"Tron: Uprising"

[StarFuryG7]

Over at io9:

The entire first episode of Tron: Uprising is online (UPDATED)

In anticipation of the upcoming Tron: Legacy prequel cartoon Tron: Uprising, Disney has released the whole 30-minute first episode — "Beck's Beginning" — online for free. The series premieres Thursday June 7 on Disney XD.

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io9.com/5909902/the-entire-first-episode-of-tron-uprising-is-online

[CRAMBAM]

I don't know why it's a big deal that it's for free since it's going to air on free tv.

[StarFuryG7]

May 14, 2012 6:29:22 GMT -5 CRAMBAM said:

I don't know why it's a big deal that it's for free since it's going to air on free tv.

The Disney Channel isn't exactly free TV, since it's only available through cable or satellite subscription.
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At any rate, I watched the episode last night and I liked it for the most part --more than I expected to. It's a prequel to "TRON: Legacy", which is annoying in a way, as it gives a view of things that were happening behind the scenes prior to that last movie that we had little to no reason to believe were occuring. (We also know how and where this all ends ultimately to boot.) It also depicts the TRON character as a part of this insurrection even though the movie gave no hint or indication of that being the case (remember, Tron shakes off is brainwashed programming near the end of the film in an instant when he finally realizes what's happening, whereas this series indicates he knew and was actually a part of a rebellion all along).

On the plus side though, the setting and environment of this cyberworld lends itself well to an animated series. It looks good and echoes well what was seen in the last movie.

[StarFuryG7]

Has anyone here besides me been following this show?

[CRAMBAM]

Haven't even looked at it.

[StarFuryG7]

Jul 3, 2012 14:04:03 GMT -5 CRAMBAM said:

Haven't even looked at it.

Out of everyone here, I suspect you would be the one who would enjoy it the most, but then again, sometimes your taste has left me scratching my head, so watching would be the only way to know obviously.

You can still watch the 31-minute Pilot over at the io9 article link above. Why don't you give it a look?

[TrekBeatTK]

I was curious about it, but since I don't have cable anymore I can only watch it online. I haven't checked it out yet because the sequel didn't make much sense to me and I'm not sure the series will help that. But I may give it a look at some point when I've got time.

-TK

[StarFuryG7]

Jul 3, 2012 16:54:09 GMT -5 TrekBeatTK said:

I was curious about it, but since I don't have cable anymore I can only watch it online. I haven't checked it out yet because the sequel didn't make much sense to me and I'm not sure the series will help that. But I may give it a look at some point when I've got time.
-TK

Issues you had with the last movie are irrelevant when it comes to this show, since it all takes place entirely inside the Grid. I think you should give the Pilot episode a look just for the hellof it so you can decide whether or not it's to your liking.

What made you ditch cable, if you don't mind my asking?

[TrekBeatTK]

Jul 4, 2012 2:36:08 GMT -5 StarFuryG7 said:

Issues you had with the last movie are irrelevant when it comes to this show, since it all takes place entirely inside the Grid. I think you should give the Pilot episode a look just for the help of it so you can decide whether or not it's to your liking.

What made you ditch cable, if you don't mind my asking?

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The Grid in Legacy didn't feel like the same Grid in the first one. But we'll see.

As to cable, it was purely a money thing right now. And I hate it because it means I can't watch Breaking Bad live and have to buy it on iTunes.

-TK

[StarFuryG7]

Jul 4, 2012 8:30:08 GMT -5 TrekBeatTK said:

The Grid in Legacy didn't feel like the same Grid in the first one.

How could it? They were using a considerably more advanced CGI animation process compared to what was available when the first film was made, so even from a story standpoint, the Grid itself simply evolved and became more advanced over time as well. Why would you think it wouldn't? From a strictly hardware standpoint I'll grant you that's rather tricky, but Flynn was still in there, and Alan and the company were outside developing more advanced technology over time, although how that would have extended itself to the world of TRON and the Grid certainly presents something of a problem I suppose.

[TrekBeatTK]

I haven't seen either film since Legacy came out, but I seem to recall the term "The Grid" being used far more broadly than in the first movie, and that confused me. In the first one, IIRC, it was used only of the sort of arena environment. But the sequel seemed to use it of the whole world down there.

There are elements of growth and change I expect in a sequel, and some of that was good. But at other times, I wasn't sure the movies were even talking about the same thing.

-TK

[StarFuryG7]

I haven't seen the original since it was released to theaters back in the summer of '82, so I can't really comment about what the dialogue indicated in the first film. I bought it on Blu-ray (I think it was in that format) last year at the same time I bought the sequel and had intended on watching it again at some point, so perhaps I'll get back to you about that fairly soon since now seems like a good time (I watched about two-thirds of ST VI on Blu-ray late last night, but finally had to turn it off at about 3 AM). What I can tell you, however, is that in the Animated series, the term "The Grid" refers to the whole environment, or rather, the environment of the City itself. Flynn was located outside the City in the last film, and was therefore residing "off the Grid" I believe, if memory serves me correctly.

Nevertheless, the Animated series is pretty straightforward in terms of plot, story and dialogue, so I don't think you would have any problem at all following it and being able to understand everything that's going on.

[StarFuryG7]

Olivia Wilde reprised her role as Quorra in the latest episode, which aired tonight. I was surprised to see her, and they did a good job with the animation --the character looked just like her in the movie.

I hope she's lost some weight. She's Hot, but when she gained weight and had to go out and promote "Cowboys and Aliens" I was kind of turned off.

[StarFuryG7]

Jul 4, 2012 16:18:11 GMT -5 TrekBeatTK said:

There are elements of growth and change I expect in a sequel, and some of that was good. But at other times, I wasn't sure the movies were even talking about the same thing. -TK

Okay, so I watched the original "TRON" on Blu-ray over the last two nights, very late at night. Your question about the Grid I believe I've already addressed, but based on how the last film ended, I'm of the tenuous opinion at this moment of believing that Flynn created a new Grid some time after the original Grid that he had created years earlier. I'm going to look into this further when I can find the time, but that's what makes the most sense to me at the moment, unless he reformatted his original Grid and created a new one from scratch, which is also possible I guess. However, that would also mean he had wiped out all of the other programs that were existing within that original mainframe, and he shows a reluctance to kill even just one of them in the original film shortly after getting thrust inside the Grid by the Master Control Program.

I was also surprised to see that Peter Jurasik had a role in this movie (said program that Flynn was reluctant to kill). I remembered him being in it as soon as I saw him show up on the screen, but I had long forgotten that he was a part of the film's cast as well. As a fan of "Babylon 5", this was something of a welcome, offbeat surprise to me, considering that Bruce Boxleitner is also one of the stars of the film. However, he and Jurasik may not have even crossed paths during the making of the movie given that they weren't in any scenes together.

Any other questions that you'd like to bring up, TK, in relation to this movie and its sequel that perhaps I can now answer for you?

[TrekBeatTK]

Jul 7, 2012 13:50:30 GMT -5 StarFuryG7 said:

Any other questions that you'd like to bring up, TK, in relation to this movie and its sequel that perhaps I can now answer for you?

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None that I can think of right now. I'll probably find some time to watch them again at some point. The whole thing with Quorra and all that never made much sense to me, especially her being able to leave at the end of the film, but that's just the nature of the story. The sequel is very philosophically different from the original. The first Tron was a pretty obvious allegory of Christians and gladiators, and felt very "western". The gladiatory element is even obvious when you look at their costuming being sort of toga inspired for the games. Flynn becomes a sort of messiah in that regard, or an angelic figure. But in the sequel, it's all quite "eastern" with Flynn meditating and the other sort of ideas about life emerging and all.

-TK

[StarFuryG7]

I have to say, they made her as cute as hell in this.

Over at io9:

Olivia Wilde guest stars on Tron: Uprising

Movies and cartoons collide this week, as Quorra (Olivia Wilde's character in Tron: Legacy) appears on Tron: Uprising.

Tron: Uprising – "Isolated"

This episode focuses on Paige, using flashbacks to show her past life and love of music, a talent that goes against her programming.

During this flashback, we see Paige interact with Quorra (voiced by Tron: Legacy's Olivia Wilde), who gives Paige some life changing advice.

Video Preview available on the article Page, linked to below.

io9.com/5923220/olivia-wilde-guest-stars-on-tron-uprising-and-bender-joins-the-paparazzi