Tron Legacy Press Conference

Submitted by Atom on 30 July, 2009 - 16:09.

I was pretty busy with hosting events at the Koto booth this convention so I was not able to spare the several hours needed to wait in line to attend the public Disney 3D panel for the convention goers. Being press however, I was able to get in on the press conference for the Tron sequel. Josh and I, in case you didn't know, consider Tron to be one of those influential films of our lives and an essential part of the DNA that makes up CollectionDX. So how could I pass up covering this?

The new film is called Tron Legacy and they literally just wrapped principle photography. Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner return. Daft Punk is doing the score. The Tron world has remained on a private server and is not connected to the internet. The general premise is that it's some 30 years after the first film and Flynn has been missing for 25. Flynn's son goes back into the Tron world to find his father. It's all a bit "Heart of Darkness"/"Apocalypse Now". So here is the press confrence in it's entirety. I am sorry for the shaky camera and sound quality. The room was pretty packed by the time I got there, so I got the best spot I could. Enjoy Tron heads!

But that wasn't all Disney was up too, to promote this upcoming film. They turned a nightclub in the Gaslight District into a replica of Flynn's for 2 nights. Sadly I did not get myself this venue while it was running but thanks to my friends @scoobydiesel, @seandps, @Taozoo4u and @ethernz I do have some photos to share with you. Thanks guys and gals you are all real life savers. :)

A full size mock-up of the new Lightcycle was on display

From what I can tell, the Tron arcade game IS NOT the classic 80's game we played when we where kids. It was more in line with the game Flynn played from the movie... really wish I had gone... grrr.

They also brought me back an arcade token from Flynn's.

So very looking forward to seeing this sometime next year...

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Wow- that is one hell of a

Submitted by EVA_Unit_4A on 30 July, 2009 - 16:44.

Wow- that is one hell of a promotion- a working arcade based on nothing but one movie! And not only that, but the 1/1 new LightCycle!

w00t for "Tron Legacy"!

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Wow- it is really difficult to understand that press conference. I know you were limited by distance, and I understand that's how the cards fall. But... is there any way you could- I don't know- caption it for us?
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TR2N was a cooler title

Submitted by Materialist Zen on 30 July, 2009 - 17:36.

Just the same, you guys are right about the original, after all TOMY made the original TRON toys. Syd Mead, Juan/ Wendy Carlos, The Dude... Never mind the futurist aspects which are on par with Star Trek. People who can't dig that movie amaze me.

I'm with you in hoping this one is another classic. The marketing push is encouraging, as long as they (the royal "They") don't kill this movie before it arrives.

Jeff Bridges...

Submitted by RobotBastard on 30 July, 2009 - 22:24.

A few months ago, I somehow managed to watch three movies starring Jeff Bridges in one three-day weekend. Friday night was Iron Man, Saturday was The Big Lebowski, Sunday was TRON. It was entirely unintentional.

If you look at the original

Submitted by cosmo773 on 31 July, 2009 - 04:24.

If you look at the original Tron's pre-production art, the "NEW" Lightcycles design is incredibly close to what they intended for the first film.

Oh- they intended them to

Submitted by EVA_Unit_4A on 31 July, 2009 - 13:11.

Oh- they intended them to be open-air? Was it the restriction of the CGI at the time that prevented it?
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TRON 2.0

Submitted by Lizardspock on 31 July, 2009 - 19:43.

Originally it was to be called Tron 2.0 from what I read. Still the trailer looks awesome, hope the movie lives up to the hype. Sometimes the movie trailer is better than the actual movie... did I hear "Revenge of the fallen".

There were several titles tossed around,

Submitted by Materialist Zen on 31 July, 2009 - 21:38.

TR2N is the one I went for. Seriously enigmatic and cryptic, but whatever. You know the rule "Asses in Seats!" applies before anything creative ever will. Still, I can't wait for this movie. I'm hugging my MIP Tomy SARK even as I type.

For me, this was the biggest

Submitted by REX-203 on 5 August, 2009 - 11:43.

For me, this was the biggest news to come out of SDCC this year. I've always been a pretty big fan of TRON. It is probably one of my top 5 favorite movies. Seeing the trailer for the sequel gave me goosebumps like I haven't had since first seeing footage of the 2007 TF movie. 2010 is going to be BIG!

PS: Adam, you lucky bugger. Those tokens are AWESOME!

A Tron Arcade Game

Submitted by Atom on 5 August, 2009 - 13:00.

... and one day I swear I will own the stand-up Tron arcade game we played as young-ins to go with the token. :)

I agree Robby, this was the biggest news to come out of the convention for me too. The fact that I got to stand in on the press conference, 20 feet away from Flynn himself was pretty Epic.

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