A few days ago, I caught the teaser for "TRON: Ares" and was intrigued enough by it that I actually and finally watched a copy of the original 1982 film "TRON".
Yep, that's right. I never saw "TRON" in its entirety although of course, the scenes of the light cycles are absolutely iconic. Having lived through that time, I can understand how mind-blowing the concept of a movie that has a good chunk of its running time take place within a computer program was back then, but I was still surprised at how much of the real world was still shown before Flynn got sucked into Digital Wonderland.
Back in late 2010, when I made what would be my final Xmas trip back to Toronto before returning for good, I caught "TRON: Legacy" at the theatre during its first run. To be honest, a combination of confusion since I hadn't seen the first movie and major jet lag had me sleeping for a lot of the movie. I felt a bit less guilty when some of my other friends told me that they hadn't been too impressed by "Legacy". But now here comes "Ares", so let's see how this one turns out. The amazing thing is that Jeff Bridges is back once more in a sequel whose original movie he had starred in 43 years ago.
Well, why don't we start this new business week with something appropriately blippity-bloppity technoppy? I found just the tune. I posted about techno aidoru Emiri Kanou（加納エミリ）for the first time last week via her debut single "Gomen ne"（ごめんね）.
A few years later in 2023, Kanou collaborated with DJ and self-professed New Wave dandy Makoto Francis Ori（小里誠）to release a scintillating single called "Sabakaru Emiri" which could mean "Emiri Under Judgement". Well, I've made my judgement...I like it. I like it for its old-style technopop feeling which had me reminiscing of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu（きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ）and the collaborations between Ryuichi Sakamoto（坂本龍一）and Taeko Ohnuki（大貫妙子）in the early 1980s. While Francis took care of the music and arrangement, Yasuharu Konishi（小西泰治）came up with the lyrics.
Not sure what Emiri is under judgment for, but she looks to be battle ready...like a Kanou of Arc!😤
Another nice performance from Ms Kanou!
ReplyDeleteHello, Robert. Yeah, and it looks like my Twitter post on this article got an usually high view count in the high 300s including one from Francis himself. Thank you, Francis.
DeleteI saw TRON in the movie theater back in 1982. However, I slept for most of the film. I was only 6 or 7 at the time, and anytime the lights went out, I got drowsy. I have watched TRON since then, and it was interesting, but I haven't seen the sequel. Anyway, this time, Emiri Kaniou’s style seems to be more pop than techno.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think "TRON" would have been a little over the heads of kids in the single digits. But who am I to talk? I fell asleep at "Legacy" in my mid-40s.
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