History Film / TronLegacy

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: When Rinzler captures Quorra and brings her to Clu, he acts like this around her, including touching her hair and saying he has [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "something special" in mind for her]] before ordering Rinzler to take her to his quarters.

''TRON: Legacy'' is the 2010 sequel to Disney's 1982 CultClassic film ''Film/{{Tron}}''. It was directed by Joseph Kosinski with the screenplay by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and the story by Horowitz, Kitsis, Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal. It was released on December 17, 2010.

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[CrazyEnoughToWork Hey, it worked in 1982.]]]]

A sequel has been in on/off development since before ''Legacy''[='=]s release. The script was worked on for several years, and filming was slated to start in late 2015, with Creator/GarrettHedlund returning as Sam Flynn, Creator/OliviaWilde returning as Quorra, and Joseph Kosinski back in the director's chair. However, it was back-burnered the week after fellow Disney sci-fi film ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'' opened with a lukewarm response. Prospective murmurs of reviving the sequel bubbled up sporadically over the next few yeears, but solid plans wouldn't resurface until summer 2020, when it was confirmed that the sequel was still an active project. As of now, the only names officially attached are Garth Davis as director and Creator/JaredLeto as lead actor; the return of the ''Legacy'' cast and Music/DaftPunk's scoring is anticipated but not confirmed.

Twenty years later, Encom has recovered from Flynn's disappearance, but Sam has not. Channeling his frustration into a life of extreme activity ([[ChekhovsSkill motorcycle riding, base jumping, etc.]]), Sam holds on to the hope of seeing his father alive again some day -- and, eventually, his hope pays off. Alan Bradley, Kevin's friend/co-worker (who also keeps tabs on Sam in case he decides to take his father's role at Encom), receives a mysterious pager message from the long-abandoned Flynn's Arcade. While investigating the message's origins, Sam discovers a secret lab in the arcade basement, where he unwittingly triggers a digitizing laser that beams him into The Grid.

** Quorra, indicated by WordOfGod to be Kevin Flynn's ''Magnum Opus'' -- [[spoiler:a new form of life created by the grid itself]].

'''Jarvis:''' I'll give you a hint... ''Not that''. ''[crowd laughs]''

[[caption-width-right:300:[[CrazyEnoughToWork Hey, it worked in 1982]].]]

A sequel was to have started production in late 2015, with Creator/GarrettHedlund returning to play Sam Flynn, Creator/OliviaWilde returning to play Quorra, and Joseph Kosinski back in the director's chair. However, it was back-burnered the week after fellow Disney Sci-Fi film ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'' opened with a lukewarm response. On March 8, 2017, the possibility of reviving the sequel -- possibly as a SoftReboot -- was announced.

* AGodAmI:
** Subverted with Kevin Flynn. While he technically ''is'' a God, as the Creator of the Grid, indeed being venerated by many Programs and [=ISOs=], Flynn clearly does not wish for any of this worship and devotion, instead content to act in the role as [[CoolOldGuy benevolent father-figure]] who wishes to [[BigGood help his creations.]]
** Played horribly straight with Clu, who being a duplicate of a younger, immature Flynn, ended up manifesting much of the darker parts of Flynn's own ego.

* AspectRatioSwitch: The film changes from 2.35:1 to 1.78:1 in some scenes. Also, the movie is filmed in 2D for real world scenes and 3D for scenes "On The Grid" to further accentuate the computerness of the world.

''TRON: Legacy'', the long-awaited sequel to Disney's 1982 CultClassic film ''Film/{{Tron}}'', picks up where the original film's story left off: seven years after defeating the [[BigBad Master Control Program]] and exposing [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Ed Dillinger's]] corruption, Encom CEO Kevin Flynn begins work on a new project, one far more ambitious in scope than any of his video games. Flynn claims his new project will change the very nature of human existence, but before he can reveal the nature of this project, he disappears, jeopardizing the Encom software empire -- and orphaning his young son, Sam.

* FemmeFatale: Gem, although unlike classic examples, she is [[WomanInWhite clad in white and has white hair]].

** The sign above Sam's apartment door reads "Dumont Manufacturing." Revealed in the viral campaign to have been renamed by Flynn after he bought out the company. A "connect-the-obscure-dots" for this callback:

*** Sam's "apartment" is a converted garage which, as noted, has a faded "Dumont Manufacturing" logo on it.

** "This is it... come on!"

** '''"FINISH THE GAME!"''' Also counts as an IronicEcho; in the first film, Sark shouts this at Flynn when Flynn hesitates to kill Crom in the ring game, while in this film, Clu shouts it at Rinzler as Rinzler is in pursuit of Flynn, Quorra, and Sam.

* CatapultNightmare: Quorra coming to after being revived.

* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: Inverted so very, very horribly...

* EatingTheEyeCandy: Right after Quorra rescues Sam from the Light Cycle grid and they're on the twisty mountain path leading to Kevin's hideout, Sam looks out the window and stares in awe at the scenery, and she briefly looks him up and down with a smirk on her face, apparently admiring some scenery of her own...

* JediMindTrick: Kevin Flynn attempts this when stealing the light jet [[spoiler:by reprogramming the guard from behind]]. After getting the guard's attention, [[spoiler:the inital request doesn't work]]. Then Kevin [[spoiler:[[PercussiveMaintenance whacks the guard on the top of the head]], making him comply with the new programming]].

** Creator/MichaelSheen is just here to [[HamAndCheese enjoy himself]], giving Creator/TimCurry and Creator/AlanCumming (who he strongly resembles here) a run for their money in this trope. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgrVwhR5ChM Just watch.]]

** Castor is to Creator/TimCurry, as Clu is to Creator/BrianBlessed. Seriously, the theatrics of Clu's arrival into the Game Arena and his NewEraSpeech are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qwrGZYThJ0 a tribute to one of the Largest Hams of all time.]]
--->'''Clu:''' And whatever we find there, there, our system will grow. There, our system '''WILL BLOSSOM!''' Do this! Prove yourselves! '''PROVE YOURSELVES FOR ME! BE LOYAL TO ME!''' And I will never betray you!
** Clu's flunky Jarvis qualifies as well.
** During one of the flashbacks at the start of the film, Kevin Flynn while giving a speech about destiny, cranks the point up to 11.

* LudicrousGibs: Well, Ludicrous Voxels -- some of the program's deresolutions are quite graphic, if being converted into a million little blue or red cubes can be called that...

* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The sign above the police station that Sam emerges from shows that the setting is called "Center City". Its coat of arms is based on that of Los Angeles.

** Kevin's old Ducati bike is given a lot of attention. Sam also rides the same Ducati, and the company's logo is quite visible on the gas tank in a side-views shot as he flees the cops.

* RavenHairIvorySkin: Quorra's combination of dark clothes and hair and pale skin/white TronLines emphasize this. She's also quite gorgeous, as Sam and Clu can attest.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Kevin Flynn has been missing for only 20 real-world years, but has passed the equivalent of a thousand years inside the Grid. So he has a body of a 60-year old man, but the accumulated wisdom of ten lifetimes. Kevin mentions that a milli''cycle'' is about eight hours. That would make one full cycle to be 8000 hours, or about 333 days, roughly a year. Judging by [[spoiler:Castor/Zuse's]] comment about Clu looking for Flynn's disk for "over a thousand cycles," Kevin Flynn has been exiled for over 913 years, from his point of view.

* SamusIsAGirl: Played straight, even though it's pretty obvious that Quorra is a girl even before she removes her helmet. [[EatingTheEyeCandy Just look at her body curves]], her gracious agility and listen to her digitally processed voice. It is still recognizable as a female voice.

* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Anybody expecting Tron to have a large role in the film because his name is in the title is going to be disappointed. [[spoiler:Up until TheReveal that Rinzler ''is'' Tron.]] (The legacy, on the other hand, is totally central.) Of course, Tron wasn't exactly the main character in the first film either.

** The [[HellIsThatNoise "purring"]] Rinzler makes? Corrupted and physically damaged hard drives will make a sound like that when the stylus skids over a damaged sector. [[spoiler: Yet another subtle clue that the poor fellow isn't quite operating correctly.]]

* TakeOverTheWorld: Clu wants to use the Portal to [[spoiler:transport his army into Earth]].
%% ...which may or may not have worked, but this is not the place to discuss it.

* VisionaryVillain: Clu.
* VisualPun: When Kevin Flynn repairs Quorra's damaged code, he pulls out the erroneous parts, clasps them in his hands, and lets go. The damaged code then flies away in an insect-like fashion. He was literally debugging Quorra. See also StealthPun, above.

-->'''Clu:''' Flynn! Am I still to create the perfect system?\\
'''Flynn:''' ''[realizing Clu has gone off the deep end]'' ...[[OhCrap Yeah...]]?

-->'''Sam:''' We can go home. Don't you want that?
-->'''Flynn:''' Sometimes life has a way of moving you past things like wants and hopes.
-->'''Sam:''' That's great, Dad. Keep telling yourself that.

* GuardStationsTerminallyUnattended: The toadying lackey hears the sound of Sam obliterating the guards just outside the door and is quite disconcerted to see him walk in afterwards. However, he is savvy enough to immediately pledge his loyalty to Sam to avoid getting deregistered.

* GuardStationsTerminallyUnattended: The toadying lackey hears the sound of Sam obliterating the guards just outside the door and is quite disconcerted to see him walk in afterwards. However, he is GenreSavvy enough to immediately pledge his loyalty to Sam to avoid getting deregistered.

* RoleReprisal:
** Jeff Bridges returning as Kevin Flynn, aged appropriately, though digitally made to look younger in flashbacks and also while portraying Clu.
** Plus, Bruce Boxleitner returns as Alan Bradley ''and'' Tron. His digital de-aging process was not as detailed as Bridges', though. Fair enough, considering the fact that younger Alan Bradley is only seen in TV screens and Tron in flashback sequences. [[spoiler:Also we don't see his face behind the helmet, while concealed as Rinzler]].

--->'''Rinzler/[[spoiler:Tron]]:''' [[spoiler:I fight for the users. ''(crashes into Clu's jet instead)'']]

-->'''Dillinger:''' [[spoiler:Dad...]] did you see this [video of Sam's return]?\\

* WhamLine: Of the SequelHook variety, the "Flynn Lives: The Next Day" feature on the Blu-ray shows a conversation between Dillinger Jr. and an unidentified individual. It's something of a variant, in that the whamminess comes not from the line itself, but from the voice it's spoken in.

A sequel was to have started production in late 2015, with Garrett Hedlund returning to play Sam Flynn, Olivia Wilde returning to play Quorra, and Joseph Kosinski back in the director's chair. However, it was back-burnered the week after fellow Disney Sci-Fi film ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'' opened with a lukewarm response. On March 8, 2017, the possibility of reviving the sequel -- possibly as a SoftReboot -- was announced.

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* CoolBike: The [[CaptainObvious Light Cycles]]. The new design takes the cool factor UpToEleven.

* TronLines: [[CaptainObvious Obviously]]. Funnily enough, however, [[spoiler:Tron/Rinzler]] is the program who has the least amount of TronLines, with only a few lights here and there. It's interesting to note that, compared to the last movie, the TronLines are much simpler and fewer in number on everyone, though this is probably for a variety of reasons (easier recognition of characters -- see above, the fact they're [[PracticalEffects physical parts of the costumes]] [cost/work], more streamlined look to match the more modern look of everything else, etc.).