We’ve still got a year to wait for “Tron Legacy” (December 17, 2010) but Disney has released some more promotional material for the film.

According to Disney, the new movie “is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Bridges), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the digital world of Tron, where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey of escape across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.”

Do you think they can pull off a sequel as cool as the original? Give me your opinion below.

Photos by Walt Disney Company

I think it’s funny that just last week I made a mention of Tron when Walter Cronkite passed away. Now I have something more delicious to report. The buzz over the Tron sequel has reached a high pitch after a big push at this week’s Comicon and the release of a high definition trailer. Actually what Disney is giving us is more akin to a scene that was used to demonstrate what they can do with the Tron world now.

Look, I have no idea if Tron Legacy is going to be as much fun as the original Tron, and it most likely won’t be, but I can’t help being drawn back to my youth when I look at the footage they have released. Looks like both Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner have returned to their roles, and that’s a good sign. The STYLE of Tron is definitely in full effect, and that means that even if I’m unsatisfied with the new story, I’ll probably gobble up all the effects like I’m a Beef Lad again.

So, here’s all the goodies that I can find out there right now. There are a couple of websites, the official Disney site, and a viral site called Flynn Lives. There are some conceptual photos out there and, of course, that very cool trailer.

As Garth Marenghi says, “Enjoy.”

Official Tron Legacy Website
Flynn Lives Website

Here’s the links to the trailers from the Flynn Lives website:

Quicktime: 640 x 268 Download
Quicktime: 480 x 200 Download

Windows Media: 640 x 268 Download
Windows Media: 480 x 200 Download

High Definition: 1920 x 800 Download
High Definition: 1280 x 532 Download
High Definition: 852 x 352 Download

iPod: Download

Needless to say, all of these goodies, besides my own comments, are owned by Disney.

The Beefboy has a long and increasingly vociferous negative view of journalism today. In many ways, and for many reasons, the mainstream media has forgotten what real journalism is. One man who understood the importance of subverting personal bias in favor of delivering the news to the public, and allowing you to make up your own mind, was Walter Cronkite.

With the passing of Mr. Cronkite, I hope the journalists of today will remember the trust we used to put in how news was delivered and perhaps will begin to employ some of the old-school methods of Walter Cronkite, like following multiple sources, asking tough and pointed questions to BOTH sides of the political spectrum and removing their own personal bias from the story. I don’t expect that to happen, but it would be a welcome change.

Since this post is about Walter Cronkite, I’m going to leave you with a crossover that is absolutely unbelievable. Reporting on the advances of computer animation, Cronkite was inserted into the world of Tron to demonstrate the possibilities. The following video is of hideous quality, but excels in the “cool” department!