How to look at all the tron ​​franchise in order

It is unusual that the Steven Lisberger Cyber-Thriller in 1982 “Tron” becomes such a sustainable franchise, given the depth of his understanding of computers in the 80s. The film tried to bow to the growing popularity of video games in the United States, ignoring that the industry was about to live a multi-year bust (there is a reason for which Nintendo “Entertainment system” instead of everything that is with the “video game” sentence). Indeed, the first “Tron” was not as important as Disney had hoped. He made around $ 50 million with a budget of $ 17 million and raised additional $ 70 million in arcade cabinets and other goods, but it was not the mega-hit of the “Wars” that Disney was planning. The fact that Disney has always wanted to return to “Tron” is a wonder.

With the release of “Tron: Ares”, there will have been three films “Tron” released since 1982. There has also been a television series, a short film and 20 video games to present the characters “Tron” (which 20 includes cams in games like “Kingdom Hearts”, as well as games like “Discs of Tron”, which recreate the games seen in the first “film”. Staged as a direct suite of “Tron”.

• “Tron” (1982) (feature film)
• “Tron 2.0” (2003) (video game)
• “Tron: Legacy” (2010) (feature film)
• “Tron: the next day” (2011) (short film)
• “Tron: Uprising” (2012-2103) (television series)
• “Tron: Ares (2025)

We will go into the details of how they all assemble below.

“Tron” had what could be considered a new concept at the time. A computer programmer named Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) is trying to hack his former place of employment, Encom, only to note that many of his operations have been taken up by a master’s program with, he feels, a conscience to him. “Tron” also takes place inside the electrical dimension of the computer, in which the programs are envisaged as humanity -shaped figures in brilliant computerized outfits. The computers were so mysterious and ineffable to the general public in 1982 that Disney estimated that they needed anthropomorphization to be understood. The Maître Control Program manages to Zaper Kevin with an energy laser that can reduce physical objects into information, effectively sucking it in the computer world. For human -shaped programs inside the computer, video games are like death gladiators.

The programs are supervised by their human users, although the programs consider their users as personal and individualized gods. The holder Tron is a program played by Bruce Boxleitner which aims to end tyranny in the computers of the master’s control program and its sycophants (represented by the bad Sark, played by David Warner). Warner and Boxleitner also play human counterparts in their programs. Cory Morgan also plays Dr. Laura Bains as well as his program, Yori.

Visually, “Tron” is unique, even if it was a mess. All the scenes in computers have been filmed with several layers of composition, which means that they were much more difficult to do than they seemed. “Tron” has also included many early CGI effects, which seem rudimentary today, but are still visually effective.

In 2003, Disney noted that “Tron” had developed something of cult among the adults who saw it as children. Know that “Tron” was omnipresent in 1982, with Disney linking several arcade games to the film. Most of the video arcades had “Tron discs”, and some owners of the Intellivision game console could have possessed “Tron: Deadly Discs”, Tron: Maze-A-Tron “or” Tron: Soiner “, all released in 1982. Between Space in Disney, in that it was simultaneously an embarrassing bomb and something to a continuous media.

In 2003, the world was ready for an appropriate “tron” suite, called “Tron 2.0”. The new game, released on Xbox, Game Boy Advance and on PCS, followed a new character named Jethro “Jet” Bradley, the son of Alan, the character of Bruce Boosleitner of the film. When Alan is kidnapped, a sensitive computer program named MA3A (pronounced “Maia”) digitizes Jet and the sucks in the computer world to help. Jet notes that IT information has been corrupt (in the form of a totalitarian government), and it needs the help of various “underground” programs to help it. The computerized villain is the computer security kernel, and the real world is a shifty leader named Thorne. In the world of “Tron 2.0”, humans visit the computerized mainframe fairly regularly, although it is still largely a secret to the general public. Boxleitner plays Alan and Cindy Morgan returns to play Ma3a.

“Tron 2.0”, like the original 21 year old film, was only warmly received and not a huge success. Perhaps Disney overestimated the popularity of the franchise, or maybe they just needed to try a different support.

The real canonical value of “Tron 2.0” was erased seven years later with the release of “Tron: Legacy” in 2010. The new film was shot 27 years after the original and surrounded the adventures of Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the adult son of Jeff Bridges, Kevin Flynn, of the first “Tron”. It seems that Kevin kept the main computer of 1982 on a server from his office, to be sucked inside in 1989. In the present, Sam is also digitized and goes to the computer to locate his father. Also active in the computer world is an animated figure called Clu (modeled on bridges) which reigns with an iron fist and aims to take up the computerized world.

The visuals of the computer world of “tron” receive a significant upgrade, with modern and modern CGI of the 2010 years improving them. Gladiators’ video games are now much more sophisticated, and the film, on the whole, has a better feeling of “cool” by director Joseph Kosinski. The computer world also has a castes system, and even nightclubs where the wandering programs will drink (although what they drink, I could not say). The music was provided by Daft Punk, giving “Tron: Legacy” one of the most striking soundtracks of his year. The film ended with Sam pulling a thug program, Quorra (Olivia Wilde), in the real world.

“Tron: Legacy” was a greater success than “Tron”, winning almost $ 410 million with a large budget of $ 170 million.

“Legacy” was followed by the short film by Kurt Mattila “Tron: The Next Day”, which was included as a special “Legacy” video output functionality. The short force the characters to face the consequences of “inheritance”, but it is also a prequel that filled the gaps between the film of 1982 and the film of 2010. Boxlietner and Hedlund Star, just like Dan Shor, which appeared in the first “Tron”. The shorts run for 10 minutes.

“Tron: Legacy” was sufficient to inspire an animated series prequired entitled “Tron: Uprising” in 2012. “Uprising” broadcast on Disney XD and was available for download before hitting Netflix (briefly) in 2013. It is currently on Disney +. The series is fixed shortly before the events of “Tron: Legacy”, when Clu was still heading for the computer world. The main character is a program called Beck (Elijah Wood) which is secretly formed by Tron (Boxleitner) to fight the tyranny of Clu. Clu (Fred Tatasciore) is not a major player in the series, represented instead by the Cruel IT General Tessler (Lance Henricksen). Emmanuelle Chriqui plays one of Tessler’s aid, while Paul Ruebens plays a subcommun. Beck, meanwhile, is joined in his revolutionary efforts in Mara (Mandy Moore) and Zedd (Nate Corddry).

Like all the media “Tron” before him “, Tron: Uprising” was quite warmly received without being a giant blow. He only lasted 19 episodes during his only season, from May 2012 to January 2013. Paul Scheer, Kate Mara, Aaron Paul, amongnder Nagra, Lake Bell, Marcia Gay Harden, Lance Reddick and David Arquette had recurring roles or roles, and Olivia Wilde returned from heritage. “”

This year, “Tron: Ares”, and he will start with the enticing concept presented at the end of “heritage”. Jared Leto will play Ares, a security program that is taken from a computer in the real world. However, all hell is unleashed, when vehicles and other digital elements in the computer world enter ours and start to do damage. In a world that turns heads with digital actresses and the scourge of AI, “Tron: Ares” can prove to be salient and relevant.