Garrett Hedlund from Tron Legacy

I have to say that the biggest disappointment yesterday was the Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus Panel, where Terry Gilliam failed to engage the crowd on a personal and artistic level. It feels weird to say that, yes, but his aloof commentary, which hit a low when he indicated that he was only going to show the “boring bits” of the movie created a chill in the room.

For confirmation of this feeling, I noted the mild response to the footage he unveiled featuring the late Heath Ledger. And the people streaming out of the room.

In happier news, I’d say the other movie (aside from Avatar) which captivated the audiences I sat with yesterday had to be Tron Legacy. The presentation was a legacy in and of itself, with original Tron director Steven Lisberger joining Legacy filmmaker Joseph Kosinski, Olivia Wilde, and Garrett Hedlund for the talk. Oh, and Jeff Bridges was there, too!

Disney is in marketing overdrive, too, for the film. Collectable tokens for Flynn’s Arcade were handed out; a viral site popped up online sometime yesterday with decodable directions to a Friday night meet-up, which resulted in a walk over to the aforementioned arcade, a party space outfitted in ’80s splendor which will be open for the rest of the weekend. An associate of mine posted some footage from the arcade.

Speaking of parties, Michelle and I headed over to an early evening party with Entertainment Weekly, where it was a treat to meet some of our editorial heroes. Across the Hard Rock Café’s deck, Lionsgate held court, with Tim Burton, Alison Lohman, Tobin Bell, Ludacris, Amber Valletta, Terry Crews, Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter in attendance.

We then mall-walked over to the IGN/MySpace/Jennifer’s Body event, where a flash of bulbs greeted Megan Fox and Diablo Cody, who quickly vanished after the red carpet.

It was a blur of A-listers and otherwise, a premiere ending to the first day of the Con.