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Well barring anymore hiatus or delays TRON Uprising new episodes start Oct. 16.
Episode 8
"The Reward" October 19, 2012 Beck's night off with his friends is ruined when the Occupation arrests an innocent program falsely accused of being The Renegade. When Zed and Mara are also caught up in the melee, Beck has to make a daring rescue using a new four-seat "light roadster" that was offered as bounty for The Renegade's capture.
Episode 9
"Scars, Part 1" October 26, 2012 Beck must confront his mentor and convince Tron to halt his revenge against a program named Dyson, Tron's former friend and ally, who is now his mortal enemy. Tron's history before the occupation will be revealed, and viewers learn exactly what Clu did to injure Tron and force him into hiding.
Scars preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RkTuMYi0T8
TRON UPRISING has returned as of last week with the episode:
Episode 8
"The Reward" October 19, 2012 Beck's night off with his friends is ruined when the Occupation arrests an innocent program falsely accused of being The Renegade. When Zed and Mara are also caught up in the melee, Beck has to make a daring rescue using a new four-seat "light roadster" that was offered as bounty for The Renegade's capture.
A relatively fun episode, we do learn in it that memories stored in an identity disc can be altered, if one knows how and has the time as it is a tricky process. We also learn that General Tessler is getting rather frantic and desperate to see the renegade brought down and derezzed. His lieutenants are still showing loyalty to him, but they also are waking up to how desperate he is and of course one them wants to see Tessler removed so that he can replace him. The other one, Paige, despite Tessler's claims of being his favorite soldier, etc etc, may also be waking up to the fact that she is wrong the side. Beck gains a new vehicle that could be nicknamed the Tron-mobile but in the end he splits it into two light cycles, one for his friends to escape on and he rides off on the other one. Perhaps he at least will have a distinctive new light cycle?
next episode: Part 1 of SCARS, an old friend that betrayed TRON named Dyson arrives in the city. This program betrayed TRON to CLU and is the one that apparently gave TRON his scars, or at least contributed to the damage done to TRON. TRON learns of Dyson's arrival and is consumed with the desire for revenge to the point where Beck will try to stop him. Expect TRON vs. Beck and TRON vs. Dyson as we learn more of the past, and also the strong possibility that this is the story where TRON will be captured and corrupted into RINZLER.
Identity Discs: we now know they can be "edited" and that if separated from a disc for too long the program will lose its memories until their disc is returned OR if a different one is attached then they gain different memories/personality. TRON showing his face to an amnesiac Beck is what jolted Beck enough to aid TRON to get his disc back, just as Rinzler/TRON seeing Flynn after he lost his discs in battle with Sam jolted TRON's memories to return.
TRON UPRISING SCARS pt1
Dyson comes to Argon City and Tessler is not pleased at all, partly because even HE thinks that Dyson is a two faced weasel and aprtly due to the fact that his position of General is now at risk. He assigns his two lieutenants to be with Dyson and to make sure his visit is brief and uneventful. Dyson is mainly just going from base to base in the city making his presence known......clearly he was been sent by CLU to flush out the renegade.
TRON learns that Dyson has arrived....and he is NOT happy. He and Beck scout the area and TRON shows him Dyson and states he is CLU's top soldier and the deadliest and that Beck's orders are to bring Dyson back to TRON HQ so that TRON can extract data from him about CLU and his forces. Beck suggests just stealing his disc and TRON makes it more then crystal clear that he wants DYSON himself. TRON's scar has also spread over his face and Beck comments that TRON has been out of the healing chamber for too long. TRON states he hadn't noticed.
We see in the past that Dyson was loyal to TRON until some civil unrest instigated by CLU against the ISO's caused Dyson to get a disc in the face leaving his face half damaged. After that Dyson was against the ISO's and wanted them gone. Flynn came into the system and assured them ISO's were the future.
In the present Beck trains in the simulator to fight Dyson and beats the sim, but won't derez it despite TRON ordering him to.
Dyson is talking about the renegade with Tessler's lieutenants and detects the trap set for him and deals with it. Beck stays hidden and Dyson is curious about what happened. Paige asks him if he thinks the Renegade is TRON and Dyson states that he was there and watched TRON perish.
We in the past the coup from Tron Legacy, Dyson was in the shadows and dispatched the troops of CLU against TRON. Tron fought them and then we scene jump to a badly injured TRON on the ground with CLU standing over him. CLU states the goal of the attack wasn't Flynn but to get TRON out of the way so that CLU can "perfect" the grid starting with killing all ISO's. Dyson then approaches CLU and TRON realizes he was betrayed, and CLU shows TRON that he healed and restored Dyson's face. (likely repurposing Dyson in the process) CLU then slashes TRON again and end of flashback.
In the present Beck returns to TRON's base and TRON is not pleased that he failed. Beck then asks if this is about the revolution or revenge. TRON tells Beck that this isn't his fight and walks away. Beck stops him and states he wont' let TRON kill for revenge, TRON then stuns Beck and removes his disc, reclaims the disc segment he gave Beck and reconnects it to his own disc segment. TRON clips the disc back on and his white armor rezzes back onto him and tells the unconscious Beck, "I didn't ask your permission!"
End of Part 1.
For part 2 we should expect TRON vs Beck and TRON vs Dyson. Will TRON be captured and turned into RINZLER due to this? We'll see.
TRON UPRISING: SCARS PART 2
Okay so Beck awakens and sees TRON riding away and pursues and we get a brief lightcycle fight between them. TRON wins and leaves Beck on the ground, but Beck slipped a tracer on TRON's cycle and follows.
Beck catches up to TRON later and begs him to not end the revolution before it starts, but TRON beats Beck in hand to hand combat and cuffs him to a guard rail and tosses Beck's disc aside.
Dyson has been making himself at home in Tessler's base and Tessler is silently fuming. Dyson plans to stay awhile and hopes to meet the Renegade. Tessler's lieutenant tries to conspire with Paige to team up to undo Tessler but she refuses and shuts down the sabotage he was causing.
We see in flashback that after CLU defeated TRON that TRON awakes in a cylinder surrounded by other cylinders containing captured security programs that TRON once commanded. He then sees them start to get repurposed when he is pulled from the cylinder and into Dyson's workshop. As Dyson is working on TRON, one of the guards notes that there are no screams and wonders why and the other guard says "He's TRON". The guard that was curious gets concerned but says nothing.
In the lab Dyson is at his workbench and tells TRON that the others are being repurposed but that the process doesn't leave much of the memory/personality intact and wants TRON to join CLU willingly as Dyson had done. TRON refuses and then Dyson pulls out a small hand held blade and says that he didn't want to do this but that he will now show TRON what it is like to be "imperfect" and proceeds to carve out a good chunk of TRON's face. Dyson then sends for the guards and tells them to take TRON to the command cruiser and the previous guard is horrified at what was done to TRON. As Dyson watches the Recognizer fly away he sees it explode and then crash, thus concluding that TRON was now derezzed.
In the present, TRON battles Dyson and is losing at first then makes the typical comeback and starts beating Dyson and gets Dyson's disc. He then retracts his helmet to show Dyson who he is fight and Dyson freaks out stating "I watched you die!" TRON responds "I'll watch YOU die!" As Dyson is cornered he tells TRON that he added a failsafe to TRON's code where if he gets too low on energy he will die unlike other programs that just get tired when they are too low on energy. He tells TRON he can restore him and make him perfect again if he joins them. TRON refuses and is about to derezz Dyson when he remembers the program that sabotaged the Recognizer and crashed it while they ejected into the mountains. The program said his name was Cyrus and that the revolution shouldn't end before it starts. TRON then lets Dyson live and tells him to take a message back to CLU. Beck has since freed himself and watches TRON defeat Dyson and then sees TRON walk away.
Back at TRON's base, Beck is back in the TRON suit and TRON heals up and emerges from the healing machine. He both apologizes to Beck and thanks him for helping to clear his head.
Back at CLU's fortress, Dyson reports to CLU that he is back from Argon with a message from an old friend that he saw his face with his own eyes, the message: "TRON LIVES".
CLU then asks who else knows about this, and Dyson looks at the one guard in the room that just happens to be Cyrus and derezzes him then says "just us". CLU responds "Let's keep it that way."
So TRON doesn't become Rinzler yet, but we have learned what happened to TRON and why his wounds will not permanently heal and why his fight time is now diminished. We also learn more about CLU's repurposing process. Given that it wipes out most of the original personality, I'd speculate that when CLU finally does capture TRON that he will merely separate TRON from his disc until his memories fade enough and then attack the RINZLER to disc to him so that the new persona acts as a shell program to keep TRON under control then returns TRON's original disc, now as a secondary to him so that he has the two discs we see in Legacy. Dyson also knows that TRON dwells in a cave somewhere feed off of an energy source. One important thing to note: Dyson never sees Beck in either his normal mode or TRON mode so Dyson really does believe that the Renegade is in fact TRON, thus Beck's cover is safe.
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TRON UPRISING:
For those that havent yet watched this, this cartoon takes place between TRON and TRON LEGACY. The cartoon starts up sometime after CLUs rebellion and Flynn being sent into exile. We also see in the flashback that CLU defeated TRON.
Now in the cartoon CLU sends General Tessler to take over Argon City, one of the last free cities on the grid. His forces arrive and drop a statue of CLU into place and declare that they are now under CLUs authority, etc. A young engineer program named Beck and his friends do not like this and one of Becks friends gets derezzed while arguing with a trooper. Beck retrieves his friends disc and knows that if TRON were there things would be different. The general consensus among the public is that TRON is dead and CLU cant be stopped. Later that night, Beck makes a decision. He accesses his ID Disc and alters the code on it so that when he clips it back in place his outfit will change in appearance so that its circuit lines alter and he wears the T Crest of TRON. Concealing his face and voice via a helmet he blows up the statue and rides off on a light cycle. The troops see him and report in stating that it looked like it was TRON. CLU assures Tessler that TRON is dead by CLUs own hand. Troopers are dispatched and Beck deals with them until Lt. Paige arrives who is a more capable fighter then the average trooper. She is determined to stop Beck but is also growing infatuated with Beck as she wonders who he is. Beck escapes into the far wilderness of the grid and Paige reports to base stating that while Beck got away and is a good fight that hes no TRON and quotes CLUs party line that TRON is dead.
Beck finds an abandoned offroad vehicle and fixes it and rides towards home when a mysterious red and black program easily outrides him and subdues him. Beck awakes somewhere and the mystery program speaks to Beck, asking why he did what he did and what his motives are and what he will do now etc. Beck eventually gets free and states that even if he dies the revolution has begun as long as people think TRON lives. Their fight is brief and the mystery program shows he is easily faster and stronger then Beck and more experienced, but it ends with each having their disc at the others throat. Beck demands to be free or it is over for the both of them. The mystery program states that Beck wont kill him and that Beck was right about one thing, he then retracts his helmet and has his black and red costume revert to its normal grey with white circuit lines and he stands revealed as TRON! He then says Im not dead
TRON tells Beck that he needs help and feels Beck is the one he has been seeking. Beck asks what was he seeking and TRON responds the next TRON. TRON steps into a scanner beam and shows Beck just how injured he was thanks to CLU. The scars are extensive on his torso and up his neck and left side of his face. Beck doubts that he can be the next TRON and leaves. Later his boss pulls him aside and the conversation makes it clear that his boss knows or at least suspects Beck blew up the statue. Paige arrives and warns them that if the Renegade isnt revealed and captured or surrenders that programs will soon be volunteering for the games. Later Tessler accelerates things by rounding up some of Becks friends. Beck is ready to fight on the spot but his boss stops him. Later Beck slips away and adjusts his costume back into TRON mode and rides off to save his friends. Beck succeeds and manages to survive a battle with General Tessler despite Tessler having superior force of arms. Beck manages to Disarm Tessler and escape and goes back to TRONs hidden base. Beck now knows he is ready and wants to fight. TRON tells Beck he isn t quite ready yet. TRON removes his own disc and separates it into two segments and gives one to Beck. Beck separates his own disc and puts TRONs segment onto one of his own then attaches the modified disc to himself and TRONs costume loads onto Beck. TRON then takes him to be trained. (Whether this disc exchange upgrades Becks strength and speed is unknown as TRON shows in other episodes that he can still outfight Beck).
Next Ep: becks training begins but he still has doubts about himself. TRON of course is a strict teacher. Beck later heads home and evades a patrol but ends up hiding in a prisoner cube with others and they are taken to the games! One of Becks companions is a veteran of the ISO WARS and that he came to Argon after hearing about the Renegade that is fighting back and believes the Renegade is TRON. He and Beck survive the games, Beck is set free and his companion is sentenced to be derezzed. TRON tells Beck that until his companion is derezzed he hasnt failed. Beck then changes his costume to TRON mode and heads out. He rescues him and as they are escaping on the seas, TRON shows up in a submersible vehicle to blast their pursuers. Beck/Tron tells his companion that was a friend. His companion then leaves to spread the word for the revolution TRON LIVES! Also in this episode we see the classic light cycle and BIT!
Next EP: Beck must destroy an energy drill that threatens the city. Along the way he must save some programs on an underground cycle race, one of his coworkers decides the Renegade must be stopped and Beck fights Paige again. We also see some signs of power struggle contention between Paige and Pavel, Teslers second in command.
Next Ep: Identity Theft takes on a new meaning as Becks disc is stolen and he and TRON race to get it back. Remember: everything a program sees, does, learns is recorded on their disc so his TRON activities are recorded, but there is an added danger. When a program is separated from their disc for too long, they slowly but surely lose their memories completely! This slowly happens to Beck as they seek his disc with the aid of a program named Lux and another one named Cobol. Turns out Cobol is the one behind it all and after learning from the disc that Beck is the Renegade they plan to let Becks memory fade then turn him in to CLU for repurposing via obtaining a different ID disc. TRON disguises in a black suit/helmet with white lights to aid Beck. TRON is captured and held by Lux as Cobol takes Beck away. TRON convinces Lux that COBOL isnt to be trusted. She frees TRON and we see in this episode that TRON can still fight but only for short times until his wounds catch up with him. Cobol has Becks disc and Beck is about to derez TRON when TRON shows his face and reminds Beck that he isnt a killer no matter what that they are indeed friends. Cobol and Lux are shocked to see that TRON lives, and Cobol fights TRON some more. TRON gets Becks disc and tosses it back to Beck who reconnects it and gets his memories back. He beats Cobol and Lux derezzes Cobol. They escape after Lux gives them cobols disc and her own and sacrifices herself so they can escape. TRON later states that long ago he let friendship cloud his judgment and that he paid a heavy price for it. Beck thinks he was talking about CLU
This ep could well explain how TRON becomes Rinzler. CLU likely will end up capturing TRON and separate him from his disc until his memories fade enough, then attach the Rinzler disc to him. CLU then puts a memory block on TRONs own disc and returns it to TRON/Rinzler to use as a second weapon. We shall see ..
Next EP: Beck/TRON and Paige are forced to work together to survive a mutually destructive situation and we learn Paiges origin and in flashback we see Quorra!
Next EP: Beck is sent to steal a power mod and bring in the scientist alive. The plan only partially succeeds as the scientist gets derezzed but the power mod is intact. It is a massive boost to strength and speed and Beck takes it to be destroyed at the garage he works at as there is a high power laser there. However he walks into a trap and is getting dogpiled by Teslers troops and in a desperation move he inserts the power mod into his disc which activates it and boosts his powers and his tendency to destroy. (think back to the 90s Spidey cartoon and third movie to how the symbiote makes the host personality darker and more hostile) Beck/TRON then confronts Tesler and was going to win when he saw his boss Able nearby and had to save him. Able thinks Beck is TRON and is wounded but survives. TRON is angry that Beck didnt destroy it and they fight for a moment until Beck comes to his senses, TRON then assures Beck that he was chosen because he was smart and capable and doesnt need the power mod. Pavel takes the garage hostage to draw out the Renegade and gets the power mod before Beck destroys it. He powers up and fights Beck but Beck manages to outwit him and get the power mod away from him and gets it cut in half by a laser. However at the end we see Pavel has one of the pieces and then he laughs hysterically as the piece regenerates into a whole .
It is not known if Beck has the other piece and if it regenerated too .
In October 2012 the series returns from hiatus with a two parter called SCARS. This two parter is set to reveal more of what happened to TRON. A program named DYSON comes to Argon City, TRON learns of this and we see the scar on his neck and face start to glow and slowly spread We learn that DYSON betrayed TRON to CLU and is apparently the one that gave TRON his scars. TRON now wants revenge and is determined to get it at all costs. He subdues Beck and reclaims his disc segment to restore his costume. We then see fight scenes that show the scar damage is spreading over TRONs face. Either he will turn into Rinzler by the time this two parter is over or he will be well on the path to becoming Rinzler.
Overall an excellent series, 18 episodes are said to be ordered for the first season and the ratings are high so far. It is not known if there will be a season 2. Excellent animation and music and story, the only flaw is that we pretty much know that Becks efforts are doomed to fail as he is not mentioned in TRON Legacy at all. Will Tron become Rinzler and be sent to derez the Renegade?
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