This site has very accurate sorces and photos from the set! This thing is actually coming...It's not just a game anymore:
http://tronfaq.blogspot.com/2008/07/tron-2-sequel-footage-shown-at-2008-san.html
I pumped! How 'bout you?
Yeah, I saw that test trailer on the web several months ago. I'm still waiting for that Dark Crystal sequel that was supposedly in production so I'm not going to count my TRONs before they hatch.
Didn't you see the pictures from the set on that page? It is in prduction now! I'm PUMPED!
Well, they had a set to do the test trailer.
Yeah, but specific pictures say Encom. Even wikipedia says it is in production. The imdb changed the title to tron 2.0 (i don't like it).
Color me mildly interested.
mildly... :( Hav YOU seen the new(being a relative term) trailer?
It was a teaser trailer. I want to see a Tron 2 too :huh: There hasn't been solid updates in a while.
THERE ARE PRODUCTION PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!!! :angry: :P :D JK guys... I know there haven't been alot of updates, i would just like to be optimistic.
From what I've been able to research, he's correct. It began production in Canada a couple of weeks ago.
I still don't buy the rumors that TRON 2 has a budget of 300 million, cause the license is nowhere even close to that strong to justify such an investment. If it is true I have a bridge I'd like to sell Disney.
Actually 240 mil, since that figure was in Canadian currency.
It is possible. Tron is a huge classic. The studio, however, says that figure isn't even close, and they would know. Besides, Disney tends to be overly stingy with their budgets sometimes, hence their losing the Narnia franchise.
http://tronfaq.blogspot.com/2009/07/tron-sequel-news-updates.html
You can see FACES, and the title is no longer TR2N or Tron 2.0. Tron legacy is coming in IMAX Disney 3D ...GAME ON...
Makes sense. Tron 2.0 was the computer game and supposedly a sequel to the original movie. So this new movie would be Tron 3 or 2.?
Also, the number 2 looks nothing like the letter O. Not even a little bit! T2ON would've been stupid, but still made a little more sense.
I haven't seen any trailers yet, but I do love the original Tron. I think that a new movie set in that universe could be excellent...I wonder if Bruce Boxleitner will show up again?
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 31, 2009, 04:45:24 PM
I haven't seen any trailers yet, but I do love the original Tron. I think that a new movie set in that universe could be excellent...I wonder if Bruce Boxleitner will show up again?
From what I read, the setting is supposed to be more 'realistic' looking. The teaser shows a world with less of that bright neon glow that made the look of the original so distinctive, although the lightcycles do look really nice.
The rumors say Boxleitner is in it, it seems, but not as TRON. The programmer who originally wrote TRON (Alan Bradley) is now the CEO of the company. As far as I can tell, there is no TRON in TRON Legacy. There is only Flynn ("Flynn Lives") played again by Jeff Bridges. The teaser is VERY vague, but it almost feels like Jeff Bridges playing Obadiah Stane playing Flynn if you get what I'm saying.
I don't know enough to know how I feel about it, really. 29 years is a long, long time to wait for a 'sequel'.
Aww, that's a shame. The visuals of the first one were one of the coolest parts. :)
What they are trying to do is make things more sleak and slim. Modernise it. The #1 rule of technology now is the smaller the better. So that is where they are going. There will still be color highlights, but much less. It is just to keep interpretation in a modern style. Did you see the trailer on the link i posted? It shows what they want it to look like. And even though it is many years later, i think it will be reasonably successfull. I think they are trying to give the series a kick. If they can get some interest in it again maybe this movie will act as a reboot.
I would add that the teaser is just too short to be able to tell what the whole movie is going to look like and doesn't give enough context to understand what's happening. Heck, the teaser footage might not even be in the release version.
Watch it, wait for a full trailer, then make up your mind.
http://www.flynnlives.com/media/video/0xendgame.aspx
Like I said, I haven't been able to watch it yet (working on my thesis at the moment, so can't bring myself to admit I'm slacking off enough to watch a trailer), but I do want to check it out.
Just picked up the Tron Legacy Soundtrack - Talk about hooking up the perfect composers for gig minus John Williams for Star Wars, Superman - This soundtrack rocks & can't wait to hear it go along with the visuals of the movie - Nice work Daft Punk! :blink:
Its too bad i keep hearing the movie is pretty to look at, but generally poor in every other sense.
I'm going to see this fo sho!
Possible spoiler in every single preview:
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It's really awesome that Jeff Bridges is in it. I just wish that it wasn't spoiled in the previews. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like that's going to be a big part of the movie.
This seems to be a movie you can't really trust critics on. When they see any kind of action movie they expect Die Hard guy/Han Solo/Tony Stark levels of charisma and when a movie doesn't have that kind of character, they say it lacks "substance". That's why movies like Speed Racer get so ripped apart and a successful action comedy will get more good reviews all around. I could be wrong, maybe this movie is just stupid. But it looks awesome enough to go see.
Quote from: GogglesPizanno on December 13, 2010, 08:45:30 PM
Its too bad i keep hearing the movie is pretty to look at, but generally poor in every other sense.
Sometimes, that might be enough. I think TRON Legacy might turn out to be one of those movies that is so visually satisfying that nobody cares too much about the plot. Certainly the original would have sunk into obscurity without what were pretty cool visual elements for that time; bad visuals would have killed it dead.
Um, who wouldn't be excited. Everybody I know is.
Also, Boy, you are totally right. Speed Racer was awesome and should have gotten a million degrees of love. Seeing it in Imax was mind blowing. If Tron is half as awesome (although I think it will be better) then it will have done the job. Plus Daft Punk.
Actually, I though Speed Racer was a poor movie too. Looked pretty, but made no sense whatsoever other than that.
Hopefully Tron doesn't suffer from that same problem.
I normally want a decent story along with all the eye candy, but in this case I just want something that isn't terrible.
Quote from: UnkoMan on December 14, 2010, 03:47:48 PM
Um, who wouldn't be excited. Everybody I know is.
Also, Boy, you are totally right. Speed Racer was awesome and should have gotten a million degrees of love. Seeing it in Imax was mind blowing. If Tron is half as awesome (although I think it will be better) then it will have done the job. Plus Daft Punk.
Agreed sir, i felt it was a relatively faithful rendition of the classic. They did a good job modernizing it.
Quote from: catwhowalksbyhimself on December 14, 2010, 11:11:02 PM
Actually, I though Speed Racer was a poor movie too. Looked pretty, but made no sense whatsoever other than that.
Hopefully Tron doesn't suffer from that same problem.
Speed Racer is not a poor movie by any stretch. It's not a great movie, either. However, I think a lot of people give the movie a bad rap BECAUSE all the pretty visuals does distract from the story at points.
As for Tron, the first one was not great by an stretch of the imagination but wasn't poor either. It was a good visual effects film and ahead of its time in the effects department but it was not a great film. Again, I think the issue was that the effects overwhelmed the story. I don't expect much from the sequel to be improved. I'll give it a chance, of course, but the most I am expecting is something as good as the original. (And yes, I liked the original.)
I'll defend Speed Racer a little bit more, for kicks. Yes, this movie was ALL ABOUT THE VISUALS. But so what? It's Speed Racer. Not exactly Shakespear, you know?
Speed Racer races races. The bad guy racers use dirty tricks. Spritle and Chim Chim get into trouble or get kidnapped or hide in the trunk or do something goofy. Is Racer X his brother?! Yes! Wait, no! Okay, yes, he totally is. Speed wins the race!!!!! The end.
If you have those key points what more do you need?
Tron's the same. It's not suppose to be some fantastic story, leaving you with so many emotions. Guy is trapped in video game. Sweet. This is basically the jist of it. Granted, I know, I know. You can do these simple rundowns for anything. I'm just saying these sorts of movies are just about visual fun. From a cinematic standpoint they are lovely. From an entertainment standpoint they are lively and not boring. Royal Tenenbaums it ain't, but that doesn't mean it won't be entertaining.
But heck, I enjoyed watching X-Men 3, so what do I know? (C'mon! It had the Juggernaut!!!)
Just for the record, I like Speed Racer. It's a great movie to show off your HDTV.
As for Tron, I'm not totally excited for it, but I'm glad that they continue with the story. I'm betting they would want to make this a series of movies like Pirates.
I wont go into any spoilers at the moment(specifically because i am far too tired), but that movie was epic! I really really am impressed how well made this was, from the story to the effects, it fell into place very well. Do i have some nerd things that i would have changed...of course, but all things considered this movie gets the green light from this guy. :)
I second that emotion. The story is really interesting. I really loved it and I hated X-Men 3.
Wait... it's in the theatres?
Man, I knew I was out of touch but I didn't realize I was that far out.
Quote from: BlueBard on December 17, 2010, 08:19:34 PM
Wait... it's in the theatres?
Man, I knew I was out of touch but I didn't realize I was that far out.
It was released at midnight last night and so far already has started climbing up the charts for a big release weekend..
- CQ
Hmmm... The fact that it has a large cast of big names, including the return of Bruce Boxleitner as Tron, could be a good sign...or maybe not.
http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/11/05/tron-uprising/
I saw it today... overall, I enjoyed it. I had worried that it would be incredibly hard to watch with the addition of the 3d element (I've had some difficulties watching the original tron, to be honest) but if anything I had an easier time with the sequel then the original.
That said, I think the one thing that probably hurt the movie, more than anything else, was the ego of one of the original "Tron" actors, Jeff Bridges. I don't want to go into it too much for fear of spoilers, but let's just say I feel like his ego was so needlessly laced within the story of the film I am surprised Tron himself even showed up at all.
That said though, the film was very good, and I highly recommend it. The story is quite interesting, the graphics were superb, and there's enough cool action sequences in it to make up for whatever issues I had with it.
Quote from: Tomato on December 20, 2010, 12:16:21 AM
That said though, the film was very good, and I highly recommend it. The story is quite interesting, the graphics were superb, and there's enough cool action sequences in it to make up for whatever issues I had with it.
Reverse that 180 degrees and I'd agree :D
It really was worse than i feared.
The plot alternates between meandering and senseless.
The writing is at best lazy and at worst, nonsensical. It introduces plot points and character traits as needed on the fly often ignoring or changing stuff that had come before it. Now this wouldn't be as bad if the visuals had upped the ante and made for something exciting and compelling to look at.
Nope.
The action scenes are fairly mundane -- Shiny and bright but just kinda "meh." And for an action movie its a LOT of talking heads and exposition (though I did like the updates they did on the light cycle grid). And while visually it initially looks cool, they do nothing to up the visuals as the movie progresses. Once you've seen the grid in the first 30 minutes... you've basically seen it. By the end all the glass, chrome, mirrors and neon just were kinda there, and any kind of visual "wow" factor was long gone.
There are moments that hint at something better, and every once in a while it looks like it might go somewhere, but ultimately the failure of it (and the horrible screenplay) to really connect or make sense in any kind of way leads to a pretty bad film.
Some Random Spoilery Thoughts:
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- If Flynn's Disk is so important and protected at all costs, why when its stolen does the focus become "Whoops" Lets just beat him there, get out and turn off the computer. And doesn't turning off the computer sorta basically mean a form of Genocide of the grid, which kinda nullifies Flynn's whole Zen Dude-like thing? OK Also, why does he even need the disk when he's out and about? Its not like its tied to any vital life functions or anything. Stick the damn thing in a safe!
- Why does every "shocking" reveal have to be someone who was wearing a helmet, take it off. The worst being Trons "official" (if you can even call it that) reveal. Its like that whole idea was added in post production cause we get a Voice Over of a helmeted guy and Boom hes Tron... Huh? Its like its not even a reveal at all.
- If CLU sent the page to get Flynn's son (I cant even be bothered to remember his name), why send it to Alan. And why wasn't he waiting at the "Grid version" of the arcade for him. And why when he did finally realize it was him, did he try and kill him? That's like going to the store to get cheese for a mouse trap, eating the cheese and never telling the mouse. Worst plan ever. Not to mention the portal was only open for 8 hours... that means hes in the same boat as Flynn is. Why have such a stupid complicated flawed and lazy plan when your window of opportunity is a one time only 8 hours?
- If Flynn can go all Matrix/Neo in the grid, why didn't he do it before?
- If hes got some bad arse off-road light vehicle, why doesn't Clu (Sorry boss, we'd chase him, but he has dirt tires...). More importantly, Hes got all manner of flying vehicles, just follow it.
- If they set up Flynn's old school light cycle to be the fastest thing on the grid, why just give it to a bum 30 seconds later? Oh right so they could follow its vapor trail or something.