TR2N - Tron 2

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    My biggest complaint—and I apologize if this has been discussed ad nauseum already—was that there didn't seem to be any commitment to the "theme." Specifically, they hinted at religious undertones, but didn't really follow through with them in a meaningful way.

    They had the creator (Flynn senior), or God, and the arrival of his son (Sam Flynn) to provide salvation. This along with lines like, "The awe was...palpable," and a character literally dropping to his knees in prayer, I was really hoping for a mind-blowing ending, but then they got all into digital DNA and the birth of life. This was a quick Darwinian turn. Maybe that was the point from the beginning.

    That being said, it's important to compare the storyline from TRON with TR2N. The original had a theme that at the time was revolutionary: virtual reality and living inside a machine. This was back when computers and computer games were in their infancy. The very idea and they way they built upon it were totally incredible. The new movie, on the underhand, is using old ideas within a used concept and the real chance they had at adding something new was simply glanced over.

    • i think both movies reflected our relationship with technology at the time of their creationscarabin

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