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Image: Tron Legacy poster. Walt Disney Pictures.
Have you tried to watch the original Tron recently? I was first exposed to the 1982 film several years ago. I think I got through it that time, but barely, and can’t claim that it left enough of an impression on me to actually remember anything heading into a recent re-watching.
Watch the trailer. Yeah, it’s pretty much like that. A goofy, very eighties plot stuck on top of a compelling concept, some interesting (for their time) effects, and a truly unique style. That formula apparently worked well enough for the film to develop a fan base and survive in popular consciousness. Thus, with the potential for profit on the line, a sequel was ordered up.
I won’t attack Tron: Legacy for being unnecessary, I think there is enough in the original to draw out a compelling continuation of the series, and any use of the license would surely be better than the likes of Yogi Bear. I will, however, attack it for being an unnecessarily direct sequel. The original film may have worked in its time, but going back to characters from some 28 years ago, when those characters are not the part of your source material which are iconic or well remembered, makes for unnecessarily awkward storytelling.
The problem with Tron: Legacy is, put simply, the plot. For whatever reason, the decision was made to remain beholden to the original film and make this thing as a sequel, where a re-make/re-boot/re-imagining would have better served to bring the world of Tron to modern audiences in a more engrossing way, unencumbered by the events of a film most people don’t really remember anyway.
Well folks, we’ve got something a little different for you here today. I’ve written a movie review, but it’s not on Shufflingdead. Actually, it’s at CineBombs.com!
Logic and reason were never a very important part of Paul W. S. Anderson’s Resident Evil films. Afterlife, the latest entry in his sci-fi/zombie series loosely adapted from the popular survival-horror Resident Evil video games is as gleefully dismissive of those traits as ever. The movie consists of Milla Jovovich, as lead character Alice, dance-fighting her way through hordes of zombies, endless lines of well equipped henchmen, and gaping plot holes.
Whoah! Read the full review by clicking right here! Seriously, do it! CineBombs is a great site run by a couple of pretty chill dudes I’ve been conversing with on the internet lately, and I highly encourage you check out the rest of their site as well.
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