The Tomorrowland Times Podcast

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Disney’s “The Optimist” alternate reality game, Nick chats with one of its contributors: writer, experience designer, and creative director Chad Jones.

⚛ Redacted, a novel by Chad Jones on Amazon. 

⚛ The Optimist official 2013 recap video on YouTube.

⚛ The Optimist page on Tomorrowland Times.

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On Tomorrowland’s 8th anniversary, Nick sits down for a State of Tomorrow address, covering everything from the film’s availability to new merch, fandom, and its emerging legacy over the past year. 

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⚛ Bill Terezakis Estate Auction

⚛ Washington Post opinion piece by Amanda Shendruk

⚛ Adam Buxton Podcast

⚛ Library of Congress screening

⚛ AR elevator by Michael Delgado

⚛ Banana Split (2018) movie

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To celebrate the 7th anniversary of the theatrical release of Tomorrowland, The Tomorrowland Times Podcast is proud to present a special interview with legendary storyboard artist Marc Vena. His work on the film encompassed several key sequences, including a few tantalizing omissions!

⚛ Our story reel for Marc Vena's “Boat Ride” storyboards.
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With the long-awaited debut of Tomorrowlandstreaming worldwide on Disney+, Hastin and Nick sit down to welcome a new batch of Dreamers, Optimists, and Junior Tomorrownauts into the fandom.

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⚛ The Optimist official recap video.
⚛ Before Tomorrowland prequel novel.
⚛ The Origin of Plus Ultra animated short.
⚛ Take Me To Tomorrowland mirror site.

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The final installment in our 12-part series diving deep into the mysteries of Disney's Tomorrowland movie. Follow an elite squad of audio-animatronic child recruiters on a globe-trotting adventure to find the Dreamers of Tomorrow. Will the legacy of Plus Ultra at last be redeemed? Can Tomorrowland thrive under the stewardship of Newton and Walker? Which pieces of this film's ending never changed? What lies ahead for this very podcast? Find your pin and join us in that field of wheat, won't you?

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⚛ Takayuki Oki on Instagram.
⚛ Kurt Schoen custom guitars.
⚛ Natasha Davison on IMDB.
⚛ Robin T. Rose on Twitter.
⚛ Liliane Leila Juma on Twitter.
⚛ Alexandria Kayy's website.

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The penultimate installment in our 12-part series diving deep into the mysteries of Disney's Tomorrowland movie. Hop onto a rock 'em sock 'em Goliath robot for the Battle of Bridgeway, defy your deterministic fate with a leap of love, and save your last thoughts for those who need to hear them. Question the destruction of your own personal Monitor that broadcasts only an endless, apocalyptic doomscroll. The City of Tomorrow is dead. What comes next?

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⚛ Alternate Music Cue Comparison Video.

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Tenth in our 12-part series diving deep into the mysteries of Disney's Tomorrowland movie. It's Newton versus Nix: a heroic epiphany, and a villainous revelation. Will the words of an antagonist forever define a film's aims? Is this infamous sequence a directorial self-insert, or the antithesis against which our heroes define themselves? It's dueling monologues as these speakers battle for the soul of Tomorrowland.

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Ninth in our 12-part series diving deep into the mysteries of Disney's Tomorrowland movie. Stop doomscrolling apocalyptic visions, take a sip of your life-extending Rejuvamere shake, and board a tinted hover rail as we come face to unaging face with Governor David Nix. Did you spot that signature sludge? Why does Athena have an empty compartment in her stomach? Was an additional Nix speech nixed? Answers are revealed at the precipice of the final act.

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⚛ Defunctland's Adventure Thru Inner Space

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Eighth in our 12-part series diving deep into the mysteries of Disney's Tomorrowland movie. Board an antique rocket ship launching from the Eiffel Tower and discover its connection to Nemo's Nautilus submarine as we plunge into the revealing depths of early concept art. Chug some Zipp-E powder before catching a wire-transfer, crank up the deleted dulcet drones of despotic dictator David Nix, and play a rousing round of “How Old Are Those Cokes?”

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⚛ The Van ‘t Hoff equation.
⚛ Edison Gold Moulded Record No. 40
⚛ Tully Summers Tomorrowland Concept Art.
⚛ B-Roll of Deleted Zero-G moment.
⚛ Storyboards by Rodolfo Dimaggio.

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Seventh in our 12-part series diving deep into the mysteries of Disney's Tomorrowland movie. It's an all-house assault as we make our way through a maze of booby traps that protect a path to a bathroom-bound escape pod. Exactly how many Dave Clarks are named after The Dave Clark Five? Which family heirlooms does a former boy genius toss into his Go Bag when pursued by murderous Audio-Animatronics? Where lies his badge of rebellion? What's the deal with Frank and Athena?

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⚛ NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation

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Sixth in our 12-part series diving deep into the mysteries of Disney's Tomorrowland movie. Cause a flicker in the increasingly inevitable probability that you won't listen to this episode! Defy the algorithm as we try to pet a holographic dog, question quantum indeterminacy, and Nick confesses his undying love for Damon Lindelof.

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⚛ What if we knew when and how we'd die?

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Fifth in our 12-part series diving deep into the mysteries of Disney's Tomorrowland movie. Join Hastin and Nick as they race down the road to Pittsfield, ponder stolen vehicle speeds, unfold the wisdom of a paper fortune teller, and find more resonance with current events than they expected.

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⚛ Will the real Hugo Gernsback please stand up?
⚛ CineAlta Magazine issue 6.

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Fourth in our 12-part series diving deep into the mysteries of Disney's Tomorrowlandmovie. Board a Greyhound bus and fall into a research rabbithole as we reverse engineer eBay search terms, separate real history from fake pins, and chow down on a variety pack of Double Stuf Grab&Go Oreos! What secrets from Nick's past lurk on the shelves of the Blast From The Past superstore? Which deleted line of dialogue is Hastin's all-time favorite? Turn the dial away from ominous footage of mushroom cloud explosions and tune in for answers to these questions … and more!

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⚛ Official Blast From The Past account.
⚛ Hastin & Nick at the Tomorrowland Premiere.
⚛ Canadian Motion Picture Park Backlot

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Third in our 12-part series diving deep into the mysteries of Disney's Tomorrowlandmovie. This week, Hastin and Nick accept their Pin-vitation, getting a brief glimpse into the wonders of 1984. Jetpack Punks! Designer shoes! Hover-briefcases! Nonorails! Trylospheres! Humble swamp origins!

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Second in our 12-part series diving deep into the mysteries of Disney's Tomorrowlandmovie. This week, Hastin and Nick meet Casey Newton, an optimist in crisis with destructive tendencies and more questions than answers. Family drama! Schrodinger's Mom! Manspreading! PlayStation Portables! Chicago Blues! An ever-growing list of Tomorrowland mysteries!

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First in a 12-part series diving deep into the mysteries of Disney's Tomorrowlandmovie. Deleted scenes! Script snippets! Jetpacks! The 1964 New York World's Fair! George Clooney staring directly into your soul!

A transcript of this episode is available here.

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Our next episode will begin the deep-dive series announced for the fifth anniversary year, looking at Tomorrowlandsequence-by-sequence through a critical lens. In anticipation, we've added our original analysis to the podcast feed, for posterity. It's called “Land of Tomorrow, Myth for Today,” it was written in 2015 and later recorded as a video essay, the audio of which is presented here.

Links:

⚛ The original video essay.
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Join Hastin and Nick as they present a feature-length audio commentary companion to “Tomorrowland”, including exclusive interview excerpts with Brad Bird, Damon Lindelof, Jeff Jensen, Thomas Robinson, and Raffey Cassidy!

*To sync this track with the film, press “play” when the first opening logo firework bursts.

If you would like to skip to the interview excerpts, you may do so at the following timecodes:

This commentary was recorded in 2016 for the first anniversary of the film “Tomorrowland” and released for its second anniversary on May 22, 2017.

Intro and Outro Music by Landon Walter

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