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Author Topic: Just saw Tron Legacy trailer. Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 10-31-2009 07:06 PM                     Avatar? We dont need no stinking Avatar. Not when this thing hits the screens in 2010. IMHO, this is going to blow Avatar into the weeds. It captures the "world" of the essence of the first film very well in addition to updating and modernising the concept without detracting from the feel of the original. And for all the dimension junkies out there, its got depth as well. THIS is one I'll be spending $$$ to go and see. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1IpPpB3iWI  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-31-2009 08:08 PM                        Wasn't the first one a flop? Why is this so highly anticipated?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-31-2009 08:48 PM                     True, the 1982 release was way ahead of its time-people didn't know how to accept it back then. Even though it was a major breakthrough for Disney to shoot out a computer generated film, it simply didn't have the "grab" back then with a storyline that was still geared to their "Hayley Mills/Kurt Russell" form of writing (can we throw "the Black Hole" into this pot?), it was doomed for failure from the get-go. (even though I really enjoyed it..esp. seeing it in 70mm that fall of 1982) Now, being 28 odd years later and the CGA development has drastically improved along with this new generation liking all of this 'eye candy', along with heavier screenplays, et.al., it just might be the winning ticket from "the House of Mouse" next year.  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 10-31-2009 08:55 PM                     Mike. Good question. I think it's one of those films that are either loved or ignored. I personally loved the first one. I saw it in 70mm and was truly blown away by both the visuals and the concept of the whole thing. I guess the same could be said of Brainstorm too, both films effectively stiffed at the B.O. , yet both films pushed the technical boundaries of modern filmmaking. Me personally, Id rather see Tron Legacy instead of a bunch of weird looking blue elfs yabbering on about yet more environmental "lessons" Give me Light Bikes anyday. Ten Aussie pesos says it out grosses Avatar.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-31-2009 11:00 PM                        Brainstorm! Great movie. I loved the way it made use of multiple aspect ratios which the average moviegoer probably wouldn't notice.  |  IP: Logged Anslem Rayburn Master Film Handler Posts: 476 From: Yuma, AZ, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 10-31-2009 11:39 PM                     Not feeling it. I think this has major flop written all over it. The trailer was pretty boring, and the effects aren't really that impressive to me. I'm not a fan of the original, and this did nothing to make me feel any different about this one. I hope I'm wrong, and I hope TRON fans are pleased with this one.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 11-01-2009 12:36 AM                     Not that impressed, but then again, its youtube. I'll wait until I see (and hear) it on the big screen to make any real judgements. But as for the Avatar vs Tron question, Avatar has more proven talent. Cameron's a perfectionist and a master director. He won't have it released until its perfect. I don't think we've seen anything near what the finished product will be.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-01-2009 03:20 PM                     quote: Mike Blakesley Brainstorm! Great movie (It was, but sad that Natalie Wood had to die during the making causing a very incomplete ending ...) It alse more looks like "TRON Legacy" will be more darker, sinister and more dramatic than the original release since this deals with a family matter with Flynn's son in trouble. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 11-01-2009 05:28 PM                        I also saw TRON during it's first rum many years ago in 70mm at the Royal in Waikiki at the final showing before the theatre closed and the building demolished to make way for a restaurant. The visuals were stunning and I was very impressed but I was totally bored with the movie and was thinking about walking out but did not. The first movie in my opinion was not entertaining at all and if the new movie is like the first, it might fail. Unlike many of of you, I am rooting for AVATAR to succeed and so far, James Cameron has a great track record producong successful films. -Claude  |  IP: Logged David E. Nedrow Master Film Handler Posts: 368 From: Columbus, OH, USA Registered: Oct 2008 posted 11-02-2009 11:48 AM                        Hmm, YouTube fail! Was this an actual trailer, or the effects test real that showed up at Comic-Con?  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 11-02-2009 06:22 PM                     I'm guessing this is the Comic-Con 2009 footage from what I can find out. Still, it's the closest thing to a trailer we have. Seems like a good compromise between a concept test reel and promotional material. More info here---> http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi332136985/  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-02-2009 07:48 PM                     I liked the look of the original more than this new one. The sequel is all glassy and polished, but it doesn't have the graphical pop of the 1982 film. Plus, the sequel is stuck in the unfortunately position of merely having to build on the previous movie instead of coming up with anything original on its own.  |  IP: Logged Julio Roberto Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 938 From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain Registered: Oct 2008 posted 11-03-2009 03:15 PM                    I don't know. The new teaser doesn't look all that good. Tron Reboot on Youtube I liked the old movie, considering I made a living as an assembly programmer back then it matched my geekiness perfectly, but I admit that to most people the whole thing should've spelled more "hu?" than "wow!" To most non-tech-geeky guys, watching "little blue people" fighting videogames inside a computer is just not that fun. But because it has been such a long time since the first movie, a whole new generation of geeks may come to appreciate this one, but I wouldn't keep my hopes too high for this being a blockbuster or anything. After all, videogames are no longer what they were in the 80's (you know, "new" and geeky).  |  IP: Logged Charles Greenlee Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 801 From: Savannah, Ga, U.S. Registered: Jun 2006 posted 11-03-2009 06:07 PM                        I liked the original Tron. I'm interested in seeing how they bring that concept forward. Even with better effects, the concept is a bit dated. Living in a virtual computer world? Matrix did that. Hell, they even had a Master Control Program, err Architect. It had friendly programs, and sentry agents, hell, even a virus. I don't feel its the same thing, nor am I saying the Matrix is all that. I'm just worried that Tron will have a hard time competing on that level with today's viewers.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-03-2009 11:17 PM                     Actually The Matrix is the one redoing stuff already done by Tron way back in the early 1980s. Tron was a very important breakthrough movie in 1982. Not only did it touch on topics movies like The Matrix would explore nearly 20 years later, Tron even showed off a concept of the Internet a decade before the Internet became accessible to the general public. Bladerunner constantly gets all the glory for being the most influential science fiction movie of 1982, but anyone that really looks at the topic objectively can clearly see Tron was the far more prophetic movie, easily a movie made before its time and sadly very under-appreciated. I like The Matrix and even bought copies of it on both DVD and Blu-ray. However, I will not refer to it as the greatest science fiction movie ever made (as some people do). Hell, Dark City explored some of the same subject matter only a year prior to the release of The Matrix. Some really great artists, such as Syd Mead, worked on the original Tron. I can't really tell what Tron Legacy going for it, other than a more slick, glassy finish and more loose, flexible rules for how the light cycles work.  |  IP: Logged

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