More Tron fun
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The viral marketing campaign for Tron Legacy rolls on! Someone at Disney is having a lot of fun with this.
In case you missed the new trailer... you can check it out at Apple's Trailer site or
It hits a lot of the right notes. Seeing Bruce Boxleitner back as Alan Bradley, a visit to the dilapidated Flynn's Arcade (which I've been to - it's in Culver City, although I think it was an Italian restaurant at the time), the touch-surface computer console (how far ahead of the curve were they with that one?), discs, lightcycles (including a glimpse at a vintage one), a young (and perturbed) looking Jeff Bridges...
Here are some pics (yes, they're huge... but these have been reduced by half already):
I've had dreams just like this...
"Encom"? Well, a little revisionist history for the sake of the plot. 
It's cool to see the classic arcade game featured in the film.
However, if you look closely...
They missed one. Either that, or Encom sub-licensed Discs of Tron out to Bally/Midway. 
Recognize 'er?
Well... she's no Cindy Morgan, but I wouldn't delete her program either.
Guitar Hero apparently features prominently in the new film.
There's also been an "alternate reality game" going on, with video of it up at Flynn Lives (scroll down to March 8th).
Another website reveals some sort of puzzle.
You can also go here, and if you're good at identifying classic (and not-so-classic) video games, you can get your own Encom employees badge (paycheck and stock options not included). This is part of yet another viral site they've set up for the movie. (I want these posters... but I'm not quite brave enough to dial the number.)
Also, IGN has just posted an interview with Alan Bradley, regarding his recent return to Encom, and the Encom site has a press release about some forthcoming event on April 2nd.
(Not to be confused with the Allen-Bradley mentioned here...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJKdh1KZ0w
Beyond that, reports are surfacing that Disney will be building Flynn's Arcade in Tomorrowland. This is awesome news if true. The arcade at Disneyland has been a pathetic joke for years, which is really sad because back in the early 80's it was an incredible arcade. So I'm looking forward to that. I just hope it's a permanent fixture, and has a truckload of vintage arcade games in it.
Finally, in what is probably going to be nick-named the Tron-o-rail, Disney's Monorail will be featuring a lightcycle-themed paint job.
We're still some nine months out from the movie being released, too. Disney really wants this to be a hit, and it's good to see them throwing their considerable marketing might behind it.
I just hope it's a good movie. 
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