So I saw Tron Legacy last night. I enjoyed it, except for the ending, which saw Kevin Flynn, Clu, and Tron all die. In other words, all the main characters from the original.

I'm sick of movies trying to the pass the torch to the younger generation. The younger generation sucks. Have you seen the young people today? They're barely literate. That's why Twitter's so popular, today's youth RARELY have thoughts that exceed 140 characters. And I'm using "rarely" mostly as a courtesy. There is no recorded instance of anyone born after 1994 ever having a single thought that exceeds 140 characters, but it's theoretically possible.

I don't know. The movie's overarching story is about Sam Flynn, Kevin Flynn's son, learning to be more responsible or something. But that type of story simply isn't compelling, ever. What's compelling is old heroes, now fallible and grayed, reclaiming glory. I want this movie to end with Flynn retaking Encom and hanging out with Bruce Boxleitner. Instead, we get his douchebag son riding off into the sunrise on his stupid motorcycle. Fucking lame.

That it is. The movie is a lot of fun for most of its duration, but killing off the three most important characters in the Troniverse in the last 15 minutes just so Flynn's son could learn some half-assed lesson about being more ambitious was a really poor decision.

I'm ancient; if I was dog, I'd be long past dead. It's my job to be cranky and generalize about the young and the things they do and like. Kinda like Cranky Kong. In fact, exactly like Cranky Kong.

Back in my day, we didn't have to worry about people stealing our bananas, because we couldn't afford bananas. We were so poor, the only thing we could do for fun was kidnap human women and hold them hostage at construction sites.

The original Tron is amazing.

Tron was released on DVD in 2002 for its 20th anniversary. Disney's business model is that they re-release stuff on home video infrequently in order to ensure that it sells when they do. Tron will probably be available in a combo back with Tron Legacy when Legacy comes out on DVD.

That would have been pretty damn cool, DarkMaze.

And don't get me wrong, I had a great time watching it. Visually, it was fantastic. It was a hell of a ride, and I didn't even see it in 3D yet. Heck, the fact that they even made a sequel to Tron and brought back both Jeff Daniels and Bruce Boxleitner at all, is pretty fantastic.

The whole "boy goes looking for long lost father" story only has two endings, and both of them are pretty trite. The movie took the less trite route, but it also took the less emotionally satisfying route. I mean, the movie wasn't even really about Sam. The movie is only about Sam for as long as it takes them to introduce Clu and Kevin, then the movie becomes squarely about them. Sam does pretty much nothing of consequence after being rescued by Quorra, other than force Kevin into the role of reluctant hero. He's just sort of there for the ride. And since the movie makes you more interested in Kevin, it becomes less interesting when he dies. I think the filmmakers realized this, because the movie wraps up pretty quickly, almost abruptly, after Kevin dies so Sam and Quorra can escape. There could have been a much bigger pay off the end with a living Kevin. A board room scene, in particular, would have been a lot of fun.

From a business standpoint, the ending doesn't seem to have been a great idea either. Obviously Disney hoped for this to be a great financial success, and when a film is a great financial success, you follow it up with additional media, whether it be another movie or simply another video game. Well, you've killed off the titular character and the two other most important characters, and seemingly wiped out the entire digital world Flynn created, thus eliminating any chance of survival.

Actually, wait, hold on. They could still do a sequel! I've got it...

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