Alright, so I’m a few days late, but it’s the thought that counts, right?
Well, I wasn’t actually going to say anything on the occasion, but now that I’m standing up, and you’re all looking at me (hi honey), I thought I might as well throw in my two cents on the film that is TRON.
Now, TRON was never the most popular kid on the block. Filled to the brim with snazzy effects, some damn nice Syd Mead’ian visual design and genuine glee. You know, that unique naive kind of glee that only comes in small doses, and only when doing science fiction films in the late 60’s, 70’s and early to mid-80’s. Yeah. That kind.
Anyway, while it certainly doesn’t hold up story-wise (or character-wise for that matter), TRON remains enthralling to me. Maybe because it contains a promise, that just beyond our reach; just behind that fluorescent screen of your CRT monitor, there’s a world unlike any you’ve ever seen. And there, amongst electrons drawing lines of light, on the vast slightly too colorful rolling bit-hills at the foot of the uplink tower; there even a poor mistreated game developer like me Flynn can be a hero.
And that is worth believing in!
Go TRON! Yay!
PS: And the poster is mucho mucho awesome as well, so…
I’ve always had a serious soft spot for Tron. Hey it’s got the Dude and Bruce Boxlitner (of the always AWESOME Bablyon 5, shut up Michael, you’re a fan of B5, you just don’t know it yet). I always wanted one of those motorcycle thingies and those tanks were always amazing.
But what about that Tron arcade game!!! I dropped a serious amount of quarters into that thing. I never even got that good at it! More the old school pinball wizard type!!
It’s sad. I’ve never actually seen it. Please, do not think less of me.. :(
However, I shall redouble my efforts in the upcoming weekend to view it, as it has been on my ‘must view’ retro list for some time. I’ve already watched ‘war games’ again. mMMm acoustic coupler.
Tron was the second most important film of my childhood, right after Star Wars. Thanks Michael for that great poster.
Thanks for that poster, I just got a flashback to the great eighties when films like Tron and the C64 ruled my geeky spare time (also remember Flash Gordon and War Games!).
Wonder how Tron would perform today within the slim TFT’s :-)
I feel you bub! :)
Michael, you’re a hard man to reach. Sorry to break in on the Tron discussion but I have a serious problem with my Kubric WordPress blog. All of my post links (“More” buttons) point back to my index page, including the sidebar links to internal documents. Only the external links are working properly. If you, or one of your friends, can help me, I’d greatly appreciate it. I live about 30 miles from George Lucas, if that helps.
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