Chaotic Geek presents... Tron: Legacy (SOLD OUT)

[xombiekitty]

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Tron: Legacy is the 2010 big screen must see for proud geeks everywhere!


Tron: Legacy is a 3D action-packed adventure set in a digital world. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Oscar and Golden Globe winner Jeff Bridges), a man once known as the world's leading video-game developer. When Sam investigates a strange signal sent from the abandoned Flynn's Arcade that could have only come from his father he finds himself pulled into a world where Kevin has been trapped for 20 years. With the help of the fearless warrior Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-or-death journey across a visually-stunning digital universe -- created by Kevin himself -- which has become far more advanced with never-before-imagined vechiles, weapons, and landscapes and a ruthless villian who will stop at nothing to prevent their escape. Presented in Disney Digital 3D and scored by Grammy Award winning electronic music duo Daft Punk.


Chaotic Geek invites you to join us on December 16th to enjoy Tron: Legacy in a cinema filled with exquisitely comfy seats, perfect viewing angles, and top quality digital equipment, so strap on your 3D glasses, and get your geek groove on for the movie of the year!


Chaotic Geek presents...

Tron: Legacy

Thursday, December 16th
Screening at Hoyts Cinemas
Melbourne Central Director’s Suite
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


This will be a deluxe event featuring not only the awesomeness of Tron: Legacy in 3D digital glory on the big screen, but also includes the following Chaotic Geek exclusives for every attendee!

• Movie screening in Director’s Suite luxury cinema
  
• Access to exclusive lounge area
  
• Commemorative event ticket
  
• Limited Edition Tron: Legacy film cell display
  
• Swag Bag
  
• Chance to score even more goodies on the night through further giveaways!
  
• First option on tickets to the next Chaotic Geek event
  
• After Party at Rockstar Bowling
  

Seats are incredibly limited, and tickets will only be secured on receipt of payment.
Tickets are $40 and payment can be made via direct deposit.
Please contact xombiekitty via PM for further details.

Teaser:


Trailer 1:


Trailer 2:



Feel free to use the hashtag #ChaoticCon when discussing the event on twitter, & a big thank you to Cybertron Ax for the original hashtag idea


With thanks to our Sponsors...












Please Note: We reserve the right to refuse entry to this event to anyone, for any reason. Behaviour unbecoming to an exclusive event of this sort will result in those responsible being ejected from the event. Refunds will not be issued in such circumstances. Purchase of any tickets is agreement to these conditions.

[xombiekitty]

Hi PJ
You need to read your PMs to get the information.
When you're logged in, look immediately under the Chaotic Geek graphic and click on the tab with the letters 'PM' in red.

[xombiekitty]

You should all have received a complete detailed pm regarding when and where to go, & how to join in the shenanigans lol
Any questions, please call me on the number provided

ONLY TWO DAYS TO GO!!!

BTW, please take note of the NO LATE ARRIVALS part.
If you are late you will be turned away to avoid spoiling other the experience of other attendees.

[kat]

woot countdown is on

[pfalcon]

Wow, that all looks awesome guys, I can't wait. It's nice to see people putting in the effort to put on a great event for others. Please accept my thanks now in case I forget later

Its nice to sit back and let someoe else do all the work & stress

Can't wait ... Its an early Christmas!

[PJ]

One. More. Sleep.

End of line.

[cyspazzz]

wOOt!!

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[xombiekitty]

Since I've seen Tron Legacy now, I KNOW you're all in for an awesome night of entertainment!!!

Wow, that all looks awesome guys, I can't wait. It's nice to see people putting in the effort to put on a great event for others. Please accept my thanks now in case I forget later

Aw Thankies & you're welcome!


BTW, oh lovely critter-creatures, we're using our biggest suitcase to transport all the swag bags to the screening! LOL
The other giveaways, cell displays, & tickets will have to go in another suitcase!
Poor Hoyts will think we're moving in

See you all in 17 hours!!!

[Cybertron Ax]

I wish I could get one of the swag bags. I hope you guys have fun. Have some popcorn for me.

End Of Line.

[pfalcon]

Just finished watching the original to refresh my memory of the story (I've got one of the old Laserdisc collector editions). Dear lord, I'm old enough to remember when that kind of computer graphics attracted awed silence from geeks.... (hell, back then just getting colour was an achievement!) Hopefully a blu-ray will be released of the original as the old NTSC laserdisc doesn't upscale well to HD.

Hopefully the powers-that-be can get the sequel to The Last Starfighter off the ground too...

[kat]

14 hours to go

and what XombieKitty said it is going to be awesome night of entertainment just seeing the film and having seen can so agree there and that is before we add all the awesomeness that shall be added by Chaotic Geek crew We love (well i do but figures other will agree with me) you and what you do of us.

Kat
(p.s

Spoiler:

I want to now make at least 2 costumes from this and will be trying make up at the screening am i geek or what

)

[Cybertron Ax]

SWAG PLEASE!

[earlblack]

A GIANT HUGE thankyou to all the organizers / sponsors for last nights event. It was truly amazing.

The film was amazing...I loved everything about it. Will go see it again 3-4 times next week.

There is nothing like the experience of seeing it with the fans. Tron legacy is a worthy sequel.

I don't understand how this morning I read a barrage of completely negative comments about it on FB (from non "TRUE" Tron fans so they don't count in my opinion. :-)

I can't wait to be able to pre order it on amazon!! Still looking for the Daft Punk music track locally though to no avail.

Special thankyou to Lyn xombie who was the liaison here for us.

You are all THE BEST!!!

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[SuperWannabe]

Digital chicks are hot!!

[Darth Salem]

Digital chicks are hot!!

or cold or anything else you want with a little bit of code tweaking.

Mucho Tanks to all the sponsors and organisers who put this on :cheers:

Always fun to sit with the fans and enjoy a little digital anarchy.

[Cybertron Ax]

OK I am going tomorrow to see it,who would like for me to review the movie and put it up on youtube?

[Anestis]

May I also say a HUGE THANK YOU and HUGS to Lynn and ChatoicGeek for everything!

The movie, the swag, and the company! It was completely awesome.

The only down part of the evening is when a server in the Director's Suite thought the Megamind 3D glasses pouch was rubbish and took it away and threw it in the trash! *Boo Hiss*!.

Oh, those negative reviewers, they are probably not tue fans of TRON, or they are purists or extremists and "How dare they expand on the original. Sacrilege".
*ptooey* I spit on them.

:-)

[earlblack]

I agree 100% Anestis. They are not proper fans so I don't care what they say. The problem is that other reviewers have canned it. Idiots like Schembri. I hope it does well enough that they do a sequel.

I spit on those negative reviews as well.
We Tron fans ADORED IT.

I am surprised there are no toys out there yet.

Another friend I know who could not make it to the Director Suite meeting but went to a later screening yesterday (ie a TRUE fan) has nothing but praise for it.

Now I just need some Tron merch. I also found the supplier of the special lighting tape they used on the costumes as I want to put some on my black Jacket on the edging. It can be powered with a 9V battery. WOOT!!!

[Anestis]

The TRON guy did a review (I don't have a link anymore, sorry) and he said there was talk of a third movie.

[earlblack]

What did you all think of the end credits "style" I loved it especially the part with the 1982 logo coming in. Very much like the orig intro sequence.

[earlblack]

Here is the link to the Tron Guy review.
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/12/tron-guy-reviews-tron-legacy/

I still say GOOD on him!! I'd like to shake his hand!

I have to say I shared his emotional state. I had tears during the intro sequence and the end credits. I'm not ashamed to say it one bit.

[xombiekitty]

Thank you for the lovely feedback guys
Chris & I are so glad you all had a wonderful time
The two of us have been knocking ourselves out on this event for months and really appreciate hearing how much you all loved it

We supplied a third of the swag ourselves, and then sourced the rest through the generosity of our sponsors, so please feel free to let us know any feedback you'd like us to pass on to them, including Disney themselves who arranged delivery on the glow-in-the-dark wristbands in under 21 hours of me first seeing them & mentioning how cool they'd be for all of you!

Thank you to each of you for coming along & making the night so much fun!
It was great to catch up with friends, as well as make new ones
Here's hoping that Tron Legacy does awesome numbers and we get the rest of the franchise heading our way!!!

[kat]

LYN CHRIS we love what you did for us last night organising this

please also pass our thanks to the awesome sponsors for all the cool swag.

to everyone i met last night and those i met again thank you for also help make the night thought am very surprised certain members of the group kept quiet all the way though well pretty much

thanks again

[Anestis]

Yes, please do thank all the sponsors, especially to Disney!

It was good to meet everyone, even if I didn't get some of your names :-)

[Baralier]

I splurged and downloaded the soundtrack this evening and have been listening to it. It's odd, but in a good way. There's nods to themes from the original, some stuff that sounds very Hans Zimmer-esque and some other that reminds me of the original Terminator theme.

But I'm liking it. Definitely have to see this again.

[earlblack]

I thought I could wait a few more days before seeing it again but I am afraid I can't so it's tomorrow morning 9am IMAX 3D session. I love morning sessions as the idiots are not even up yet.

Then a Monday session and Thursday session is planned.

[cyspazzz]

I thought that Tron was a great movie and it was worth watching it twice. Thanks to Chaotic Geek (Lyn and Chris) for organising this, its always great watching these kind of movies with other fans. Also a big thanks to the sponsors for providing swag.

Can't wait for the upcoming cartoon series, and the third part of the triligy.

[Anestis]

I've been looking around at reviews of TRON Legacy by filmgoers and the amount of negativity amazes me:

Young Kevin Flynn looked rubbery and unreal: Well, de-ageing is new technology, whilst ageing has been around for many years now. Adding time to people is easy, with both makeup and digital effects. Taking time away, much harder.

No Plot: Were you watching the same movie I was? Hmm, let's see you come up with something better that is an organic evolution of the original movie.

Writing/Dialogue was poor: See above response re: plot and below re: Kevin Flynn' character.

Kevin Flynn was a Hippy/Zenn freak: Hmm. He was a radical free spirit in the first movie. He's pretty much been stuck in isolation inside The Grid for 20 years. He has seen his original vision corrupted. It's bound to induce some despair and some introspective.

Also, he probably hasn't done anything before Sam entered the Grid because sub-consciously he probably needed to Sam was alright, and didn't resent him for leaving. Making peace with Sam allowed him to make the final sacrifice to free the system from Clu's tyranny.

Sam: Well, he felt like he was abandoned, then finds out his father had no choice in the matter. it's bound to be a bit of a shock, but it doesn't change his fundamental character, just refines it. He knows what needs to be done, but he's young, and rash, and that causes problems for Kevin. But as the movie progresses, he grows, and we see that occurring, as well as the bond between them repairing and growing.

I think people are just not thinking about the psychological aspects of the movie and it's characters.

[pfalcon]

As a geek, its far simpler to just NOT read ANY mainstream reviews of genre films, as you will just end up pulling hair out like a few people here have. And there is little point arguing, as the arty types (+ jaded film reviewers) simply don't get it, and never will even when its rammed down their throats (ala LOTR trilogy).

As such i only read the reviews on the IGN Filmforce website, as their collective opinions tends to most closely match my own (and they thought Tron was fantastic...)

http://au.movies.ign.com/

[Cybertron Ax]

See that is why I don't watch "Professional" Reviews. Most of then went to film school and have their noses stuck so far in the air if it rains they would drown. I go with the people,which you get a good sampling of those who hate a movie,those that love and those whom find it OK. I found TRON to be a great movie,with some few predictable spots,but what movies hasn't had that. Overall,I cant wait to watch it again today.

[Baralier]

Young Kevin Flynn looked rubbery and unreal: Well, de-ageing is new technology, whilst ageing has been around for many years now. Adding time to people is easy, with both makeup and digital effects. Taking time away, much harder.

It might be hard but it still looked crap.

Motion capture of facial expressions is hard. A CGI face of a young Alec Guinness was touted as an idea for the Star Wars prequels but abandoned when it didn't look realistic enough. The work done on Gollum for the Lord of the Rings was convincing but the face they used was a caricature not a real one. The CG faces of actors in Avatar were good but they were recreating the existing face not trying to make a new one.

Xombiekitty says that that's how Jeff Bridges actually moves his face during the recording. I've yet to see that but in comparison to the facial movements of his real face there's a huge discrepancy. I'm assuming he shaved for the scans but his real face under the beard had more expression than the digital version.

That's not to say it's a bad film. I enjoyed it. I'd go and see it again. But let's not try and gloss over it's problems.

[pfalcon]

From what I heard, the techs involved with Avatar (at weta digital and elsewhere) pretty much invented on-the-spot the software they used for facial tracking (dynamically tracking expresions during recording using dots on the actors faces). Its possible that the Disney crew didn't want to license this or didn't know about it and went their own way, hence the different results...

[xombiekitty]

For the footage regarding Jeff's work with the de-aging tech, check out:

3:44 - 4:05 for head-gear being worn in scene blocking
4:55 - 5:08 for head gear closer-up
5:09 - 5:23 for recording expressions



The make of 3D cameras used in Tron Legacy were the ones used for Avatar, but actually advanced upon, which is why it's a submersive 3D feel with even less pop-up book to it than Avatar.
As for the expression capturing, you can see the head gear in action, dots and all, on set, with follow up capturing in the booth, in the vid above.

[Baralier]

Thanks for the clip. That one hadn't come up in my search the other night. I'd say the changes have probably come through when they've smoothed lines out but they've also removed some of the elasticity of the skin in the process. Kenny Rogers he's not.

My opinion is that it's the rendering of the mouth that's thrown it off. But until I see it again I can't say for sure.

[earlblack]

I just saw it again in the cinema and specifically watched the mouth on young Flynn. It looks fine. Remember he is SUPPOSED to be a program.

When young Flynn is in the real world, the mouth looked fine at the start.

I'll tell you the disappointment, the Toy Deluxe Identity disc. There is no mode to keep the lights ON which I would have thought was an OBVIOUS option. Sure it would drain the batteries but there should have still been an option for that. I love the fact they are $15US and $40AUD when the exchange rate is 1:1. :-)

[xombiekitty]

Here are some images from the night





You can find the rest of the images on the Chaotic Geek G+ page
Check it out and circle us while you're there!
https://plus.google.com/u/0/106743564345527133741

You'll find that the majority of the images from the night are taken by the very lovely CGer, kat
Thank you once again, kat, for taking photos for us to share with everyone!
Here's one from the night to show the photowench behind the photos:

[kat]

i like being photo wench as it means i'm not in the photos