The SAD Downfall of Tron: Uprising
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- Tron: Uprising is the unfortunate story of a really well written, animated and performed show that sadly was cut short before getting to show off everything it could offer. Connecting some of the dots between the first Tron movie and Tron: Legacy, Tron: Uprising is a stylish animated series that uses all of the slick looks that the recent movie had to offer all in some of the best looking animation of the 2010's. Let's look into how rich with lore this series was and sadly, what happened to the show in the end.
Want to dive into the Tron video games that came out around the same time as Tron: Legacy that also filled in some more gaps in the lore of Tron? Check out my video on Tron: Evolution and the other games that all came out at the same time here on my other channel: • WAIT... Remember Tron:...
Written By: Jordan Fringe
Edited By: Jordan Fringe & David Strickland
Channel Art By: Jerry Meehan
Thanks so much for watching! Let me know your thoughts on Tron: Uprising and your thoughts on the cliffhanger ending! Also, check out my video on the video game Tron: Evolution here: th-cam.com/video/C9mbJiw8S_o/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=JordanFringeGaming
Really enjoyed it and disappointed that it got cancelled like it had so much potential.
you should do 1 of your vids about "the troop" on Nickelodeon
Being Human means to suffer the worst pain possible every single day begging for death that never comes
THANK YOU FOR COVERING THIS AND MOTORCITY. GREAT TO SEE THESE TWO SHOWS BEING COVERED BY A LARGER TH-camR.
Your videos are great. I would to see one on dinosaur king. You could even talk about their arcade games and trading cards.
This show and Motorcity were the most slickest and stylistic cartoon Disney has ever distributed and what they both have in common was that they were both killed off too early. It's a shame that Disney would just can them like this!
Yup
If they can bring back Penny Proud, Than surely they can bring back those shows, Along with Wander over Yonder, Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes and Randy Cummingham, Right?
I crave for more Robert valley styled animation!
such a shame! the shows were really awesome :(
I consider both tron Uprising and Motorcity sister hows because they both star a protagonist rebelling against an evil tyrant and trying to bring hope to people to fight for their freedom.
It's weird how some properties never seem to take hold despite having both incredible visuals and an engaging story. Also, de-rezzing always looked so much scarier than if the characters bled like humans. It gave a sense of glass-like fragility that made the fights more intense for me.
I've always felt this way too! Seeing a character crumble into pieces always gave me a much more visceral reaction of discomfort than regular gore ever did.
It’s almost like it was canned on purpose
I think the scariest was how the Paige backstory episode, that entire Island was destabilized simply because they crash landed on it... mass murder part aside...
@@scottjs5207 it’s really gut wrenching because Paige is literally pushed into a role that oversees the same thing. How unimaginably destructive is it to realize that you changed to spend your time aiding what corrupted you? That Paige is made to see those background “crashes and mistakes” as normal protocol.
Alot of these properties don't take hold because most newly made stuff is barely marketed or advertised well, so no even one knows they exist outside of cult followings. Heck my memory of this show is hanging on by a thread due to glimpses of Uprising on Disney XD, Kingdom Hearts and Tron Legacy. Big companies like Disney rarely ever have faith in media that isn't mainstream.
The only reason they greenlight and throw money at certain things is in the slim hopes they catch lightning in a bottle and because their multi billion dollar revenue means that they can afford to fuck up and start all over again, so there's no risk.
I love how Tron works so well with animation. Tron and animation go together better than live action imo
Fax
Yepyep it's that cell shading mixed with jet black and neon 🤤
Agreed
Tron Legacy could have been the next Arcane before Arcane was in Netflix.
@@itsblitz4437 you mean uprising
Fun Fact: Beck's hairstyle is based on a proposed look for Tron in the original Tron (1982) that is visible in some behind the scenes photographs but was not used in the film
Even funnier, it's debatably still canon but very obscure! Tron's hairstyle is shown when he takes off his helmet during the deleted love scene with him and Yori (it's still described in the novelization and a QnA panel where his actor calls it "post-coitus hair" LMAO), it makes rewatches hilarious knowing it's just... lurking under the helmet the whole time
I swear Tron Uprising is the most underrated cartoon of the last decade. It made me more interested in the franchise than both films tbh.
I gotta say the most underrated of this current century
You mean the last two decades?
@@I_was_a_Bullfrog Yes
Agreed. I think what mostly held it back was because it had to tie into the movies. I think if "Tron Legacy" was never made, and the cartoon was allowed to exist as it's own thing, then it would've done a lot better imo. And assuming the series would've gone on for at least a few more seasons if that was the case, then they could've easily ended the series leading up to a new "Tron" film, that the animated series set up.
And Tron 2.0 is the best Tron game ever made, despite not developed by Disney but Monolith
This show was ahead of it's time. The writing and direction of the series was top notch
The soundtrack as well
That’s the problem , most things that are ahead of their time are never appreciated because people are short sighted to long run vision and only see what’s right in of them …. Then 10 years later they realize they fucked up . Look at what happened to the psp .
The original film was literally ahead of it's time.
@@BrutusWasntTaken Mad underrated and it was flopped. Basically Disney Matrix before Matrix imo lol
I cant stress how important this show was to me. The incredibly brief "Tron revival" blew my mind and sparked so much imagination and creativity into my mind, its hard to describe in just a yt comment how much I obsessed over this series. Though the franchise may have all but a finger in the grave, this show and the franchise might be one of the most influential pieces of media to me, not the most, but up there.
It’s possible that disney is trying to revive tron, as far as I’m aware we’ve gotten a teaser for a game coming out later this year
ive been planning this comment for a while. We need to bring this show back. Ending one of the most unique and high quality shows of the last decade on a cliff-hanger and then discontinuing it is so mind blowingly stupid to me. If you go to the tron uprising subreddit you can see fans waiting for some new uprising news for over a decade. With posts as early as last year asking if they should give up hope because of the lack of news or reports. But now is the time. With the reveal of the new lightcycle roller coaster and the news for the third tron movie being released, (as well as some new weird tron based puzzle game apparently coming out?) it seems as if disney is trying to slowly revive tron. I urge anyone brave enough to go on all forms of social media to create an uproar. Show that there are still thousands of people interested in this series. Create accounts, fan pages, edits, posts literally just saying "Bring Back Tron" (especially uprising). There are 3 possible outcomes from this, either 1) Disney hears this and trys to respond in some way, which is a big +. 2) disney is already working on new tron projects and they will see this and possibly tease something as a form of responding. or finally 3) disney does nothing and at least we tried. Please, anyone who is able to do this, I beg of you, show that tron hasn't died yet.
Напишу на родном языке.
Я была одержима им очень долгое время и иногда даже переслушиваю саундтреки фильма и мультсериала.
Причём с каждым пересмотром я подмечала в мультсериале новые интересные детали, а стиль определил мои вкусы. То, как в моей родной стране было тяжело его смотреть в 2012 году. Это отдельная история.
Я заходила на американские пиратские сайты, чтобы посмотреть версию на английском, спустя 3 дня появлялись субтитры, затем спустя неделю выходил фанатский дубляж серии и уже через пол года официальное подразделение Диснея сделало русский дубляж. Они просто ждали, когда выйдет весь сериал. И я не помню в какое эфирное время он шёл. Но помню, что посмотреть мне его на канале дисней не удавалось.
This show is one of my favorite animated shows of all time. The look, storytelling, animation, music was all so good. It’s such a shame it never got a second season.
I think Tron is slowly coming back. The Light-Cycle Run ride at Disney World opening soon, the new Tron video game getting alot of work and attention put into it, as well as the new film STILL being worked on. Slowly it's all coming back, hopefully we can get a season 2 of Uprising as a Disney+ show or something
I have my doubt about the movie if daft punk isn’t involved
@@Quinold i have by doubts with jaret leto
@@Quinold I have my doubt about the movie if Disney is involved, with the stuff they've been releasing lately.
The new tron game looks pretty bad
@@yafufuf6694 yeah because nothing screams Tron more than a visual novel game!! Heck why doesn't Disney just make (sarcasm) Tron the billboard game on console, build a bridge, Tron the Sims, or even a F**king card game!!!! Whoever thought it would be a great idea to make Tron( a movie/series that has action and amazing views) into a visual novel game needs to be fire, and then fire the person who improved the idea.
I remember seeing some of the show on tv and then finding out it was moved to after midnight making me unable to see how season 1 ended until Disney + happened.
My hope is with the third movie the show can be revived. I saw Tron recently and that allowed me to get the references to the first movie shown was pretty fun
Is there any word on the third Tron movie? I only saw like a trailer featuring Clu and that’s it. That was like… I don’t know, almost ten years now.
@@johnrodriguez5016 a lot actually, the code name for the movie, lead actor jared leto etc
@@johnrodriguez5016 There's been no trailers or teasers of any new Tron stuff that I know of. However despite there being nothing from Disney, it's all been but confirmed that the third movie is gonna be called Tron: Ares.
God this show was great. Taking the basic concept of Batman Beyond and applying it within the Tron universe was amazing. Great characters and stories, great soundtrack, great animation and choreography. Truly sad that it was canceled.
I love the show a it’s shame they didn’t finish it the story also had a good premise I enjoyed the title of “Tron” being a mantle that could be passed to other people
I appreciate that you always credit the voice actors that bring these characters to life
3 months ago I re watched this with my best friend and she LOVED IT!!!! really sad they didn't make a third season
They didn’t even make a second season
Looool
i was OBSESSED with this show when it was first coming out and i watched every single episode dozens of times over as a kid, bought the soundtrack and listened to it constantly, etc. robert valley and alberto mielgo's styles influenced my own so much as a child and i didn't even realize it until this year when i rewatched it, and i'm blown away by HOW truly amazing it is. i really appreciate this video, i hope it leads to more interest in the show because most people i talk to have never heard of it and that's a travesty.
Show was absolutely a piece of art. Never liked tron, but this stuff was amazing.
I assume you also played the flash game? 😅
Shoutout to Robert Valley for being such an insane artist.
Seeing the world of Tron in long form storytelling, in contrast with the relatively short timespan of the previous media, was a blast and made for compelling worldbuilding. I know there’s a visual novel videogame coming out, but an open world game set on the Grid would be amazing.
It's a shame that Tron-Uprising never had a season 2 and season 3, I mean this show was a masterpiece, why they don't understand true action and art anymore?
Avenge us!
We Must Avenge!
I loved this show. It took years for me to finally recover and forget. Why did you have to remind me about it. Now I’m Sad again.😢
I genuinely loved this show, it is a shame that Disney killed it off.
Disney derezzed there best chance of being given a good reputation, but here we are.
The idea they explored later that Tron himself wasn't some squeaky clean, great influence was so interesting.
I really appreciate that you ended up touching on this show. This series was... well it was everything for me back when it released. It was such a great sci-fi experience that really touched on heroism, legends, and revolution in ways that would eventually become far more common in later works (such as Into the Spider-Verse, Star Wars Rebels, and The Clone Wars' final season, among others) and it really highlighted just how impactful these stories would go on to be for people in some more recognizable franchises than Disney's often forgotten sci-fi gem.
Also, absolutely agree about the soundtrack (to both the show and Legacy) as the music here is outstanding and really needs to be heard to be believed. It just oozes style in so many ways.
Its genuinely heartbreaking how it just stopped, this show was AMAZING. I remember running home from school just to catch up where I left off. I was gullible to believe that they’d eventually continue creating episodes but was disappointed💔💔💔
Still haven't forgiven Disney for cancelling this show.
One season isn’t enough 💔
Yes! You finally covered Uprising and on a Friday! I was hoping you do this when you came out with the Motorcity video. Both IPs are gaining recognition they deserve all those years ago. Thank you, Jordan!
Thanks for watching!
So much left unsaid, untouched, and even left behind as the scant few other references and installments outside of the realm of film and TV get disregarded as non-canon (here's looking at you, 2.0). That being said, what we got is still so beautiful and bursting with life and potential. I've been working on writing a tabletop RPG based on Tron and including a lot of the ideas and concepts from every facet into it to mesh with the gameplay. I wanted to do it especially because there's so much room for interpretation in the history of the world, while there's enough already there thanks to the official and fan-made material. It'll probably be another niche way to interact with the world of Tron, but I think it deserves the chance and then some.
Great video, by the way. Can't blame you for getting that collector's edition of Evolution, though. I missed out completely due to some difficult times in my personal life, but I would have killed to get my hands on that had I known!
I remember trying to catch this show anytime it was on, it wasn’t until years later when I was rewatching the show online that I realised I had missed an *entire episode*.
I was such a massive fan and stayed up way too late on school nights to catch the latest episodes, yet I still missed one due to the nightmare that was it’s schedule.
Honestly this show had such an impact on me as a kid and still remains one of the most visually stunning pieces of media I have ever watched. I’m still waiting for season 2 dammit!
I was BIG into the Tron hype! I saw Legacy four times in theatres, had two identity disc toys, had the album and remix album, had a few action figures, and even cosplayed as a program at San Diego Comic Con. This show was a fantastic addition to the franchise.
One thing you didn't mention is how hard it was pushed at the theme parks! At Disney's California Adventure, the backlot area (now Marvel Land/Avengers Campus) would turn into a huge Tron-themed nightclub and dance party at night. There were face characters, bars, amazing theming, DJs, setups to play Evolution, and an entire 80's garage arcade. It was an amazing event and lasted almost two years.
This is one of those shows that really shows you how much more action matters than word. We can say we love something all we want, but if we can't properly support it, that praise means nothing.
What really stinks is that broadcast television and streaming services actually make supporting these great shows a lot harder than it should be. The networks and streaming services demand unrealistically high ratings in an unrealistically short amount of time. Often times with minimal or misplaced advertising. Think about it, how many shows do you never know about until you randomly see something about it reblogged, retweeted, or talked about on youtube? Like, entirely too often. I haven't seen a proper TV commercial in years, I don't know what's on Netflix until I turn it on and see what their featured thing is.
I will also the way they treated Tron as a *charecter* was FANTASTIC, not only with the idea of a charecter as a symbol but tron as a charecter with a disablity.
His journey is treated with such respect and its so realistic, it's honestly hard to watch some episodes as a person with a disablity.
The fact that they can make a charecters journey genuinely hard to watch shows just how good this show is at charecters.
I seriously can't praise it enough
The moment where Tron refuses his healing tube. When Tron collapses. It's all so....
I mean it sucks that they got rid of it at the end, bit of an ablist trope but honestly whatever they do SO much with the rest of his charecter that it's fine.
I totally agree! A trope I've come to really hate recently is the one where scarring is used for aesthetic purposes. I.e The Punisher S2, Jessica Jones S2, The Owl House, ect, where the depiction of scarring or some form of disfigurement is usually just surface level, like it feels added just to make a character look 'jaded', or 'pretty' even.
But TRON: Uprising avoids this entirely! Tron's scars aren't just a visual design choice, they're an integral part of his character's state of being, an underlying health condition that he needs constant medical treatment for.
This one hurts, you know what's even worse? I'm from Latin America and I remember seeing the trailers on TH-cam and being super hyped and the show never even made it here! (Although the dub exists but never aired). This show was brilliant, and it's on my top animated series that I usually recommend, hope the IP finds new life and hopefully Uprising can pick up interest one day :(
What are you talking about? I remember seeing it on TV. it was called "Tron la Resistencia" and was shown on Disney xd
@@ODSTdude234 And in Brazil (the other part of Latin America) it was "Tron: A Resistência".
It didn't arrive to Colombia, for example. I remember that I had to watch it on other sites because it was IMPOSSIBLE to watch on Disney XD :c
I miss this show so much thank you for doing a video on this show
Thanks for watching!
THANK YOU JORDAN! This show deserved so much better, I so happy to see people also want more from this series
The problem with the other Tron: Legacy era works is that they were still under the “We are very strictly family friendly” Disney, before they bought Marvel and Star Wars. Uprising was the only one that wasn’t afraid to tackle heavier topics and dive deeper into characters, and that’s what gave it the depth that Legacy lacked.
Thank you so much for making this video! I’m in class right now so I’ll watch it as soon as I’m out lmao. You the GOAT!!!
I watched all of this thanks to Disney+. To be frank, I was shocked to find out that it only lasted one season. The cast was stellar. The artwork was amazing. The story was great. I have no idea what happened.
I feel like something you didn’t touch on was Dyson’s connection to Tron, again having his entire exposition story doing a really great job on tying into Legacy and answering a lot of questions we had about that movie as well as the canon of Uprising itself
It was such an adult & atmospheric show! I miss it so much, you felt the more adult depth of storytelling
I rewatched the movie for the first time in years last year, and I convinced my sister to watch the show with me afterwards. At first we thought it was a joke due to the strange designs of some characters, but it quickly became captivating. Her and I both loved the show and were sad that it never fully finished.
I literally trying watch this show 2-3 times a year bruh ….. this one really really REALLYYYYYYYYY hurt my heart when this show got cancelled . I never really felt like that before but this show was so stylish , the animation , plot , maturity , just overall cool vibe . They got rid of it but kept phines and ferb 🤦🏾♂️
The music, visuals, and great voice work were amazing. sucks it didnt get a second season but glad some of the team are working on Love Death and Robots
The series was way ahead of it's time, I was always ready to watch this and Motorcity along with my sis.
The lore and world building was awesome, I was disappointed after I found out online that, the series wasn't continuing, at least other shows were still around at the time that I enjoyed
A very sad ending to a very great show. Enjoyed watching it growing up. Definitely, they could bring it back and fill in all the gaps in 12 episodes if given to chance.
Criminally underrated!!! This show was my life in highschool and I am upset very few people will ever see it.
The show was ahead of its time and that was the problem. If the show came out nowadays, I'm confident it would be a hit. I was just looking up clips for this show a week ago, wondering why the show ended.
Tron: Uprising was such a great show, but like you said, viewership dwindled and Disney basically put it out to die at Monday midnights. I'd love if they could somehow bring it back. With the new Lightcycle attraction in Disneyworld and the new Tron movie, I really hope that it can gain a foothold, because it's a franchise that deserves it.
I didn’t have DisneyXd while this show was airing. But watched the movie and I’m honestly shocked that a ton of people didn’t get hooked. The designs are amazing especially the antagonist ones.
this was one of the best cartoons i watched as a kid. i remember i would watch new episodes when they would air on tv. Some of the best moments
Thanks for putting this out, I wrote in a comment back in November asking about this and was surprised that you already had a video planned for January. I can see you are a real fan of the franchise and can relate to your disappointment over its unused potential. It would be great if Disney rented out it's license to the Tron franchise to people who actually want to do something with it so that we could get these threads resolved. I really want to see Paige's redemption, Beck's future, the uprising start, Tesler's defeat, Pavel's comeuppance, and Tron's eventual capture. Also want to know more about that vision Beck and Cyrus had and what it means, more Cyrus would also be good. So much storytelling potential and you know that this creative team will capitalize on every bit of it if given the chance.
I have been waiting for you to cover this for a long time! God you finally got to it!
Having this run back to back with Motorcity was such a power move. Both of them are hugely underrated gems.
IF DISNEY NEVER TOOK STAR WARS WE WOULD HAVE MORE TRON
This was great and I hope they bring it back! I watch Tron Uprising from time to time because of the way it’s constructed. The stylized look is awesome 😮
Im so glad someone is still talking about this series. I remember being in middle school falling in love with the series and through snips and small clips I wanted to know more about the world. Especially since 2010 with Legacy that became my main movie for a long time. I just hope they do another sequel and they get it right!
I heard about the show when it was announced, but unfortunately, the idea of 2D+3D combination never interested me. Gosh if I only I knew how wrong I'd be. I watched the show a year ago and was blown away by it. It's fricken incredible. Animation, voice acting, and especially soundtrack. Trapanese did an amazing job there. Heck, I like some of his tracks even more than the ones from Legacy.
Jordan, what do you think about watching and reviewing another underrated show like this which also lasted just 1 season - Green Lantern: the animated series? It was amazing(especially last like 8 episodes or so), but it was cancelled because GL movie didn't do well and toys weren't selling.
Just like I said in Motorcity review: that, this, and Randy Cunningham were some of my favorite Disney XD shows, with their great animation and action, so it baffles me how Tron Uprising was so short-lived. It baffles me a bit more because when I first watched Over the Garden Wall, I thought Wirt’s voice sounded familiar, and then I looked it up and realized it WAS Elijah Wood, remembering that he also voiced Beck.
Same here. Love those shows.
This was one of the coolest shows I watched growing up. RIP.
I have waited for this! Great work
This show was so good, and had so much potential.
Has so much potential. I just want them to pick up where they left off
This show was definitely ahead of its time. If it had been released today it would have been a more significant success.
I did watch a bit of Tron Uprising on D+ when I had it seriously the show is so underrated deserves more love. And how Disney treats Tron is so unfair!
Man, I loved this show and the expanded universe for the Tron: Legacy film itself.
I'm still sad that both projects died.
The tron figures were one of the only action figures I ever purchased where the head broke off as I opened the box. So I didn't buy much more merch from that manufacturer (I forget who made them) because they were poorly made. That was a real bummer, and I wonder if that's part of why a lot of the merch didn't sell well, especially the toys.
This show was amazing! I'm sad Tron IP can never make it really far.
It hurt my soul that this show ended too soon.
I hate that this didn't go past Season 1.
They gave us Tron being cured at the end, and even had him posing as Rinzler at the start.
And we don't get to see how this conflict plays out. How Tron finally gets captured and reprogrammed. Or even how Beck is defeated.
Damn it, Disney.
Thank you for covering one of my favorite shows and my favorite underrated ip
I just revisited tron uprising and realized why I love Zima blue from Love Death and Robots
The way u unlock memory’s is wild and I’m glad you can help me appreciate those shows from when I a kid
I absolutely LOVED this show. Look at all the names and talent involved, the themes and quality. It's a crazy that it never got a second breath. The constant moving time showings killed but it had so much promise that I can't help but hope that someday the stars will align and people will look back and see the value this show had and renew it somehow. One can always hope.
We need a season 2 for this show one day. This show had a great story, and I still watch this show when I’m able, or try to. This show really stuck with me, and season 2 for Uprising would be just amazing. I genuinely would love to see how the events lead up to the movie, or even retcon things, either way, I’d be excited. And I’m happy there will be a Tron movie, just hoping Beck’s story doesn’t get forgotten.
YESSSS FINALLY!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!
This show absolutely needs at least another season or two to tie everything up nicely. So many great characters and ideas, that we didn’t get see fully play out. Great video.
SO GLAD YOU COVERED THIS!!!!!!
My favorite show as a kid. Wished it was finished
Loved this show totally underlooked, would love to see it come back.
This is one my most favourite Disney animated series I’ve seen when it came out 11 yrs ago when it first aired. It such a shame that it never gave much more deserving attention and got cancelled after the first season was done.
We NEED a Tron Uprising revival so they can at least finish one more season and end the story
Like with most things, lack of advertising killed the show and not the show itself. It could have been something more, but I don't remember any advertisement from it. I didn't know about the show until much later. Only knew about from the nostalgia critic. But that was years after it was cancelled
Excellent video. Always nice to see another person so interested in the world and lore of Tron and the Grid. Man I hope D+ decides to give us at least a like, movie or mini series or something to bridge that gap and finish Becks story! Heading over to watch the evolution vid on your gaming channel.
I love tron legacy its so underrated no idea why people hate it
Really? Haven’t met a single person who says they hate it, most just don’t even know it exists
I just started rewatching tron uprising after rewatching tron legacy, we need more tron made by competent people that care about the story of the grid.
This show needs more love, it is the perfect Saturday morning cartoon
The timing of this video being released a week before the new tron game got announced is godly
I gotta say, Tron vs Dyson is literally the best fight in this show, bar none.
I watched both of the movies yesterday, because I want to watch that series, so nice timing from you to upload video about it right now. The Tron from '82 was yesterday my first time watch ever and It was pretty good (sure gonna comeback to watch it again), but Legacy was my first movie Tron and I really love it when it came. The design of that world, music, atmosphere it's great and very creative. Also, I like in general concept of transporting to virtual reality/games in movies or any kinds of media. I remember when I was really waiting for the pilot episode when the Disney XD announce it, and unfortunately this was the only episode that I watched, because they played it very late, but I still remember of existence about that show - so I hope to have the opportunity and finally watch it in near future. Thanks for the video and keep digging another show/movies that we grew up on.
This series was truly something else. Loved every episode of this gem.
I just finished re watching it last week. Good timing.
Tron: Uprising is literally my favourite show of all time. Being a huge sci-fi geek, especially one who loves computers, I always looked at old motherboards and imagined them to be little cities. And when I had learned there was a movie that was basically the same premise, I was immediately hooked. Unfortunate how Disney doesn't seem to care that much about its better IPs. Hell, if I had the money I'd freaking buy the Tron IP from Disney and finish the story myself. I even have a model of the -Rencom 682- Encom 786 Light Cycle.
Tron was supposed to be Disney's sci-fi IP, but the same year Tron: Uprising premiered, Disney bought Star Wars.
There are many reasons why I despise Disney now, but them leaving Tron: Uprising on a cliffhanger is most definitely the number one reason why.
I liked this show growing up and was bummed out when it finished, really like the world that was built and the characters that developed as well as the story that was being told about the grid. Was a shame when it ended because I was looking forward to more from the animated show. But if there's going to be a movie that comes out later this year then I'm going to be looking forward to that and hopefully more gets added to the story of TRON, either as more movies or another animated show that picks up where TRON Uprising left of or after the new movie comes out. Either way I'm going to be looking forward to more TRON stuff.
I remember finding this show on Netflix and absolutely loving it. It managed that perfect niche of fan service of old and new movie, and showing what life is like in this interesting other world when the heroes aren't around. It really scratched that itch left by shows like Batman Beyond.
i just rewatched this show as a 23 year old and i had fun watching all of it
One of my all time favorite shows growing up. I got very sad when it ended while I wanted more.
Torn Upraising is sadly in a gray area, not cancelled but not renewed either.
I love that TH-cam is recommending me more Tron videos
I did not know this even existed. Wow! Like the look and I'm interested. I also game and i don't recall TRON: Whatever it was game sub-title, either.
I've also never heard Bruce Boxleitner's name pronounced that way... ? (Box•lighten•er) is how I've heard it for decades. 😋
As a child i saw the original at the cinema (best line was "That's a big door"). Consider mind blown at that time, not by the big door but by what the computer on my desk might contain or i could imagine it contains. I learned how to program a computer shortly afterwards, before finishing school. Yes, yes, yes, yes yes!
I was obsessed with this show when it was airing, I'm so glad you made a video about this series. I feel like a lot of people have no idea what it is.
The world building of this show was incredible
TRON Legacy is my all time favorite Disney live action movie and, (along with John Carter) is one of last of the great DLA movies. You and I are of similar minds regarding the aesthetic and lore of the universe, and, for its short run, Uprising did fill in some gaps without giving too much away for Legacy. It was great that they were able to get such a top notch voice cast together for this show (Fred Tatasciore, probably best known as the official voice of the animated Hulk for years, does a badass Jeff Bridges impersonation, and gives considerable legitimacy to Clu in this series, and Flynn in TRON Evolution)...and the visual style was so unique, and nailed so much. When you see Quorra, there is no mistaking her cyberexotic beauty, right down to the shape and shading of her eyes. I also agree that the TRON Legacy soundtrack by Daft Punk is one of the best of all time. The end-title theme to the movie is probably my all time favorite end-titles theme of any film, and one of the most heroic themes I've ever heard, alongside other favorites like John William's' Superman theme, Harold Faltermeyers theme for Top Gun/Top Gun Maverick (the best movie to come out in the last 20 years in my opinion). The composer of Uprising did a tremendous job of keeping the feel and spirit of Daft Punk's magnificent score alive, without actually aping their themes. If there is any wonder why TRON Legacy worked so well, I attribute that to Joeseph Kosinsky, the movie's director. While, sadly, Legacy was not a blowout success, in my humble opinion, Kosinsky was the perfect guy to direct the sequel to a 30+ year old film. He pulled it off again, and with considerably greater success, with TOP GUN Maverick. The guy has a knack for reviving and building upon older original films. (If ever a sequel to The Last Starfighter were made....Kosinsky would be the perfect guy to pull it off). I am not surprised that he removed himself (or likely was removed by Disney) from a possible third film because of Disney's change in direction. The third film, if made, will likely be woke trash like pretty much everything that has come out in the last several years from them, animated or live. Like yourself, I could probably go on and on about the TRON Universe, but I think I've well passed TR;DL tolerances here. LOL!
So glad to see this in my recommended. Hoping we can spread the word. Tron Lives
Honestly, once again Disney shows us how gloriously they can mismanage quality shows. We saw it with The Owl House, and in some part DuckTales. While I can partially understand their apprehension, with sales being the one thing that makes the world go round, but it's such a shame to see how poorly Uprising was treated. Bill Wolkoff went on record saying that Disney just didn't know how to market the show. He also stated that if Uprising had released 5-6 years later, in the age of streaming, it probably would have seen much more success.
Not to sound like a clichéd hipster, but it truly was beyond it's time. Even in it's age, Uprising still holds up stylistically. It was a shame that it couldn't come to fruition, or at least tie together the plots left behind by the cancellation.
Good video. Superb animated series. A shame Uprising will be lost to the franchise bin. At least we have TR3N to look forward to