Well, that was the most concrete promo we've seen yet! So Beck works in "Abel's Garage" in Argon City. Hmm, I don't recall seeing that place anywhere in Tron Evolution or mentioned anywhere in the backstories of the Grid leading up to the release of Legacy in theaters.

Color me excited, nonetheless. It's good to see the Grid is a bigger place than just Tron City, Arija, and the Bostrum colony. May 18 is marked on my calendar!

Awesome!

As I have stated before, Tron: Uprising is TESTING (Shown to groups within the target audience) “Through the Roof“, as quoted from a Disney Fan podcast. Find me on Facebook, and friend away. Just look for Gerald Campos. I'm the guy in the Tux with a ring in my hand. "

Why am I under the impression you're a probable pr for disney toons per your paragraph?

I am so ecstatic for this!!!
This birthday is probably going to be one of my best birthdays I'll ever have. May the 18th... It's just like they KNEW.
anyways, I can tell from all the previews this isn't just going to be a thing for fans only... It will bring more attention to this fandom. Before you know it, we will be just as big as the Lord of the Rings fandom or the Portal fandom. Everyone will know the references and all that jazz. I hope anyways. I want to be able to say " You're messing with my zen thing man!" and everyone get it.
Also, the animation and style of it all... Just makes me speechless. I might be hosting a livestream when it comes on... IF I get my MacBook back by then...

Okay; so I know that May 18th is when we get to see Beck's Beginning, but what is it? I'm fairly sure it's not an actual episode, so is it a short 5 minute preview? A making-of type thing? How long is it? Whats it about? Can anybody explain?

Bloody frakin AWESOME.

I love how the Guards and the Recognizers are very similar to the original 1982 designs.

Boba Fettuccini Wrote:He works in a garage with his friends. It doesn't feel like work, becuase he's with his friends. He also likes to play games with his friends. The frequent over-use of the word 'friend' in that promo kinda blows 'this ain't no kiddie show' out of the water.

The word "friends" is only used twice -- not three as you stated -- and one of those times is when the narrator says it after we see a friend of Beck's derezzed! Hardly "kiddie". I guess by your "logic" J.R.R. Tolkien was "kiddie" as well -- as he used the word "friend" (translated from the Elvish language he created) for his characters to enter the Mines of Moria with.

-- and the man himself: Bruce Boxleitner aka TRON has said: "This ain't no kiddie show" in reference to this series -- which I'm sure is where Gerald "cool83" got his reference for use at the start of this thread.

By my logic, it's a Disney show that's going to accentuate Disney themes. That doesn't mean it's gonna be bad, I'm just saying that it's a kids show.

Look at the past and ask yourself when was the last time Disney put out anything for TV that wasn't corny and kidsy.

WIth that, I go back to dormancy. Have a good evening folks.

Boba Fettuccini Wrote:Look at the past and ask yourself when was the last time Disney put out anything for TV that wasn't corny and kidsy.

Right, but you could say the same thing about their motion picture division when the original Tron came out.

However, neither of us have seen the show yet, so we can't be entirely sure what the target audience of the show is. To me, the media released so far seems to indicate that it's supposed to appeal towards kids and adults, but I have no idea if I'm right or not because I haven't seen the show yet. Using your logic, you could have also come to the conclusion back in 2009 that Tron Legacy is probably just some kiddie movie, because it's being published by the same film house that did Tangled and Snow White.

Now, I will say that I do feel a bit uneasy about watching this show on a TV channel designed for children, but considering the high number of alternate viewing options that will be available, that probably won't be an issue.