Disney has tried translate its animated magic to a lot of live-action fantasies over the years. The Tron movies are emblematic of their failures.
Disney has tried translate its animated magic to a lot of live-action fantasies over the years. The Tron movies are emblematic of their failures.
Honestly I would go to pretty much any Tron movie of any quality, the fact it was a Jared Leto vehicle completely turned me off. You found the one edge case somehow.
I love the IP and the original movie. I thought the second movie was better than I expected, but still not as good as it could have been. Tron’s not even in this one, which seems like such a stupid, unnecessary thing to do. I’ll watch it eventually and probably think it’s OK, but I’m not going to spend any money on it.
He wasn’t really in the second one either.
Is Lemmy a bubble when it comes to Leto? I’ve lost my bearings. I see consistent dislike for Leto here on Lemmy, which I agree with, but wonder what normal, not-chronically-online people think of him. It certainly feels like a strong enough dislike for him that Disney should have caught a whiff of it much earlier. Surely they market test the shit out of their potential leads before selecting them?
I doubt Leto was the breaking point for why this Tron was unsuccessful, but it certainly didn’t help.
Maybe ask that outside of Lemmy?
I can tell you my dislike for Leto predates my time using Lemmy. I don’t imagine your average Joe really registers his existence.
Celebrity at a certain point is self fulfilling and is a common thing where they get used a bunch simply because of their fame rather than ability.
There might be no true consensus there. 80% of people probably just recognise the face and/or name, which is what makes him “bankable” despite the fact that the other 20% will have an actual opinion about him. Only a subset of those will feel the need to comment online.
The takeaway is that society safely ignores the commentariat most of the time on most issues. If you want to move the needle with the majority of people who don’t pay attention to anything, you’ll have to spend “Tron sequel advert money”