TV Review: Tron Uprising Prologue
Turn off the lights, turn on the neon and let a weekly Tron animated show Daft Punk its way into your hearts.
rating: 3.5
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With the show itself not starting its run until June 7th, Disney have decided to drop a full length (31 minute) prologue for Tron Uprising on us via Youtube, as well as other sources around the globe. Thanks Disney XD, you're the best! Tron Uprising takes place between the original Tron movie and Tron Legacy, with Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz as consulting producers as well as writers for this prologue episode 'Beck's Beginning'. The story is of Beck (Elijah Wood) a program who does not want to put up with Clu's rule (remember Clu is the copy of Flynn that went rogue between Tron movies and was the villain in Tron Legacy - y'know, bad Jeff Bridges). Taking on the guise of Tron (the hero program that is presumed dead) Beck takes on Clu's armies and starts to make the programs in The Grid believe Tron is back. In a twist of fate the actual Tron (you know where he's been hiding if you've seen Tron Legacy and he's being voiced by Bruce Boxleitner here too - bonus) approaches Beck and begins to mentor the brave program against General Teslar (Lance Henriksen) after he imprisons Beck's friends, looking to place them all in 'The Games' Essentially what Disney XD have done here is turn Tron into a superhero cartoon. Beck is simply putting on the costume of Tron in much the same way Batman Beyond worked with Terry Mcginnis taking on the mantle of The Bat. How Disney cover that little twist in the Tron tale is by making this look, sound (the Daft Punk inspired soundtrack is class) and more importantly feel like Tron Legacy in all the right ways and more. This is one slick looking show, with fine animation that looks like a cross between Aeon Flux and anime racer Redline and covers it in more neon lighting at you than you'll know what to do with. The action is absolutely fantastic with more moments of Tron cool than you'd think could fit into half and hour, what with all the light bikes, fighting, disc throwing and sky diving and what's making this show even more promising is that Beck and most of the characters here are extremly likable already.