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It’s somewhat intriguing to note how far the visual effects side of filmmaking has come in the last three decades. When “TRON” was released in 1982, it’s FX wizardry was disqualified from Academy Award consideration. The reason: the use of computer technology to achieve its look and environment was deemed, believe it or not, “cheating.” […]
TECH SUPPORT INTERVIEW: The wizardry of ‘TRON Legacy’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:48 am · January 13th, 2011
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‘TRON Legacy’ reeks and rocks with equal measure
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:35 am · December 6th, 2010
Disney has probably been wise to discontinue the original “TRON” on DVD in advance of the release of “TRON Legacy,” lest people be reminded of how truly bad it was. Beyond being conceptually ahead of its time, it never seemed to be more than a pop culture blip in cinema history, if we’re being perfectly […]
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COMIC-CON: ‘TRON Legacy’ invades Hall H for a third-straight year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:28 pm · July 22nd, 2010
“It proves to me some things, good things, take a really long time to happen,” “TRON” creator Steve Lisberger said to a packed Hall H, looking strikingly like Bad Blake next to a clean-shaven Jeff Bridges. And that was the vibe you got from the euphoric crowd this afternoon as Disney revealed eight minutes of […]
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INTERVIEW: Jeff Bridges
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:36 am · December 1st, 2009
For actor Jeff Bridges, whose career has already spanned five decades, Scott Cooper’s “Crazy Heart” was something of a homecoming and, the actor says, “a dream come true.” Bridges stars in the film as Bad Blake, a ramblin’ country-western singer who travels the Southwest playing dive after dive, cut from the same cloth as Hank […]
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