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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[egbubba.livejournal.com]

I think the answer may have less to do with the movie, and more with the way beardom and geekdom dovetail. And I'm not sure I'm qualified to explain why that is. I just see it an awful lot. Like when I went to the midnight showing of the X-men sequel. Totally sent my bear-dar off the rails. With all those scruffy-bearded, slacker-rific twenty-somethings in attendence, I wasn't sure if I was in the computer lab at the local college or a Lonestar "Welcome New Cubs" orientation meeting.