r/videos • u/DemiFiendRSA • 1d ago
Tron: Ares | Official Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVG_X_7Naw127
u/p3w0 1d ago
Any news on Garrett Hedlund returning? Or Bruce Boxleitner?
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u/Skippy8898 1d ago
The movie's wiki page doesn't list them at all.
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u/AshTheDead1te 1d ago
Such a disappointment to not get them back.
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u/p3w0 1d ago
Why would you want Tron to star in Tron: Ares? T-T I was pumped to see older Sam and Quorra out and about in the real world
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u/ERedfieldh 1d ago
to be fair, Tron didn't even star in his origin film. He was a side character throughout most of the film, at best.
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u/makenzie71 1d ago
Even in Legacy, Tron was primarily a side character. This movie would be better titled just Ares.
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u/TruthAndAccuracy 1d ago
Hell, he technically wasn't even Tron in anything besides flashbacks. He was stuck as Rinzler until the very end.
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u/octothorpe_rekt 1d ago
Wait, so, just to confirm: every major character who was canonically live at the end of the last film (Sam, Quorra, Alan Bradley, Edward Dillinger) is not returning. And the main major character who was canonically extremely dead at the end of the last film (Kevin) is returning.
Seems like a recipe for success. /s
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u/sanaru02 1d ago
Haha this was my exact thought. I was like "no sensible returning characters, clearly Kevin's suicide is now not a suicide and didn't work to stop programs from using the portal, and flying m shape ships that wouldn't function at all in our world."
All that with Jared leto, how can it not succeed? 😔
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u/Boldspaceweasle 1d ago
Bro, how you gonna have a motherfucking TRON movie with Tron?!!?
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u/CrashDunning 1d ago
Bruce Boxleitner has said he'll never work with Disney again after they fucked him over by cancelling the original Legacy sequel and then the Tron: Uprising show after one season. Probably other things as well. If the Tron character ever shows up again, he won't be played by him.
Garrett Hedlund has said in interviews from the last year or two that if Ares does well then we may see another movie that goes back to Sam and Quorra's storyline. Alleged leaks for Ares say he's referenced at the end as sequel bait, but they're leaks, so.
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u/gom99 1d ago edited 1d ago
Sad, but understandable from Bruce.
Tomorrowland really messed up a lot at Disney. If I remember right the backlash from Disney losing a lot from that movie caused them to cutback investment into Tron. It's a pity, post Legacy I felt there was a lot of potential in the Tron IP. Uprising was surprisingly good. Disney finds way to clutch defeat from the jaws of victory with basically all their IP right now.
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u/illusionzmichael 1d ago
It's so odd because the people you'd most expect to show up if bad guys from the grid invade the real world are specifically those two characters. We're just supposed to believe they're out there somewhere in this world, watching this all happen and doing literally nothing?
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u/Boldspaceweasle 1d ago
We're just supposed to believe they're out there somewhere in this world, watching this all happen and doing literally nothing?
"Tron! Where were you!? You were supposed to help save us from the bad guy at the end of this trilogy!"
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u/BeardedRiker 1d ago edited 1d ago
Hmm, even though Daft Punk isn't doing the soundtrack, and instead Nine Inch Nails, I'm still hyped for the music. I'm certain those in charge of the trailer/marketing knew that the movie being sans Daft Punk would be a huge bummer. So they knew that adding the NIN doing the soundtrack at the end of the trailer was a must.
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u/scottkensai 1d ago
I listen to the soundtrack of Tron legacy often. I fucking adore it. I am way more excited about Trent Reznor doing this.
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u/Cruciblelfg123 1d ago
Exactly, even if you love both equally Trent and Atticus have way more experience doing legend movie soundtracks than daft punk. Daft punk did amazing with tron of course don’t get me wrong but I’m with you way more hype for NIN
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u/phpworm 1d ago
huge NIN fan, but legend soundtracks? That Daft Punk soundtrack was iconic. I can't think of a single soundtrack NIN has done that works outside out of the movie it was made for.
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u/DeathDealerWolf 1d ago
If you're having a rough day, sit down, close your eyes, and play the Social Network soundtrack. Trent has prevented many a crash out.
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u/IBoris 1d ago
Even as a big Daft Punk fan, I must admit I prefer the Reconfigured version of the Album to the original (to my great shame), even knowing the story behind how the album was made.
Edit: Fall (Remixed by M83 vs Big Black Delta) is an absolute banger IMHO.
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u/MandoSkirata 1d ago
even knowing the story behind how the album was made
I'm out of the loop. What's the story?
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u/TheWastelandWizard 1d ago
Disney did it without Daft Punk knowing or approving of it, and they were quite unhappy about it. Shame, because I love the Glitch Mob and they did a fantastic job in my book.
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u/Pagiras 23h ago
Oh, I don't like these remixes at all. I much, much prefer the originals.
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u/Patient_Signal_1172 1d ago
I think your ears might be broken.
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u/TotallyNotRobotEvil 1d ago
Yeah, lol, what the fuck is that song in his edit. That is terrible.
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u/fauxdragoon 1d ago
The red and that music woke up the part of my brain where Doom Eternal lives haha
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u/RealCoolDad 1d ago
They knew that had to do something with the soundtrack so much they addressed it in the trailer.
I would have parked a dump truck full of money infront of DP until they came back.
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u/Dr_StrangeLovePHD 1d ago
I would have parked a dump truck full of money in front of DP until they came back.
Unfortunately, they're retired. One of them is going deaf.
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u/Randy_is_reasonable 1d ago
Where did you hear Daft Punk retired because one of them is going deaf? It was reported that Thomas developed tinnitus back in 2002 but has gotten better.
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u/acmercer 1d ago
Yeah I'm a big Daft Punk fan and I've literally never heard anywhere that one of them was losing their hearing, lol.
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u/ILoveStinkyFatGirls 1d ago
Rise of AI was their main cause of the break up? They broke up in 2021, they were really ahead of the curve with that one. I feel like that was at least a year or so before AI became the meme that it is
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u/NecroJoe 1d ago edited 1d ago
If Daft Punk wasn't doing the music, I could think of no other music act I would prefer over NIN. Especially since it's branded as NIN, and not "just" Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (who are still great, BTW, just different).
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u/Silver-Gas-7388 1d ago
I like it. I loved the first one because it was basically one long Daft Punk music video... I'm looking forward to a two-hour NIN music video.
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u/Cross_22 1d ago
The "first one" ?
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u/tacos_y_burritos 1d ago
They're talking about the Sword in the Stone. The OG Tron.
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u/TesterTheDog 1d ago
I swear to God, watch that movie high and the owl laughs FOREVER.
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u/mighthavecouldhave 1d ago
Hell yes! As a huge NIN fan I’m very excited that Trent and Atticus are actually composing this soundtrack under the NIN moniker and not as individuals. Somehow, that carries weight for me. Tron: Legacy was the first soundtrack I went out of my way to experience by seeing the movie, and I will absolutely see Tron: Ares in theatres. Hell, whenever the soundtrack LP drops I think I’ll have to snag it on pre-order, even if I haven’t heard a single thing from it yet.
GET HYPED NIN FANS. Between this and the Peel It Back tour, hopefully this means a new standalone album will be in the works soon!
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u/Boldspaceweasle 1d ago
knew that the movie being sans Daft Punk would be a huge bummer.
Dude, this movie doesn't even have Tron in it.
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u/backdoorwolf 1d ago
Well, time to watch Tron Legacy again for the 100th time.
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u/CmdrThunderpunch 1d ago
Dont forget to watch Tron: Uprising while you’re at it!
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u/JiminyJilickers-79 1d ago
It would be great if they brought it back to IMAX for a limited engagement just prior to this movie. That was one of the best 3D IMAX experiences ever.
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u/backdoorwolf 1d ago
Caught it at imax 3d when it was released. My favorite 3d movie ever.
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u/Waywoah 1d ago
I hate how quickly Hollywood settled into just using 3D as a way to push depth, there were some really cool concepts being tried when it was first getting popular
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u/darkenseyreth 1d ago
I wasn't a big fan of the movie, but the original Avatar used 3D in an amazing way. There was one point where a little girl went running down the aisle, and she ran between the two consoles on screen to me. It broke my brain for half a second.
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u/TechnoHenry 1d ago
I'm not really hyped by seeing the programs in the real world. What I like in Tron universe is to discover and explore the digital world
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u/FaceDeer 1d ago
But how else can the fate of the world be at stake? Every movie has to have the fate of the world at stake, otherwise why watch it? For the compelling plot or interesting characters?
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u/End3rWi99in 1d ago
I would actually be pretty pumped for this if I didn't have to see Jared Leto. What a disappointment for a great franchise.
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u/illusionzmichael 1d ago
I'm just kind of baffled that Hedlund's and Wilde's characters aren't in this at all. Also, wouldn't this story, where the bad guys from the grid invade the real world, basically make the plot from Legacy irrelevant? I'll give it a shot, Leto notwithstanding, but not getting my hopes up.
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u/Boldspaceweasle 1d ago
I'm just kind of baffled that Hedlund's and Wilde's characters aren't in this at all.
What's even more baffling is the fact that TRON is not even in this movie! Where the hell is Bruce Boxleitner?
Remember Tron? You know? The guy whose name is the literal title to the movie? That Tron?
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u/Greenscreener 1d ago
My biggest issue with Legacy was the complete lack of Tron in it that meant anything...it was just some generic baddie bullshit again.
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u/StuartM96 1d ago
TRON isn’t even important in the original TRON.
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u/TheycallmeHollow 1d ago
Tron is a cooler sounding title than Grid.
At this point the newer generations don’t even know Tron was a character, they just think the world/grid is called Tron.
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u/wemustkungfufight 1d ago
They prevented it from happening for over a decade. Maybe the movie will explain how or why they finally broke out.
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u/BigUptokes 1d ago
At least now we can just download the film and train an AI model to superimpose someone else's face onto his instead.
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u/goldreceiver 1d ago
What’s with the hate for Leto? Seeing lots of comments. Just curious
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u/Final-Swordfish-6158 1d ago
Jared Leto tends to be a hit or miss actor although lately he has mostly been a miss especially with the godawful Morbius film . There’s also a ton allegations of sexual assault and cult like behaviour from him and his rockband (as well as with some minors) so whenever people who knows this see him it gives big p diddy rkelly vibes
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u/feartheoldblood90 1d ago
He's also kind of the leader of a weird cult of people who pseudo worship him? It's very strange. I hate the guy personally
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u/Swartz142 1d ago
Bad actor that think method acting is just being an asshole or committing workplace harassment, the cult thing, pedo thing but mostly just a bad actor.
People are free to disagree.
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u/Grandahl13 1d ago
He’s objectively not a bad actor. He’s had some bad performances but he’s awesome in Panic Room, Requiem for a Dream, and Dallas Buyer’s Club.
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u/End3rWi99in 1d ago
There are a lot of other reasons people mentioned but for me the biggest issue I have with Jared Leto is that in a movie all I see is Jared Leto, and I don't like Jared Leto.
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u/McFlyyouBojo 1d ago
They had me at NIN
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u/z64_dan 1d ago
I loved the Daft Punk soundtrack.
The NIN soundtrack is also gonna be awesome (if Quake is any indication).
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u/McFlyyouBojo 1d ago
I mean, yeah quake is great, but look at all the other soundtracks they've done. Watchmen was particularly great.
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u/AbhayXV 1d ago
Also Challengers and the Social Network, they are some of the best out there, I am looking forward to it
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u/Garrosh 1d ago
They had me at the light cycle.
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u/Nuke_Gunstar 1d ago
They had me…. Until leto showed up
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u/DontMakeMeCount 1d ago
How many chances do they owe the guy? Does the Academy assign some secret degree of difficulty bonus we don’t know about?
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u/MisterB78 1d ago
…and then lost me at Jared Leto
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u/McFlyyouBojo 1d ago
Yeah. It's been known he is attached. I'm not happy, but I'll just hope and pray he isn't too Jared Letoesque in this role.
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u/MrPlooms 1d ago
I'm just here for the soundtrack
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u/DirtyRoller 1d ago
100% seeing this in IMAX if only for the soundtrack. Fuck yes.
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u/txmail 1d ago
Can you imagine seeing this in that globe thing in Vegas though?
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u/captainwacky91 1d ago
Idk man, the price for a tub of popcorn at the AMC in October is probably gonna be similar to plane tickets to Vegas now.
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u/5050Clown 1d ago
I'm gone because of Jared Leto. Why the hell is that creepy dude? Still making movies with Disney?
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u/PlateCaptain 1d ago
how does Jared Leto keep getting cast?
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u/AshTheDead1te 1d ago
Must have one hell of an agent or knows someone high up because it’s definitely not because of his acting lol.
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u/mozilla2012 1d ago
Apparently he's a huge Tron fan and really pushed to make this movie happen. So I have some faith.
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u/tyco-rc 1d ago
Was hyped until I had to look at Jared Leto's mug
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u/Boldspaceweasle 1d ago
This movie contains Jared Leto. Oh, that's bad.
It also contains Gillian Anderson. That's good!
It fails to have Bruce Boxlietner. That's bad.
It has music by NIN. Oh, that's good!
The music contains potassium benzoate. ... Can I buy tickets now?
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u/Busy-Effect2026 1d ago
Jared Leto has been attached to TRON 3 since 2017, way before Morbius. His interest / investment in the project is what resurrected it after Disney scuttled TRON: Ascension in 2015 just before it was going to start shooting. Basically, this movie wouldn’t exist without Leto’s participation.
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u/scottkensai 1d ago
I was so excited when I found out Trent rezner was doing the music. I watched the Ken Burns 18-hour Vietnam documentary and my head started bopping along to the music. That's when I found out Trent did it. The man is the minstrel to my music Love.
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u/a_cute_epic_axis 1d ago
It looked interesting until Jared Leto was revealed as the central character. That's like -100 pts in my book.
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u/Scrusby28 1d ago
Weird turning a fun romp through cyber space into another generic Independence Day disaster movie
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u/Teledildonic 1d ago
Did you forget the part in Legacy where CLU wanted invade the real world?
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u/Spastic_pinkie 1d ago
I'm not even sure Clu did his research but trying to res a carrier sized ship in a small basement isn't going to end well.
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u/idgarad 1d ago
First wild guess: Sam and Encom commercialized the Grid and there is a virtual Grid people have been living in (the 'real' world we see) and a competitor is invading. Effectively one virtual world being invaded by another. The disparity is that one kept their tech low-key while the other was more pure-Grid. It may even be the case that the 'real' world forgot they are even in a Grid system. So possibly there could be hundreds of worlds and we are seeing a war break out between any number of virtual worlds. Hmmm Everquest going to literal war with World of Warcraft....
Second Guess: Someone, perhaps even Sam tried to extract Flynn from the Grid and inadvertently left the Grid running a little too long and feeling abandoned, again, by the users, the remaining AI in the Grid launch an invasion.
Third Guess: A competitor stole the Grid code and perhaps even the old MCP code, fired up a Grid 3.0 and did a Justin Hammer job of it and unleashed the MCP and it's forces onto the real world. Then someone had to get digitized and infiltrate the 3.0 Grid to take out the MCP itself. Be real interested on how they deal with the whole source of matter\energy deal with the laser array. Like did they cannibalize a skyscraper to make the Recognizer?
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u/Words_Are_Hrad 1d ago
I will hold onto hope that it is indeed two virtual worlds. That has some potential. If it's light cycles in the real world because Oooooh pretty colors I'm out. Tron... BuT iN tHe ReAl WoRlD! is just such a dumb ass lazy cash grab of a concept.
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u/npc042 1d ago
I hate that I’m already having to question how Light Cycles and Recognizers even function in the real world. It’s intuitive to assume this stuff obeyed the laws of physics relative to the computerized world of The Grid in the original films. The whole world was almost like a living organism. It’s a tougher pill to swallow seeing Light Cycle trails in the real world.
That said, it all looks and sounds incredible. Very happy to hear that Bridges is involved. And NIN is a very worthy successor to the iconic Daft Punk soundtrack.
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u/Forbidden_Donut503 1d ago
lol fucking Disney can’t get out of their own way man. Jared fucking Leto? Did they not get the memo about how big of an insufferable douche this guy is? Hard pass now. And I was actually looking forward to this.
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u/culpepperjosh 1d ago
Hahaha I love how most of us collectively groaned seeing Jared Leto. Go make some 30 Seconds to Mars music and leave the scifi to the big boys. Cmon Hollywood.
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u/Digitalchicanery 1d ago
I really thought Leto would've been the worst thing about this. The entire concept is just SO stupid.
Adam Sandler already made Pixels.
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u/TheBoggart 1d ago
Jared Leto didn’t say anything in the trailer. Maybe the whole movie will be like that. That’d be fine.
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u/StevenS757 1d ago
For everyone wondering, Jared Leto was signed on to this movie back in 2017, right around when he won his Oscar. Needless to say, he's kinda tanked his career since then, but his contract with Disney was Pay or Play, meaning they had to pay him even if they replaced him. So not surprising they didn't.
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u/Zannahrain3 1d ago
Can't wait for Jared Leto to have say "Its tronning time" and go through a training montage in the middle of the movie.
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u/AshTheDead1te 1d ago edited 1d ago
I think it looks great but really wish Jared Leto wasn’t in it, I assume they didn’t want Garret Hedlund back because he doesn’t attract enough people to see it or they couldn’t get him to return, but ugh Leto is such a douchebag.
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u/Tha_Watcher 1d ago
This has got me nervous only due to the excellent audio track (LFE) on Tron: Legacy, and if they can meet or exceed it, which I have my doubts!
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u/procrastablasta 1d ago
Jared Leto was the worst thing about BR 2049. Limp and vacant as a villain. He brings nothing to his movies I can’t understand why he gets roles
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u/Holeyfield 1d ago
Yes Leto sucks, but guys you heard his voice. Jeff Bridges can overcome anything brought down by Leto.
The myth, the man, the legend is back. Long live Bridges.
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u/SwiftCase 1d ago
Ever since Legacy I've been hoping for a sequel, it's too bad that it looks like Hedlund won't be returning and the story won't continue. Glad for more Tron though and the music sounds amazing.
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u/Unfazed_One 1d ago
Gonna be hard for me not to compare it to the masterpiece that Legacy is. The visuals were just ahead of their time. This prob has to do with the majority of the story occurring in The Grid. Hope it stays that way but thats just me.
https://youtu.be/jEYY5mKUxIs?si=CJNzqMGHWHZGaynA
While no Daft Punk is shitty, Im happy that Reznor and team (NIN) will be there in place. I enjoyed the score for Social Network and Gone Girl.
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u/KeepWagging 1d ago
Cool, another film that was filmed here in Vancouver but is never, ever going to be set in Vancouver.
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u/SkullDump 1d ago
The trailer looks good and it’s great to see Gillian Anderson in it but as life long Tron fan I’m kinda gutted it’s being based in the real world. A lot of what makes Tron Tron is that’s it’s based in a digital world and having it based in the real world makes me think it’s going to be like every other action movie out there just with neon trail effects added on.
I really hope I’m wrong though.
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u/Samurai56M 1d ago
I just wanted a sequel to Tron: Legacy. And we get this Tron in the real world with Jared Leto crap.
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u/MakingItElsewhere 1d ago
Looked good until the mouse logo popped up in the corner. I've seen what they do to sci-fi. I don't like it.
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u/razialx 1d ago
Jared Leto is the only headliner I’ve ever walked out of. There are plenty of concerts where I didn’t care about the headliner so didn’t feel bad leaving. We stayed for 30 seconds to mars. At blossom music center. He just twirled around and let the audience sing the songs. Worst show. Definitely won’t spend my money to watch him fuck this up in theaters.
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u/chadbrochillout 1d ago
Reeks of Disney Hack writing "what if the tron bikes were in the real world" the director did one of the worst pirates movies. Jared Leto. Not looking great
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u/MsMiau27 1d ago
The Godzilla treatment on the trailer intro topped with Jared Leto killed the futuristic computer vibes accentuated by a killer Daft Punk soundtrack built from the last film. I think this trailer looked corny and seeing Leto being full Morbius again and bringing absolutely nothing different as an actor besides one face brooding creepy guy is a shit move. What a way to kill the franchise before we really had something. Years of waiting and this corny tone deaf trailer isn't enough. Sorry NIN.
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u/H3racIes 1d ago
Seems cool. So do a lot of other movies. I'm not watching this specifically because I can't stand Jared Leto
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u/nmantz 1d ago
Legitimately curious: why are yall so against Leto in this? Other than nerds being upset that Morbius was a shit movie, is there some reason I’m supposed to hate Leto I’m not aware of?
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u/I_hart_Sqwerls 1d ago
I was so fucking hyped...and then I saw Jared Leto and my face went blank...what the fuck were they thinking...
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u/NfiniteNsight 1d ago
All of you bitching about Jared Leto just for seeing his face for 2 seconds in the trailer are so painfully stupid.
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u/cusswords 1d ago
Super fucking hype….until I saw Jared Leto’s fucking face. UYYYY.