Just saw Tron Ares and it really isn’t bad. Leto is pretty good performance-wise, Jodie Turner-Smith is quite scary as a baddie, and Greta Lee portrays the most complex woman in the Tron universe and I really like her. It’s a really fitting conclusion to the Tron story, especially if no other movies come out.

The trailers for it really sucked, sadly. (Which is why I missed it in theaters: I wanted to see it but got busy and it slipped.) I’m not sure what kind of trailer would work though is the thing. If you never saw the other two Tron movies, then Ares will be crap; but if you have then it feels like a gem worthy of the others. A firm rejection of Dillinger and the tech bro AI slop ethos, yes!! The scene in the 80’s grid is a love letter to both of the prior films, but also: a Turing test for Ares; Flynn making his connections between a person from someone else’s grid, humanity, and divinity; and a bit of GenX honoring the achievements of the digital ancestors. There’s a lot to unpack.