I was a latecomer to the Tron world. I may have watched the original as a child but I don’t remember. A few years ago when I lived in Africa I would happen upon DVD collections from China. They had mostly bootlegged copies of new films. (Don’t judge, I needed my movie fix and there weren’t any multiplexes in my part of Africa.)
Randomly on one of the discs was the original Tron. I avoided it for awhile. The movie is emblazoned with DISNEY. So I always had this impression of Tron as a silly kids movie. Well, after a week I had watched everything else. So I popped in Tron and I was blown away. The story at times was a little silly, but visually I’ve never seen anything more impressive. The balls it had to take to make that movie. I can’t imagine trying to sell a studio on it. Tron by far is more visually impressive than any of the original Star Wars films.
Tron came out in ’82 and the Episode IV and V had already been released. George Lucas is always getting praised for the creation of the Star Wars universe but Tron is beyond anything in those films. I know several people will disagree but I’m going to stick by it. Tron was really the birth of CG. James Cameron should thank Steven Lisberger as he counts his billions.
Well, 28 years later Disney has finally got around to making a sequel, Tron Legacy. Jeff Bridges is on board and based on the preview Bruce Boxleitner also has returned.
Watch the preview below and tell me you don’t want to see this. Well, minus the silly son idea. I had hoped for something more original. (Since it worked so well with the last Indiana Jones film. That’s sarcasm by the way. It did not work well. That movie sucked.)
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