Tron Legacy Trailer

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Back in July, the teaser trailer for Tron: Legacy premiered, and I have to admit — it was pretty damn cool. The original 1982 release of Tron was steeped in cheese, but it was also an impressive as hell flick, a techno-jargon heavy, pseudo-science-y action/think piece about the blurred lines between man and machine. The effects were downright groundbreaking, and actually hold up relatively well today. One couldn’t help but wonder what they could do in the Tron universe using modern special effects.

Now we know.

The trailer still gives away little about the plot, other than to tell us that Flynn (Jeff Bridges) lives, is back inside the digital universe and has been for years, and appears to be some sort of leader/messiah/renegade. It involves his son (played by Garrett Hedlund), as well as Olivia Wilde, Beau Garrett, John Hurt, Michael Sheen and, niftily enough, Bruce Boxleitner returning as Alan Bradley and possibly Tron himself. It’s directed by first-timer Joseph Kosinski and I have to admit… it looks pretty badass. I’m not usually one for resurrecting old films for sequels, but they seem to have gotten the look and feel just right. Plus, Daft Punk is doing the music, and that’s just a match made in heaven. It’ll be released in 3-D, and you know what? It should be. I’m totally fine with that.

Tron: Legacy will be released in theaters on December 17th, 2010.

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Ok, yeah. I'm in.

Posted by: twig at March 9, 2010 9:00 AM

Dude. Yes.

Posted by: william Montgomery at March 9, 2010 9:05 AM

Sure, as a child of the 70's I'm friggen geeked to pony up and watch this shit. There's just one thing, can we fucking get rid of the the whole 'bitchin' dude grows up and now we'll bring his progeny into the plot,' device.

I do not now, nor will I accept, the nomination for said Dude's snot nosed brat's storyline. We've done that thing. And don't give me Lacy Underall in spandex with blinking lights either, unless she's still hot.

Posted by: bucslim at March 9, 2010 9:10 AM

I'm just going to come straight out and admit it, I'm a little hard right now. It looks darker and flashier and I want it to do me.

Posted by: admin at March 9, 2010 9:15 AM

Plus, Daft Punk is doing the music, and that’s just a match made in heaven. It’ll be released in 3-D, and you know what? It should be. I’m totally fine with that.

Seemingly getting the feel right and making good decisions? It has a damn good look to it.

I feel like there's a 68.71% chance of this being a great movie.

Posted by: branded at March 9, 2010 9:22 AM

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Gasp! Pant! Wheeze!

Ok, I'm all better now. Got this un---

Posted by: malikvlc at March 9, 2010 9:27 AM

Really hoping that there's a final battle with Evil De-aged Flynn/Clu & De-aged Alan/Tron. The movie's Tron 2.0, so there's gotta be a Tron 2.0!

Posted by: the new transported man at March 9, 2010 9:43 AM

I remember seeing Tron as a little kid and thinking it was about the coolest thing I'd ever seen. I'm so happy they're not fucking that up.

Posted by: Katers at March 9, 2010 9:46 AM

Oh my God Mr. Snuggie is going to freak out. As in cream his pants.

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at March 9, 2010 9:48 AM

John Hurt? That's all you had to say!

Posted by: Jay at March 9, 2010 9:56 AM

I know I'm excited. I damn near dry humped the chair in front of me in the theater. The poor guy in it seemed nervous, but what's a dark theater for?

Posted by: Nicolae at March 9, 2010 10:09 AM

Boxleitner? Good gods, the man is hack. Why bring him back?

Posted by: FabMax at March 9, 2010 10:16 AM

Y'all may revoke my Pajiba/nerd badge for this, but I still haven't seen the original. I wasn't nearly as geeky as a kid.....

ok, yes, I was, but I was more of a black and white movie/classic horror/Sherlock Holmes kind of geek.

Now that I'm all growed up, I'm ALLLLL kinds of geeky...therefore, have to dig up the original and watch it, cause this looks FRICKIN' AMAZING!!

Posted by: dammitjanet at March 9, 2010 10:16 AM

I got a distinct Starman vibe from Jeff Bridges' brief appearance in that preview.

That said, I will probably never see this movie. The original Tron never did it for me and this didn't make my nuts tingly, either. Tomato-Tomahto, shit-shite.

Posted by: Kballs at March 9, 2010 10:20 AM

Saw this in front of the free Alice screening Ain't It Cool had at the Lincoln Square IMAX last week. (Yes, I'm a whore.) Is it wrong that between this and the Toy Story 3 trailers in IMAX 3D I was more impressed with those than I was with Alice itself?

Posted by: DoctorControversy at March 9, 2010 10:36 AM

BOXLEITNER?! Oh, I am so in.

Posted by: Anna von Beavershark at March 9, 2010 10:52 AM

Sign me the frak up. The original was undoubtedly a cheese fest... but damn if the stuff going on wasn't just really cool for its time. The teaser was stunning (light cycles turning in ARCS!) and while I can't yet watch this trailer, I very much hope it's nothing but a wonderful expansion of what I saw all those months ago.

Posted by: Lubeg at March 9, 2010 11:04 AM

Oh MY.

My goodness.

Goodness gracious.

Posted by: boo at March 9, 2010 11:05 AM

Is Bruce Boxleitner still married to the whiny girl (actually probably now a matron) from Little House on the Pairie who wanted to become supreme ruler of the Screen Actors Guild a few years back?

Posted by: PaddyDog at March 9, 2010 11:11 AM

GEEKASM.

Fuck, now I've got to go mop up the basement.

Posted by: idiosynchronic at March 9, 2010 11:17 AM

idiosynchronic, don't you mean your mom's basement?

Arh ha ha ha ha.

Sorry. It's a 'your mom' kind of day.

Posted by: boo at March 9, 2010 11:25 AM

PaddyDog - that would be Melissa Gilbert, and yes & yes. She left the job in '05 at the end of the 2nd term.

I'm not quite sure where your malice is coming from. Lots of whiny actors out there . .

Posted by: idiosynchronic at March 9, 2010 11:29 AM

Heh heh . . technically, it's the church's basement.

*waggles eyebrows*

Posted by: idiosynchronic at March 9, 2010 11:36 AM

John Sheridan married Laura Ingalls Wilder? The world is a confusing place.

Posted by: branded at March 9, 2010 11:40 AM

and....I didn't mention my Little House geekiness as a little girl....

THANK GODTOPUS!! Who knew there was so much vitriol towards Half-Pint?

Posted by: dammitjanet at March 9, 2010 11:52 AM

Oh man, good thing Larson isn't reading this.

Posted by: Jay at March 9, 2010 11:54 AM

I saw the trailer in a theater on Saturday and it made my ears bleed so I won't be seeing the movie...so very, very loud.

Posted by: Patti at March 9, 2010 12:30 PM

I watched the original last summer, and it has held up reasonably well, considering it was probably made using a Commodore 64.

Posted by: Brenton at March 9, 2010 12:55 PM

That trailer actually makes me believe the movie might not suck...all the way through.

Posted by: Jerce at March 9, 2010 1:06 PM

Well, if this makes money somebody in Hollywoodland will stumble upon ReBoot as a movie adaptation candidate. Maybe that will get the series finally released on disk or something - frakking rights issues.

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at March 9, 2010 1:19 PM

Hey, will Peter Jurasik be back too? That would be SO AWSE.

Posted by: Anna von Beavershark at March 9, 2010 1:23 PM

I still want to know when Q-bert, the Movie, will be coming out.

Posted by: dammitjanet at March 9, 2010 1:30 PM

Branded, AvB, I'm laughing through the tears because I'm flagellating myself (I flagellated your mom) because I get the references.

AGHHHH

Posted by: Ian at March 9, 2010 2:00 PM

Oh, Q*bert, such sweet nostalgia. I was never very good at the "video games" as a kid - poor hand/eye coordination - but Q*bert was one I could do pretty well. That, and Frogger.

Posted by: MM at March 9, 2010 2:03 PM

You call him Frank Buck, doll!

Posted by: Jay at March 9, 2010 2:03 PM

I'm really liking the bleak/washed out look. Even though everything is shiny the "gloss" isn't really there. Kind of like the way The Matrix looked. I said it when I saw the teaser trailer. I will see this movie.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at March 9, 2010 2:03 PM

Huh. I never saw the original Tron (oh shut up, I was born in the 80s!), but I'll watch this one for 2 reasons: 1. I'm a massive geek. 2. I have a major girl-hard-on for Olivia Wilde. Inexplicable, but there it is.

Posted by: Joker at March 9, 2010 3:08 PM

Yeah they sold me.
They look as if they've maintained the look and imagery of the original but updated enough not to look too dated and out of touch.
Which isn't hard to be fair.
But yes, I'm IN.

Posted by: Nadine at March 9, 2010 3:20 PM

"Oh man, good thing Larson isn't reading this."

Posted by: Jay at March 9, 2010 11:54 AM

I saw that. You are ALL on notice. If anybody starts talkin' smack about Alison Arngrim, heads will roll.

Posted by: Sarina at March 9, 2010 3:42 PM

@Anna: sadly Peter has returned to the Great Maker, dressed in purple. (Because in purple, he was stunning).

Daft Punk is doing the music, and that’s just a match made in heaven.

I was wondering whether or not they'd go with Techno music for this movie. And Daft Punk sounds beyond perfect for this.

It looks cool. It's got me interested.

Posted by: Fredo at March 9, 2010 4:07 PM

I hate Daft Punk though.

Posted by: Jay at March 9, 2010 4:39 PM

That looks pretty freakin' schweet. I did a li'l mini-squee when I heard Flynn's voice.

Posted by: Jelinas at March 9, 2010 4:51 PM

Tron Legacy Trailer was a Trending Topic all day today on Twitter. I covered it on my show http://bit.ly/cEYi48

Posted by: Andrew Sansone at March 9, 2010 5:12 PM

I have the weird habit of obsessing over good trailers – this one has been in a manic repeat loop for about two hours now … and since then it hasn’t lost appeal to me … which is always a good sign

The first Matrix did that, Iron Man did that and Inception did it as well … and yes a trailer does not define the quality of a movie ... but ... it's a good start ...

But the most impressive part of the trailer was honestly the first accomplished deageing process I’ve seen since CGI became a major player in movies …

http://www.darkhorizons.com/assets/0011/3237/jeffcompare.jpg

Posted by: HeadButtprincess at March 9, 2010 5:48 PM

Sooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!

Posted by: AgoGo at March 9, 2010 6:35 PM

Wait a second. Is there no David Warner, aka Sark, aka the Master motherfucking Control Program?!

Posted by: muchsarcasm at March 9, 2010 6:43 PM

'nuff said

Posted by: JLEE at March 9, 2010 8:20 PM

Crom (aka Peter Jurasik) was killed by Sark when Flynn refused to finish him off in the Jaialai match.

Posted by: futureboy at March 12, 2010 9:47 AM

Jeff Bridges - Check

Bruce Boxleitner - Check

Light Cycles - Check

Recognizers - Check

Cameo by David Warner - Unknown

The movie sounds like winsauce already, a cameo by Warner (as either Dillinger or Sark) would be icing on the cake for me. Those characters are classic but if no cameo we still at least have recognizers. Regarding recognizers, I need a lot of them, flying around, recognizing stuff, with a side of recognizers, on recognizer bread, topped with recognizer cheese.

Posted by: User at March 13, 2010 9:10 PM

Pixar's Brad Bird and Michael Arndt help re-shoot highly anticipated movie, Tron: Legacy. http://bit.ly/aKwZxg

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