TRON 2 – Is This Real, And Is This A Good Idea?
Image via WikipediaOne of my friends recently sent me a link for a bootleg teaser trailer for TRON 2. According to reports, Disney representatives showed the trailer at this years Comic-Con. Apparently, the fanboys in attendance went wild. What can we make of this?
Scanning the internet, I just can’t find any evidence that TRON 2 is actually being made. You can look up anybody who might be involved with this project (for example, Jeff Bridges, Steven Lisberger) and there is no mention of TRON 2. However, ever since the Matrix came out, there have been rumours that Disney was interested in making a sequel. You know how Hollywood is. Why make something new, when you already have an existing property ( I’ve also read they’re planning on making a Pirates 4. God safe us).
I suppose Disney’s thinking is that the original TRON was a movie that was ahead of its time in a lot of ways. It predated the whole Cyberpunk era of Sci-Fi, and its use of CG was absolutely groundbreaking for the time. John Lasseter has mentioned Tron’s influence on his career in computer animation. Disney might think that a lot of the people that didn’t get TRON the first time might be more receptive to the concepts it presented now. Could it be that Pixar might be involved in this movie in some way?
Is making a sequel to TRON a good idea? Although the original has gathered a bit of a cult following, it really wasn’t that great of a movie (although I still liked it). On the other hand, although the original story wasn’t great, in the right hands, perhaps the raw material is there to make something cool. Think of what Ron Moore did with Battlestar Galactica. If TRON could be “Battlestar Galacticized”, I’d see it. Obviously, computer graphics have advanced light years since the original. They could make an incredible looking computer world. Plus, I am a Jeff Bridges fan …(Who doesn’t want to see “The Dude’ inside a computer playing video games?)
I think what Disney was doing was to put together a TRON 2 concept trailer to try and gauge just what the fan reaction would be. If they showed it at Comic-Con and everyone shrugged, they would have just forgotten about it. As it is, people who saw it seemed to be genuinely excited. I don’t think TRON 2 was a sure thing before. However, given this reaction, there is a good chance that it is now. Time will tell. (And if Pixar is involved, hmmmmmm, it could be really interesting …)
Oh, here’s a funny TRON story I just remembered. David Warner, who plays Sark and Dillenger in the movie, was home drunk one night when his agent called. Here’s how t he conversation went:
AGENT: Hey, I just got a script for a new science fiction movie called TRON. Want to be it it?
WARNER (still drunk): I don’t know. Who’s directing it?
AGENT: Steven Lisberger.
WARNER: Steven Spielberg! I’ll do it!
Just shows you the dangers of alcohol, I suppose 
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What I’ve been up to and some final BSG thoughts
Image via WikipediaWell, it’s good to be back. I’ve been fairly busy recently, which means I’ve been neglecting this blog. What have I been up to? Well, two things really:
1) I’m the webmaster for a new site that is really just getting going (I’d say it’s in beta stage, at the moment). It’s called Lifefoc.us, and it’s a personal improvement website. If you’re interested in achieving more success in your personal or professional lives, you may want to check this out. Have you ever been to an Anthony Robbins type seminar? What happens at an event like that is that you often get super charged up with their feel good messages. You come out of them feeling like you can take on the world. The problem, though, is that you have to leave the seminar at some point and actually take action on your own. I believe this is why most people fail when they try and make a positive change in their life. You want to do it, but where’s the support and encouragement? This is what this website will be, a like minded of community of people helping each other. I’m pretty excited about it.
2) I’m also working on a new, fitness oriented website. I’m making progress on it, but it’s far from complete. I’ll have more to say about this in the future.
Anyway, I just want to wrap up a few loose ends concerning Battlestar Galactica. In an earlier post, I mentioned that Tricia Helfer had mentioned that the final episode of BSG (which they’ve already filmed) will make people want to re-watch the miniseries. Well, I did this, but I didn’t really see anything that jumped out to me. The only thing that I noticed (and it’s a small, most likely irrelevant detail) is that when Starbuck was replaced in the Galactica ceremonial flyby, she was replaced by a Lt. Anders. Coincidence? Most likely, but it’s the only thing that stood out to me that others haven’t commented on.
Another great theory I read on someone’s blog, although I can’t find it now, is that Earth is more like Heaven to the colonials. In order to get to it, you have to die. Starbuck had to die to see Earth, and Roslin is always close to death, which is why she has visions of it. When Starbuck saw earth, she described it as green with trees. That’s not quite what we saw, is it? Remember when Roslin’s’ fellow cancer patient friend (played by Deep Space Nine’s Nana Vistor) died, and they had to cross a river to reach a verdant field? Didn’t that seem very Earth like to you? The final script (reportedly) reduced Edward James Olmos to tears. Could it be that both he and Roslin die, and reach Earth together? That sounds like a Galactica thing to do. I guess we’ll find out in January.
