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Interesting read, nice to see a movie making this kind of effort. On a side note: I watched this movie on a streaming site... (i.e., I watched it in poor quali
by clicks 14y ago
Interesting read, nice to see a movie making this kind of effort.
On a side note: I watched this movie on a streaming site... (i.e., I watched it in poor quality).
That was a bad choice.
The plot, storyline, and dialogue is kind of weak. The visuals certainly are not. Watch this in high-res quality, and think of it as an over-budgeted Daft Punk music video instead of a movie, and you'll have a great time watching it.
- greyfade 14y agoThis, I think, is what Daft Punk was born for.
- entropie 14y agoThis is so true. I know that band since i was 14. Homework from Daft Punk was absolutely great. But... This soundtrack, fits so perfect, and i still listen often to it while chilling or coding. So. Awesome.
- james-skemp 14y agoIf you haven't already, try the remix album. I love them both, but the remixes are amazing.
- arethuza 14y agoThe Tron Legacy now turns up in lots of other places - e.g. the Top Gear Mini vs. Amy Williams race: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzxS-3vO6Gw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzxS-3vO6Gw
- archangel_one 14y agoTop Gear used a whole bunch of the songs from it over a season or two - I guess they bought the rights to use the soundtrack and wanted to get their money's worth ;-)
- jlgreco 14y agoI think in this way it was a perfect successor to the original. Beautiful impressive visuals (each for their time, remember) with a 'cyberpunk-lite' plot to provide a reason for those visuals. As far as cyberpunk in media that dare actually include cyberspace aspects (so for example, not Blade Runner), I think it stacks up pretty well. The Matrix 'cheats' by explicitly declaring that their cyberspace was built to seem real, and Johnny Mnemonic, rather bluntly, falls on it's face when trying to pull it off (I do love that movie though).
- greggman 14y agoMaybe because I grew up with the original Tron but I found legacy in no way a perfect successor to the original. Rather than spam HN here's why http://blog.greggman.com/blog/tronlegacy/ http://blog.greggman.com/blog/tronlegacy/
- KVFinn 14y agoYou might enjoy Tron Uprising, the Disney cartoon, as a modern take on Tron. Brilliant sound and art design and the story makes more sense since taking place only in universe.
- jlgreco 14y agoOpinions are a very nebulous thing, there is no "right or wrong" in the subject. So while I disagree with all of those points (for reference: when I grew up Tron was in the same class of movies as the Star Wars trilogy and the Indiana Jones movies, I can't even begin to count how many times I watched them), those are nevertheless legitimate points for you.
- greggman 14y agoThere is objective vs subjective. Subjective: I thought the club scene sucked. Subjective: The vehicle scenes were not exciting. Objective: There's no reason to believe Flynn Jr is good at the games he's asked to play inside the computer. Objective: Holding a disc over your head in an i/o beam is not how you leave the computer in the universe of Tron.
- ihuman 14y agoIf you want to see another Daft Punk movie, I recommend checking out "Interstella 5555"
- pizza 14y agoThey also made 2 more movies, "D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes" (1999) and "Electroma" (2007).
- KVFinn 14y ago>think of it as an over-budgeted Daft Punk music video instead of a movie Check out the Disney cartoon Tron Uprising -- it has a similar but different visual style, a dash of Aeon Flux, and gorgoeus sound deisgn that builds directly off the Daft Punk soundtrack. The story is okay too especially as it gets much darker towards the end of the season. The show is 5 seconds from being cancelled but the first episode is still free on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjbwVzJR8w4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjbwVzJR8w4 Rest on iTunes/Amazon/Xbox/whatever