When I watched it in IMAX 3D it was easy to revert back to my younger self and just gawk at the exquisite whiz-bang of it all. Tron: Legacy is rated PG and aimed at igniting the imaginations of 10-year-old boys. Dick-worthy, and they're oftentimes a huge bummer to boot. Most of the robot doomsaying can't compare with their ebullient side their apocalyptic visions are hardly Philip K. Electroma's two metal-machine leads commit harrowing self-destruct suicides. But their mechanized fantasies have gotten continually darker since then- consider the much more sinister robo effects on Human After All's "The Brainwasher" and "Television Rules the Nation". And Discovery's accompanying animated movie, Interstella 5555, was a bright and fun technicolor cartoon. On Discovery tracks like "Digital Love", "Something About Us", and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", they employed robotic voice effects to bring out the childlike naïveté of artificial intelligence. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo have flexed their robot obsession for years, but its nature has changed. The score keeps another trend going, too. Daft Punk haven't even attempted a can't-miss song in at least five years, and the Tron: Legacy soundtrack keeps that unfortunate streak alive. Their 2006 art-house indulgence Electroma went even further as it was directed by the twosome yet featured no new music. The pyramid, the gleaming helmets, and the lite-bright leather jackets brought Daft Punk's greatest hits to a holy, undiscovered realm. Since their last proper LP, 2005's Human After All, the pair staged the greatest dance music tour of all time- one that blasted its audience with enough visual stimuli to leave them blinking stars for hours. Over the course of the last decade, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter have increasingly relied on images to complement- and sometimes justify- their music. Daft Punk aren't the same two guys who made Homework and Discovery.
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