You may have heard that Disney is following up the film TRON with a sequel. In fact you probably heard that rumor for the last 2 decades. But much like the Chinese Democracy album by Guns N Roses, this too has finally come to pass.
Considering the Tron Legacy movie teaser trailer that was recently released, the wait was well worth the time.
The CGI work for this film looks like something that should be a world inside a computer. Disney has taken the cutting edge special effects of the first film and gone way beyond. I mean those light cycles just look great!
I also like the fact that the look is directly an homage to the original film. Normally after such a span of time, you would expect that Hollywood execs might ignore the original film and make up whatever they thought might sell best. It would seem that at least a few of the people in charge actually saw, and liked, the original film.
Another great thing about this film is the fact that it will have Daft Punk creating the soundtrack. Considering this is an electronic film, Daft Punk is the perfect band to highlight the musical score.
The big question is what is the storyline? Again some exec did more than just read the Cliff Notes of the original.
Basically it is known that Flynn (Jeff Bridges) disappeared from our world shortly after the end of TRON. Which makes sense since he was somewhat god-like in the computer realm (he is a programmer after all). Technology grew and got bigger and faster and sharper. Flynn’s son Sam (Garret Hedlund) also grew. He is now in his 20’s and looking for his dad.
It seems that a small group of computer geeks and gamers have found clues making them believe that Flynn is alive. And in the net (or computer world). Somehow Sam is suck in the programs as well, and the father and son team race to get out.
They will get help from old favorites like Tron (Bruce Boxleitner), and I bet the fun YES/NO byte, as well as new programs just for the younger generation (Michael Sheen and Olivia Wilde as examples).
But the main thing that will drive this movie is the look. TRON stood out because when you look at the screen you believe such a world could exist. So far, it look like that same feeling has survived the Hollywood sequel system.
Now if the film can just have a plot that can hold water better than President Obama’s stimulus plan can create jobs, we will have a ride only a light cycle can bring.
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