Tron Legacy: 5 Reasons Why It Didn't Suck (But 5 Improvements For Sequel)

1. It Was A Better Balanced Story Than Tron Kevin and Sam

There's no denying that the original Tron was fun as hell, and it remains a Sci Fi classic for a reason. However that doesn't mean the film is without its flaws, and one of them is that it moves too slowly. The original Tron takes a little while to get where it's going, and seemed like it could have used some sharpening in terms of the ideas and the events that were presented. It's not that the film was more of a thinking piece than an action extravaganza, it's just that it seemed to meander a little too much for its own good. Most first installments do that, so it's not like it's a real big deal, but a second installment's job is to usually gather the momentum the first film lacked. Sequels that indulge in the world building largesse of initial installments work sometimes. Most of the time they get chopped down to size, which thankfully wasn't the case with Tron Legacy. The writers realized that the world was already established, and that they didn't have to retell too much of the first part of the story, save for a quick refresher in the beginning. What they did instead was further the development/decay of the world, as well as the characters in it. They made ENCOM into something a dark and twisted Steve Jobs would have loved to reign over, and in turn twisted The Grid into a dictatorial playground for Flynn's once trusted right hand man. At the same time, they told the story of a man and his son, separated by time and technology, reconnecting as they hadn't been able to for 28 years. A story of denying, then embracing your familial destiny; and by proxy, the keys to the kingdom. It's not the most original story, but the way Tron: Legacy pulled it off, it was a clever, technologically savvy twist on the old stories our ancestors grew up with. Next up, five things we want to see in Tron 3;
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Mike Reyes may or may not be a Time Lord, but he's definitely the Doctor Who editor here at What Culture. In addition to his work at What Culture, Mr. Reyes writes for Cocktails and Movies, as well as his own personal blogs Mr. Controversy and The Bookish Kind. On top of that, he's also got a couple Short Stories and Novels in various states of completion, like any good writer worth their salt. He resides in New Jersey, and compiles his work from all publications on his Facebook page.