My favorite snarky critic review:
"Forty-three years later, “Tron: Ares” is groundbreaking for being the first “Tron” film with a discernible plot."
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Wasn't the first about a programmer getting his game back from the evil corporation?
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the first TRON film in 15 years
Holy shit, I truly did not realize Uprising came out in 2012. That is SO MUCH longer ago than I would have guessed... I think COVID really did fuck my perception of time, but maybe everyone in their 40s says something like that
Star Wars gets a fuck ton of shitty sequels because they make bank at the box office. Same for Jurassic World and any other crappy big budget franchise you can think of.
Tron doesn't have enough broad appeal to sell tickets on the name alone like Star Wars and Jurassic Park, and if they aimed for that it would lose the charm of being Tron. They could certainly improve attendance with better stories and marketing, but chose to focus on spectacle.
Also, Leto being a prominent character is why I didn't bother to go see it. He is also the main reason it was even made, so him being cast was inevitable. I'll watch it when it hits streaming.
yes! but Disney won't learn the right lesson
I saw the movie. I enjoyed it. The effects and soundtrack were the best part of the film. Jared Leto was NOT the worst part. The script had little story and character development. That was the main problem. Jared made use of what he was given.
That said, they did set it up for a sequel so it does suck that they may not pursue that. Maybe they need to work more on story/characters and less on effects. It costs less.
Set up a sequel and apparently used characters that everyone wanted to see in this movie, right?
I've learned that the most important part of a story is the character and what happens to them. This may be a good example not only of ignoring that, but also not using characters already established as interesting and with potential growth. Maybe there's a back story there and they couldn't get the actors, so they ran with something different?
I've learned that the most important part of a story is the character and what happens to them.
Not if you're Disney. Their actual goal is to print money with...
I'm not so sure the effects cost more than paying a room of skilled writers to come up with story ideas. Not anymore.
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Yes.
Fuck Jared Leto.
Disney has more than enough money to own all the popular IP in the world. But cannot do a single thing with it. I am old enough and fan enough of the original that I still have an original Tron action figure. The original was wildly stylistic and visually appealing. But even the story on it wasn't all that stellar, just serviceable.
The second was a big upgrade on the style and visuals. But the story was its weakness, setting up so much, paying off so little. It still had promise if they had continued on with those storylines for another move or two. But Disney got cold feet and chickened out.
From what I've heard of this one, there wasn't an upgrade to the style. Nor hardly any tie-ins back to any of the original storylines. Just McGuffin for the sake of McGuffin. Oh, and Morbing Time. At least Morpheus now no longer holds it's nefarious title. Even if Leto does.
The truth is, this property could have a lot done with it when put in the hands of even a good fan-fiction author. There's so much to explore. Unfortunately, Disney's lost the interest of all the original actors at this point, I think. Well, Bridges might be back for another I suppose. But today's Disney is not the Disney that green lit the original. Far too risk averse just a grand dragon sitting on its massive horde as it rots beneath it.
I keep hearing that there was no marketing for the movie but I'm not even interested in the movie and I saw a lot of marketing, I assumed it was going to be popular
I didn’t even know there was a second and third one. And don’t use question marks in a headline..
I think Red Letter Media summed it up best. Each movie has a great concept and looks fantastic for the time, but the overall story is not very compelling to larger audiences and therefore needs to build up a cult following post theatre release before they can justify making a new film. Sounds about right to me.
They should've never stopped with Tron Uprising. That was peak cyberpunk.