"Despite its many wonderful qualities and utter commitment to its basic premise, Tron: Ares does not contain the actual Tron anywhere in its breezy two-hour runtime, nor in the post-credits. And while there are some super-deep cuts in , the presentation of Tron himself is not one of them. Is this okay? Can hardcore Tron heads - who delight in pointing out Tron is a person, not a place - wrap their minds around an entertaining Tron movie which lacks Tron?"
"Who is the main character of the 1982 Tron? As much as fans of Boxleitner would like to say that the main character is Tron, or his human counterpart, Alan Bradley, the truth is, the lead character of Tron is the flippant and lovable programmer, Kevin Flynn. In the classic film, the entire conflict, both within the virtual "Grid" world and without, connects to Flynn."
Tron: Ares omits the character Tron from its runtime and post-credits while still embracing the franchise aesthetic. The film works decently without resurrecting or digitally de-aging the original Tron performance. The hero Program in Ares originates as a program created by a villain, which creates transgressive narrative points. The absence of Tron ties to a casting paradox: Flynn and Tron share visual similarity, so including a literal Tron might have disturbed the film's dynamics. In the 1982 Tron, Kevin Flynn is the lead whose stolen designs, entry into the Grid, and actions drive the central conflict.
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