The Grid, a digital frontier created through the most revolutionary film technology created in the 80s. Try picturing clusters of information as they moved through the computer. Were the circuits like freeways and what would they look like? How different could it have been from when it was first created? Then, one day, the viewers got back in... and the world had evolved in ways one couldn't imagine.
In 1982, Disney released Tron, starting off a sci-fi franchise that would never be forgotten. In 2010, after years of waiting, the fans finally got to return to the Grid and not only got to see Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn again, but his son Sam (played by Garret Hedlund) and the rogue program CLU 2 (played by Jeff Bridges). Set decades after the Master Control Program's defeat, the story follows Sam as he is sucked into the Grid on a journey to find his missing father while teaming up with an ISO named Quora as they battle CLU and his forces, who are controlling the Grid. The prologue of the movie takes place in 1989 and shows a de-aged Jeff Bridges as a young Kevin Flynn talking to Sam and, during the later scenes, the de-aging technology is used during Bridges' scenes as CLU, making him a younger evil counterpart to the protagonist's father. Tron Legacy is one of the first Disney-released movies to use de-aging, which was starting to come about in the 2000s before the film entered development.
Moving past de-aging, Tron Legacy is a beautiful-looking sequel to the original movie and has many callbacks to it, such as the identity disk line originally used by Sark, and the special effects for the Grid are finely polished. Since the 1980s, CGI has evolved, allowing the digital world to look different from when it was last seen. While you often see characters with whiter faces, there are clearer colors and textures and the world of The Grid comes with streets and buildings, including a club named after the MCP's quote "End of Line". The two games Disk Wars and Light Cycle racing have received upgrades, now taking place in arenas with crowds watching the spectacles. The iconic title character Tron returns as well, however, he has been corrupted by Clu and assumes the identity of Rinzler. While Bruce Boxlietter returns to the role, he only has a few lines for the new Tron, it's better than nothing.
Tron Legacy gets a 9.9 and is a must-see film. It may have issues and may have bombed at the box office, but its still a fun ride like the original movie. Until next time, Programs.
-James M
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