Oh c'mon! Give the new Doctor a chance! Wait...

Huh. In that picture, he reminds me of The Miz...

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

Can't judge him by the hair, I mean he is a pool, who knows if it is supposed to look like that, not to mention the fact that the new trend in Hollywood is to have really, bad hair.

The kid can not grow facial hair I will admit that from your pic. But honestly if you think casting him as the lead is going to be the downfall of TRZ or whatever the fuck it is called. You have not been paying attention to your own posts. That and how would his hair matter to the movie he will be wearing a damn DEVO hat the whole time.

Dear God. The new douchtastic Tron.. I don't know if i can handle this.

Hair aside, the most egregious indicator that he is a flamboyant squawk bird is the set of chilly pink beverages he has strategically placed all around him. I bet if he walks two steps without a sip of whatever combination of peach schnappes, champagne and diet cherry 7up that is, he gets real cranky! His handlers probably have to create a trail of these Pink Pantinis in order to motivate him to go anywhere.

I really liked this guy in Four Brothers. He may look doucharific but he's actually a pretty good actor. Also, are we sure his hair is going to look that idiotic in the new Tron?

C'mon, the guy was ok in Four Brothers. Would you rather have Shia give Tron the Transformers Treatment?
Don't judge the poor bastard by one vacation pic on a gay cruise.

Between Matt Hill and this guy it's becoming apparent that 2009 will be THE YEAR OF THE SCI-FI DOUCHE HAIRCUT!

No one is pointing out that the original Tron was kind of douchey looking in period pictures?
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I mean does anybody fondly remember Tron and wishing they could have been like Tron. Everyone liked Flynn. He's the Han Solo to Luke.

Dammit, I used to work on this kids truck in high school. Nice guy to hang out with, but I was never a fan of his acting, though it has gotten better. Of course, now he's the one with the bank account...

My only problem is I'm pretty sure he doesn't know the first thing about Tron.

probably doesn't have a Clu that he is getting Ram'med by Sark just below the water line

I shoot pool with Garret! He's a nice low-key guy and was supposed to be working on the film version of On The Road. He's the kind of actor who can play different roles convincingly (Death Sentence: shit movie but he was good in it, Troy, Friday Night Lights, Four Brothers) and I know he'll make the best of the material he gets. I remember when I met him I didn't know who he was, let alone recognize him at all, and slowly it dawned on me all these movies that he was in that I had seen. I think the best thing about him in this movie, and I don't mean this in a bad way, is that he doesn't steal scenes and the other actors and smaller roles will be able to shine.

Wait, Tron was Luke and Flynn was Han? I thought Tron, who was cool and knew what he was doing on the inside, was Han and Flynn, the newbie who has a greater power inside of him, was Luke. And David Warner was Darth Vader.

Who was Chewie?

Why is Tron being recast? If Jeff Bridges is coming back as Flynn, then why not bring back Bruce Whatshisname back as Tron? Slim Fast, steroids, liposuction, he's good to go. Worked for Stallone.

@ -d: is Garret still in Scottsdale, AZ, or did he relocate?

Yeah... I agree with Mr. C - how could you overlook the drinks. That hair + scatterings of pink drinks bring his douche-factor up exponentially.

Andrew: I have no idea. I live in Los Angeles.

I just don't see the point of doing a new TRON at all. The whole point to TRON was that it was the beginning of the computer age, and the dawn of video games. TRON today would be a really jaded, ho-hum kind of story. There's no "wow" factor to it anymore.

So while this guy does look like just another Hollywood prettyboy who would be equally at home in a boy band or MTV reality show, ultimately it won't matter because TRON 2.0 (or whatever the fuck they call it) will suck major, pendulous balls. It shouldn't exist at all.

I got douche chills just looking at that picture.

d- When I first heard that Hedlund was rumored to have a role in On The Road I couldn't have been more thrilled as I absolutely love Kerouac's work and I think Garrett Hedlund is one of the most talented and promising young actors out there trying to make a name for themselves. I would greatly appreciate if you would drop me an email because I would really love to know anything you might know about the upcoming project. Thanks in advance.

One of the most interesting things about being a nerd is the awesome variety we have. No matter what the obscure subject, somewhere out there you can turn over a rock and find some community of geeky boosters. For example, Tron. I hated Tron. I've never met anyone who liked Tron. NO ONE. EVER. Really, this is fascinating!

I'm a goddamn nerd, and it's my nerdy responsibility to be utterly cynical about most things, and blindly, terrifyingly excited about others--it's what we all do.

No, it isn't. It's a very common symptom of nerdity, probably connected with the fact that so many nerds are afflicted with some form of high-functioning autistic spectrum disorder. You don't need to be a douchebag any more than the reviewer of low-budget pr0n flicks needs to spatter his cum all over the floor of peepshow booths. As a blogger who (presumably) is invested with some measure of authority on the information you report, your responsibility is to do so with a measure of, well, responsibility.

Sigh.

truth.

Hello!:D You gave your opinion so here's mine: don't judge someone because of a picture! The guy's a really good actor,not well known yet, but a really good one. He played in friday night lights (like you said), four brothers, Eragon and geogia rule (I have to admit those movies were...yerk.) and death sentence. Who never made bad movies?

I'm just saying that before you say something, judge by the performance not a picture. When you're in a pool do you always look perfect?Nope. When you're in vacation do you always have to drink water? Nope.

So give the guy a chance, because I know he'll blow you off. I never thought he would be a bad-ass (too good looking in my mind) but he did in Death Sentence and it was an AMAZING performance.

So come on, be real. Mel gibson had some picture were he look a bit crazy and is he a bad actor?Hell no, he's amazing.

that's all I have to say ;)