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Kingdom Hearts 2 - Now With Tron

Posted by Zonk on from the mind-the-data-discs dept.

Much anticipated sequel to the original Square-Enix/Disney collaboration just became even more interesting. 1up.com has confirmed that Kingdom Hearts 2 will feature a Tron world, based on the 1982 Disney film. From the article: "As you can see in a scan posted in this thread, Goofy, Donald and that cutie Sora are fully decked out in the duds of the Master Control Program universe, as well as Mr. Kevin Flynn himself, Jeff Bridges. Having the crew of Kingdom Hearts tackle a world based on a live-action film is nothing new to this sequel as a world based on Pirates of the Caribbean, complete with a seriously detailed Johnny Depp has long since been revealed."

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  1. Um. Okay. Yay... uh.. Tron. by Seumas · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Have any of my fellow geeks who prattle on about how wonderful this movie is and how much they love it actually seen it in the last decade? It's easy to talk about something positively when you're basing it on nostalgic memories rather than reality.

    The movie came out when I was four or five years old and I watched it when I was ten or twelve. It was good. Not great, but good. I watched it a decade ago, when I was about 18. You know what? It was terrible. As I said in that other StarWars post, Tron was I actually used to like Knight Rider?! awful. The same goes for The Last Starfighter.

    And of course a disney game would have tron/CGI stuff in it. It's probably a reference to how Disney doesn't have animators anymore or do cell-animation since they're a CGI-only outfit these days.

    1. Re:Um. Okay. Yay... uh.. Tron. by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 3, Interesting
      Yeah, it's a bit crap, especially to those of us who have a clue how computer systems work, but I also wonder how many people that movie piqued the interest of who might not have entered the IT field.

      And while it's certainly dated, I think both the story and the effects have held up remarkably well considering how old it is. There's plenty of movies since that can't say as much.

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    2. Re:Um. Okay. Yay... uh.. Tron. by Seumas · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I just wish I'd never watched it again. I barely remember the movie, but watching it as an adult really was a bad move. Same with The Last Starfighter. I had such fond memories of both. And sure, they were great at the time. But that was 20+ years ago each.

      It would be nice to have modern versions (not remakes, just comparable modern movies for this generation that were in the same sort of vein as those movies from 80-84). Hell, I remember this great movie about this guy's (Apple?) that got jealous of him and tried to take revenge on him and his girlfriend and eventually the computer gave up and committed suicide. It was AWESOME. Even today, it's still great. I think it was based on a book. Either that, or I just happened to read a book that was similar, too. But they don't make movies like that anymore, either.

      Wargames holds up, by far, better than all of them, though.

  2. TRON is well and good, but by Dr.+Photo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'd rather play a game with Donald in Mathemagic Land.... ;-)

  3. Re:Tron World? Huh? by Kazzahdrane · · Score: 3, Insightful

    See, that's what I used to think about Kingdom Hearts - it's aimed at kids. Sure, the game's worlds are based on Disney films, and they are (almost always) aimed at kids. But the game's difficulty and scope, and the themes it explores through the storyline are anything but childish. I used to also think "It's a shame that lots of people will think "pff this looks like a kids game" and not play it", but now I just pity them since KH is a really *really* good game. The sequel has been on the horizon for a long time, and every time I read a preview of it I remember how much I enjoyed the first one. Auron is in KH2....I don't see how that could possibly be bad :D Should point out that the parent has obviously played the game and hopefully liked it, this post was more to inform people who hadn't given the original a shot for fear of playing a crappy and short game.