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All good stuff, I followed all your links and hadn't seem some of them before. Damn, that light cycle monorail looks cool! If they are building Flynn's Arcade in Tomorrowland, I'll have an excellent reason to finally visit Florida and go to Disney World.

 

They sure as spending a lot of time and money marketing this movie!!

 

..Al

All good stuff, I followed all your links and hadn't seem some of them before. Damn, that light cycle monorail looks cool! If they are building Flynn's Arcade in Tomorrowland, I'll have an excellent reason to finally visit Florida and go to Disney World.

 

They sure as spending a lot of time and money marketing this movie!!

 

..Al

 

From what I've heard it's the Tomorrowland in Disneyland California. I was just there last week and the arcade is pretty pathetic. Mostly crane games. The only thing remotely classic is a Ms Pac/Galaga reunion machine. The second floor with the cool almost life-size X-wing hanging from the ceiling is closed and has been for years. You can still the X-Wing through the window when you are in line for Space Mountain though.

 

Mitch

The upper floor (back in the early 80's) was the bulk of the arcade. I remember it being filled with classic games. That was the best reason to go to Disneyland.

Yeah, I'm hoping they open it back up with some classic games up there. Since I have an annual pass I would be making frequent trips over there.

 

Mitch

Ahhh, Disneyland. I've been there, no real interest in going back unless I happen to be in the area.

 

..Al

Ahhh, Disneyland. I've been there, no real interest in going back unless I happen to be in the area.

 

..Al

 

Have you been there since they added the second park?

 

Mitch

Have you been there since they added the second park?

 

Mitch

You mean "California Adventure"? No, I haven't been there in a long time.. Probably at least 15 years..

 

..Al

I love that Rockwell video.

You mean "California Adventure"? No, I haven't been there in a long time.. Probably at least 15 years..

I wouldn't bother with California Misadventure. It's pretty-much a waste of time. I remember when Disney first announced it, and I thought, "Why would you put a mini-version of California, in California?" It all seemed like such a stupid idea.

 

They're going to gut it and change it all anyway, which is just as well. There's only a couple of things worth seeing in there. They have a nice animation exhibit, and the Muppets thing is pretty good. But there's not more than maybe a couple of hours' worth of stuff in there, tops - even if you stay for the Electrical Parade.

I love that Rockwell video.

It's really well done. The guy doing the presentation is dead-on. I'd love to know the story behind it.

 

This is my current favorite YouTube video. It's brilliant on so many levels...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUnT78ut9-k

 

More of his work can be found here.

I wouldn't bother with California Misadventure. It's pretty-much a waste of time. I remember when Disney first announced it, and I thought, "Why would you put a mini-version of California, in California?" It all seemed like such a stupid idea.

 

They're going to gut it and change it all anyway, which is just as well. There's only a couple of things worth seeing in there. They have a nice animation exhibit, and the Muppets thing is pretty good. But there's not more than maybe a couple of hours' worth of stuff in there, tops - even if you stay for the Electrical Parade.

Just read about all the planned changes. Perhaps when I visit sometime in the future it will suck less than it does now.

 

I still would rather go to Disneyworld first. If there is a Flynn's Arcade in Disneyland, though, I would make it a point to visit if I'm in the area, even if that means an expensive park admission ticket.

 

..Al

I still would rather go to Disneyworld first. If there is a Flynn's Arcade in Disneyland, though, I would make it a point to visit if I'm in the area, even if that means an expensive park admission ticket.

Ad... miss... ion...?

 

People pay to go there?

 

I just usually get in with somebody that works for Disney.

Well, now I know a friend of a friend who works at Disney..

 

..Al

The Vancouver Sun has an article up about Tron: Legacy, including some choice quotes from Jeff Bridges.

 

nice find

Forgot to post a link to the rest of the photos.

 

That bartender looks an awful lot like Steven Lisberger...

 

IGN visits the set, too.

 

And now there are even rumors of Tr3n?

 

SPOILER!!! Do you dare read it? (Actually... it's not that much of a surprise. You can figure it out from the trailer and VFX test.)

 

And Tron (the original) is due for Blu-Ray in November. Happy Thanksgiving!

Okay... in what can only be called a weird convergence of blog topics...

 

Tron Legacy's Olivia Wilde (see pics above) in a "movie trailer" about the life story of...

 

..."Weird Al" Yankovic.

I changed the Olivia Wilde caption to include a reference to Cindy Morgan.

 

Why?

 

Because...

 

 

That's why.

 

Too bad they couldn't have included her in a cameo in the new film...

Hmmm... secretly stashed away on Encom's website... the uncut interview with Alan Bradley.

 

Interesting!

 

There's a group of Flynn Lives hackers who have cracked the Encom mainframe and can access their intranet! It's way cool - you can login as various Encom execs and poke around their e-mail and more.

 

Looks like there's also going to be some trouble-a-brewin' at the press conference tonight, too.

 

(Again, it's well-worth keeping up on Tron-Sector and Flynn Lives!)

Well, of course at a live technical event, there had to be technical difficulties.

 

It looks like some timing was off with the protest at the Encom event, because Bruce Boxleitner ran out of speech and had to hem and haw his way out of it.

 

However, it was nice of them to have Cindy Morgan show up as his wife for a minute, although they should have scripted something for her to say. She just ended up muttering something about digitizing oranges, which (even in the context of a viral advertising campaign for the sequel to a 28-year-old movie set in a video game) seemed silly. According to the Encom e-mails (see previous post), they hinted she might be there for it, so certainly they could have written something ahead of time.

 

Anyway, the news of the event was that they'll be releasing an online version of Space Paranoids (you should picture Jeff Bridges gesturing with his hands and saying it like, "Space... Paranoids"). Presumably, this is the same version they programmed last year for the Comic-Con event.

I was wondering if that was her.

 

I recently found Basic Instructions and have been reading thru the archives. Ran across this one for December 11, 2008 today.

 

That's pretty funny.

 

I'd like to think (I'd like to think ) that I'm not a hopeless fanboy when it comes to Tron or other pop culture phenomena. Enthusiastic appreciator - sure. But I don't really own much of anything related to Tron. I've got the laserdisc set (which is still pretty sweet), the DVD (both releases) and I'll get the Blu-Ray disc the moment it's available. Other than an old Tron movie magazine or two, that's about it. But I don't own any toys (not that I wouldn't like to), don't dress up in costumes (nobody wants to see that), don't own any movie memorabilia, and didn't drive all the way up to San Francisco to watch the press event (but again... it would have been fun to have had the time/money to blow on something like that). Probably the most effort I've put into Tron was driving down to Hollywood see Tron in 70mm a few years ago. Which was way cool.

 

I'm cautiously optimistic about the new movie - hoping for the best, preparing for the worst - but I'll admit that following the viral marketing campaign is pretty addictive. I'm also hoping (against hope) that Space Paranoids will work on a Mac. And at some point, I'm hoping they can bring some Tron action to the iPhone. I'd definitely classify myself as a nerd (or geek) and proudly so. But I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm a fanboy.

 

Although it's entirely possible someone else reading my blog might have something else to say about that...

Ah... the official (edited) footage has arrived. This is how it was supposed to go down.

 

Speaking of going down, the mystery jumper was revealed in this clip.

 

Well, maybe they'll get their timing down better next time.

Another Tron reference for 11-8-09.