The proof-of-concept footage for TRON Legacy has been online for a while. But it wasn't until Comic Con that the hi-res version of the videos was put online (check it out at Sci Fi Wire here or in a variety of formats and quality levels here). And, of course, the various YouTube videos of a practical version of the light cycle, proudly displayed at a promotional event at a recreated arcade from the original TRON (here's one that cuts to the chase). After all this footage, I am officially psyched, and more so about the light cycle than anything else (frisbees haven't aged as well as supercool virtual motorcycles). So I reinstalled TRON 2.0 and even dug up the notes from an interview I did with Syd Mead, the designer of the light cycle, back in 2003. [Read more...]
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