My wife watches TRON LEGACY for the FIRST time || Movie Reaction 

This movie is not a guilty pleasure for me, It's just a pleasure.

One of the most underrated movies👑

Daft Punk should've been nominated for an Academy Award for this score and soundtrack. It is absolutely criminal they weren't even considered.

Honestly, the whole "He's my son" with the look of "So am I" is always gonna stick with me. I love this movie so much

The Soundtrack incorporated both Classical & Electronic music, and took almost 2 years to be completed, and Joseph, who is the director of the movie, approached Daft Punk before any principal photography, so this movie is like a Big Music Video for Daft Punk's soundtrack. Fun fact : Between the shoots, and when there were equipment failures (i.e. the cameras...etc.), the cast got into the End of Line club set and partied, with Daft Punk DJing...

I absolutely love this movie. I barely hear anyone talk about it anymore. Let alone the first Tron movie. I hope they revisit the franchise someday. There’s been talks of a third movie or reboot, but it’s been talked about since Tron: Legacy came out. I’m so glad I got to see this in theaters when it came out. Definitely was a great theater experience. I can never get bored of this movie. It hits all the right notes for me. I can throw this on anytime.

Ohhh I loved that intro. This movie is so underrated. Daft punks original score makes this movie elevated to an amazing level. I’ve seen this movie some many times and listened the score 4 times as many. Love it!

I love the religious undertones with this movie. You have Flynn as God, Clu as his spirtiual doppleganger, Son born in the grid/Lucifer and Sam, his biological son. Its really a story about two sons trying to please their father. That scene during the flashback with Clu asking Flynn if he still wants him to create the perfect system and Flynn repliing "Yeh.". That right there is the moment he choses to go through with the betrayal but really, its more like Clu like double checking and making sure his creator/father still wants that purpose from him because he sees Flynn as the one betraying him and his original purpose and ideals. Curious what the reaction would have been had Flynn answered differently there. Or the ending bridge scene when Clu realizes the swap of the disc and asks Flynn "Why?" and Flynn saying "He's my son.". You can feel the confusion and jealously there with Clu because he most likely sees himself as Flynn's son too and feels so broken that his creator cares more for the "User Son" then him. There is the whole theme of him probably wanting to be "Human". Qarra even tells Clu he's not worth standing with the Users? Lots of different themes going on here and its honestly wonderful. Its such a well-done sequel honestly that I look at other sci-fi sequels w'eve gotten over the years and they don't do such a good job. Quantumania for example feels like a copy of Tron: Legacy but worse in every considerable way vs this which has these very strong theme that its focuses on to tell its story and drive its characters forward. Plus, that banging Soundtrack helped alot along with the visuals which look really, really good. Maybe not Clu, but considering who and what Clu is, the visuals are fine. But to think they perfected that Young aging visual effects in the Marvel films like 4 or 6 years after this film is crazy. Looking forward to the third film but at the same time Im worried. There was a clear direction they were going for that Legacy set up that the third one is obviously not going to follow through with. Plus, Jared Leto is in it as the lead and yeh, he's presence does not inspired confidence at the threequel being as good as this one. I hope it is good. I hope they bring Daft Punk back to score the film.

Tron saying "I fight for the Users" at the end lives rent free in my head. Great line delivery.

There’s actually an animated series called Tron: Uprising. Unfortunately the show was cancelled before finishing its first season so it’s missing the season finale of the first season. Other than that, the series does a really great job of filling in the story leading up to Legacy.

De-Aging aside, the visuals in this film are amazing! Tron: Legacy is a spectacle and the music!

Holden I'm in the same boat. I remember watching this movie in theaters and buying it on DVD as soon as it came out because I loved it so much. It wasn't until a few years later I learned people didn't hold it in high of regard as I did. I love the movie though. The comments of the day put it much more elegantly than I could've lol. Jen, if you treat Clu as being a program, you can use that as a reason to why the face looks fake. It helps some lol. Most of the other CGI holds up even today though. Glad you both enjoyed it!

What’s not to like? The visuals are great. Music is iconic and the story is interesting with real emotional depth.

Love this movie! I remember watching the 2009 San Diego Comic Con trailer and I was amazed by how awesome it looked. It was originally titled TR2N before it was retitled as TRON: LEGACY. It 2 years and 10 VFX companies to create the 1,656 CGI shots throughout the movie. It was also one of the first films to use De aging to make Jeff Bridges look 30 years younger than his older self. They used the original 1982 film as reference as well the 1984 noir film Against All Odds.

I am so happy you guys finally got to watch this together! This is my favorite movie of all time. Period. I remember seeing it twice in the theater when I was like 7 or 8.

This was the first movie I saw in IMAX and the visuals alone were incredible but with the sound and music in the theater it got even better.

This movie is an absolute childhood classic for me. The soundtrack, visual effects, and story are all amazing and severely underrated. Thank you for introducing Jen to the incredible world of the GRID! Long live the users!

Favorite deep-cut Easter Egg. The "garage" Sam is living in is named "Dumont" after Bernard Hughes' character from the first film who said "I sometimes wish I was back in that garage".

The ending always gets me, my dad passed in 2008, and I hope my dad had the same flashes of memories with me and him

The father & son element is the heart of this film, a lot of mythological elements, were threaded so well. The music was always a highlight, I love that Joseph Koszinski went from this to direct-“Oblivion “ which is another underrated sci-fi action film w/ Tom Cruise, and the music in that was another highlight, an another techno-group, M83. You can see the dogfighting in this and Oblivion and how it transitioned in Top Gun: Maverick. Great film.

I’m so happy that this criminally underrated movie is finally getting the recognition it so truly deserves!

Seeing this in 3D in theaters was something else. That transition from 2D to 3D when he enters the grid...just jaw dropping.

OG Tron was one of the movies of my childhood that kept me locked on a computer, hacking away at things trying to learn as much as I could. Unlike now being a nerd and geek wasn’t even close to the cool pop culture thing it is now, we were outcasts who wanted to escape the hell that was our reality of being constantly put down for what we enjoyed. While building the early Internet in the early to mid 90’s, Tron was one of the movies we’d put on in the office, while pushing the limits of the tech, to do things even close to what we saw on screen. I simply adore this movie, they paid homage to the original, modernized it, extended the storyline well and added a kick ass soundtrack. But this time as I’m watching it I’m doing so as a very well paid security manager, but still doing what I did then: making computers do things they’re not supposed to do. I hope this sequel inspires others to go create something great.

It's not just Daft Punk. Joseph Trapanese is the THIRD soundtrack creator, and for the animated prequel series, Joe came back, and PROVED how much was HIM.

TRON: Legacy actually expanded from just the film with it's tie-ins. There was an ARG (alternate reality game) called Flynn Lives, that users participated in before the release of the film. It included things like live scavenger hunts, comic con events (including one where Bruce Boxlietner and Cindy Morgan reprised their roles as Alan and Lora to make announcement for ENCOM with Sam crashing it in stylish fashion, videos of the event can still be found on RU-vid) and even internet related activities (which includes one where it's reveal that the Flynn Lives group hacked an older telephone system that connected to the Grid system, which allowed for the page CLU sent to Alan's pager to get through), with it concluding with a free complete screening of the film in certain cities before the actual release of the film (which I got a chance to see before most of everyone else). There was a comic book called TRON: Betrayal that details Flynn's life with his wife before the birth of Sam and the early days of the Grid. There is also TRON: Evolution the video game, which takes place during the events of The Purge, which includes the player character being there to witness CLU turning on Flynn as seen in the film). There was also an animated series called TRON: Uprising that unfortunately lasted only for one season, which Bruce Boxlietner reprised his role of TRON. The closest thing to a sequel we get to the events of the film is a short film called The Next Day which is featured on the DVD and Blu-Ray, which takes place the day after the ending of the film and features another TRON cast member showing up in it and hints at what would have happened for TRON 3 (before Disney cancelled it due to the failure of Tomorrowland and John Carter at the box office). I love TRON. I remember growing up with it on VHS, and remember renting it from a mom and pop video store called Video Center USA (years later, I actually found the exact copy I rented at a Goodwill that I bought). To me, TRON was my Star Wars. And I was just as pissed off as Bruce Boxlietner was when Disney cancelled the third film, which he swore that he would never be involved in another TRON project again (I don't know if he's mellowed out or not in regards to if he'd ever come back or not, but I commend him for saying so).

garrett hedlund who played sam, was also in four brothers with mark wahlberg, unbroken, on the road, friday night lights, eragon, pan, and country strong. tron was definitely one of my faves of his but if you haven’t seen any of the others i def recommend them all!! he’s a phenomenal actor who truly deserves more credit

This movie really was the "New Star Wars": an evil group in control, a rebel faction trying to restore order, a young hero, a rebel princess, a self-sacrificing, wise mentor, a "don't get cocky" turret scene, no handrails, a huge explosion in the final act, and a fantastic soundtrack. It was so much better than the other Star Wars remake that came out a few years later, JJ's episode 7.

My absolute favorite movie of all time. Every time I've gotten a new TV, this is the first thing I popped in. The music, most of the visuals, the concepts, it's always been so cool to me.

I was always surprised to hear that this movie did poorly way back when. I really enjoyed it and thought it did everything right as a stand alone movie and as a sequel to the original Tron. Story was good, characters were all interesting, a lot of good call backs to the original, visually stunning, and of course excellent soundtrack.

I am SOOOO with Holden on this one. Tron Legacy was simply AMAZING. Loved this movie so much I ranked it up there with STAR WARS (episode IV, or whatever you want to call it). THANK YOU for uploading this wonderful gem! 🙂

I truly believe that Jen would love The Last Starfighter (1984) the dog, the love story, all of it!

I love this movie. There are two things that stand out for me. First, it was loud in-theater, but in a great way. The TRON intro vibrated the seats and the walls and it was awesome...I still use the opening to show off my home theater setup. The second one is that this was probably the 2nd best representation of 3-D in theaters (behind the original, trend-setting 'Avatar') I've ever seen. In mirroring the black-and-white-to-color magic that was used to separate Kansas from Oz in 'The Wizard of Oz', all of the real-world stuff was 2-D and when Sam got zapped into The Grid it went 3-D...one of the best transitions ever and it was stunning. Disney sidelined the TRON franchise when they purchased Lucasfilm and Marvel to their detriment. The short-lived 'TRON:Uprising' animated series tried to continue to expand the world (and was pretty awesome) but it only got one season. Original sci-fi doesn't come around very often. Steve Lisberger created this world way before its time, TRON:Legacy showed there was still interest, and TRON:Ares is in pre-production now...let's hope it actually is completed and rekindles excitement in this IP.

I have never related harder to Holden than with his 3D blu-ray story 😂

I love when you passionately talk about stuff from your past or things you love it's easily my favourite aspect of this channel I've been following for about 6 years now? And I love every video that comes out!

I would generally agree that as Flinn's son Sam's disk IS important. However Kevin CREATED this Grid; his disk is THE Master key to EVERYTHING. Sam at best is a Guest Host.

i would pay so much money to see this in the theatre again. i'm so glad i'm seeing more people enjoy this movie.

Tron Legacy goes hard, and was such an upgrade to the last Tron movie in everyway, and really kicked off Disney deaging people... for better or worse... but, the movie itself, wasn't a big hit (but Tron a property was back for a bit. Tron Uprising show and Tron video games. The animated series, was actually really good). A decade plus later, they're trying to make Tron 3, with no Daft Punk, Jared Leto... yeeeaaaaah, talk about a Monkey's Paw wish. Luckily, the director went on and furthered movie tech with Oblivion with Tom Cruise (which also wasn't a big hit), but then made another long awaited sequel to an 80's classic with Tom, it was a little film in 2022 called "Top Gun: Maverick".

Such a wonderful movie it was back in the days. And after re-watching it 10+ years later I still love the style, music, colors, such a gem it is!

Right around '98-99, I had an idea for a Tron sequel based on the Y2k issue. In the story, Encom is either shutting down non-compliant servers or moving data from them to newer systems. The hero of the story discovers a server farm that was isolated from the main network. Like the sequel, Flynn had returned and got trapped in the Grid. The server running the Grid isn't Y2k compliant, and the year 2000 means the end of times for the residents of the Grid. The only person at the company that is familiar with the older equipment is Alan Bradley, and he must use Tron to rescue Flynn. Time is running out.

By far your coolest intro with the Tron themed beginning. Enjoyed your reaction!

I was working at the Disney Store in the UK when this film came out and the merch, the vibe.. was so unique. It's a movie that most wouldn't really appreciate these days, with its nostalgic tech feeling. But I think all who were there at that time hold this movie, and especially its score, in a special place in our hearts.

As a fan of the original, I was excited when this came out, and I wasn’t disappointed, it hit everything really well. I think my minor gripes are I wanted a bit more of Michael Sheen's character, and definitely a better resolution with Tron himself. This has always seemed like an untapped property that Disney has never really known how to manage.

one of my favorite movies of all time! not just the visuals and audio, but also the philosophy. LOVE IT!

Love what you did to the intro for the movie! You two are very entertaining. Hope the mom thing is going well! :)

Totally enjoyed your intro as I share your love for this movie and soundtracks as well and one of the few movies I bought the soundtrack too

Was looking forward to this one, really love this movie man ever since I was just a kid. Thank you two for reacting to it together and the first one too

I forgot there were people out there who DON'T like this movie. I have it and it's soundtrack memorized front to back. I loved it immediately when it came out and it's still one of my favorite movies!

Love the Tron themed intro

Seeing Tron Legacy was a definite core memory for me. I am definitely on the fringe with you as well holden. I love everything about this movie 💕

I think that the story matching the time elapsed in the real world and the upgraded games on the grid made the movie. The soundtrack also helped in the immersion. I wonder if they will make realistic VR environments for the third movie. Like The Matrix. Great job on the updated/ themed intro Holden! That was a treat to see! Well done!

Just made my day! My favorite movie and I've been waiting for this day for a long time!!❤

It's super underrated AND the lore deserved a trilogy, there was SO MUCH to explore in this film's expanded universe that just didn't get the chance

You should also check out the Tron Uprising series. They only got to do one season but it explains some of the transition period between Torn and Tron Legacy.

I remember watching the ads for this movie on Disney channel when I was 9/10 and begged my grandma to take me to take me to see it. I watched it once and really enjoyed it but it wasn't till I was around 13 and I got my own bluray player for the first time (granted, my family had been really poor until the last few years at that point, so a bluray player was like precious alien tech to me) Tron Legacy and the first Avengers movies were the two blu ray films my uncle let me borrow and I watched them REPEATEDLY. Probably over a hundred times bc I was so excited to have a bluray player*. I came to have a lot of love for Legacy, despite its flaws. People definitely weren't kind to the film when it came out, undeservedly so.

i really loved this movie growing up, and now that my dads gone it sort of allows me to relate to the storyline a bit, saying goodbye and moving on without him

I recommend try watching Tron uprising next a very underrated series talking place between the original Tron and legacy

Dudeee the camera quality is soo good since first reaction vid!

Holden… for your 3D fix… it’s time to build that man cave / home theater! 3D 4K projectors are far more affordable than they used to be.

I remember watching this movie in the cinemas in 3D. Blew my mind. The very unique visuals, the amazing soundtrack and the atmosphere of the whole thing. Loved it. Watch it yearly, and bought the soundtrack as soon as it was available. Listening to it often its such a boss music.

Both Tron films are the best. I’ve watched Tron about 600+ times since 1982 when I was 6. Tron Legacy is amazing. I’m so glad I got to be in Hall H when they recorded our voices to be put in the film. I miss the whole Flynn Lives ARG and I can’t wait to see what Tron:Ares has in store for us

@Holden Hardman ISO stands for Operating System like Windows or Apple IOS. Tell your girlfriend or wife they’re an animated show is called “Tron: Uprising 2012” that continues the Tron legacy movie understand what happened to the Original Tron after the events of Tron Legacy.

If you want more TRON, TRON Uprising is a really great show that is set between the 2 films.

My guy! Long time watcher/follower first-time commenter. You should keep the Holden intro Tron-style for a bit! That joint was sick!!!!

If you want more “closure” or to know what happened to tron after that, there’s this series I used to watch as a kid called Tron uprising, it only got one season and I think its heavily slept on, but I thought the show was really good and to this day I don’t see why people might have disliked it if that was the case for its cancellation. In all honesty I think tron in general is slept on which is probably why it didn’t do too well with the viewing

Tron Legacy and John Carter of Mars. Two underrated movies back when Disney was still good and people just didn’t appreciate these films.

Disney made an animated show on it. Not very long because they don’t believe it would work out for trusting the creatives. But holy when people say check it out, I wasn’t disappointed on how well they adapted the story from legacy.

GOD I LOVE YOUR INTRO ❤ and this video !!!

that intro animation gets an instant like 😂😂 its fairly rough to look at but still awesome!!

I think watched Tron Legacy about 500 or more times over the 15 years and its STILL so good! This was a great review and I love that intro! Tron 3 is coming out 2025 in Oct, Woooo!🏍

I absolutely love how the pupper has his/her own chair.

Love this movie, the grid is so immersive as a world not many sci-fi sets can make me completely suspend my disbelief like it does. Also, of course, this soundtrack is a masterpiece and probably my favorite movie soundtrack of all time. Anyway, glad your wife seemed to enjoy it, although, I man I wish this movie was out in 4k w/ HDR it would look and sound so much better.

I saw the original movie of TRON back in 1982 when I was a little boy. And it’s been my favorite movie ever since. When TRON: LEGACY was released I was so jazzed seeing another Tron movie. Fun fact: the bartender at the End Of Line is the original director of the first movie of TRON-Steven Lisberger.

This is a severely underrated gem! I love this one!

“Tron: Uprising” is a TV series on Disney+ that takes place between “Tron” & “Tron: Legacy”. It shows what happened to The Grid and more of how CLU got to power. 17:46 I think it’s interesting how Flynn was able to create “food” to keep himself fed & healthy. 20:26 that’s Michael Sheen. He’s starring with David Tennant in a Amazon Prime show called “Good Omens”. They just released a second season to it. 21:55 I don’t think they have “pants” if you watched when Sam got his disc and outfit it was like nanobytes. 24:27 that’s why when Sam fought him earlier Rinzler stopped when he saw the drop of blood from Sam. His “Tron” program was still in there somewhere. 26:05 there will be a new Tron in 2025 called “Tron: Ares” with Jared Leto. From what I’ve read it sounds like a program succeeds where CLU failed.

All the Tron fans I know love this film. I for one being a fan of the first one,having watched it when it came out originally, love Legacy.

Amazing movie, and a soundtrack that has been a mainstay on all my music lists. Goosebumps everytime on the intro with Flynn narrating. At first I had the same reaction to the actor playing his son, but if you think about it: he has the same overconfidence and aloofness Flynn has in the first movie, plus he's a cushy millionaire's son who probably has never had to think about a decision in his life. At the same time, you see the same idealism and rebellion in him. But let's face it: Daft Punk is what makes this movie come together. It's so, so GOOD!

I absolutely love this movie!! It's a great combination of fan service with new story and characters all done very well.

Agree with Jen. TRON the character was completely underutilised in this film. And he’s such a cool character

Best music score. Not just one banger. Every single bgm was unique

I like this one, it's a great update with the graphics and storyline with Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner reprising their roles. The first one was classic and just different for its time, but the concept really stood out. Nice reaction. Cogent story and all the actors did a good job.

Love that you changed the intro to fit with the movie theme

Love that you guys reacted to Tron. Oh the Daft Phunk sound track epic as always listen to it when working out when studying it's my focus vibes. The application of the concepts and designs was beautiful, I agree on one thing though. For a movie called Tron we got very little of Rinzler felt like a cliffhanger ending though, a poor one

Intro was sick af love tron legacy saw it in theaters really hope they make a tron 3

The score in this movie made it, it has to be one of the best scores of all time. Criminally underrated.

I love the Bluray extra where we see Alan Bradley and the programmer of Ram (Roy) meet up to explain what happened in the immediate aftermath of the movie. Bradley invites Roy to join him on the ENCOM board.

Such a great movie, remember seeing it with my dad and uncle and that soundtrack is still one of the best ive heard

Damn the Tronified intro was sick

Honestly, your intro about 'finding out' that this movie wasn't all they well received is news to me. Over the years I'd read the odd comment thread when some site would have an article about this instalment and it was generally people lamenting there would (at the time) never be another one made, that the higher-ups didn't feel enough was made back to warrant another one. So generally I thought the fan-base was pretty positive about it. p.s. I don't take big bang theory as any general gauge/pulse on matters, but then again I never watched it, lol. p.p.s. You should check out Michael Sheen in The Queen; great performance in a flick I wouldn't generally ever think to watch, but is really well done and captivating (multiple watch viewer here). You don't even have to do a posting on it, just on yer own time to watch, it's so well done.

Far from a guilty pleasure for me and my children. This movie and soundtrack are perfection! Can't wait for the next one! I hope there will be a next one!

19:50 the outlands part 2 soundtrack playing in this scene i love it as it builds and then begins to swell...this film really makes me feel like i'm in a dystopian future like world....everything about it

I’m with you. I saw the original Tron in theaters when it was released, and absolutely LOVED the sequel. I have watched it many times

The best way to think of the difference between the Programs and The ISOs is like the difference between creationism and evolutionism. The Programs are beings that were created by The Users (Humans from the real world) and because of this they basically look at them like gods, they're even literally created in their User's, their God's image. Isometric Algorithms or ISOs were created spontaneously, no one created them, they were born through random events that created the exact right conditions for their birth, just like how evolution works. Evolution is (and I could be wrong about this explanation and if I am do correct me) basically traits and mutations that are beneficial to a species being passed on from parent to child and the creatures that don't have these traits die off because the ones that do have a distinct advantage that helps them survive (survival of the fittest and all that). However, even then, life had to have come from somewhere and many believe that life just came to be at random through random events that lead to the exact right conditions for life to start. That's why the ISOs were such a big deal to Flynn, these were a form of life that just came to be on their own without any intelligence influencing their creation. It's like if God created life and somewhere else where God wasn't looking, life sprang up on it's own without his knowledge.

The actor that played Sam was the cousin of brad pitt in the movie Troy.

alot of people I met that told me they didn't like this movie, didn't realize it was a sequel to anything. I absolutely love this movie and the world of tron because of this movie.

“I fight for the user” *instantly starts tearing up*

I agree with Holden this film was my jam when it came out. I also watched it several times in theatre's. I was also surprised when I found people disliked it but man that soundtrack. I would hope no one could dislike the music of this movie.

Love this movie!!! I so can’t wait for the third one that is being made, I did hear that Jarid leto would possibly be the villain in it as well.

I really enjoy the movie selection for the Saturday releases, Feel good midday eating lunch watching some Tron

Just watched this after your first Tron reaction lol. Entertaining movie and very underrated

First off I LOVE Tron: Legacy. From what i heard and gathered about this movie was people loved the music and visuals but disliked the ending. That overall it was just a prologue to a larger story that we never got and being just a prologue they were left wanting a bigger story. What exactly is Quorra's place in the story. Apparently losing Flynn like that (kinda cool and self sacrifice but also, really?). Tron's fate. Just so many things left unanswered... Disney really needs, and i mean NEEDS to release Tron: Ares (rumored 2025 release date)