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Some details have emerged on that TRON 2 footage screened at Comic-Con!

Cool by GBRob08	Jul 25th, 2008 03:03:25 AM
Sounds cool!
kick ass!! by BatPsycho	Jul 25th, 2008 03:04:11 AM
cant wait for this to hit...
no brainer by landosystem	Jul 25th, 2008 03:05:03 AM
Tron was Alans program and a good guy, so it only makes sense that this one will feature Flynns program as a bad guy, the only real question is will the soundtrack have any Journey on it?
Secret by Jawa 007	Jul 25th, 2008 03:05:28 AM
A special secret. So special. And so secret.
Was it really TR2N? or should you have put T2ON? by ShiftyEyedDog2	Jul 25th, 2008 03:08:50 AM
like i said, still shitty, but at least the 2 COULD be made to look like an R
the 2 by Quint	Jul 25th, 2008 03:11:09 AM
It actually looks better in the Tron font, but it was definitely the O.
you are asking us for info? by Uridium	Jul 25th, 2008 03:11:49 AM
show us the clip first GAAAAAAA!
The most hypocritical posts ever ... by Termigoonie	Jul 25th, 2008 03:17:08 AM
You criticize Lucas for "money-grabbing," but cream over a three-minute promo to a movie of particularly noteworthy mediocrity. Outside of its videogame, "Tron" made "Phantom Menace" look like an action-packed epic filled with remarkable acting. "Tron" may be the most over-hyped, underwhelming movie in my lifetime. The last thing it needs is a sequel. Unless Disney is that desperate. What's next? "Night Cr2ssing"? "The Last FlIIght of Noah's Ark"? "The Watcher in the Woods Comes Back"? "The Blacker Hole"? For those of you who can't wait for this, two pieces of advice: 1) Go back and (try to) watch the original; 2) Be prepared to get what you ask for. Come on, I know Disney's been in a creative slump for years, but they might as well remake "Charley and the Angel" or "The Snowball Express."
bacci by Quint	Jul 25th, 2008 03:21:25 AM
Capone was sacrificed to them. I stayed far, far away. But I did run into some Stephanie Meyers hunters (38 year old secretaries that probably have a Hunky Firemen calendars in their cubicles) while waiting for the Disney panel to start... PS, Term... wrong. Nostalgia is a powerful thing, but I completely disagree with your views on Tron. If you want to get technical, every movie ever made is a money grab.
You make me weak.... by Project424	Jul 25th, 2008 03:38:37 AM
And wanna die. Just when you said we'd try. Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' each other... Journey is your medicine and you will take it! Doctors orders.
ok so if it was meant to be seen in 3d....... by ampersand110	Jul 25th, 2008 03:39:38 AM
is this going to be shown in front of the next disney movie in 3d? What is the next disney movie in 3d anyway Bolt?
Boxleitner better be involved... by Redfive!	Jul 25th, 2008 03:43:07 AM
At least his TRON program,but the idea of flynn becoming a bad guy and his program being the flynn or clu from the 80s sounds fantastic.
"every movie ever made is a money grab" by Project424	Jul 25th, 2008 03:44:36 AM
Oh, yeah? What about Death Before Dishonor w/ Fred "Hunter" Dryer... boy, did that one stink. One of three movies I walked out on.
theTronAthon by deanbarry	Jul 25th, 2008 04:15:30 AM
oh yeah, i'll be watching these puppies back to back on blueray one day. Oh yes, and it will be sweet.
That's Tron. He fights for the users. by Motoko Kusanagi	Jul 25th, 2008 04:50:48 AM
...
bacci by thinboyslim.	Jul 25th, 2008 04:53:59 AM
really where? the only stuff on YT is panels.
lmao Fanboys screening by DigitalDong	Jul 25th, 2008 04:59:08 AM
Give it up already
Footage!!!!! by Gabba-UK	Jul 25th, 2008 05:00:08 AM
surely someone had a camcorder!!!? WTF!
Is it just me...? by 69DUDE	Jul 25th, 2008 05:33:35 AM
Or does the old Flynn, grey hair and beard, meditating in an all white room sound a little bit like Steve Jobs?
Tron was meh. But so was Transformers. by Mal Carne	Jul 25th, 2008 05:43:17 AM
And look at what a good script, directors, and actors did with that piece of old Limburger. This may or may not be good. We can't tell. But it has to potential to be interesting, and it's definitely not just re-running TRON all over again. That's something.
Those commercials don't convince me... by KillDozer	Jul 25th, 2008 06:18:20 AM
that Joe Kosinski should be directing feature films. That was probably the worst use of that Gary Jules song I can imagine. I get what he was going for, but I think he failed miserably. Hopefully, on the set of the film, he'll have at least one person there who'll be able to say "Joe, that's a horrible, horrible idea." and have him listen...
Tron and/or Flynn and/or Bit Would Kick Neo's Ass by LaserPants	Jul 25th, 2008 06:45:31 AM
No wire fu can stand up to the power of the blue neon frisbee!!!
I saw Tron about 4 years ago in the theater... by pencil-man	Jul 25th, 2008 06:48:44 AM
... it was a special show for kids, and it had 2 old Disny 'toons before it, and man, I loved Tron before, but it kicked 20x more ass on that screen. That's just me though, I completely understand how bored some people can get with that movie. It's slow, quiet, and never really has a crescendo to a climax, but I love hanging out in that world. If you say this will go 3-D, then I smell Muppets 3-D, or a Captain EO crapfest. God willing this will pop up on youtubes for me to favorite.
that explains it by Bouncy X	Jul 25th, 2008 07:08:36 AM
to all those saying "how'd the hell they start making a movie under the radar" well now we know....they havent, but it would have been cool if they had, not because i have any interest but knowing someone could get away with it in this day and age. oh and regarding that X-Files sale, thats sorta silly, i cant speak for everywhere else but the single seasons are already 20$ each in stores here so yeah.
Clu is Back, And He's Turned Bad by kevinwillis.net	Jul 25th, 2008 07:26:40 AM
I'm so there. Just hearing it makes me all excited. But I always loved Tron. I was prejudiced towards it in, like, 1979 when I first saw the trailers.
Tron worked in 1982 by Abominable Snowcone	Jul 25th, 2008 07:28:01 AM
because computers were just beginning to enter the public consciousness on a day-to-day sorta scale. They were still a novelty. Cool and mysterious. Twenty-six years later, everyone knows what computers can do and aren't surprised when they're made to do more. The coolest thing I've seen in a movie, effects-wise, since the rotoscoping in Tron, was "bullet-time" photography, which was quickly copy-catted into a cliche. Still waiting for the next cool FX
Tron 2 Can Work by kevinwillis.net	Jul 25th, 2008 07:32:08 AM
But they gotta stay in the world of the original. IF they make all sorts of ".com" references and nods to MySpace and Facebook and ebay, it's gonna suck. It needs to be set in an alternate reality, one consistent with the world of the original.
Prettybaby: Tron 2 is Not Seeking a Millionaire by kevinwillis.net	Jul 25th, 2008 07:34:29 AM
What's your point? Tron loves Yori. That is all.
There is a 63% probability this will be good. End of Line. by Stuntcock Mike	Jul 25th, 2008 07:41:05 AM

"FINISH THE GAME!" "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!" by Stuntcock Mike	Jul 25th, 2008 07:41:50 AM

PrettyBaby by JamesT	Jul 25th, 2008 07:42:14 AM
You type like Yakov Smirnoff.
THIS... by Parallax	Jul 25th, 2008 07:45:42 AM
This is the kind of shit that keeps me coming back to AICN every day for nine years. Sweet, sweet news, thanks.
and for the love of God by JamesT	Jul 25th, 2008 07:57:46 AM
Hopefully the cast of HS musical or Miley Cyrus is not starring in this?
"The Brown Bunny" wasn't a money grab. by MCVamp	Jul 25th, 2008 08:23:02 AM

Quint, you read this footage totally wrong. by GodMars	Jul 25th, 2008 08:26:15 AM
No, its not a game anymore, its a business. eSports, competition, money money money. Flynn isn't the bad guy, here. If anything, his company, his games, are on the leading edge of gaming competition.
I've become 2,415 times smarter since then by WIBoomer1	Jul 25th, 2008 08:42:16 AM
This makes sense. Everything has been recycled. This fall, one man will (might?) make a difference again. You got KITT back, why not Kevin O. Flynn at the Mighty Wurlitzer? Betcha 100 Oreo cookies that they won't be roto-scoping this puppy. I bet it will be a close cousin to Jim Cameron's Avatar...? All that is visible must grow and extend itself into the realm of the invisible end of line
The Brown Bunny by Abominable Snowcone	Jul 25th, 2008 09:15:45 AM
Never saw Gallo's film. But I can say definitely that the best thing about it is the soundtrack--which features 4 or 5 tunes by guitarist John Frusciante that weren't included in the picture.
prettybaby by Abominable Snowcone	Jul 25th, 2008 09:17:31 AM
I see your point, but it would be difficult to ingore the computer world of today--which centers around the internet and peer to peer applications. If I remember correctly, the world of the original TRON only touched on the relationship of "users" with their "programs." No such thing as cyberspace back then. Just programs / applications doin' their thing.
The Brown Bunny by LaserPants	Jul 25th, 2008 09:26:49 AM
Was Vincent Gallo's way of showing Harmony Korrine that a) Gallo's dick is bigger than his, and b) Korrine's ex-girlfriend Chloe is willing to suck it on camera. And thats all well and good in a deeply insecure ego maniac kind of way, but the movie sucked ass. I find Korrine's films (especially Julian Donkey Boy) to be much, much better.
There Was A TRON 2 Planned At One Point by LaserPants	Jul 25th, 2008 09:29:19 AM
And it was supposed to be something about Flynn turning into a kind of Colonel Kurtz living his own weird videogame Apocalypse Now meltdown. Seriously! Something like that. They talk about it on the dvd. This kinda sounds like what they're doing actually. Could be fucking great.
They should name it Twon by tonagan	Jul 25th, 2008 10:00:37 AM
So you get the "two" in there, and you have the bonus of sounding like you have a speech impediment when you say it.
Johnathan Violence by NiceGuyEddie19	Jul 25th, 2008 10:12:55 AM
1. Yes, and 2. a Last Starfighter sequel would be fuckin' balls out fun.
CLU was de-rezzed by Sir Loin	Jul 25th, 2008 10:19:12 AM
Perhaps Flynn's written a new version of him, who knows. I agree about no ".com" crap being in there, as well...keep it in the original's world (but slightly updated to today's graphical abilities) and this will rock!
Journey's "1990's Theme" heard in Flynn's arcade by Sir Loin	Jul 25th, 2008 10:21:18 AM
That's actually a cool tune, hope it gets slipped into the sequel somehow :D Sadly, I doubt they'll have any arcade-style scenes, are there any actual old-school arcades still open?!
The MCP destroyed Clu by V'Shael	Jul 25th, 2008 10:28:57 AM
Though I must admit, I'd like to see them make a sequel which didn't treat the original as gospel. Kind of like the latest Hulk movie. The events of the first movie happened, sort of, just not necessarily in the way that we saw them. I'd prefer that. Because as much as I love the original, some parts of Tron were really stupid.
Termigoonie by TheWacoKid	Jul 25th, 2008 11:00:31 AM
That is ridiculous. Tron was a wonder in technology for its time. Also, when it comes to George Lucas being money hungry, I don't think that is it at all. What happened was he just made some shitty ass movies that were supposed to be prequels to the beloved original trilogy. He was just a complete control freak, unlike the original trilogy where other people directed the sequels. So, again, not money hungry, just shitty movies.
Yeah, I'm with you Jonathan V. by NiceGuyEddie19	Jul 25th, 2008 11:01:56 AM
What a bunch of pretentious bullshit. Total garbage through and through. A ten minute scene of Keanu's pasty ass thrusting into Carrie-Ann Moss. A ridiculous digital orgasm. 5 hours too long.
Termigoonie- you have to be kidding. by Heckles	Jul 25th, 2008 11:16:28 AM
Are you really comapring George Lucas whoring Star Wars out and Disney making a Tron sequel? Hmmm... after Lucas made six movies, a Christmas Special and Special Edition, he sold the rights for countless action figures, dozens of video games, comics, books and now a cartoon movie and cartoon series. Meanwhile, Disney makes a Tron sequel 26 years after the original. Yeah, that's the same.
FIRST! ..... ah dammit, dialup sux by fingger	Jul 25th, 2008 11:23:44 AM
Can't wait to see this demo/teaser/promo/whatever! Tron was an eyeopener. A real work of art. Nothing like it before or since. Eager to see how this one turns out.
The "mad world" traider for Gears of War by ArcadianDS	Jul 25th, 2008 11:27:07 AM
was more fun than Gears of War
*trailer by ArcadianDS	Jul 25th, 2008 11:27:20 AM
WHERES MAH EDIT BUTTIN
Heckles -- by Termigoonie	Jul 25th, 2008 11:29:25 AM
Yup. What do you think Disney will do with "Tr2n"? Not "whore it out"? Oh, and Lucas did not sell the rights ... you clearly don't understand a thing about that. He RETAINED the rights and has had complete control of "Star Wars" -- with ONE exception, the Holiday Special, something he was forced by Fox and the special's producers to do.
I'll be there by PhxMonsterGuy	Jul 25th, 2008 11:51:06 AM
I saw Tron at the theater when it first came out and even though the pacing was slow I was mesmerized by the effects. I hope they can come up with something just as groundbreaking as the first one.
"TR2N" by HoboCode	Jul 25th, 2008 12:04:28 PM
That's the title? That doesn't even make damn sense? A 2 as an O? Damn you Se7en!!!
that fucking gears of war commercial... by thekylegassproject	Jul 25th, 2008 12:19:04 PM
is top notch product. i would really like to see what this guy can do.
My bad... by jackofhearts29	Jul 25th, 2008 12:19:48 PM
Thought it read "old guy with grey hair and beard MASTURBATING in an all white room." Which would also make sense, if you think about it...
Nothings better than a nice Camembert by Stuntcock Mike	Jul 25th, 2008 12:22:17 PM

Disney should pay royalties to South Park by the milf lover	Jul 25th, 2008 12:38:33 PM
because if it wasnt for South Park using the Tron 'cone with a face' as the Jewish god, none of today's kids would have any damn clue about Tron's existence, and they'd never be making this sequel!
cant wait. by shogunshin	Jul 25th, 2008 12:40:42 PM

You're right, Termigoonie. by Heckles	Jul 25th, 2008 12:41:12 PM
I didn't mean to say 'sold' the rights. Of course he owns the rights to Star Wars, that's my bad. And I fully expect Disney to bank on this Tron sequel and market it with toys, games, cereal, feminine hygiene products... but my point was there has been very little Tron out there for the past quarter century. Meanwhile, Lucas is letting his franchise get milked for all its worth. And more power to him. I am just over it. As a huge Star Wars fan, I'm not remotely excited about this new cartoon. I don't think Lucas cares about the Star Wars property or is just so far removed he is letting producers/writers/directors with dollar signs in their eyes run the franchise into the f'n ground. Even if Tron 2 is a blatant cash grab (isn't every movie?), that's fine by me, so long that Flynn isn't joined by Jar Jar Binks.
If they drink more goop out of frisbees it will rock by Knobules	Jul 25th, 2008 12:43:11 PM
With that Zach guy and Hannah Montana. Payday baybee!
milflover, FORGOT about that brilliance! by shogunshin	Jul 25th, 2008 12:45:18 PM
bravo for bringing up that amazing reference.
Milf Lover... by NiceGuyEddie19	Jul 25th, 2008 01:23:38 PM
I don't agree, I think it's just like any other old franchise. Kids are going to know because the parents will show them the movies they liked as kids. I've got 2 cousins, 5 and 7, who adore the 1986 Transformers movie. Watch it ten times a week. They never would've seen it if their 27 year old cousin hadn't brought it to them.
Still no video by Heckles	Jul 25th, 2008 01:49:28 PM
Very odd. I really want to check this out.
I Really Want to See This, Too by kevinwillis.net	Jul 25th, 2008 01:55:40 PM
After the announcement Tron 2 was coming, hinted at in November and firmed up around February, there ain't been nothing. Admittedly, it's only been five or six months, but still . . . I wanna know what's going on. I wanna know what's actually happening. Yes, I will be there opening day for a Tron sequel. Of course, I also liked the Matrix sequels, especially Reloaded. Except for the Soul Train dance sequence after Morpheus's speech. Otherwise, Reloaded rocked.
Man... the people at comic-con this year suck by The Guy Who Slept Through Everything.	Jul 25th, 2008 02:54:11 PM
Seriously NOTHING!?! no WOLVERINE!?! and nobody got "TR2N"??? wtf people, you disappoint me.
Geeks confuse me. by Rev. Slappy	Jul 25th, 2008 03:26:37 PM
The love Tron but hated Speed Racer. They are pretty much the same thing.
TRON vs. TPM by Termigoonie	Jul 25th, 2008 03:41:37 PM
Phantom Menace wins every time. Sorry. But as a movie, TRON pretty much STINKS. I thought it in 1982 and I believe it even more today. I even bought the special edition thinking maybe I was wrong. Bad acting, bad story, frankly not-very-good effects (overall) and an absolute lack of any interest or excitement. TRON lives off of the memory of what better marketers did -- and what they did back then was extraordinary. TRON was the EPCOT Center of movies, a movie that would show us what the future was going to be. Too bad it absolutely stunk. Phantom Menace may be talky and slow, with a wooden lead actor and some clumsy dialogue, but it's the far superior film any day.
TPM...and Clu was not killed by PorkChopXpress	Jul 25th, 2008 04:10:28 PM
"Phantom Menace wins every time." Among retards, there can be no doubt. Also, to the guy who said Clu was killed by the MCP...the MCP was going around absorbing the useful functions of any programs he came in contact with. No doubt Clu had a lot of Flynn's more clever programming and I'm sure the MCP felt it had a use for it, particularly because Flynn was a thorn in the MCP's side. When the MCP was shut down, all of the resources it had appropriated were returned. Stands to reason that the programs he'd absorbed would re-rez...maybe Clu came back with some residual effects from being integrated into the MCP. Interesting...interesting...
Jeff Muthafuckin Bridges by skimn	Jul 25th, 2008 04:27:15 PM
I rewatched Thunderbolt And Lightfoot last weekend, and forgot just how long Mr. Bridges has been around in great stuff.
No Steven Lisberger?! by judge dredds fresh undies	Jul 25th, 2008 04:32:22 PM
My interest in Tron 2 has now plummeted I'm sad to say.
the irony of this sequel is... by the milf lover	Jul 25th, 2008 05:11:58 PM
that its gonna be a CGI overload, when the original's special effects, most of them anyway, werent even done with computers because the technology wasnt good enough back then.
2RON makes more sense to me but what do I know by King Psyz	Jul 25th, 2008 09:33:43 PM
I know that Quesadillas are the food of the gods, that's what I know. My office has a mother fucking quesadilla bar bitches!
IT BETTER BE A HARD PG-13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! by Illuminate	Jul 25th, 2008 11:15:42 PM
I just saw Tron the other day. What a great movie. Just as cool as the original Highlander. It is a beatiful world even by todays standards. I know it isn't going to be rated R. But, I hope that Disney realises that most of the fans have grown up know and they have to push the pg-13. I hope it is more sexual since on the DVD the Director of the previous one showed a Deleted scene. This sequel needs to have more mature depth.
Footage on You Tube by Yiggy	Jul 26th, 2008 12:41:09 AM
Bad footage, but footage none the less. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =YvqiQvqjsGg
Good timing by spartacus728	Jul 26th, 2008 01:35:29 AM
I think of it as almost ironic that I just...and by that I mean last week...started replaying the game Tron 2. Some of the locations and visuals still make me smile...here's hoping.
thanks for the link Yiggy!! by the milf lover	Jul 26th, 2008 10:44:28 AM
yeah bad footage but its enough... it actually looks like it can be a good movie if they give it a chance
It's just a game, man! by WIBoomer1	Jul 26th, 2008 12:15:29 PM
Strange for a auto website to have Comic-Con footage, bad as it is...but you get the point! http://jalopnik.com/399312/tra iler-for-tron-2-reboots-bad-80 s-flashbacks-with-new-lightcyc les
That is one big door...... by s8ntmark	Jul 26th, 2008 02:34:48 PM
What?....it WAS!
Orcus! I Too Join You, After the Years of Rumors by kevinwillis.net	Jul 28th, 2008 02:04:14 PM
Finally, there will be Tron. I love it. I could nitpick, but I won't. They're bringing back Tron, and that's what matters.
And As Soon as Possible by kevinwillis.net	Jul 29th, 2008 03:29:08 PM
I'm a little worried, since Disney need a "proof-of-concept" teaser, that there's still much work to be done to get an actual movie together. Why must they make us suffer so?
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