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NEWS FROM ELSEWHERE_ ... ELSEWHERE_ March 10, 2015 Yes, it was no ALIEN. Yes, it was no THE TERMINATOR. Yes, it was no THE MATRIX. Yet it had a sincerity and unique approach that was original then and remains unrivaled today. In its own, awkward way, it was a trendsetter and certainly influential. When TRON LEGACY was announced I ignored all of the warning signs, including the movie trailers and poster, and waited through two agonizing years of promotion and marketing for the movie to finally get released. I felt that way because we had the technological ability to create the world that TRON creator Steven Lisberger couldn't. We saw where the original movie went wrong. We could make it better, faster! So when TRON LEGACY was released, I was there on day one! Holy cow! I'm telling you, when the end credits finally rolled I felt like ... like Star Wars fans felt when they saw THE PHANTOM MENACE! I felt like George Romero fans felt when they saw LAND OF THE DEAD! I felt like RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK fans felt when they saw INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULLS! In short, I felt bitterly disappointed. Of course, I said so in my review. Over a year later there was a glimmer of hope on the Game Grid and that was TRON UPRISING, the animated series. It lasted only two seasons but was so much more than TRON LEGACY aspired to be. Then again, I've seen this before. STARSHIP TROOPERS the animated TV series was mind-bogglingly superior to the pile of crap that Edward Neumeier wrote and Paul Verhoven directed. Though in fairness to Ed and Paul, both were washed-up has-beens staggering toward the mutual ends of their once promising careers. As low a bar as the feature film STARSHIP TROOPERS was, its better than anything either man has ever done since. For STARSHIP TROOPERS the animated series, however, Paul kept himself in the nursing home and collected an Executive Producer check while Director David Hartman wowed us all! Edward continued to write Starship Troopers scripts to round out a DVD 3-fer just as both Neumeier and DVDs fell off the precipice of obsolescence. Still, Paul and Neumeier both achieved greatness with the original ROBOCOP and TOTAL RECALL, and as was clearly shown by the reboots, that's a magic that remains unequaled. There are thousands of well-paid directors throughout cinema history that toiled to the grave churning out one movie after the next yet never creating the greatness of movies like ROBOCOP and TOTAL RECALL. If you can make just one great movie in your lifetime, that covers any crap that came before or after. Paul and Ed made two. Anyway, so TV spin-off of movies can be great without ever improving the movie franchise. You want more examples? THE SARAH CONNER CHRONICLES and HANNIBAL. Still, TRON UPRISING gives me hope that maybe, just maybe, Disney has got its act together and unlike, say Universal Pictures, really does want to reignite its franchise. So imagine how I felt when I got this news, Tron 3 to be filmed in Vancouver this fall The sequel to 2010's Tron: Legacy will be filmed in Vancouver beginning this fall. Walt Disney Pictures has green lighted the third film in the Tron series, sources tell Vancity Buzz entertainment contributor Lindsay Barker. Filming is scheduled to begin on October 5, 2015. Continued at VanCityBuzz. December 21, 2010 'Tron Legacy' illuminates cinema's science story Are we just being spoilsports when we ask how much science there is in the just-released science-fiction flick? Continued at USAToday. December 19, 2010 Box Office: 'Tron' Unspectacular at $43.6M; James L. Brooks Movie Flops Or just blame it on the movies. With the domestic box-office off about 4 percent from the same weekend last year, Disney's "Tron Legacy 3D" led the market, grossing an estimated $43.6 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates. Continued at TheWrap. December 9, 2010 Stay In A 'Tron' Hotel Suite Made Of Ice Continued at Wired. TRON: Legacy's 3-D VFX Stretch Current Movie Tech to its Limits Continued at IndieWire. December 7, 2010 Olivia Wilde Gets Geeky About 'Tron: Legacy' iamROGUE.com was thrilled to be in the presence of such a beautiful and talented actress. Check out the interview below. Continued at IAmRogue.com. November 29, 2010 Bridges: 'I'll never have to work again' Bridges spoke to the Daily Mail about the highly-anticipated sequel to 1982's Tron. Tron is the story of a computer hacker named Flynn (Bridges) who is taken into the digital world of a computer where he must compete in a series of gladiator-style games. Continued at DigitalSpy. November 10, 2010 Third 'Tron Legacy' trailer hits, and is amazing Continued at Cnet. 'Tron' DVD: Lost in the machine? Continued at LAT. Tron Evolution: Is it faithful to the Tron legacy? Many of you are most likely too young to have watched (or cared) about the 1982 film and the fancy new remake has yet to hit the screens at the time of writing. So, to cut what could be a very long story short, the original Tron was a film about a software engineer who becomes digitised and trapped inside a videogame he created. Continued at CVG. November 7, 2010 TRON: LEGACY Triptych, New Bridges Photo & "Long Time" Film Clip Continued at WeAreMovieGeeks. Olivia Wilde calls 'Tron: Legacy' a 'game-changer' in film-making On The Red Carpet correspondent Bruce Reynolds caught up with the star of the new film Olivia Wilde who plays Quorra at the recent BAFTA Britannia Awards. She told us the film takes technology to the next level. Continued at OTRC. October 20, 2010 Must See: Fully Functional 'Tron' Light Cycle Is Here! Parker Brothers Choppers of Melbourne, Florida have constructed a fully functional light cycle, straight out of the Tron universe. Continued at GeeksofDoom. A kick-butt new trailer Continued at CinemaBlend. New 'TRON: Legacy' Poster Pays Homage To Original 'TRON' Poster Continued at MTV. October 10, 2010 Walt Disney Pictures Kicks off "TRON: LEGACY" 10-Week Global Countdown Continued at AWN. September 19, 2010 The Pros and Cons of Tron: Legacy Continued at Film.com. August 4, 2010 Jeff Bridges Discusses Tron: Legacy Continued at ComicBookMovie. August 3, 2010 International Tron Legacy Poster Reveals Kevin Flynn Continued at SlashFilm. Daft Punk Tron Leaks Confirmed As Fake Continued at MTV.UK. July 30, 2010 Jeff Bridges Discusses Tron: Legacy Continued at ComicBookMovie. July 26, 2010 Marketing 'Tron: Legacy' Brings the Hardest Sell Yet Continued at NYTimes. July 22, 2010 Upcoming "TRON: Legacy" Filmmakers to be Featured at SIGGRAPH 2010 Continued at AWN.
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