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Deathonabun Bunny from the bedroom Since: Jan, 2001
Bunny
#26: Dec 14th 2010 at 6:45:50 PM

Hey, so I just saw the movie today. In case you're wondering, I won tickets to a pre-screening sort of deal.

I'm not exactly good at writing reviews, so I'm just going to say it was a pretty damn good movie. Although, I haven't seen the original Tron in forever and can't really say how it compares.

Tron himself is indeed in the movie, but not how you might expect...

One of my few regrets about being born female is the inability to grow a handlebar mustache. -Landstander
syvaris Since: Dec, 2009
#27: Dec 15th 2010 at 5:41:36 AM

WOOT its good!! I am spending about $25 to go to a midnight Imax 3-D show so its good to know my money will be well spent.

You will never love a women as much as George Lucas hates his fans.
MrW from some place Since: Sep, 2010
#28: Dec 15th 2010 at 5:46:57 AM

This is very good to know.

syvaris Since: Dec, 2009
#29: Dec 15th 2010 at 6:27:20 AM

I have a lot riding on Tron:Legacy, mainly my hopes for 3-D and for a good sci-fi film for the year.

You will never love a women as much as George Lucas hates his fans.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#30: Dec 15th 2010 at 6:58:29 AM

Huh, the preview material doesn't make it sound all that great. I guess they're trying to avoid Trailers Always Spoil, but the result is that I see a lot of fancy graphical effects and very little plot. I will go see it but I'm mentally bracing for a high tech cheeseball nostalgia fest.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SomeSortOfTroper Since: Jan, 2001
#31: Dec 15th 2010 at 7:01:18 AM

My expectations are hard to describe but basically they boil down to

"Music by Daft Punk"

I want a movie where, to explain what sort of movie it is, you only have to go "A man gets sucked into a world where the people are computer programs and the music is by Daft Punk".

BaleFire Since: Dec, 2009
#32: Dec 15th 2010 at 7:57:01 PM

Saw the movie. Fantastic effects and some great action. I never saw the original Tron, so I would have liked perhaps a little more explanation of what exactly the grid was. But what are you going to do? 3D Effects were rather lackluster though.

8/10

Dreamkeepers Prelude, check it out!
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#33: Dec 15th 2010 at 8:04:46 PM

Myself, I'll wait for the DVD if I see it at all. I've largely given up on franchise reboots; Star Wars left a sour taste in my mouth, and most of the "remake" movies that are stinking up theaters these days have failed to improve on the originals.

Besides, where did this trend even freaking start? Come up with a new goddamn idea please!!!

That said, I enjoyed the original tron. Which means I'll probably dislike the remake.

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
Sporkaganza I'm glasses. Since: May, 2009
I'm glasses.
#34: Dec 15th 2010 at 8:12:53 PM

It's not a remake, it's a sequel.

Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember them, you are not alone.
AirofMystery Since: Jan, 2001
#35: Dec 16th 2010 at 3:02:58 AM

I loved this movie and its soundtrack (it's like if Howard Zimmer got access to a synthesiser), although as I actually enjoyed it I suspect it'll bomb. (This keeps happening to movies I like.)

RawPower Jesus as in Revelations from Barcelona Since: Aug, 2009
Jesus as in Revelations
#36: Dec 16th 2010 at 4:11:33 AM

Like Scott Pilgrim? But it's already a cult classic.

YEAH YEAH!

I'm hearing voices, animal noises The creme de la creme, effeminate abyss And I'm reaching my threshold Staring at the truth 'till I'm blind

My body's stupid, my stereo putrid Spilling out music into raw sewage I'm reaching my threshold Staring at the truth 'till I'm blind

Or else

Hello again, friend of a friend, I knew you well...
Our common goal was waiting for the world to end
Now that the truth is just a rule that you can bend
You crack the whip, shape-shift and trick the past again

i'll send you my love on a wire
Lift you up, everytime, everyone, ooo, pulls away, ooo
From you

Got balls of steel, got an automobile, for a minimum wage
Got real estate, I'm buying it all up in outerspace
Now that the truth is just a rule that you can bend
You crack the whip, shape-shift and trick, the past again

I'll send you my love on a wire
Lift you up, everytime, everyone, ooo, pulls a way, oo
Mechanical bull, the number one
You'll take a ride from anyone, everyone wants a ride, pulls away, oooh from you

edited 16th Dec '10 4:12:37 AM by RawPower

'''YOU SEE THIS DOG I'M PETTING? THAT WAS COURAGE WOLF.Cute, isn't he?
AirofMystery Since: Jan, 2001
#37: Dec 16th 2010 at 4:57:25 AM

Not just Scott Pilgrim. Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow, Speed Racer...if I like a movie, more likely than not it'll flop like a crazy mofo.

JAF1970 Jonah Falcon from New York Since: Jan, 2001
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#39: Dec 16th 2010 at 11:32:19 AM

Hmm, it's mostly as I thought as well. While I still plan to see Tron Legacy, I am no longer expecting an epic of narrative profundity (not that I ever was, really).

edited 16th Dec '10 11:32:35 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
rjung Playing cruel tricks on EVIL! from Fifth and Main Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
Playing cruel tricks on EVIL!
#40: Dec 16th 2010 at 12:36:00 PM

Can someone point me to some reviews of Legacy from fans of the original?

—R.J.

JAF1970 Jonah Falcon from New York Since: Jan, 2001
Jonah Falcon
#41: Dec 16th 2010 at 12:49:18 PM

I saw the original in theaters when I was 12 years old. I have been a rabid fan for these past 28 years, and it's not very good. My one sentence review: "A lot of stuff happens."

TRON 2.0 is my sequel.

Jonah Falcon
JAF1970 Jonah Falcon from New York Since: Jan, 2001
Jonah Falcon
#42: Dec 16th 2010 at 1:12:26 PM

I'm not alone.

FF's review

Check out the reviews from us fogies who saw and loved the film in '82.

Sampler: Lorenzo 4 hours ago I saw the original when I was quite young and was bored to tears.

The new one looks like it would amazing to watch on a 3d football pitch sized screen, just to forget about it 10 seconds later.

edited 16th Dec '10 1:12:37 PM by JAF1970

Jonah Falcon
Tofunator Harbinger of Something from Dark Space Since: Jun, 2011
Harbinger of Something
#43: Dec 16th 2010 at 5:40:30 PM

[up]That quote is from someone who was bored to tears by the original, not Legacy.

I don't have too much to say.
rjung Playing cruel tricks on EVIL! from Fifth and Main Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
Playing cruel tricks on EVIL!
#44: Dec 16th 2010 at 5:45:53 PM

*Sigh*... I was worried this would happen.

—R.J.

Ronnie Respect the Red Right Hand from Surrounded by Idiots Since: Jan, 2001
Respect the Red Right Hand
#45: Dec 17th 2010 at 4:15:32 PM

I just got back. Fan of the original, and aside from a few little things (No reprise of the original's theme in the score, outside the arcade game's rendition? Really?), loved the hell out of this movie. I don't see why so many people didn't like it honestly, other than some of the aesthetic decisions (why isn't the system more like the original when they have flashbacks to the 80's?).

Accela Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: I know
#46: Dec 17th 2010 at 6:51:39 PM

I've never seen the original Tron, only read about it. Would I be able to enjoy this movie, or would I be hopelessly lost?

SomeSortOfTroper Since: Jan, 2001
#47: Dec 17th 2010 at 7:15:24 PM

Oh you'd be able to enjoy it. It gets covered by the exposition.

I saw it on Thursday (well, it was a midnight showing so technically Friday), I was going to post something but somehow my moments of lucidity only occur at 3am Saturday morning:

The original Tron was a basic narrative. The only thing stopping me from listing the tropes is deciding on whether the plot is described by three tropes or just one. Guy goes into magical world, revolution, gets out. With the design of the computer realm and the fact that the programs look like their users, I like to use the Wizard Of Oz comparison. It wasn't The Matrix of its day, it was The Wizard Of Oz. You go into the magical place, journey through memorable set pieces, kill the witch and then go home. And you were there and you were there...

Tron Legacy is Wizard Of Oz-like. In fact, the real world is done in 2D and then the Grid is 3D like the black and white brown and grey to Technicolor switch. That soundtrack is great, the set design is stunning and for the first time the 3D is actually fulfilling to watch. As a fellow audience member said while leaving the theatre: "Fuck Avatar". That gave you the occasional sense that the flying lizard was printed on a different cellophane film as the floating rock but this film has the cool blue grid lines emerging in all dimensions. The entire physical make up of this world is floating platforms and tier levels tranversed by geometric planes and the frames are set up so that when the camera moves and when things come into vision that 3D effect pays off the extra £1.50.

The characters are either pure archetype or something colourful and slightly different. The Hero is generic hero guy with rebellious edge (ook look, he base-jumps), there's a snivilling second in command, The Dragon is a mix of Snake Eyes, Darth Maul and Dark Link and the local club might as well be called The Caberet judging by the owners antics. Yet then some are just odd. Flynn Sr. is a wise old zen master but also this old 80's computer geek/hippy who talks like another Jeff Bridges character. Cora could have just been the staff chick but she was inquisitive and laughed in this child like way. This is all good for me.

And yes, "Original Music by Daft Punk". Says it all for me.

edited 17th Dec '10 8:44:47 PM by SomeSortOfTroper

AirofMystery Since: Jan, 2001
#48: Dec 17th 2010 at 8:38:20 PM

I'm with Some Sort Of Troper. This movie is way better than a sequel to a cult 80s hit has any right to be. And hell, I didn't even see it in 3D!

syvaris Since: Dec, 2009
#49: Dec 17th 2010 at 9:10:24 PM

[up][up]Yeah on hearing what you said about the 3D...I need to change my pants. See THIS is what 3D should be used for, depth of field is nice, but using it to make something like the Tron world come alive is how it should be. Curse you work keeping me from seeing this until Tuesday!

You will never love a women as much as George Lucas hates his fans.
jewelleddragon Also known as Katz from Pasadena, CA Since: Apr, 2009

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