A new clip where Olivia's character saves Sam is shown here, as well as the official poster, which looks like the poster for the original film. Also imdb.com had a music video up.
Tron Legacy trailers
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It looks great. What's hard to judge from the trailers is whether the characters have charisma and there's anything like soul or brains to the story. If they can nail that as well as they've done the looks, we may have a fun new franchise on our hands.
A while back, somebody started a thread where they asked whether there would be a "new Star Trek or Star Wars" someday and what it might be. I think Tron has a fair chance of pulling that off.
A while back, somebody started a thread where they asked whether there would be a "new Star Trek or Star Wars" someday and what it might be. I think Tron has a fair chance of pulling that off.
I'm surprised no one here has posted regarding the "Tron Night" event that occurred last week. For those who did not hear about this, "Tron Night" was an event held at various IMAX theaters throughout the world where about twenty minutes of footage from "Tron Legacy" was screened. Some of this footage (such as Quorra saving Sam) have made it online so you'll get a taste of what we saw by looking at those.
Here's a quickie breakdown of what we saw (apologies for any omissions, it was a week ago and went by pretty darn quickly). I know this is a bit long, but I still felt it appropriate to use spoiler code.
Overall it was a really fun experience and the chatter afterwards was a happy one with everyone saying they couldn't wait to see the film. Based on what I saw I'm hopeful that the story side of this will be great, because the effects are already fantastic!
Here's a quickie breakdown of what we saw (apologies for any omissions, it was a week ago and went by pretty darn quickly). I know this is a bit long, but I still felt it appropriate to use spoiler code.
Scene One
This scene features Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner) meeting up with Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) in his apartment. He lives in a small warehouse like structure near a bridge by the water. I noticed that the big door at Sam's place said "Dumont" on it, which made me smile.
Some of these scenes were in the trailer, but it was more in depth. It explains that Sam is reluctant to take over leadership of Encom and engages in some risky behavior (the latest being a motorcycle accident where he hurts himself as evidenced by scratches on his back). Alan has been acting as a surrogate father figure, and he tells Sam that he received a page from Kevin Flynn's disconnected number. He gives him the keys to Flynn's arcade. Despite Sam's reluctance, he goes to the arcade.
At the arcade, he turns on the various games and a lot of familiar 80's sound effects kick in. The sound mixing is different than the trailer. An 80's pop song (I forget which exactly) kicks in as the jukebox fires up. As Sam explores, he discovers the Tron game can be slid out to reveal a secret passage.
The first trailer is cut to make it seem like Kevin's office is right behind the Tron game, but it actually leads to a staircase, then a locked door with old dusty keys in it. He uses the keys and then gets into the dust office seen in the trailer. On the wall is a corkboard with photos of Kevin and Sam from Sam's childhood.
He dusts off the computer panel and begins exploring and as he does so we see a laser of the same design as the one from the first movie behind him powering up. Fade to black.
What I found to be a relief was Garrett's performance. I knew Bruce would be great, but Garrett manages to not be annoying. No Anakin style whining here. He plays the scenes straight with just the right amount of humor and wonder.
This "real world" scene was a 2D scene, but you won't have to take your glasses off for it, it's presented such that you keep your glasses on (otherwise it's all blurry). Once you're in the Grid, the 3D kicks in.
Scene Two
Sam is in "The Grid", aka the "Tron" world. He doesn't know what's going on when a Recognizer comes to capture him. He is taken prisoner and locked down in a standing position alongside several other captives. He asks one of them what is going on, but he is told to be quiet for his own good. Another "program" that has been captured is missing part of his face. The Recognizer takes off and flies over the Grid, and Sam quickly realizes his father created this world. The Recognizer uses a variant of its flying sound effect from the first movie, and on the streets below I sighted at least one tank of a similar design to those from the first movie.
When the Recognizer lands, the top horizontal section slides down the "legs" to unload its prisoners. One of the prisoners escapes and commits suicide by jumping off a ledge rather than be sent to the games. Sam is designated as going to the games and is taken away.
Inside, Sam is in a large room where four "Sirens" (led by Beau Garrett) come out of pods in the four corners of the room and strip him of his "real world" clothes and outfit him with his "Tron" outfit. As they dress him, one of the Sirens whispers to another "This one is different." The last piece to be assembled is the "Identity Disc". While the disc is attached and powering up, a female voice states what the disc is, using Sark's speech from the first film as its basis (drawing some applause and laughs from the audience).
Once outfitted, the Sirens retreat back into pods in the four corners of the room. Sam asks what he is supposed to do and the lead Siren simply says "Survive" before disappearing into her pod.
Scene Three
The scene opens with crowds inside a stadium cheering. Clu comes out and takes a relaxed pose on his chair (more like a throne) and is cheered almost like a king. Suspended in mid-air are several rectangular chambers. Each once has two combatants in it. One of them has Sam and an unnamed warrior in it. They are there to play the Disc game.
When the warrior begins to fight, he readies his disc and his helmet forms automatically over his head. Not knowing what to do, Sam doesn't pull his disc at first. He manages to dodge the first onslaught of disc throws. The warrior does some fantastic gymnastic moves as he throws the disc and catches it after it bounces off the walls. Like the "disc platforms" of the first movie, the panels that make up this chamber can be destroyed by impact, so at one point Sam almost loses when the panel below him is destroyed. Once Sam gets into it, he manages to win the battle and declares his victory loudly.
The Disc battle seemed a bit short, and I'm wondering if what we saw was partly edited. Still, the moves that Sam's opponent pulled were really fantastic to watch as the warrior would throw the disc, jump, catch it after a flip etc. I also like keeping the "destructible enviroment" factor. It pays homage to the original movie but kicks it up a notch.
Scene Four
This is the "escape" scene that has been partly revealed online. Here, Quorra is in the Light Runner helping Sam escape from a group of Clu's Light Cycle warriors. The Light Cycles move very much like they do in the initial "Test trailer" from a couple years back. The light walls curve and are fluid, but just as dangerous. What's interesting is that hitting the wall does not mean immediate destruction. When one of Clu's programs hits a wall, he flies off the Cycle and reforms a new one just as he lands!
I've read the Light Runner can generate "walls", but here it used weaponry instead including dropping traps behind it and firing missiles to create a "crack" in the wall of the grid to escape through. Whereas the stadium and most of the Grid is streamlined, straight etc., the world beyond the "crack" is revealed to be rough with a more rocky texture. Quorra states that Clu's warriors cannot follow them there. She then kicks the Light Runner into a "4x4" type mode where it's wheels/axles elevate and I think the tires changed as well.
Quorra is a treat here. Unlike Clu's programs or the other warriors/captives seen thus far, she has a personality about her that has humor and you can tell that a younger Kevin Flynn probably programmed her. I expect her to be fun.
Upon reaching their destination, Quorra brings Sam to the Safe House seen in the trailers. There, Kevin is in a meditative position, sitting with his back to Sam and Quorra. The room has an elegant table to one side but is sparsly furnished. An old style Light Cycle (the white one that they've made toys of) is "parked" off to the side. She tells him to wait near the entrance as she goes to Kevin and tells him they have a guest.
Kevin looks ancient here, and I'm sure that's the point. His beard and hair are very white and his mind seems far away. As others have pointed out, in the Grid about 1,000 years have passed at this point. Kevin seems detached and a bit empty in the eyes (Jeff Bridges really cranks up the acting here, it's so weird to see him like that when he's so lively in real life). When he sees Sam, he stares intently until he realizes who it is he is looking at. When he does so, he grabs him and the two hug. Sam cries and Kevin eventually breaks, and walks outside, staring into the distance. Quorra explains that Kevin never thought he would see Sam again.
When Sam looks at the white Light Cycle, Quorra explains it is an old style Light Cycle that doesn't see much us anymore, but it is still the fastest one on the Grid.
Outside, Kevin looks into the distance and his face seems to be gaining back some level of awareness and determination (with sadness mixed in) that wasn't there before.
The gem of this sequence is Jeff Bridges. Everyone else is great, but when he's on the screen he just adds a gravity and weight that is amazing to watch and feel. It really solidified my belief that this project would be much less formidable without him.
Mash up
What follows next were a series of quick cuts of scenes that have been seen already and some that have not. This includes more scenes of Clu, Sam and Quorra and what really struck me were the (and I may be remembering this name wrong) Light Fighters, aerial versions of Light Cycles (this is what Clu "creates" in the last scene of the latest trailer). This also included the "Daft Punk" cameo scene.
This scene features Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner) meeting up with Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) in his apartment. He lives in a small warehouse like structure near a bridge by the water. I noticed that the big door at Sam's place said "Dumont" on it, which made me smile.
Some of these scenes were in the trailer, but it was more in depth. It explains that Sam is reluctant to take over leadership of Encom and engages in some risky behavior (the latest being a motorcycle accident where he hurts himself as evidenced by scratches on his back). Alan has been acting as a surrogate father figure, and he tells Sam that he received a page from Kevin Flynn's disconnected number. He gives him the keys to Flynn's arcade. Despite Sam's reluctance, he goes to the arcade.
At the arcade, he turns on the various games and a lot of familiar 80's sound effects kick in. The sound mixing is different than the trailer. An 80's pop song (I forget which exactly) kicks in as the jukebox fires up. As Sam explores, he discovers the Tron game can be slid out to reveal a secret passage.
The first trailer is cut to make it seem like Kevin's office is right behind the Tron game, but it actually leads to a staircase, then a locked door with old dusty keys in it. He uses the keys and then gets into the dust office seen in the trailer. On the wall is a corkboard with photos of Kevin and Sam from Sam's childhood.
He dusts off the computer panel and begins exploring and as he does so we see a laser of the same design as the one from the first movie behind him powering up. Fade to black.
What I found to be a relief was Garrett's performance. I knew Bruce would be great, but Garrett manages to not be annoying. No Anakin style whining here. He plays the scenes straight with just the right amount of humor and wonder.
This "real world" scene was a 2D scene, but you won't have to take your glasses off for it, it's presented such that you keep your glasses on (otherwise it's all blurry). Once you're in the Grid, the 3D kicks in.
Scene Two
Sam is in "The Grid", aka the "Tron" world. He doesn't know what's going on when a Recognizer comes to capture him. He is taken prisoner and locked down in a standing position alongside several other captives. He asks one of them what is going on, but he is told to be quiet for his own good. Another "program" that has been captured is missing part of his face. The Recognizer takes off and flies over the Grid, and Sam quickly realizes his father created this world. The Recognizer uses a variant of its flying sound effect from the first movie, and on the streets below I sighted at least one tank of a similar design to those from the first movie.
When the Recognizer lands, the top horizontal section slides down the "legs" to unload its prisoners. One of the prisoners escapes and commits suicide by jumping off a ledge rather than be sent to the games. Sam is designated as going to the games and is taken away.
Inside, Sam is in a large room where four "Sirens" (led by Beau Garrett) come out of pods in the four corners of the room and strip him of his "real world" clothes and outfit him with his "Tron" outfit. As they dress him, one of the Sirens whispers to another "This one is different." The last piece to be assembled is the "Identity Disc". While the disc is attached and powering up, a female voice states what the disc is, using Sark's speech from the first film as its basis (drawing some applause and laughs from the audience).
Once outfitted, the Sirens retreat back into pods in the four corners of the room. Sam asks what he is supposed to do and the lead Siren simply says "Survive" before disappearing into her pod.
Scene Three
The scene opens with crowds inside a stadium cheering. Clu comes out and takes a relaxed pose on his chair (more like a throne) and is cheered almost like a king. Suspended in mid-air are several rectangular chambers. Each once has two combatants in it. One of them has Sam and an unnamed warrior in it. They are there to play the Disc game.
When the warrior begins to fight, he readies his disc and his helmet forms automatically over his head. Not knowing what to do, Sam doesn't pull his disc at first. He manages to dodge the first onslaught of disc throws. The warrior does some fantastic gymnastic moves as he throws the disc and catches it after it bounces off the walls. Like the "disc platforms" of the first movie, the panels that make up this chamber can be destroyed by impact, so at one point Sam almost loses when the panel below him is destroyed. Once Sam gets into it, he manages to win the battle and declares his victory loudly.
The Disc battle seemed a bit short, and I'm wondering if what we saw was partly edited. Still, the moves that Sam's opponent pulled were really fantastic to watch as the warrior would throw the disc, jump, catch it after a flip etc. I also like keeping the "destructible enviroment" factor. It pays homage to the original movie but kicks it up a notch.
Scene Four
This is the "escape" scene that has been partly revealed online. Here, Quorra is in the Light Runner helping Sam escape from a group of Clu's Light Cycle warriors. The Light Cycles move very much like they do in the initial "Test trailer" from a couple years back. The light walls curve and are fluid, but just as dangerous. What's interesting is that hitting the wall does not mean immediate destruction. When one of Clu's programs hits a wall, he flies off the Cycle and reforms a new one just as he lands!
I've read the Light Runner can generate "walls", but here it used weaponry instead including dropping traps behind it and firing missiles to create a "crack" in the wall of the grid to escape through. Whereas the stadium and most of the Grid is streamlined, straight etc., the world beyond the "crack" is revealed to be rough with a more rocky texture. Quorra states that Clu's warriors cannot follow them there. She then kicks the Light Runner into a "4x4" type mode where it's wheels/axles elevate and I think the tires changed as well.
Quorra is a treat here. Unlike Clu's programs or the other warriors/captives seen thus far, she has a personality about her that has humor and you can tell that a younger Kevin Flynn probably programmed her. I expect her to be fun.
Upon reaching their destination, Quorra brings Sam to the Safe House seen in the trailers. There, Kevin is in a meditative position, sitting with his back to Sam and Quorra. The room has an elegant table to one side but is sparsly furnished. An old style Light Cycle (the white one that they've made toys of) is "parked" off to the side. She tells him to wait near the entrance as she goes to Kevin and tells him they have a guest.
Kevin looks ancient here, and I'm sure that's the point. His beard and hair are very white and his mind seems far away. As others have pointed out, in the Grid about 1,000 years have passed at this point. Kevin seems detached and a bit empty in the eyes (Jeff Bridges really cranks up the acting here, it's so weird to see him like that when he's so lively in real life). When he sees Sam, he stares intently until he realizes who it is he is looking at. When he does so, he grabs him and the two hug. Sam cries and Kevin eventually breaks, and walks outside, staring into the distance. Quorra explains that Kevin never thought he would see Sam again.
When Sam looks at the white Light Cycle, Quorra explains it is an old style Light Cycle that doesn't see much us anymore, but it is still the fastest one on the Grid.
Outside, Kevin looks into the distance and his face seems to be gaining back some level of awareness and determination (with sadness mixed in) that wasn't there before.
The gem of this sequence is Jeff Bridges. Everyone else is great, but when he's on the screen he just adds a gravity and weight that is amazing to watch and feel. It really solidified my belief that this project would be much less formidable without him.
Mash up
What follows next were a series of quick cuts of scenes that have been seen already and some that have not. This includes more scenes of Clu, Sam and Quorra and what really struck me were the (and I may be remembering this name wrong) Light Fighters, aerial versions of Light Cycles (this is what Clu "creates" in the last scene of the latest trailer). This also included the "Daft Punk" cameo scene.
Overall it was a really fun experience and the chatter afterwards was a happy one with everyone saying they couldn't wait to see the film. Based on what I saw I'm hopeful that the story side of this will be great, because the effects are already fantastic!
Sort of...- Does the phrase "END OF LINE" appear anywhere?
"End of Line" is a club run the character Castor in the Grid.
I'm certainly hoping that's the case, cause I'd hate for it all to be shiny with little depth. But from what God Magnus describes, it sounds like there's some good reasons to be optimistic.
I'm personally glad it's designed as a sequel from the start, and not an updated reboot or re-imagining of the original movie.
I can't wait. I can't wait. I can't wait. I can't wait. I can't wait. I can't wait.
Have I mentioned that I can't wait?
Have I mentioned that I can't wait?
Oh hell yea! I was wondering who the hot chick was
I just might go check this one out.
I usually don't go see them in theaters but in 3D this one might be worth it.
There is nothing about any of these trailers that isn't completely awesome.
Mark
Mark
I've read some spoilers for the central plot, though nothing that gives away the ending or the fates of individual characters. It sounds ambitious and paints a large picture but we'll have to see how it's executed.
One thing I have read from a probably reliable source (please forgive the Internet rumors business) is that the movie does have a very solid emotional core, especially after a few key additions that came about as a result of the Pixar brain trust input and reshoots. Basically, the characters really matter, and it gets quite emotional at the end.
Also, the same source said that Quorra is an amazing character and helps make the film.
For those who want a chunk of info, some reassurance about where the plot is going, here's a safe one that doesn't give away the ending and who lives or dies:
There's a lot of Big Idea sci-fi woven into it all. Personally, I think it's ambitious but I suspect a lot of viewers may not try to digest it all and see it as a bunch of random technobabble or bullshite. Sadly, some Tron fans have already rejected these reinterpretations / additions and would prefer Tron remain fantasy / technomagical and metaphorical.
One thing I have read from a probably reliable source (please forgive the Internet rumors business) is that the movie does have a very solid emotional core, especially after a few key additions that came about as a result of the Pixar brain trust input and reshoots. Basically, the characters really matter, and it gets quite emotional at the end.
Also, the same source said that Quorra is an amazing character and helps make the film.
For those who want a chunk of info, some reassurance about where the plot is going, here's a safe one that doesn't give away the ending and who lives or dies:
Flynn is a tragic figure who is partly to blame for all that happened. His own actions help drive Clu over the edge, causing some HAL 9000 style schizophrenia when Flynn locks Clu out of vital functions necessary to perform his role. Clu cannot create new programs or make critical changes to the Grid in order to keep it safe from errors and out of control software.
Clu became a military dictator in order to save the system, and considers himself Flynn's mistreated equal, which in a sense is totally true since Clu 2.0 isn't a mere program but a mind-state duplicate of Kevin Flynn. He's the same man.
Finally, before being kidnapped by Clu 20 / 1000 years ago (Grid time!) Flynn made a massive breakthrough with the digitizing technology that relates to the entities in the Grid being true life forms. They're an order of complexity beyond the Encom system's programs, with an evolutionary DNA simulating code base. Here's a hint: this would allow them to exist outside the Grid as living beings, if there was a way to pour molecules into place to fill out their pattern.
Even the fact that all this complexity is running on a computer from the late 80s seems to have the sci-fi explanation that the computers only act as a portal to a quantum tunnel that connects to another substrate of reality. The massive processing power required for the electronic world is being provided by the universe, so to speak. Computers in the real world just inadvertently impress structure and order on this substrate and a program run here causes a result to manifest in the digital / "quantum" world.
Clu became a military dictator in order to save the system, and considers himself Flynn's mistreated equal, which in a sense is totally true since Clu 2.0 isn't a mere program but a mind-state duplicate of Kevin Flynn. He's the same man.
Finally, before being kidnapped by Clu 20 / 1000 years ago (Grid time!) Flynn made a massive breakthrough with the digitizing technology that relates to the entities in the Grid being true life forms. They're an order of complexity beyond the Encom system's programs, with an evolutionary DNA simulating code base. Here's a hint: this would allow them to exist outside the Grid as living beings, if there was a way to pour molecules into place to fill out their pattern.
Even the fact that all this complexity is running on a computer from the late 80s seems to have the sci-fi explanation that the computers only act as a portal to a quantum tunnel that connects to another substrate of reality. The massive processing power required for the electronic world is being provided by the universe, so to speak. Computers in the real world just inadvertently impress structure and order on this substrate and a program run here causes a result to manifest in the digital / "quantum" world.
I was originally not planning to see this at all, but after reading the reports here of how (hopefully) the story has a solid brain and emotion to it, and after chatting with Atolm about it, I will give it a go. I don't care about the whole 3D aspect, though, so I'll see it in a regular theater.
Agreed. I saw the first trailer when I went to see Inception, and was impressed by how much it actually felt like Tron. I'm not necessarily impressed by the 3D gimmick, but I wouldn't mind seeing it at my local IMAX when it comes out. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will be do well.
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Is it just me or is Kevin's "home" in the electronic world deliberately made to look like the hotel room scene at the end of 2001? The floor is the same (a white grid that lights up) as the hotel floor, and the furnishings like the dinner table are also similar.
I'm not looking forward to this at all......
Ok...I'm lying. I can't wait for it!
Ok...I'm lying. I can't wait for it!
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