Tron meh-age

[daddytodd]

Ok, so I was already in my 20's when Tron was released. I thought it had some cool graphix, but sucked as, you know, a narrative. I haven't thought about it in decades. Those were pretty good decades.

Now the belated sequel is coming, and the entirety of Beardom seems to be squeeing in unison. I couldn't possibly be more "meh" about the prospect of a Tron sequel.

Is it an age thing? What am I missing here? Why is Tron Legacy the bear equivalent of a new Twilight movie?

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[daddytodd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Star Trek '09 sucked as a narrative, too. So do the Transformers movies. That doesn't change my opinion of the original Tron in any way.

My recollection of Tron was that it was about as effective a narrative as other Disney films from that era, such as Pete's Dragon, The Black Hole and The Rescuers Down Under (to name three that I can recall from my teens & early '20's.) I don't hold Tron in special disregard; I simply don't hold it in much of any regard at all. It was what it was, which wasn't at all memorable to me.

You indicate what you like that you've heard about the sequel, but I still haven't heard why you hold the original film in high regard -- or even if you do -- and why you think it's sequel-worthy.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

One of the main reasons I am so fond of the original is that it was one of the rare productions that really spoke to me in terms of culture and fantasy. I wasn't obsessive, but I did love certain arcade video games. Despite the danger Flynn encounters - there's also an escapist fantasy there for the computer geek. In that world, I'd have the holy grail of nerditude - SPECIAL POWERS! And not because of being bitten by a radioactive spider or something - just because I'm a User. "God, root, what is difference?"

You can nitpick it to death, but there's something about the entire experience of the film that just grabs certain people.

"Like the man says, there's no problems, only solutions."