It's already out an about. The pop sequel they were never going to figure out how to pull off is going to happen. TRON 2 (or TR2N) hit the internet with a bamboozled celphone video that was both thrilling and interesting. The nostalgia about that film (for most fan-boys and girls I've chatted with) is tainted with what appears to be the subtext of "nobody gets this". The original TRON and the Broderick movie WARGAMES stand as the best elements of 80's compu-geekdom that reflect a culture that never really hit in the mainstream... and is almost as bizarre (dispite its recent setting) as ancient historical adaptations when realized on the silver screen for modern audiences. Fans of the original and/or this new effort need to track down a copy of the EXCELLENT donationware lightcycle game ARMAGETRON... and the original ROMS for DISCS OF TRON.
HERE's my knee-jerk scoresheet for this summers "blockbuster" fare:
HELLBOY 2, THE GOLDEN ARMY: 6 (Sweet-hearted, and amazing, but left the culture)
THE DARK KNIGHT: 9 (arguably the perfect comic adaptation... amazing cast...)
IRON MAN: 9 (the adaptation that couldn't go right... went right)
SPEED RACER: 4 (so many amazing victories on this one, and it still doesn't know WTF is up)
INDIANA JONES and the CRYSTAL SKULL: 7 (my favorite sequel to RAIDERS... though all my friends are sick)
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH: 5 (I almost didn't like this, but it is very sweet-hearted)
X-FILES 2, I WANNA BELIEVE: N/A
THE INCREDIBLE HULK: N/A
THE WILL SMITH MOVIE: N/A
2009 Notables:
THE WATCHMEN
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
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