Disney's 'Tron' movie reverse-ages Jeff Bridges

AP via Yahoo ^ | 12/7/10 | RYAN NAKASHIMA

[discostu]

Jeff gets to throw a frisbee heroically again. Apparently there was some trepidation about getting him signed (now an Oscar winner) on for the sequel (to a B movie he was in), a contingent went to visit him and shortly into the discussion he excused himself and came back with his original Tron helmet. They then spent the rest of the day in the backyard getting their pictures taken with the helmet, easiest deal ever.

[sima_yi]

Even with all its flaws, I LOVED the original Tron. I was a mainframe programmer when it came out. That may have been part of the draw. ;)

So did I. So was I. And it probably was. I was working in Silicon Valley at the time, and we nerds would go see it over and over again.

I am definitely looking forward to this next one.

[The Comedian]

>>The Dude abides...of a younger Dude.......dude.<<

Ha! You beat me to it.

I will add, however, that I take comfort in that.

This post really ties the thread together.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[MWestMom]

Ahhhh...Elvis. I miss him.

[RobRoy]

>>This post really ties the thread together. <<

I can NOT believe you posted that. I was in stitches! :)

You’re entering a world of pain!

[RobRoy]

Remember the “phone booth style” arcade game? I was an expert at that thing...

[Inyo-Mono]

“This is interesting technology. It opens the door to the possibility that actors could “live forever” in film—or at least their simulated counterparts can”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2639008/posts

[31R1O]

Here is a break dancing Gene Kelly, Singing in the Rain, the remix!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7653924879522661423#

[Proud_USA_Republican]

S1m0ne.

The i and o replaced with 1 and 0.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Being a young kid fascinated with music and technology, I loved Tron when it came out.

The movie was also ahead of it's time with some of the furturistic technology it displayed, like the touch screen keyboard in the CEO's office. 25 years later, everyone is starting to use easily affordable touch screen computers and smart phones.

Or using a laser to create a perfect 3D capture of an physical object and stored in a digital format.

I will spend the extra dough to see Tron Legacy in Imax. It's one of the few movies I know will be worth it to see it displayed like that.

[VOA]

“
If you read the book (an excellent read by Charles Portis), you’ll quickly
discover that the characters are much darker than the original flick portrayed.
“

That certainly seems to be the impression from the previews.
Seems to be more along the lines of the book “Hell On The Border”
by historian Glenn Shirley (of Oklahoma St. Univ.?).
Ft. Smith and parts of the Indian Territory were not real pretty
places in those wild days.

I don’t go to the cinema often, but I might part with a few dollars
to see this film.

[BenLurkin]

TRON was important to helping me understand how computers work. Specifically all the little people in electric suits busting their butts so I could try to make LOUTUS 123 spreadsheets.

What’s better is that the little people seem to be faster these days — or maybe there are just more of them.

[SJSAMPLE]

David Warner made every movie better.
Even TRON.

Remember him as Jack The Ripper in “Time After Time”?

[DouglasKC]

I saw a preview and I wondered how they pulled that off. Interesting.

[FTJM]

I liked it too. Great concept.

[Conservative4Ever]

It takes all kinds. It’s a big country and I don’t have to view it. They can have all my share. :)

[apoxonu]

The biggest discrepancy in the original movie is the character Mattie Ross, who hires Rooster Cogburn to go after her father’s killer.

In the movie, Kim Darby plays her as a naive but brave somewhat older teenager who comes of age during the journey. It was a feel-good character for a child-targeted, feel-good movie.

In the book, we see a younger girl who has a very unhealthy and somewhat disturbing fascination with death as she narrates the tale. In the reading, she comes across as somewhat creepy and more bloodthirsty than Cogburn.

It will be interesting to see how far the Coen Bros take that character.

[RobRoy]

One of my all time favorite movies was Tron. It had huge flaws (like the score), but I loved the story. I was very excited to hear a “sequel” was being made. I saw the trailers and am going to HAVE to see it in 3d IMAX

However, there was another movie from around the same period that hit me as hard. And I just finished watching it after downloading off uTorrent. It is the first movie I remember actually tearing up at the end, and I did it again tonight. Like Tron, It was a great story with serious flaws. In this case it was “first generation” CGI, rather than the score, which is awesome. I’d love to see a modern follow up in 3D Imax.

The movie is “The Last Starfighter”. I just sat through the whole thing with my 22” monitor and was even able to look past the flaws.

[MikeD]

YES!!! David Warner is great, especially at “evil” roles!

Of note:

Satan in “Time Bandits”
The Cardiassian who tortured Picard in “Star Trek”
Ra’s Al Ghul in “Batman: The Animated Series.”

Along with Jack the Ripper and Sark. Great actor, great resume, highly underappreciated.

[Brett66]

What’s better is that the little people seem to be faster these days

LOL! I think they've been replaced with inhumanly-fast gnomes.