Tron Movies Land On K BluRay For The First Time With Collectible Steelbooks

The first Tron movie was released in 1982, and it was a revolutionary film as it pioneered new special effects and revolutionary computer-generated imagery for the time. The restoration of Tron was handled by The Walt Disney Film Restoration team, who corrected dirt, warping, and other imperfections to ensure pristine image quality, after digitally scanning the film for this 4K releases. The project was also supervised by Steven Lisberger, the writer-director of Tron.

The steelbook cover is also fantastic for this release, as it features a combination of film imagery and new art of the movie's cast. On the inside, you can also find a screenshot of the infamous lightcycle race scene from Tron, that was designed using bleeding-edge computer technology at the time. It might look quaint now, but in 1982, footage like this had never been seen or attempted before. The film also supports Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos audio, and the 4K disc is accompanied by a standard Blu-ray disc copy of the film and a digital streaming code for it.

For the bonus materials, this Tron release has inherited all the extras from the previous Blu-ray release. There's nothing new here, but all of the legacy content from the older Tron release did provide an exhaustive glimpse behind the curtain to see just how this technological marvel pushed filmmaking to the limit in the '80s. You can look forward to an audio commentary track with Lisberger and several crew members, featurettes, photo galleries, and promotional materials. The Making of Tron is especially good, as this is an 88-minute documentary covering the challenging development of the film.

Tron Special Features

• Audio commentary with director Steven Lisberger, producer Donald Kushner, associate producer, visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw, and visual effects supervisor Richard Taylor.
• The Tron Phenomenon featurette
• Photo Tronology featurette
• The Making of Tron documentary
• Development featurettes
• Digital Imagery featurette
• Music featurette
• Publicity and promotional materials
• Deleted scenes
• Design featurettes
• Storyboarding featurettes
• Galleries

Released in 2010, Tron Legacy was directed by Joseph Kosinski and it used advances in special effects technology to build a version of the Grid that truly felt like a digital frontier. This version of the movie has been remastered in High Dynamic Range from the original digital sources under the supervision of Kosinski, and it also includes Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos audio options. Like Tron, you're also getting standard Blu-ray and digital streaming code copies of the film alongside the 4K disc. The steelbook cover is also eye-catching, as it's a collage of characters and technology on the front and the rear, while the inside shows off a scene from the movie's evolved lightcycle race.

This edition also contains the legacy bonus features from the previous Blu-ray release, but again, these provide an incredibly detailed look behind the scenes of Tron: Legacy. Not only do you get a selection of documentaries and featurettes, but there's even a music video from the film's composers, award-winning duo Daft Punk. Sadly, there's no director's commentary audio track, but this is a pretty good collection of extras overall.

Tron Legacy Special Features

• The Next Day: Flynn Lives Revealed interactive documentary
• First Look at Tron: Uprising animated series featurette
• Launching the Legacy featurette
• Visualizing Tron FX featurette
• Installing the Cast featurette
• Disc Roars San Diego Comic Con panel
• Daft Punk music video: Derezzed