TRON (2) Legacy

[Geekyfanboy]

I'm sorry but having seen the first one at the theater was enough for me. I won't spend any of my hard earned dollars on a sequel to what was not that good the first time around. Of course it could be argued that there is only room for improvement! And that I would have to wholeheartedly agree with! :)

Kevin

I'm sorry you feel that way Kevin... I totally loved Tron as a kid and I also saw it at a drive in, it was a double feature of Tron and Star Trek The Motion Picture.

I think the first one was cinematicly beautiful so I can't wait to see what they do with today's SFX.

[Ktrek]

I'm sorry you feel that way Kevin... I totally loved Tron as a kid and I also saw it at a drive in, it was a double feature of Tron and Star Trek The Motion Picture.

I think the first one was cinematicly beautiful so I can't wait to see what they do with today's SFX.

I have no doubt, Kenny, that my aversion to, and loathing, of video games played a lot into my opinion about the film. I don't think the film is visually interesting and the story could have been told in 30 minutes instead of and hour and a half. In 1982 I would have been 26 years old. I can understand why it might appeal to a kid who was into video games but I had a family to raise and take care of and could not afford the luxury of going to the video arcades. Nor would I have if I could.

Kevin

[Rico]

Loved the first film.  Pioneering in many ways and years ahead of it's time.  Can't wait to see the sequel.

[KC]

I'm one of those heathens who has never seen Tron. After a good dose of VH1's I Love the '80s and seeing the trailer for the sequel, I may have to sit down and watch it.

[M-5]

^^^
It couldn't hurt.

[Dangelus]

Loved the first Tron so I hope this sequel does some great things. Tron was revolutionary movie making.

[Geekyfanboy]

One of the Stars (Olivia Wilde) of the new Tron 2 talks a little bit about it.

http://www.mtv.com/videos/movies/331071/olivia-wilde-talks-tron-2.jhtml

[Meds]

Loved Tron, i was 9 years old when that came out. When i started playing games on a spectrum and then a amstrad 464 (colour monitor) i was used to fairly block graphics and then i saw Tron on TV & i was blown away. Nostalgia plays a big part and i have not seen it in a good 20 + years but i still reckon i'd enjoy it, hmmmm time to shop.

[Bryancd]

No doubt visually the film was stunning and as a kid, I loved it and really loved the arcade game. Now I can see how the story was lost in the F/X and I get where Kevin is coming from. I am looking forward to seeing what they do with this.

[Tan-Ru (banned)]

I saw Tron when it opened in NY back in the day. I wanted to see it for two reasons. First because Wendy Carlos one of my musical heroes did the first score that used Moog synthesizer orchestra mixed with the real London symphony orchestra for the first time. NO one had done it at this point!  Second because it was one of the first CG movies made. I heard from Wendy's site that she was late delivering all the finished music queues because she was a perfectionist and was rewarded by having them mix her music way down in the theatrical release. Also because she was transgender and somewhat of a controversial figure on the cutting edge, she weirded out Disney. She has since been able to transfer the original score to digital and re-released it. http://www.wendycarlos.com/+tron.html It was WAY ahead of it time and still is. She has also re-released some queues that where not used by the film maker who has openly admitted he was uncomfortable working with him/her. http://www.wendycarlos.com/+rls2.html  He tried to make up for this by including the lightcycle scene with the original music and the new digital mix up louder in the current DVD but with no intro. So this musical genius still does not get the proper node. Check out these fine works if you dare! She gives a new meaning to girly geek!

Also, I recently saw the Pixar story on the STARZ channel and those guys where just getting started with Lucas when they saw this film and where floored by what they did at that time and it drove them to take their work to another level. As this film was want they wanted to do in a major motion picture! Disney also saw Pixar as a competitor and wanted to show this little Pixar company what a real studio with money could do. The technological race had begun.

I also agree then and now that Tron as a movie was kinda of light and was not would it could have been, I invite you though to rent or buy the DVD and look at the special features to see what the film maker went through to get it made. Hollywood / Disney did not make it easy for him. So even though this movie is not "that good" it is responsible for things that we take for granted today to get their fist exposure in a motion picture. Not to mention being the seed for things like I.L.M., Pixar, and the new Disney animation. It is the Edison Lightbulb of CG and electronic music in films and should be given a little slack for its historical importance. Hopefully this new Tron will be everything it could have and more! I for one can't wait to see if they push things ahead again this time as well.
Rob

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugAdqQHqmqo&feature=channel_page

This score was not used in the orginial film? WHY!?!?

[moyer777]

wow, that is some cool music.

[Meds]

Yeah loving that score.

[Geekyfanboy]

Found this story at aint it cool.com

TR2N Story Details Reveal A Little More About What Kosinski & Co. Are Up To!!

Merrick here...

Got these details out of Vancouver, where the TRON sequel is currently in production.

The source is trustworthy, so these details represent an accurate snapshot of the film (keeping in mind productions of this nature may be a bit fluid, and certain elements could be reworked between now and the film's 2011 release).

My Geeky heart is going pitter patter. Really can't wait to glimpse material from this film - stuff we can actually see, unlike this heinously inadequate Comic Con shakycam from last year:

BEWARE SPOILERS!!!

[spoiler]Here's User 2.0...

    The title will almost certainly NOT be TRON 2 or TR2N. Possibly something with a colon - TRON: ________.

    The story takes place approximately 25 years after the original.

    The movie starts in 1989. Kevin Flynn (Bridges) has created some of the world's top selling games based on his Game Grid challenges in the first film, and has marketed the hell out of what he saw there (action figures, Recognizer night lights, yadda yadda yadda).

    Flynn has a seven year old son named Sean.

    Flynn disappears, leaving behind his son.

    Alan Bradley (Boxleitner) takes over Flynn's company (ENCOM).

    Jump forward in time: Sean is now twenty something.

    Alan Bradley has info that leads Sean to look for Flynn.

    Search takes Sean to Flynn's old arcade - mothballed.

    Into the computer world goes Sean.

    There's a CLU character (Flynn's computer alter-ego from the first film).

    Flynn has programmed CLU to run around and make a better computer world, but CLU's gone corrupt and is creating his own interpretation of that perfect world. This is why CLU (young Bridges) is being such a punk-ass in that Comic Con footage we saw.

    CLU has it out for a kind of program called ISOs & wants to eradicate them.

    The ISOs believe Sean Flynn is the one who will free them from CLU's belligerence.

    Somewhere in the computer world, the real Kevin Flynn is whizzing around in a classic Light Cycle. Will he help in the battle against CLU?

    Light Jets have jet walls, too.

    Light Cycles versus Light Jets.

    Big Disc battle!

    Bridges going all out for this role. Embracing it. Fans will go gaa gaa.

    [END OF LINE]
    USER 2.0 [/spoiler]

[Darth Gaos]

^^^^
S-W-E-E-T!!!!!

[Geekyfanboy]

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