"Tron: Uprising" Season 1 REVIEW:

WARNING: This contains spoilers for "Tron: Legacy".

So, I had recently gotten Netflix and high speed internet, and found out that this series was on Netflix. Being the fan of "Tron: Legacy" I am, I decided to give this series a try.
Oh man, what an amazing series.
"Tron: Uprising" takes places in between "Tron" and "Tron: Legacy", after Clu kills Tron. Meet Beck (voiced by Elijah Wood), a program that's a great mechanic and not too bad at disc fighting. When Clu's forces interrupts Beck's and his friend's, Bodhi, harmless disc battle to recruit new programs. Bodhi stands up, leading him to get derezzed right in front of Beck. To avenge Bodhi's death and to protect his friends, Beck takes on the persona of Tron, protecting innocent programs and trying to find a way to stop Clu from taking control of the Grid.
From the writers that brought you the final season of "Lost" and the creation of "Once Upon a Time" comes this AMAZING series. Now, it's not perfect all-around. The first 3 episodes were amazing, then the episodes that followed after seemed to feel like fillers until just before the halfway point of the season; that's when the series kicks in at high-gear.
The voice work is top-notch, along with the sound and music. I really liked how they used CGI in this series, having characters move like a drawn animated show, but have smooth moments for the action and slow-mo shots. Light-cycle and disc battles? Yeah, they're in here, and they ROCK!
Besides the few fillers episodes, this season of "Tron: Uprising" was a nice escape from reality and I hope Disney picks the show back up for a second season.

Rating: 10+ (Fair warning: the 3rd and 2nd to-last episodes are REALLY dark for a kid's show. I would recommend you viewing it before letting a child under 11 watch it.)

4.5/5 Stars ("Really Good")

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