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Tron: Ares is AWFUL - Another Disney Flop

2025-10-12 Entertainment
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Review: Tron: Ares Derails Disney Mythology with Predictable 'Slop' Casting

Discover why Tron: Ares fails as a legacy sequel, featuring aggressively charmless characters and cynical corporate storytelling that alienates long-time fans.

Short Summary

  • The film removes legacy protagonist Sam Flynn instantly to replace him with a "strong diverse female protagonist," mirroring a predictable Disney strategy.
  • Core franchise elements, including the character Tron, are entirely absent from the plot.
  • Technical execution (visuals, soundtrack) exists without a supporting narrative structure, leading to meaningless special effects.
  • The opening weekend grossed $33.5 million against a $180 million budget, signaling an impending commercial flop.

This review dismantles Tron: Ares, highlighting its creative bankruptcy and cynical attempt to reboot the franchise by sidelining legacy characters in favor of mandated casting tropes. Reader will understand the specific narrative and financial reasons why this sequel failed to capitalize on existing mythology.

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Tron: Ares is quintessential 2025 Disney slop. Creatively bankrupt garbage with a super-sized side of girl boss. #hollywood #disney Edited by @QTRBlackGarrett

Top Comments (10)

@lees8359 2025-10-12

When Morbius said "It's Tronning Time!" and Tronned all over the place I cried truly a cinematic masterpiece

1.9k 61 replies
@MisterPCS2 2025-10-12

Modern Disney ruins everything

1.5k 31 replies
@starvr 2025-10-12

I think Disney have solved the problem of pirating films, by making films that are not worth even pirating.

1.3k 36 replies
@alexg9790 2025-10-12

“Sam Flynn left the company for personal reasons.” Also, “somehow Palpatine came back” - because, you know - reasons. 😅

1.2k 36 replies
@thundercatshooo600 2025-10-12

It's sad. Another franchise destroyed due to bad storytelling and lack of talent in key places of production.

878 28 replies
@shadowforcepb 2025-10-12

Disney on a mission to ruin as many franchises as possible

858 39 replies
@workingbones 2025-10-12

I dont understand how Disney shareholders are okay with the constant movie burning

684 43 replies
@sethkaicer319 2025-10-12

Tron was killed collecting Peruvian spiders in the Amazon jungle😮😢

639 7 replies
@ConquerYou 2025-10-13

On a lighter note. Disney raised their park prices again.

501 17 replies
@lisan_al-ghaib 2025-10-21

Man, Lilo and Stitch already had a simple story, they didn't need to dumb it down so much.

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