The sci-fi fanatics cannot wait to see the visual stylings when they watch Tron Legacy online. The original Tron was lauded for being ahead of its time when it was released in 1982. Despite having been just a moderate success at the box office and was said to be disqualified at the Oscar Awards, as director Steven Lisbergers aid they were excluded at the Awards Academy because they said they “cheated” for using computer in its graphics, it was lauded years after for its special effects as years went by. In fact, in 1997, Ken Perlin, who worked on Tron fifteen years ago, received an Academy Award for Technical Achievement for the Perlin noise.
And now, when you watch Tron: Legacy online, they are once again pushing the boundaries of filmmaking. Director Joseph Kosinski commented, “The first Tron set the bar so high in terms of technology that we knew we really had to try hard with this film, and I think with the character of CLU, we are definitely pushing the envelope of what’s possible.”
Jeff Bridges is set to reprise his role as Kevin Flynn, the former CEO of ENCOM International who has been missing for ages. The Academy Award-winning actor will also play CLU, a program he has created almost three decades ago. When you watch Tron Legacy online, they will “enhance” Bridges’ face to look 30 years younger. The special effects team will be using a hi-tech process known as facial capture.
Kosinski said, “There is nothing more difficult than trying to achieve a photo-realistic human being. The way we tried to achieve it was to capture as much of Jeff’s performance as possible digitally, and you see real glimpse of him in CLU. Those glimpses, I think, are really exciting and show a great potential for the future of film technology. This is such an interesting place to be.”
And I am sure fanboys are excited to watch Tron Legacy online for this groundbreaking event in filmmaking. The sci-fi movie is slated to hit theaters this December 17.
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