Tron Uprising is... !
Greetings programs! The first episode on Tron: Uprising recently premiered -legally- online, and I just have to say something. Aside from being a rabid fan of all things blocky and glowing, what I saw shows so much promise for the series, it really made my week. You can watch it for yourself below, and see if you agree.
When it came to the film Tron Legacy, despite the amazing art, concepts, and quite convincing performances, the storytelling was the definite Achilles heel. I still loved it, but it just begged to be written a bit more tightly. With Uprising, that appears not to be the case. Everything from the writing, the editing, design, action and cinematography are all truly top-notch. The dialogue would easily rank with the original Batman the Animated Series, or Avatar the Last Airbender.
The first episode is told in flashback. The hero, a young program named "Beck" (Elijah Wood), is being held for interrogation by an ominous masked program for an alleged act of sedition. In these flashbacks, we get to see what these "programs" really do in their day-to-day lives, and how the rise of tyranny in that world affects them. With the back-story of an oppressive regime conscripting programs into deadly gladiatorial games, we see more clearly than ever the similarities to Spartacus, and even Hunger Games.
The art design is also spectacular. The slender, exaggerated character designs seem a bit inspired by Peter Chung's Aeon Flux. While they may take some getting used to at first, they emote very well, and it becomes quickly clear that the style suits the action perfectly. There are superbly rendered new environments in the grid, exciting new vehicles, and entirely new types of grid weapons that still fit the digital world we've come to know. There are action sequences with very surprising turns, making full use of the alien physics particular to the grid.
It's clear that the writers and director have paid careful attention to the Tron canon up until now, realizing the gaps of what hadn't been shown, and are now ready to deliver it. I predict (or at least hope for) new legions of young Tron fans inspired by the series, much the way Clone Wars has done for Star Wars. Some stories might just be too large to tell in a film... or a review.
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