http://disney.go.com/tron/index_flash.html
Daft Punk soundtrack, hope they license this in the game.
Brutal and killer sights and sounds.
From what I know, 3 flippers, 3 spinners, 2 ramps and really fresh
design.
Hope it has a black light mode multiball.
Is this official?
Fingers crossed that the implementation stands up to the title!
Looking forward to pics of the game
Steve
If true this would mark the 1st time Stern has made a title themed by
a suggestion from RGP?
Rob
On Nov 20, 11:45 am, mnpinball <mnpinb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Not sure but hope so!!!!
"mnpinball" <mnpi...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Indeed. Even though at the UK South Coast Slam in January this year
Gary Stern told us quite firmly that there were no plans for a Tron
pin. Was never gonna happen.
Looks like he saw sense : )
Oh *please* Stern do not drop the ball on this one. Already deciding
what to machines sell to fund this if it they pull it off.
Are you serous? Thinking Stern actually is making Tron because it was
suggested on the RGP? They are making Tron because it is another
Blockbuster movie, like Avatar, BDK, IM, etc. Those titles are
appealing overseas and that is a big part of Sterns sales. To think
they took a RGP suggestion is ludicrous and laughable to even consider
it.
Stern flat out asked people on their facebook page who their favorite
Muppet was... so I'm still hoping that one happens a year or so from
now.
DONT KNOW- but they better do an "EL" version- ala :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_TPK3ToiRc
Ditto
The real question... would you buy sight unseen knowing an LE version
will be released afterward?
Actually I would wait a bit. See if Sears picks these up again and
wait for the 10% off specials. Tron WILL be my 1st NIB pinball
purchase.
"Joe Jet" <jdec...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Is it? I didn't know it was released already... It does look pretty
damn good compared to the original, but I remember thinking the same
thing about Speed Racer when I saw the early trailers. What a bomb
that was. If Tron does bomb, at least Stern will have time to re-
theme the machine.
I have to agree that Tron is a good choice. Personally I'm more
excited about the Rock and Roll machine - even if it is the Stones and
not AC/DC.
John
That link doesn't mention anything about it.
"Schus" <cmsch...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Tron is not going to be huge. I can't believe this movie is being made
frankly...the first movie isn't really very good except for a a couple
cool scenes it was more or less a flop when it came out. And you
realize that Stern will never license any real music for their games,
don't you? It's not cost-effective.
I'm glad everyone is getting their Tron sequel after 30 years, but
it's just going to be another forgotten blockbuster a couple weeks
after it comes out. I don't think it will be a really big hit. What's
the appeal? Once the cultists go see it who's left?
I think Tron will make big money at the Box Office, but not record
breaking or anything.
Disney has announced it's making an Animated Tron series too... so
they must know something (through Toy sales maybe?) that we don't.
You also can't discount that it may be completely possible that Disney
can make ANY movie big if they decide to and pump enough money into
it.
You nailed it. I totally agree. Not interested.
Who is the designer? I think i would have rather had Gomez on this
pin rather than RS.
Yeah, this one maybe somewhat of a risk for Stern. While gamer-geeks
wet themselves over Tron, you have to look at it objectively. The
original movie was a flop. It just wasn't that good. Cool looking,
sure....but a good movie? No. The sequel is NOT tracking
well....regular joes just don't know or care about Tron. So - if the
movie comes and goes, and no one really gives a shit, releasing the
game post-movie isn't going to be a good idea like it was w/ Avatar
(huge hit, has legs). That being said - the gamer-geeks who LOVE Tron
no matter what may actually put their money where their mouth is and
snatch this pin up. Who knows! Personally, I'm not a Tron fan - but
if the game looks cool, plays nice, and has cool music - I'd be into
it.
>And you
> realize that Stern will never license any real music for their games,
> don't you? It's not cost-effective.
I believe Daft Punk is scoring Tron - they're not just dropping Daft
Punk songs into the movie. I love Daft Punk - that might influence my
feelings about the game moreso than the Tron license...lol.
Greg
I'm in for a Tron too. I would put it next to my Tron and Discs of
Tron machines ;-)
There has been a lot of talk about 'theme' recently - does it matter,
does it not etc
All I can say is that here in the UK I have heard a lot of pinheads
express SERIOUS interest in buying a Tron pin. Way more than I recall
for any previous Stern game. OK so this may just be the hardcore home
owning pin fraternity we're talking about but still ...sales is sales.
I'm a Tron fan, own an original stand up machine, own a Tomytronic
handheld Tron, and will own a Tron pin should it be released.
That being said, I think the movie will be a solid 6 or 7 out of ten.
Someone mentioned Speed Racer. Absolutely. Eye candy, fun music,
bullshit storyline just to get you through. Here...I'll give you the
whole f**king movie right here
1. I gotta go get my Daddy
2. Ohh but there's a bad guy over there
3. Maybe this hot chick will help me
4. I found my Daddy!
5. Run away from the bad guys
6. (either) Oh shit the hot chick sacrificed herself and is dead
**or** Oh shit my Daddy sacrificed himself and is dead
7. Kill the bad guy!!
8. Get back home a wiser man
9. Tease for a sequel
Speed racer was a ginormous flop...so yeah, you might be right about
those movies having something in common.
Flop or not Tron is beyond cool. If they can use a powerball and make
whole PF with the Tron motif it will be the prettiest game ever. Add
Daft Punk into the mix and forget about it...this has the makings of
the best pinball theme ever. STERN IS ON A ROLL....
Speed Racer sucked balls. The last Matrix sucked balls. Tron will
dazzle the eyes and ears....and suck balls.
A Tron pin won't appeal to kids that just saw the movie. They'll want
to play the XBox, Wii and PS3 Tron maybe, but not a pinball. Sad.
Well, I'd be interested, if not buying the game, then definately
playing it on location. Tron is one of my favorite videogames, so I'm
curious as to what modes/games will be in the video animation. That,
combined with the playfield layout, should be interesting.
And yes, curious about the movie. Yes, the first one had some slow
spots, but the effects, way ahead of their time, and that was in 1981
or 1982 I think?
Pingeek
http://www.pingeek.com
There's a reason why Stern is ancient Chinese secret on everything.
And with good reason if you stop and think about it.
Are there any day-glo plastics hard and durable enough to be used as
pinballs? Think of the kick ass black light multiball you could have!
Lightcycle multiball!
Ooo, I just thought of a killer toy...for the ball launch. Have a
lightcycle shell that drops over the ball so when you launch the ball
you launch the lightcycle. If you could carry it to the top arc of the
playfield like a 70s-80s pin that would be pretty slick. I would have
the ball launch sequence powered by magnets and have the shell lift off
at the end then drop back down.
Or I guess I'd be happy with a steel rod and a spring.
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Lol!
"miracleman" <psycho...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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As I stated earlier, I'm afraid this sort of behavior can/will cause
people to hold off on buying a machine because they "heard" that the
next title is yadda yadda which is one they'd rather have over the
current released title?
"coasterg" <gbo...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Lloyd, you don't really know how Hollywood works, do you?
Anything that makes its costs back gets its sequels automatically
greenlighted - and anything that doesn't, if it's close, they greenlight
the sequels anyway.
I just wonder what the "sister" movie from another studio is going to be
- like all movies lately as soon as something comes out from one studio
all the sudden there's a similar theme from another studio.
-scott CARGPB#29
Maybe a movie based on the Journey video game. (hey then Stern could
do a music/movie/video game theme all in one.)
No bad blood with Disney, confirmed on Borgs facebook for public
viewing.
That was a bad rumor.
You know, the "bad blood between Stern and Disney" was just as much of
a rumor as anything that mnpinball has posted. In both cases, enough
people started parroting it enough for others to believe in it.
As for if he knows inside information or not, I think it's interesting
that Stern Pinball supposedly keeps talking to someone who continually
has proven to not keep his mouth shut. I was in a different industry
for a few years that had a heavy "hardcore" following very similar to
pinball, and we would purposely feed some of the "hardcore" fans
complete and utter crap just to see what would show up online - it
allowed us to see who we could trust running ideas past in the fan
community and who we couldn't. If I was in the same situation, if the
details that he has is right, I'd start feeding him junk so that he
kept exposing himself as incorrect online.
And this is absolutely nothing against mnpinball, as I don't think
I've ever met him and I agree with what he said elsewhere about how a
number of these things could have been guessed at through visiting
Stern at Expo, but even if that was how he got the info, I know I
would do different things about it.
Not Disney necessarily. Disney has been paring back the amount of
movies they want to do every year to ensure they are of a higher
quality (and then, the theory goes, they make more money per picture.
So, instead of spending $1 billion on 10 movies that make $1.5 billion
in revenue, they might spend $1 billion on four movies that make $1.5
billion in revenue, but can then launch franchises that move into the
theme parks, have action figure lines and so on.
For instance, Cars wasn't a huge box office hit, but because the
franchise is so insanely popular for toys and whatnot, they have more
than made up for the movie not being the blockbuster that they had
expected (it still did good, don't get me wrong). With Tron: Legacy,
Disney expects this movie to be huge and a TON of green-lighting of
future movies depends on it. More Tron movies is just the start.
They are looking at resurrecting some other 80s movies if it does well
too, like Roger Rabbit.
As for other studios, if Tron: Legacy does well, I fully expect we'll
see Ghostbusters 3. I don't think it is the "video game movie" or
"computer geek movie" we'll see, but the 80's property revival.
Finally, you never know with Disney right now. Disney thought that
Prince of Persia was going to be a runaway hit and it would be a
franchise for years like Pirates, but we saw what happened with that.
On the flip side, Disney didn't think much of Pirates, and we'll soon
be getting installments 4 through 6.
Brian
They should run movies by me first I saw the trailer for PoP and knew
immediately it was a stinker..... unfortunately especially after I saw
that they were letting Jordan Mechner direct it.....
Also if the do a LE version, what the differences to expect. So we know if
it's just prettier, or a lot more game. LTG :)
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I still want to see it. The video game that it is based on is perhaps
the most awesome storyline-driven video game that I have ever played,
and I SO wanted to check it out. But, it was in and out of theaters
in town in way less time then it took me to coordinate a babysitter :(
Yes, I still watch youtube videos of custom PoP levels (or speed runs of
the original) - Loved playing his earlier effort in Karateka too, back
in the 80s.
It's really cool that he retained/rights reverted to him and he has the
source code to the apple 2 version of Karateka up for people to take a
look at how he did it (or maybe it was PoP? Can't find it!)
-scott CARGPB#29
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While I totally agree with what you're saying here, I actually meant
the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time that was on Xbox, PS2 and
GameCube. Just the way they chose to do that story line is amazing.
It's the pinnacle of video game storytelling in my opinion. The 3D
series went downhill fast from that point. The originals are totally
awesome though, and I spent a while playing them as a kid. I still
remember there was a point where there was a swordfighter guy that I
could never, ever get past. I should try one of them again.
My modern gaming ends with Rayman 2 on the dreamcast and Super Mario 64.
Glad I didn't get way back into that; I used to play video games
CONSTANTLY. Way worse than any pinball obsession.
-scott CARGPB#29
I feel the same, Avatar: Last Airbender looked like garbage and it
ended up like garbage.
Felt the same when I seen the Speed Racer trailer. Garbage.
Green Hornet will be a disaster trying to infuse comedy in it. Green
Lantern will be mediocre at best.
Thor and Capt America will be lukewarm and will not have the following
that IM or Spidey have.
Hollywood needs something original.
...yet Aladdin managed to find a sizable audience, as did all of the
games in the series, and so have many many other Persian stories in
pop culture. I don't think it had as much to do with people being
scared of Persian culture as it did with failing to connect to the
sizable game fan base -- the biggest problem I think was that they
decided the lead should be a completely non-Persian dude who is
perhaps best known for his work as a gay cowboy, and not for being an
action star. I guess you could argue that Jarhead was an action film,
but that movie lost money and didn't gross as much as Brokeback
Mountain.
Put Naveen Andrews in the same role (Sayid Jarrah from Lost) and I
think that the fanbase of the game would have been a hell of a lot
more excited for the movie and would have gotten behind it. It would
have definitely helped that the Lost fans would have also probably
crossed over to see his next endeavor, and he definitely proved
himself as a possible action star in Lost.
Regardless, for whatever reason it flopped - and Disney is now hoping
more than ever that Tron: Legacy becomes the success they want it to
be. To steer this back to pinball, IF Stern is looking into doing a
Tron pinball machine, if they are waiting until March it gives them
time to ensure the movie is actually a hit that has legs instead of
investing a bunch of money into a game that is released for a movie
that dies a Prince-of-Persia-esque box office death. Generally, Stern
does pins for sequels to original movies (Spider-Man, Batman: Dark
Knight, Iron Man, Austin Powers) and since this movie is a sequel to a
nearly 30 year old movie that wasn't a huge hit in the first place,
this is perhaps the most risky movie theme to do a pin on
immediately. If, however, it's a smash hit, they'll know before March
that two more movies are in the pipelines, and they will have the
assets to work with to make a better product. To me, it's a total
win / win situation.
No kidding, if there is one game worth finding a system and playing it
is Prince of Persia: Sands of Time I think. I am basically in your
same boat -- I peaked during the Dreamcast and now am lucky to play 15
minutes of video games a week because I just can't stand the load time
issues. BUT, Prince of Persia is totally different and worth checking
out.
Yeah?
How about T4?
The movie sucked, didn't do so hot...and as far as I know killed the
franchise, at least for a while.
T4 was supposed to be the first of 3 new ones.
I dunno... budget 200 million, worldwide gross of 371 million... add in
DVD/BD sales, rentals, PPV, streaming... seems like T4 did OK for itself.
- Dan
Hope they do announce up front on models offered.
But if all I get is chrome, a shaker, and a powerball then I am going
for the pro version.
$1200-1400 is to much to soak.
"mnpinball" <mnpi...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Tron will be John Borg's swan song to us Steve Ritchie salivating
fanatics ;)
Borg is on FIRE !
The worst of all time was when a few years ago they released a black
version of the honeymooners. That was one that just made me scratch
my head and go "Why?". I just don't understand what in the world they
were trying to do there. Surely to GOD they could have thought of
something better to write than that crap. They have literally tried
everything under the sun. I think the fact that they resurrected TRON
proves that. If they can make THAT make money, they can make anything
make money. I saw it, it was actually pretty good but it makes you
wonder why they would redo such a dud series as that.
Hey Ron, I read all your post from last night and laughed my ass off.
You should write a book. You were on a roll, post after post. I just
keep trying to keep up with you. I was following you around from post
to post saying "where is he now",
amazing.
Bill
"mnpinball" <mnpi...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Tron has 3 flippers
Also Youssi is for hire on the art.
"mnpinball" <mnpi...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I would love a Tron lunchbox. Only if it has the thermos though. :)
Supposedly Ghostbusters 3 has been in the works for a while already,
but is still early in the process.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/
-Hans
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I had a cool A-Team one