I’ve been a Tron fan since I used to be a child, since not too lengthy after the unique movie got here out. Years later, when the long-awaited sequel, Tron: Legacy, lastly got here out, I used to be as excited as anyone. When the deliberate sequel to that film fell aside, I used to be greater than a little bit annoyed.
However now Tron 3 is nearly right here, with the Tron: Ares launch date lower than a month away. Whereas I’m nonetheless aggravated it’s not a direct sequel to Tron: Legacy, I’ll take what I can get, and on the finish of the day, I’m simply glad we’re getting a sequel. Though now that the sequel has set off a sequence of occasions that has me asking a fairly large query about Tron: Ares.
Tron And Tron: Legacy Look Superb In 4K
Alongside the discharge of Tron: Ares in theaters, the primary two Tron films are additionally getting a model new launch of their very own. Each have acquired shiny new 4K transfers, overseen by authentic Tron director Steven Lisberger. As a fan, I used to be very excited to come up with these, and so I then did what any self-respecting Tron would do. I went again into the Grid.
I rewatched each Tron movies, and they’re nonetheless wonderful, but it surely was when I discovered myself watching the opening of Tron: Legacy that I used to be reminded about one thing that ought to, if the occasions of Tron: Legacy are correctly addressed within the new film, be type of an enormous deal.
The Tron Franchise Exists In The Tron Universe
The unique Tron follows the story of Kevin Flynn, who will get himself zapped by the Grasp Management Program, forcing him right into a world that exists inside computer systems. Flynn, alongside packages Tron and Yori, works to assist Flynn escape, which he ultimately does.
At first of Tron: Legacy, we see Sam Flynn’s childhood bed room, which incorporates, amongst different issues, a Tron poster for the then-new Tron online game, which is equivalent to the actual Tron film poster. We additionally see motion figures of characters combating one another utilizing discs as weapons and lightcycle toys. All of the hallmarks that we have now come to affiliate with Tron as a franchise.
Kevin Flynn Created Tron Primarily based On His Expertise Inside The Laptop
Whereas we do see some components of the world of Tron earlier than Kevin Flynn goes into the pc, like video video games primarily based on lightcycles and tanks, none of them embrace the Tron branding. Through the early montage sequence in Legacy that explains Kevin Flynn’s disappearance, it’s talked about that Flynn created the video video games House Paranoids, a sport particularly talked about that Flynn made earlier than the occasions of the primary film, and a sport referred to as Tron, which will need to have come after.
Principally, Kevin Flynn took his experiences from the primary film and turned them right into a online game referred to as Tron. It’s logical to imagine that Tron grew to become a large franchise, resulting in toy strains and possibly even an eventual movie adaptation, amongst different issues. Perhaps Tron ultimately grew to become a theme park experience.
So the world of the Tron films consists of each a fictional franchise about people who dwell inside the pc, and an actual world inside the pc. By the top of Legacy, whereas most or all the individuals within the laptop world know the world of the “customers” exists, most customers don’t know the reality concerning the laptop, however that’s all about to alter.
Will The Truth That Tron Is “Actual” Be Addressed In Ares?
The trailers for Tron: Ares present a film that seems to happen considerably, if not principally, within the “actual” world. The existence of Ares and different digital life varieties could also be one thing that’s solely revealed to a small quantity formally, but it surely’s clear that their existence is not going to be hidden from the general public for lengthy. The trailers present lightcycles flying down metropolis streets and reducing by police vehicles. By the top of Tron: Ares, it appears all however sure that the world will know the reality.
So who’s going to be the primary particular person to say that these individuals and the cool bikes they experience look an terrible lot like one thing out of a online game? And never simply any online game. They appear like one thing from Tron, a sport that we’re informed in Legacy is without doubt one of the best-selling video video games of all time. That is the kind of factor individuals will discover.
I’ve to surprise if this connection shall be addressed. Will a personality say one thing concerning the lightcyckes or the individuals? Will it simply be an off-hand remark, a kind of joke or reference for people who bear in mind Legacy, or will there be one thing extra?
I Nonetheless Hope A Direct Sequel To Tron: Legacy May Occur, And This May Be A Method In
I totally anticipate that Tron: Ares both received’t take care of this minor element in any respect, the film is clearly trying to be one thing of a gentle reboot for the franchise, or, whether it is talked about, it’ll solely be as a passing reference, a punchline, or an easter egg. Nevertheless, it’s additionally potential that it may result in one thing extra, and I believe it ought to.
Kevin Flynn was “lacking” following his disappearance in Tron: Legacy, and clearly, he by no means resurfaced. The disappearance of a significant tech CEO is prone to be the kind of story that by no means actually dies. The occasions of Tron: Ares could give individuals the chance to place the items collectively and determine simply the place it’s that Flynn disappeared to.
After which what? Think about if we realized that the characters from Star Wars or DC Comics or, nicely, Tron, have been actual, truly. It could change the best way we see… all the things.
Tron: Legacy answered the query of whether or not individuals from the digital frontier may enter the ‘actual” world, and the occasions of Tron: Ares may present that very same reply to the remainder of the world. It solely is sensible that if that may occur, individuals from our world can journey to the digital frontier.
This probably opens up the door to a number of recent Tron sequels, possibly a Disney+ collection, no matter they wish to do with it. Nevertheless, if individuals do join the dots on the disappearance of Kevin Flynn, it may create a motive to carry Sam Flynn and Quorra again into the story.