Legacy centers on Flynn’s reunion with his son Sam ( Garrett Hedlund), but the film utilizes that reunion to tell a story about Flynn the god and his creation, and likewise about a movie sequel and its predecessor. The original film was about a world of anthropomorphic computer programs waiting for the day a human user would arrive and save them from the evil program ruling over them when Flynn enters the Grid and does exactly that, he’s regarded as a god.
Though the plot of both Tron and Tron: Legacy are simple at their cores, they both keep their big allegories just barely hidden beneath the surface. The Film Is a Giant Allegory for Movie Sequels The whole album is a fantastic listen from beginning to end, and it likely saw heavy rotation in the collections of more than just film score nerds. Sure, they pull from their signature repertoire for the banger of a dance track that plays during their big cameo scene, but they also demonstrate a knack for big, emotional pieces that feel fully operatic, like an even moodier version of John Carpenter if he worked with an 85-piece orchestra. There are moody synths and percussion moments like the theme of the movie’s villain, and much of the score sounds like it was recorded using sounds from an actual computer.īut Daft Punk don’t let their reputation and background define their work on the film. Scored entirely by legendary French electronic duo Daft Punk, it seamlessly combines more typical orchestral fanfare with the their signature synthwavey staccatos, and the result is both modern and sophisticated. We’re just going to say it: The TRON: Legacy soundtrack is one of the best pieces of movie music to grace theaters in decades.
The film’s narrative may be driven by a young man hoping to reconnect with his father, but it works just as hard to make the audience sympathize with a digital creation who longs to witness a real sunrise. It is a dark, pessimistic place easily abused by those in power, yes, but there is still spectacle and beauty to be found. If the original Tron looked at technology with awe at a time when the prospect of a digital world connecting everyone was a nice thought, the sequel recognizes that we now look at the Internet differently.
The Grid is not a technicolor wonder, but a perpetually dark and rainy hell where programs are forced to compete in brutal gladiatorial fights to the death for the amusement of the ruling class.Īnd yet, there is still a lot of optimism in Tron: Legacy, and it comes in the form of Quorra ( Olivia Wilde), a digital lifeform born inside the Grid who marvels at her world - and especially the world outside the Grid - with child-like wonder. Jeff Bridges reprises his role as programming wizard Kevin Flynn, who went on to become a successful CEO of a huge tech conglomerate and build a digital world he calls the Grid, only for his most sophisticated creation to run amok and turn the Grid into a dystopian nightmare. For the sequel, director Joseph Kosinski and writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz take a far more pessimistic approach to the “legacy” of the film’s title. The original Tron arrived at the dawn of widespread home computing, at a time when one could wonder what it would be like to live inside the machine and marvel at the possibilities the future could bring. It’s Darker than the Original, but Just as Hopeful Grab your identity disk and hop on your light cycle, because TRON: Legacyturns 10 today, and we’re heading back to the Grid to explore why it’s a worthy successor to its cult classic predecessor. Thankfully, the result was as much a visual marvel as the original, but with a deeper story about playing god that also commented on the nature of movie sequels, all while delivering one of the best movie soundtracks in decades. So when Disney decided to greenlight a sequel to the modest 1982 cult hit TRON nearly 30 years later and with a budget 10 times that of the original, it was a risky endeavor. These films faced the difficult task of living up to the legacies of their predecessors, reminding audiences why they were special in the first place, and offering stories fresh enough to entice audiences old and new. From Star Wars and Jurassic World to The Karate Kid, Bill & Ted, and Indiana Jones.
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In the past decade, we’ve seen follow-ups to a number of films and TV shows decades after the originals.
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