{"id":2095245,"date":"2025-10-16T12:19:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2095245"},"modified":"2025-10-16T12:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:19:05","slug":"ares-features-a-number-of-franchise-call-backs-but-there-is-one-missing-that-bugs-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ares-features-a-number-of-franchise-call-backs-but-there-is-one-missing-that-bugs-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Ares Features A Number Of Franchise Call Backs, But There Is One Missing That Bugs Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Walt Disney Pictures<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains light spoilers for <\/strong><em><strong>Tron: Ares<\/strong><\/em><strong>. If you have not yet seen the film, proceed at your own risk!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Had <em>Tron 3<\/em> been made just a couple years after the release of <em>Tron: Legacy<\/em>, it would probably be a very different movie. Instead of featuring an entirely new plot and cast of characters as <em>Tron: Ares<\/em> does, one imagines that it would have picked up where the previous sequel left off: with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/tron-legacy-garrett-hedlund-breaks-145609649.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Garrett Hedlund's Sam Flynn taking control of ENCOM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Garrett Hedlund&#8217;s Sam Flynn taking control of ENCOM<\/a> and the world in some way dealing with the existence of Olivia Wilde&#8217;s Quorra: the first digitally-created person living in the real world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The combination of <em>Tron: Legacy<\/em>&#8216;s reception and time passing led the franchise to go in a different direction with its story instead, and in fairness to <em>Tron: Ares<\/em>, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/upcoming-movies-2025-movie-release-130453990.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:new 2025 movie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">new 2025 movie<\/a> does make some efforts to bridge the gap. An early exposition-filled montage of news reports explains that Sam Flynn opted to leave his position at ENCOM, and a brief moment at the end of the film suggests that Quorra is out in the world somewhere in hiding. The blockbuster also brings us back to locations like Flynn&#8217;s Arcade and the original grid, updating the audience on their status. There is, however, one particularly significant detail that is wholly ignored, and I&#8217;m not totally clear why it was skipped: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/jared-letos-tron-3-needs-010600620.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:what happened to Edward Dillinger Jr.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">what happened to Edward Dillinger Jr.<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For those who don&#8217;t recall, the character was featured in the first act of <em>Tron: Legacy<\/em>, played by now-Oscar winner Cillian Murphy. The son of David Warner&#8217;s Edward Dillinger from the original <em>Tron<\/em>, he is employed as the head of ENCOM&#8217;s software design team, and while he doesn&#8217;t end up having a significant role to play in the film&#8217;s plot, it&#8217;s a nice tie back to the 1982 feature <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/movies\/tron-ares-easter-egg-connects-deeper-franchise-lore\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:that keeps the Dillinger name in play in the canon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">that keeps the Dillinger name in play in the canon<\/a>. <em>Tron: Ares<\/em> echoes that latter idea by having a member of that particular clan serve as the film&#8217;s antagonist, namely Evan Peters&#8217; Julian Dillinger&#8230; but it also makes the very strange move of ignoring Edward Dillinger Jr.&#8217;s existence entirely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More Tron: Ares!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Gillian Anderson looks at Evan Peters with grave concern in Tron: Ares.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/J5h2v6L3lHo5PFaVEjNJaw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/91bbea331e24d37f45956ce110c3fd3f\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Gillian Anderson looks at Evan Peters with grave concern in Tron: Ares.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/sure-tron-ares-isnt-best-150400715.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sure, Tron: Ares Isn't The Best Movie Of The Year, But You Should Still See It In Theaters For One Specific Scene;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><strong>Sure, Tron: Ares Isn&#8217;t The Best Movie Of The Year, But You Should Still See It In Theaters For One Specific Scene<\/strong><\/a><br \/>&#8212;<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/tron-changed-life-exclusive-tron-150711791.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u2018Tron Changed My Life\u2019: Exclusive Tron: Ares Look Delves Into Jared Leto\u2019s Decades-Long Fandom For The Franchise;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><strong>\u2018Tron Changed My Life\u2019: Exclusive Tron: Ares Look Delves Into Jared Leto\u2019s Decades-Long Fandom For The Franchise<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Plenty is done with the Dillinger name in the film: Julian Dillinger is the son of Gillian Anderson&#8217;s Elisabeth Dillinger, the daughter of Edward Dillinger, and Dillinger Systems is created as a rival company to ENCOM. But as the movie makes the effort to explain what&#8217;s been going on with the tech dynasty, there isn&#8217;t a single mention of Elisabeth&#8217;s brother\/Julian&#8217;s uncle \u2013 and as a fan of the franchise, it&#8217;s just weird.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I get that Cillian Murphy may have been unavailable and\/or uninterested in reprising the role, but totally paving over the character&#8217;s existence is a very strange move. He could have been dealt with in the same way as Sam and Quorra (mentioned but kept off to the side in the canon), or the production could have opted for the recasting route (while I certainly don&#8217;t want to advocate taking jobs away from Gillian Anderson, it would have been very easy to have Julian be Ed Jr.&#8217;s son). Instead, the movie just chooses to forget that he was ever introduced&#8230; and the simple consequence of that choice is making fans like me scratch their heads wondering why that decision was made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This isn&#8217;t the only confounding choice that&#8217;s made in <em>Tron: Ares<\/em> (for example, as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/tron-ares-review-radically-empty-235952069.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:I note in my CinemaBlend review of the film;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">I note in my CinemaBlend review of the film<\/a>, in pales in comparison to casting Jared Leto to play one of the main leads), but it nonetheless stands out as one of the stranger calls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. 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