Disney Reportedly Pulls the Plug on TRON 4 After TRON: ARES Crashes at the Box Office, Is Jared Leto to Blame? — GeekTyrant
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After years of development, Tron: Ares finally hit theaters, but its disappointing box office debut may have just ended the digital saga for good. Serving as a standalone follow-up to 2010’s Tron: Legacy , Ares follows a powerful Program, played by Jared Leto , who crosses from the Gr

How come Star Wars gets a fuck ton of shitty sequels but the first TRON film in 15 years is a flop? I was waiting for this film since I was a child.

  • Ilandar@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Yeah, they seem to be stuck between the nostalgia bait of the original and special-effects driven attempts to capture younger, modern audiences. The Super Mario Bros. Movie was a good example of how you can update the look and feel of a multi-generational product whilst retaining enough nods to older fans for them to feel included.

    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      7 months ago

      It does help that Nintendo out of everyone knows just how bad adapting media can get, just look at the OG live action Mario Bros movie. That’s not even the worst adaptation out there of the characters it’s actually a fun if a bit deranged movie especially when accounting for the CDI games.