Tron Trailer, Saul Bass-Style

The way the trailer for Tron (1982) should have been done: Saul Bass-style. ;)

Tron vs. Saul Bass from Hexagonall on Vimeo.

Update: While we're writing about Tron trailers, here are a few more that SF Signal has highlighted. This first is a fan-made trailer for the original Tron that is exceptionally well done. The only demerit I can find in this video is that it completely ignores actress Cindy Morgan's character and that aspect (the love interest/sexual tension from a love triangle) of the movie.



This next trailer is the original from 1982. It makes for a good comparison between the two above and the two trailers for Tron Legacy.

Tron Legacy

My reaction: "Oh, man! I've gotta wait till Christmas!!!" :) Below is the first official trailer in "good" quality, but you can watch the HD trailer here. If you're interested, here's Disney's official website for the movie and video game, but it's thin on content at the moment.

The Alan Parsons Effect

As you can see on the baby ticker to the right, Milady and I are expecting a baby in a little over three months from now (the expected due date is in early August). In the morning, if we have time, I will talk to the baby, reciting both the English and Arabic alphabets, the numbers through ten, and then singing the scale (do re mi...). This morning, Milady and I had a little extra time, so I pulled out my handphone, which has about thirty albums on its memory chip. The first song I played for the baby is Alan Parsons' "Ignorance is Bliss," which is about as close a song that band has to a lullaby:

A shelter from the storm
A room without a view
A place where you belong
And like a mother's kiss
That carries you to sleep
The ignorance is bliss
-- Ignorance is Bliss, Alan Parsons

"The baby was kicking harder when the song was louder and more distinct, like the saxophone and piano solos. Try something more upbeat." OK, how about some Billy Joel?



Hmmm, maybe we should play more kids' songs. How about from The Jungle Book?





"Play some of the Qur'an for the baby."







And by this time, she had gone back to sleep.