TRON: LEGACY (2010) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@johnmiller7682]

Nothing corrupted Clu, He was designed to create the perfect system. He saw the Isomorphs as a threat to his own programing.

[@timmooney7528]

Agreed. Flynn put Clu in charge, then changed the plans. Clu was confused because the iso's were not part of the original plan.

[@robderich8533]

Flynn's problem is that he had no idea that he actually wasn't really interested in perfection but in beauty, which however cannot exist without a bit of imperfection.

[@vladyvhv9579]

@@robderich8533 As he himself states. There is no such thing as perfection, but at the time, he didn't know that.

[@chadlynch1551]

Clue just followed his programing to its ultimate logical conclusion.

[@sorabove]

@@vladyvhv9579 he didn't say that there was NO perfection, but that perfection wasn't attainable. That it was something we couldn't actually get but it was right in front of us all the time.

[@leosarmiento4823]

Daft Punk were the DJ's at End of the Line. They did the entire score. Tron 3 started filming last month (January 2024). As always, a great reaction. This film was wondrous on that big screen (even more than the original that I saw, as a child, when it first came out...and that was mind-altering for a youngster). Glad I saw this with my own sons.

[@qiblik]

Unfortunately per the reports Tron: Ares is going to be a total reboot of the series and not a sequel to Legacy. Tbh I don't understand this move, the only thing that come's to my mind now is that Disney will ruin another franchise with un-needed reboot to "meet the standards of the modern audiane". Oh and its produced by and starred as titular role by Jared Leto....

[@vodengc520]

@@qiblik Yeah, no Bridges, no Boxleitner? No TRON. I have pretty much zero interest in it now.

[@alucard624]

@@qiblik It's likely going to be total trash and typical current Disney fare.

[@nightfall902]

Joachim Rønning and Motion Blur are renown for commercials. Everything Disney touches turns to sh*t. I'm not getting anywhere close to anything that smells like Disney. I sold off their stock during the Mike Eisner years for a profit and never looked back. I should thank them for all the money they have saved me and for showing me that I could do just fine without them in my life.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

"Joachim Rønning and Motion Blur are renown for commercials." So what? Guess what Ridley Scott and David Fincher were known for before getting their first big gigs? Or what Joseph Kosinski did before directing Tron Legacy?@@nightfall902

[@barowt]

Proud of you for respecting your boys privacy and not showing them on camera like everyone else does .

[@mhernandez1345]

There's a reactors who have their babies on camera & i think that's kinda weird/exploitative

[@MySkybreaker]

@@mhernandez1345 Its SUUUUPER weird to show your young children on camera. At least at 10+ they can consent.

[@trillofernando]

I didnt know she had kids!

[@GiRR007]

​@@mhernandez1345 What do you mean exploitative? Its their kid. No different than child actors.

[@Robehn]

@@GiRR007 Oof what a bad take

[@MarkFaust]

Fun facts: 1) Tron: Ares will begin filming soon. 2) Jeff Bridges had his entire 'young-self' imaged. Disney owns his likeness. Jeff Bridges has said, "They have me now." 3) Bruce Boxleitner who plays Tron ALSO had himself "imaged".

[@Ambaryerno]

This was also one of the first, if not THE first, examples of the digital deaging effects in film.

[@personzorz]

How terrible

[@ForceMaximus84]

That’s awesome and terrifying at the same time.

[@jedijones]

@@Ambaryerno X-Men: The Last Stand did de-aging 4 years before this.

[@anonamos225]

Dystopian hellscape.

[@OLDCROW86]

The funniest part for me is Clu: "Flynn! Am I still to create the perfect system?!" -silent pause- Flynn: "Yeah?" sounding like the dude. I laughed out loud in the theater.

[@Arksimon2k]

"I created the perfect system!" "Yeah, well that's like...your opinion man."

[@BigIronEnjoyer]

I love the ending of this movie. The most notable thing about Tron is the stunning neon visuals of its virtual world. Its a visual spectacle. But, imagine if you grew up there. Imagine that's what's normal to you. Then imagine you see our world. As amazing as Tron's virtual world looks to us, our world looks amazing to Quorra. Olivia Wilde does a great job portraying what that must feel like.

[@robderich8533]

Yeah, I remember how right after I saw the film for the first time, the sunrise looked somehow different to me than usual.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Oh I couldn’t agree more. They ended it soo well here.

[@OgreProgrammer]

And it wasn't even that great of a sunrise. Which is okay, she'll continue to be amazed that they can be even better.

[@robderich8533]

@@OgreProgrammer The trick is that you must never take it for granted. If you view each sunrise as unique, you get more out of it. Once you have internalized this, you will not be able to stop being amazed at the sight of a starry sky.

[@OgreProgrammer]

@@robderich8533 Perfectly said!

[@neptunusrex5195]

I saw this in theaters when it first came out and I was FLOORED by the visuals and the score. So EPIC 😎

[@ZachLorton]

Did you see it in 3-D or IMAX? The 3-dimensional stuff was absolutely stunning.

[@Ezekielepharcelis]

@@ZachLorton The 3D was even better than in Avatar.

[@JWoogie66]

Completely agree music was incredible

[@williamrosmer8381]

@@JWoogie66 giving daft punk control of the soundtrack will do that for you

[@SJHFoto]

I saw this and the '82 movie in the theatre. I felt like a kid again-this was one of the few sequels that captured the flavour of the original

[@billwoods9302]

This movie's director, Joseph Kosinski, was a well regarded digital architect and designer before he got this film as his first directing job. His stylistic imprint is all over this movie throughout the costume and production design. The aesthetic world he created is kind of breathtaking, and worth revisiting periodically.

[@adtu21]

Wow I didn't know that. That's why this movie is so...special

[@kristinaF54]

Beautiful though it looks, there's no logical reason for a 3d virtual environment in this film because it's not a game environment but rather an OS designed by Clu. At least in Tron 1 the reason for it being 3d was because the whole setting was a virtual game environment designed by Flynn. Also characters being called programs rather than PCs and NPCs , is again not in keeping with gaming vocabulary.

[@The2ndQuest]

@@kristinaF54 Flynn intentionally created it to be a virtual environment. He didn't actually design the world of the Grid in Tron 1- he only discovered it after the MCP zapped him. He then took the inspiration from that to start creating his new Grid (and the subsequent obsessions with "digital frontiers" and virtual worlds). Including the Programs as sentient lifeforms instead of just the avatars of simple computing functions. Likewise, keep in mind that Flynn created the new Grid in the 1980's, and was trapped in 1989. He wouldn't know about later popular gaming vocabulary (and, given that he's basing everything on his experiences in 1982, he would be unlikely to want to stop referring to them as Programs since that is what they called themselves on the original Grid).

[@rowaystarco]

@@kristinaF54 An OS? This was Flynns own "playground" and not the operating system that Encom releases. The original "grid" in Tron wasn't a game either really, it was also a computer system running different programs.

[@mycroft16]

The shot of the Recognizers flying through the clouds to the arena is one of the coolest shots ever. The whole look of the world is such an amazing mix of cyberpunk and retro futurism and Tron.

[@gabemorris6692]

"He's a little bit of a dude." He is, in fact, The Dude.

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

Don't ruin my zen thing, man,

[@ct6852]

That's like...your opinion....man.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

"Uh..bummer.....this is a bummer man.... that's a.....that's a bummer."

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

F$#% it. Let's go bowling.

[@platinumspider7859]

You human paraquat!

[@hazusin338]

"I fight for the users" will always be epic and applicable.

[@commanderwyro4204]

a comment i love from James Vs Cinema comment section "One thing I always enjoyed about Clu 2.0 is that he isn't really a "rogue" AI. He reminds me of what I was told in high school in my computer science class, "programs don't make mistakes, they do exactly as they're told" in regards to any errors that would occur when coding a simple program." Clu was just doing his task

[@wratched]

It's the paperclips maximizer. Also known as the Sorcerer's apprentice's broom.

[@BenjiSun]

If that digital world was a more modern system, Flynn would've recognized the use of updates rather than building entirely new versions, and Clu would've been updated with new commands instead of clinging to the original coding.

[@toob1979]

Clu is the 2010 version of the HAL 9000 from _2001: A Space Odyssey._ HAL wasn't really evil. He was given two sets of orders which contradicted each other. The compulsion to carry out both orders caused HAL to go mad and kill the crew.

[@LordNelsonkm]

We had a young programmer in class one day. Her program had an error in it and the hard drive said, wait, you want me to drop the head on sector 0,0? Really? Ohhh kaaaayyyyy.... Since the drive was toasted, us lab techs opened it up later and there was a groove in the disk platter. Ah the fun of C. It will let you shoot yourself in the foot if you ask it to.

[@RidgeR5]

The great thing about computers is, they do exactly what you tell them. The bad thing about computers is, they do exactly what you tell them.

[@MrMovieAddict26]

As a child, my parents showed me the original Tron and, in an effort to scare me away from video games, told me I'd end up in the "Tron world" if I played too many of them. 20 years later, jokes on them, I WISH I lived there. 😂

[@rabooey]

Yep, and D&D will turn you into a satanist. For real though, your parents ..effing hell man.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

Flynn wasn't trapped on the Grid for 20 years... Hours on the Grid were minutes in the real world... Flynn was trapped on the Grid for over 2000 years from his perspective on the inside.

[@cirlincorvinus8293]

Stuff they said when it first came out put it closer to 1000 years, but yeah. A very long time.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

@cirlincorvinus8293 it's hard to pin down because they only say minutes equals hours. Assuming one minute for one hour...about 2000 years.

[@Seven_Leaf]

@@DoremiFasolatido1979 one minute = hour would be 60 times slower, 60 x 20 years = 1,200. Though yeah, can't be pinned down as it was an ambiguous explanation.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

@@Seven_Leaf You're right. Not sure what I was remembering.

[@The2ndQuest]

@@Seven_Leaf It actually can be pinned down because we see the running clock when Sam tries to log in, and know almost the precise date of Legacy's real world events. The director has also given an estimation of Grid Time being about 50x faster than the real world (which aligns with Castor's statement, as that would be 47.61x faster). It ends up being that Kevin has been in there for 1050 years from his perspective. And 1 min in the real world is 0.833 hours on the Grid.

[@Arthezius]

"He dreams in gigabytes now". I am stealing that!

[@IronicTonic8]

There's a little known tv show called Tron: Uprising that takes place in between the original Tron movie and the new 2010 movie. It's very good. I'd highly recommended it if you're a fan of Tron and haven't seen it. In my opinion, Tron: Uprising is the best piece of Tron media to date.

[@TelDoesStuff]

ymmv

[@hackerx7329]

I too loved the series but it did get canceled partway through production so it doesn't have a conclusion, it just stops :( To me the best piece of media is Tron 2.0 which was the game that was made as a sequel to the first move but had a completely different plot to Tron Legacy because when it was made it ignored the plot of that game. The good news is the game can still be bought for cheap on Steam or GoG and these days even a low end computer can run it great.

[@ct6852]

Never heard of that. Is it animated?

[@IronicTonic8]

@ct6852 Yeah, it's animated. It tells the story of what happened to Tron between the movies.

[@jonathanmccullouch3243]

Also there is a video game Tron: evolution, which is a prequel to Tron: Legacy… tells the story of the purge and how Quora meets Flynn

[@AdAstraMadCat]

A funny nugget of information is that this movie was shot in 3D (many movies are converted later), which gives the image an extra crispy look (especially in dark areas) in 3D theatre. Combined with Daft Punk's music (who were sometimes present on set to feel the movie's mood), this movie truly was a cinematic experience. I went to IMAX 3 times and was blown away by the movie's atmosphere every time. What I am trying to say that this movie is little bit like a music video - watching it in the correct settings truly elevates the experience.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

For me, when I saw this in theaters, I was not aware that the four "square pattern" on Rinzler's chest, was the exact same pattern that was on Tron's chest in the original Tron. It's one of his identifying marks.

[@walther007]

So he was an original program I'm assuming....

[@logandarklighter]

@@walther007 He was Alan's original Tron program. A security program for the old ENCOM system. (Basically meant to be a Cop or Law Enforcer equivalent. He was certainly also a warrior type. Meant to outclass other programs that would seek to invade a system he's guarding. Flynn borrowed Tron to become the new security program for his new Grid. One might assume that Alan and Flynn might've updated and upgraded him before bringing him over.

[@LordLOC]

@nicksterj I mean we saw Tron's face, just in flashback. But it would have been nice when Rinzler finally "changed" back we would have gotten to see his face one final time.

[@LordLOC]

@nicksterj As is Clu of course, technically speaking since he's basically a clone of Flynn - who is literally a legacy. But man, I'd still would have loved it if Tron took his helmet off or something lol I just love Bruce :D (big Babylon 5 fan)

[@RetroClassic66]

8:26 This is the actual TRON arcade game that was made by Bally Midway and was available in video game arcades in 1982! And that’s how the game really looked on its screen! So many of us who were kids, teenagers and young adults back then played this very same game, Cassie! And the Journey tune “Separate Ways” (from 1983) playing in the background? A little reminder of Journey’s contribution to the TRON soundtrack back in 1982 with the song “Only Solutions,” which played over the end credits.

[@ben2741]

Anytime I see the cabinet in the wild, I have to stop what I’m doing and get a score in the top ten before moving on

[@BeerOverIP]

I keep spamming New Wave Toys, the makers of Replicade to create a replica of the Tron Cab, but they are just ignoring me.

[@anonymes2884]

Light cycles was no joke. Pretty sure the real thing would be easier (and maybe even less stressful :).

[@zenkim6709]

I also remember that Journey got their own arcade game, also made by Bally/Midway around the same time (early 1980s) to capitalize on the band's success on both radio airplay, concert ticket sales & their hit album "Frontiers" -- if the player completed all 5 minigames (each centered on 1 band member), they moved onto the final game of the current level which involved the entire band on a concert stage performing "Separate Ways" (played back via a prerecorded tape installed inside the arcade cabinet) while the player attempted to block crazed Journey groupies from swarming the stage!

[@ghidrah76]

#FlynnLives ARG!!!! If you know you know… So glad I got to be a part of the disc wars scene with others at SDCC Hall H. We were recorded saying RINZLER, Derezz and disc wars. Thanks for watching Tron and Legacy! Hope you get to see the cartoon soon

[@fwdcnorac8574]

I know! Thanks for your contribution!

[@3xfaster]

I still have my forged Encom badge and lanyard…

[@Zinj1000]

This movie holds a special place in my heart. I saw it in 3D with my dad, and the movie being about a father and son meant a lot to us.

[@robpolaris7272]

Take a parent and a child to see Logan. I took my daughter but no parents.

[@joehohmann6015]

Can't believe this was 14 years ago. My kids were 6 and 9 for Gods sake and now they're 19 and 22 with one in the Army. Jeez time flies !!!

[@SJHFoto]

That's how I feel about the '82 film. I saw it in the movies, and still remember the thrill of it. I used to play games at the arcade (especially stuff like Galaga) and pretend there were helpless programs flying the enemy bug ships

[@fajenthygia5760]

....you've got to be joking... That....that can't be right....

[@goldenshark3182]

Tron: Legacy came out in Dec 2010, so really 13 years and a month, but yeah 13 or 14, it’s unbelievably a long time ago and yet feels like yesterday.

[@BartNoble]

Exactly my first thought as well. FOURTEEN YEARS!?!? This movie JUST came out, no? Craziness.

[@MainframeMilitia]

The white bike Flynn has on the Grid is his actual lightcycle from the original Tron, which he upgraded. The gold model Clu picks up in Flynn’s hideout is a statuette of Clu’s Bit companion from the original Tron that was with him in the tank at the beginning of the film, right before he’s crushed by the Recognizer-sorry, “giant gazebo thing.” Clu smiles when holding it because he remembers his little friend.

[@hr1meg]

When 3D movies were all the rage I went to go watch this movie in 3D. A message played at the beginning letting people know that the 3D does not begin immediately. The coolest thing was the 3D started as soon as Sam Flynn was transported to The Grid (Tron Universe). When he steps out of the arcade at looks at it all of the sudden the 3D kicked in. Man, this movie is what 3D was made for! This movie is so underrated. As for the ride at Disney its the Lightcycles. You can see what the ride looks like here on KZbin as Disney in China has had the ride for some years.

[@corneliusoverton2617]

It was 3D in the real world too. It was only 2D in the flashbacks.

[@hr1meg]

@@corneliusoverton2617Dont know where you saw it, but the 3D only kicks in after he steps out of the aracde in the Grid. Prior to that it was all 2D. The message in the beginning of the movie was to alert people there was nothing wrong with the movie. Go look it up online.

[@corneliusoverton2617]

@@hr1megI own the 3D bluray and I watch it several times a year (including recently). It's definitely 3D, before he enters the gird. It's only 2D in the flashbacks, when hes a boy.

[@IloveElsaofArendelle]

No they explicitly stated on screen in the theaters then, in a special show with a shorter promotional runtime, to leave the polarization glasses on, the real world is flat and when the laser hit Sam, then transition into 3D began. I was there, it was amazing.

[@ChrisMcCarroll]

I’ve been working in an incredibly toxic work environment. Finally reached my limit and walked off my job today. There is nothing better than coming home and hanging out with this beautiful crowd for a little bit.

[@ct6852]

There's some great vids here to choose from. Personally think the past 17 months have been her best material.

[@ChrisMcCarroll]

@@ct6852 I agree. Big fan. I’ve watched every video.

[@OgreProgrammer]

Hope you find something better for work soon, friend!

[@ChrisMcCarroll]

@@OgreProgrammer thank you my friend. I really appreciate that.

[@micksplace]

Congratulations to you... I hope to find similar courage soon

[@McPh1741]

The hyped this movie up so much and then it fizzled out when it was released. I thinks it's good. I love when Sam goes back to Flynn's after it had been closed, the sound of all the video games turning on and "Separate Ways" by Journey starts to play when he powers everything up. The light cycle scene was great as well.

[@nightfall902]

Both Tron films went that way. Disney was trying hard to get a franchise going like Star Wars. Both films did okay, but not as good as Disney wanted and hoped for. Tron 3 will probably go the same way. Already on the third director and just started filming. It will probably do okay and be popular with established fans just like the others. I'm not giving Disney any of my money so I'll wait for it.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

Unfortunately, the story has never been as good as the effects -- and then Legacy has the extra problem that the "young Jeff Bridges" didn't look at all real.

[@TomTomTheLeprechaun]

Not me the whole time thinking "the kids would love this!" And then dying inside at "it was fine" 😢

[@ct6852]

That was kind of the critic consensus at the time.

[@jedijones]

@@ct6852 It's rotten on Rotten Tomatoes.

[@elijahfoster2]

I’m pretty sure he said “it was fun”

[@FeaturingRob]

- Garrett Hedlund, who plays Sam Flynn, is more of a character actor now. He played Patroclus, cousin of Brad Pitt's Achilles in Troy: he was Murtagh in the film Eragon, based on the Christopher Paolini novel: and he has a list of films he turned down like Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games films and Christian Grey in 50 Shades of Grey. The most recent thing that I saw him in was the Paramount Plus series Tulsa King starring Sylvester Stallone. - Daft Punk were comprised of the French musicians Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. They had a lot of dance and electronic hits. They had a huge hit with "Get Lucky" with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers. They have now disbanded. A fun taste of the music they made is the Daft Punk Medley by Pentatonix, an all a capella rendition of several of their most famous songs, that won Pentatonix a Grammy Award. Daft Punk actually are in the film, in their signature robot helmets in the club scene (23:24), when Castor/Zeus says, "Change the scheme, Alter the mood, Electrify the boys and girls, if you'd be so kind!" Daft Punk are in the booth. - Castor/Zeus is played by the brilliant Welsh actor Michael Sheen, who took the job because he loved the original Tron as a kid. Sheen is known for several films and TV series: He has been the main actor for Peter Morgan projects involving the Royal Family, playing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in The Queen, The Special Relationship, and The Deal. He played David Frost on stage and then in the film version of Frost/Nixon opposite his stage partner Frank Langella as Richard Nixon. He was Lucian, leader of the Lycans (werewolves) in the Underworld films, and was Aro of the Volturi vampires in the Twilight Saga. He is mostly busy with projects with his friend David Tennant like the next season of Good Omens for Amazon (Sheen is an angel, and Tennant is a demon) and their web series Staged, a comedy created using Zoom technology during the lockdown. Must see films: The Queen (Helen Mirren won an Oscar as Queen Elizabeth II dealing with the death of Diana, Princess of Wales), Frost/Nixon (about the legendary post Presidency interview David Frost had with Richard Nixon), and The Damned United (where he plays Brian Clough, the manager of the Leeds United football (soccer) team in the 1970s). - There is a clue for Rinzler in being Tron, but repurposed...The chest piece Rinzler has is the same as Tron's in the first movie and the flashback. Center of the chest are three dots, and just under the second dot is a single dot, a total of four dots or squares. And when Rinzler says, "User" in the games after pinning Sam, it is Bruce Boxleitner's voice, even though Bruce is not playing Rinzler physically. - There were more films planned and because the movie didn't perform to expectations, the others were put on hold. There was also a Tron cartoon with Bruce Boxleitner's voice, alongside Elijah Wood, and Mandy Moore called Tron Uprising that lasted one season on Disney XD. There is a new Tron being planned called Tron Ares with Jared Leto, but not much is known about it yet.

[@jakewhite3132]

Before the movie came out, there was an ARG at conventions, and Alan Bradley showed up for Encom to talk about mobile remasters for Space Paranoids and Tron. It also ended with con goers sending the page that jumpstarts the plot.

[@alphadog9211]

1:55 thats da rude - sandstorm 😂

[@dsyfg]

i was looking for this comment. anybody planning to make a Cassie's dub remix? :D

[@Fleabog]

"Why is... there always tiny bridges?" Ha!

[@OgreProgrammer]

And some of them are Jeffs!

[@BiggestDawgEver]

This movie holds a very special place in my heart. Like Sam, I was estranged from my own father for 15 years until we reconciled a little before Tron Legacy came out in theaters. I took him to it and we both loved it. Watching movies together had always been our love language. Sadly, like Sam, my reunion with my Dad would be far too short as I would lose him to cancer just a few years later.

[@toob1979]

I take it that the little memory card Sam wore on a chain at the end of the movie, the one with the little slow-flashing LED, has a copy of Kevin Flynn saved on it. That's how he'd bring back his father. You don't know Daft Punk, so you don't know their "schtick" was they always wore these stylized helmets with lots of LEDs. You never see their faces. Yes, they were the DJs in the club where Clu attacked Sam and Quorra. You'll have to report back on how good the Tron ride is. I've only been to Disney World once, and I'd like to go back again.

[@SJHFoto]

That actually reminds me of a story arc in the old Transformers comic book from the '80s where Optimus Prime's mind was saved on a floppy disk! (No joke)

[@crabsyoureit]

Fun story, the beginning part when Kevin is talking to Sam as a boy, that scene is shot in Crescent Beach BC, I used to go there a ton as a kid. Those houses all sit on the waterfront to one of the most beautiful views of the Straight of Georgia looking towards Vancouver Island.

[@maingate7672]

''Evil gazebos'' Absotively perfect!

[@tru3sk1ll]

Such a Canadian Blonde description, I mean that with all the utmost respect

[@noodle_fc]

Cassie is often like a speaker of English as a second language. When they don't know the word for a thing they often construct an unfamiliar but incredibly apt description of it.

[@jessedellross3245]

Seriously underrated movie. Its look alone is iconic

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*One of the worst sequels ever made.* A betrayal of the original.

[@pickmeasinner]

Comments saying "..... is underrated" are overrated

[@mightheal]

@@hulkhatepunybanner No it's not on both fronts. It's not perfect but considering the time gap between both movies it's understandable why they went in the direction they chose.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

@@mightheal *TRON was visually and conceptually groundbreaking.* All the tech at their hands and they made a Matrix knock-off. Bad. Sad.

[@mightheal]

@@hulkhatepunybanner Tron was made in a time when visually groundbreaking was new as a commercial concept but now a days it's common. You have a ridiculous level of expectations that nothing they would have done would be acceptable to you.

[@vladyvhv9579]

The very last track of the soundtrack is Flynn Lives. It's implied that yeah, he survived in some way. Possibly, just he went to energy conversion, and then would form a new digital body.

[@Yggdrasil42]

God, that epic music has been on my go-to playlist since this movie came out.

[@matthewgibson27]

Word

[@mradriankool]

People couldn’t see past the original when this was released, but it grew, it grew and became its own. legacy is one of the great sleepers and eventually people woke up to it and it has one of the greatest soundtracks ever. TRON: Legacy is incredible 🥰

[@James_Ford4815]

FINALLY!!! Someone who watches movies in the dark like they were meant to be watched , and yea the bright screen is going to give enough light for us to see your face and reactions ... Boggles my mind that other channels haven't figured this out yet , like duh

[@ShawNshawN]

I do my own reactions in the dark as well. It is strange many youtubers have so much background light and don't get how to get this effect.

[@joelleet936]

The actor playing Sam is Garrett Hedlund. He has been in a lot of movies but the most notable before this one was Friday Night Lights. Joseph Kosinski directed this and some other great movies before directing Top Gun: Maverick as well

[@SJHFoto]

I actually liked him a lot in Pan-another unsuccessful (in the box office) movie that I really like

[@gamesforgranny]

He was also in Four Brothers and Country Strong. I'm going to meet him in a couple weeks at Pensacon in Pensacola Florida

[@JoergWeida]

He is also the bartender/barowner in Tulsa King

[@ignisraendl3721]

imo Flynn and Clu don't die, they leveled up into the Digital Dude, man😎

[@thatHARVguy]

As someone in premiere chat posted, Clude.

[@DamienDrake2940]

I always saw it that they merged to form a new digital God saved on that disk Sam has around his neck. And in the originally planned 3rd movie Sam works with that being to create a new digital universe to replace the internet.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

​@@DamienDrake2940If TR3N is a complete reboot I hope it flops hard.

[@DamienDrake2940]

@@TheMrPeteChannel It's Morbin Time!

[@Moe_Lester_fromUptwn]

his zen thing is no joke

[@maingate7672]

There's no beauty without imperfections, and there's no perfection without beauty.

[@Shadowace724]

This movie blew my mind when I saw it in the theater. I wish it had continued from here. I love your reaction to this!

[@mdroid7755]

11:30 The programs in the stadium and games aren't being controlled by humans. The Grid is on an isolated system and all the programs are just part of it. Personified computer code.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

I took my old associate and friend (R.I.P.) to see it in 3D. A martial artist he trained with portrayed the stunts for "Rinzler". As with the original TRON film, this one helped to revolutionize film graphics, facial morphing, etc. Still hard to believe this movie is 24 years old.

[@jlilley73]

You mean 14 🙂

[@moviemetalhead]

In 2034 it _will_ be, yes

[@JuryRigged]

I still think they shouldn't have shown Flynn's face in the intro. The tech still wasn't 'there', so while the effect works on CLU, because program, it's a little unsettling in those opening moments.

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

Jeff Bridges' de-aging for Clu definitely looks dated these days, but keep in mind when this film released 15 years ago this was one of the very first times it had ever been done, and I think it's held up surprisingly well. When they mo-capped Jeff's face for the Clu scenes, he commented that this is exactly what happened in Tron, where his likeness was scanned into a computer and replicated.

[@jonathanmccullouch3243]

Interesting Note: When they’re eating Flynn said hours in here were minutes in the real world… might’ve been 20 years for Sam, it was much longer for Flynn… some have estimated possibly thousands of years

[@weldonwin]

So, did some very quick rough calculations on my phone. If one Millicycle is about eight hours, and there are one thousand Millicycles per cycle, then one cycle is approximately 333.3 days, which I think works out at 1000 cycles being around 2'700 years

[@RedundantDan]

​@@weldonwinUm 333.3 days is less than 1 year, so 1000 cycles would have to be less than 1000 years. Works out to be 913 years with your napkin math.

[@adammuncy8475]

This movie blew me away when watching it the first time. And yes, Daft Punk's score was AMAYZING, AND STILL IS!

[@chetstevensq]

Back in the 80s the first Tron game was exactly like shown in the movie, you raced light cycles, had battle tanks all the things you saw in the first movie. About a year later Discs of Tron came out. Essentially started with three platforms each, each level that would change from two up to five. initially you just threw on a level playing field, bouncing the disc off the walls and back wall to knock the opponent off his platform. Later rounds you could bounce off the floor and ceiling as well and the platforms would derez if they were hit by the discs. One of the greatest arcade games ever made. So many quarters in that thing... I coulda been rich!

[@batman9512]

Blew through a lot of quarters on Tron: Deadly Discs.

[@emurphy42]

The Tron game hiding the entrance to Flynn's office is the actual Tron game (with an Encom logo added). You can see the light cycle part for a second or two. And yeah, it's pretty much head-to-head Snake.

[@joshr8666]

So Tron was a game before it was a movie? Or did the game come out after the movie?

[@jodonnell64]

@@joshr8666 Game was after the original movie.

[@chetstevensq]

@@joshr8666 pretty much came out at the same time, the movie definitely pushed the arcade game's popularity.

[@turbulentlobster]

Taking my kid to Disney for their first ride on Tron next week. It's amazing - you're going to love it.

[@billpay6896]

Sam is using a Nokia N8, the first touch screen phone I ever owned. I loved that phone.

[@saintelmo5590]

"The evil gazebos" (referring to the recognizers) , oh that cracked me up, because it took me back to an animated web series called "Knights of the Dinner Table". LMHO!!!! TRON Legacy is my all time favorite Disney live-action film, and I loved the original. Director Joe Kosinsky knows how to revive 30+ year old film properties. (Legacy, Top Gun Maverick...I'd love to see him to a sequel to The Last Starfighter). This was fun watching your reactions. Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel De Homem Christo, along with Joseph Trapanese) did a great job with the score...and they had a cameo at Zuse's "End of Line" club (they were the DJ's.). For the few minutes he was in the film Zuse stole the show. Although I've heard that Jeff Bridges is involved in TRON 3, I'm not really looking forward to it. I've never really been impressed with Jared Leto, and I have a feeling that Disney is going to somehow make TRON 3 "woke"....as they do with pretty much every movie after John Carter (the last of the good Disney films). I hope you enjoyed the TRON Legacy ride. Thanks for sharing this video. End of Line.

[@BryonLape]

This honored the original and moved the story forward, unlike what Disney did to Star Wars.

[@JCG52577]

Get over it

[@vinnynj78]

Are you kidding? Disney Star Wars is great. If I could find some way to remake it in corporeal form I could spread it on my garden and have bumper crops for years.

[@ShawNshawN]

ya it was inevitable that Star Wars would be trashed by Disney. You can't take a great concept and manage it by committee.

[@keepgoing335]

Disney SW isn't canon as far as im concerned

[@kemsmith]

Somehow, Palpatine returned..!

[@MrCOLBSTAH]

Daft punk actually worked with an orchestra to compose all those pieces and then on top of that added their own electronic flare. That's why it sounds orchestral but yet also digital

[@keepgoing335]

it's sounds so recognizable and epic in scale that for me it's right up there with John Williams' work in SW, Jurassic Park, Superman. epic is the word. truly epic

[@davidblauyoutube]

This is one of those movies that I drop everything to watch a reaction, and yours was great. CLU was digitally created using motion capture of Jeff Bridges' face. If I remember right, this was the first feature film that used the technology to de-age a recognizable human actor (as opposed to showing creatures or aliens).

[@ShawNshawN]

I think it works so well as the copy is a digital world copy, so any imperfections seem right for the Tron World. It will be interesting how this CGI keeps developing.

[@davidanderson1639]

Seeing Tron: Legacy in IMAX 3D was absolutely incredible. The visuals, the soundtrack, the nods to the original….just amazing!! Let’s hope Tron: Ares is a worthy sequel to this!!

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

This movie was awesome in theaters (and is great if you have the setup at home for it). Everything in the real world is 2D and as soon as we enter the digital world it turned to 3D. They felt to put a disclaimer at the start because when the movie starts the 3D glasses don't have an effect. They were like "We know, it's by design, don't worry."

[@Kwodlibet]

28:00 - You may have seen Sam - Garrett Hedlund - in "Troy" as Patroclus, cousin of Achilles. When Achilles refused to fight he put on his helmet and armour to inspire Greeks to fight. Hector killed him in combat, thinking he was actually facing Achilles...

[@pulse0000]

I love this movie from the soundtrack to the visuals,it's an amazing and underrated movie.

[@jocax188723]

Every time I watch this movie it goes up a notch because I remember how good Daft Punk’s soundtrack is. The Easter egg I love the most is when Flynn is fixing Quorra, he plucks the error code out and it buzzes away - he’s debugging her. Literally.

[@stevenorellano2039]

I LOVE that song, Sweet Things are Made of This, but it's even better to hear it thump through walls.

[@ct6852]

Annie Lennox nod to the 80's.

[@epidemicsound]

🎶 track? It’s *Alienated* by *ELFL* - and yes we are THRILLED to be your trusted provider. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpiTgYCIoN2Mq5o // Epidemic Sound

[@JNicholsKnows]

First, Imax 3D I ever saw with the 3D glasses in theater. So amazing seeing the light bikes.

[@blairthandi7058]

The ending with the bike ride over Vancouver is so epic, and the end credits music is beautiful.

[@Trogadorsaysay2]

"Master Commander Computer." MASTER CONTROL PROGRAM. Just puttin' that out there. XD

[@SJHFoto]

She never got that one right. Usually that annoys me, but it's kind of cute how she does that

[@PrometheanConsulting]

End of line.

[@potterj09]

Jack from the Russel Crowe movie would be a just a fair Master Control. Suprise is on his side.

[@talondarkfire]

I love this movie so much. Had a couple of friends of mine tell me I had to watch it, so I very fortunately got to see this not only on the big screen but also in 3D, as this movie has the best 3D I've seen in a movie. The Tron Disney castle at the beginning was so awesome when that Disney text scrolled it was so close you could grab it. But watching it later, now that I boys of my own, when Flynn says "he's my son" just hits something hard now.

[@ambientrance88]

Daft Punk is a now retired French house DJ duo. Legends! The song you were humming in the beginning was Sandstorm by Darude. You might have heard their popular song One More Time.

[@EForrest88]

Glad you liked this, it’s such a visual treat and just so fun and heartfelt in the right places - a film made with real passion. And yea Tron 3 is FINALLY in production now!

[@RetroClassic66]

28:00 Garrett Hedlund, who plays Sam, has been in a number of films. He played Brad Pitt’s younger cousin Patroclus in TROY (2004), Donny Billingsley, football player and son of abusive father Charles (Tim McGraw) in FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (2004), Jackie Mercer, youngest of the FOUR BROTHERS (2005), Murtagh Morzansson in ERAGON (2006), Harlan Wilson, a Mormon seduced by Lindsay Lohan in GEORGIA RULE (2007), Beau Hutton, an aspiring country music singer and romantic interest to Gwyneth Paltrow’s troubled country star Kelly Canter in COUNTRY STRONG (2010) (he also sings in it, and he’s really good!), Johnny Five in INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (2013), Lt. Cmdr. John Fitzgerald in the World War II prison camp survival drama UNBROKEN (2014), Captain James Hook in PAN (2015), Jamie McAllan in MUDBOUND (2017), Harry J. Anslinger in THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLLIDAY (2021), and several other films & TV series.

[@michaelmignone5869]

The guy who plays sam was also in four brothers, troy and friday night lights

[@RustyChilders]

This is the only movie I saw in 3d that actually felt like it should be watched in 3d. (Also still very pretty in normal viewing, though.)

[@Ryan_Christopher]

All the light bar elements really popped-out in 3D. Like you could almost reach out and touch the foot restraints that swung-up to secure Sam to the platforms. And the flying ID discs going straight for you!

[@pixpew]

Fun fact when Rinzler joins the games and the crowd is chanting Rinzler, that was recorded at the comic con panel, they asked the audience to shout these phrases.

[@toochangz]

Trom was never on my radar, my college friend convinced like 15 of us to go see this in theaters. Shout out to the homie! Great movie, was an epic watch

[@bidwell13]

Such a great movie. They did an animated series that’s between this one and the first Tron. It tells us what happened to Tron. The problem in this movie with the way Clu looks is due to Jeff Bridges beard. The computer couldn’t get an accurate view of his mouth moving cause they couldn’t put the dots around his mouth on his skin. It works for Clu though cause he’s a computer design from the old system but when they show Kevin when he was younger it doesn’t work that well. I love in this movie how they do callbacks to the original. Like when Sam goes into ENCOM he makes a remark about the door like his dad did. When Sam goes into his dad’s office at the arcade you see the hand held football game Kevin was playing.

[@rubio108]

At the beginning, was she humming Darude’s “Sandstorm”? That unlocked a lot of memories…

[@michaelwang6809]

Loved this movie! Gets better every time I watch it. By saving Sam and Quorra; Flynn not only saved his son, but he saved a surrogate daughter and the ISO's from extinction. From my understanding, the ISO's were a spontaneous and new form of "life" which Flynn found in the grid. Just as computers and the grid were a digital frontier in the first movie offering revolutionary potential; in this movie spontaneous and "perfect" lifeforms in the form of ISOs represented a new and mysterious frontier with vast and unknown potential. He was fascinated by them and their existence since they were not created by any user or program like Clu; yet their random appearance represented the entry of a form of chaos into the well-ordered system Flynn and Clu had set out to initially create. They had digital DNA, as represented when they were looking at Quorra's corrupted and damaged data, and by the looks of it, had the ability to self-heal, if the corrupted data could be removed (maybe like reverting to a previously undamaged or un-corrupted state, like turning back time). So he theorized that untold secrets could be discovered by studying the ISO's, which could yield incredible advancements in technology that would result in possibly revolutionary discoveries that would advance human technology in the real world too. But I like to think that beyond just the technological promise the ISO's presented; Flynn also saw the budding relationship or possibility of a relationship between Sam and Quorra, and out of love for both, like any parent who loves their children, he would do anything to protect them from harm, even if it meant giving up his own life to do so. In this, the story perfectly marries the theme of the amazing technological and scientific potential of a unknown frontier such as the idea of digital life; with the very relatable and human aspect of parental love for one's children, focusing on the relationship and love of a father for his son, and as a son for his long-lost father. The soundtrack is also totally rad too.

[@Instantphojo]

I went to see the first Tron in the theater when it came out. Years later my son and I watched Tron Legacy together.

[@javiercamacho7760]

Yes Sam is in Eragon

[@markhuber8105]

This movie was the best 3D experience I’ve had. The real world was 2D but the grid was all in 3D and it was amazing.

[@ShortyLongstrokin]

Daft Punk not only did the entire soundtrack for this movie; they also had cameos in it as the DJ programs in the club scene.

[@Sopmylo]

The dogfight sequence is spectacular.

[@DontrelleRoosevelt]

The concept of TRON just becomes more and more relevant, with each passing second. We're actually moving in this direction. I think a few upgrades to the 1982 film and this one... then tie them up in 4K UHD... *chills*

[@DontrelleRoosevelt]

@@flexydex8754 Same thing.

[@gerstelb]

Under all that white makeup, Zuse is Michael Sheen, Azriphale from “Good Omens.”

[@numunu013]

I saw this in theatres, I watch it every now and then, I absolutely love the soundtrack and listen to it to sleep sometimes. This movie is in my top 5 for sure. It's a masterpiece as far as I'm concerned.

[@ericlynnes1228]

Garrett Hedlund (Sam) was in a fun action movie called "Four Brothers" with Mark Wahlberg. And Jeff Bridges in his absolute prime was in one of my favorite all time films called "Fisher King" with Robin Williams.

[@NakedSnake1836]

35:27- Hate to say it, but as Quorra had said, Kevin Flynn wasn’t going to survive the reintegration with CLU as it would cost him his life. So unfortunately, he is dead and nothing can be done to bring him back.

[@TheZuelmania]

"I fight for the users!" Loved the absolute joy in the reaction there. It made me reappreciate that scene. That's why I love your videos. Thanks!

[@erikbjelke4411]

One of the coolest things about the making of this: I believe it was at San Diego ComiCon, they did an announcement event for the film. A HUGE crowd turned out to hear about the potential of a new Tron film, and while they were sparse with details, the filmmakers took the opportunity to get the crowd to chant a few lines, like "DISC WARS!" DE-REZ!" and "RINZLER!" Not sure if it's been surpassed yet, but I believe it held the record for the biggest crowd audio recorded for a film. 18:20: This was, I believe, the very first film to attempt digital de-aging. The technology has come a long way since, obviously. Marvel's been using it to great success, though I believe they also use more traditional makeup in conjunction. I don't think CGI is inherently bad, but rather that the best trick is the combination of tricks. If everything is CGI or puppetry or miniatures, it becomes easy to spot the trick and see through it. If you combine the elements well, and use each for what it's best at, I think some part of your brain admits it can't see through the trick, so accepts it as real.

[@ohryan9872]

FLINN LIVES!!!! love this movie criminally underrated

[@joewhitehead3]

When this originally came out, my dad & I went to the same theater. I saw this while he saw Jeff Bridges in True Grit

[@isaacraze4301]

I didn’t mind Clu’s appearance since he is a digital version of Flynn, but there’s definitely some uncanny valley going on.

[@freddiemossberg7204]

Still one of the most visually pleasing movies I’ve seen. Might not have the charm of the first Tron but that was always gonna be the case. Seeing this in 3D at the cinema was awesome.

[@MrTickleTrunk]

I think the idea is that because Sam Flynn had to use Jeff Bridge's disc to get out of the system that he can use it to bring his dad back becuase you're "saved" on your disc.👍

[@RidgeR5]

Not a bad theory, but I think its more like a security token; a pass to get between worlds. Clu wants Jeff's disk to get into the real world, where he can open the gate for his army. Quora uses Jeff's disk to get into the real world to escape, which is why he traded discs with her. She is a program and has no native way to get out.

[@JuryRigged]

Good point. I'd also back a sort of digital resurrection (being reborn among a new wave of ISOs).

[@kirk1968]

Saw the original TRON in 1982 at age 14 and then watching this in 2009 was equally amazing! What a crazy time to be alive, thank you for this amazing reaction video 😁

[@SJHFoto]

That's exactly how I felt seeing this in the movies. It recaptured how I felt in 1982 watching Tron in the movies

[@goldean5974]

The two DJ programs in the club were Daft Punk, who also composed the music for the movie!

[@karma73bike]

Filmed in and around Vancouver BC. Always love finding landmarks of my hometown.

[@BigAl53750]

‘Evil gazebos’. HAHAHAHA!

[@michaeldecarlo3623]

I love the father son dynamic in this movie. I actually got to watch this movie premiere with my son in downtown Disney when we were at Disney World.

[@denisdonohue1863]

I remember going to Disneyland in 2010 and they really acted like they were prepared for Tron to be the next Star Wars.

[@kelaarin]

Disney shelved all their Tron plans for "Tomorrowland". Maybe not their biggest mistake ever, but certainly a huge one.

[@briangriffith5408]

If you remember, Flynn commented he had the idea for WiFi in 1985. Actually, the ground work for WiFi was created by an actress from the 1940's. If you care to look it up, her name is Hedy Lamarr.