Thoughts on Defuntland's History of Animatronics.
-starting a history of disney animatroics with Homer's The Illiad. *chefs kiss* Kevin Perjurer should never stop telling stories like this.
-the RUR play - fucking horrifying, where can I find it?
-French is a beautiful language
"Real skin....real skin"
-When talking about how the disney Grandpa Chung's face skin would deteriorate, I assumed he was going to go "maybe thats why they used real skin.
-"no." -Walt Disney
-the California adventure bit had me spit a laughed so suddenly, and paused the episode to appreciate it.
-at the start of part 3. There is a lot of stuff about God in here. Like. A. Lot. Giving me Frankenstein vibes. Kevin, kevy, Mr. Defunctland, where we going with this? Are we as humans poor fathers/gods to our creations? Have we created life to reject it and turn it monstrous? Are we the monsters of this story?
-a lot of math and engineering here Kev.
-Lincoln had sort of legit cheekbones. "Unique"
-another pause at How TF did Walter "i want to be a dictator of an automous city in florida" Disney get technology for warheads?????
-is...is Lincoln christ in this metaphor???
-disney was such a shitty boss.
-and that's when the protests started.
-a 6 foot 7 robot Lincoln.
-soooo disney wanted to get rid of people...and have robots work instead???? Because the robots can't form a union????? Cue the RUR play.
-ah historical perfectionist anti union disney.....wants to create robots......
-"because I can't stop" walt disney on why he developed the lincoln animatronic. Big yikes my bud. Big yikes.
-PART 4
-a 6 foot 7 robot lincoln. Who would violently spasm and break his set. "It could kill you" - marc davis
-lincoln's great grandson crying at the world's fair is making me feel things.
-how TF was bradbury friends with Disney?? To get ideas for dystopia?
-bringing up a lot of monsters right now kev. Think we are getting back to the frankenstien stuff.
-kevin babe. Are we skipping over ada Lovelace?
-"the difference engine...the computer would not just be the new way to program animatronics, it would be the key to unlocking the next phase of mechanical life. A living machine, that appeared not just to move like a human, but to sense like one, to respond like one, to think like one. There's something inside us and we let it out."
Fuckkkkk So. We are just holding a mirror up to the horrors of our creation? Thanks kevin. Absolute banger of a line. Thanks for the existential dread.
I need kevin to get like awards for this shit. Seriously the best and most insightful Documentaries.
This. The disney Chanel theme song. The fastpass one. Garfield. All fucking top tier. The Epcot one is so beautiful too.
It's almost like he started by talking about defunct rides, and is now talking about a defunct culture. But as the culture is going under. And in true Kevin Perjurer fashion, he's starting at the beginning of the story. The idolization of business and consumerism and innovation for consumptions sake. The rot of leadership and how to make poor facsimiles.
He's not talking about how society is crumbling now, he's talking about the first termite that started eating away at the foundation. And I love him for it. I guess it's time to watch the fastpass video for fun.
