"Who are they?" "Obsolete data-pushers."
Jul. 23rd, 2010 08:17 amSo I was pretty much blown away around this time last year when the first teaser for TRON Legacy came out. Because, dude, TRON. I'm not sure it's possible to overstate how much a part of my childhood that movie was, and this looked like TRON with nice crisp (computer-generated) graphics.
Then the first trailer hit, the one that played in front of Inception, and... I got a little nervous. It was nice to see Alan again, and the arcade, and Dillinger's (still completely awesome) desk. But in general it felt like they were replicating the surface of TRON, the blue neon and shiny discs, and forgetting what made the spirit of the thing. Plus the new Recognizers are far too smooth. (Those of you who insist that TRON was all surface and no spirit can go sit over there in the corner with Michael Bay and everyone else who wants to ruin my childhood memories.)
I'm feeling a lot better now that I've seen this new trailer, though. Mostly because, to quote MGK, "EVIL COMPUTER JEFF BRIDGES! EVIL! COMPUTER! JEFF! BRIDGES!"
(I've watched it three times this morning, and that last ten seconds gives me the shivers every single time.)
"What do you want with the Pentagon?"
THE SAME THING I WANT WITH THE KREMLIN. I'M BORED WITH CORPORATIONS.
Then the first trailer hit, the one that played in front of Inception, and... I got a little nervous. It was nice to see Alan again, and the arcade, and Dillinger's (still completely awesome) desk. But in general it felt like they were replicating the surface of TRON, the blue neon and shiny discs, and forgetting what made the spirit of the thing. Plus the new Recognizers are far too smooth. (Those of you who insist that TRON was all surface and no spirit can go sit over there in the corner with Michael Bay and everyone else who wants to ruin my childhood memories.)
"Oh man, this isn't happening, it only thinks it's happening."
I'm feeling a lot better now that I've seen this new trailer, though. Mostly because, to quote MGK, "EVIL COMPUTER JEFF BRIDGES! EVIL! COMPUTER! JEFF! BRIDGES!"
"Pretty good driving, hu-UUH!"
NO
"Who asked you?"
(I've watched it three times this morning, and that last ten seconds gives me the shivers every single time.)
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