Few films evoked the spirit of arcade gaming like the original Tron movie back in the 80s and its sequel, Tron: Legacy, is looking to capture the imaginations of 21st Century gamers with lavish special effects, fast-paced action and some of the best use of stereoscopic 3D I’ve seen.
Last night I attended the UK premiere in London and managed to grab a couple of pictures on my mobile phone (sorry about the quality). The first is outside the cinema and the second is inside, as the director and the cast spoke to the audience.
I enjoyed it, especially how the 3D effect ramped up when you’re in the ‘Tron’ world; a stellar soundtrack from Daft Punk; a surprise appearance from on of my favourite actors, Michael Sheen; and the ‘digital de-aging’ of Jeff Bridges, showing how spookily real CG face animation has become.
The film goes out to cinemas on general release on 17 December and the game, Tron: Evolution, was released on PlayStation 3 last week. Here’s a trailer:
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Posted on 6 December, 2010 at 3:52 pm by NRX1000
The film looks epic, I’m really looking forward to seeing it. As for the game, it looks like a stereotypical pile of film-licensed poop (hence, no actual gameplay footage in the trailer).
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Posted on 6 December, 2010 at 3:52 pm by cakeforme288
So much nostalga from the 80′s flying about film directors recently. Scott pilgrim, The A Team, TRON.
I would really want to see some new original ideas, hell, I’d even be greatfull for a movie based on a top selling game. It would be nice if these people threw the comics to one side for a while.
I’m not hating, I just want new film ideas
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Posted on 6 December, 2010 at 4:32 pm by kivi95
Are their any rewives for this game yet?
Posted on 6 December, 2010 at 4:55 pm by James Gallagher
Yes, the game is out now so there should be plenty of reviews out there is you search.
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Posted on 6 December, 2010 at 4:39 pm by NRX1000
A proper Final Fantasy film would be interesting to see, not another full CGI film, one with live actors and copious amounts of CGI… a bit like The Matrix on some illegal intoxication substance.
Posted on 6 December, 2010 at 4:55 pm by James Gallagher
What, like Phoenix Downers?
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Posted on 6 December, 2010 at 5:23 pm by Daft
Completed the game on the weekend. Good stuff. Couldn’t work out how to actually use the Move controls with the light bikes. I’d love to see Tron as a proper videogame series. Tron 2.0 was excellent.
Cannot wait to see the film. Got my tickets for the IMAX.
Any chance of some Tron Legacy promotional goodies on the PSN? I’d kill for a dynamic background.
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Posted on 6 December, 2010 at 11:05 pm by Super--Brad
James did Sony not give you a decent camera then?
Prepare next time dude
Posted on 7 December, 2010 at 9:25 am by James Gallagher
Security at films premieres get a bit funny about fancy cameras, especially ones with video capabilities!
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Posted on 7 December, 2010 at 10:49 am by Mikal_Drey
hey hey
i watched this on sunday (courtsey of sky) \o/
best thing about the whole movie was the cgi clu2, and the bikes !!
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