The evolution of lightcycles.
Just finished watching Tron, the old one, after watching the new one on theater.
I have to say that as far as the story is concerned they are both ok, a user enters the grid, user finds help and fights a program that wants to take over the world. The acting is also on par. Visuals and sounds? A completely different affair, but an unfair one, given the almost 30 years of difference. Of course I've felt blown away by the visuals and by Daft Punk's OST on Legacy. But I'm sure many have felt like that back in '82.
So why do I feel that the older one is better? Simple. Lightcycles, recognizers, the grid, that doesn't sit well with present technology. Space Paranoids and Tron (the games) feel off place in the era of Mass Effect and Bioshock. And so does the new movie. I've still enjoyed it but I've spent my youth in the times of spectrum and vga games, I can only imagine how stupid it must have felt for a 16 year old who has grown in the Matrix era.
Name: Tron
Genre: Science Fiction
Date of release: 1982
Director: Steven Lisberger
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner
Rating: 8/10
Name: Tron: Legacy
Genre: Science Fiction
Date of release: 2010
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde
Rating: 7/10
2 comments:
No comment on Olivia Wilde in latex? Pretty sure that's why it earned a 7/10 (otherwise, the movie is disappointing).
@ Mr. Echo
Not that she's not good looking, but I never really noticed her on the movie, seemed more like a placeholder. Someone must have thought "Guys, we need a girl in the movie otherwise we're missing out on the horny teenager angle".
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