An Excruciatingly Deep Dive into the Avatar Theme Park

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Disney World has an Avatar theme park and I'm going to teach you all about it for an hour! Trending tab here I come!!
Click the theme park property YOU would add to Disney’s Animal Kingdom!
Animal Tomorrowland - / jennynicholson
A land that’s just so many animatronic centaurs that you can barely walk between all of the centaurs - / jennyenicholson
Another Star Wars Land that’s in this park as well - / spider_jewel
Disney’s “Dinosaur” (the movie 2000) Land, not to be confused with Dinoland, USA - / spiderjewel
Big Pigeon - / jennynicholsonvids
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CREDITS & REFERENCES:
Kirsten Foster - pandoran night trek field guide - / piratey
Dan Olson - avatarmaker experience videographer and banshee specialist - / @foldingideas
Kat Lo - cheeseburger pod taste tester - / lawlkat
Supplementary Dinoland, USA footage - • Chester & Hester's Din...
Supplementary Harambe Village (yes that’s really what the area is called) footage - • Disney's Animal Kingdo...
Animal Kingdom bench photograph - www.negative-g.com/walt-disney...
Star Wars Weekends trip photos - www.geekwithcurves.com/2015/05...
Flight of Passage queue details -
• Flight of Passage full...
Woven attraction signs images- www.wdwthemeparks.com/details/...
Queue LED sign image -
www.kennythepirate.com/2017/0...
Soarin’ ride system reference videos - • The Amazing "Soarin" R...
• [HD] *Best Soarin' Aro...
Na’vi River Journey song translation - www.tree-of-souls.com/navi_lan...
Na’vi vocabulary - learnnavi.org/navi-vocabulary/
Na’vi shaman of songs - • Meet The Na'vi Shaman ...
Official Shaman of Songs featurette - • Meet The Na'vi Shaman ...
Pirate caves footage - • [4k] Pirates of the Ca...
The Ma Ey’wa Song - • The Shaman of Songs on...

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  • @benv7933
    @benv79335 жыл бұрын

    Avatar 2, 3, 4 or 5 will NEVER replace the first one

  • @jackhenry1899

    @jackhenry1899

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, that's why they're sequels

  • @SugaryCoyote

    @SugaryCoyote

    5 жыл бұрын

    Avatar 6 though....

  • @Max-nk9xg

    @Max-nk9xg

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SugaryCoyote ... is a mastahpiece! ~here comes the money~

  • @StoicVeR

    @StoicVeR

    5 жыл бұрын

    whe... did these movies come out, and I missed them? There's still only one movie still, right? Or what timeline am I in?

  • @mrtutus23able

    @mrtutus23able

    5 жыл бұрын

    TheVeR01 I'm p sure there's I only the first movie. Since the second one doesn't come out till Dec. 2020.

  • @4thofEleven
    @4thofEleven5 жыл бұрын

    They should have said all the people working there were Navi in reverse-avatar bodies, and have them all act like aliens badly trying to impersonate humans.

  • @sanguillotine

    @sanguillotine

    5 жыл бұрын

    David Newgreen it would slightly work too, because Navi can’t breathe the same air as humans

  • @kylefrank638

    @kylefrank638

    5 жыл бұрын

    If I think about it cynically, it's probably because it would be a subliminal message about the Na'vi adopting Earthling culture and using their own as a means of profit. More likely, however, is just that not one Disney Imagineer had this awesome idea. :I

  • @StoicVeR

    @StoicVeR

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think people give corporate imagineers too much credit.

  • @Chipiliro613

    @Chipiliro613

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aliens acting like humans acting like aliens acting like humans.

  • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick

    @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kyle Frank Yeah, it’d be like a weird reflection of that stereotype of natives building casinos and shit.

  • @skimblebanks
    @skimblebanks5 жыл бұрын

    disney should have built beastly kingdom as a tie in to the extremely successful and still relevant film beastly (2011) starring alex pettyfer and vanessa hudges

  • @JennyNicholson

    @JennyNicholson

    5 жыл бұрын

    Beauty and the Beast (2017)... Beastly... Fantastic Beasts... Beastly Kingdom... I only cover topics involving beasts

  • @radioheadloove

    @radioheadloove

    5 жыл бұрын

    i giggled at this for too long

  • @Talesfan13

    @Talesfan13

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@JennyNicholson What are you suggesting? *eyebrow wiggle*

  • @justcallmeteacup4711

    @justcallmeteacup4711

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂

  • @willeeuhm

    @willeeuhm

    5 жыл бұрын

    When Jenny said beastly kingdom this is exactly where my mind went

  • @1492irina
    @1492irina2 жыл бұрын

    What would be really funny is if they said, "Oh yeah! The avatar technology goes both ways!" and just have some people walking around claiming to be Na'vi in human avatars

  • @jessarisetty5448

    @jessarisetty5448

    2 жыл бұрын

    Would have solved the lack of Na’vi problem and would have made it seem like the Na’vi are getting something out of the arrangement too.

  • @thejasminedragonmerchant6843

    @thejasminedragonmerchant6843

    2 жыл бұрын

    That would've been a pretty creative solution, tbh! Imagine the employees getting to pretend to be Na'vi adjusting to "human Avatars" and getting to complain about how different their tastebuds, height differences, lack of tail, etc. are. You could come into work and get to amble around the park, cheerfully explaining Na'avi culture to guests and explaining that you don't look like a normal Na'vi because you're trying out the Avatar technology as part of a xenocultural exchange program with the humans.

  • @chocomelo454

    @chocomelo454

    2 жыл бұрын

    And they could do something to make them look taller or just hire like, really tall people! They'd probably also have to have the Na'vi actors wear something Na'vi related that only staff can have to say "This is an "actual" Na'vi, ask them about Na'vi stuff."

  • @doctorwholover1012

    @doctorwholover1012

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chocomelo454 bigass lanyard that says "human in training" or something lmao, I'm picturing those "unaccompanied minor" signs that kids used to wear when traveling 🤣

  • @JinlongTheGoldenDragon

    @JinlongTheGoldenDragon

    Жыл бұрын

    honestly this is a brilliant solution that would solve so many problems with this park at once. It explains, where the hell the Navi went, it shows that they actually 1) ARE getting something out of this park 2) Are in fact cool with it and given control over how the park works and how it represents their culture 3) Greatly reduces the cultural appropriation undertones and just turns it into regular consensual tourism. Honestly the drum performers should have been the "human avatar navi", it would have made the most sense. Plus things like Navi facepaint would not have been so icky as a concept if the Navi themselves were doing it on humans

  • @augustaholyfield388
    @augustaholyfield3882 жыл бұрын

    I learned from a Disney cast member that the shaman of songs animatronic gets taken into an underground area every night and has security cameras that watch it continue to do basic movements all night because the imagineers are so worried that if it ever stops moving they won't be able to get it moving again.

  • @Naharu.

    @Naharu.

    2 жыл бұрын

    this sounds like a fnaf x disney fangame waiting to happen

  • @barrensuperhero6492

    @barrensuperhero6492

    Жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for this knowledge. this is genuinely the most hilarious insane thing i’ve ever heard of happening at disneyworld

  • @liamoliver9131

    @liamoliver9131

    Жыл бұрын

    Thats some Adeptus Mechanicus shit right there

  • @fightvale57

    @fightvale57

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol tha k you for telling us this. That is wild

  • @tamaraschmeling7361

    @tamaraschmeling7361

    Жыл бұрын

    This is the most relatable thing as someone who did robotics for a bit. It is not if it will break but when it will break.

  • @lauren-ko7mr
    @lauren-ko7mr5 жыл бұрын

    ah yes, my favorite avatar character, *Na'vi Female*

  • @aazhie

    @aazhie

    5 жыл бұрын

    I like this character with my HUMAN BRAIN... *INSERT SMILE HERE*

  • @Bimon1234567
    @Bimon12345675 жыл бұрын

    They really missed an opportunity here by not creating an authentic Pandora park where the atmosphere is extremely poisonous to humans and if you don't wear a breathing mask at all times you will die.

  • @dardend4155

    @dardend4155

    5 жыл бұрын

    And if they were going to go that far, they should have just made it a Nausicaa themed park. It's about as culturally relevant anyway...actually, that would be pretty cool...

  • @bonhll8070

    @bonhll8070

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bimon1234567 Gods that would be SO GOOD

  • @RoyalKnightVIII

    @RoyalKnightVIII

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@dardend4155 I WANT THAT THEME PARK NOW. To keep the immersion they should also revive the God Warriors to exterminate mankind, just for good measure

  • @wmascolin

    @wmascolin

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah im surprised they didn't build it in California too.

  • @kopecci9678

    @kopecci9678

    5 жыл бұрын

    Check the end of the vid. Disney asspulled a magic plant that makes the air human-friendly

  • @navajoguy8102
    @navajoguy8102 Жыл бұрын

    Those weird pictures of the Navis working with the humans and all that lore stuff about how great they get along really remind me of those old film reels I've seen oil companies make about my tribe. "Look at the smiling waving Indians, they are so happy that we've built all these oil rigs on their land providing vital jobs-" It would be very ballsy if Disney went ahead and added lore about how 90 percent of the Navi died out from measles, and then the survivors were all diabetic because Disney introduced coca cola to them.

  • @Blockistium

    @Blockistium

    Жыл бұрын

    godddd that would be so dark

  • @PissyLissy

    @PissyLissy

    Жыл бұрын

    For me, it made me think of this creepy WW2 propaganda film the American government made, filming the Japanese-American citizens they had rounded up to be kept in internment camps. They were filming these scared looking families, with a voice-over saying something along the lines of: "These Japanese-American citizens are so happy to be working hard for our country, and are grateful for the work we're giving them!" I felt so bad.

  • @Lucifersfursona

    @Lucifersfursona

    Жыл бұрын

    This comment slaps so hard

  • @Lucifersfursona

    @Lucifersfursona

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PissyLissy Jesus

  • @Kat-gp6gj

    @Kat-gp6gj

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@PissyLissy That's incredibly unsettling.

  • @dededeedles
    @dededeedles Жыл бұрын

    The idea that a single card translates "bladder polyp" is incredibly insane to me.

  • @HowlingWolf4545

    @HowlingWolf4545

    Жыл бұрын

    and the fact that the word is so shortened makes it seem like it’s an extremely common, almost slang word. what’s up bladder polyp

  • @luiysia

    @luiysia

    Жыл бұрын

    not to mention, she got duplicates, so there probably arent very many total words in the deck. so bladder polyp was a high priority word 1) for the linguists who invented the language na'vi to translate 2) for them to print on those cards ??

  • @thejasminedragonmerchant6843

    @thejasminedragonmerchant6843

    Жыл бұрын

    My guess is either 1) whoever was in charge of picking out words to use chose "bladder polyp" at random as a way to indicate Na'vi had their own medical terminology, 2) Jenny unfortunately bought a pack that just got a ton of duplicate cards, and/or 3) the Na'vi have terrible urinary tract infection issues due to the pollution and environmental destruction from the humans continually stripmining their resource-rich planet, so much so that they ended up developing this word as a way to indicate this was a nasty symptom of their failing health.

  • @nailinthefashion

    @nailinthefashion

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@thejasminedragonmerchant6843my burdened heart believes our world can handle the latter and in Avatar 3 we explore a volcano where they cured Na'Vi Cancer with just like, ash and spit. It's my right

  • @lordbigdaddyfonkychonky6514

    @lordbigdaddyfonkychonky6514

    Ай бұрын

    "Bladder Polyp" is the name of some alien plants that grow on the surface of Pandora, so I assume that that is what it is referring to. However, that does mean that someone decided to name a plant "bladder polyp" and no one decided that there should be a different name.

  • @Thundergoom
    @Thundergoom4 жыл бұрын

    I’ve watched this video more times than I’ve seen the Avatar movie

  • @casperwashere

    @casperwashere

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too, and I’ve only watched this video once.

  • @mrdarklight

    @mrdarklight

    3 жыл бұрын

    I actually finished this video.

  • @Nygaard2

    @Nygaard2

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, me too, but I’d like to watch Avatar 2

  • @thereisnocarolinHR

    @thereisnocarolinHR

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bro

  • @mrdarklight

    @mrdarklight

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@esayers I can't listen to her when I'm trying to fall asleep, because her commentary is interesting. And that kind of wakes me up.

  • @Liz-lq8hw
    @Liz-lq8hw3 жыл бұрын

    Plot Twist: they finally open Beastly Kingdom, but it's really just a huge park devoted to the movie Beastly

  • @infinitespiral6758

    @infinitespiral6758

    3 жыл бұрын

    The comment I needed

  • @mikachu317

    @mikachu317

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣😅

  • @Lucifersfursona

    @Lucifersfursona

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is the best one

  • @sus4nah

    @sus4nah

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the gut laugh oml

  • @thomaspetrucka9173

    @thomaspetrucka9173

    3 жыл бұрын

    YESS!

  • @Bacteriophagebs
    @Bacteriophagebs Жыл бұрын

    Revisiting this video 3 years later the day after Jenny uploaded a _four hour_ video about the Evermore theme park and it's adorable how this "excruciatingly deep dive" was (barely) under an hour.

  • @thundrrcloud6838

    @thundrrcloud6838

    Жыл бұрын

    came here for the exact same reason lol

  • @artemiswolf4508

    @artemiswolf4508

    Жыл бұрын

    I literally found a comment I made when this video first came out that’s like “idk if my commitment issues can handle an hour long video about a theme park I don’t care about”. Fast forward 3 years when I watched the 4 hour long Evermore video in one sitting, with no hesitation, even though I have even less free time now 💀

  • @thundrrcloud6838

    @thundrrcloud6838

    Жыл бұрын

    @@artemiswolf4508 ME MAN ME TOO

  • @thundrrcloud6838

    @thundrrcloud6838

    Жыл бұрын

    * me too man me too

  • @fightvale57

    @fightvale57

    Жыл бұрын

    I too watched this video for the billionth time. It's just so wild to see a park with some issues but the genius of imagineers behind it in comparison to a park with an imaginative millionaire behind it. I think it's fascinating to compare the two. Where there are both honest critiques but one is...keenly detailed, thought out,and funded to the brim

  • @ethanburger1121
    @ethanburger11212 жыл бұрын

    I love how the Avatar flavored pop corn is colored blue. Like, I'm trying to think of everything blue in Avatar and I'm really drawing a blank, except for the Na'vi. So I guess we know what they did with all the Na'vi. Kept that one in the river ride alive for sport, the cruel bastards.

  • @juliamavroidi8601

    @juliamavroidi8601

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lots of the fake animals in Avatar were blue tho afaik

  • @gabsolute

    @gabsolute

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah and human popcorn in skin coloured…

  • @vitinamorabito7283

    @vitinamorabito7283

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@gabsolute I mean people disappear all the time.

  • @nailinthefashion

    @nailinthefashion

    10 ай бұрын

    Although that's fun and whimsical we have caramel corn and that's similar enough to where I'm not immediately like THE POPCORN IS NAVEEZ

  • @spookysugar

    @spookysugar

    6 ай бұрын

    Now with 30% more pureed Na'vi

  • @courtneyjohnsonhaber4591
    @courtneyjohnsonhaber45915 жыл бұрын

    This is like bad appropriation of a culture that doesn't exist.

  • @Chipiliro613

    @Chipiliro613

    4 жыл бұрын

    The _best_ kind of appropriation.

  • @fyrefrost1898

    @fyrefrost1898

    4 жыл бұрын

    Courtney Johnson isn’t the Na’vi face paint essentially like alien blackface

  • @yarpen26

    @yarpen26

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@fyrefrost1898 Yeah but only Americans lose their shit when they see people painting their faces to resemble other people. The only reason why Europeans cease to uphold their centuries' old traditions that involve people with their faces painted black is because American media and political personalities practically bully them into it, even though nobody there seems to have a clue what the hell is even supposed to be wrong with it.

  • @maxkanefield3775

    @maxkanefield3775

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@yarpen26 tl;dr Blackface in Europe has different, less insulting historical connotations than it does in America, but for the most part it's still quite common where traditionally applicable. Also I personally would have liked to see some references to American history regarding the Na'vi's similarity to Native Americans and how ACE is different than RDA (and thematically, America) despite the results of their encroachment on Na'vi land being extremely similar(No Na'vi around except in pictures showing how happy they were to have ACE moving in). I currently live in the Netherlands and I can assure you, Black Pete (blatant blackface, though far less demeaning than American Vaudeville) is very much alive and well. Although I have to say I agree with Jenny on the weird, sinister overtones of normalizing the aftermath of colonialism. I don't think this was done on purpose -- the park's designers were probably just making it based on what they see as the best outcome of a foreign (and definitely capitalist since this is an American park owned by an American company) people settling in an already inhabited land -- but by trying not to have a political message despite the very political themes of the Avatar movie (specifically in regards to nature vs industrialization and natives vs settlers) ends up having a very similar effect to trying to bury a violent past beneath a mask of cooperation. This is just my two cents, but I think if Disney had embraced the thematic similarities between the Na'vi and the Native Americans and mixed in just a few tasteful references to American history, the park could have ended up far more meaningful to people since many -- dare i say most -- Americans have a stronger emotional connection to American history than the Avatar movie. I can see why they didn't do this since it would open them up to criticism from both liberals and conservatives, but I think it would have done added a lot more to American culture than just another place to spend money trying to forget which world you live in.

  • @Tea_Noire

    @Tea_Noire

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@yarpen26 There's a big difference between painting your face black for longstanding cultural reasons and painting your face black specifically to caricature or make fun of people with darker skin.

  • @Chipiliro613
    @Chipiliro6135 жыл бұрын

    Where are all the Na'vi? *Buys skin-like Na'vi t-shirt* Huh, I wonder where they all are? *Buys authentic pair of Na'vi ears* Oh well, I guess they went...elsewhere *Buys Na'vi tail*

  • @ReitheOffbeatOtaku

    @ReitheOffbeatOtaku

    5 жыл бұрын

    _They've been there the whole time just offscreen!_

  • @liabw05

    @liabw05

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @Crick1952

    @Crick1952

    5 жыл бұрын

    *TO SERVE MAN!!! IT'S A COOK BOOK!!!*

  • @medbii

    @medbii

    5 жыл бұрын

    OH NO

  • @EmpressSerenityOfBrittany

    @EmpressSerenityOfBrittany

    5 жыл бұрын

    NO WAIT. *WE'RE THE NA'VI NOW* *WE'RE TURNING INTO FURRIES*

  • @GarmrKiDar
    @GarmrKiDar2 жыл бұрын

    Disney: we can't have Na'vi characters wandering around in our park, because our characters need to be 100% accurate and they'd have to be ten feet tall! Also Disney: Mickey Mouse is actually a grotesque monster with a head the size of a yoga ball :)

  • @misteryA555

    @misteryA555

    Жыл бұрын

    Mickey mouse is a cartoon made of simple shapes. If you think HIS costum looks weird, imagine how weird and misshapen a more complex, people-shaped creature would look as a suit

  • @crunch1757

    @crunch1757

    17 күн бұрын

    I told KZread that this comment is informative

  • @charlottevinsen6619
    @charlottevinsen6619 Жыл бұрын

    It's been many years, and I am still so charmed by the employee who says 'have you watched the documentary? This is many years after', as if that's how you talk about documentaries that came out a few years ago. Gonna start saying 'have you watched Walking with Dinosaurs? Well this is many years after that' when I'm next at a zoo

  • @abbysharp1659

    @abbysharp1659

    8 ай бұрын

    im SO glad someone is finally talking about that line bc i think about the wording choice constantly

  • @lichkingsservant4111

    @lichkingsservant4111

    7 ай бұрын

    “Have you seem Hamilton? This takes place many years after that.”

  • @theflyingspaget

    @theflyingspaget

    5 ай бұрын

    I feel like a more normal phrasing would be "Have you seen Avatar? It's a very outdated documentary, but still worth watching." That functions both as a promo and context I'd think.

  • @Ultra04channel

    @Ultra04channel

    4 ай бұрын

    "Did you watch that really old documentary, uh... 'Avatar' or something like that? Y'know, the one that showed some of the first interactions between us and Na'vi, that one. Yeah, it's got some interesting info, but it came out pretty soon after that stuff happened, which was, what, like... thirty years ago at least, wasn't it? It's pretty outdated at this point, I think the rusted out military equipment speaks for itself." It's definitely long, but it's casual, and feels more organic. That's how I would've handled it, at least.

  • @jasongeorgis3483
    @jasongeorgis34834 жыл бұрын

    My favorite thing about Avatar is that there are countless horror movies that have essentially the same plot of the movie if it were told from the Naavi perspective. An alien species lands on your native planet and start controlling genetically engineered lookalikes of your species to try and take over. Avatar or Invasion of the Body Snatchers?

  • @Blueklima9708

    @Blueklima9708

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh my god you’re right! Why didn’t Disney think of this lmao

  • @matthewfloyd2195

    @matthewfloyd2195

    3 жыл бұрын

    What's even scarier is that both Avatar and Invasion of Body Snatchers feature pods as a key plot point, as a convenient invasion technique. Coincidence... I wanna say not, but then Jenny's glowing pod just brainwashed me to plant all those strange seeds being mailed to us, so I'm now forced to deny any of the pod's questionable actions.

  • @davidjames579

    @davidjames579

    3 жыл бұрын

    Earth man's method of trying to connect with another planet's inhabitants in this film is like White people trying to connect with an African tribe by wearing Blackface. It's demeaning, insulting and creepy.

  • @mollymcdade4031

    @mollymcdade4031

    3 жыл бұрын

    H.G Wells: Hmm... if only someone could write a novel about this?

  • @inwalters

    @inwalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actually Avatar is a [overly long and boring ] remake of "Dances with Wolves" and "Pocahontas"

  • @happychaosofthenorth
    @happychaosofthenorth5 жыл бұрын

    The Na'vi now live on reserves, hidden from tourists. But they're perfectly OK with it guys! The -propaganda- pictures and notes on the walls prove it!

  • @joseeduardofernandezpedroz9134

    @joseeduardofernandezpedroz9134

    5 жыл бұрын

    I feel like it’s much more sinister than that. Those “air-purifying” pods probably poisoned the air for the Na’vi. That, and human diseases probably killed them all off. The Na’vi in the pictures were probably the last few left as the park was completed (probably with slave labor).

  • @Rob_Thorsman

    @Rob_Thorsman

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Smile for the picture and you get extra gruel rations, filthy blueskin!"

  • @tachikaze222

    @tachikaze222

    5 жыл бұрын

    It’d be awesome if there was a deep deep backstory where the Navi execute a WestWorld style takeover of the ACE park

  • @christinalowe8877

    @christinalowe8877

    5 жыл бұрын

    i need an entire lore video

  • @ThreadBomb

    @ThreadBomb

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe the sequels will explain this? If anyone watches them?

  • @victormoyer7647
    @victormoyer7647 Жыл бұрын

    i think this park concept is especially insidious given how much it parallels the actual issues with tourism in hawaii, where tourism extremely negatively affects kanaka maoli and causes rent prices to skyrocket and huge amounts of cultural appropriation and homelessness. not to mention problems like police brutality, where kanaka maoli are disproportionately the victims of police compared to white settlers. it really shows a lack of respect for any indigenous people at all, even without the cheap headdresses, drum circles, and fake turquoise. an indigenous paradise that has been completely stripped of indigenous people, except for their easily consumable culture, is a colonizer’s dream.

  • @Uluhe

    @Uluhe

    Жыл бұрын

    Completely agree, Kanaka Maoli born and raised in Hawai’i and I can help but think about the packaged experiences you get when your at a resort. I think because the way James Cameron created the Navi was WAY too close to western ideas of native cultures - especially native Americans, it’s almost impossible to not draw similarities to real life history. Growing up I LOVED avatar because it felt like a “what if” story of the people who malama aina came out on top so the land can give back to us. I only recently learned that Cameron never really had much respect for the cultures he was taking inspiration from, and this is an even more diluted version of his vision.

  • @royalcrumble2384

    @royalcrumble2384

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't forget thw horrible cultural appropriation in the actual avatar movies and James Cameron's comments about hoe native american genocide happened because they didn't try hard enough. This whole franchise is built on appropriation and justification of colonialism

  • @seriouscat2231

    @seriouscat2231

    Жыл бұрын

    How does one become an evil colonizer?

  • @falconstudios146

    @falconstudios146

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@seriouscat2231 it's quite easy, all you have to do is find some land which belongs to someone else and start colonizing! Fun for the whole family!

  • @kristophersproductions453
    @kristophersproductions4532 жыл бұрын

    Jenny: Oh he doesn’t bite does he? Pandora Employee: He could, you just can’t make him mad. (starts making the toy bite Jenny) OH NO! Pandora Employee I see you and Disney does not deserve you 😭

  • @imnot9orsilentgamer437

    @imnot9orsilentgamer437

    Жыл бұрын

    that was her friend, i think

  • @pierceh9555

    @pierceh9555

    Жыл бұрын

    @@imnot9orsilentgamer437 no it was an employee

  • @mAssbagflyer

    @mAssbagflyer

    Жыл бұрын

    when doe sthis happen?

  • @Andythecreature

    @Andythecreature

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mAssbagflyer 50:04

  • @kristophersproductions453

    @kristophersproductions453

    7 ай бұрын

    @@imnot9orsilentgamer437after my 60th rewatch I believe you were right. This comment is now redacted 🥲

  • @MrWarptime
    @MrWarptime3 жыл бұрын

    So people turned up, befriended the natives, learned their culture, wiped them out and then sold it off? I thought this was meant to be a fantasy park.

  • @BradTheAmerican

    @BradTheAmerican

    3 жыл бұрын

    That is the ultimate fantasy

  • @benedictdwyer2608

    @benedictdwyer2608

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BradTheAmerican are you joking?

  • @BradTheAmerican

    @BradTheAmerican

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@benedictdwyer2608 Yes

  • @benedictdwyer2608

    @benedictdwyer2608

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BradTheAmerican ok, I was just worried you actually thought this was a completely fictional thing, or thought it was a good thing that that happened to the Native Americans

  • @BradTheAmerican

    @BradTheAmerican

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@benedictdwyer2608 I'd usually put /s at the end to note sarcasm but this time I thought the absurdity of it would make that more obvious. However, given that there are literally people out there who say things like that with actual sincerity, maybe I should have put it there anyway.

  • @tatechristensen2182
    @tatechristensen21823 жыл бұрын

    "What happened with RDA will never happen again" had the same energy as "there is no war is Ba Sing Se"

  • @spinecho609

    @spinecho609

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alpha Industries are still a for-profit company, it will happen again, in the same way the East India Company gained favour in India over their european rivals for being the most culturally sensitive and least violent... until they could make more money by being violent that is

  • @lzgnooop

    @lzgnooop

    2 жыл бұрын

    avatar meet avatar

  • @TheRambunctious

    @TheRambunctious

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@spinecho609 you may be overthinking this

  • @roelin360

    @roelin360

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheRambunctious ironically, this is a joke comparison, so you instead may be overthinking this

  • @TheRambunctious

    @TheRambunctious

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@roelin360 did I ask?

  • @jerryturgin6583
    @jerryturgin65832 жыл бұрын

    I am half Cherokee and the avatar movie kinda spoke to me as a kid, because I didn't have much reference to that culture as a kid that wasn't either a bloodbath that would scar me or so watered down it couldn't show the culture and I saw a lot of the mindsets and culture of my family in the movie. As a kid I loved it sooooo much, I got ever videogame I could, I got the movie, every directors cut, every bit of merchandise I could get my hands on, and I still keep a pin I got from the ultra edition for the movie in blu-ray on my hat. Going to pandora world brought me back to a time when I was a kid and honestly it was worth every wait, every dollar of overpriced food, and every foot blister for walking around for hours. I loved it and it meant a lot to me

  • @anais559

    @anais559

    Жыл бұрын

    that’s such a sweet story 💗

  • @yyg4632

    @yyg4632

    Жыл бұрын

    That's pretty lovely to hear actually

  • @Clairelaferret

    @Clairelaferret

    Жыл бұрын

    That's really cool to hear and I'm glad it brought you so much joy!

  • @mingbotlarue5694

    @mingbotlarue5694

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm so happy for you. 💞

  • @normalperson4sure

    @normalperson4sure

    Жыл бұрын

    haha i totally get this too - i'm metís and my mom and i always loved stuff like pocahontas, and i was so excited not just to see my home province but also real native people in the revenant! like, sure, would it be good to have actual good representation? of course! but when that's all you have, especially growing up, you make do! i really liked dances with wolves and avatar when i saw them because they were ABOUT me, even if they weren't FOR me. maybe kids these days with reservation dogs and rutherford falls will feel differently, but for our generation, we took what we could get 😅

  • @AdaSaarinen
    @AdaSaarinen Жыл бұрын

    I'm wondering how the park is going to deal with the changing canon of the Avatar Universe? The second movie’s depiction of Earth-Pandora relations is quite far from the harmonious co-existence of the park's lore. The cast member's innocuous comment shown in the video “What happened with the RDA will never happen again” really has a darker undertone now.

  • @Everysinglepersonismyenemy

    @Everysinglepersonismyenemy

    Жыл бұрын

    i can only assume that the story of the park now takes place in a different canon or something

  • @jasonfenton8250

    @jasonfenton8250

    Жыл бұрын

    The third Avatar should be completely about reconciling the difference between the world of the theme park and the story of Avatar 2. You could even go the extra mile and film scenes at the park with employees playing their own characters in a sort of bizarre crossbreed of Escape from Tomorrow and Jimmy Cameron's Avatar. It would be totally insane, and terrible, and I would love it.

  • @7KDSP

    @7KDSP

    11 ай бұрын

    Hey! I actually work at Flight of Passage! So the whole point of the park is it Takes place over a generation after the 5th movie. But also James Cameron, planned Pandora after he wrote the main parts of the scripts for the most of the movies. Basically pur story is meant to be completely selective from the main story. ACE came in later to try and fix everythinf

  • @jakespacepiratee3740

    @jakespacepiratee3740

    10 ай бұрын

    @@jasonfenton8250 Escape from Tomorrow was so bad though

  • @Ultra04channel

    @Ultra04channel

    4 ай бұрын

    Avatar 2: "It happened again."

  • @princessadrigirl6774
    @princessadrigirl67743 жыл бұрын

    Universal Studios got Harry Potter World because Disney didn’t want to build a TRAIN? Walt is probably rolling in his train-loving grave

  • @Mina-np5pl

    @Mina-np5pl

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not just that. They basically really cheaped out on the entire plan. They told JK that they weren’t going to build hogwarts or the train. They offered to build a magical creatures petting zoo (with an animatronic) and a shooting game ride where you fight dark creatures with your wand. Lots of smaller disagreements too, like wanting Disney merch in the Harry Potter shops, character interactions with Harry and the other main cast, and branded items like Coca Cola

  • @merchantfan

    @merchantfan

    3 жыл бұрын

    Their pitch was also super basic too- I think Yesterworld covered it with how badly they botched their pitch. They really undervalued how much money they could have made with Harry Potter. And then they put a ton of money into a film people mostly thought had good effects but an uninteresting/problematic story

  • @Roserae16

    @Roserae16

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe I forgot how much Walt loved trains, god he'd have been ALL over that train concept! plus doesn't HP just have that feel to it that Walt would've been adamant about incorporating into the park? I feel like he would've viewed it the same way he did Mary Poppins and Winnie the Pooh, at least the first 3 books

  • @thomaspetrucka9173

    @thomaspetrucka9173

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh, watch the galaxy’s edge video, she goes IN on it.

  • @sholem_bond

    @sholem_bond

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Walt [Disney] is probably rolling in his...* grave." Good. (*edit: train-loving, union-busting, HUAC-informing, etc.)

  • @thomasstone3480
    @thomasstone34805 жыл бұрын

    the imperialism implications of the idea of "get your face painted like this native species that has now disappeared" are dizzying

  • @eteline_music

    @eteline_music

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's (albeit made-up culture) cultural appropriation!

  • @thomasstone3480

    @thomasstone3480

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@eteline_music i mean in context isn't it like... analogous to blackface?

  • @whiteraven562

    @whiteraven562

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@thomasstone3480 Yeah, it is. Or, more accurately, those racist Native American Halloween costumes

  • @degiguess
    @degiguess Жыл бұрын

    I don't know what's worse. The fact that they head literally only one Navi and it was shown only briefly at the end of an otherwise underwhelming boat ride, or the fact that that one Navi was literally the _best_ animatronic I have ever seen in my entire life. How in the hell could they not make room in their budget to build atleast a few more of those??? Like maybe one that plays drums for the drum show??? Or one that's like a guide that tells you were to find different things in the park?????? It'd be one thing if they couldn't make a convincing Navi animatronic but if they can make them _that_ good then I can literally think of dozens of places they could have put these things. Like, I'm sure they're probably very expensive but for the love of god it is DISNEY they have basically infinite money.

  • @hinoname3954

    @hinoname3954

    Жыл бұрын

    it was a ten million dollar animatronic, and the amazing as it is, it's never going to be fully paid for; it's massive and complex (I believe at the time it was built it was the most intricate animatronic ever created) and disney has to keep robotics staff on hand to maintain and repair it when it malfuctions, which i'm told it does fairly frequently. I'm pretty sure that it has to be lowered to the reapir area every night with security cameras on it to be in a state of constant simple motion because of the fear from imagineers that if the dang thing stops, it'll never start again. With a complex robot like that, it's not a matter of if it'll break down, but when and for how long. now take those logistics and add another two equally expensive and complex robots. the costs in staffing for maitanence alone would be astronomical.

  • @degiguess

    @degiguess

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hinoname3954 counter point: Disney has billions and billions of dollars

  • @hinoname3954

    @hinoname3954

    Жыл бұрын

    @@degiguess sure, but those have to be divided SO many ways. Entertainment and merch production and distribution, multiple parks and hotels, ip acquisition, payroll for roles by the millions ect. If you broke it down it makes complete sense that they wouldn’t have money to route toward even TWO more animatronics that would cost ten of millions EACH to design, program, build, and operate when they struggle to maintain one and the park is “sufficient” as is. At least not until the ip has brought in more money via the next movie.

  • @TheRaychenator

    @TheRaychenator

    10 ай бұрын

    Ok but they have billions of dollars and Disney is a money printing factory quickly acquiring every thing surrounding it. We want more animatronics. I agree that it would be way to problematic logistically to have it anywhere in the park in plain sight, but like, stick in slightly more obscure places.

  • @owie8212

    @owie8212

    7 ай бұрын

    Apparently, it's barely functional and shuts down all the time

  • @sophiarosecoffey
    @sophiarosecoffey2 жыл бұрын

    A fun way for them to thin out the line a little would be to periodically tell people that they don’t have an avatar that is a genetic match for them. And then they just have to leave.

  • @paradise_valley

    @paradise_valley

    Жыл бұрын

    After paying $80

  • @falconstudios146

    @falconstudios146

    10 ай бұрын

    You'd have to respect the audacity of just telling someone "Yeah no sorry you need to leave"

  • @hotelmario510
    @hotelmario5105 жыл бұрын

    Ironically the Avatar theme park seems to do a better job of illustrating the evils of colonialism than the actual movie.

  • @Hesperell

    @Hesperell

    5 жыл бұрын

    The movie is hamfisted and the villains mustache-twirling caricatures. The park works because it is eerie and unintentional due to dissonance between the reality of the park and the lore and exacerbated by certain budget limitations and constrained creative decisions. The worst part of the movie was when the life tree thing basically declared earth and humans irredeemable non-life and the protagonist's only option to be worthy of the dignity afforded sentient life was to cease being a human and cut himself off from the embodied existence that gave birth to his soul, to his family and to all his ancestors whose evolution was the very font of every good and compassionate impulse he had toward the Na'vi. It broke immersion and told the audience, "You are past redemption." And no one can be spiritually fed by a church of no salvation, which is what the movie's lesson became. But when you go to the park, you are you, and you come with your own existence, and the official lore says, "Actually humans are fine." The impulse to problematize the situation then comes from inside the more thoughtful guest, and they can extend it as far as they want it to go, without having to be speceistically misanthropic. No one's forcing the narrative that your race is entirely evil down your throat, so you can approach the situation from a more nuanced and realistic and less Manichean perspective.

  • @Geothesponge111

    @Geothesponge111

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Hesperell ...Except for the fact that the main protagonist (Jake Sully) was the only one to permanently transfer into a Na'vi, as I recall. All the other scientists, y'know, the other human protagonists, got to stick around as humans on Pandora at the end of the film. And I'm fairly certain his desire to change permanently had more to do with wanting to stay with the love of his life (and not be confined to a wheelchair, and be able to breath the local atmosphere) than it did some weird species-based self-flagellation. Besides, if the remaining human forces were truly supposed to be "past redemption" in the films view, why are they allowed to leave rather than being executed after the climax of the film? So good job on philosophising, too bad it's all built on a big misunderstanding. But in any case, the fact that you're so deeply insulted by the idea of a sci-fi film saying "Actually humans are a bunch of dicks" (hardly new ground for the genre), even when it DOESN'T say that, speaks volumes about you. It says that you're so rooted in a tribalistic view of the world that even when presented with an entirely fictitious human vs. aliens set-up, you get offended by the humans behaving in a way that humans have done numerous times in our history; i.e. a technologically superior group presuming that it has a right to the resources held by an indigenous population, and waging war to get them simply because it's easier than the alternative. If an entirely theoretical example of that happening is enough to offend you, I hate to think what your reaction to real life atrocities is. But I can take a guess...

  • @asmrtpop2676

    @asmrtpop2676

    5 жыл бұрын

    saunz departier It doesn’t work though because I don’t care if that’s the moral. Humans ain’t shit.

  • @PaulA-fp3vs

    @PaulA-fp3vs

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yea it's funny to think about it. It's practically poetic. A movie where space indians have their ecosystem destroyed by colonial marines. And they lay some concrete and chop trees down in a land located in the continent where it all actually happened.

  • @Tea_Noire

    @Tea_Noire

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Geothesponge111 I love how the villains of the movie were literally gonna massacre an entire race, erase a culture and destroy an ecosystem just for a profit (the mineral they're searching for isn't even essential to survival, it was purely for profit since they mentioned it sold for a shit ton), but they're mad that the god tree thing decided that maybe humans aren't all that great lmao

  • @Alexander-wf3mt
    @Alexander-wf3mt3 жыл бұрын

    Love how Disney managed to culturally appropriate something they invented

  • @mastaw

    @mastaw

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ThelouwseFD That was even worse. Like they had so many people work so hard on something that they were hired for, only for it to turn out perfect and get discarded

  • @abaddonanon7573

    @abaddonanon7573

    3 жыл бұрын

    This shouldn't even be technically possible. No, it isn't.

  • @atomheartother

    @atomheartother

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ThelouwseFD thanks for the recommendation, that was depressing :I

  • @thegreygoblin5165

    @thegreygoblin5165

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's almost impressive in its oddity

  • @therealrustyspork

    @therealrustyspork

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ThelouwseFD that video lives in my head rent free. What a stunning example of hubris, such a waste of money and talent. I want to see it adapted as a Greek tragedy

  • @olivianava5422
    @olivianava54222 жыл бұрын

    Also, this video could be a corollary video to Sideways' video on the music of Avatar wherein James Cameron divested millions of dollars into developing an 'authentic' alien sound, and there were music researchers who figured out what a 3-fingered flute in denser air would sound like, etc. James Horner meant for that kind of music to be the bulk of the film's music, but Cameron was like "I'll know the right music when I hear it". He eventually decided to go with a westernized (somewhat racist) type of orchestral music that was meant to imitate human-developed African "tribal" music. That film score makes me cry because of the loss there. Imagine microtones or a different tuning system in that movie. Hell, even a feature of that kind of music sang by the Navi. It turned what could have been a legitimately genuine development in movie scores into a commentary on the ways that capitalism forces everything to be filtered through a western lens and makes everything so much less interesting and less poignant because it has to be marketable and profitable.

  • @juliamavroidi8601

    @juliamavroidi8601

    2 жыл бұрын

    When the mourning song was supposed to sound like "Amazing Grace", bc America

  • @troodon1096

    @troodon1096

    Жыл бұрын

    Leave it to Cameron to find some way to culturally appropriate a culture he invented.

  • @troodon1096

    @troodon1096

    Жыл бұрын

    @@juliamavroidi8601 You do realize the person who wrote Amazing Grace was British, right?

  • @arigadatred5395

    @arigadatred5395

    Жыл бұрын

    @@troodon1096 the nationality of the writer of a song doesn't have much bearing on its importance to a people. "amazing grace" has its origins in the guy's guilt over contributing to the system of american chattel slavery. the idea that you have to share a nationality with a songwriter for that song to be meaningful to your own culture is baffling, especially if that song is actually about, y'know, _your own culture_ and history.

  • @TPNsBiggestFan

    @TPNsBiggestFan

    Жыл бұрын

    @@arigadatred5395 ^^^^^^^

  • @augustalavenderblue7353
    @augustalavenderblue7353 Жыл бұрын

    The fan forums make this extremely charming for me. I wonder how many of those people have visited Pandora since it opened. I know it was the biggest movie of 2009 or something but for fandom purposes it’s tiny and obscure. Imagining a giant property taking your tiny obscure fandom thing and then making it into a million dollar totally immersive disney world park…I hope they like it

  • @alice88wa

    @alice88wa

    11 ай бұрын

    God that is the dream right? I hadn't thought of it that way.

  • @banchii1576

    @banchii1576

    10 ай бұрын

    avatar is atually the #1 grossing movie of all time

  • @SharkyMcSnarkface

    @SharkyMcSnarkface

    7 ай бұрын

    @@banchii1576 And that’s pretty much the only reason anybody remembers it even exists

  • @elfarlaur
    @elfarlaur3 жыл бұрын

    The weird colonialist undertones feel very fitting. Like Disney would be the sort of corporation to think it is genuinely doing good while actually screwing over the native peoples.

  • @XescoPicas

    @XescoPicas

    3 жыл бұрын

    No, they wouldn’ think they’re doing good. I’m sure the guys who run Disney are perfectly aware of how evil the corporation is. They just don’t care as long as it makes money. But yes, the colonialist undertones are very fitting for them 🤣

  • @iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013

    @iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think that's a pretty charitable view of them. Like...imagining Disney to basically be the British in the Andaman Islands rather than the British in mainland India is probably the nicest view anyone can have of them while operating in good faith. I look forward to, a few decades from now, seeing which one plays out in their actual colonialist acquisitions.

  • @tripsplat

    @tripsplat

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don't they have a little resort type deal in Hawai'i? And aren't there also little resort type deals in the Caribbean tied to their cruise lines? Disney's Pandora experience is probably like, the very first time they've done this kind of a "celebrate with the native peoples while on their land with them nowhere in sight" shtick without facing a shit ton of protests from actively fucked over "native peoples."

  • @gab3963

    @gab3963

    3 жыл бұрын

    elfarlaur Exactly. Listening to her describe it makes me feel a little nauseous

  • @meredith17888

    @meredith17888

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wish thy would've done the narrative that you're part of the research team :(

  • @kosemekars
    @kosemekars5 жыл бұрын

    Love the irony of dumping out billions of plastic bags as part of an experience dedicated to a quasi-ecological fairytale.

  • @KaworuNagisa

    @KaworuNagisa

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I was expecting her to pull out a fancy Avatar-themed paper bag and instead got Pandora plastic. As you said: love the irony. ^^

  • @allyson9188

    @allyson9188

    5 жыл бұрын

    Don't worry, all the bags say "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" on the top, so it's okay.

  • @joshualuke7003

    @joshualuke7003

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@KaworuNagisa I was expecting like an unbranded woven mesh made to look like plant fibers or something, but I guess plastic was cheaper so

  • @sholem_bond
    @sholem_bond2 жыл бұрын

    27:05 The ride sounds eerily and unfortunately similar to the ayahuasca tourism industry. I wonder if in the Avatar universe, there's now an ayahuasca-esque problem where actual Na'vi tribespeople can't find enough banshees to do this sacred rite of passage, because they've all been captured/domesticated by ACI for this attraction.

  • @crazymoosee

    @crazymoosee

    2 жыл бұрын

    The implications of that on the Navi world is Terrifying

  • @jakespacepiratee3740

    @jakespacepiratee3740

    10 ай бұрын

    Isn’t Ayahsusca that intense psychological drug that tastes terrible and can get you to suddenly need to throw up, pee or shit?

  • @olivergiggins7931
    @olivergiggins7931 Жыл бұрын

    The idea that in the future employees won't have lunch-breaks is realistic world-building.

  • @munkyzzb7504
    @munkyzzb75045 жыл бұрын

    What a great alagory for Native American U.S history and relationships."Yeah they love us being here Ah they're not here right now but they taught us their music Yeah!"

  • @aurora5481

    @aurora5481

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Here's some pieces of plastic you can put on a string to replicate their look. Here's their skin as a costume. They're cool with this I promise. No, you can't ask them right now."

  • @munkyzzb7504

    @munkyzzb7504

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@aurora5481 right

  • @homestuck_official

    @homestuck_official

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@aurora5481 "Also yeah when we first came we were murderous dicks but the second time around we sent a nicer group and it was aaaaall fiiiiine even if w did basically the same again" It's almost poetic

  • @qwertyuiopaaaaaaa7

    @qwertyuiopaaaaaaa7

    5 жыл бұрын

    Avatar both appropriates Native American culture AND dehumanizes them, it’s an impressive feat of ignorance.

  • @RegstarRogstar

    @RegstarRogstar

    5 жыл бұрын

    its unintentionally ironic. its laughably sad

  • @ParyMarker
    @ParyMarker5 жыл бұрын

    #GetJennyNicholsonAPressPassForStarWarsLand

  • @M.M.Y.B

    @M.M.Y.B

    5 жыл бұрын

    +

  • @M.M.Y.B

    @M.M.Y.B

    5 жыл бұрын

    @MrNiesGuy it's too long.

  • @purekeynoob

    @purekeynoob

    5 жыл бұрын

    She works there or used to at least. Maybe not in that specific area but the park.

  • @lordtsweeble2898

    @lordtsweeble2898

    5 жыл бұрын

    I approve of this message.

  • @gracelessabomination9847

    @gracelessabomination9847

    5 жыл бұрын

    really catchy and easy to read it'll catch on very well let's go

  • @anschelsc
    @anschelsc Жыл бұрын

    In addition to the obvious weirdness of the vague references to American Indian cultures, it's also like...really really gross that they use pretty normal Asian food (boba and bao) to evoke "alien"

  • @LifesNeverHumDrum

    @LifesNeverHumDrum

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeaaaah I get the thought process for using boba, but the bao is an odd choice. Heck if you asked me to pick a real world food that feels alien I’d pick something like borscht

  • @pastelcatnip

    @pastelcatnip

    2 ай бұрын

    I know I’m a year late but yeah… oof. Yikes Disney 😬

  • @ciem.art.studio
    @ciem.art.studio2 жыл бұрын

    "Pongu" meaning "party" in navi is hilarious to me because it sounds like the Korean word for "fart" which just makes "cast pongu" even funnier

  • @K1893
    @K18935 жыл бұрын

    In all honesty, I'd love an "An Excruciatingly Deep Dive into The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" too.

  • @Addyson1991

    @Addyson1991

    5 жыл бұрын

    I actually found this video because I was looking to see if Jenny had that video.

  • @moongem4489

    @moongem4489

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes!!!

  • @garypierce7380

    @garypierce7380

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'd like a deep dive into Moulin Rouge, but it seems Jenny mostly does children's movies. Sure Satine is puking blood all over then dies and ruins everything, but the Star Wars style rich against poor/ good against evil plot is worth rambling on about.

  • @Mojorat1

    @Mojorat1

    5 жыл бұрын

    My brother and I had a hotel guest only early access pass to both harry potter park locations (meaning we got in a few hours before general tickets allowed entrance). It was incredible to see every little detail they put into the world (down to brick detail, it was perfect). There were maybe 50 park goers there. We spent 2 hours looking at everything in awe and went on the busiest ride a few times before the lines hit. The park opened to the general tickets and the streets where flooded. After that, It was still semi-impressive but a lot of details were more hidden and everyone was in a hurry. Would highly recommend going it is a great experience for Harry Potter fans. Also try the Butter beer both hot and cold, they are awesome!

  • @paigeo.5879

    @paigeo.5879

    5 жыл бұрын

    i need this is my life immediately

  • @sunatabag382
    @sunatabag3825 жыл бұрын

    “Lady we will give you whatever trains you want”

  • @Faeree

    @Faeree

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Kurt E. Clothier don't they have a train that you take from the alley to the second section? It's like a big thing and I think the only way to get to that second area

  • @Flowtail

    @Flowtail

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thus, they properly appeased the Train Gods, and so their theme park did well, unlike SOME theme parks Luckily Star Wars Land learned from previous mistakes

  • @d36williams

    @d36williams

    3 жыл бұрын

    they definitely didn't say "lady we'll give you whatever trans you want"

  • @jjsupah

    @jjsupah

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was dying at this

  • @RicardoAlmeidatm

    @RicardoAlmeidatm

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@d36williams Unless whatever trans she wanted was none.

  • @umjackd
    @umjackd2 жыл бұрын

    It's really fascinating how you can take a story like Avatar, which isn't particularly deep but is basically a story about anti-colonialism and by proxy anti-capitalism, and then commercialise it. It definitely creates a weird dissonance where you're put in a setting where you're supposedly in a world where the simple balance of nature won, but you're there as a tourist and tourism can be pretty damaging to local communities and environments. Maybe that's the ultimate fantasy theme in the theme park, in the end: the idea that we can visit a beautiful place and pretend that it's for the best that we did.

  • @chloeiversen3043

    @chloeiversen3043

    2 жыл бұрын

    That last sentence is going to haunt me forever thank you

  • @whatastandupguy3050

    @whatastandupguy3050

    Жыл бұрын

    Shut up

  • @k80_

    @k80_

    Жыл бұрын

    This reminds me so much of Hawai’i and how the residents there have been basically begging tourists to stop coming there since the pandemic

  • @alexisb3829

    @alexisb3829

    11 ай бұрын

    Exactly

  • @glittery_cucumber
    @glittery_cucumber Жыл бұрын

    So I recently went to see Avatar 2 and I realized midway through that everything I know about the franchise is from this one video Jenny made, which I've rewatched at least 5 times. I don't think I ever even saw the original Avatar movie?

  • @TPNsBiggestFan

    @TPNsBiggestFan

    Жыл бұрын

    what a realisation

  • @timothymclean

    @timothymclean

    Жыл бұрын

    Good for you! I saw it, and it left no impact whatsoever. Which arguably makes the 162 minutes I spent watching it an even bigger waste than if I'd spent it watching two shorter, actively bad movies.

  • @thefuriousfatty2297

    @thefuriousfatty2297

    Жыл бұрын

    Avatar's pretty good, I recommend watching it at least once

  • @seriouscat2231

    @seriouscat2231

    Жыл бұрын

    Please, don't use a question mark if you aren't literally asking a question. Now you're asking the people on the Intenet if you think that way or not.

  • @iblame_nargles

    @iblame_nargles

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@seriouscat2231 serious cat should be more chill cat

  • @andrejacobs4633
    @andrejacobs46335 жыл бұрын

    Wait...Na'avi headbands with ears, Na'avi skin shirts, Na'avi tails; THAT's where the Na'avi have gone!

  • @hannahbanana7182

    @hannahbanana7182

    5 жыл бұрын

    OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

  • @aurora5481

    @aurora5481

    5 жыл бұрын

    Avatar flavoured popcorn. The answers were right in front of us the whole time.

  • @awebb274

    @awebb274

    5 жыл бұрын

    Soylent Green is Na'avi!!

  • @funkoxen

    @funkoxen

    5 жыл бұрын

    im going to get myself a Na'vi hand ashtray!!!

  • @Zarathinius

    @Zarathinius

    5 жыл бұрын

    holy shit you're right

  • @gmoney66
    @gmoney665 жыл бұрын

    Could you imagine if, in Disneyland, they had a Peter Pan show that was just a random guy in loose fitting clothing explaining that, while he wont be showing up, Peter taught him how to fly and fight pirates (who also wont be showing up)?

  • @RawbeardX

    @RawbeardX

    5 жыл бұрын

    sounds like all the fun!

  • @mrmogford3469

    @mrmogford3469

    5 жыл бұрын

    “I know a place just like that...”- Stares dreamily of into space

  • @stevenirizarry1304

    @stevenirizarry1304

    5 жыл бұрын

    That is the most random comment I have seen

  • @mrmogford3469

    @mrmogford3469

    5 жыл бұрын

    Steven Irizarry Why doesn’t it surprise me it was pinned by Jenny

  • @carodame9419

    @carodame9419

    5 жыл бұрын

    This my good sir was a very good comment - thank you

  • @longcurse
    @longcurse2 жыл бұрын

    Omg omg omg the face painting. I worked as a WDW face painter and it *kills* me that this video included the promo. The painter is a manager, one who is well-known in the circles for zero-effort painting (and for never actually being at any of the booths to the point he forgets basic information--but he's *always* there for promos lol). That kid in the promo is wearing a *hot mess* of a full-face design 😆😆😆

  • @fightvale57

    @fightvale57

    Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see some good representations

  • @gabrielle3960

    @gabrielle3960

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel the kid’s soul die a bit when he has to act impressed with that look. even he can see it

  • @kaileyhallett

    @kaileyhallett

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gabrielle3960 his reaction is hilarious 😂

  • @jacksyoutubechannel4045
    @jacksyoutubechannel4045 Жыл бұрын

    I still can't believe that Jenny didn't talk about where we _did_ end up with Beastly Kingdom (even though it's mostly gone now). The Imagineers basically rolled up their designs and went...to Universal. Where they then pitched and constructed The Lost Continent at Islands of Adventure. Anyone ever think Dueling Dragons had Disney-level queue theming? Now you know why.

  • @Andystuff800

    @Andystuff800

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m glad I got to experience DD before it was killed. Fun ride.

  • @healgoth

    @healgoth

    14 күн бұрын

    @@Andystuff800 TBF better the ride die than any of its riders

  • @SeltzerAddict
    @SeltzerAddict5 жыл бұрын

    fun fact - Animal Kingdom doesn't use the "natahzu" tag anymore bc they were recognized officially by the zoological association, and they are actually a zoo now. I learned that when I was working there, and I died.

  • @louisalectube

    @louisalectube

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Eetzahzu!!"

  • @sbs3000

    @sbs3000

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm assuming they carried you off the premises before pronouncing you dead? Gotta maintain that "no one's ever died here" line.

  • @karatesan2120

    @karatesan2120

    4 жыл бұрын

    So now it's *ahzu*

  • @202cardline

    @202cardline

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lemonferret This whole thread was worth it just for you my friend

  • @pinkwings8036

    @pinkwings8036

    4 жыл бұрын

    A few employees called it “nah-tah-theme-park”, because for tax purposes it was a zoo.

  • @Garmstrong2001
    @Garmstrong20015 жыл бұрын

    So many things about this that I’m going to be thinking about for the rest of my life. The pod. The kid who didn’t know there’s a movie. The $80 ugly doll. The ball. The cashier who called it “the documentary”. The translator. This video changed my life

  • @reidosarous

    @reidosarous

    5 жыл бұрын

    The man with one ear fully stretched with a collection of earrings.

  • @Abdega

    @Abdega

    5 жыл бұрын

    My question is: Can you race those pods?

  • @ThreadBomb

    @ThreadBomb

    5 жыл бұрын

    That ear thing was horrible. If he nods his head too fast, he's going to break his earlobe.

  • @homestuck_official

    @homestuck_official

    5 жыл бұрын

    Iconic tbh

  • @FleckfromBrooklyn

    @FleckfromBrooklyn

    5 жыл бұрын

    Abdega Now this is podracing.

  • @rachael8646
    @rachael8646 Жыл бұрын

    Some day I will make an earth themed theme park, with human flesh colored candy popcorn.

  • @m00nrac00n
    @m00nrac00n2 жыл бұрын

    The park is just really weird and seems almost bootleg in a way ? Like its all a bit half-baked. The colonizer theme also is kind of uncomfortable. But the main issue is that Avatar is just not part of our "human culture", it never gets cross-referenced like Star Wars or Harry Potter in other shows and public discourse, it just exist in its own isolated bubble and has been forgotton. You can tell they were grabbing at straws to make this happen somehow, even tho the OG world is just jungle with not that much to it.

  • @fightvale57

    @fightvale57

    Жыл бұрын

    If you want to see bootleg,watch the Evermore video. It isn't bootleg, it's an odd,, irrelevant and problematic IP but a gorgeous,intricately detailed,complete park.

  • @jonathanaylmer6609
    @jonathanaylmer66095 жыл бұрын

    You'd think the translator would be a great product if they just had a ton of Navi writing around the park and you point the thing at it like a QR code, and so people who buy them would just get the novelty of a ton of little easter eggs around the park.

  • @ThreadBomb

    @ThreadBomb

    5 жыл бұрын

    That... makes too much sense.

  • @anteroinen4239

    @anteroinen4239

    5 жыл бұрын

    The problem with this is that I am pretty sure that the Na'vi officially have not developed writing, so...

  • @feelmypuddle4963

    @feelmypuddle4963

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@anteroinen4239 maybe during the time between the war with humans and them selling their land to a tourism company they made a written language

  • @anteroinen4239

    @anteroinen4239

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@feelmypuddle4963 Eh, considering their culture and the environment it seems pretty unlikely. It isn't like the Na'vi need it for anything, since it seems they've still kept themselves to a totally nomadic lifestyle. I am sure their linguist told them as much (it sounded like he was the one pronouncing stuff from the cards by the way, adorable, I love that he's still working on this stuff).

  • @berkleypearl2363

    @berkleypearl2363

    5 жыл бұрын

    Anteroinen maybe it’s humans writing in Na’vi? I’m learning Lakota (and they don’t have a written languages) so I put little labels on all the things in my house so I can look at them and call them by their Lakota name

  • @e.s.r5809
    @e.s.r58094 жыл бұрын

    My actual favourite thing is how enthusiastic Jenny is in all theme parks and you can never quite tell if it's ironic or genuine because she uses the same deadpan tone of voice for everything, including singing and yelling "whooo!".

  • @maddy5827

    @maddy5827

    3 жыл бұрын

    the "take this gourd!! yeah!!!" LMAOOO

  • @samkeiser9776

    @samkeiser9776

    3 жыл бұрын

    Legit I believe that she’s playing into the attraction, so legit enjoyment.

  • @ijustreview

    @ijustreview

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nah she legit enjoys the theme park experience. Even when some of the rides suck and the entire concept of the park is stupid because Avatar is a dead franchise, they can still make a cool bioluminescent jungle with rusting robots.

  • @sholem_bond

    @sholem_bond

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think she genuinely just likes being at theme parks.

  • @thegreygoblin5165

    @thegreygoblin5165

    3 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, when you go to a theme park. It's hard not to have at least a little fun

  • @finn_underwood
    @finn_underwood Жыл бұрын

    I cannot wait for Avatar 2's butterfly wings to appear as purchasables in this theme park. Because they exist in the movie solely for that singular purpose - to be merchandise.

  • @roychen5235

    @roychen5235

    Жыл бұрын

    The butterfly wings exist for Cameron's Jesus allegory to have visually obvious angel wings.

  • @HypeShot-27

    @HypeShot-27

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, when I saw wide-eyed Kiri sailing through the water with the butterfly wings and the gold glowing fish, my immediate thought was the doll they would make of it.

  • @Blockistium

    @Blockistium

    Жыл бұрын

    that did not occur to me at all while watching, i was kind of just baffled by their inclusion in terms of plot

  • @DPMusicStudio
    @DPMusicStudio Жыл бұрын

    I loved this. Jenny has a special way of delivering her material - it’s this blend of earnestness and sarcasm. You never quite know which one it is.

  • @Calpsotoma
    @Calpsotoma3 жыл бұрын

    "It's not a zoo" is the type of campaign that makes it seem like they're squirreling around some animal safety laws.

  • @XescoPicas

    @XescoPicas

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s a Disney move if I ever saw one

  • @manospondylus4896

    @manospondylus4896

    3 жыл бұрын

    „It‘s not just a zoo“ would have sounded a lot more appealing and less ominous

  • @atomheartother

    @atomheartother

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@manospondylus4896 i can't find it anymore but i read a comment here saying they actually did this because they legally couldn't call it a zoo when it launched.

  • @manospondylus4896

    @manospondylus4896

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@atomheartother Damn. What was the reason they couldn‘t?

  • @atomheartother

    @atomheartother

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@manospondylus4896 i wish i had more information but this is a very vague memory of a comment i read somewhere... But I'm sure googling will yield some results x3 but iirc the "zoo" denomination is actually a specific legal thing and they couldn't get it by the time it opened for SOME reason, like you can't just put animals in a park and call it a zoo

  • @libraryseraph
    @libraryseraph4 жыл бұрын

    Me whenever I have an hour to kill: Jeez, time to watch An Excruciatingly Deep Dive Into the Avatar Theme Park again'

  • @RodneyAndMeVideos

    @RodneyAndMeVideos

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's starting to become a way of life really

  • @geegeep

    @geegeep

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad to know I'm not the only one that rewatched this video several times just because

  • @user-zr9hu3tf1y

    @user-zr9hu3tf1y

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@geegeep for months, I've had this video on when I'm trying to fall asleep, on my way to work or school, while I'm studying, and just now when I was doing dishes. Jenny Nicholson for every occasion.

  • @justthecoolestdudeyo9446

    @justthecoolestdudeyo9446

    4 жыл бұрын

    This one is remarkably rewatchable!

  • @user-lf9op9dh1l

    @user-lf9op9dh1l

    4 жыл бұрын

    Honestly though. I do the same thing with her Star Wars Land, Forces of Destiny and Trigger Warning videos.

  • @willr4217
    @willr4217 Жыл бұрын

    Genuinely can't imagine anything I'd find harder to deal with psychologically than a performer making consistent eye contact and then handing me a gourd to shake

  • @AnarchistPoop
    @AnarchistPoop Жыл бұрын

    It's tragic how real jungle and swamps got erradicated (with every living thing in them) to create a huge fiction world about conservation.

  • @sharpeningtheaxe

    @sharpeningtheaxe

    Жыл бұрын

    Can you explain?

  • @AnarchistPoop

    @AnarchistPoop

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sharpeningtheaxe ...you know the world wasn't created into existance with Disneyland in it? There was something there before. And in Florida, that was a swamp, full of life. Which was wrecked....so Avatar could be created. It's like that case of them chopping down a bunch of trees to put a huge sign that had a child hugging a tree.

  • @sharpeningtheaxe

    @sharpeningtheaxe

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AnarchistPoop is there a reason you feel the need to be condescending to someone who is just interested in what you have to say and wanted more information? I didn’t know that the land used to make Pandora was undeveloped prior to the park or that Florida even had jungles. That doesn’t mean I thought theme parks magically appear and that you need to talk down to me. I just wanted to know more about what you were talking about.

  • @alice88wa

    @alice88wa

    11 ай бұрын

    @@sharpeningtheaxe I feel like because Jenny is very dry and critical it attracts a kind of crowd who embody that to the point of being rude and condescending. As dry as she is I feel like Jenny is probably pretty welcoming to people and willing to explain things. That's kinda the whole point of her channel. So yeah that was not a cool way to respond. Iirc, Walt Disney deliberately chose the location for Disneyworld to be undeveloped for a lot of reasons One of which is not having to contend with city councils and zoning laws. Florida is VERY flat and very wet so the whole state is basically a swampland. It's hard to explain if you haven't been, how much the swamps and wildlife are constantly encroaching. Some very unique creatures have made Florida their home - birds specifically. Those birds are being driven to extinction due to loss of habitat. So that's what they were referring to.

  • @sharpeningtheaxe

    @sharpeningtheaxe

    11 ай бұрын

    @@alice88wa Thank you for explaining! That’s really sad to hear. I know Disney isn’t the only corporation taking about habitats, but it is disappointing to hear that they’re still expanding into swamplands especially, considering how valuable they are to the environment and the plants, animals, and people who live in and around them.

  • @cjnunca9007
    @cjnunca90075 жыл бұрын

    taken to the most extreme conclusion: pandora the theme park is subliminal colonialist propaganda

  • @kigut7443

    @kigut7443

    3 жыл бұрын

    i dont think thats an extreme conclusion, i think thats just a conclusion. the correct one.

  • @Rubashow

    @Rubashow

    3 жыл бұрын

    How would those unassuming natives know how awesome civilization is if we didn't force it down their throats while taking all their resources? Don't be ridiculous.

  • @XescoPicas

    @XescoPicas

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s honestly the vibe I got from the whole video, so I came to 3 possible conclusions: 1-it’s very upfront colonialist propaganda, so I just spotted it easily 2-it has subtle colonialist undertones, but I’m too much of a SJW to miss them 3-I hate Avatar so much that I just want everything related to it to be horrible The truth is probably a combination of the three: it was very obertly colonialistic, I’m a SJW and I hate Avatar.

  • @GWASGY

    @GWASGY

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Nicer Colonists do Nicer Genocide so isnt it way better!? :)

  • @pinksnake8001

    @pinksnake8001

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah that's it.

  • @sootsprite19
    @sootsprite195 жыл бұрын

    why does the nahtazu ad sound more like an snl skit than a legitimate disney ad campaign

  • @cloudanimal5209

    @cloudanimal5209

    3 жыл бұрын

    THIS IS SO ACCURATE

  • @jamiemasters7401
    @jamiemasters7401 Жыл бұрын

    I do need to know how well theme park canon squares with The Way of Water canon, like, right away

  • @henrygink
    @henrygink Жыл бұрын

    Watching this after seeing the real Avatar 2 makes me wonder... How many years after the series does ACE come in to appropriate the Navi culture given the fact it's even more clear how many issues and trauma the presence of humans in Pandora caused.

  • @okate251

    @okate251

    Жыл бұрын

    they need to embrace that ACE is post-colonization and genocide of the na'vi

  • @squirtyharry

    @squirtyharry

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't see why they felt the need to add lore to the theme park because every in lore explanation is real weird

  • @ellapowell3437
    @ellapowell34375 жыл бұрын

    I recently went to the Avatar park and I can’t believe you didn’t mention the giant Na’vi head that’s displayed in the gift shop. It looks like they beheaded the leader and used it as a warning to other Na’vi.

  • @l.c.7168

    @l.c.7168

    5 жыл бұрын

    The WHAT

  • @fruitdirt7269

    @fruitdirt7269

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ella Powell Seriously!! It’s a beautiful statue but the implications are fucking terrifying!!

  • @lhaegreenleaf5552

    @lhaegreenleaf5552

    5 жыл бұрын

    15:44 it’s right there lol

  • @Chipiliro613

    @Chipiliro613

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's also a warning to never mention it's existence.

  • @Tea_Noire

    @Tea_Noire

    4 жыл бұрын

    That gets more unsettling when you consider how the Na'vi are Native American coded, and white people displaying/selling the decapitated heads of natives was a pretty common practice during the 17th and 18th century.

  • @pete2786
    @pete27865 жыл бұрын

    Jenny: Where are all the Na'avi? Also Jenny: So guys, I brought home this "Avatar Flavoured" popcorn... 🤔🤔🤔

  • @overlyasian3488

    @overlyasian3488

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Aspiring Marauder no i'm shaking and cryimg this can't be true APLHA CENTAURI WOULD NEVER DO THIS

  • @d.w.1805

    @d.w.1805

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Aspiring Marauder I've never hated a KZread comment as much as this one

  • @justsomeguywithsunglasses8418

    @justsomeguywithsunglasses8418

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've never loved a youtube comment as much as this one.

  • @washedblue

    @washedblue

    4 жыл бұрын

    at first I thought this was just a funny little quip about Jenny, but then realized what you meant and now I'm truly horrified

  • @davidozab2753

    @davidozab2753

    4 жыл бұрын

    Soylent Blue is NA'VI!

  • @Retrosenescent
    @Retrosenescent Жыл бұрын

    If colonialism wasn't enough, you can also walk around their homeland wearing Na'vi face!

  • @JustinLKraeer
    @JustinLKraeer Жыл бұрын

    I love that she's surrounded by the merch as she details how ridiculous and over priced it is.

  • @RyGuy3323
    @RyGuy33235 жыл бұрын

    Aw, you didn't even mention that you could "adopt" a Navi baby plush and rip it away from its family

  • @brutusinthewoods9625

    @brutusinthewoods9625

    5 жыл бұрын

    eXCUSE ME WHAT

  • @archer1949

    @archer1949

    5 жыл бұрын

    RyGuy3323 That’s horrifying.....and hilarious.

  • @chadschmaltz9790

    @chadschmaltz9790

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wtf?! How did that get approved?

  • @Roadent1241

    @Roadent1241

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don't remember seeing that in the shop. Unless you mean the $80 face print figure?

  • @Crick1952

    @Crick1952

    5 жыл бұрын

    *flashbacks to the Native American indoctrination boarding schools*

  • @guyyouseewhenyoudie
    @guyyouseewhenyoudie4 жыл бұрын

    The “natahzu” ad campaign strikes me as embarrassingly self-conscious, especially for such a huge, successful corporation.

  • @EngineerLume

    @EngineerLume

    4 жыл бұрын

    What strikes me now is that they don't actually say what it IS if not a zoo. "It's Natazhu!" "Cool, what is it then?" "Natazhu!"

  • @CaitieLou

    @CaitieLou

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey look, it's a perfect description of the last years of Eisner's career with Disney :'D

  • @johng8837

    @johng8837

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@EngineerLume bruh.. natazhu= not a zoo??

  • @EngineerLume

    @EngineerLume

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johng8837 Yeah. DId you not make the connection?

  • @angryhobo212

    @angryhobo212

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@EngineerLume They'd probably say something like "it's an *experience"*

  • @gabriellegoodwin4422
    @gabriellegoodwin44229 ай бұрын

    Watching Jenny pick up a bag of strangely blue popcorn, look at it and go “ooh that’s expired”, jump cut to her eating it, and jump cut to her throwing it up is pure art. Avatar wishes it could master the cinematic tragedy of this,

  • @Mimi-fp3sl
    @Mimi-fp3sl2 жыл бұрын

    I bet the staff appreciates your enthusiasm and participation. I'm way too shy to get involved with characters the way that you do.

  • @bluemorpho1029
    @bluemorpho10295 жыл бұрын

    I heard that J. K. Rowling had that train design concept in mind for 20 years.

  • @jonathandavies1716

    @jonathandavies1716

    5 жыл бұрын

    She says that about all her work.

  • @ala4935

    @ala4935

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jonathan Davies that’s the joke.

  • @daver7910

    @daver7910

    5 жыл бұрын

    the train was actually a disabled black trans woman the whole time

  • @JennyNicholson

    @JennyNicholson

    5 жыл бұрын

    It was the third thing written on her napkin in the coffee shop on that fateful day

  • @99lodewijk

    @99lodewijk

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@JennyNicholson it really was a large napkin

  • @oliviabrocklehurst6442
    @oliviabrocklehurst64425 жыл бұрын

    im only a minute in but the disney "it's not a zoo!" ad has me in TEARS. How is that a real ad. it feels like something out of parks and rec

  • @Saibellus

    @Saibellus

    5 жыл бұрын

    i think you mean NATAZHU + random accent marks

  • @matthewdekker6064

    @matthewdekker6064

    5 жыл бұрын

    I hope they say more in the ad that she didn't show, cuz otherwise it doesn't make any sense at all. It's a zoo with a fake, crappy dinosaur thing added to it. So it's... a zoo, with a dinosaur thing added to it. Which still means it's just a fuckin zoo, and they probably couldn't even get things like penguins because of how humid it is in florida. Unless the penguins are in some big building with the polar bears and stuff.

  • @Shoulderpads-mcgee

    @Shoulderpads-mcgee

    5 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Dekker probably because it’s also not an aquarium and representing Asia and Africa (and not the areas that do have penguins) lol

  • @roguishpaladin

    @roguishpaladin

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Nahtahzhu" or whatever probably translates into "This is a zoo".

  • @Shoulderpads-mcgee

    @Shoulderpads-mcgee

    5 жыл бұрын

    roguishpaladin it’s literally a made up word by Disney gdjgddhd

  • @susanheld
    @susanheld Жыл бұрын

    I think you could cobble together the ideal theme park afternoon for me out of some of these elements: 1. outdoor drums for my toddler to drum on 2. the same video plays over and over, another thing my toddler loves 3. boat ride in the dark where I can nap 4. refreshing mist sprays in my face

  • @susanheld

    @susanheld

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh I sent that too quickly, just got to the part about the cold drink with rum.

  • @ashtonvandyke7163
    @ashtonvandyke7163 Жыл бұрын

    i’m chinese-american and i think the “alien” foods at the satu’li canteen are so funny. bao is a comfort food to me and one of the least alien things. considering that more than half the world population is from asia, asian foods are the opposite of alien. it does irk me for my culture and adjacent cultures to be labeled as alien through food but i’m too tired to invest that much energy, so i just laugh. goddamn tho they already have the shallow imagining/packaging of american indigenous cultures. the satu’li canteen threw me for a loop bc i wasn’t expecting asians to get dragged into this too, tho not as egregiously

  • @LifesNeverHumDrum

    @LifesNeverHumDrum

    2 ай бұрын

    Maybe I just live a in a good place for more diverse foods, but the idea of bao being alien is funny to me because it’s somewhat commonplace now. Heck chain grocery stores stock them in the delis

  • @MiloKuroshiro
    @MiloKuroshiro5 жыл бұрын

    The Na'vis are TOO CLOSE to native north americans culture to be confortable for being used like that... Ooff

  • @mlovecraftr

    @mlovecraftr

    5 жыл бұрын

    +

  • @jamieohjamie

    @jamieohjamie

    5 жыл бұрын

    As soon as you walk outside of this Pandora base, Na'vis with guns and knives capture you and scalp you. Authentic!

  • @Spamhard

    @Spamhard

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it's got a super Westernised feeling of "exotic" shit going on. Generic tribal.

  • @jamieohjamie

    @jamieohjamie

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Spamhard The fact that they put boba in the food to make it "alien" and make cheeseburger baos... that's so extremely tone deaf.

  • @petercarioscia9189

    @petercarioscia9189

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm pretty sure this is an insult to native Americans. Implying they control horses by stick their dicks inside the horses ear....I don't even want to think about how the woman of the tribe control their horses, but now I can't shake that mental imagine out if my head....

  • @robertdougherty349
    @robertdougherty3494 жыл бұрын

    "Where did they go?" The Na'vi perished shortly after the humans assisted them in relocating to specially reserved enclosures. They seemed to have a toxic reaction to the new blankets they were given. Luckily, we have preserved their DNA in the Avatar program. Whew!

  • @CathrineMacNiel

    @CathrineMacNiel

    3 жыл бұрын

    the explanation I would have is that the Pod that "purifies" the air for humans to breed drove out the Na'vi as the earth atmosphere would be as toxic to them as the pandoran atmosphere is to us.

  • @mozarteanchaos

    @mozarteanchaos

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CathrineMacNiel yours defs sounds like a more realistic explanation, but i think OP was alluding to how actual native americans were (and to a frightening extent, still are) treated by colonists. i don't think the "preserving their DNA" part has been done yet, though

  • @kylenielsen5083

    @kylenielsen5083

    3 жыл бұрын

    Headcanon. The Na'vi were recycled into the avatars for tourists.

  • @Rat-Baby
    @Rat-Baby Жыл бұрын

    This review is becoming a lot more relevant, now that there's a new Avatar.

  • @mikeb7906

    @mikeb7906

    Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, the existence of this theme park is starting to make a lot more sense after Avatar 2. These movies are gonna be back in the public consciousness for a while now

  • @c.w.8200

    @c.w.8200

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mikeb7906 I'm not so sure, I haven't noticed that anyone feels anything remotely loke passion for Avatar 2, it's just another mid movie that doesn't warrant a theme park.

  • @ThreadBomb

    @ThreadBomb

    Жыл бұрын

    In a way it will be a shame if the sequels are successful, because the underlying humor of this video depends so much on Avatar-land being a weird misguided cash-in on something no one loves.

  • @miguelcom13

    @miguelcom13

    Жыл бұрын

    @@c.w.8200 Considerin the movie rigth now Is the 7 biggest movie ever, so even if you don't like it avatar is back in the public and is big af, so this park is going to be popular

  • @manospondylus4896

    @manospondylus4896

    Жыл бұрын

    @@c.w.8200 Dude, the sequel almost made 2 billion as of writing right now.

  • @ab.6223
    @ab.62232 жыл бұрын

    I just think the phrase "This is way after that documentary" with "this" referring to my modern day real life is the most hilarious way to refer to a film. Have you seen our documentary on Charles Kane? Well, this is way after that documentary. Like, yes. It is a recording I watched years ago, that is how time works, but go on.

  • @alice88wa

    @alice88wa

    11 ай бұрын

    I noticed that as well. It's a very odd turn of phrase but it definitely made me giggle.

  • @woebegone_kenobi
    @woebegone_kenobi2 жыл бұрын

    Okay but the only Navi being in the cave singing alone.. also just adds to the overwhelming sense of dread here. Like, shes the last one--hiding out and singing out her pain of the brothers and sisters shes lost to yet another evil earthling company

  • @timothymclean

    @timothymclean

    2 жыл бұрын

    And since Alpha Centauri Expeditions has basically destroyed her homeland, the only way she can put food on the table is to perform for these tourists all day. (Do you think she gets paid an actual wage and has to visit the Cantina to buy food, or that she's just paid directly in rations? Does any entity with jurisdiction over Pandora enforce labor laws?)

  • @wolffisu

    @wolffisu

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's more than just her in the forest of the ride and the echoing voices in the river ride is supposed to echo the others in her tribe.

  • @in_99

    @in_99

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also the pods make the air breathable for humans, but wouldn’t that make it toxic for the Navi? So now they’ve introduced a foreign and invasive plant that has taken over the planet to the extent that the atmosphere is completely hostile for the Navi and they’ve been driven underground. 😂 The meta is insane.

  • @TheFourthHorde

    @TheFourthHorde

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wolffisu Or the severed spirits of her massacred people, wailing in agony for all time.

  • @jdflyer06

    @jdflyer06

    Жыл бұрын

    That cave Na'vi is a vibe and a half

  • @MidwaytoMainStreet
    @MidwaytoMainStreet5 жыл бұрын

    I think the next time I'm in Frontierland I'm going to have to keep telling people when my wagon rolled into town until someone catches on and slips into character.

  • @ShaunCheah

    @ShaunCheah

    5 жыл бұрын

    Isn't that what Westworld was?

  • @Snake-bq3kf

    @Snake-bq3kf

    5 жыл бұрын

    omgsicle would this be pronounced Fro (like afro) Land or Fro (like fruh) Land?

  • @omgsicle

    @omgsicle

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Snake-bq3kf FroLand or no land, my man

  • @FiddlebirdBlue

    @FiddlebirdBlue

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or you could just be my family and yell a slightly discordant, wordless, a capella rendition of the Bonanza main theme with five-ish parts in semi-harmony. Really gets the blood pumping and adds to the Western ambience.

  • @heartles_xyz

    @heartles_xyz

    3 жыл бұрын

    running to the bathroom every time i go to a different area of disneyworld so that i can change into my theme-appropriate outfit I have in my backpack

  • @privateauditor562
    @privateauditor562 Жыл бұрын

    The Hogwarts train thing in Florida's Universal Studios is fucking awesome ngl I'm glad they built it. I've never even seen Harry Potter but it was one of my favorite parts of my trip. They have screens on the windows so you can look out the across the same landscapes as the movies, and the doors also have screens that play the silhouettes of characters walking, talking, and getting into shenanigan's in the hallway. It really makes you feel like you're on a magical train from a movie. So, very, very, VERY rare good decision on J.K Rowling's part. Also Disney REALLY underestimated just how important the train is to Harry Potter fans. Like the idea of riding the Hogwarts train and getting to try butterbeer is more than enough to get them out there and spending money

  • @mrodo5175

    @mrodo5175

    11 ай бұрын

    The issue didn't sound like it was with the train, but with Rowling wanting the train to reverse along the track rather than looping

  • @goORIOLES236
    @goORIOLES236 Жыл бұрын

    So, coming back from Way of Water, I have to wonder how they’re going to explain the whole thing where RDA returns with a vengeance and completely obliterates a huge chunk of the forest to build a city. It certainly makes ACE seem all the more sinister…

  • @flowerheit4512
    @flowerheit45122 жыл бұрын

    The fact that Pandora, the park that's themed to be about conservation, gives out cheap single use plastic bags that are different from the rest of the Disney theme park bags, instead of slightly sturdier reusable bags, still lives rent free in my head

  • @doctorwholover1012

    @doctorwholover1012

    2 жыл бұрын

    Like, all they had to do was do a paper bag with a printed design instead, and that would be 1000% better than what they actually chose to do, and that's without putting any additional effort in

  • @wolffisu

    @wolffisu

    2 жыл бұрын

    When we went (October 2021), the entire place really tried to get us to upgrade to a (surprising large and nice) reusable bag for $1. I bought the pandora-style one that is really nice and the massive one at the beginning of the park. They could easily have charge $20 for that as it is a souvenir bag, but I didn't realize the bags in Pandora were regular plastic.

  • @gsofficial

    @gsofficial

    Жыл бұрын

    uh, why would you charge an idea rent anywhere

  • @definitelynotashark1799

    @definitelynotashark1799

    Жыл бұрын

    Also all the merch is seemingly just plastic shit that will end up in a landfill. Like, it doesn't even seem high quality enough to make a nice conversation piece or actual collectible at any point in time.

  • @ZeranZeran

    @ZeranZeran

    Жыл бұрын

    They need everyone you walk by to know that you've been there, and that they should go there too. For the betterment of the earth! ...Oh wait, I mean Disney CEO Bob's wallet

  • @CaptLiberator
    @CaptLiberator4 жыл бұрын

    The problem? The Navi are too close a metaphor to our Native Americans. Any merchandising is going to come off as patronizing and exploitation even if they are aliens. Avatar is Dancing with Wolves in space.

  • @RandomTomatoSoup

    @RandomTomatoSoup

    3 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this radical take

  • @Worm-revolver

    @Worm-revolver

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's literally Disney's Pocahontas. The only good thing that came out of the Avatar film was the Mr. Plinkett review and this.

  • @rachdachamp6047

    @rachdachamp6047

    3 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this take, i think I’ve felt this way but couldn’t put my finger on what was informing my distaste with Avatar today

  • @benny_lemon5123

    @benny_lemon5123

    3 жыл бұрын

    Avatar is almost a shot-for-shot remake of Ferngully. It is many things, but original is not one of them lol

  • @QueenOfCatsX3

    @QueenOfCatsX3

    3 жыл бұрын

    I remember watching a video about some of the early development and how the Navi originally weren't supposed to feel like they were from particularly anywhere. They were supposed to be completely alien with interesting connections to various different native pre-high-tec-technology cultures. The music was also supposed to have a Wholy unique sound! They hired a couple xeno musical experts to create something that sounds completely alien! They were fairly excited to have this opportunity! but after all this effort, the director telling them he wants something he's never heard before, the director kept turning them back again and again because "it didn't sound right" (no shit sherlock). They made demo after demo after demo before they gave up and made it sound more and more european/american/familiar until he was satisfied. They literally whitewashed their own fictional race!

  • @AntiVectorTV
    @AntiVectorTV Жыл бұрын

    Imagine what kind of hell the Na'vi live in, where bladder polyps are so common they have a _one syllable word_ for them.

  • @oroontheheels
    @oroontheheels11 ай бұрын

    I’m not into dark headcanons but this whole park feels like “friendly” corporation killed all the navi (except one and she probably lost her mind at this point) and lie to tourist for money. Also that idea of a empty navi body being forever stuck to that flying lizard thingy (which is presumably sentient enough and not an empty body) is nuts 😂

  • @bayleytrue7236
    @bayleytrue72365 жыл бұрын

    I got to open Pandora as a merchandise cast member. We had to train for a month before it was ever open to the public. I sold Sigourney Weaver Na’vi flip flops and 5 Banshees. I made hundreds of people’s personalized Avatars. I rode Na’vi river journey before it was finished and had half the lights on. The animatronic didn’t even have a face yet. I took the language and culture tests. I can verify all this information is 100% true and accurate.

  • @ravenpotter3

    @ravenpotter3

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bayley True wow!

  • @aurora5481

    @aurora5481

    5 жыл бұрын

    I need to hear more about these tests.

  • @juanjuri6127

    @juanjuri6127

    5 жыл бұрын

    do you mean you sold flip-flops that had Sigourney Weaver's Na'vi character on them to people, or you sold flip-flops that had Na'vi characters on them to Sigourney Weaver

  • @Champiness

    @Champiness

    5 жыл бұрын

    "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... time to die."

  • @Abdega

    @Abdega

    5 жыл бұрын

    True like your last name

  • @Appalachiosaurus22
    @Appalachiosaurus225 жыл бұрын

    Why you gotta diss Dinoland? I think it's hilarious that Africa and Asia get beautiful immersive experiences but America gets a glorified roadside carnival covered in dead animals.

  • @thatonestormtrooper2760

    @thatonestormtrooper2760

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like america to me

  • @Noobie2k7

    @Noobie2k7

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sounds very symbolic to me.

  • @hellhammerCCCP

    @hellhammerCCCP

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like home to me

  • @MaleTears

    @MaleTears

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like magic to me.

  • @lemonferret

    @lemonferret

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like extinction to me

  • @BadPhysh
    @BadPhysh8 ай бұрын

    23:24 I was not prepared for the cameo of Hat Dan - The Dan With A Hat

  • @ForestGreenSharpie

    @ForestGreenSharpie

    8 ай бұрын

    ive seen this video like 4 or 5 times and just realized thats folding ideas. wild cameo i wasnt expecting

  • @kendall3183
    @kendall3183 Жыл бұрын

    as someone who has seen the second avatar film, i just wanna say to that poor cashier lady that what happened with the RDA did happened again. and somehow bigger and worse good movie 10/10 it's a simple story but had strong visuals and great sound design

  • @squirtyharry

    @squirtyharry

    Жыл бұрын

    The only way for the park's lore to make sense would be to have it take place after the last movie, so for their sake I hope the lore they built for the park makes sense in 2028 😭

  • @TheKsalad

    @TheKsalad

    Жыл бұрын

    @@squirtyharry The new lore is the entirety of the park is set within that massive city the humans built on Pandora

  • @slimbo3774

    @slimbo3774

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh noooooo!! That would be so twisted and dystopian

  • @Blockistium

    @Blockistium

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheKsalad that's so hilariously dark!

  • @edwarddorey4480

    @edwarddorey4480

    Жыл бұрын

    *did happen

  • @adele6489
    @adele64895 жыл бұрын

    Disney needs to give us the theme park we all really want, a "Trapped In A Island With Josh Hutcherson" theme park.

  • @user-lb8gs5up1w

    @user-lb8gs5up1w

    5 жыл бұрын

    As long as it's adjacent to an One Direction During The Purge experience.

  • @fungusonus

    @fungusonus

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@user-lb8gs5up1w and jeff the killer

  • @PassTheMarmalade1957

    @PassTheMarmalade1957

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm picturing a creepy ghost train kind of ride where you go through the portrait of Kaitlyn, down this bizarre nightmare tunnel, and then come to a tableau of Kaitlyn's bedroom, with a Kaitlyn animatronic sitting at her computer, posting on Wattpad.

  • @ZoraTheberge
    @ZoraTheberge5 жыл бұрын

    All I remember about this movie is that the title was papyrus.

  • @pengwin_

    @pengwin_

    5 жыл бұрын

    and the subtitles

  • @lauralie004

    @lauralie004

    5 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/nIqczqyHetLWf7Q.html

  • @emmae2520

    @emmae2520

    5 жыл бұрын

    He just... got away with it. This professional graphic designer..

  • @westernhemlock

    @westernhemlock

    5 жыл бұрын

    jesus christ I forgot about that

  • @spookykidbunny

    @spookykidbunny

    5 жыл бұрын

    and ponytail sex

  • @Blockistium
    @Blockistium Жыл бұрын

    anyone else love the hilariously dark implications of this park, it's so ridiculous

  • @thekinginyellow7777
    @thekinginyellow77772 жыл бұрын

    I know that Beastly Kingdom probably wouldn't have been that cool in person, but it sounds far more awesome in concept.

  • @overgrownkudzu

    @overgrownkudzu

    6 ай бұрын

    i think it could've been tbh. not everything needs to be an IP tie in, just public domain fantasy characters could be so awesome because you can really do anything with it, you're not bound to some weird back story.

  • @garretneal1875
    @garretneal18755 жыл бұрын

    One of my friends worked on Flights of Passage and he said the reason they didn't have a walk-around Navi was that they thought that would be too much like exploitation of natives. This is, of course, also something they should have thought of before making a theme park and also doesn't jive with the whole, "create a sacred necklace for just $19.99" aspect, but just thought I'd bring it up.

  • @megmoore8681

    @megmoore8681

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure a walk around na'vi would be less sinister than having none at all??? The whole theme park seems a little thoughtless honestly.

  • @johnny--guitar

    @johnny--guitar

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@megmoore8681 Yeah, it really feels weirder that there's none at all. Like, where did they go? Did they all leave? Were they forced out? What is the story here?

  • @kalebh3419

    @kalebh3419

    5 жыл бұрын

    "We don't want to exploit this fictional race, so we're going to just steal all their traditions and artifacts and sell them for humans to consume without actual representation of said race actually being present." The horrifying thing is this is EXACTLY how cultural appropriation works...

  • @Noobie2k7

    @Noobie2k7

    4 жыл бұрын

    And also allow random pleb natives to experience their sacred rites of passage to adulthood. That's not exploiting their culture at all.

  • @zakhawker344

    @zakhawker344

    4 жыл бұрын

    why not just have some navi go across the path and into the forest every now and then smh

  • @CorrectFossa
    @CorrectFossa4 жыл бұрын

    If this is foreshadowing the tourist destination thing being the villain of Avatar 2, this might be the best viral marketing stunt ever

  • @breadpilled2587

    @breadpilled2587

    4 жыл бұрын

    holy shit that'd be cool actually

  • @nn6404

    @nn6404

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you really think that Disney would cast itself as the villain of its own movie?

  • @NigelTonberry

    @NigelTonberry

    3 жыл бұрын

    Only once it is already far too late to stop them! MUAHAHAhAHA!! Which was like five years ago so yeah, as long as it makes them money.

  • @riley8385

    @riley8385

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nn6404 I mean, they kinda did in Dumbo.

  • @FM-er6xy

    @FM-er6xy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh worm?

  • @DiamondDogVenomSnake1984
    @DiamondDogVenomSnake19842 жыл бұрын

    Shout out to the Pandora worker at 17:10 who also signs “thank you” as they’re saying it. I just love seeing people casually using ASL even if it’s small.

  • @michaelgoldstein8516

    @michaelgoldstein8516

    Жыл бұрын

    I noticed that too. Made me smile.

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