This is the best, most comprehensive look we've had at the Tron: Uprising cartoon, set in-between the movies, and in a word, GUH. It looks bizarrely great in terms of design and animation, although I admit I might be the tiniest bit biased. My only worry is that like all prequels, we know what's going to happen, so I have a hard time imagining how this is going to end on any kind of satisfactory note, because technically doesn't this "uprising" have to get crushed? That is, unless the series leads to to Tron: Legacy and continues past it? And they recover Tron? GUH. I JUST MADE MYSELF VERY EXCITED AGAIN. I'LL BE IN MY BUNK. INFINITE THANKS TO JAMEY B. FOR THE TIP. (Via First Showing)
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I like how it appears to be later than we originally thought, plus the Tron legacy movie took place over only about 2 "days" on the grid. these events may have been taking place concurrently.
1) LOVE all white and glowy new-style Tron! Very nice!2) If Tron is already Rinzler, is the "uprising" secretly led by Tron, with Beck as his stand-in (a-la Batman Beyond). This works for me.3) Clu 2 must be the big bad, given the statue Beck defaces. I think that this may be the story of Tron-to-Rinzler via revolt against Clu 2. Again, this works for me. Plus, that means Beck may still be around after Legacy if needed.
My 10 year-old son and I are both really excited about this show, and hope it works well. I love having a property spanning two generations that we can both get excited about sharing.
I'm choosing to go against the grain here and say this looks like a train-wreck of a disappointment. They've gone with the god-awful CG style that makes me cry just a little knowing that shows can still be green-lit and produced with.
They've got rich source material and this huge, largely unburdened world to work with, why is Disney hiring fresh-out-of-high school animators, or the guys that did MTV's failed Spider-Man, the eye gouging Iron Man series and any given "Hot Wheels" series of late to art direct and animate it?
Get The Man of Action team to come in. THAT would make for a good looking, 2D show. This, frankly, looks like ass. Even Green Lantern is better animated.
agreed .. what the fuck happened to the DISNEY money ? ? but i guess they are to busy peddling JAILBAIT * try watching shake it up and not tell me that show is geared towards Pedos*
CGI based animation like Iron man and Hotwheels pissed me off and i was suprised to learn they both lasted this long >__>
I don't know if it's just me, but I got sort of a Moebius type vibe from the art design.
Maybe that could have something to do with the fact that he did do some conceptual art for the first "TRON", and the creators applied some of that aesthetic to this show.
Rob, I don't disagree with you often, so know I'm not trolling here: That animation looks terrible. I think my eyes got physically confused with that clip.
I wrote my rant before reading yours, but I'm with you. It's cheaply produce, cookie cutter animation with a cell shade thrown on top for "style". It's a damn shame too because there is so much content here to work off of that I really hoped it would work, but I can't stand watching CG shows that haven't discovered frame rates above 15. Not to mention, cell shading tends to fail 9 times out of 10, particularly when used to hide bad geometry.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one. The character animation did nothing for me, it seemed too choppy, well everything else around it was very smooth.
Interesting - though I'm not sure I'm keen on Rinzler seemingly being more "aware" prior to the Legacy events where he was more in silent attack dog mode - like Flynn had shut down his higher reasoning so that he'd stay in line.
Of course if that's explained by Flynn getting wind of Rinzler's betrayal and does a "reboot" prior to the movie timeline, I'm back onboard.
So I may have popped some of my surgery staples by jumping up and down and clapping like a special kid....
Call me pessimistic (everyone probably will) but if I were to guess how this was going to go it would be,
1) The new protagonist will first do all the normal stuff, lightcycle, gamegrid, yada yada..2) The Protagonist will come close to victory but just fall short I.E. defeat main antagonist but they will either escape or protagonist will have to stop because of moral reason (rescue of different character or not becoming villain)3) Rumors of Tron living and where to find him.4) Old enemies and characters who lived at end of Tron will make appearance.5) Old enemies and characters who died at end of Tron will make appearance. 6) Reruns of show will play too long and no one will notice when new episodes come on.7) One day 15 years from now, on the StillToplessRobot.com.2com will run a FFFF (Freaky Fan Fiction Friday) and will have comments from Dr. Abraxas Jr.
Seriously hoping this doesn't have a "Flynn" character in itI would like some Tron in my Tron this time
Man I wondering if this character will die in the end, or if they were leading into new character to become tron for the movies since the actor is much older.
Looks great! The action looks pretty intense for a Disney cartoon! Also, the art style (mainly the shapes of the bodies) reminds me a lot of Aeon Flux. This can't be a bad thing.
oh, rob, you need to get a new copy editor:
"This is the best, most comprehensive look we've had at the Tron: Uprising Erection cartoon..."
"although I admit I might be the tiniest bit biased fully erect."
"because technically doesn't this "uprising" have to get crushed self-pleasured?"
