Wow, the hype from Tron: Legacy sure died down quickly didn’t it? For the record, we thought it was pretty awesome, if a bit talky -read our review here -but Disney certainly aren’t the type of company to let FIVE YEARS of extreme social marketing go to waste, as shown by this leaked preview from the upcoming Blu-Ray release of Tron: Legacy. Taking place right after the film’s closing credits, the short revives the Flynn Lives meme and drops a few ‘Clu’s (see what we did there, damn, we should be on TV) about possible sequel storylines.
What do you think, are you up for more Tron, or are you all pixelled out?
These days Pixar movies often sum up everything that’s missing from Disney’s mainstream releases – plot, characters you can root for, a distinct lack of songs about dreaming/the pain of being Miley Cyrus.
Flynn lives! Time to rise up and join the revolution comrades, and what better way to get started than checking out these awesome propoganda-style Tron posters by illustrator Steve Thomas.
Steve specialises in arcade-related retro designs (that it has to be said would look amazing on my wall at home, so hopefully he’s reading this and feeling generous…),and retro-futuristic travel guides, with a number of very cool prints available over at zazzle. Check out Steve’s site for more of his stuff, including some great takes on Donkey Kong, Frogger and even everyone’s favourite mediaeval knights on flying ostriches actioner Joust.
Wow -two newsgushes in a row for Disney’s hyped-through-the-roof Tron series. Yep -series.
While Tron: Legacy may be a few months away from screens, it seems the house of mouse has enough confidence to greenlight a third installment. According to the Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, they’ve already signed up ‘Lost’ writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz to penthe continuing adventures of Jeff Bridges in cyberspace.
Of course, this may depend on Tron: Legacy’s ability to fend off the box office kryptonite that doomed it’s predesessor to a life of dodgy VHS cultism…
What do you thing? Are we ready for more Tron, or is this headed for a disaster of Matrix-like proportions?
