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I may not have been born until two years after the 1982 original but I was fortunate enough to catch “Tron” at a later date and I have never looked back since. Now, the highly-anticipated sequel sees an upgrade from analogue to full 3D and given the title “Tron Legacy”.
The original was the very first film to use computer-animation extensively which saw Jeff Bridges play Kevin Flynn a former employee of the software corporation ENCOM who ends up running a arcade.Flynn has been trying to hack into ENCOM’s mainframe computer to find evidence that ENCOM’s senior executive Ed Dillinger stole four video games he created. But Dillinger’s supercomputer “Master Control Program” foils Flynn’s efforts and dictates and controls most of the computer systems. One night, Flynn’s former girlfriend Lora and her boyfriend, ace computer programmer Alan Bradley helps Flynn break into ENCOM to shut down the MCP with Alan’s security program “TRON”. But MCP uses Lora’s matter transmission program and converts Flynn into data and sends him into the computer. Flynn finds himself in a electronic world ruled by the MCP and his evil chief henchman Sark, where computer programs are the alter-egos of their creators and are forced to compete in gladiatorial games. With help from Tron, a heroic and fearless security program and his lover, Yori, Flynn sets out destroy the MCP and help Tron liberate the system from the MCP’s control, by destroying the MCP is Flynn’s only way of returning to the real world.
The new film, “Tron Legacy” is a high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn, played by Garrett Hedlund is the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.
With Daft Punk creating the sound track, “TRON Legacy” will be a movie not to miss out on, penned for 2011 release mediahustler is more than a little excited.
The official trailer can be seen below, recently premiering at the San Diego Comic Con it is looking rather slick and to add some texture to this baddass clip click here for the original 1982 trailer.
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