Well, now that we're about 10 episodes into Tron: Uprising, the series has gotten consistently better and never fails to entertain.
One of the highlights of the series is the voice acting; even veteran, award-winning voice actors can sound bored, flat, and wooden with poor directing. Luckily, in Uprising, this is not the case. All the voice actors, even those only featured for one episode, are fully utilized, emoting without overacting and adding a level of depth to their characters by giving their respective personalities more flavor. Of particular note is Lance Henriksen; while it seems people get him just for a certain level of star power, in Tron we get to see his talent on full display. His character sees a good range of emotion, from anger to elation, and concern and fear. And the best part of it is you don't just get that from his words, but from how he delivers his dialogue. All of the characters, from Beck to Tron, Mara, even Tesler and Pavel, feel like real people. They freak out, they're joyous, they're concerned, they're fine, they're angry, and they're real.
Things like that are what make the show. The dialogue is good and the plots are pretty well thought out, and the show expands on the established canon very well without stepping on any toes, which is very impressive considering they just did a two-part episode detailing Clu's revolution and Tron's capture. Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowtiz (both writers on Lost and Once Upon A Time) put together a very cautious, respectful script that meshes very well with Legacy (as it should, considering they wrote it, but it's still worthy of mention) but remains its own show.
Strange, then, that the episodes are airing in such a staggered manner. The pilot aired in May of 2012, the series ran the following 6 episodes starting in June, but after episode 7's release in July, the series didn't air another episode until October. 3 episodes then ran until November 2nd, but now (according to wikipedia, however reliable that may be), the next episode won't air until December 3rd. Frankly, i'm slightly worried. This is a phenomenal show, but such staggered releases make me feel that Disney has little faith in it. I may be wrong, there may simply be conflicting schedule arrangements and the network may love the show. But even if they love it, with the delayed releases it may mess with the ratings and hurt the show in the long run. I really want to see Tron: Uprising succeed, and I want to see Legacy get a sequel and go on to be a solid franchise. With Disney's recent acquisition of the Star Wars franchise, that may not happen regardless of how well the show does or how people feel about going forward. Disney could certainly make room for both if they felt like putting a little effort into it, and I hope they do.
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