A Sequel That Won’t Kill Childhoods?

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Matt Osborne

TRON may be the rarest of sequels: one honoring both the audience’s childhood and the gap of actual time. (Or maybe Disney’s found a way to screw up that they’re not showing me in the preview; the latter has proven all too possible since the idiotic ouster of Katzenberg, which lunacy alone should have sealed Eisner’s fate immediately.)

Rules for franchise continuity: (1) Bring back the original cast. (2) Show us where they’ve been. (3) Pass the torch. Fanboys, prepare for glory.

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  • http://twitter.com/Zirgar ZIRGAR

    I gotta say that while I'm not a big Tron fan, this sequel looks like it might be pretty cool. So cool in fact, that I may have to rewatch my DVD of Tron.

  • http://www.osborneink.com OsborneInk

    My video store didn't have it. You'd think Disney would be making sure every store in America had a new copy about two months ago.

  • http://twitter.com/Zirgar ZIRGAR

    Well, Eisner never impressed me all that much so Disney not making Tron readily available as a marketing tool doesn't surprise me. lol

    But ya know, I got to thinking (usually a sign of impending trouble) that the continuity of Bridges' character in the original Tron may be explained by the character of “The Dude” in The Big Lebowski. Wouldn't it be awesome if they cross streamed those two films?

  • http://www.osborneink.com OsborneInk

    ZIRGAR, you may be on to something because the Coen bros. are shopping a sequel to Lebowski.

  • http://twitter.com/Zirgar ZIRGAR

    Tron with a nice rug that ties the whole thing together. We could have a winner!