Originally Posted By RoadTrip That is what they are saying... <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disney-not-moving-forward-tron-798941">http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...n-798941</a>
Originally Posted By skinnerbox I'm guessing the underwhelming response to Tomorrowland soured their drive to move forward with the TRON franchise.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros ^^That would be my guess too. Making a 3rd Tron movie always seemed like an interesting move, since everybody knew that the 2nd one had disappointing (though not terrible) results. I'm not surprised by this, but I am a little disappointed I also saw an article on Variety that had interviews with some execs who were quoted as saying that the 'official' reason they cancelled the project (which was never greenlit) was because they didn't have any room in their release schedule though 2018. Regardless of what project we're talking about, I think it's kind of ridiculous that they don't have any room to add another film in the next 3 years, especially since they're creating fewer films than at any point in the last 50 years. This whole tentpole strategy is ridiculous and needs to go. How much longer until we can swap Iger out for the next guy (or gal)?
Originally Posted By dagobert Terrible news, but I guess the unsuccessful Tomorrowland movie made it easy for Disney to pull the plug. I would have loved to see another Tron movie, but maybe it's going to happen in the future. It took them over 20 years to make a second one.
Originally Posted By leemac <<I'm guessing the underwhelming response to Tomorrowland soured their drive to move forward with the TRON franchise.>> Or that fact it was a box office turkey. $400m on a $190m movie is barely break even - then factor in the marketing and distribution costs and it lost money on first run. Merch didn't move either. Each to their own but I can't even begin to imagine how someone could find Legacy appealing. This was another example of JJ Abrams' writing posse being unable to step up to feature length. Horowitz and Kitsis wrote a stinker of a script. Worse than Lindelof's efforts on Tomorrowland. I can't imagine Kosinski will get many more opportunities to make big budget sci-fi movies. Oblivion was another disappointment.
Originally Posted By u k fan Sadder than losing the third movie to me is the loss of Tron: Uprising. I thought it was a great show and would love to see more!!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Or that fact it was a box office turkey. $400m on a $190m movie is barely break even...<< I know that box office is the main barometric for success, but it seemed like that film did a great job of moving merchandise, particularly with Disney's often-neglected male teen/young-adult set. Although it wasn't anywhere near Frozen or Princess levels, it seemed like it sold similar or better than the Pirates stuff did when those movies were at their peak I suppose the powers that be think that Marvel and Star Wars will pick up that slack and would outshine Tron regardless. Personally (and I admit that I have an unusual relationship with the Tron franchise), I'm not especially attached to either franchise so I probably wouldn't buy much/anything related to them, but would love to see more Tron stuff
Originally Posted By leemac <<I know that box office is the main barometric for success, but it seemed like that film did a great job of moving merchandise>> I'm not so sure about that - a lot of stores had them discounted even before Christmas (and the movie only opened a week before!). Disney Stores tried to sell through the merch very quickly. They clearly had overbought light cycles!
Originally Posted By andyll >>Each to their own but I can't even begin to imagine how someone could find Legacy appealing.<< The dialog was painful and the plot was confusing. However the world building was amazing, the visuals stunning... the music can put you into the world. It is easy to imagine that great movies could be made in the Tron world. But nobody seems to be able to make a successful Sci-fi movie anymore.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>However the world building was amazing, the visuals stunning... the music can put you into the world.<<< So true. For me the music and the visuals are the reason why I like Tron Legacy.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>But nobody seems to be able to make a successful Sci-fi movie anymore.<< The recent Star Trek movies were pretty successful, but I agree that they've struggled in general. It will be interesting to see how the Star Wars films do, since there's been so much anticipation for them for decades
Originally Posted By dagobert Star Wars and Star Trek are big franchises compared to Tron. So it is a lot easier to be successful with movies from these franchises. However Star Trek was more or less dead until JJ Abrams took over. I like the new movies a lot, because he made them modern and fast and still keeping the Star Trek vibe. I also loved most older Trek movies, especially First Contact and Wrath of Kahn, The Voyage Home or The Undiscovered Country. I am also pretty sure that SW7 will be a huge success. And again it's JJA who revives a franchise. Although SW is still popular, it got beaten up a lot in recent years, at least from my point of view. The PT just wasn't good. Judging from the teaser the new movie looks fantastic. And given all the reactions to the teasers, I can't wait to see the movie.
Originally Posted By leemac <<For me the music and the visuals are the reason why I like Tron Legacy.>> A $200m extended music video.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Tron: Legacy was both incredibly boring and also a bit silly. Kind of like the original 'Tron.'
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I felt like you had no reason to really give a crap about any of the characters in Tron Legacy.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Tron: Legacy was both incredibly boring and also a bit silly. Kind of like the original 'Tron.'>> My thoughts exactly. I saw the original at the theater and could think of no reason to ever see another one.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Pretty much. In general, it seems like WDW fans are more willing to actively pursue information about Star Wars than DLR fans (though there are always exceptions). I suspect that most DLR folks would be interested to know what's going on if someone were to offer the information, but not enough to really hunt around and find it themselves" You really think so? I feel like it's exactly the opposite of that.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>A $200m extended music video. << Minute-for-minute, that's only slightly more expensive than Captain EO was in 1986, before figuring for inflation. I don't know about the frame rates used in both films, but it wouldn't surprise me if they evened out when you took the number of frames into account : ) >>Tron: Legacy was both incredibly boring and also a bit silly. Kind of like the original 'Tron.'<< I thought the original one was beyond boring, but I liked the sequel a lot more. There's a pretty good story and world hidden in there that I heard the director explain at a special event, but it's pretty well concealed within the film itself. In that framework, it's really quite good; on it's own it's kind of a mess. But at least it's more interesting than the original!
Originally Posted By Mr X The South Park parody episode was better than both movies put together. All the facebook avatars 'ignoring' each other (aloud!) was beyond brilliant. Plus farmville addiction on top of it? THAT'S life inside a computer made real, a lot more than TRON could hope to be. Just my 2 yen.
