It’s been a long wait for fans of the original TRON, proud and embarrassed alike, to revisit the familiar computer-enhanced world. Since the announcement of the sequel, every scrap of information has proven more enticing, from the early teaser trailer that gave us our first glimpse at the modernized light cycles, to the ongoing viral marketing taking place over the last several weeks.
All this anticipation has been slowly bubbling up towards a release that is still nine long months away, so Disney finally decided to dole out the thing that’s sure to really get us talking — the trailer. And, oh, what a trailer it is.
Not only does it further confirm what the original’s proponents have been clambering about all along, that the digital world of the film is perfectly suited to today’s modern advancements in digital technology (and 3D), but we get our first real introduction to where things are headed story-wise.
We’re immediately introduced to newcomer Garrett Hedlund, a.k.a. Sam Flynn, the son of computer programmer Kevin Flynn, the protagonist from the first film and a role that is reprised here by the great (recent Oscar winner) Jeff Bridges. Sam gets told by “Tron” professional Alan Bradley that some new information about his father, who’s been missing for 25 years, has surfaced. He hops on his motorbike and jets over to Flynn’s arcade, whose game systems are now covered by dusty cobwebs and tarps.
There he is thrust into TRON, an ominously-lit world filled with neon lights and racing light-cycles. Color us more than simply optimistic, we’re pumped. Really digging the way it combines the simple designs of the original with more bells and whistles (while retaining the spirit of the old effects). While many may rag on the elemental look of those effects, they hold up surprisingly well as a wild and original aesthetic, wholly independent of the separate strides made by Lucas and Spielberg in the intervening decades. The result is an interesting and bizarre story told with great expression within a world that still looks unique and nearly flawless — and this trailer promises more of the same.
Take a look for yourself, and tell us what you think:
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