The sequel to Tron (now called Tron Legacy) has been doing a big push at Comic Con this week, including screening 15 minutes of footage (which you can read all about here.  I only got to the part that said “And it was totally worth waiting a year for: Kinetic, delirious and full of light-cycle brilliance.”  Then I had to close my computer and rub my temples for an hour).

Anyway, in the video above, you can see the unveiling of the light cycle.  I dunno. I mean, I guess it’s pretty cool.  It’s a little hard to judge when you can hear the guys filming say it’s “f*cking awesome!” 17 times in a row.  Oh man, the Tron light cycle!  I better take a picture of this to show my girlfriend when I get home!

[via Buzzfeed] Looks like it came from CHUD

The news that Disney was making a sequel to Tron, while stupid, has been around for some time.  This week, the news from Comic-Con is that not only will it star Jeff Bridges, they’ll be taking a cue from teenage girls on MySpace and calling it Tr2n.  That’s right, Tr2n.  Now, I know what you might be thinking.  Regardless of how you feel about substituting numbers for letters (and I don’t feel good about it, but that’s beside the point), a 2 doesn’t even look like an O.  It might pass for an S, or even a Q (and it’d be a stretch either way), but an O?  I don’t see it.  But I will tell you this, friends: it’s amazing how little details matter when you’re a fucking idiot.

[via MTV - Thanks, Robopanda] 

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney is in final talks with commercial director Joseph Kosinski to develop and direct the next chapter of Tron.  Yep, this Tron.  If you're not excited, you're not retarded.  No word on whether "Tron Man" here will be in any way involved. 

The original, about a computer programr thrust into a computer and forced to fight in games he helped create, is remembered for its sci-fi gladiator-style battles and groundbreaking special effects. It was the first movie to use computer-generated images instead of models and other optical effects in conjunction with live action.

In the new version George Lucas finds out that Jar-Jar Binks has come to life and is banging his daughter.  Okay, I made that up, but who wants to bet it's less stupid than whatever these assholes come up with? This dude is getting work based on stuff like this.