As I wrote before.. I’ve never had this happen before. When I “HATE” a movie.. I continue to hate it. And most likely find new reasons to hate it. (Joss Whedon Firefly – Serenity I hate more than ever!)

Although I can’t name any movies that I have fallen out of love with. (I know there has to be some)..?

Makes me wonder if anybody else has had the same “Tron” experience that I had?

Thanks – GENE

So I PAY to see Tron Legacy. On a fateful trip to Peru (Amazon Forest) I read every single word in the Wired Magazine “Tron” issue. And YES I got the feeling that Tron Legacy was going to SUCK!

Oh boy was I Pissed off after dragging my “Less than” Uber-Geeks to see Tron Legacy. The shot where Sam was “Digitized” into the computer? A grey simple “Woosh”? I mean WTF? Where was the “Computer” BLASTING every BIT into oblivion part? I remember seeing the same scene in TRON? At least I remember seeing in Tron? (and so Tron Legacy circled the toilet bowl for me) Plus I seriously wanted to know how Kevin moved a machine that needed a 30ft blast door into his Urban arcade? Yea seriously.. I’d buy the whole thing if there was a door to an underground cyclotron or something??

Months later I find myself watching Tron Legacy on Pay Cable. (actually satellite) After about the 10th time watching this pig something that has NEVER happened to me before happened. I started to actually LIKE this movie. Yea seriously dude!

As if uncle Walt had just finished putting in the last of my “Disney” TM brainwashing module. BING! I ponied up for the Deluxe Blue Ray “Legacy” and both the Soundtrack and it’s Sampled version. (Now how do I get the music into my new HitMan 801?)

All that was said about how much “Legacy” totally missed the boat is 100% true. Plus they did the latest thing. (see Terminator Salvation) They more or less took the first movie and did the exact movie again. Even swapped out Dialog. Horrible!

And again.. Tron Legacy seems to be MORE than it’s hacked up carcass of blown opportunities. At a place where I can NOT exactly put my finger on.. I have done a 180 on this movie.

This is the FIRST TIME this has ever happened to me. Scary folks!

I can’t help but ask myself.. If I had made Tron Legacy? Fixed everything that I hated. Reshot every scene until “Legacy” was the Incredible movie I wanted it to be! Would my TRON lose whatever deep magic that is obviously in Kosinsky’s version?

..sigh.. Now I’m off to read up on the “Journey without a goal!” Must have a killer ending huh?

Sure, the crew on NG had to suffer with a few “Text only” messages from damaged ships, surreptitious spies, or technologically-inferior races— not exactly text messages as we see them used today. Certainly not what they used as communications normally. Star Trek prefers interstellar Skype, or walkie talkies. And it’s Worf. Troi. Certainly though, even with your two examples—years apart—Picard and gang don’t communicate normally through texts…and not as we know them. It’s like saying that because someone uses morse code in a movie that morse code then is part of their culture. Because Picard occasionally uses “text only” doesn’t mean that it’s a part of their culture.

J

Thanks I’ll let you know if i find anymore text messages sent on Star Trek. Let’s not forget Uhura had a bluetooth back in 67