Movie Review --- Tron Legacy

Commodore 64 sold for $595.00 - Notice the disc drive. 
It took 5" floppy discs

I have to say that as far as movies go I have think that one of my favorite genres is science fiction.  Growing up some of the most remembered sci-fi movies were E.T. and Tron.  When Tron initially came out computers were still big mysteries as most people did not have home pc's yet and if they did it was probably along the lines of a Commadore 64 and you played simulation games on it.  With Tron's plot line though the user could enter the interal workings of a computer and impact how programs were run.  Basically, a Matrix for the 80's.  It took twenty five years but a sequel was finally released for Tron, -- Tron Legacy.  I was extremely interested in viewing this film and allow I wasn't able to see it in the theater I did catch soon after it was released on DVD.  The plot centers around Flynn's return the program's world and the emergence of his son Sam as a savior of our planet from the programs.  The story was fast paced and much of the time took place in the arena of the programs.  It seemed though that if you had not seen the original Tron the viewer may have been lost trying to follow Tron Legacy.  Overall, the film captured some of the magic of the original but failed to deliver up to its twenty five year wait.  It appeared that the entire purpose of the film was to put the story in a postion to produce another film.  Truth be told though I was very interested in the trailer for a digital movie that told of the time between Tron and Tron Legacy....Tron Uprising.   I leave you with this, if you have an interest in science fiction films then you will probably want to catch this one otherwise just leave it on the shelf with your 5" floppy discs collecting dust.