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Tron 2 Revealed At Comic-Con
Disney unveiled computer animation that for a sequel to its classic 1982 animated SF movie Tron in a surprise announcement to more than 6,500 fans at Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 24.
The sequence opens with a camera twisting through the clouds during a thunderstorm, then down and across a grid. In the center, a figure in a new version of the blue light suit runs and jumps, and a new version of the lightcycle materializes under him.
He engages a second lightcycle rider in yellow-green in a chase, down stairs, up ramps, over planes of transparency, hurtling toward the grid's edge, beyond which loom gray mountains, split by a narrow crevasse.
The cyclists speed side by side toward the crevasse, each trying to sideswipe the other one and throw him off balance.
Blue reaches the mountain and disappears into the gap. Green skids to a stop, perpendicular to the opening, and then takes off in a different direction.
Blue travels on a twisting path through the mountain; beyond lies a bridge leading to a vast cityscape.
Blue crosses Green's laser trail, and his lightcycle shatters into a million pieces, throwing Blue through the air.
The footage then cuts to a vast, white live-action room in which sits an older version of what seems to be Kevin Flynn from the original film, still played by Jeff Bridges. He looks out a broad window and sees Green below him on the bridge.
Green has gotten off his bike, and is carrying a collapsed version of his lightcycle, approaches the crumpled body of Blue.
Green stops and looks up, toward a gigantic mountain rising above them. We can see white light shining from a rectangular window cut into the mountain side. Is this where Flynn is watching?
Blue says to Green, "This is just a game!"
Green replies, "Not anymore."
Green throws his cycle at Blue and the footage cuts to black. The footage ends with a stylized "2," which merges into the word "Tron."
Disney unveiled computer animation that for a sequel to its classic 1982 animated SF movie Tron in a surprise announcement to more than 6,500 fans at Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 24.
The sequence opens with a camera twisting through the clouds during a thunderstorm, then down and across a grid. In the center, a figure in a new version of the blue light suit runs and jumps, and a new version of the lightcycle materializes under him.
He engages a second lightcycle rider in yellow-green in a chase, down stairs, up ramps, over planes of transparency, hurtling toward the grid's edge, beyond which loom gray mountains, split by a narrow crevasse.
The cyclists speed side by side toward the crevasse, each trying to sideswipe the other one and throw him off balance.
Blue reaches the mountain and disappears into the gap. Green skids to a stop, perpendicular to the opening, and then takes off in a different direction.
Blue travels on a twisting path through the mountain; beyond lies a bridge leading to a vast cityscape.
Blue crosses Green's laser trail, and his lightcycle shatters into a million pieces, throwing Blue through the air.
The footage then cuts to a vast, white live-action room in which sits an older version of what seems to be Kevin Flynn from the original film, still played by Jeff Bridges. He looks out a broad window and sees Green below him on the bridge.
Green has gotten off his bike, and is carrying a collapsed version of his lightcycle, approaches the crumpled body of Blue.
Green stops and looks up, toward a gigantic mountain rising above them. We can see white light shining from a rectangular window cut into the mountain side. Is this where Flynn is watching?
Blue says to Green, "This is just a game!"
Green replies, "Not anymore."
Green throws his cycle at Blue and the footage cuts to black. The footage ends with a stylized "2," which merges into the word "Tron."