I'm there Day 1. Between the awesome visuals and the Daft Punk soundtrack, there's a lot to love. Oh, and the presence of Olivia Wilde in a hot outfit and haircut doesn't hurt.
From the promos it also looks like the kind of update that will be reasonably easy for a new fan to follow. It has allot of potential to surpass the original, which always felt like it had the concept, but they had trouble pacing it with all the visuals. The original TRON felt like multiple mini reels, it never really tells a cohesive story. Its visionary, entertaining, but you could tell they were constrained by the film making techniques of the time.
It looks like the times have caught up with the concept. I think its going to be brilliant.
Looks like a movie I'd like to see, it's visually stunning. Not to sure about the story line but to see how movies are being changed forever, that might just be enough.
I can't even express how excited I am for this movie. Without exaggerating, it's likely I've seen the original at least 30-40 times in the 28 years since it's been released.
This is going to be one of those movies that will be awesome, even if it sucks horribly.
I'm glad to hear all the people that are as excited (and many even MORE excited) than I am about this film. If anything, it'll be a treat to see TRON all grown up. It's seen a few facelifts here and there with the game TRON 2.0 and a level/world in Kingdom Hearts II, but neither are a "true" sequel in my eyes due to their narrow market.
Also, the story seems a little expected at first, but it may still surprise us. At first it looks kind of like Jumanji: kid find's dad's old game, gets sucked in like his dad once did, then wanders the new world while stumbling into his dad now and then. At least, that's what I'm lead to believe by the trailers.
I got an entirely different vibe from the latest trailer.
I almost see a little bit of a Matrix influence, where Kevin Flynn launched himself onto the grid (willingly this time) to explore things that couldn't happen in the real world (as evidenced by Alan's talk to Sam in the first main trailer). To assist him, he created a grid version of himself that would act as a kind of agent (note the orange, not red (Sark) or blue ('innocent' programs), but he went rogue (ala Agent Smith). The page to Alan from the arcade was a call for help from Kevin from the inside.
I'm interested in Alan's influence in this, as well, since he also seems to make an appearance on the grid (though it could be someone else, but it was hard to tell by the 10 frames he was in).
I got an entirely different vibe from the latest trailer.
Yeah I can see that. They were pretty damn sparse on the story details during the behind-the-scenes talk I covered. There was a lot of "we can't talk about that yet"-this and "you'll just have to wait till the movie"-that. Which I suppose is good, I'd rather not have it spoiled anyways.
After experiencing nerd nirvana upon seeing the trailer before Inception with the Mrs., I had to stop and explain what TRON was..... I've failed my wife miserably.
After experiencing nerd nirvana upon seeing the trailer before Inception with the Mrs., I had to stop and explain what TRON was..... I've failed my wife miserably.
It's not too late to obtain salvation. You now have a mission, soldier.
There's a BluRay release of the original slated for sometime in the nebulous future. Hopefully it drops before the pre-screenings start, and long before December.
My wife has also never seen the original TRON, and couldn't understand why I was nerding out so badly during the trailer before Inception (which I had already seen 100x)
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It looks like the times have caught up with the concept. I think its going to be brilliant.
This is going to be one of those movies that will be awesome, even if it sucks horribly.
Also, the story seems a little expected at first, but it may still surprise us. At first it looks kind of like Jumanji: kid find's dad's old game, gets sucked in like his dad once did, then wanders the new world while stumbling into his dad now and then. At least, that's what I'm lead to believe by the trailers.
I almost see a little bit of a Matrix influence, where Kevin Flynn launched himself onto the grid (willingly this time) to explore things that couldn't happen in the real world (as evidenced by Alan's talk to Sam in the first main trailer). To assist him, he created a grid version of himself that would act as a kind of agent (note the orange, not red (Sark) or blue ('innocent' programs), but he went rogue (ala Agent Smith). The page to Alan from the arcade was a call for help from Kevin from the inside.
I'm interested in Alan's influence in this, as well, since he also seems to make an appearance on the grid (though it could be someone else, but it was hard to tell by the 10 frames he was in).
Yeah I can see that. They were pretty damn sparse on the story details during the behind-the-scenes talk I covered. There was a lot of "we can't talk about that yet"-this and "you'll just have to wait till the movie"-that. Which I suppose is good, I'd rather not have it spoiled anyways.
It's not too late to obtain salvation. You now have a mission, soldier.
My wife has also never seen the original TRON, and couldn't understand why I was nerding out so badly during the trailer before Inception (which I had already seen 100x)