Tron "the original"

[3db]

I purchased this yesterday on BluRay and watched it tonight. I've not seen it before tonight so I can't compare how well they did on the remake. I must say that both video and audio were stellar on this remake. Next week, I'll buy and watch legacy.


One thing really made me laugh..that room full of computer equipment in the movie is less powerful then the laptop I'm in now. Amazing.

 

[jnelson88]

Thats the way it is, look at the computers used on the Apollo spacecraft, the size of a shoe box, but no more powerful than a calculator. Wait till you see legacy your going to laugh at what he ends up storing "The Grid" on.

 

[skizzerflake]

This flick changed everything by having a virtual world. They were not very good at it yet, though.

 

[j_garcia]

This was literally the FIRST feature length integrated live action CGI film ever done, and to be honest it was utterly amazing when it came out. Nothing like it had been done. The other, which was done about the same time, was The Last Starfighter, and that one is also quite good. Tron had a more involved story IMO, but it is quite dated at present. At the time, when computers were really kind of in their infancy, the humor was right on the money. The graphics look kinda cheezy now, but they were state of the art then. They were done on a CRAY "supercomputer", which was a big deal at the time

Rather than buying them separate and paying more, I bought the 5 disc set which unfortunately included the 3D disc that I have no use for at this point, but it also includes both the original and Legacy. I haven't watched the whole thing, but I thought the remastering on Tron was very well done. Even the former Special Edition DVD looks just good compared to the BD. Definitely one of my guilty pleasure favorite movies.

 

[avnetguy]

After seeing Legacy I had to watch the original Tron again and despite the early computer graphics, it's still a good movie. Never realized how many "tie in lines" from the old to the new Tron movie there are, I had forgotten about most of them.

Steve

P.S. Also makes me wonder what we'll think about Legacy in 20 years.

 

[mtrycrafts]

After seeing Legacy I had to watch the original Tron again and despite the early computer graphics, it's still a good movie. Never realized how many "tie in lines" from the old to the new Tron movie there are, I had forgotten about most of them.

Steve

P.S. Also makes me wonder what we'll think about Legacy in 20 years.

Yep, just another example of how good our memory is, even for large differences and events

Yes, it would ge good to be alive in 20 years and remember to to watch it again. And to see what is available then to compare with.

 

[avnetguy]

Yes, it would ge good to be alive in 20 years and remember to to watch it again. And to see what is available then to compare with.

Ya, probably "not in the cards" but I'd defnitely like to watch all three (assuming there will be a third) again in twenty years. Of course by then we'll probably have full 3D immersion into movies done by retina laser painting with head/eye position telemetry and infinite channel surround so that'll be way cool.

Steve

 

[j_garcia]

In 20yrs maybe we will be on the grid experiencing the movie first hand