Tron: Legacy / The Next Day
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OMG!!
Okay I just sat and watched that three times straight with the biggest grin on my face.
That's just brilliant. Stays close to the original intent but just shows how far things have come. A BIT Matrixy in places, but then again the concept for The Matrix is kind of ripped of Tron to begin with, so all's fair. The Wendy Carlos style music (is she back too?) is great and what's that with Real World Flynn living in the Cyber World!!??
I'm LOVING the son of Flynn/revenge of Clu plotlines and that they're making this a real sequel as opposed to "what can we simply do to remake/update/make money off an old failed franchise".
Of course, that's what they're doing, but there's at least a real attempt to make this something more. I'm breathing faster, and getting more excited. As I said before somewhere, could this be the many-years-later sequel that actually delivers?
And we get "Tron: Legacy" a year earlier? Wow. Just wow.
Okay I just sat and watched that three times straight with the biggest grin on my face.
That's just brilliant. Stays close to the original intent but just shows how far things have come. A BIT Matrixy in places, but then again the concept for The Matrix is kind of ripped of Tron to begin with, so all's fair. The Wendy Carlos style music (is she back too?) is great and what's that with Real World Flynn living in the Cyber World!!??
I'm LOVING the son of Flynn/revenge of Clu plotlines and that they're making this a real sequel as opposed to "what can we simply do to remake/update/make money off an old failed franchise".
Of course, that's what they're doing, but there's at least a real attempt to make this something more. I'm breathing faster, and getting more excited. As I said before somewhere, could this be the many-years-later sequel that actually delivers?
And we get "Tron: Legacy" a year earlier? Wow. Just wow.
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Well, his "disappearance" some years ago is still raising legend in Silicon Valley:Ben wrote:OMG!!
Okay I just sat and watched that three times straight with the biggest grin on my face.
That's just brilliant. Stays close to the original intent but just shows how far things have come. A BIT Matrixy in places, but then again the concept for The Matrix is kind of ripped of Tron to begin with, so all's fair. The Wendy Carlos style music (is she back too?) is great and what's that with Real World Flynn living in the Cyber World!!??
http://www.flynnlives.com
http://www.flynnlives.com/images/whoisthefull.jpg
(All of which date back to arcades, underground weblinks, mysterious packages and the "Flynn Lives" Organization, in the first place...)
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Tron Viral Campaign Report
So my friends and I journeyed over to 1st Avenue and K Street, based on reports from the Flynn Lives web site and fliers handed out during the day. Along with a group of fans at 9:30pm on Thursday night, we were greeted by members of the Flynn Lives Organization.
I do not know if it is still open past Comic Con, but it was sure as hell an awesome experience.
So my friends and I journeyed over to 1st Avenue and K Street, based on reports from the Flynn Lives web site and fliers handed out during the day. Along with a group of fans at 9:30pm on Thursday night, we were greeted by members of the Flynn Lives Organization.
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I think the general tone here is one of being impressed rather than finding the sardonic comments, Eric.
As Rand said, that's incredible. And Lord Akiyama definitely made the right choice with the Flynn's Arcade shirts. I'm loving the attention to detail on this, and the redone Tron poster that looks like it's for the game from Encom? Nice touch.
Darn...I just saw something ultra cool that makes me wish I'd been there. Very nice report Akiyama, and thanks for posting!
As Rand said, that's incredible. And Lord Akiyama definitely made the right choice with the Flynn's Arcade shirts. I'm loving the attention to detail on this, and the redone Tron poster that looks like it's for the game from Encom? Nice touch.
Darn...I just saw something ultra cool that makes me wish I'd been there. Very nice report Akiyama, and thanks for posting!
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(Well, yeah, but he asked which line the lame pop-identification/reference showoffs used, so I identified it so we could go beat them up for their heresy...)Ben wrote:I think the general tone here is one of being impressed rather than finding the sardonic comments, Eric.
As Rand said, that's incredible. And Lord Akiyama definitely made the right choice with the Flynn's Arcade shirts.
Disney is very definitely getting the hang of this convention-hype thing.
(Qv. the earlier CES'09, where the Disney booth displays seemed to be down on opening day, execs called for repair support to fix it, and in walked...Handy Manny!)
This, however, raises it to an Art Form.
The bar has been raised for next year's SDCC to top it.
I'm loving the attention to detail on this, and the redone Tron poster that looks like it's for the game from Encom? Nice touch.
In the movie (and historical '82-'09 backstory) OUR world's game of Tron was Flynn's biggest hit after Space Paranoids, and Encom wondered where he had come up with the inspiration for it...
Still, Disney could produce a working Space Paranoids game all this time, and we never got one??
(...Not even at the Retro Games room at WDW's Disneyquest??)
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