Hate Watching Tron Ares: A Boring Music Video

About this episode

Dan and Tony discuss the new Tron sequel, exploring its visual appeal versus its lack of engaging content.

Send us Fan Mail Tron: Ares made us do something we almost never do: we hit play, heard the soundtrack kick in, and immediately wished we could keep the speakers on while turning the screen off. Dan and Tony break down the new Tron sequel with a very specific question in mind: how can a movie look this polished and still feel like nothing is happening? We get into Jared Leto’s Ares, why the “program becomes human” arc never shows up on screen, and how the movie leans on dialogue to claim grow...

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Hosts: Dan Goodsell, Tony Czech

Topics covered

• Tron
• movie review
• soundtrack
• film analysis
• Jared Leto
• sequel

Keywords

• Tron Ares
• Jared Leto
• film review
• soundtrack
• movie analysis

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Books & works: Tron: Ares

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