REACTING to *Tron: Legacy* THIS IS SO COOL!!! (First Time Watching) Sci-fi Movies

[@whitenoisereacts]

If/when they do make a sequel, who should star in it??

[@shaunstudios163]

Idk Chris Evans is good at throwing Round objects

[@interstellargreenbean]

A sequel is happening. Jared Leto, Evan Peters, and Cameron Monaghan are attached.

[@EChacon]

We are getting a sequel called _Tron: Ares_ it will Star Jared Leto, Evan Peters, Cameron Monoghan, Greta Lee, Sarah Desjardins, and Jodie Turner Smith.

[@shaunstudios163]

@@EChacon BET

[@krono5el]

def Keanu bringing the Johnny Mnemonic and Neo vibes.

[@nicolasbaron4506]

The critics are wrong on this one. I thought this was a really great movie. No it's not perfect, but it is a worthy sequel to the first movie. For one, the visuals are very impressive. I love how they used CGI to make Jeff Bridges look young.

[@rowaystarco]

If they ever were to "redo" the CGI faces, they should keep CLU as the original digital version. It makes sense, as CLU is a digital copy of Flynn and thus not a perfect copy of the real person.

[@LeMn680]

Don’t say critics are wrong. It’s just someone’s opinion and it can be different

[@stephenpatterson8056]

​@@LeMn680Opinions can be based off of what could be considered incorrect mindset or perspective however. For instance, Last Action Hero was panned by critics. But that was because they all went into it expecting another super serious Anold action vehicle instead of the hyper meta and self aware parody that was delivered. It was a movie that totally succeeded in it's goals but the critics at the time were not privy to what that goal was. They went in with flawed expectations. Critics have on many occasions admitted to being wrong in their initial takes on films after some time had passed and they were better able to understand what the film or filmmaker in question was actually trying to achieve

[@eolsunder]

well i agree with the critics on this one. The cgi doesn't look as game-like as the original, it just looks like actors in greenscreen. The only thing i remember about the movie is Jeff played 2 parts, including the evil version of him, other than that i don't remember one single thing about the plot or movie. I remember a LOT about the original. How did a movie so long ago have better special effects, story and plot than this one.

[@crapstirrer]

It looks and sounds amazing but the narrative is incredibly simple. Go digital, find dad, lose dad, leave digital.

[@gonzo6489]

Fun fact: The crowd chants of "Disc wars!" and Rinzler!" are the voices of the people at the TRON Legacy SDCC pane the year before it came outl. They put the words on a big screen and had the audience chant it and recorded it the use it the film. SO cool to go to a panel and end up having your voice in the film.

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

Awesome to know!

[@TheBrightLord710]

My family was there I was too

[@julianr8544]

That's so sick! I never knew that!

[@donovanmartin7946]

i knew that for years and still its cool

[@satisfyyersoul]

I was there small world

[@DeejayWilson7500]

Tron: Legacy is such an underrated movie, and it's a visually gorgeous movie, and it holds up really well for a movie that came out in 2010.

[@baronsengir187]

Very true. They should remaster the de-aging though.

[@nsasupporter7557]

I think you and all the people on KZbin need to start a cult where you can worship “underrated” since you people love it and use it so much and inaccurately label so many things as “underrated.”

[@WalkerRileyMC]

@@nsasupporter7557 I think you need to maybe reassess your own issues. So some people like a film and think the ratings it was given should be higher...you know, the definition of underrated. Why are you getting so offended over someone else's opinion?

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@WalkerRileyMC yes, I know the definition of “underrated,” which is why I’m not completely obsessed with the word and say it all the time like so many other people do on KZbin. Whether or not someone or something is “underrated” isn’t always based on opinion. As you should know, alot of movies are very very popular… therefore they’re not underrated at all, yet people still label them as underrated for some baffling reason. The point I’m making here is “underrated” is a very very overused and misused word and it’s annoying as hell. People blindly throw the word “underrated” around so much and use it inaccurately that it’s become unusable

[@TahiriVeila13ABY]

@@nsasupporter7557 Something being underrated is an opinion. It is my opinion that Tron Legacy is underrated. I am allowed to have an opinion. I have another opinion, it is as follows: you need to go meditate or something my friend. If something so silly as the word, and the usage of the word "underrated" bugs you so, you might want to ask yourself why.

[@SorchaSublime]

Fun fact: the lights on the costumes arent CG, theyre real EL strips. Ive wanted to get some and sew them into a coat for years

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

And when they were filming this (2008-2010, so 15 years ago), the LED technology wasn't as mature as it is now, so they were only able to film for a few minutes at a time before the batteries ran out and they had to recharge. The actors got a lot of skin burns and often weren't allowed to sit down in-between takes because the lights would snap. They put up with a LOT, but they were happy to do it because they could tell just how worth it all of it was going to be in the end.

[@TheModwriter]

@sorchasublime if you look for it in Google, you can see that someone else has already made them for sale.

[@Mystic2760]

so the tech for it now is much more everyday clothing-friendly, yes?@@SkulShurtugalTCG

[@EChacon]

Quorra (Olivia Wilde) who is a computer program (ISO), mentions to Sam that she rarely beats Kevin Flynn at their strategy board game. This game is actually “Go”, a game that is notoriously difficult for computer programs to play well.

[@adriansue8955]

supposedly in recent years that has been overturned, there are computers that can beat humans at Go no

[@EChacon]

@@adriansue8955 I know, but this movie came out in 2010 so this was years perhaps a decade before advanced AI Computer Programs were able to beat Humans at "Go"

[@emurphy42]

There is indeed a five-in-a-row game (Go Moku). Go is basically about surrounding parts of the board with a solid enough border ahead of the opponent, it's tough because there are so many options to prioritize.

[@Cau_No]

@@adriansue8955 Somone demonstrated not that long ago that even the newer algorithms could be beaten with a different tactic. Seems like humans still a small lead on creativiity …

[@Kepora1]

NOTHING beat seeing this movie in theaters. The art style, the visuals, hearing Daft Punk's *INCREDIBLE* score on those booming theater speakers...I wish I could go back and do it again.

[@OriginalPuro]

A foursome with three women during summer at the beach in one of those beach house bungalow thingies and then have a big plate with cowboy breakfast freshly cooked. There are many things better than sitting still in a dark room, but I agree that this movie was great.

[@momokat4082]

@@OriginalPuro wow someone enjoys having sex I guess, so interesting

[@FluxNomad678]

The end credits theme is a favorite.

[@Gafafsg]

@@OriginalPuroWhy’d you have to be weird about it

[@GMmaster99]

58:08 Clu’s speech is mirrored: from the Young Kevin Flynn’s speech as the CEO of Encom from the beginning of the movie where instead of saying “in”, Clu says “out”

[@OHHnoYOUdidntMAN]

i remember catching that as a kid. the movie is fantastic on so many levels

[@NoneYuh-kg1qz]

They both say destiny aggressively

[@PJAvenger]

I'm old enough to actually remember "End of line" - something 1970's computers used. Glad you liked the movie

[@cozydayzandnightz]

I noticed nice little detail they added to show the parallels of Kevin and Clu. In the beginning of the movie, Kevin makes this big inspirational speech about destiny and then later in the movie, Clu says similar lines of that same to his massive army. It's another way of showing that Clu can't make up his own amazing speech, that just like programming, he can only repurpose.

[@SorchaSublime]

Also the speeches vary slightly, Flynn talks about the future whereas Clu talks about Victory.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

Clu and FIynn are played by the same actor, Jeff Bridges, they just used CGI to de-age h when playing Clu. So cool. Also, it was a crime that Daft Punk didn't get an Oscar for that soundtrack. I still remember the audience going nuts seeing them in the movie.

[@deg6788]

I went to see it with my young niece. I was blown away by thé music and thé movie .... topnotch

[@fwdcnorac8574]

Oscars are antiquated trash controlled with an iron fist by boomers. They hate this genre. Out of the 11 Star Wars movies they were nominated 37 times and only won 7 of them and that was mostly for score because they couldn't stop blowing John Williams. He's a high-ranking boomer.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

@@fwdcnorac8574It truly is heartbreaking really. You always want to have the glory of owning an Oscar, but at the same time, with how they really are today, it feels like they aren’t worthy of the films themselves they claim to represent. I along with so many people these days I am a big fan of animation in our 20s plus and the Oscars just don’t seem to represent this. so many animated movies are deserving of Oscars beyond just the single medium slot. They are put into but many of them that clearly deserve Oscars don’t even get nominated and I just pushed aside for Disney or Pixar because they didn’t get perhaps enough cinema screenings within a particular slot within the US themselves, which is so ridiculous. You really want to go to the Cannes film festival, the BAFTAs or any other awards in Europe (or perhaps Canada) if you want to get better appreciation for films that actually deserve it.

[@jasonblanchard4940]

Jeff plays himself and the CLU version is actually someone else with Jeff's face CGI on him. The voice is Jeff's though.

[@OriginalPuro]

It was not a crime, if it was they'd be punished.

[@EChacon]

Such an incredible underappreciated 2010 Science Fiction film and easily the film that launched Joseph Kosinski as a mainstream Director before he later directed _Oblivion_ and _Top Gun: Maverick_ even the soundtrack by Daft Punk was without a doubt the highlight of the film itself. As much as I’m excited for _Tron: Ares_ I’m a little saddened we won’t be getting an actual sequel to Legacy since Disney was originally set to move forward with the film but cancelled it following _Tomorrowland’s_ failure.

[@SupremeJudge]

I don't even know how you can make a sequel to this movie, I think any other installment would have to be a prequel or a parallel universe or event as the plot on this movie isn't open-ended.

[@greenpiersystem]

​​@@SupremeJudge Well, we need some sort of closure on the TV show and the Quorra situation, if possible. Quorra is an enigma that Kevin quite possibly gave up his life to protect (seeing the ending as possibly a way to remove him from the series, but currently Jeff Bridges says he wants to go for round 3 if it's still on, so that can be rolled back as well) but we don't actually know what she's capable of. It's shown that she's capable of regeneration despite data corruption that would kill other programs instantly, and she's shown a level of intelligence that other programs don't, but we have no context as to how this will translate to the real world. And, to be completely frank, she doesn't have an ISO partner, so as crude as it is to talk about this, it isn't like she's going to be able to have ISO children in the real world, because anyone she goes up to, if interested, is fully human, which would only result in a hybrid on the Pudnit Square. And Clu was very diligent about killing ISOs, since the TV show Uprising showed that when Quorra had left some of her friends behind in an apartment they were hiding in, they were all killed in the short period she was gone, so the likelihood of pulling more ISOs out of the Grid is slim, if Kevin's Grid even exists still (because we also don't know, due to the lack of a direct sequel, if the blast from reintegration only took out the area immediately near the portal on the Sea of Simulation, or if it annihilated the whole Grid entirely, which would honestly be disappointing given that it would mean Tron would have been deleted right after changing back, and the entire Grid of programs was wiped out in the blast with no recourse.) And we apparently have a Tron replacement resistance group that's been going on the past 20 years, because Tron was turned into Rinzler, and it's been a massive failure, but we have no idea what happened to those members, especially since some of the recruited programs went fucking insane and even homicidal. There's world-building to be done. If they can build it right, there's a third movie. But 4, 5... no. But we need something to tie this up with a bow. -🖊️/👾

[@mhazzy155]

The explosion at the end was the "reintegration" that Quorra referred to earlier as a way to defeat Clu, but as she said it would, it came at the cost of Flynn's life. But the timing worked out right for Flynn at that moment, because he knew that not only would he be saving his son and allowing him to escape, but also saving and allowing Quorra to escape, which was likely a big reason he hadn't performed reintegration in the 20 years he was stuck on the Grid. As the last ISO, with her programmable DNA, she was the pinnacle of his life's work, his gift to the world, and it was explicitly stated she could save countless human lives (potentially even Sam's) from things such as disease. Incredibly underrated film and one of my personal favorites. And of course Daft Punk are absolutely god tier.

[@ozymandias1758]

Flynn's sacrifice saved the Grid and our world, as CLU was about to break through. The sins of the father😭I don't think Flynn would've allowed himself to escape into our world after the genocide of the ISOs. He felt it was his Karma to atone for their deaths, he owed a debt and he balanced out the error of his deeds..

[@crashoverride8450]

I never understood the critics rambling about this movie. I watched the movie in cinema when he came out and it was AMAZING! And even today I love to see it every now and then at home. The visuals are fantastic, thew story is good and the soundtrack ... wow! Gives me chills all the time! One more little FUN FACT: That sound Tron makes, when he is turned into Rinzler, that weird growling sound ... that's actually the sound of an old defunct hard drive trying to spin up and read the data. The sound was then pitched down to create this ominous growling.

[@snvhill]

I love how they played fair with Tron/Rinzler. His traditional Tron 'T' is there the whole movie, it's just shrunk and color changed so that from several angles the chin of his helmet will cover it up. But if you look for it, it's always there.

[@JuryRigged]

I just noticed the chin guard on this watch through, it's a good touch.

[@aurorapaisley7453]

"Tron, what have you become" Tron: *purrs*

[@smeguyeevee2801]

🤣

[@jbtrimar]

I saw the original in the theaters when it was released. My son and I went to see this when it was released. I totally love this movie.

[@cardboard092]

Absolutely love this movie. While it does have some mediocre writing at times, I think the story overall was pretty good. But the visuals and incredible soundtrack by Daft Punk really sold me on this movie. Hopefully Tron 3 will be good, if it ever really comes out, considering it's been in developement hell for over a decade now lol

[@shaunstudios163]

Dead island 2 took forever to come out so you never know

[@mycroft16]

Disney has greenlit Tron: Ares. A few months ago. Jared Leto has been pushing Disney for this for like 7 years now. He's a massive Tron fan apparently. And Disney has okayed it.

[@lewismackay9533]

@@mycroft16 Bruce (The actor who plays Tron/Alan) has been the biggest driving force in keeping TR3N development going for the past decade as he has been pushing Disney to keep it going, it went through like 4 directors, multiple script writers etc. But I believe he said at a panel or interview a couple years ago he feels he is getting too old to hold out hope for it which is sad. The actor who played Sam and actress who played Quorra also were fully on board this whole time. It's amazing how everyone involved were 100% dedicated to a third movie, except Disney...

[@mycroft16]

@lewismackay9533 yeah, in the immediate aftermath of TR3N getting canceled Bruce was so pissed off he said he would never again be involved. And no one really blamed him. But he did come back around as others kept pushing as well.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

It will also be interesting to see how they do the soundtrack, considering now Daft Punk broke up a few years ago after having such a long and highly distinguished career. They apparently didn’t break up under bad terms. It was just their time apparently. It would be great if some of the music or remixes of it is used in the film, or they bring someone on with a similar likeness who brings a new distinct homage to the style.

[@scotter23]

Interesting you from your perspective think that the first movie Tron didn’t break any barriers. It broke a ton of barriers. And use computer animation and traditional photography and traditional animation in ways no one had ever thought to try. It blew us away as kids. Entirely. Still two incredible films.

[@cmkwan59]

I think they are just way too young, it's those who live through the long gone age of pre digital era will understand what Tron had cause to the movie world by then.

[@John_Locke_108]

They should watch the documentary of the making of the first film. I couldn't wrap my head around the special effects of Tron back in the 80's and even now it still amazes me.

[@KayoMichiels]

Watch the making of Toy Story and see how much of an impact it made.. without it.. John Lasseter would never go into CGI Animation.

[@Daniel-wj8uf]

@@cmkwan59 no, they are just r*tarded

[@RichardFrost]

I saw it in the cinema when the original Tron came out and it was incredible. They used a CRAY super computer to generate those amazing 3D visuals . It was the first film to blend live actors within a 3D world generated on the computer.

[@igobykairu]

A lot of the stuff you guys seem to wanted to have covered are kind of covered in other Tron media, which also explore the world a lot more than Legacy ever really did, but Legacy was essentially a jumping off point. The 'program' that smuggled Quorra to safety that she mentions is actually from a video game called Tron Evolution, which covers more of the ISOs and sort of why CLU doesn't dig them. Tron Uprising, an animated TV series that only ever got one season because of a number of reasons but was well received, also explores the world a bit more (and has a really cool art style) with more conversations surrounding the ISOs but also introduces new characters and concepts and also kind of expands upon some ideas. I know you all mainly do movie reactions but a reaction to the Uprising series would be really cool (and definitely beneficial to your understanding/appreciation for the world).

[@EChacon]

They actually do TV series but it depends on their reaction schedules and which day is more convenient.

[@JuryRigged]

Just because you mention it, "sympathetic program"... ISO, I died saving you! Pfft, sympathetic program. At least admit that I sacrificed to get you out.

[@siremimontey7582]

This movie was ahead of its time, the soundtrack by Daft Punk, the cinematography and the effects were just flawless, I'm so glad they are making another movie to go along with this one soon, I'm super hyped!!!!

[@DerekMoore82]

I doubt they'll be able to make anything these days that would be as good unfortunately.

[@smeguyeevee2801]

@@DerekMoore82 sadly yes

[@dwhelm84]

The actor who played Allen is also played Tron in the original movie.

[@John_Locke_108]

Also the star of one my favorite shows growing up. Scarecrow and Mrs King.

[@radwolf76]

@@John_Locke_108 Also captain John Sheridan on the sci fi Series Babylon 5. Alongside Peter Jurasik who had played Crom in the original Tron. Dillinger/Sark/MCP actor David Warner showed up as a guest star in one episode.

[@SJHFoto]

"Alan"

[@ozymandias1758]

Bruce Boxleitner. Played the original hero, Tron, in the first film. Nice continuity to include him in the sequel, and have him be a mentor to Sam in his father's absence, starting him down the path to find his father and fulfill his father's legacy.

[@LordLOC]

As someone who saw the original Tron in theaters and was very hesitant of a sequel so long after, they absolutely nailed it with this movie. With it has its issues obviously, it's totally respectful of the original, while updating it to today's CG standards and effects. Not to mention Daft Punk's soundtrack is fucking killer. While I understand where they were going with the ending, we haven't gotten the continuation still. Meanwhile, supposedly, we may finally be getting that continuation soon, but who knows at this point. Quorra is a really awesome character if you think about the logistics of what they were going for in the plot. And the ending set things up really well.

[@ecyor0]

oh yeah, the implications of an emergent digital lifeform transferring over into the real world are *incredible* , and it's a crying shame we never got the chance to see it expanded on.

[@Hiraghm]

I also saw it in theaters, and the one issue that sticks with me is that they turned Kevin Flynn into the Big Lebowski. Young Flynn was not a hippy type; yuppy, maybe, but not a hippy.

[@LordLOC]

@@Hiraghm While that is true of the Kevin Flynn character from the original movie - Jeff Bridges is more or less like that in real life. He probably wanted his character to be like himself to make it "easier" for him being it was 30 years since the original movie. Or maybe he just wanted the character to be like that as a condition of being in the movie? Who knows really.

[@brettcloud8550]

I remember going to see this in 3D when it came out. Everything was standard definition up until he got into the Grid, from there on out it was 3D. Boys lemme tell ya, that transition into 3D Grid space was *something else*.

[@shainewhite2781]

Love this movie! I remember watching the San Diego Comic Con trailer, on July 28th 2009, a year before the movies release, and I was shocked at how awesome it looked! It was originally titled TR2N, before it was titled TRON LEGACY. They used CGI to de age Jeff Bridges to make him look younger. They had to take reference from the 1982 film, and the 1984 noir film Against All Odds, to make him look like his younger self. It took 2 years and 10 VFX companies to create 1,565 shots throughout the movie!

[@chrismcfetridge620]

Hopefully we finally get that 3rd Tron movie soon, FYI Garrett Hedlund was also in the running to play Peter Parker along with Andrew Garfield. Yes it's a worthy Sequel 👍🎬

[@mycroft16]

Did not know that... Love Andrew... but I'd be super curious to see Garrett in that role.

[@mikeyparker961]

Tron Ares is scheduled for 2025, Garret and Olivia won't be reprising their roles as Sam and Quorra though :(

[@SteveMND]

IIRC, Daft Punk were enamored with the original Tron movie, and took a lot of their inspiration from it; it was especially fitting that they were asked to do the soundtrack for the sequel so many years later.

[@G1NZOU]

In Flynn's secret grotto, I don't think that it's that the objects are real, but rather they have the imperfect wabi-sabi quality. They're not symmetrical and clean grid creations, they're old rough books, aged ornaments, and fruit sculptures, natural shapes. Stuff that Flynn created to remind himself of the real world he was separated from.

[@roystoyscomics1361]

Yeah, I think they did the original justice. It was great that they got Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner to reprise their roles from the first movie. The pincher shaped vehicle that picked up Sam is called a Recognizer. 😊

[@The2ndQuest]

This film holds up very well to repeat viewings. A lot of the subtext, subtleties and performances are designed to reward multiple viewings. You'll still discover new story or character details even after the 4th viewing. The dialogue is sometimes simple or predictable, true. But I think one of its qualities to appreciate is that it has a very naturalistic style. You can predict the lines because it's simply how most people would react in that situation. And all of that is balanced by the moments of heavier philosophy and character development found elsewhere in the film.

[@dracomaster4]

God, the light jet scene gives me chills no matter how many times I see it.

[@Xenothios]

The strings cutting out as it starts to fall backwards only for the music to build back up gets me every time

[@nickblood7080]

The first time I watched this I was torn how I felt. Then I focused on the father son relationship aspect and that makes me love it.

[@zazoreal5536]

This is one of the most underrated movies of all time! The atmosphere and vibe of this movie really captures the wonder of the first movie.

[@wolfstar024]

I grew up with constantly watching the original film with my siblings, I absolutely loved this and think it did justice to the first/was a worthy sequel. Loved the look of The Grid, loved the relationship dynamics between Kevin and Sam - strained at first and then understanding (and Sam's growth through the film). Absolutely LOVED 'Rinzler' (he still cycles (pun intended) around to be my desktop background every now and then) - Anis Cheurfa did an amazing job at Rinzler's physicality

[@dwhelm84]

I was hoping all 4 of you guys who watched the first one would be back for this, but I'm excited to see your takes on this.

[@KreAtorGames]

This was a super innovative and cool movie for the time of its release in 2012 i think? I saw it in theaters as a kid and just thought this movie was glorious. I to this day still enjoy it a ton, and consider it my all time favorite movie. It has its issues and problems but I can look past all that for the amazing visuals and great story. Most sequels always go with this extra bright light over everything, while this had doom and gloom over its story, which it’s sad to me. When Sam and Flynn finally see each other again, it’s soooo touching. I think it definitely did great service to the first movie, and updated ideas and features. I for one think the way he materializes into the grid is just a new cool detail. Also I know Flynn’s de-aging doesn’t look the greatest, but i’ll have you know it, this was actually one of the first films to actually start testing that out. And if it wasn’t for their innovations and push on the technology, we wouldn’t have what we do today. Stepping stones, stepping stones!

[@titanuscreature4485]

Lots of people say that there's been so much better cgi but they don't understand that the visual effects were digitally detailed and gave it so much thought throughout the entire film. Plus this was the first official attempt on deagaing. You can thank Disney for actually doing that and making it possible for other films

[@davidblauyoutube]

I can't count how many times I've watched this movie. The visuals, the soundtrack, the choreography are all off the charts. I watch this one for the experience, not the story.

[@MacFernor]

This movie was one of the most amazing cinema experiences I have ever had. The music, the visuals, the atmosphere, it blasted me away from the first minute and never let go.

[@Whitebrowpriest]

Another [now] classic film that is visually stunning that you guys should all react to together (including Haley and Stella) is "SIN CITY". It visuals in that movie are absolutely orgasmic. And all of the characters are exciting and interesting!

[@whitenoisereacts]

More tha just the visuals I hear…which is why we prbly won’t 😂

[@2old4gamez]

I watched the original movie 3 times in the cinema back when it was released. When Legacy released it seemed the correct thing to do would be to watch it on the big screen, three times, so I did. Tron: Legacy is one of three films I can watch monthly and not get bored. I still prefer Tron movies to anything in any other sci-fi franchise, up to and including the Star Wars movies, and I will die on this hill. I'd love a third film, but it has to be made with the same passion and commitment as vision as these two gems.

[@deg6788]

Amen bro

[@sighberspook2021]

I love how this movie treats flynn like a wizard, he's got this laid back meditative personality, he much wiser than in the first one, his hacking skills are analogous to magic in the grid and if that wasn't enough there are obvious visual cues too like his cloak, white beard and long white hair, I'm reminded of gandalf and the balrog at the end of the movie when he confronts Clu on the bridge this is how Users should be portrayed in Tron, like Mages, it really helps to convey how powerful they are and why they are a big deal

[@Maya_Ruinz]

Really love this movie, soundtrack is way better then it needed to be, and the 3D was just as good as Avatar.

[@devin6079]

Ok let’s not get ahead of ourselves lol

[@LittleMissBob]

The 3D in cinemas really made it feel like you were watching a tangible digital world =3

[@Cau_No]

The nice thing about the 3D was that at first it was just for the title sequence and then only after Sam was pulled onto the Grid. Everything in the real world was still presented in 2D even with glasses on and that gave the virtual sets and fights a heightened feel of reality. Except from two, three scenes that had objects flying at the audience again, it was actually used story-wise.

[@3DJapan]

If you didn't know, Tron was a real arcade game in the 80s. It looked just like the one in Flynn's arcade.

[@afictionate]

Watching this in 3D IMAX when it came out, as someone who grew up watching TRON and loving Daft Punk, this was just AN EXPERIENCE. It's one of those movies that was definitely built for the theaters.

[@mken1338]

Now watch the 4K version of the movie, it's out there on the web, you'll find it if you look hard enough and it'll be worth every second.

[@FeepingCreature]

Honestly, what I absolutely love the most about this movie is how incredibly _clean_ and legible it is on a story basis. From the first scene, it introduces nothing - _nothing_ - that it doesn't pay off later. It's a heroes' journey you could basically use as a checklist. And the emotional/moral payoff of "leave parents, acquire girlfriend" is literally spelled out. It's an extremely simple story - but it's a _complete_ story; it does exactly everything it needs to do. You could use it to teach filmmaking. And of course, the graphics and music are gorgeous.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Joseph Kosinski was the reason why I went to see TOP GUN: MAVERICK I'm a fan of his work since this movie came out

[@c1ph3rpunk]

OG Tron was one of the movies that inspired me to pursue a career around computers, first as a programmer, then in network & systems, and now as a Director running a large security team. I love the way they did this one, the story is good enough, but the visuals are perfect. The sound track? Daft Punk? Oh yea, slam dunk. I don’t think Hollywood has the talent left to do a part 3 any justice, they’ll just shit all over it.

[@antoniofuller2331]

Same here. I'm almost a principal developer

[@pauld6967]

This was not appreciated by many when it was in the theater but it is nice to see that people like yourselves are discovering it. I suppose it helps that it is easy to watch this right after the original for context. Yes, Flynn did go back and forth between the Grid and the Real World several times before he became trapped in the computer. So the things in his house were from the Real World.

[@sapfire2288]

I love this movie as well as the original. Quorra says to Sam that if CLU and Flynn re-intergrate, Flynn wouldn't survive the merging. There are a lot of homages to the original in this one, who knows what Tron: Ares will be about, I do hope it can continue the storyline or go back to the animated series Tron:Legacy.

[@TheDragiix3]

The game you asked about is commonly called Go, but its actual name is Weichi and there is a way you can call it we refer to as Gobang where you simply allign five stones and it's usually used as a warm up game or you play it with kids. Weichi is a lot of fun but once you take it a little serious a game can easily last days or weeks. To summarize it without too much detail, you need to enclose and trap you enemy's stones while defending your positions. There are common maneuvres like "eyes" that are sought after as they cannot be taken down and corners and borders are strongly fought over to get into such positions. Basically, the game simulates a battlefield and you need to take up as much as the area as possible.

[@Blayz001]

When it came out when I was 12, Tron was absolutely amazing. Seeing Tron: Legacy in 3D in the theater was entirely mind-blowing. I have 2 movies I recommend above all others to see in 3D if possible, and this is one.

[@slaaneshhedonite7068]

As a kid that grew up with the original this was amazeballs. Aside from the De-aging bits. Not as smooth as they were aiming for. But a damn fun long awaited sequel. I’d love for more. As soon as they write it well.

[@toddkes5890]

16:12 - I saw it in theaters, and the surround sound with the Recognizer thrust was amazing. You could feel the engine sound rattling through you. For Clu's plan, I figure the 'carrier' would be a battery-powered wireless transmitter that would allow the programs to connect via Wi-Fi and escape into the world internet. Flynn thought of Wi-Fi in '85, and Clu is a copy of Flynn.

[@richmargin6082]

Now imagine seeing this movie on an IMAX when it came out. I was lucky enough to see it.

[@TheAsuraeva]

The staunt person who acted as rinzler was amazing! His movements alone carried more threat than most blockbuster actors are capable of

[@gluuuuue]

As an OG fan, I agree. I was mostly watching this for the updated visuals and of course Jeff Bridges being back. I did wish we got to see more of Bruce Boxleitner but I think there was a production/scheduling reason why he didn't end up being able to be in more of the film. The story wasn't amazing, but I think they did what they could within the confines of how kinda goofy the concepts of the original movie were, since the writers of the first Tron likely hadn't anticipated worldbuilding for sequels, how technology would actually evolve, or needing to reconcile what they'd originally come up with with that evolution. The original Tron film has much more in common with other similar scifi concept films by Disney from the same era, eg. The Black Hole (1979), in that they're not super deep examinations of the actual science and technology, but really are metaphors for more familiar story structures: the folly of vanity, greed, obsession, the risk of faith in an unseen power, abuse of power vs. freedom/liberty. One could absolutely do the same thing using modern technology as a the metaphorical landscape, but it would probably be quite tricky to make that consistent with the same ones used in the original Tron, so these stories might just be more amenable to rebooting rather than sequel-ing.

[@MasterWubz]

Something very cool i didnt know until recently is that they had an actual real life stadium audience for the crowd in the games and the lightcycle battle, i believe it was at a convention in san diego

[@kuronaialtani]

My dad had watched the original Tron when he was younger, and then when Legacy got announced he was ecstatic to get me to see it with him in theaters We did, and I was utterly blown away by both the effects (we watched it in the "real-D 3D" special feature) and of course the Daft Punk soundtrack We then immediately rented the original through Netflix, then headed right back to the theater to rewatch Legacy and loved it even more with the new(/rekindled) knowledge The tv series, Uprising, was damn good as well, set during and then after the events of Legacy through the eyes of one of the programs on the Grid

[@artistanthony1007]

I loved this since I was a kid, remembering it was when Blu-Ray was introduced and on the DVD Special Feature, think that was part of this movie on DVD but eitherway, I never thought negative about it because the visuals and everything with them were so good and I feel faithful to the original.

[@av_8596]

Fun fact: The lights on the actors' costumes were actual lights. Though a great design, they were a hassle to work with. There were ventilation machines blasting cool air onto the costumes to keep them from overheating--while they were on set.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

Keep in mind that, in fact, Kevin Flynn does not technically look his "normal age". In the grid, time proceeds at the speed of the computer, NOT the rate of time in the real world. Roughly, every minute of "real" time is about an hour of "Grid" time...give or take. That means time proceeds at somewhere around 60x the rate of the real world. Kevin Flynn has been trapped inside the Grid for between 1,000 and 2,000 years. As a user, he ages unlike all the programs. But because the Grid is what it is, he still ages at a rate that is consistent with the amount of real time that passes instead of Grid time. Let that sink in... Between 10 or 20 CENTURIES...away from his son, away from the world he was born in. Trapped in a grotesquely twisted nightmare version of the paradise he tried to build for everyone. Remember that when you ponder this movie from now on.

[@sophiamarchildon3998]

This film is so gorgeous and well crafted. A beauty to behold. And the sound design... chef's kiss.

[@sophiamarchildon3998]

Joseph Kosinski knows how to make visually stunning pictures.

[@LittleMissBob]

I had the joy and privilege of seeing this in 3D at the cinema when it came out. The bass thrilled through you. The 3D was like a world beyond the screen rather than tacky in your face visuals, which only enhanced the feeling of a digital world. I still listen to the soundtrack today!

[@mycroft16]

This was I believe the very first attempt at digital de-aging a character. And it's janky, but surprisingly good considering it was the first time. It was also the first use of EL (electro luminescent) wire and strips in a costume. It was really new tech at the time this came out. So ALL of the light effects on the suits are actually practical. They have battery packs and just turn them on before a take. So they get all that light bouncing around and such in camera.

[@mycroft16]

The hype for this was through the roof. They did SUCH a phenomenal job keeping the feel of the world but bringing it 30 years forward. In so many subtle and obvious ways. Having Daft Punk do not just some songs, but literally the entire SCORE was genius. And they did so good. It's one of the coolest soundtracks out there. When the crowd in the game stadium is chanting Rinzler and De-rez... that's actually the Hall H crowd at Comic Con. They did a presentation ont he film and then had the Skywalker Sound guys around the room with mics and recorded the whole audience chanting. Pretty damn cool. The story is fun, the vfx are gorgeous. The characters are good. It's a really solid film. Not flawless, but solid. It didn't do as well as Disney hoped and they got MAJOR cold feet. And decided to just remake all their old animated films instead. However, after a decade of bothering Disney, Jared Leto has gotten another Tron approved. Tron: Ares. There was also a single season of an animated series that was amazingly well done shortly after this came out. You guys should check it out. Had an incredible voice cast. The marketing campaign for this movie was beyond anything any movie has ever done, and will likely ever do again. They created a real and virtual world game surrounding the disappearance of Kevin Flynn. Flynn Lives was a thing. Clues would drop on the internet. You'd have to solve riddles, puzzles, look at the source code of web pages. You'd decode real world coordinates, people would have to go there and find physical clues with information etc. They sent out prizes to people for completing things. At one comiccon they staged an Encom press conference. Sam Flynn snuck in overhead in an Encom chopper and skydived out over the crowd. They set up Flynns Arcade one year. It was bonkers and amazing amounts of fun. And it culminated the day before the film came out.

[@axodok]

I'll never forget the first time I watched that movie in theaters as a kid. I really hope they finish making the third one

[@CaturdayNite]

At around 21:00 for the background of the crowd chanting "Disc Wars", they recorded it at a ComicCon panel. Had the entire audience chime in and be recorded so they could use it in the film. Sadly the failure and overspending on Tomorrowland cost so much money they cancelled part 3. But in recent years it has reentered production with Jared Leto playing a role. Also: Great sequel Great effects/style Great soundtrack I got to see it in 3D. And they kind of did something along the lines as The Wizard of Oz, which was billed as being "In Color" but starts in the sepia toned Kansas before transitioning to color in Oz in that everything early in the film was 2D and an almost 4:3 aspect ratio. When Sam is put into The Grid, it opens up to the wide screen aspect ratio and everything was in 3D. And in this case the 3D, being such high contrast compared to other settings from other films, everything really popped. It was amazing.

[@CaturdayNite]

I am actually rewatching this now. And I may give the animated series another shot.

[@nickgoodnough6262]

This is a strait up sequel, 30 years later. Same actors, same names. Bruce Boxlieghtner, and Jeff Daniels were there in 1980 and still here in 2010. Tron was a series of 4 games all in the same arcade cabinet. You could choose light cycles, disc fighting little jumping spiders, fighting the master control with your disc, and a tank sim. They did create an anime style cartoon a few years after this movie. But at this point in the movie industry, every story has been told a dozen times, in a dozen ways. Anything remotely new is usually shut down in favor of the known. Disney is not one to tread in unknown waters.

[@yousufownzu6902]

Most underrated movie. And also BEST soundtracks and background music used. Atleast 9 of them are unique and sound amazing

[@edudario1974]

I loved this movie. It looks so amazing. There's something special with all that black, blue, white and red. The music is great. The story may be a little generic, but visually, is stunning. Cinema is entertainment, I felt very entertained during its runtime. Always waiting to know what happened after they escaped riding that bike in the sunrise. Olivia Wilde, is so beautiful and I wanted more, I have to say...

[@TheVAGNETTO]

Guys, watching your reaction was a blast! Thank you so much for giving this movie a shot! TRON: Legacy is one of my most beloved movies ever!

[@СемёнСемёнов-ы1ь]

Tron and it's sequel is one of the few examples when both iterations are both great, innovative and their synergy works together impeccable. Alien/Aliens, T/T2 is ones in this glorious row. Tron was a revolutionary experience and pushes the technological frontier. Tron 2 was aesthetically stunning and surprisingly deep story is the word 'gnosis' rings a bit for you.

[@ladamadelarcoiris9554]

I am a 44 year old woman whose childhood and teen years were the begging of every great genre: Indiana Jones, Star wars, Alien, back to the future, etc. Tron was amazing and so revolutionary and this was for me an excellent sequel.

[@timothyharwood1941]

Awesome reaction! I agree that the story is a bit weaker. Personally, I always believed that Tron: Uprising is without question the best told story of the Tron franchise. Tron: Uprising is an animated series that deals with the fascist uprising of Clu and the attempt by Tron to raise a revolution and fight back before the start of this movie. Also, the artwork and character designs for Tron: Uprising were created by the same artist who does the art for the Gorrillaz music videos. A very odd, unique, and fluid artstyle.

[@julioareck]

I watched this movie at the theater. It started normally in 2D, but when Sam was taken to the Grid it went 3D; that was so cool.

[@Egobyte83]

Here is a thought.... remember what Kevin said about "minutes in here is hours in the real world".... if Kevin has been gone for 20 years in the real world...... do you realize just how much time has passed for this very human individual???? 20 years equals about 10 and a half million minutes. 10 and a half million HOURS would translate into something in the vicinity of 1140 years on the grid...... how he hasn't gone insane from the longevity and isolation from other humans is just beyond me. Or how he even remembers having a son. Or remembering the world he came from.

[@watyhu99]

I love this movie so much as always will. it cuts me so much that Disney did everything to make sure it didn't succeed. From the music, the visuals, the art direction, everything was so immersive. The worldbuolding of the grid is amazing. I also really enjoy the feeling that the Quorra and Sam relationship almost felt sibling like, like Sam got a little sister almost. Like this movie managed really well from Quorra's perspective make it genuinely made our world feel so surreal.

[@DeathKnells]

I liked how this movie, simplified to the absolute extremes, is about a man and the two paths his creations have chosen

[@kanascastle4097]

Interesting Facts: - Many scenes in Tron Legacy were shot in Vancouver (Canada) - The final motorbike scene was filmed on the road in Stanley Park that continues across the Lions Gate Bridge - Colleagues from my Kung Fu school were involved in creating the choregraphy for Rinzler. If you look carefully, the jumping and mid-air twisting are moves common in Wushu martial arts. - At the time of fliming, there was no studio-based sound stage with motion tracking large enough to handle of volume of space needed for Tron Legacy's scenes, so they "borrowed" the Motion Tracking Sound Stage on the campus of Electronic Arts Canada (largest motion tracking sound stage in Canada at the time)

[@mcat71090]

underrated gem. watching this high AF on imax was one of the best theater experiences of my life

[@forlornhauntedghost]

Oh my goodness I can't believe you are watching this! This is one of my favorite childhood movies I watched it so much, had it on DVD and everything, and it never gets old! The whole aesthetic and music and character/world design is so unique and inspiring, when I first saw this movie I just fell in love with it immediately

[@gamergod9182]

having listened to the OST a million times on its own makes rewatching the movie feel almost like watching a two-hour-long music video.

[@mattschliemann9683]

By the way i believe there is a cartoon they made after Legacy released. I haven't watched it yet, but maybe there's some neat stuff in there. It might be on Disney+. I think some of the things in the story you wanted to see expanded weren't there because they were planning a new trilogy or whatever. I think they originally were going to crank these out faster, but then Legacy didn't do as well as they hoped maybe and so they put it on hold. I think they might have explored things in future sequels basically. I never really expect the introductory movie of a trilogy to have a lot of answers, but to... re introduce things in this case and update them for us. I dunno if I'm writing this to make sense haha. But whenever you plan a trilogy it's a risk, due to possibility the intro movie doesn't do as expected, so anything you planned to explore later isn't as important to include in the first movie.

[@bobblebardsley]

I can't say I'm a die-hard fan of the original movie (it was released the year before I was even born) but I was always aware of it growing up and have watched it several times, and I always appreciated what it tried to do and how well it achieved it. I was excited when this sequel first came out, I saw it in IMAX and the visuals, the soundtrack, and how well it revives the overall feeling of the original, I think it's fantastic and if I think about it a certain way or hear the main theme unexpectedly, I get a bit emotional. So yeah as a child of the 80s, to see something like this in 2010 was pretty special for me. I love the ending too, I hope they get around to making a third movie.

[@Eulogy_of_the_End]

This movie has the best soundtrack for its scenes and night driving hands down.

[@hackerx7329]

I loved this movie especially in 3D. There was also an animated series set between the first and second movies that was great but they canceled it during production on the first season so it just kinda stops and the plot never gets wrapped up properly. Years before Legacy got made there was a different story sequel in the game named Tron 2.0 which was fantastic but they ignored the plot of it when they made this movie. It can still be bought on both Steam and GoG and I HIGHLY recommend a play through. It captures the feel of the world building, music, and visuals perfectly complete with light cycles and of course the disc being your default weapon with the game using the concept of primitive shapes as weapons and then upgrading them for different weapons. Gameplay is mostly first person with heavy RPG elements but only half counting as a shooter since most weapons don't translate directly to real world guns.

[@howieboyd7618]

I think they did a good job, I absolutely love this movie . I was a kid when the first one came out, was happy to see what they did with it. Heck, part of the reason I ride a motorcycle is because of tron.

[@taskergrim9875]

Great reaction! As I remember from my arcade days there were 2 games. TRON the game came out shortly after the movie release and incorporated several games from the movie. A year or two after that Discs of TRON came out and focused solely on disc battling increasingly difficult opponents.

[@literalsarcasm1830]

If 1millicycle is meant to be the equivalent of 1 millisecond, and Kevin Flynn was on the Grid for 20 years, that would mean he experienced the equivalent of 131,072,000 years on the Grid.

[@chuckiej]

"It's all in the wrist" is a line from the first movie, and it's said in the video game prequel that came out with this one.

[@Gantros]

Ever since I saw this in the theater, I can never think of Zeus as anything other than Lazer David Bowie, which is what my friend called him.

[@obi-wan-ken]

The soundtrack of this movie is perfect, and I mean perfect. The visuals, why the deaging didn’t age well, is amazing. I love the world of TRON

[@MZ-bl6wg]

The score and music for this are AMAZING!!! And honestly I LOVE this version and think the effects are awesome in my opinion. Not sure why it gets hate I love it.

[@cinemamadness6920]

CGI really hasn't improved much since this movie was made, which goes to show how special this movie really is. So underrated

[@Steve_Hickman]

It would be nice to see Joseph Kosinski direct another sci-fi film, because the visual aesthetic between Tron: Legacy and Oblivion is utterly stunning.

[@AAvfx]

TRON: Ares, is coming in the next year. I'm waiting eagerly!

[@dnegi100]

When main lead character run in slow motion to start lazor bike, that shot was too awesome

[@pduidesign]

This movie rocked! I wish they made a sequel to it

[@Opnn8d1]

I wasn't feeling it at the theatre. I was dealing with leg pain that was keeping me awake at night, except for short snatches of sleep, and I was working from 1PM to 10PM. I decided to go opening night at the 10:30PM showing. Trying to watch this while feeling the effects of sleep deprivation was like listening to two male cats having an argument outside your window at 3AM. I was like, "Just make it stop!" Rewatched it when it released on Amazon Video, at which point my leg was better and I was sleeping normally again. Loved every minute of it, especially the soundtrack. Fun fact: The reason why the visuals are so respectful of the original is because the same CG animation company did the visuals for both films. We're looking at the fruits of their tech's evolution as of 2010. Tron would actually be a great IP to build a MMO around.