Before Disney announced Tron Legacy, I had heard the name, "Tron." I might have even seen the movie. This was a Disney movie with bright colors and sleek animation available on VHS; and I was a kid. I mean how could I have missed that?

But I can't remember Tron. Like, what happens?

Along with the majority of moviegoers, who either weren't alive during or didn't care about the original Tron's release, I feel like Tron, as a brand, has a lot to prove, that it's still a "new" franchise. Disney seems to have already bet the house. Maybe it will pay big. Here's Tron: Evolution, the video game that bridges the two films plots. Disney also has toys, posters, a soundtrack by Daft Punk and no doubt fast food tie-ins just waiting to be unleashed, a promotional armada of one-sheets and high-glucose corn syrup.

Then there's the move. Tron Legacy, as it appears from the outside, is Disney's Matrix for Kids, and thus wildly more marketable.

Will it be a success? Will I go back and rewatch Tron and pretend I was always a fan? Because if it's good, I will. I'm not above it. At least the game has promise.

 

 

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