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Renzatic on 30/12/2010 at 06:00

What? Guy wanted to know why they called it the grid, so I told him. Then you come in all screaming about dead painters and...hell, all I know is shit got uncomfortably weird all of a sudden.

I'm going back to gengaming.

Sulphur on 30/12/2010 at 07:18

Quote Posted by Scots Taffer

If the entire soundtrack had been like Derezzed, the movie would have to be one long rave. (Not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, it's a standout track)

I liked the balance between tracks like Son of Flynn, End of the Line, Derezzed, Solar Sailer (which are predominantly electro) with the mostly orchestrated tracks of Adagio for Tron, Nocturne, Outlands, C.L.U., and then there are those tracks that strike a balance between the two like Recognizer, The Game Has Changed, The Grid. If anything I could have done with more of those blended tracks, orchestral pieces with either a digital edge or a thumping bassline, but as it stands I think it works pretty well.

Well, we agree on the love for the blended tracks, which was mostly my point. The orchestral tracks are pretty damn bland or over-familiar because they borrow extensively from generic Hollywood movie score X, which IMO makes them rather dull to listen to.

Scots Taffer on 30/12/2010 at 07:34

I actually really like Adagio for Tron and Outlands. There is something to the strings in Nocturne, I think, that's ridiculously familiar and I think it's like almost the exact same chord progression with one or two minor variations in a different score. Can't think what it is though. Besides being a bit on the bombastic side with the brass, I wouldn't say the score owes too much to Hans Zimmer though they might have been influenced by his style and the ubiquitous Inception soundtrack.

Sulphur on 30/12/2010 at 08:08

I'm not saying that the whole score borrows from Hans Zimmer's stuff. Just saying that various parts of it sound like they were culled from Hollywood's greatest hits; it is nice to listen to, but at the same time comes off as a bit tired and familiar to me.

Hans is guilty of bringing more than a couple of - influences, you might say, into his body of work too (and given the sheer volume of music he's composed, I guess it would be hard not to), but that's beside the point.

I'm not saying I hate the score. I think it's a good soundtrack overall, and I wish I were able to enjoy it as much as you have, but I guess that's why these things are subjective.

henke on 31/12/2010 at 11:14

I watched it last night, with low expectations, and enjoyed it very much.

It looked and sounded good, and the story moved along swiftly. If there were any letdowns it would be the actionscenes. They were decent, but never especially imaginative or memorable.

Matthew on 23/1/2011 at 16:50

Quote Posted by Subjective Effect

Tron was hardly even in it, and in a really dumb way! His final (only?) line made me cringe.

To be fair to them, given that it's his most iconic line from the first film (so much so even my totally uninterested father remembers it) I don't think they could stop themselves from putting it in somewhere.

Anyway, I finally saw this today. I was not expecting great shakes from a 3D film but was pleasantly surprised at how it added to scenes rather than diverting attention onto the shiny technology. The film itself was pleasant enough, I was a huge fan of the original as a child and was not disappointed by this sequel, standard chase movie fare that it was.

Firefreak on 27/1/2011 at 22:59

I, another one how saw the first movie X times as a kid, just came back from the cinema (Today's premiere in Austria here).
In sum I feel mainly neutral. It's not a "Didn't live up to the original!!" fanboi-disappointment, but also not an amazing experience that will have me buy one or two further rounds.

The last line of Tron was OK for me, but I found (or was confronted with) way to many quotes or references, which soon felt that scenes were just made up to be able to reuse various one-liners. (Although "End of line" always works)

Quote Posted by Briareos H

... is there an explanation given for the huge difference of look between the old TRON computer world ... and the new one ...?

I think you'll already have seen the movie, still, I think: No. At least no explicit one.

Also, I often wonder when, how or whether at all a thrown disc returns - especially in later scenes (For example Sam throwing both discs at Tron); But that's just a little nit-picking.

Sg3 on 30/1/2011 at 11:53

I might check this movie out from the public library (if they ever get a copy), solely because it features Daft Punk. [smile]

SubJeff on 30/1/2011 at 12:13

Quote Posted by Matthew

This is exactly why they shouldn't have put it in in this way. It was probably the most groanworthy line of the last 5 years.

ZylonBane on 31/1/2011 at 01:51

TRON's final line was the least of this movie's problems.

For example, consider that Flynn has been on the Grid for nearly a thousand subjective years, yet somehow never saw Rinzler/TRON fight that whole time.