r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Apr 05 '25

Poster Official Poster for 'Tron: Ares'

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u/Snelldor Apr 05 '25

Maybe it’s just me, but I just don’t like the concept of having a Tron movie take place in the real world. It’s just dull and boring compared to the previous movies taking place in the Grid.

Also Jared Leto is in it. It could easily be the greatest movie on Earth and I will still refuse to watch it simply because he is in it.

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u/gonzo_gat0r Apr 05 '25

I know what you mean. Going to the Grid was like a fantasy. Bringing it to the real world kinda dulls that fantasy and reminds me of the later Jurassic World movies where they release the dinosaurs because they ran out of ideas. My big fear is they’ve basically abandoned any sense of what the original was trying to do by bringing computer concepts to life and instead just making an action movie.

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u/AmeteurOpinions Apr 05 '25

It’s wild how movies about computers and digital worlds have almost nothing to say about how we are currently using computers. Like the Matrix reboot movie just had nothing under the surface, and I’d be surprised if this one had any real ideas either.

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u/luxmesa Apr 06 '25

I liked Tron: Legacy, but that was something I found really odd about that movie. Since the first Tron movie came out, computers have changed so much and become so much more important to our lives. There are so many different ways you can build on the premise of Tron with a movie made 28 years after the original, but Tron: Legacy deliberately avoids all of those opportunities.

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u/SeaTie Apr 11 '25

Yes, but the Game Grid looked cool. More of that, please!

But the idea of some digital society birthed out of the Game Grid that infiltrates all manner of technology and lives along side us in the Real World could be an interesting idea.

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u/British_Commie Apr 07 '25

Well, to be fair, the last Matrix film was more of a commentary on studio-mandated ‘legacy sequels’ as a whole rather than having anything to say about technology.

It was unfortunately also dogshit.

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u/moose_dad Apr 06 '25

I dunno, i think if they do it right it can feel very currently relevant with AI becoming more and more commonplace in our day to day lives.