Tron: Legacy isthe bang out of sequelmodern Hollywood dreams about, but rarely gets right.
But, of course, one cant simply revisit Tron: Legacy.
When Tron: Legacy was first released, I saw it in 3D IMAX and thought it was fine.
We revised Tron: Legacy.Image: Disney
Sure, de-aging Jeff Bridges looked awful but the ambition of it was at least noteworthy.
Watching it now though, I finally got it.
Which, for the most part, they achieved.
Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn in Tron: Legacy.Image: Disney
These thoughts started forming as I was watching 1982s Tron.
It imagines that inside the gadget youre reading this on, theres a world unto itself.
Programs are just like people, doing jobs for their boss, aka the user.
Sam and Quorra (Olivia Wilde)Image: Disney
The concept is ripe for further exploration.
And yet, in Tron, the story largely plays out without any exploration of its implications.
Millions of people predicting what a potential sequel could eventually be.
The Jeff Bridges de-aging.Image: Disney
Im sure, in the early 80s, that happened too, just in its own way.
The fact is though, you cant watch Tron and not want to know more.
Need to know more.
Which is exactly what Tron: Legacy delivers.
It deals with questions fans had for years as well as questions they probably never even dreamed of.
What would Flynn do with Encom?
What other discoveries could be made in the Grid?
How would that experience impact him in real life?
One of the more elegant touches is how Legacy deals with the name Tron.
But we never find out what happened to Tron after that.
So why is Tron: Legacy called Tron: Legacy at all?
That whole storyline and idea is the next step in the evolution of the original movie.
The original movie says Programs look like people inside a computer.
Its the old Tron you knew, but now upgraded.
Upon rewatch, even the highly suspect de-aging effects on Jeff Bridges hit a bit differently.
Years of video games and performance capture make us think He would look like that in this world.
You just buy it.
What will Sam do now that his experience on the Grid has changed him?
The questions are once again endless and ripe to be explored in a sequel.
But as long as it learns the lessons of its predecessor, itll be fine.
Tron,Tron: Legacy, and even the animatedTron: Uprisingare all streaming at those links on Disney+.
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