Well... the first TRON seemed to feed off of a Spartacus storyline mixed with the one human playing a 'Jesus' figure -- IOWs, Disney didn't have their own material, they just reinvented old material. This has been Disney's biggest strength and weakness since I can remember.
When Disney does a sequel, THEN they have to reach into their own pool of ideas, and reveal they are lacking. It's only when Disney contracts outside help (Lilo & Stitch / Pixar originals) that they do better.
My hope is that Daft's induction in this process hints that they went to outside help for other items, such as plot and design. I like the designs I've seen, but the plot is still hidden (at least, I hope the commercials didn't reveal all the plot there is).
I don't know. I mean, I think we've seen enough to know that the movie itself is going to be as equally shallow as the first film, which is a good thing. You don't really want Deep for TRON anyway. It's more about graphics, action, and the "Majesty of the Machine" anyway. We know going in that we'll be given a variant of the story of Orpheus, and I'm good with that.
Forgive that coin of phrase, but what I mean by Majesty of the Machine is that mainly TRON presents us with a fairy tale land that is about the beautiful world inside the commonplace. Straying too far from TRON's fairy tale roots probably would do it more damage then good, and I don't see any indication that they are going to do that.
What I worry about is that there is an undercurrent with revived franchises to make them more 'adult' and 'mature', and this tends to ruin films. I sense this undercurrent in the people making this film. I just hope that they don't let the desire to appease the older members of the audience ruin what should be a fun FX Blast.
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When Disney does a sequel, THEN they have to reach into their own pool of ideas, and reveal they are lacking. It's only when Disney contracts outside help (Lilo & Stitch / Pixar originals) that they do better.
My hope is that Daft's induction in this process hints that they went to outside help for other items, such as plot and design. I like the designs I've seen, but the plot is still hidden (at least, I hope the commercials didn't reveal all the plot there is).
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Forgive that coin of phrase, but what I mean by Majesty of the Machine is that mainly TRON presents us with a fairy tale land that is about the beautiful world inside the commonplace. Straying too far from TRON's fairy tale roots probably would do it more damage then good, and I don't see any indication that they are going to do that.
What I worry about is that there is an undercurrent with revived franchises to make them more 'adult' and 'mature', and this tends to ruin films. I sense this undercurrent in the people making this film. I just hope that they don't let the desire to appease the older members of the audience ruin what should be a fun FX Blast.