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What do you think of the Tron pics?

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TOK:
I read it on half a dozen different web sites as I was searching for the Blu-Ray after its release date came and went. Disney was afraid the original movie didn't age well for anyone except for its original cult audience. They didn't want the teens and twenty-somethings to avoid Tron Legacy based on that. Given how huge the Tron hype was at the time, I don't like what they did, but I definitely agree with their assessment.

Sometimes the obvious answer is the correct answer!  :cheers:

piecesof8:
I'm trying to retain some excitement about this, but it's not really working out for me. Maybe the anticipation killed it for me (OMG A TRON PINBALL!), but when I first saw the pics it just felt like all that excitement I was feeling slowly deflated. Not that the game itself necessarily looks bad - I think it's probably an improvement over the last couple. I guess I was just hoping for something... More? Less? Different? in the art department.

I understand they have to work with what the licensor gives them, but on the other hand I'm sitting here at work looking at my Disney twenty-three Tron Legacy mousepad:


(not my pic - I just googled it)

Black background, blue outlined lettering, clean lines of color standing out against the overwhelming black. That image says Tron to me. The cluttered photoshop collage on the playfield above doesn't. I do like what they did with the lightcycles on the sides of the cabinet, and I think if they had carried that style over to the rest of the game it would feel a lot more "Tron" to me.

Maybe when we get to see the enhancements on the LE version that'll change my mind.

On a side note, we just put a new roof on our house. It cost almost the exact same amount as a Tron LE. Stupid priorities.

Vigo:
I have to completely agree with ya, piecesof8. The thing is that the art problem cannot just be pinned on Disney (No pun intended). Yes, the Stern art department has to work with what they are given to a degree, but up until the approval stage, when they have to go back to Disney with the prototype product, Stern can design everything exactly how they want it.

So why in the world would Stern become complacent and just accept whatever art they are given, then slap it on in an amateur fashion? This single product is their lifeblood, why just put it all in the hands of what Disney wants? No business ever thinks that way. If they need better art, they should go back get more artwork from Disney. There is plenty to go around on a heavily marketed movie like Tron Legacy.

Chances are that Disney would approve about anything that looks good. They don't have the time to nitpick every product to it's detail. They probably won't say anything unless there is something that raises a red flag like orange zombie goats on the playfield. (Might be an improvement on this one).

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: Vigo on May 12, 2011, 10:20:47 am ---Chances are that Disney would approve about anything that looks good. They don't have the time to nitpick every product to it's detail.

--- End quote ---


This is not consistent with anything about anything Disney has ever done.  Disney is notorious for micromanagement of their licenses to the point that most major media outlets won't work with them anymore.  That's why you used to see Disney all over network TV and tons of cable stations and now you don't.  They did the same thing to PoTC when Stern made that.  Disney themselves pretty much did the artwork and told Stern "this is what you get and if you don't like it find another license".  Disney makes so much money that they could give a crap about Stern's money compared to strict control over every aspect of a license.

Remember, if they make a concession to Stern, that is precedent for another licensee to demand the same concession.

Vigo:
You could be right on that aspect, I don't know for sure. I do understand that Stern would also feel obligated to make a Tron pinball work because it is a license that will sell.

However, after seeing the Rolling Stones machine, a license that Stern should not give a serious crap about, and how that artwork is incredibly unappealing, I am really leaning towards that Stern is just taking whatever art they are given and not doing a professional enough job with it.

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