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    Tron's Lightcycles: 1983 vs. 2010 Model Comparison

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    Image of Torley Torley
    12/18/09

    In reply to Tron's Lightcycles: 1983 vs. 2010 Model Comparison
    I know that Daft Punk is doing the music is in the new Tron, but I hope for a Kavinsky remix. The zombie dude has a particular affinity for combining 80s-style new wave with vehicular techno.

    Envision this with lightcycles!
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    Image of Rocketknight Rocketknight
    12/18/09

    In reply to Tron's Lightcycles: 1983 vs. 2010 Model Comparison
    Lightcycles were just about the only thing I liked about Tron. They're pretty much the only reason I'm excited about the new Tron, too.
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    Image of t3knomanser t3knomanser
    12/18/09

    In reply to Tron's Lightcycles: 1983 vs. 2010 Model Comparison
    Turning at 90ΒΊ angles is cooler, despite the lack of real-world practicality.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    12/18/09

    In reply to Tron's Lightcycles: 1983 vs. 2010 Model Comparison
    Its innevitable that the program would upgrade with the times. Man that new lightcycle looks sweet. But why the safety issues. Has the game become more public, why is Bridges overlooking things.....in the future is it a massive coperate TV game and thats why the saftey regs are in?? Ohhh the questions.

    All I know is it looks epic already, and thats just the early test footage. Yummy. Bring on Tron Legacy very very quickly.
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    12/18/09

    In reply to Tron's Lightcycles: 1983 vs. 2010 Model Comparison
    Now I want to see Captain Slow race a lightcycle against a jet. Afterwards, the Stig will take it out to the track for a time trial. Damn you Emmett for making my carefully constructed worlds collide!
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    Image of Emmett Plant Emmett Plant
    12/18/09

    @EdificeComplex: "I like procedures."
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/18/09

    In reply to Tron's Lightcycles: 1983 vs. 2010 Model Comparison
    This is a truly epic post. I want the legacy lightcycle, please.
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    Image of Belabras Belabras
    12/18/09

    @Annalee Newitz:
    Seconded. Please provide ordering information post haste.
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    Image of Emmett Plant Emmett Plant
    12/18/09

    @Annalee Newitz: While I love my motorcycle (a 1987 Suzuki Savage named 'Ivanova'), I wouldn't shed a single tear while I shamelessly traded her in for the 2010 Tron Legacy Lightcycle. :)
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    12/18/09

    @Annalee Newitz: I'll hold off for the rumored "touring" version of the 2010 lightcycle, with hard bags and a more upright seating position.
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    Image of zerofritz zerofritz
    12/18/09

    In reply to Tron's Lightcycles: 1983 vs. 2010 Model Comparison
    While not yet approved for emissions standards in the state of California

    Knowing those left coast hippies, they'll be all over these things. Greener than even being powered by Ed Begley, Jr.'s sense of self-satisfaction.
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    12/17/09

    In reply to Just How Radical Will Tron Legacy's Redesigns Get?
    FACT: the redesigns will NOT be radical, or awesome. no, they will be RADSOME!

    case. closed.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/17/09

    In reply to Just How Radical Will Tron Legacy's Redesigns Get?
    So what about this is different from what we've seen of the movie so far?

    All looks the same as it did in the very first teaser trailer to me.

    Biggest difference I can see is that it isn't Tron Legacy, just Tron. Which doesn't make much sense.
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    Image of Munch the BanNail Munch the BanNail
    12/17/09

    In reply to Just How Radical Will Tron Legacy's Redesigns Get?
    The early posters I've seen leave me less than fully impressed...
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    12/17/09

    @Munch the BanNail: It's the mustache that really ties the costume together.

    And let's try wearing a cup next time, pal.
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    Image of Jesse Astle Jesse Astle
    12/17/09

    @Bigdamnhero: I thought it was the crotch bulge that tied it all together.
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    Image of diverguy diverguy
    12/17/09

    @Bigdamnhero:

    Why is there a camel toe?
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    Image of silverdee silverdee
    12/17/09

    @Bigdamnhero: Damn you! All the times I've seen this pic, I never noticed that until you pointed it out!
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    12/19/09

    @diverguy: Is it actualy camel toe if it's on a guy? I wonder if there is a name for the dude version. Cause it's actually more like Joe Camel's face, if anything.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    12/17/09

    In reply to Just How Radical Will Tron Legacy's Redesigns Get?
    I wonder if they still grab the baton to get the cycle. I always thought that was so cool.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/17/09

    @Hamslicer: They did in the trailer.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    12/17/09

    @tande04: Thank you, I feel much better now.
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    Image of Jesse Astle Jesse Astle
    12/17/09

    @tande04: technically it wasn't a trailer. It was a screen test. Unless you're talking about a different thing and I'm making myself look like an idiot. Which is equally as possible.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/17/09

    @Jesse Astle: Its a little from column A little from column B.

    I think when it was first shown off at comic con in 2008 it was just shown as a fx test but when they showed it again after that and started distributing it you'd call it at least a teaser I'd think.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    12/17/09

    In reply to Just How Radical Will Tron Legacy's Redesigns Get?
    One of my worries is that this new Tron wont be radical enough. Take a look at the TRS-80 chassis design and compare it to the new Thermaltake case. Yeah, that's just superficial and not what's going on inside, but you get the idea, computers have come a long way since the early 80's and the Tron world should reflect that.
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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    12/17/09

    @Skunky: As long as there's still a Turbo button, things'll be okay.
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    Image of Jes St.Lawrence Jes St.Lawrence
    12/17/09

    @AndPreciousLittleofThat: I'm not seeing a cupholder.
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    Image of Belabras Belabras
    12/17/09

    In reply to Just How Radical Will Tron Legacy's Redesigns Get?
    I miss the covered cycle design, but this is still pretty damn cool.
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    12/17/09

    In reply to Just How Radical Will Tron Legacy's Redesigns Get?
    ... I don't see the gun.
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    12/17/09

    @atrus123: I think Charlie is talking about the part that looks like a brake with 2 lights on it, right in front of the guy's right hand.
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    12/17/09

    @se7a7n7: Oh, I see it now. I just figured that was the brakes.
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    Image of iameleveneight iameleveneight
    12/17/09

    @atrus123: I'm with you on that, what gun?
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    12/17/09

    In reply to Just How Radical Will Tron Legacy's Redesigns Get?
    I wonder why they left "Legacy" off of it?
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