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Tron and Legacy both made double their budget, tron made 50 million on a 17 million budget and Legacy made 400 on a 170 million budget.
I would only consider a movie a bomb if it fails to make it's money back...
Something like Speed Racer (2008), which is an awesome movie, but only made 93 million on a 120 million budget.
Loved the first one, second one was ok, i refuse to watch Jared leto
First two were good. Haven't seen the latest, but not interested.
Is there a single devoted fan of the Tron series? I legitimately can't remember a single person actually caring about it. That and Avatar. Did anyone actually care about Avatar?
I was a devoted fan of the first Tron film, back when that was all there was.
Now that there's a franchise with multiple films, shows, video games, etc., I'm still a devoted fan of the first Tron film and that's all.
give Tron 2.0 a shot if you like FPS. solid, fun game.
some of it's repetitive but haha frisbee go brrrrrr
I haven't seen it, and I don't know anything about it. Only reference I've ever seen to the franchise was in the second Wreck it Ralph movie (the shit one).
It’s Whoville for nerds!
The OG tron arcade game was my jam.
I used to work with a guy that swore he thought Avatar was one of the greatest movies ever made, he owned multiple copies on different formats
Huh. I mean, I'm sure it's a decent enough movie, but it just completely lacks any cultural impact. It's not known for anything besides blue people.
I spent a fair bit of time trying to understand how he came to this conclusion, it confuses me to this day.
The impact of Avatar is the technologies that James Cameron has advanced in order to create it. Avatar will lead to better cameras, techniques and movies. The story is just an excuse to get Disney to give him the money he needs to pursue his craft.
He really is just a mad scientist tricking Disney and the movie going public into funding his tech projects. He wanted a personal submarine, so he made a movie about the Titanic.
I judge movies and books by how much I remember the next day. I'm not too bright and easily excited, gotta sleep on it.
Avatar was awesome on the big screen. Totally forgotten the next day. Watched it maybe twice more, pretty sure it's on the server, still don't remember it.
Yeah it's a pretty basic space Pocahontas, it's not really exploring any new ideas
I wouldn't call myself a fan of the series, but I really liked Tron: Legacy. As a package I just thought it was a great experience and I was eager for more at the time.
If it wasn't for Jared Leto, I'd probably have given Ares a shot. But I have zero interest with him as the main character.
Understandable, I can see where you're coming from.
Oh shit, he is the main character? Sorry, live under a rock and didn't even bother before to check what role he has. Guess it is a nope from me too then.
Tron, yes, unless we have pretty different opinions on what constitutes devoted. I had a watch party in prep for the first sequel coming out. // Avatar, I low key hate that movie but I still think this sounds almost sarcastic when asked. I mean it has its own dedicated section of Disneyland. That's not something they did lightly. Things have died down some but people were obsessed.
I know some. He's still salty it didn't win any awards that year. Yes, the first one, over forty years ago.
I liked the move though. Fun. Award shows are just Hollywood circle jerks, so cares if Tron didn't win anything?
I’m a huge fan of TRON. I have a sealed vhs of the original, all the games, I even got the stupid $100 preorder statue for TRON: Evolution. I can admit the stories aren’t great, but the atmosphere and aesthetic is something I’ll never get enough of.
The first one was absolutely kick ass if you were an eight year old video game/computer nerd when it came out.
Someone asked what makes the original Tron so good the other day and, even as a fan of Tron, I could not come up with an answer.
I just think it's neat.
Back in 82 we weren't all carrying an internet link in our pocket. Computers were in arcades and sometimes at work (but only used by specialists.) Impossible to recapture that moment in time.
First tron is boring as balls with good visuals.
Legacy was entertaining while still boring as balls but that soundtrack may well be the best soundtrack ever made. Plus it has the most banging pinball machine release ever.
In it's time, the special effects were mind blowing. We little boys were like, "OMG! Light cycles!"
I feel like even today, the CGI is super impressive for 1982 (?).
given that the metaphorical inside of a computer is usually imagined to look... well, computer-y, i think 1980's CG is spot on.
i remember mom telling me as a kid (~2004) "now don't judge the CG too harshly, it's very old" and i was like "are you kidding? this looks AWESOME!"
The impressive thing is they did all those visuals without a gui. They had to calculate and hand code every element and wouldn't know if it worked until the film was developed.
Edit: they also weren't eligible for best visial effects because they "cheated" by using computers.
It was a product of its time. Had the story and certainly the same effects been released decades later it wouldn't have gone anywhere. That's where Legacy was able to succeed, they didn't just run with a sequel of the same stuff, they took what Tron started and added things relevant to a modern audience. I have yet to see Ares so I can't say if it brings anything new besides flashier graphics (maybe too flashy?)
Jeff Bridges. Love him as the Dude (obviously) but also loved him in Tron. I think he’s actually a pretty underrated actor because of how famous he is in The Big Lebowski.
jared leto is probably the reason, so much so hes the only one on the front cover, and no women wants to be nex tto him.
if you're someone who can enjoy art partially made by not-so-great to awful people, give it a watch. NIN fucking killed it with the soundtrack, it looks awesome, the writing is weirdly decent (good writing in a TRON movie? wtf??), and the acting is better than it has any right to be. thoroughly enjoyable imo
my favorite franchise is Firefly so I'm used to stuff I like being made by awful people :(
You may have just convinced me to give it a watch. This is the first comment I find on Lemmy stating that the soundtrack was on-point and not shitting on the writing.
I have to disagree on the NIN soundtrack. I am a big fan of theirs but this was just a complete let down. There were maybe two notable tracks, and even then they were nothing to share with anyone. Trent Reznor has done way better music for movies in the past.
Firefly made by awful people? I guess you mean whedon? Or are there others?
I fee like these movies are aimed at someone like me, a tech nerd that loves action movies and rides a motorcycle. But somehow, these movies don't resonate with me at all. IMHO the plot is weak, half of the time the movie doesn't make any sense, it just feels like a random vibe movie which just isn't for me.