
@@jonasquinn7977 or Evangeline Lilly, Michelle Pfeiffer ot Michael Douglas
@adora_was_taken
@adora_was_taken Жыл бұрын
@@CrabKFP Michael Douglas would be great for a ride like this
@theninjamaster67
@theninjamaster67 Жыл бұрын
@@adora_was_taken Yah screw having Rudd do it Michael Douglas would be perfect for selling the whole audience shrinking shtick they could also have it play out more interactively like the Back to the Future ride how the whole idea was the audience was like time cops going after Biff but instead it would be the audience shrinking to go save Ant-Man from shrinking perpetually into the Quantum Realm and the whole time you'd have Michael Douglas character periodically checking in to see how the mission is going.
@wstine79
@wstine79 3 жыл бұрын
"I will hide in the one place free from the corruption of Micheal Eisner..... INNER SPACE!"
@merrittanimation7721
@merrittanimation7721 3 жыл бұрын
Which is why he knew he had to remove it
@Laurel99
@Laurel99 3 жыл бұрын
Please tell me this is a Tim Curry reference
@wstine79
@wstine79 3 жыл бұрын
@@Laurel99 yes
@bellboy7809
@bellboy7809 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, that is impressively obscure and off topic. I LOVE IT.
@KougajiCalling
@KougajiCalling 3 жыл бұрын
I understood that reference!
@elizabethsullivan1894
@elizabethsullivan1894 3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, that "Miracles from Molecules" segment overlain with the Vietnam war footage was an incredible gut punch. That was an incredible choice.
@petergriffinfortnite69
@petergriffinfortnite69 3 жыл бұрын
yeah, wow, it's really good. such a stern reminder of harsh corporate hypocrisy
@Masterhitman935
@Masterhitman935 3 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know who made that version?
@LightbulbSunStudios
@LightbulbSunStudios 3 жыл бұрын
That is going to stick with me for a long time.
@its_me_jen_jen9204
@its_me_jen_jen9204 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. So good.
@elizabethsullivan1894
@elizabethsullivan1894 3 жыл бұрын
@@Masterhitman935 The episode has Samir Valle credited for "Music Orchestration and Mixing", so I assume that's who it was. There's a choir credited too, so it may have been recorded specifically for this episode too?
@ghtoasty4068
@ghtoasty4068 Жыл бұрын
Miracles from Molecules being played over the montage of planes spraying Agent Orange in Vietnam is a radical recontextualization of the original ride and literally made my jaw drop. fantastic film-making
@xozegraf7179
@xozegraf7179 3 жыл бұрын
I was six when my grandmother took me to Disneyland. I rode the Adventure thru Inner Space several times and the science that it dramatized would go on to shape my life and the career I have chosen.
@voluntaryismistheanswer
@voluntaryismistheanswer 2 жыл бұрын
I called it the shrinking machine and thought the little people were real lol (I was a bit younger) and asked for a microscope for Christmas (I still have it in the attic to this day).
@FIXTREME
@FIXTREME Жыл бұрын
Working at Wendy's?
@dharmallars
@dharmallars Жыл бұрын
Did you create honey I shrunk the audience?
@prof298
@prof298 3 жыл бұрын
"15-20 minute videos from now on." Thank you for being untruthful you beautiful man.
@Defunctland
@Defunctland 3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't be me
@peterchu88
@peterchu88 3 жыл бұрын
@@Defunctland wow a comment that defunctland himself replied to only has one reply and 233 likes
@PepsiMann2009
@PepsiMann2009 3 жыл бұрын
@@peterchu88 it has three now
@peterchu88
@peterchu88 3 жыл бұрын
@@PepsiMann2009 indeed
@PepsiMann2009
@PepsiMann2009 3 жыл бұрын
@@peterchu88 now six
@ValueNetwork
@ValueNetwork 3 жыл бұрын
The “miracles from molecules” song playing over war footage was *Haunting!* I wonder if Disney lived long enough to see Monsanto fall if he would have stayed with them or distanced himself.
@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting question. Probably stayed with them because the man could be stubborn as a mule, such as not liking unions and being ultra strict, even if his workers weren't happy. I can see him touting "Monsanto did nothing wrong!" rhetoric. If he ever did break the partnership with them, it would only be due to protests against Disney (just like what happened), not because he made the decison due to realizing they were unethical.
@CoreenMontagna
@CoreenMontagna 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly the words I wanted to post! Wonderful editing on that section for sure
@cmdraftbrn
@cmdraftbrn 3 жыл бұрын
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley with screaming at anyone that crossed him a pinko commie.
@elizabethsullivan1894
@elizabethsullivan1894 3 жыл бұрын
I know, that was some genuinely masterful editing. Incredibly well executed.
@paisan8766
@paisan8766 3 жыл бұрын
Walt was a Nixon guy before Nixon was president
@susieboo22
@susieboo22 2 жыл бұрын
This video is a really telling look into how art and culture influence each other. I've always found 50s/60s sci-fi to be quaint but really interesting. It's hard not to look at Tomorrowland and Star Trek and the Jetsons and the like and think, "Oh, you had such high hopes for us." I wonder if and when we'll ever get a period of optimism and excitement in our science fiction again.
@darthdangermouse1453
@darthdangermouse1453 2 жыл бұрын
By now we should be working on the Moon and be able to ride back to Earth for dinner, before heading to Mars to hit the nightclubs. Flying Cars, Hoverboards...Robots...but nah, we just got NFTs. Wow, this is making me sad.
@lyrisio
@lyrisio 2 жыл бұрын
@@darthdangermouse1453 AI is cool tho
@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051
@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 2 жыл бұрын
@@darthdangermouse1453 I am sad too
@busterbackster1
@busterbackster1 2 жыл бұрын
@@darthdangermouse1453 that for sure would not be possible even if everything ran smoothly the last idk 200 years lmao your just making yourself sad over nothing now
@raistlarn
@raistlarn 2 жыл бұрын
@@busterbackster1 why not? We had a ton of technological achievements during the cold war. Unfortunately when the Soviet Union fell we pretty much lost all interest in space and had massive technological stagnation when it came to that sector. I don't believe we'd be able to fly back to the earth in a night, but I do believe we might have been able to have bases on the moon if the space race kept going. The flying cars and hoverboards on the other hand were pretty much never feasible even by today's standards.
@wrenbeck3370
@wrenbeck3370 2 жыл бұрын
Tomorrowland is one of those places where, if I had a time machine, I would visit. I _really_ dig the retro-futuristic vibe.
@nastyab8003
@nastyab8003 2 жыл бұрын
I lived within walking distance ..sort of.. and went often. It was that cool.
@rbck8826
@rbck8826 Жыл бұрын
Watch out for the asbestos and led paint.
@theninjamaster67
@theninjamaster67 Жыл бұрын
@BK Beatty Yah the problem with them calling it Tomorrowland is one thing they fought with through the entire lifetime of that part of the park which is that "tomorrow" is hard to keep up with and quickly just becomes the present and even faster becomes the past as certain ideals and tech become outdated then they gotta go through another costly renovation to catch up to the ideal of the future of the day.
@arnoics6323
@arnoics6323 Жыл бұрын
Honestly to each their own, I hate retro futuristic, for some reason it always really creeps me out. Star Wars excluded.
@covercalls88
@covercalls88 Жыл бұрын
I grew up with Disneyland, and I was two in 1955 when the park first opened. A attraction not mentioned was the submarine ride and lesser known the Cox flying circle where demonstrations of line control airplanes and slot cars were shown.
@RogueVideoRaven
@RogueVideoRaven 3 жыл бұрын
“Convincing customers that they had nothing to be afraid of...” Me: Makes sense, progress is always feared. “Before it was revealed they created something they should absolutely be afraid of.” Me: oh no “Vietnam War.” Me: OH NO
@hopeahooper
@hopeahooper 3 жыл бұрын
Hahahah, girl same
@saxboi1144
@saxboi1144 3 жыл бұрын
See, I was thinking Round-Up at first, but then he started talking about Vietnam and I was like "Huh, I wonder what they made for that" and then Kevin mentioned chemical agents referred to by color and I was like "Dear God no......"
@PrincessFelicie
@PrincessFelicie 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't even need to wait for that moment in the video, from the beginning the first time Monsanto was mentioned I was already "oh no". I think I heard about them in high school because of a pesticide, GMO, & proprietary seed scandal in India or something. They are the ghouls you think of when you imagine a chemical-based post-apocalyptic capitalist dystopia. They are IRL Umbrella Corp.
@kayleeobrien9529
@kayleeobrien9529 2 жыл бұрын
😂 exactly my reaction!
@FectoMemoria
@FectoMemoria 2 жыл бұрын
What about Roundup
@mightyfilm
@mightyfilm 3 жыл бұрын
That's Paul Frees for you. He can give a dramatic, chilling, Orson Welles like performance, and then he can go on to be half the characters in Rocky and Bullwinkle.
@300zxbear2
@300zxbear2 3 жыл бұрын
But Florida's Answer to Inner Space (If You Had Wings) got The Real Orson Welles.
@KendrickHarrisKenfinity
@KendrickHarrisKenfinity 3 жыл бұрын
And alot of voices in the Rankin Bass specials too!
@Trainlover1995
@Trainlover1995 3 жыл бұрын
@@KendrickHarrisKenfinity Paul Frees was the Tony Jay of his time.
@SpamEggSausage
@SpamEggSausage 3 жыл бұрын
@@300zxbear2 I saw that when I was a kid!
@KendrickHarrisKenfinity
@KendrickHarrisKenfinity 3 жыл бұрын
@@Trainlover1995 EXACTLY!
@ashb712
@ashb712 3 жыл бұрын
29:20 Mosanto: *does morally repugnant things* Mosanto: Why do people think we are evil?
@PoseidonEntertainment
@PoseidonEntertainment 3 жыл бұрын
Ah, and here I was thinking that Flight of the Valkyries was used as a joke, when really it was foreshadowing. Bravo on that level of storytelling in your videos.
@jewlovergibson2944
@jewlovergibson2944 2 жыл бұрын
CHARLIE DON'T SURF!!!
@bigbeast103
@bigbeast103 2 жыл бұрын
@@jewlovergibson2944 go home GI
@williamrauschenberg8383
@williamrauschenberg8383 3 жыл бұрын
This man puts a mock WarnerBros logo in front of a Disney Project. This man knows no fear.
@poley23
@poley23 3 жыл бұрын
He is on another level so far above the rest of us.
@Dan__S
@Dan__S 3 жыл бұрын
"A convincing illusion" is an understatement. This ride absolutely terrified me.
@DrawciaGleam02
@DrawciaGleam02 3 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear eyewitness accounts of riders!
@Starburst514
@Starburst514 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I would have been terrified
@fabrisseterbrugghe8567
@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 3 жыл бұрын
I saw it when I was 8. I loved it. It was the one ride I asked to go on again.
@oldageisdumb
@oldageisdumb 3 жыл бұрын
Agree! Scared me, too! It was so real looking
@LoyaFrostwind
@LoyaFrostwind 2 жыл бұрын
It scared me a little also. The line(preshow) for Space Mountain really scared me. I turned back at the next to the last chance in line.
@daveyboi4344
@daveyboi4344 Жыл бұрын
As soon as Monsanto started popping up earlier in the season, I wondered if they'd be discussed considering their literal crimes against humanity, multiple ecosystems, and extensive list of wildlife species. The scene of the planes dropping agent orange was gut wrenching and extraordinarily well done. Your episodes are always so good, but this one was something special.
@frednoeyes6330
@frednoeyes6330 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, as Dean Rusk put it "[T]he use of defoliant does not violate any rule of international law concerning the conduct of chemical warfare and is an accepted tactic of war. Precedent has been established by the British during the emergency in Malaya in their use of aircraft for destroying crops by chemical spraying." So at the time the US government saw these and other operations such as Operation Popeye (weather mdification using silver iodide) as acceptable actions under the Geneva Convention. Guess you can't break a rule that's not in the rule-book. Ain't mankind great?
@kakyoindonut3213
@kakyoindonut3213 Жыл бұрын
@@frednoeyes6330 I wish god exist
@clown134
@clown134 Жыл бұрын
obviously. corporations/capitalism runs the United States government, not the other way around. the United States was always owned and operated by the rich for the rich since it's inception. we are a dictatorship of the rich
@drewgehringer7813
@drewgehringer7813 10 ай бұрын
@@frednoeyes6330 yeah but does it count as solely "use of a defoliant" when something known to be poisonous to humans too was included alongside? going "but the chemical weapon bit that hurt humans was just an impurity we knowingly neglected to remove!" is kind of hair-splitting as far as defenses against "you used chemical weapons go"
@stevenschnepp576
@stevenschnepp576 8 ай бұрын
Why blame the company for what its customers did?
@iPig
@iPig Жыл бұрын
I'll never get over the fact that the response to Vietnamese soldiers hiding in vegetation was to wage an all-out war on the environment. Great job everyone, turned out fine.
@gladitsnotme
@gladitsnotme 3 жыл бұрын
27:44 One semi-correction: Vietnamese babies are still currently being born with major birth defects including deafness, mutations like exposed spines and missing limbs, and stunted mental development. The legacy of American Agent poisoning will last for at least 200 years, maybe even longer depending on environmental conditions.
@chancekahle2214
@chancekahle2214 3 жыл бұрын
Indeed. The US committed a genocide against the Vietnamese people.
@shimakazef.7809
@shimakazef.7809 3 жыл бұрын
@@chancekahle2214 but that is not the definition of genocide. the definition is "the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group" when technically gent oranges use was a defoilant. I do not think it was right in any way shape or form, I just feel your usage of the word genocide is overstepping slightly. I firmly believe however that it was 100% an awful war crime that should have never happened.
@schneejacques3502
@schneejacques3502 3 жыл бұрын
@@chancekahle2214 Ironic since Vietnam is now one of the most pro US countries in the world.
@DIEGhostfish
@DIEGhostfish 3 жыл бұрын
@@schneejacques3502 Having to fight off their even worse "Cousins in Communism" first in Cambodia then in border wars with China will do that.
@bucca2
@bucca2 3 жыл бұрын
@@shimakazef.7809 The Geneva Convention defines genocide in 5 different ways, one of them being “causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group”. It was genocide.
@lightninglady
@lightninglady 3 жыл бұрын
what if we kissed in the adventure through inner space omnimovers 😳😳
@3asianassassin
@3asianassassin 2 жыл бұрын
And more? 😳😳🤯🤯
@notgray88
@notgray88 2 жыл бұрын
haha yeah... unless?
@StanBlankPlushelodeon
@StanBlankPlushelodeon 2 жыл бұрын
I am extremely impressed by the military-style cover of Miracles from Molecules. I legitimately thought it was an alternate version made during the ride’s lifetime, I didn’t think it was possible to recapture the exact style of 50s and 60s music, but I guess I was wrong.
@toweypat
@toweypat Жыл бұрын
So did I!
@sadpee7710
@sadpee7710 7 ай бұрын
i thought it was the actual song but with a marching sound effect playing on top and a sound filter thrown in at the end
@delusion5867
@delusion5867 6 ай бұрын
I didn't notice until now that, during the sequence, the original band slowing fades out until it's just the singers and the marching. Adds a bit more horror to it.
@Radi0inactivity
@Radi0inactivity 3 жыл бұрын
Kevin: "The People Mover" Me, in my most Jenny Nicholson voice: YEEEEEESSSS
@doityourselfbombs
@doityourselfbombs 2 жыл бұрын
I THOUGHT THAT TOO
@maplebaconz2122
@maplebaconz2122 2 жыл бұрын
"What's a pie doi-"
@chrisvorhees6677
@chrisvorhees6677 3 жыл бұрын
And his attractive children....? The 60's, man.
@pnwTaco
@pnwTaco 3 жыл бұрын
Glad I wasn't only one who noticed that one haha.
@kellyweingart3692
@kellyweingart3692 3 жыл бұрын
lol
@chrisvorhees6677
@chrisvorhees6677 3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@Pigness7
@Pigness7 3 жыл бұрын
attractive meant something else back then, but it is still kinda strange
@laurabowles
@laurabowles 3 жыл бұрын
It was used to mean more along the lines of "cute" or "adorable." Not that the speaker finds the children attractive in a sexual/romantic way. It's definitely a bit off-putting but it didn't have the same connotation back then
@gurtch
@gurtch 3 жыл бұрын
Kevin it was genius of you to include the long helicopter shots to introduce Monsanto, alluding to their involvement in the war. You’re content continues to impress me every time. Keep killing it man.
@crazyfire9470
@crazyfire9470 3 жыл бұрын
Less that they themselves were involved more that the government was simply using their products
@zoravar.k7904
@zoravar.k7904 2 жыл бұрын
@@crazyfire9470 The government didn't buy agent orange at wallmart, monsanto took that contract without clarifying the carcinogenic nature of the compound. It's no less horrifying than when dupont gave their factory staff free PFOA laced cigarettes to see what would happen to them.
@donvanatta6545
@donvanatta6545 Жыл бұрын
I seem to remember that Disney once had regular VIP helicopter service to the park from LAX but the surrounding community made them get rid of it. That’s what I thought the opening shot was.
@mariic2
@mariic2 Жыл бұрын
1, 2, 3, foreshadowing...
@bumblebeepicnic6917
@bumblebeepicnic6917 3 жыл бұрын
"Miracles of Molecules" playing over chemical warfare gave me some serious "Full Metal Jacket" vibes. Excellent editing.
@Donteatacowman
@Donteatacowman 2 жыл бұрын
"Guests enter[ed] the Mighty Microscope, shrinking in size just as they had seen previous guests do. In reality, the Atomobiles simply turned to the left." I was listening to the audio (no visuals) and almost choked at this.
@derickwhite437
@derickwhite437 3 жыл бұрын
Look, was I expecting a "Paint it Black x Epcot Center theme" remix in this episode? No. Do I want a full version now? Yes
@DrawciaGleam02
@DrawciaGleam02 3 жыл бұрын
Where in the video is that????
@michael_knight
@michael_knight 3 жыл бұрын
@@DrawciaGleam02 End credits
@monstersociety3360
@monstersociety3360 3 жыл бұрын
You can't show footage of Vietnam war scenes without playing "Paint it Black" - it's basically the law, at this point. Look at almost any movie with Vietnam war imagery INCLUDING "Kong: Skull Island" and you'll know what I mean.
@KennyVee
@KennyVee 3 жыл бұрын
Nice catch, Derick. It was different enough that I didn't pick up on it the first time, but after seeing your comment I listened again and I hear it now.
@danopticon
@danopticon 3 жыл бұрын
@@monstersociety3360 - I believe the closing credits to Kubrick’s 1987 release _Full Metal Jacket_ (probably the best film ever made about war, with Kubrick’s own _Paths of Glory_ coming in second) began that trend… which may now seem clichéd, but which was powerfully effective then. (It gave me chills when I saw it theatrically upon its release - yes, I’m a little old.) If you can find earlier instances in film of “Paint It Black” evoking the Vietnam quagmire, I’d be curious to know. But even if _Full Metal Jacket_ weren’t the earliest instance, I’d say it’s become the definitive one - and an especially needed one in the ‘80s, when Koch Donor Network money had installed Reagan in office to get everyone to forget the ‘70s and focus on shopping and entertaining themselves to death instead, and to get the USA excited about instigating wars of economic opportunity once more… invading Grenada, pffft. 😡
@CeasarWillRise
@CeasarWillRise 3 жыл бұрын
“A once optimistic America was suddenly cynical.” Man, we keep ending up in that cycle.
@jamiethedinosaur869
@jamiethedinosaur869 3 жыл бұрын
November 8, 2016... We thought progress would just continue onward and upward... and then...
@connerrolofson1585
@connerrolofson1585 2 жыл бұрын
@@jamiethedinosaur869 That year's presidential election finished after the votes came in. A Republican, who would went on to become the 4th worst president in the history of the United States, would win that election. A man who came from the business side of America, in New York City, has no experience in the military, and is a media personality who had his last name for his organization, founded in 1923 by a German businesswoman and an American real estate developer. His name was Donald John Trump, born in June 1946, in Queens, New York, and was the president who became a reflection of what his party, the Republican Party, became now. Now, the Republican Party became anti-truth, and anti-democratic, a prominant feature of the party now. Trump would become president on January 21, 2017, and he would negatively change America forever.
@mjwatts1983
@mjwatts1983 2 жыл бұрын
@@connerrolofson1585 He took office on 20 Jan 2017 at noon. (US Constitution, Amendment 20) And the office left him at that same time & date, 4 years later to a vastly different America than the one he inherited.
@mjwatts1983
@mjwatts1983 2 жыл бұрын
I was reading that in KP’s voice I wonder if he would consider branching out to something like that On the other hand, his account would get swarmed by Trump defenders and the comments section would be as toxic as the waters in the early Disney Land boat rides
@theconservativeknight1883
@theconservativeknight1883 2 жыл бұрын
@@connerrolofson1585 Are you sure about that? If I remember correctly, it is the democrats who are ironically anti democratic and anti truth. We are talking about the same party whose candidates would degrade and belittle fellow Americans for having a different political opinion, writing them off as "Deplorables". These are the same people who never once condemned the violence and destruction antifa and blm rioters caused throughout Trump's presidency. These are the same people who go on about "Defund the police" and "All police are racist and violent", yet those same democrat cowards hide behind them whenever the opposite side gets fed up with their bullshit. These are the same people who want to take away your freedom of speech and your 2nd amendment, all in the name of "political correctness" and "security". Yes I will admit that the republican party has a lot of spineless cowards that don't deserve to be in office. But don't act like the democrats are fucking benevolent saints. The democrat party is everything you accuse the republican party of being but far more deranged and malicious in their agenda, they are to put it simply traitors. I don't intend to change your political opinion, believe what you want to believe at the end of the day. I'm just here to point out the hypocrisy of your anti-republican propaganda. In the end, as history has shown time and time again, when two sides cannot coexist peacefully or compromise, a civil war is inevitable.
@MsDancecommander
@MsDancecommander 3 жыл бұрын
ah. yep. My grandfather was effected by Agent orange, and through his issues passed down, I get chronic ill pains that are vague as h*ll. Plus my grandfather lived on a superfund site through a paper company that dumped the waste water into a well, so he and my extended family on his side got cancer multiple times. It sucks. God damn it, Monsanto.
@MsDancecommander
@MsDancecommander 3 жыл бұрын
great video. I'm just. bummed. My grandpa tried to help by joining the army and he got super cancer. :(
@stevenschnepp576
@stevenschnepp576 8 ай бұрын
I wouldn't stop at Agent Orange for an explanation. The evidence of epigenetic inheritance from it isn't terribly strong, and there may be another underlying condition. For example, depression or aging.
@MissJean63
@MissJean63 2 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite ride at Disneyland. I have pictures of me at Disneyland in 1967. Scared the crap out of me as a child. I honestly believed that we were shrunk and the giant staring eye at the end probably gave me nightmares. I rode it many times over many years and was so sad when it closed to become Star Tours. Yes, it became more clunky as I aged but it was still Tomorrowland. People Shrinkers, Peoplemover, America The Beautiful in the round and America Sings. I do miss those. I even remember riding donkeys through the Painted Desert. Memories!😌
@voluntaryismistheanswer
@voluntaryismistheanswer 2 жыл бұрын
I'm still angry at Star Tours for that. And I miss Primeval World!
@ConnorGarrett
@ConnorGarrett 3 жыл бұрын
When the world needed him most... *He returned!*
@Flome810
@Flome810 3 жыл бұрын
Defuntland is the avatar confirmed?!
@Flome810
@Flome810 3 жыл бұрын
Y u still subbed to callmecarson?
@bodaciousdoggo8971
@bodaciousdoggo8971 3 жыл бұрын
*return of the king*
@bodaciousdoggo8971
@bodaciousdoggo8971 3 жыл бұрын
@@Flome810 you can’t expect everyone to unsubscribe from Carson. But I’m not defending his actions those were horrible.
@InstigationFixation
@InstigationFixation 3 жыл бұрын
I mean he didn't really go anywhere, did he? He usually uploads around once a month or so.
@Xycron
@Xycron 3 жыл бұрын
Can't get enough of the production work of these
@babyblue_22
@babyblue_22 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I totally agree, I could legit see this being picked up by Netflix or something. In fact, it's better quality than a lot of Netflix content nowadays
@privateemail9755
@privateemail9755 3 жыл бұрын
SAME. You know what I've had enough of though? Monsantos control over food distribution and manufacturing as well as their control of the pharmacy industry. They're literally trying to get off of being responsible for poisoning the world with their agent orange roundup. Absolute. scum.
@Dwagginz
@Dwagginz 3 жыл бұрын
That bit around 25:30-26:00 was... yeah. Absolutely stunning production work, even by Defunctland's high standards
@thestarlightalchemist7333
@thestarlightalchemist7333 3 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, never expected to see Xycron here
@Kriswixx
@Kriswixx 3 жыл бұрын
he's a seasoned YT vet for many years on the microcosm focus of these D(L)ocumentaries
@obamagaming7909
@obamagaming7909 3 жыл бұрын
"You want me to tell you the story of the Disney ride that shrunk you down? Ok, I'll tell you, but we need some background first. Our story starts after the Tet offensive where the Vietcong were gaining an edge on US forces in Vietnam..."
@MrJm323
@MrJm323 Жыл бұрын
And, even then, you'd have it wrong. The Tet Offensive wound up being a disaster for the VC (and the attendant siege of Khe Sanh, an utter failure -- not the Dien Bien Phu that the NVA was hoping it would be). It DID serve as a justification for Walter Cronkite (and other "respectable people") to come out against the War (during the offensive), and it was THAT -- the advocacy that we abandon South Vietnam which secured victory for the Communists.
@FitMC
@FitMC 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a simple man. I see Defunctland uploads, I click instantly
@AntiAntiVaxxer2008
@AntiAntiVaxxer2008 3 жыл бұрын
the oldest anarchy server in Minecraft
@vunu.
@vunu. 3 жыл бұрын
At first I was surprised but then I realized you're a Minecraft Historian so of course you would watch a Theme Park historian's channel! Great to see you!
@kio7320
@kio7320 3 жыл бұрын
The oldest anarchy server smh
@semendemon2127
@semendemon2127 3 жыл бұрын
the jesus donut
@oshwaflz
@oshwaflz 3 жыл бұрын
Ah I see you're a man of culture aswell
@geeksgamesandgears2369
@geeksgamesandgears2369 3 жыл бұрын
I heard because of the “extracurriculars” that would occur on the ride, cast members nicknamed the ride “adventure thru intercourse”
@MistaHahn117
@MistaHahn117 3 жыл бұрын
is there any other nickname you could give it really
@jasonbaylor9865
@jasonbaylor9865 3 жыл бұрын
Adventure thru inner blouse
@KEVMAN7987
@KEVMAN7987 3 жыл бұрын
Adventure in her pants?
@kellyweingart3692
@kellyweingart3692 3 жыл бұрын
😂🤮😷
@Shutterbun4
@Shutterbun4 2 жыл бұрын
"Adventure Through Inner Thighs" was another popular one.
@robpagenkopf5829
@robpagenkopf5829 3 жыл бұрын
I was literally just wondering when the next Defunctland would be and here it is. Excellent. Now my next 35 minutes are set.
@AxxLAfriku
@AxxLAfriku 3 жыл бұрын
I am thinking about dropping out of school to focus on my career as a star on KZfaq. I already make a lot of money on KZfaq. School bores me so much. I need more opinions and since I don't have any friends, I gotta ask you, rob
@ajclements4627
@ajclements4627 3 жыл бұрын
Why are you trolling for opinions on your videos? If they’re good, people will watch, if not, they won’t.
@mrsleakyshit
@mrsleakyshit 3 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who doesn’t immediately watch a video I really want to watch and “keeps it” until the right occasion?
@ajclements4627
@ajclements4627 3 жыл бұрын
@@mrsleakyshit I do that all the time lol
@ernestolombardo5811
@ernestolombardo5811 2 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite rides as a kid. Now that Disney is stewarding Marvel, the ride could be revived again as an Ant-Man attraction. With tardigrades, please! The gentle capybaras of the microscopic world. And of course, the uncertainty principle in the Quantum Realm. It always struck me deeply how the ride ended at the gift shop. And how the People Mover passed above, making everything in Tomorrowland feel interconnected.
@Paradox_Incognito
@Paradox_Incognito 3 ай бұрын
Okay, but whoever voiced the scientist in the inner space ride slayed that to the nth degree
@Lori_P89
@Lori_P89 3 жыл бұрын
"Oh neat! Fun trivia about an old theme park ride!" *Defunctland takes us to a dark place with the US's crimes against humanity* "Oh God. Yeah. That was definitely sombering..." Thank you Defunctland for not being afraid to talk about what really happened. Your tone of voice conveys exasperation, while also understanding the weight behind each thing that takes place even on the darkest points of our timeline.
@xGatoDelFuegox
@xGatoDelFuegox 3 жыл бұрын
It always, always, ALWAYS comes back to Michael Eisner!
@lutherheggs451
@lutherheggs451 3 жыл бұрын
Yep because he brought Disney back from Bankruptcy, made the parks about the best they've ever been and green lit the Disney renaissance of academy award winning animated films...Were all of his ideas great nope, just the majority of them... Unlike Bob EIger who did nothing but trash the parks, close attractions take years to open new ones in the locations the closed ones were, themes everything to a Marvel or other Disney owned IP rather than allowing the Imagineers to create something new and original....And led the way in constantly remaking all of their classic animated films into live action adaptations. Oh and priced out the poor people raising Disney tickets to over $100 bucks..... IF Disney could use anything right now it would be a Michael Eisner bringing back original creativity. But please feel free to keep crying for rides that were opened in the 60s closed in 85 and replaced by one of the most popular attractions in any of the parks.
@freshgarbage1492
@freshgarbage1492 3 жыл бұрын
@@lutherheggs451 Looks like I found Michael Eisner's secret alt. Nice try buddy, but Bob Iger is a business genius.
@roycem4945
@roycem4945 3 жыл бұрын
Michael Eisner never really left, as to this very day, he is actually still intertwined with Disney and its Disney Plus streaming. Michael cleverly named his company Tornante which in Italian means hairpin turn and bought TOPPS and Eisner / Disney have been branding all of the Disney films / Star Wars, Marvel, Muppets, Pixar and 20th Century Fox films - as TOPPS - DISNEY --
@icecreamhero2375
@icecreamhero2375 3 жыл бұрын
@@lutherheggs451 I have no idea how to run a company so I can't really judge. I Agree Michael Esiner had a lot of good ideas and bad ones. I enjoy the Marvel movies so I can't really bash Iger.
@cthulhupthagn5771
@cthulhupthagn5771 3 жыл бұрын
Michael Eisner was probably the best that Disney had to run them after Disney himself died. So many of his initiatives brought the Disney name to the prominence it now is. Just one example, he had the wonderful world of Disney where he introduced every movie sometimes with a little skit. Half of them were old Disney films and half of them were films that he had done then and there. No CEO is perfect. Having two operate at that level to my mind implies a certain level of psychosis. At the very minimum, narcissistic disorder and a supreme level of arrogance. But after Eisner left, Disney seemed to Coast on its merits. Many of their films were sequels or direct to video. The quality of many of their films wer while not horrible, held to a much lesser standard. And as others have noted it was around this time that the cost of tickets started to Skyrocket. My family was never Wealthy by any measure. But in the mid-80s my parents were able to fund a week-long vacation at Disney World, staying on Park grounds. We were able to afford breakfast lunch and dinner as well as purchase plenty of souvenirs and we were able to see every ride in the park. That was for a family of five. Now by contrast, to do the same thing will cost you enough money to purchase a full size SUV, a tiny home, payoff a sizable chunk of student debt, or fund at least a Year's worth of chemotherapy for somebody with cancer. And you have absolutely no way in hell I'm getting on even half of the rides, thanks to the multiple initiatives to allow people to skip lines. Was that all because of Eiger? Likely not, a CEO is still just a figurehead. Was Isner the only one preventing what has come since? Unlikely for the same reason. Still I can't help but believe that if Michael Eisner was still in a position of power, Disney would be much more affordable and their output would be far more varied
@eqtaft
@eqtaft Жыл бұрын
In the early part of the Videopolis era, when I had a summer night pass, this ride also had the great redeeming feature of having about the most powerful air conditioning in the park. Since there was almost never a line, it was a great way to cool off after dancing like a maniac to "Rock Lobster" or "Two Tribes." I was definitely pretty scared by it when I first rode it as a kid, though....
@dharmallars
@dharmallars Жыл бұрын
So funny, that’s exactly the same reason that another DL attraction, cedar point’s disaster transport, was still getting riders in its later years. It was the only building in that entire half of the park that was air conditioned and the wait was only ever like twenty minutes.
@Una_Ridlow
@Una_Ridlow Жыл бұрын
Same for Gold River Adventure at Six Flags over Texas. It was ice cold in there. It's a shame it got flooded and destroyed a few years ago, it was my favorite as a kid. Even if the effects did start breaking down badly as I got older. I heard the new version of the ride was also flooded recently and shut down, which is a shame
@dizzylilthing
@dizzylilthing 2 жыл бұрын
The "Miracles From Molecules" over the American Invasion footage was chilling.
@palletlover8519
@palletlover8519 3 жыл бұрын
Defunctland's videos are higher quality than most tv shows nowadays.
@MikeKobela
@MikeKobela 3 жыл бұрын
"Teens would add to the ride's narrative with chemicals of their own....hormones" ....well that suddenly gave a new meaning to the ride's name....
@Serai3
@Serai3 3 жыл бұрын
"hormones" Okay, that did not go where I was expecting it to go! :D
@Undrave
@Undrave 3 жыл бұрын
This suddenly made me think to the Tokyo DisneySea 20 000 League Under the Sea ride and its ENCLOSED ride vehicle and what could happen in those at times of low attendance...Thankfully they can sit around 6 people so it's probably rare, but still...
@Boom12
@Boom12 3 жыл бұрын
Coming and a-going I say.
@hitachicordoba
@hitachicordoba 3 жыл бұрын
The few, the proud, the Nanometer High Club lol
@KennyVee
@KennyVee 3 жыл бұрын
When I was a Disneyland cast member (post-Inner Space, though I grew up going on the attraction), I was told a story backstage about an obviously amorous couple getting on Adventure Thru Inner Space, and asking how long the ride was. The cast member, knowing what they were planning to do on the ride, told them it was 20 minutes long (as stated in the video, it was about six minutes long, and insert your own joke about bragg). The cast member let a few empty cars go by before letting them on, then quite a few empty cars go by before loading the next guests. Then they called all the other attractions in Tomorrowland and told them what was going on, and to send over anyone they could spare. Obviously, with the ride time being less than a third of what the guests were told, they got to the post-show room in...not exactly a "family friendly" state, and were met by a wall of cast members applauding them, and they were then escorted out of the park by Security. Now, obviously I don't know whether that story is actually true or whether it's just backstage urban legend, but I still laugh when I think about it.
@DarthWillSmith
@DarthWillSmith 3 жыл бұрын
Even with Disney's reputation in the gutter these days, it's hard to imagine them having ever worked with the makers of Agent Orange and Napalm.
@giantmoth1287
@giantmoth1287 2 жыл бұрын
i don't find it that hard, it is a grotesque example of how every bit of capitalism is interlocked with horrific violence
@DarthWillSmith
@DarthWillSmith 2 жыл бұрын
@@giantmoth1287 LMFAO yeah right, "capitalism" is what's wrong with this picture.
@giantmoth1287
@giantmoth1287 2 жыл бұрын
@@DarthWillSmith quite obviously yes, that's the result of profits being the ultimate motivation in this dying system, no matter whether you sell cartoons or weapons of mass destruction. I think this channel (intentionally or not) showcases the unavoidable internal flaws of capitalism in many ways showing how they are still present even in something seen as colorful innocent fun for children. but it is just a shiny exterior with a very bloody and heartless inside, from an obvious example like this one to everyday things like exploitation of workers in america and abroad, environmental pollution and also walt disney's fascistic worldview it is very obvious that like every american corporation ever it has blood on it hands, which is unavoidable in capitalism due to its inherent flaws and contradictions
@DarthWillSmith
@DarthWillSmith 2 жыл бұрын
@@giantmoth1287 blaming everything on "capitalism" is about as cool as wearing a fanny pack. Is it "capitalism" or is it decay? Is it "capitalism" or is it corporatism? Is it "capitalism" or corruption? Is it "capitalism" deviant warfare? Is Sally's lemonade stand also tainted by warmongering? Is an artwork any less beautiful if the artist makes a profit? The right of property and enterprise will inevitably lead to abuses, but you should stick to criticizing the abuses rather than cast everything under such an ill-defined and overly broad idea like "capitalism". Besides, Disney have also made plenty of dark room rides that WEREN'T produced in association with makers of fucked up chemical weapons.
@giantmoth1287
@giantmoth1287 2 жыл бұрын
@@DarthWillSmith yes it is capitalism (idk why you're putting it in quotes) it is also decay, corporatism and deviant warfare as they are unavoidable consequences of capitalism. As an counter example to capitalism's crimes you're giving a child and artists, that is not how most of the production that happens under capitalism looks like. Of course not every enterprise has war crimes on its conscience but basically all of big corporations (and ecpecially american ones) have in different ways.and you also have things like wage theft (in the sense of stealing surplus value) happens in every situation when someone eploys others. Sally's lemonade stand in itself is fine but capitalism needs more and more and never stops, monopolisation is written in the very core of capitalism. capitalism has clearly failed humanity, i think everyone can see it in some way in 2022, making climate change worse and worse, not being able to deal with a pandemic, resulting in imperialism and taking lives of millions whether through warfare or sanctions and all the awful results of the american empire being the world hegemon. it is however crumbling, its time has come. Rosa Luxembourg said "socialism or barbarism" i think today it's socialism or end of humanity.
@EphemeralTao
@EphemeralTao 3 жыл бұрын
I remember riding this when visiting Disneyland in the early '80s. The "chills" created by the ride were less to do with the visual and audio design, and more to do with the refrigerated air that drifted down from AC vents in the ceiling at the giant snowflake zone. Simple, but pretty effective at creating immersion.
@prawnfriend7394
@prawnfriend7394 3 жыл бұрын
hats off to you, Kevin. I go from "oh, new defunctland, this seems interesting." to a mini documentary about how the Vietnam War effected the public perception of big business and how that was all tied to one strange disneyland ride. Excellent job, as always.
@joeevans5770
@joeevans5770 3 жыл бұрын
Why do I feel this season's gonna end with the Disney company hiring a certain CEO from Paramount???
@SuperWolsey
@SuperWolsey 3 жыл бұрын
Im still waiting on when Iger can get a right slagging
@SuperWolsey
@SuperWolsey 3 жыл бұрын
@darrell holland shame it can't be sooner as right now since investors are calling for his and the other Bob (Chapek)'s heads over the LucasFilm debacle, nevermind the book cooking investigation ongoing
@cesarvictoriano8072
@cesarvictoriano8072 3 жыл бұрын
All roads lead to Michael Eisner
@sarahraisingmyvoice
@sarahraisingmyvoice 2 жыл бұрын
If I could time-travel, one of my top destinations would absolutely be various iterations of the World’s Fair... it always fascinates me to see visions of our past and future through the eyes of different generations. No matter when we look, those perspectives are always tinted with flavors of contemporary pop culture, art, philosophy, and ideology...and ultimately tells us more about the people in the mirror, rather than the reflection itself. Hopefully that makes sense. It’s a bit early for me to be so...meta.
@jonasdatlas4668
@jonasdatlas4668 2 жыл бұрын
It absolutely does, I dig the retrofuturist vibe, and I’m sure I’m not the only one given how popular a setting it is for video games...
@Chasmodius
@Chasmodius 6 ай бұрын
I bet a World's Fairs tour would be very popular for a time-travel agency, partially because it would be one of the few sets of locations where anachronisms might be ignored by locals and historians! "Those weirdos? Oh, they're just French, ignore them." :P
@sarahraisingmyvoice
@sarahraisingmyvoice 6 ай бұрын
@@Chasmodius yes!!!
@elirubin434
@elirubin434 Жыл бұрын
This season has been about Epcot all along. To understand Epcot, we had to start with the White City and the farmer's son. MIND BLOWN.
@SamShowsUs
@SamShowsUs 3 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early Defunctland was still a one-man VR Park Project
@ShakeItLittleTina
@ShakeItLittleTina 3 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early Defunctland was still going to be a physical theme park
@benedictdwyer2608
@benedictdwyer2608 3 жыл бұрын
@@ShakeItLittleTina when was that?
@dracorex426
@dracorex426 3 жыл бұрын
What?
@johnv7060
@johnv7060 3 жыл бұрын
Bringing a defunct theme park ride into the broader cultural and political issues of its day is quite a feat, but you’ve done it, and very compellingly. This is one of your best. Bravo!
@oldageisdumb
@oldageisdumb 3 жыл бұрын
It was a very convincing illusion! I remember staring at this thing when I was a kid, amazed at watching the cars going in and getting smaller. I knew it was a trick but I couldn’t figure out how they did it. Disney would’ve been proud, even if it was just fooling a kid lol
@patrickramseyart
@patrickramseyart 3 жыл бұрын
Definitely wasn't expecting the dark turn, though maybe I should have. I never met my grandfather, but he fought in Vietnam. Those hellish chemicals caused a lot of suffering, and my family got it in full force. Out of any of these questionable Disney collaborations, this one hits the hardest for me. "Miracles from Molecules" indeed.
@Viridious2
@Viridious2 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve never heard anything about most of the rides/attractions talked about in this series but he makes them so interesting to learn about.....very excited for this one
@Mediaright
@Mediaright 3 жыл бұрын
With all the renewed conversation around American cynicism and its roots in the late 60s, especially the events of 1968, the riots, and the trial that resulted, this is kinda the perfect episode for the current moment.
@axelpatrickb.pingol3228
@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 жыл бұрын
Understandable. It's like America didn't learn a thing from it...
@crazyfire9470
@crazyfire9470 3 жыл бұрын
A lot of Americans like myself learned a lot, sadly the loud, mostly younger ones feel like repeating it...
@novaangle2183
@novaangle2183 2 жыл бұрын
@@crazyfire9470 The younger ones learn and improve on the old yet the old do not want to progress.
@annieandelsieofarendelle3294
@annieandelsieofarendelle3294 2 жыл бұрын
@@novaangle2183 And sometimes people in my generation don't care to know the past and thus are doomed to repeat the cycle.
@Vok250
@Vok250 3 жыл бұрын
Teens giving "adventure through inner space" a different meaning, if you catch my drift.
@ronpaulssecretary
@ronpaulssecretary 3 жыл бұрын
I know other channels have done it, but I'd love to see your insight on the Jurassic Park ride at Universal. The original ride was adored and pretty much "Jaws, but good" with excellent animatronics and set design and pacing. Then they replaced everything with SCREENS that don't work right(they're visible as you enter, but before the video has begun, so the beginning of the ride is just watching still images of the sea creatures). Pretty much everyone hates the new version.
@BradyPetway
@BradyPetway 3 жыл бұрын
You should check out the new version. Over the park closure they redid the ending and I think the ending is better than the original.
@SamFranArt
@SamFranArt 3 жыл бұрын
Having Miracles From Molecules play over Vietnam war footage is absolutely genius!
@SamFranArt
@SamFranArt 3 жыл бұрын
@Thirsty Sexpert The US should have never gone into Vietnam. It wasn't their war to deal with. Also, no one deserves what agent orange did to people!
@SamFranArt
@SamFranArt 3 жыл бұрын
@Thirsty Sexpert As a Jewish person whose family was impacted by WWII, don't tell me I'm ignorant. WWII and the Vietnam War were two very different situations. And once again NO ONE DESERVES TO BE A VICTIM OF INHUMANE CHEMICAL WARFARE!
@baronvonlimbourgh1716
@baronvonlimbourgh1716 3 жыл бұрын
@Thirsty Sexpert you are the ignorant one here.....
@baronvonlimbourgh1716
@baronvonlimbourgh1716 3 жыл бұрын
With added marching boots as well.
@SamFranArt
@SamFranArt 3 жыл бұрын
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 I didn’t notice that, such a cool added detail
@dracorex426
@dracorex426 3 жыл бұрын
The opposite of farming is war crimes.
@chancekahle2214
@chancekahle2214 3 жыл бұрын
Not just that, but genocide, due to its lingering presence in the environment and teratogenic effects.
@artistwithouttalent
@artistwithouttalent 3 жыл бұрын
"Anti-seed. Plant it and watch the thing die."
@stephaniemeyer4549
@stephaniemeyer4549 2 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the opposite of plant cultivation is plant removal (ie herbicides)
@benedictdwyer2608
@benedictdwyer2608 2 жыл бұрын
@@stephaniemeyer4549 so war crimes on an insect scale
@feel.fantasy
@feel.fantasy Жыл бұрын
the theme song + war footage combo gave me chills
@alexlubbers1589
@alexlubbers1589 2 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: the Monsanto Company was also partially responsible for the Texas City Disaster, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. They manufactured Ammonium Nitrate which was then shipped to Texas City on its way to out-of country buyers. Long story short, It got too hot and a fire started, which then led to a monumental Kaboom.
@Josh-ut4wv
@Josh-ut4wv Ай бұрын
yeah with the big reason why is that when they tried to stop the fire on the ship with normal tactics turned it into a bomb. That is because the fire was feeding itself oxygen causing the pressure to build once they sealed the fire area off. The smoke coming out of the ship was an odd color sending spectators to the ship. Once it blew up parts of the ship were flung across Galveston Bay. It was reported that in Galveston people were thrown to the ground by the shockwave and people in Lousiana felt like they were having a minor earthquake even though the gulf coast is on a very stable part of the North American plate. The explosion also caused a ship next to it to also catch on fire and explode as well.
@MayorMcC666
@MayorMcC666 3 жыл бұрын
playing the miracles from molecules song over the agent orange footage was *chef's kiss* so good
@TheDigitalApple
@TheDigitalApple 3 жыл бұрын
I feel like taking a journey.....through inner space!
@ToxicFiend626
@ToxicFiend626 3 жыл бұрын
That's it, that's the comment I've been waiting for lol
@hhairball9
@hhairball9 3 жыл бұрын
How about a virtual one? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gadjqKmcq5elaaM.html
@dmd_design
@dmd_design Жыл бұрын
I rode this in the early 80s. It left such an impression on me that i can still remember the awe of passing through a giant snowflake. It was a bit frightening but amazing. I wish the ride still existed.
@GM-by7tc
@GM-by7tc 2 жыл бұрын
So cool that there is footage of people queing up, enjoying their time, and not knowing they were being filmed for footage that would make it onto Defunctland decades later, a lifetime later! Amazing
@maxaprettyboy6512
@maxaprettyboy6512 3 жыл бұрын
The ride sounds wonderful, your description takes us there and it's mesmerising but then you don't gloss over the dark side such as Agent Orange. Your videos aren't just cool history of rides but you give a whole picture of the time, the circumstances, the consequences etc with as always excellent production value. Playing the miracles molecules song over that Vietnam footage is just haunting. Yet another excellent video!!!!
@EmilyParagraph
@EmilyParagraph 3 жыл бұрын
"featuring an animatronic named Tom Morrow" is THAT where tom morrow 2.0 from disney channel came from???? i always wondered what happened to the first iteration!
@crazoatmeal1854
@crazoatmeal1854 3 жыл бұрын
And Tom Morrow (voiced by Nathan Lane) in DL's Innoventions
@laurabowles
@laurabowles 3 жыл бұрын
And "Paging Mr. Morrow, Mr. Tom Morrow" from the WDW PeopleMover narration :)
@YuukiTakemoto1996
@YuukiTakemoto1996 3 жыл бұрын
Tom Morrow 2.0 is Disney's version of Cartoon Network's TOM.
@Distorteddesignshop
@Distorteddesignshop 3 жыл бұрын
@@crazoatmeal1854 When I visited Innovations I kept wondering why the robot was named "Tom Arnold" lol
@Blatsen
@Blatsen Жыл бұрын
Adventure Thru Inner Space actually sounds like a fun ride. Playing “Miracles from Molecules" over the video footage from the Vietnam War gave a haunting, dystopian, and demonic feel. The drum beats in the song sounded like boots marching off to war.
@Lowenergy
@Lowenergy Жыл бұрын
So I last rode this ride when I was 8-9 years old in 1984/85. For the last couple of years I have thought about this ride. I couldn’t figure out how we went straight through the microscope. As a kid, I knew we didn’t shrink, but was baffled how we went straight through. I finally learned from this video today, that the car turned left. How did I not feel that? I wish this ride was around today for my 5 year old to experience. I think it would be so magical for her. Thank you for this video. Brought back my childhood.
@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214
@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214 Жыл бұрын
Great memories.
@izziewho
@izziewho 3 жыл бұрын
Just got to the part where it’s footage of the US Air Force spraying the forests in Vietnam with the echoey Sherman Brothers Monsanto jingle... Christ. It’s chilling.
@knoxrobbins
@knoxrobbins 3 жыл бұрын
A company turning a city into a corporate-friendly theme park in the middle of cynical social unrest after finding out corporations themselves were poisoning another culture. What can possibly go wrong?
@teddyfurstman1997
@teddyfurstman1997 3 жыл бұрын
This would totally not backfired Corporations at all. lol.
@uncaboat2399
@uncaboat2399 3 жыл бұрын
I think we as a Society spend way too much effort vilifying Corporations at times when they're only doing what our duly-elected representatives *tell* them to do. It was the *US Government* that was poisoning another culture. Don't blame the tool; blame the person using it.
@teddyfurstman1997
@teddyfurstman1997 3 жыл бұрын
@@uncaboat2399 The US Government is always the worst.
@uncaboat2399
@uncaboat2399 3 жыл бұрын
@@teddyfurstman1997 The US Government is pretty bad, but they're practically angelic compared to many other governments. My point is people need to stop making Corporations the Bad Guys all the time while ignoring the culpability of those who foot the bill and issue the orders.
@Shi_gai
@Shi_gai 3 жыл бұрын
That’s implying EPCOT would’ve even remotely worked as an actual city to begin with.
@TileGuyJesse
@TileGuyJesse Жыл бұрын
Can't even tell you how many times I DIDN'T see the ride for all the tonsil-hockey I played on that ride, and all to Paul Frees naration. Thank you, Walt for giving us all a place to break from the chaperones that were our parents.
@christianlarson2933
@christianlarson2933 3 жыл бұрын
Goddamn that "Miracles from Molecules" reprise really got me.
@thecentralscrutinizer5858
@thecentralscrutinizer5858 3 жыл бұрын
I hope Disney will create an "Ant-Man: Adventures Through Inner-Space" ride
@YuukiTakemoto1996
@YuukiTakemoto1996 3 жыл бұрын
Cross it over with Body Wars and have you go inside Sam Wilson.
@jackroberts2704
@jackroberts2704 2 жыл бұрын
Just thinking this!
@Ihaveagasmask
@Ihaveagasmask Жыл бұрын
They probably want to distance them self from the ride sponsored by a company that helped commit crimes against humanity
@freddyrichards878
@freddyrichards878 Жыл бұрын
They WOULD go for that dick move of a title.
@cahinton.
@cahinton. Жыл бұрын
I don't. All Disney does now are cheap, soulless IP attractions, devoid of the magic of the original theme parks.
@bloodnivel70
@bloodnivel70 3 жыл бұрын
I man a simple man, Defunctland uploads and i stop what I'm doing at the moment to watch it.
@YokiDokiPanic
@YokiDokiPanic 3 жыл бұрын
Same. It's my favorite youtube show.
@terror_tonic
@terror_tonic Жыл бұрын
when it comes to tearing down old rides, i always kind of mourn the loss of the art and props made my the imagineers and disney artists like where did the animated posters go? the shimmering hanging props that once reflected themselves over and over in the dark? the crystal props built to be seen with light effects? posters, painted signs, murals, physical effetcs? they were tossed out or lost and idk. its a shame is all Thank you for such an interesting video!!
@ChickenJoe-tq6xd
@ChickenJoe-tq6xd Жыл бұрын
Prob all sitting in some warehouse
@charlesfcopeland9756
@charlesfcopeland9756 Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the America the Beautiful exhibit! It was a wonderful experience with the 360 degree view and, as a young child found it exciting to attempt to take it all in while my dad complained it hurt his neck to keep his head swiveling.
@JoseAlberto-dh8pf
@JoseAlberto-dh8pf 3 жыл бұрын
Man sometimes defunctland can get quite depressing, I guess thats what history really is. I don't think I will forget the miracles from molecules song on the war footage that's so chilling I dont think theres another episode to have quite a moment like that.
@missybarbour6885
@missybarbour6885 3 жыл бұрын
The war footage with "Miracles From Molecules" over it could have been even worse. I saw pictures of Vietnamese kids who had Agent Orange dropped on them in high school history class and it's the kind of thing you never forget...
@pseudotasuki
@pseudotasuki 3 жыл бұрын
You're probably thinking of napalm.
@FirstKingPotato
@FirstKingPotato 3 жыл бұрын
@@pseudotasuki No, many children born in areas where Agent Orange was used have been born with horrible deformities. I remember the video he's likely talking about.
@VAB0L0
@VAB0L0 3 жыл бұрын
My family went to Vietnam to adopt my little sister a decade ago; she lived in the second storey of an orphanage along with a dozen more toddlers, cared for by three doting employees. The first storey was a refuge for children born with severe deformities, the lasting effects of the US's chemical warfare. It was heartbreaking, seeing them still suffering from the effects of a war over half a century old. We visited the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City while waiting for some paperwork to be approved. The exhibits weren't shy with laying bare the brutality inflicted upon the soldiers, prisoners and civilians during the wars; it was a completely different experience from the Canadian War Museum I visited at a younger age, which would mostly display the weapons, vehicles and propaganda associated with certain wars. I suppose it's much easier to forget the price of war, when your land and children don't bear its scars.
@YuukiTakemoto1996
@YuukiTakemoto1996 3 жыл бұрын
Like when I saw the children who survived Hiroshima during high school history class.
@mattuwu9978
@mattuwu9978 2 жыл бұрын
@@pseudotasuki Agent Orange can have pretty serious effects from even short-term exposure, such as blackened skin and severe acne-like rashes called chloracne.
@marafolse8347
@marafolse8347 2 жыл бұрын
I would really love to try Adventure Through Inner Space if we ever get time machines up and running
@theguyshow3392
@theguyshow3392 2 жыл бұрын
As a kid Inner Space Ride was unforgettable and spooky, disappointed I was to see it replaced. But excited to see Star Tours take its place. What I remember was the narration, the voice through the speaker drew you in as you moved in almost total darkness. This video brought back memories.
@jincxz
@jincxz 3 жыл бұрын
My stepdad saw me watching this and said that him and his friends used to smoke weed on this ride all the time in the 80s. He said one time he forgot to bend down far enough to cover the lighter and Disney stopped the ride to come take it from him, but he’d passed it to his friends in the next vehicle so he didn’t get kicked out of the park.
@Gatorade69
@Gatorade69 3 жыл бұрын
Haha. My mom told me the same.
@mikoyle
@mikoyle 3 жыл бұрын
As a kid I remember arguing with others my age whether or not those little people in the microscope were real.
@bradcarmack1210
@bradcarmack1210 2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! Wish they still had the ability to create rides with this kind of elegance and artistry.
@patrickmaddy4611
@patrickmaddy4611 3 жыл бұрын
As a little kid (I'm 50 this month), this was one of my favorite rides in the park. Star Tours is good too but I've always missed Inner Space.
@superSTOOPIDify
@superSTOOPIDify 3 жыл бұрын
So awesome to be a part of a Defunctland episode! Thanks for putting the choir together!
@Defunctland
@Defunctland 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for being a part of it!
@guthriebarrett
@guthriebarrett 3 жыл бұрын
I sometimes I forget this isnt a Netflix show while I watch these
@jellymeizer
@jellymeizer 3 жыл бұрын
New to Defunctland, but I've powered through 8 videos already. So witty and well-researched. Could you do a vid on Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's ill-fated Starfish ride? It was only around in Vallejo for 4 years and 2 people were thrown from it.
@matthewdaub
@matthewdaub 10 ай бұрын
The fact they he actually put together a marching song for this video shows how much effort he puts into his videos
@jonasquinn7977
@jonasquinn7977 3 жыл бұрын
The military rendition of Miracles Through Molecules was a really nice touch
@Yukendoit
@Yukendoit 3 жыл бұрын
That was such a great narrative turn. Agent orange's effects are still felt in the southern part of Vietnam. Fantastic work!
@rosiehawtrey
@rosiehawtrey 2 жыл бұрын
No they aren't - it's the Dioxin that is the major problem and that was caused by American cheapassery.
@Yukendoit
@Yukendoit 2 жыл бұрын
@@rosiehawtrey I'm not a scientist so don't know exactly what caused the birth defects that plagued Vietnam and American solders. But if you go to Vietnam you can still see people who have been affected by this part of the war. I miss travel.
@Fayefaye013
@Fayefaye013 3 жыл бұрын
I'm amazed at the footage and historical pictures you have found, that I've never seen before. They really help put together my understanding of this attraction and the surrounding areas.
@ed.puckett
@ed.puckett 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a new subscriber, but I wanted to express how impressed I am with your episodes which are each documentaries in their own right. Interesting, thorough and compelling. Thank you.
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