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

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]

“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."

[wstine]

"I will hide in the one place free from the corruption of Micheal INNER SPACE!"

[elizabethsullivan]

Holy shit, that "Miracles from Molecules" segment overlain with the Vietnam war footage was an incredible gut punch. That was an incredible choice.

[twistysunshine]

The "miracles from molecules" playing over them poisoning from Vietnam was haunting. Good job on really discussing that part of the ride

[rowsdower]

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.

[lanciferian]

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.

[SamAronow]

Kevin: "Teens would add to the ride's narrative with chemicals of their own..."
Me: LSD?
Kevin: "Hormones."

[mightyfilm]

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.

[ghtoasty]

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

[paperdawn]

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 :)"

[Dan__S]

"A convincing illusion" is an understatement. This ride absolutely terrified me.

[FriendlyPhilcoDealer]

“Ride operators sped up the ride...which only seemed like a challenge.”

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[RogueVideoRaven]

“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

[purpleYamask]

As weird as this is...

This ride concept could 100% be repurposed today on Avengers Campus for a Quantum Realm Ant-Man thing.

[susieboo]

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.

[ValueNetwork]

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.

[prof]

"15-20 minute videos from now on."
Thank you for being untruthful you beautiful man.

[Xycron]

Can't get enough of the production work of these

[ashb]

29:20
Mosanto: *does morally repugnant things*
Mosanto: Why do people think we are evil?

[xozegraf]

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.