You might not remember the original Clu, Jeff Bridges’ doppelganger character. Without the original close in your rearview mirror, you might not understand the significance of the young Dillinger who sits on the board of Encom, the company at the heart of the digital world. Even more so, there is the overall tone and style of the original, pervasive through the new movie, but updated and polished to a dazzling sheen. There are references sprinkled throughout. There are a few shared characters, but they have changed dramatically since the last time we saw them, almost 30 years ago. The new movie is a completely new story, set in a new digital world. Not that there is any necessity in remembering the original plot. I was happy throughout the movie that I watched the original 1982 film less than a week before I saw the new edition. If you are a fan of the original movie, and by that I don’t mean a fan of the impression the original left in your head two decades ago, or a fan of the video games that cemented Tron in the technogeek zeitgeist, or even a fan of Tron Guy, I mean a fan who remembers the original movie well, then you will love the new Tron: Legacy.
Certainly, I didn’t bother for the new Star Wars fiasco, or the subsequent Indiana Jones debacle. I don’t know if I’ve ever bothered to see a movie at midnight the night before it opened.
It says even more that at 8:30 PM on a Thursday night, I downed two shots of espresso and headed out to see a midnight showing. It says something that it wasn’t until this drive home that I realized the movie might have been disappointing in retrospect.
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