New Trailer For Original “Tron” Kicks Ass

By Akela Talamasca on March 31st, 2010

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I don’t want you to read this post until after you’ve watched the trailer, so go ahead.

So here’s the thing: I love “Tron“. I will watch it whenever I get the chance. But man, this new trailer almost seems like it’s promoting a different movie. It truly goes to show that editing is an art, not a science. Hell, it’s why so many movies manage to bring folks in, even if they’re complete pieces of crap. But this thing? Awesome.

Of course, the “Tron Legacy” movie has so much to live up to. Can it possibly match the original’s sense of wonder and adventure without seeming either derivative or parodic? Can this movie be seen without having seen the original? Will David Warner be in it?

Here’s what I hope: that “Tron Legacy” expands the universe without being slavish to what’s gone before. I hope that the designs don’t “extremeify” themselves beyond what might be considered a natural progression. I hope there’s as much philosophy behind this as there was in the original screenplay, and that it isn’t just an excuse to show some slow-motion combat, a la “300“. I hope Flynn is a bad guy. I hope the story revolves around his assumption of the reins that Sark was forcibly thrust from. I hope that the Tron universe is self-contained and that it doesn’t spread out to infect the Internet, or something stupid like that. I don’t want to see humans being sucked into computers left and right and the world imperiled. This should be it’s own thing top to bottom.

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