… Company insiders who have already seen portions of this Joseph Kosinski film were whispering about how dark & grim it is. And given that Disney’s plans for turning TRON into a full-fledged franchise (with TRON: The Animated Series due to debut on Disney XD and at least one more TRON feature film already in development) hinge on “Legacy” being this huge success …
… There are those at the Mouse House who are now concerned about how this hugely expensive follow-up to Disney's 1982 cult classic might play over the holiday season. Especially since Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund)’s long-overdue reunion with his long-missing Dad, Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) isn’t exactly long on those warm-and-fuzzy Christmas morning feelings.
katemonster wrote:But, as you said -- you never know until to comes out, but I have full support behind this one.
Of course you do...
"Fifteen years from now, when people are talking about 3-D, they will talk about the business before 'Monsters vs. Aliens' and the business after 'Monsters vs. Aliens.' It's the line in the sand." - Greg Foster, IMAX chairman and president
I went to the Cinema Expo in Amsterdam today where Disney gave a one and a half hour presentation about their movie projects of the next 18 months and the presentation ended with a 6 to 8 minute presentation about TRON Legacy.
I have to saw, my mind was complete blown to pieces! MY GOD this movie is the most stylish, designer, innovative movie projects I've seen in a while, certainly from a studio like Disney. We saw plenty of concept art and animatics but the presentation ended with what looked like a new trailer. It was basically an extended version of the previous trailer. We first see Sam in bed as a child, with Kevin sitting on his bed, talking about an experience Kevin has had, and we see toys in Sam's room based on elements inside the TRON world. During these scenes you never see Kevin's face, he's only seen from the back. Then we see the entire introduction of Sam looking for his father, discussing his disappearance, going to the arcade, sitting at the table with the laser behind him, but instead of a fade like the first trailer, we now see a neon blue pull of the outlines and figure of Sam into the camera. and that transports us into the TRON world.
Mindblowing imagery, but the music. DAMN people! I need that soundtrack in my life right now! The song playing was completely new and it literally shook the room and made my inner core tremble. I featured a VERY hard and deep bassline, repeated constantly with four or five synth tones playing over it in repetition. The bass really shakes you up like a very hard and loud drum. It's just so innovative as a soundtrack and really does fit the atmosphere of the movie.
Back to the trailer. We see Sam walking around in the TRON world. Looking around as recognizers fly past and eventually a shot where he is lifted up into the disc game arena with about five players facing eachother to battle. Two players go at it and one of them throws his disc straight through the other player which leads him to shatter like glass and break apart into thousands of square pixel type pieces on the floor. It's epically beautiful in terms of art direction and mood with all it's neon, black and lighting. Really cutting edge, modern and also retro to some degree. We see some shots of Clu2.0 at the end of the clip we see Sam facing Clu2.0 who is a digitally rejuvenated Lloy Bridges which is EXTREMELY mindboggling to look at. Really well excecuted! Sam stands in a room looking at Clu2.0 and says: "Dad?", Clu2.0 looks back and says: "I'm not your father but I'm certainly happy to meet you", then he turns around and starts to walk away. It's all VERY powerfull stuff, with some awesome footage of lightcycle battles with 3 bikes cutting curves, bumping and crashing into eachother.
I'm REALLY psyched about this movie right now and the trailer is STUNNING, I seriously can't wait to own that soundtrack and play it to death. EPIC!!!
it's going to be at least a couple years before we see anything about that new Tron attraction at Disneyland. But from what I hear, the Suits are so happy with what they're seeing on Legacy that they've fast tracked development on a swanky E-Ticket and a few other surprises that could wind up being part of a TL makeover before the next sequel in this Mouse franchise.
I don't usually pay the extra money to see movies in 3D, but even just by looking at those pictures, I have the feeling that this will be worth seeing in 3D...
Those pics are all from the new trailer! Which is INSANE! I saw the trailer at that Cinema Expo in amsterdam a few weeks ago. It's REAALLY kick-ass! The digitally rejuvenated Jeff Bridges will blow you away. As will the epic music, the song in the new trailer is KICK ASS! POUNDING bassline, just epic, epic, epic!
Exciting for me to read all your great comments about Tron and your excitement for the movie! I'm on the boards on behalf of Disney to read all your feedback about it
Does anyone go to Comic-Con? The convention has been a great place for Tron over the last two years! For a little bit more of a preview, head over to IGN to read an interview with Joseph Kosinski. He gives a little insight into what you can expect from the panel this year
. So excited! 
