Edward Dillinger, Jr. - what will be his role
So when we do get a lovely new installment of Tron, what role should Edward Dillinger, Jr. play? What do you think is most likely and what would you most like (that's within the realm of feasibility).
Obviously, I'm using the Easter Egg a lot here.
Straight-out villain seems possible, but remember that in the first two movies the villains weren't humans. Sure, Dillinger senior was a lying thief, a bad person, but he wasn't a killer and he wasn't the one trying to take over the world. And with the implication of the the MCP back, I'd think it'd likely be the big bad.
I know some people want Junior to be a hero, but I find that very unlikely. Not a straight-out hero, anyway (given his scoffing at Alan and that he seems to be plotting something). I, personally, would be disappointed if he were focused on more heavily than Sam and Quorra (as a good guy) but the first and second movies did feature trios. I'd prefer Sam, Quorra, and Alan to Sam, Quorra, and Jr., though.
But I do wonder about the possibility of Junior as a dupe, though. He *thinks* he's talking to his father, but it's really the MCP (or an amalgam of Sr. and the MCP). In this case, he'd likely have been told that Flynn stole from and framed his father. Unfortunately, that would almost necessitate that his father disappeared, too. And that would be too repetitive. I suppose the alternative is that his father is deceased and this program has what's left of the spirit of his father and he's unbalanced enough to call it "Dad" - that seems highly unlikely to me. Anyone else have ideas for how this could work?
In any event, if Junior is a dupe, I'd expect him to likely see the error of his ways and be heroic in the end - probably without dying, since Flynn just (seemingly) did that in the last movie. But that really depends on what his motivations for his actions are, what he knows about what's really going on, etc.
Any way we cut it, though, I think it's far more likely Junior will be a thorn in side of the heroes, an obstacle to overcome, rather than an ally at the start of the movie. And I don't mean in the "they think he's bad, but he's really totally innocent" false-obstacle way where their own prejudices would keep them from working with him.
I will admit, I've considered the idea of him playing the MCP, setting it up somehow, but I just can't see the logic for such a course of action based on the very limited amount of information available to us.
Obviously, I'm using the Easter Egg a lot here.
Straight-out villain seems possible, but remember that in the first two movies the villains weren't humans. Sure, Dillinger senior was a lying thief, a bad person, but he wasn't a killer and he wasn't the one trying to take over the world. And with the implication of the the MCP back, I'd think it'd likely be the big bad.
I know some people want Junior to be a hero, but I find that very unlikely. Not a straight-out hero, anyway (given his scoffing at Alan and that he seems to be plotting something). I, personally, would be disappointed if he were focused on more heavily than Sam and Quorra (as a good guy) but the first and second movies did feature trios. I'd prefer Sam, Quorra, and Alan to Sam, Quorra, and Jr., though.
But I do wonder about the possibility of Junior as a dupe, though. He *thinks* he's talking to his father, but it's really the MCP (or an amalgam of Sr. and the MCP). In this case, he'd likely have been told that Flynn stole from and framed his father. Unfortunately, that would almost necessitate that his father disappeared, too. And that would be too repetitive. I suppose the alternative is that his father is deceased and this program has what's left of the spirit of his father and he's unbalanced enough to call it "Dad" - that seems highly unlikely to me. Anyone else have ideas for how this could work?
In any event, if Junior is a dupe, I'd expect him to likely see the error of his ways and be heroic in the end - probably without dying, since Flynn just (seemingly) did that in the last movie. But that really depends on what his motivations for his actions are, what he knows about what's really going on, etc.
Any way we cut it, though, I think it's far more likely Junior will be a thorn in side of the heroes, an obstacle to overcome, rather than an ally at the start of the movie. And I don't mean in the "they think he's bad, but he's really totally innocent" false-obstacle way where their own prejudices would keep them from working with him.
I will admit, I've considered the idea of him playing the MCP, setting it up somehow, but I just can't see the logic for such a course of action based on the very limited amount of information available to us.