Ready For Some More Tron?

I know there were mixed reviews on Tron: Legacy. I personally kind of dug it. It maintained that cheesy Tron vibe and the Daft Punk score kind of rocked my world. Well I guess it did enough box office to continue the saga. Well, sort of. There's an animated Tron series coming out, called Tron: Uprising. Here's a look at it:

Pajiba lists a huge number of actors providing voice talent, including Elijah Wood, Mandy Moore, Paul Reubens, Lance Henriksen, and Bruce Boxleitner.

Per news released at Comic-Con, Wood stars as a young program, Beck, and the story happens in the time between the two films. Animated Tron might be the way to go. Would you watch it?

Forget 3-D. 8-Bit Is Where It's At.

Disney should have just done Tron: Legacy like this:

Tron: Legacy

Daddy Geek Boy told us about the awesome Flynn's set up at Comic-Con. What he didn't tell us about is the new Tron: Legacy trailer that premiered at the festival. So here ya go:



Vanity Fair has a nice Q&A with the director, Joseph Kosinski. I was surprised to see that The Black Hole is getting the remake treatment. I recall seeing that film at a drive-in with my parents. I was pretty young when it came out - it might very well have been the first movie I saw out of the house - and the fact that I can remember the film should tell you the impact it had. I recall it being a pretty dark film, and parts of it really scared me. But I still thought the robots were kinda cool. Anyone else see that flick? But I digress.

To go along with the Tron: Legacy hype, Disney's also released a free iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad Tron game that's actually kinda slick. You can download it from iTunes here.

If you can't tell, I'm actually kind of excited about Tron: Legacy. I thought Tron was one of the coolest things ever when it came out. I really dig that they've gotten Jeff Bridges (who looks crazy young in a not creepy way) and Bruce Boxleitner in the sequel. Mostly, I just want a lightcycle.