Playboy Does A Tron Pictorial, But Was Disney Involved?
A video has appeared online featuring a new Playboy pictorial entitled “Game On.” The pictorial is of a number of Playmates decked out to look like characters from the upcoming movie Tron: Legacy and are posing next to replicas of the film’s “lightcycles.” The first response from most of the Internet was “Hey, look at the sexy ladies in the silly, futuristic wigs.” The second response was “Wait a second. Isn’t this a Disney movie?”
The question has now become, was Disney involved. No one from the film appears in the pictorial. No Olivia Wilde, nude or otherwise. No Jeff Bridges standing next to the models as the various James Bond actors do for that franchise’s long collaboration with the gentleman’s magazine. And, as Rope of Silicon pointed out, the photos credit “Replica Chopper: Parker Bros” which would imply the lightcycles aren’t actual movie props.
Still, it seems unlikely that the money-strapped Playboy would risk the ire of Disney unless they got some kind of go ahead. The general theory right now is that Disney, a company that used to shuffle any movie even slightly controversial to one of their other wings like Touchstone, is looking for any extra way to market a movie that has been rumored to cost more than $300 million and so decided to just let this slide as long as their name was nowhere near it. If the pictorial doesn’t vanish and Disney doesn’t make a comment, we might have to assume that to be the case.
As one of the few people who will still admit to loving the original Tron as well as someone who doesn’t mind naked ladies (I’ve gotten to write two Playboy posts in as many days!), I don’t have a problem with it. Besides, since the models have their naughtier bits covered by lighting and make-up or body paint, the shoot is as racy as recent Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues. Still, the whole thing is rather interesting.
Watch the (slightly NSFW) pictorial video below:
This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.
