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After Limp ‘Ares’ Opening, ‘Tron’ Remains in Franchise Limbo — The sci-fi series about digital worlds has become too big to be a truly “cult” series, yet not big enough to be a major cultural force

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After Limp ‘Ares’ Opening, ‘Tron’ Remains in Franchise Limbo — The sci-fi series about digital worlds has become too big to be a truly “cult” series, yet not big enough to be a major cultural force

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  • red_bull_of_juarez ( red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Also, they decided to cast Jared Leto. That’s enough to keep some people who’d otherwise watch the movie away.

    • TheImpressiveX ( TheImpressiveX@piefed.social ) OP
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      • [deleted] ( snooggums@piefed.world ) 
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        Jared Leto is a producer for the movie and is probably the one trying to make Jared Leto happen.

        I was one of the people who stayed away because of Jared Leto.

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    • prole ( prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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      I’ve only seen one ad, and it looked nothing like a Tron movie… Like are they even in a computer? Stupid.

      • burntbacon ( burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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        The first time I heard about it was a week or so ago, and the description someone gave me is that the computer people come into the real world. I dropped my jaw and thought to myself that the idea is the exact opposite of what made tron… well, tron.

  • [deleted] ( snooggums@piefed.world ) 
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    The main problem is they are leaning too hard into the spectacle and not putting enough into the story and characters that would make the movie appeal to a far wider audience. The Matrix is still a cultural icon because of a combination of awesome special effects, memorable characters, and creative scenes. The original Jurassic Park still stands out as one of the best movies ever made, because it has awesome special effects, memorable characters, and creative scenes.

    That is also before the massively inflated budgets for the last two Tron movies. They could have saved a significant amount of money by cutting down some of the special effects fight and chase scenes and instead showing more character interactions to make those scenes memorable. The later Matrix movies fell into that trap too, but not to the same extent. I keep bringing up The Matrix because if someone asks “What was that series of movies where the people go into the computer and fight computer programs?” that vast majority of people are going to say The Matrix.

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    In limbo is how it has always been. It is really impressive/amazing that Disney dropped 180 mlll into this “franchise’. Both previous movies were flops.

    What made them think this would be any different?

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    It’s not as brainy as the past films and tries to appeal to the multiplex masses

    Once again by trying to appeal to everyone Hollywood and corporate America have appealed to no one. Congrats, you made a movie no one wanted to see. Old Tron fans saw you trying to make a bland corporate written sequel, and people who have never seen Tron see a bland action movie with no plot.

    And with is “brainy” in this case? Do they mean plot? That is crazy smart people don’t want to just explosions and that we want a plot?

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    Going into the computer is boring in a time where we are all in the computer all day. Make a sci fi series where the characters are transported to some green land with good food and sunshine.

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    • LainTrain ( LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      Cringe

    • Of the Air (cele/celes) ( oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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      Make a sci fi series where the characters are transported to some green land with good food and sunshine.

      Strange World by Disney.

      • Ilixtze ( Ilixtze@lemmy.ml ) 
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        monkey paw curls ; I hate disney. Or more like, I hate that these days everything is disney.

        • Of the Air (cele/celes) ( oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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          Right, but there’s ways to get disney stuff without paying them 😉

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            No I mean I hate their products; I hate their story telling codes. I hate how Disney tells stories. And by that same logic i hate that the American disney story telling structures are so widespread these days. It’s just a monopoly.

            • Of the Air (cele/celes) ( oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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              Ah, okay. We dislike some of their stuff, but not all. We agree it could be a lot better though!

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    I loved the original Tron as a kid, I enjoyed Tron Legacy. I will never see Tron Ares because Jared Leto is a black void of personality. I’d rather rub salt in my eyes then watch him trying to act.

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    How are we pronouncing “ares”?

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      TRON: ARSE

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY0IfTSHsHk

      • Scrubbles ( scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ) 
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        I absolutely loved this. Thank you

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    pls dont stop running it! ill be there soon to pay to watch it!!!

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    TRON was already dull, but now you can watch a sexless incel-coded one starring a crook bloke.

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