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Line 1: {{work}} * [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: Clu. The look on his face during his flashback and when {{spoiler\|Kevin reintegrates with him}} is just heartrending. After all, he was simply trying to fulfill his objective in the only way he knew how, and while Kevin developed as a person, the arrogance he'd left Clu with -- including the belief that he knew best and was already perfect -- was a driving force behind many of his actions. Considering that he was a program, he lacked the broadness of mind which humans like Kevin and his son Sam have. * [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: Several announcements about the film got this reaction, especially Jeff Bridges ''and'' Bruce Boxleitner returning as Kevin Flynn and Alan Bradley/Tron respectively, as well as [[~~Daft Punk (Music)\|~~Daft Punk]] [[Cyberpunk Is Techno\|composing the soundtrack]]. ** [[Topless Robot\|Rob Bricken.]] Possibly the most vocal, rabid fandom... er, "[[A Date ~~With~~with Rosie Palms\|rejoicing]]" to ever come from a single person. * [[Anvilicious]]: The board room scene doesn't even ''attempt'' to hide its criticism of current software design and business practices. Also ironic that this is [[The Man Is Sticking It to ~~The~~the Man\|in a Disney film, given the stance the company generally takes towards copyright infringement]]. {{quote\| '''Alan Bradley:''' Given the prices we're charging to students and schools, what improvements have been made in ''Flynn''… er, I mean, ''Encom'' OS 12?~~<br />~~ [[Beat]]~~<br />~~ '''CEO:''' ''(who has no real idea)'' ... yeah this year we put a "12" on the box. }} ** Then again, [http://www.aintitcool.com/node/47947 this analysis of the film] argues that ''Tron: Legacy'' is actually an attack on idea that all information MUST be free, and it makes some very good points. * [[Award Snub]]: Despite getting critical and audience-based praise for its [[Visual Effects of Awesome\|Visual Effects]] and [[Crowning Music of Awesome\|Soundtrack]], neither of these things were nominated for the [[Academy ~~Awards~~Award]]s. Instead, it got nominated for ''Best Sound Editing...'' * [[Badass Decay]]: Kevin Flynn is less proactive in this film than he was in the first one, instead withdrawing himself from the Grid because of his inability to defeat Clu. To paraphrase [[Dilbert]], he's actively waiting for change, which happens when Sam arrives. Once he does, the old Kevin Flynn begins to reemerge. * [[Complete Monster]]: Clu was just getting started when {{spoiler\|he ordered the genocide of the ISO programs.}} Even before that he was {{spoiler\|1=sending out guards to set bombs in the ISO cities and poisoned the Sea of Simulation so no ISOs would ever be created again.}} Also he brainwashed {{spoiler\|Tron}} into becoming a cold-hearted killing machine and rules Tron City with an iron fist; sending any dissenting or unidentified programs to rigged fights to death with Rinzler. * [[Crazy Awesome]]: Castor * [[Critical Dissonance]]: While the film wasn't savaged by critics, it was generally viewed as being [[So Okay ~~Its~~It's Average]] by said critics. Audiences, however, had a [[So Cool Its Awesome\|different reaction]], particularly [[Topless Robot\|Rob Bricken]]. * [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: One thing everyone agrees upon including the critics, is that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSx_N18TWjs the] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3L9n-HG5xY score] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRvVyMuWbpM is] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGzJFJRkmCE awesome]. ** The band Daft Punk at the End of the Line Club provides this. Line 28 ⟶ 27: * [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Castor/Zeus * [[Memetic Molester]]: Judging by the [[Kink Meme]] for this fandom, Clu headed here faster than a stolen light-cycle. * [[Memetic Mutation]]: '''[[Rage Against the Heavens\|"KEVIN FLYNN!!!]] [[Large Ham\|WHERE ARE YOU]] [~~http~~https://web.archive.org/web/20200304194448/https://www.youtube.com/~~all_comments~~watch?v=2qwrGZYThJ0 NOW?!"]''' "Out there is a new world! OUT THERE IS OUR VICTORY!!! Out there... is our destiny!" "[[The Mole\|"The game has changed"]], son of Flynn!" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5ecnUA5dc\]. Line 34 ⟶ 33: * [[Moral Event Horizon]]: [[Magnificent Bastard\|Clu]] is a [[Kick the Dog\|dog-kicking program]] who takes pleasure in viewing and participating in games to derez citizens in Tron City. It's not a question of if Clu crosses the line, but ''when.'' Here are some milestones: {{spoiler\|Stealing Tron's light jet and leaving Tron to die in the Sea of Simulation after Tron refuses to shoot down the Flynns and crashed his jet into Clu's.}} Needless to say, much of the fanbase turned against Clu after seeing that. {{spoiler\|Clu kicking Kevin Flynn to the ground after Flynn apologizes for [[God Is Flawed\|giving a flawed and impossible task.]]}} Yes, Clu might've just been doing his job, but taking out all of that anger and confusion on his creator like that?! It's no wonder Sam lost himself in rage and [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?\|ran up to punch Clu's face twice afterwards.]] ** And even before all of that, {{spoiler\|1=the genocide of the ISOs.}} Since he viewed the ISOs as an imperfection (as well as threatening his ability to create a perfect system, which is '''exactly''' what he was made to do), {{spoiler\|1=he purposely reprograms an ISO into a virus to infect and derezz ISOs in ''Evolution''. This was not just used as a distraction for Flynn while he takes over the Grid, it was also used as an excuse to turn the Basics against the ISO population.}} * [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]] Line 46 ⟶ 45: ** Flynn's {{spoiler\|confrontation with Clu}} has hints of the parable of the Prodigal Son {{spoiler\|(a father figure accepting/welcoming back his wayward son)}}. * [[Sequelitis]]: * [[Show Accuracy, Toy Accuracy]]: In the opening scene set in 1989, Kevin Flynn shows Sam an action figure of Tron. This may look like [[Product Placement]], but a Tron action figure with the light-up gimmick seen only in modern-day ''TRON: Legacy'' toys never actually existed in [[Real Life]].<ref>''[[~~Tron (Film)\|~~Tron]]'' action figures from 1982 were molded in colored transparent plastic with circuitry painted over it. The discs glowed in the dark, and the figures had only five points of articulation.</ref> The only reason for its inclusion seems to be to serve as a [[Chekhov's Gun]] establishing the [[~~The~~Conway's Game of Life\|T tetromino]] pattern on Tron's chest, to clue viewers in {{spoiler\|when they later see the same pattern on Rinzler's chest}}. * [[Strangled Byby the Red String]]: Carefully averted. Since at the end of the movie, {{spoiler\|Quorra becomes flesh and blood in the real world}}, if {{spoiler\|her romantic interactions with Sam had been even a little more direct}}, a lot of viewers probably would have been left feeling like the whole thing was just a ~~convinient~~convenient plot device that would {{spoiler\|let the two of them passionately make some [[Half -Human Hybrid\|hybrid babies]]}}. Instead, they intentionally downplayed it, with it at most being a big [[Ship Tease]]. Which is actually a good thing, since the audience is actually left curious about what will happen next, instead of rolling their eyes at what could have otherwise been painfully obvious. ** [[Word of God\|Olivia Wilde]] said that this was done intentionally -- she knew that the romance would ring false. * [[Tear Jerker]] {{spoiler\|"I fight for the Users."}} If that wasn't bad enough, how about the flashback {{spoiler\|when Kevin Flynn sees the genocide of the ISO programs and realizes that there's nothing he could do to stop it?}} I mean... damn. In [[Fridge Horror\|Fridge terms,]] the scene where Kevin reveals to his son that {{spoiler\|[[Last of His Kind\|Quorra is the last ISO]] and all of Kevin's efforts to disguise her as a regular program. The scene when she tells Sam how she escaped the genocide only [[It Gets Worse\|makes it worse.]]}} Line 66 ⟶ 65: Tron is becoming this in the Fandom, {{spoiler\|especially all after all the crazy brain-screwing he's been through at the hands of Clu}}. Kevin Flynn. All the guy wanted to do was to create a better world, and he gets stuck in the Grid for decades instead while his own program takes over. Decades in our world, thousands in his. [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Clu in the backstory. Less so in the present day, but you still feel bad about what got him where he is now. ---- :<small>Back to ''[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]]'' {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Tron Legacy~~{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~YMMV~~{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]