Another nail in the TRON franchise coffin. Dude, where's my Disney?!

This won't end well.

clu.exe Wrote: ShadowSpark Wrote:This won't end well. By this meaning tron or star wars? coz it might be both.. hope they prove me wrong

'This' being Star Wars. If they make Leia into a Disney Princess, I'm going to throw up.

As happy as I am that we're getting Episodes 7, 8 and 9 of Star Wars, this could all be very bad news for the future of TRON.

The animated Clone Wars show does much better in the ratings than Uprising, which could now easily get cancelled and have its slot taken by the Clone Wars.

And if Disney are ploughing their resources into a new SW trilogy, it could easily leave TRON 3 in limbo. SW is far greater box office success so TRON could easily vanish again for a while (obviously I hope it doesn't).

So, I'm happy yet apprehensive about how this all works out.

Honestly?

My inner smartass will NOT stop cracking jokes. Heck, I think the moderator for the old Kink Meme and I were making comparisons between Flynn and the Jedi Exile at one point. And Force knows Tronzler has the whole Darth Vader thing going on - complete with last minute sacrifice/redemption. (PLEASE, Disney, cut Yori a better deal than Padme got saddled with...)

Of course, the whole thing just leaves me with some silly mental images:

Kingdom Hearts with a KOTOR level! (With T3-M4 as your guest party member...and might as well get Raphel Sbarge to KEEP playing Jiminy.)

Jet Bradley and Mercury can now keep Lady Revan and Mr. Exile company.

Theran Cedrax absolutely squealing over the prospect of getting digitized and Holiday dressed up as a Siren.

Beck as a Rebel hero fighting Grand Moff Tessler with Paige as an Emperor's Hand.

The Geonosian Game Grid

Clone Army Black Guard

Han Solo kicking butt on a lightcycle.

ADDENDUM: And in the EU, there is a Force school (Zeison Sha) that fights with discs instead of lightsabers. They're also, in contrast to Jedi, almost fanatically family and community oriented.

And taking it to other franchises:

Monkey Island meets Treasure Planet! (Elaine and Amelia could compare notes on how to be the Only Sane Woman)

Sam and Max meet Lilo and Sitch (It's not a question of if city blocks get leveled, it's HOW MANY)

TronFAQ Wrote: tronprogram Wrote: As happy as I am that we're getting Episodes 7, 8 and 9 of Star Wars, this could all be very bad news for the future of TRON. Unfortunately, I have to agree with tronprogram. Star Wars is already a huge successful franchise, while TRON is still trying to make its way there. With Disney owning Star Wars, they'll pour all their resources into it and could put TRON 3 on the backburner, now that they don't have to compete with it. I really hope not. Also, I'm not sure whether Disney making new Star Wars is a good or bad thing. But considering Lucas' prequels weren't all that great, who knows. Maybe they'll manage to do better? I actually thought the news of Disney buying Star Wars was some kind of early April Fool's joke when I first heard it. Geez. First the Muppets, then Pixar, Marvel, and now Lucasfilm? Crazy. Disney is becoming a gigantic powerhouse.

I don't think this is going to affect the future of TRON. If the way they handle Marvel is any indication, it seems like they handle companies they pick up pretty loosely. Like, the average person doesn't even know that Disney owns ESPN or ABC, and they weren't plastering their name all over the Marvel movies that came out ever since they picked them up.

J Wrote:Honestly? My inner smartass will NOT stop cracking jokes. Heck, I think the moderator for the old Kink Meme and I were making comparisons between Flynn and the Jedi Exile at one point. And Force knows Tronzler has the whole Darth Vader thing going on - complete with last minute sacrifice/redemption. (PLEASE, Disney, cut Yori a better deal than Padme got saddled with...) Of course, the whole thing just leaves me with some silly mental images: Kingdom Hearts with a KOTOR level! (With T3-M4 as your guest party member...and might as well get Raphel Sbarge to KEEP playing Jiminy.) Jet Bradley and Mercury can now keep Lady Revan and Mr. Exile company. Theran Cedrax absolutely squealing over the prospect of getting digitized and Holiday dressed up as a Siren. Beck as a Rebel hero fighting Grand Moff Tessler with Paige as an Emperor's Hand. The Geonosian Game Grid Clone Army Black Guard Han Solo kicking butt on a lightcycle. ADDENDUM: And in the EU, there is a Force school (Zeison Sha) that fights with discs instead of lightsabers. They're also, in contrast to Jedi, almost fanatically family and community oriented. And taking it to other franchises: Monkey Island meets Treasure Planet! (Elaine and Amelia could compare notes on how to be the Only Sane Woman) Sam and Max meet Lilo and Sitch (It's not a question of if city blocks get leveled, it's HOW MANY)

No-no-no-no-no-no-no!

Another way to think about it is that this could be good for Tron. SW is a huge money-maker so it might generate enough revenue that they feel more comfortable trying more Tron stuff, despite it being less of a "sure thing".
On the TV front; I think part of the reason Uprising isn't getting huge ratings is because it's on Disney , a channel I had never even heard of until a few months before Uprising premiered. If they put it on some other channels (regular disney, and ABC saturday mornings or something) I think things would be going much better (not that we really know how well it's doing, but the impression I've gotten is "good, but not great". Kinda like how Tron always does).

I see this as going either way. It depends on the writing and directing (and continuity). However, it seems that Disney is already rushing to make a new Star Wars movie. 2015??? How long did they consider this before acquiring Lucas Films? All I got to say is "Please don't suck!!!!!".

trekking95 Wrote: TRON.dll Wrote:If the way they handle Marvel is any indication, it seems like they handle companies they pick up pretty loosely. Ummm............ what?

I mean they don't maintain a super-tight level of control over those companies. You don't see Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on ESPN or Goofy showing up in Marvel movies.

Also, if this would affect the future of Tron in a negative way, then every Marvel and PIxar movie would have already. We don't have anything to worry about apart from the quality of the upcoming Star Wars trilogy.