Greetings, Programs, and welcome to The Grid. The third Tron movie, made some 40+ years after the original, has no right to be this much fun. With a relentless score by Nine Inch Nails and visuals that feel lifted directly from a retro gamer's wildest dreams, Tron: Ares eschews a traditional cinematic approach and instead opts for something akin to a fever dream of insane visuals set to Trent Reznor's dark, synth-wave-inspired beats. One does not watch Tron: Ares expecting a three-act structure (though that's here...mostly) nuanced character development, and relatable performances. No, this movie is like grabbing the handlebars of a lightcycle and holding on for dear life as it careens at high speed through three-dimensional psychedelic mandalas the likes of which I can't recall EVER having seen on screen before. If you're looking for themes, they're here, though only in the broadest strokes: AI has arrived, and with it, the technology to make our worlds inf...