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July 30th, 2008
2 TRON 2B 4 GOTTEN
Comic-Con ‘08 Revelations Pt. 2
I went to high school with a guy named Tr2n. Or maybe it was Tran Nguyen. Either way, the trailer for “Tron 2″
that premiered at Comic-Con was short and sweet and enough to get me excited.
I actually wrote this comic several months ago when they announced the film. I had a page of notes about how “Tron” and “The Big Lebowski” could intersect.
- “Ju don’ fuck wif’ de Sark
- “Shut the fuck up, Tronny!”
- “and I sure as shit don’t disc on Shabbos!
- “Tronny died as so many young programs died in the games…”
The list went on and on. Yes, my brain is broken. As far as I’m concerned they’re the same movie now.
Bonus link: check out this Comic-Con 08 Costumes
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That Binary Subroutine really tied the room together, man.
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:19 pm
no dice – they named the FPS "Tron 2.0". released for PC and Xbox I believe. Pretty wicked game, too – if TR2N is anything like it, I'll die a happy man.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
LOL!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
steel = steal?
And also wasn't it "Se7en"?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
pho – the edible enema
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Oh my gawd, I saw so much of that "2 good 2 be 4gotten" shit in my older sister's yearbook.
"We are nihilists, Lebovski!"
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I can't watch ANYTHING with Jeff Bridges in it anymore without worrying that he's gonna spill his beverage or be attacked by marmots.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I really like the art in this one, Joel.
I have yet to watch Tron and The Big Lebowski. I know they're classics and I should've already seen 'em, but I haven't yet. I'll put them at the top of my list.
As a side note, has anyone had luck in posting Intense Debate comments on the iPhone?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
My copy of the movie says "Se7en", but maybe Joel has a super ultra rare mega copy that has it spelled wrong… with an alternate ending! Or not.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Hilarious, this.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Wouldn't 2RON be easier to pronounce?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Hey, if Josh is in the comic, does that mean he'll be in the podcast?
You are going to talk about Tr2n and The Big Labowski in the podcast, aren't you?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Turon?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turr%C3%B3n_%28Filip...
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
"Steel" a rug?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Dumbest sequel title ever. I mean, ever. I cannot think of a single sequel title off the top of my head that is worse than that. How can so much fail emanate from three letters and a number?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Fucking awesome man. Your ability to creatively mix geeky references continues to flourish.
"You see what happens Tron? You see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!?!?:
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Brilliant. Comics like this are why I love HE.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Oh, you said sequel *title*. My mistake.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
And the bad thing about that is that the title really intimated such promise. Good ol' fashioned archaeological plunderin' of El Dorado, a real Indiana Jones movie–as opposed to the KGB and some fucking aliens with their interdimensional new age crystal skulls.
But it's still not as bad as "Tr2n", which makes the movie sound like it's going to be a two-hour long typo.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
And the bad thing about that is that the title really intimated such promise. Good ol' fashioned archaeological plunderin' of El Dorado, a real Indiana Jones movie–as opposed to the KGB and some fucking aliens with their interdimensional new age crystal skulls.
But it's still not as bad as "Tr2n", which makes the movie sound like it's going to be a two-hour long typo.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Fixed. Thanks.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
On my copy it was MY HEAD in the box.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Are you suggesting that ALL enemas arent edible?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
"We cut of YUH JOHNSON!"
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Amphibious rodents are a problem for most actors… withing city limits.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Yoda?
Comic enjoy do you?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
WATCH LEBOWSKI NOW!!!
Its like if they took pure joy and compressed it into movie form.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
You just HAD to pull the ethnic card.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Thats the name of Anchorman 2.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
we already talked about Tr2n on mondays cast. Ill be uploading it tonight.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
The correct spelling is "steAl." Everyone knows that.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Thanks! Readers that enjoy it are why I do it.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
looks a lot like pr0n, imo
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Not that I know anything about art, but this is outstanding! How long did this finally end up taking you? Now I need to get me a glowing robe.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
6-7 hours total. Which is why starting these at 10pm tends to lead to not getting finished on time.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
You are welcome, sir. I may as well use my spelling-and-grammar-OCD to some use.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
First time poster, big time lover of this strip!
"You'll never believe what happens next."
"He fixes the cable?"
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I've never actually seen Tron. The only thing I know about it is that Journey did a song for it that ended up not making it to their albums until they released the boxed set.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
i can't help it, sounding it out loud made me hungry.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Well it's not live baby dear faces, so I dont see why you're interested.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Did someone mention amphibious rodents
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/29/gawker-repor...
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I'm I the only one who thinks that your depiction of John Goodman in Tron looks suspiciously like "the Tron Guy"
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I love… references…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Tr0n would make an awesome prequel title.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
….ok…seriously
Josh would never eat PHO
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I've seen Big Lebowski several times, but I've never actually paid attention…should probably get on that
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I thought it was the Tron guy, the Dude, and Donny. A few hours later I looked at it again and realized it was Walter. Which made it awesomer.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Yeah, the movies in my head are usually better too.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I don't know about that, but let me tell you about this delicious vinaigrette salad dressing I got from my wife's dresser…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Easy, big fella. Remember, the flick's not even in production yet; with that title animation they were trying to play on audience recognition by making it as similar to the original title animation as possible. I guarantee it's going to go through every possible combination of "Tron" and "2" before (I predict) landing on "Tron 2.0."
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
"And the bad thing about that is that the title really intimated such promise. Good ol' fashioned archaeological plunderin' of Coronado, a real Indiana Jones movie–as opposed to more Nazis and some fucking knights with their supernatural magic wine cup."
FTFY
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Take-out pho sounds like one of the worst things ever.
Seriously, you gotta sit down for that ultimate soup.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
yeah, wtf. totally broke my suspension of disbelief.
no buy.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I see no point in this. The cars in Tron can not be destroyed. The blue fella must have a bug inside of his code.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
greatest comic ever, I thought the same thing throughout iron man.
I kept saying "THE DUDE CAN'T BE EVIL!" during the movie.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Ach! Why!? Why the fuck must you ridicule it by calling it Tr2n? Just randomly inserting numbers in the title to show that it's a sequel DOESN'T FUCKING WORK!
What's next? Iro2 M2n?
Where they trying to make it sound L33T? How hard is it to figure out 0 can be used as o, because it looks like it. 2 does not look like and o! If you wanted a 1337 title you could have called it T2on, that still looks like shit, but atleas the number 2 and the letter r look kind of alike (atleast when I write it)
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I could also see Flynn playing Deadly Discs against The Jesus.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
But if you were a hip, stylin' cool kid in 1982 you had the Tron soundtra…
Dammit, I almost made it through that with a straight face. But yeah, the Journey song was on the soundtrack.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
2 Fast 2 furious is a close second.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
It was a toss up between what i drew up there, and Walter beating up a light cycle saying something similar.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
oh man. I need to hear this song now.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I dont think they have fire in Tron either. This is ridiculous.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
i just tasted vomit. thanks.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Id rather have a marmot in the bath than that.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
WATCH LEBOWSKI NOW!!!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
In my mental 40 page version of this comic, The Jesus was licking the edge of his disc.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
welcome to the comments!
"Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey."
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
they can be interchangeable for the purposes of this comic.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
shh… it's my secret. Im a hack.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
thats a tile I can respect.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
artistic license.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
there was a Vietnamese place near a call center I worked at about 9 years ago that would deliver Pho in a 32oz drink cup.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I just couldnt see him as intimidating. I CAN NOT be scared of the Dude. He just wants a Caucasian and a nice rug.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
"Iro2 M2n" LOL
Wait a few sequels and we can have "Iron M4n."
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I am working on the movie. We love the comic! We show it to everyone who comes in the door. I will send you a pic but it won't be super exciting since everything we are doing right now is on complete lock down. I wish I could show you what the art dept. is doing but I wouldn't be working on the show any more. Some really visionary people are working on this show.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Dude. Someone up there should totally get with Journey's management and see if the band would be interested in providing a song for this film, since they wrote one for Tron. I'm sure they would love another opportunity to show off their new lead singer.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
It's called "Only Solutions". It played during the arcade scene, but you could hardly hear it over the arcade machines. It's got more of a jangly guitar sound as opposed to the sweeping meoldies they usually do. Nice 80's feel, though!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Oh man, this made me laugh.
But consider for a minute…what if they ARE trying to make it sound L33T? This is the internet age, after all; perhaps Tron should reflect that?
And so it came to pass that the music during the end credits was by Rick Astley.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
We love the comic and have it up here at our production office. There are only 2 people in the office that know what L33T means and they had nothing to do with naming it. The internets will shut down before we ever name it Tron 2.0.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Wait, you're working on the movie? If this is indeed true I will send you a proper print of the comic, but you must send me a picture once it's posted. If I assumed wrong, then…. something something.
Email comics(at)hijinksensue.com
August 20th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
When he becomes Warmonger in Iron Man, I just kept whispering, "the Dude ABIDES".