When this movie came out I was obsessed with it. I was working at a chip fabrication lab in Baltimore. All the tech stuff was brand new. It was an exciting time.
@@BOBMAN1980Although, I would disagree, there have been some recent movies that were absolutely stunning. Interstellar, Blade Runner 2049, Dune, Into the Spider-Verse (I don’t care about the MCU, but still a visual masterpiece), and many others. What I would agree with is that despite the insane amount of rendering we have today, VFX is extremely inconsistent in quality with the uncanny valley more often than not ruining the experience.
@@jeffgordon6355 My remark was more about how the resourcefulness and creativity needed to make Tron manifested in both how they utilized the tech in ways it really hadn't been used before, and the stunning way in which they put it to script & film. Here the medium (CGI) and the message are basically the same, at least thematically. (Even the soundtrack is electronic.) Also, it was about how even though people have more computing power in their hands, they're not really using it. And, yeah, there's a lot of films that look good these days and present things in cool ways -- 'photorealistic' or not -- but that's, uh, well. . .alright.
This is such a cool movie. Special effects may look outdated, but I still see it as the amazing cinematic achievement it was for its time. Kind of like Ray Harryhausen stop--motion, this has a unique look. As a kid my dad had taped most of this of one of those public broadcast channels during their fund drive. He missed part of it, so it came in just a little before the first light cycle battle. I carried that tape with me on every vacation so I could watch it wherever I was. And did anyone else hear imagine their bicycle was a light cycle when they rode around the neighborhood?
I was the state champ of the Arcade Game when this movie was released. I still love this movie. I had a Tron machine for a long time. Had to see in my divorce, sadly. Fortunately I did sell to a friend and get to play it now and then. thanks for posting!
When I first saw this when it was first released, it was mind blowing. And, quite frankly, it is still quite a trip. Instead of realistic graphics that mimic reality, you have this wild, primitive, retro glow that is pretty wild.
Imagine being ten years old and seeing this for the first time. It absolutely blew my young mind. There was nothing else quite like it. Flaws and all, it was a huge breakthrough in computer effects with some incredibly iconic moments.
Saw this movie as a kid, and tbh I remembered only the bullet points. Seeing this and seeing just how much character the Master Control Program has is cool! Very different than the expectations you'd have of an all-powerful computer entity nowadays.
Man! We GenX had it GOOD didn't we!!??? Growing up with all this new, innovative tech... Music... Art... And films like these were simply ahead of their time! And they STILL bang today!!!
You said it everything from movies, music, cartoons, and the rebirth of video games the 80’s was truly the best. If someone were to think it wasn’t they definitely need a piss test cause they’re tripping 😂
The only thing Legacy lacked for me where more abstract programs like the MCP or things like the bits. I knew, Flynn shaped the new grid and he had no need to introduce abstract entities but it still felt like a missed opportunity. I still hope that one of the future movies might show a bit of a more abstract, digital ecology somewhere on the fringes of whatever grid might be featured in that.
People walked out of the movie theater in the middle of the movie because they did not understand anything. The movie was very good, but not for the time it was released as most people in those days had no clue about computers. Only those who knew about computers and electronics liked the movie. Today, is just a classic.
I don’t care how primitive it looks compared to today’s movies, or how simplistic the story line was, I still love this flick. Better than the sequels by far
Pretty sure Triple I re-used the Adam Powers model from their Juggler test reel for the MCP's facial mesh. Also, there's additional material that was cut from the movie on the Tron laser disc in the "Computers Are People Too" extra. (Which was originally a promotional television program that aired in 1982 before the release of the film.)
It kills me that Disney bailed in making a third Trin Movie. They hinted the MCP would return, and the battle would be beyond the grid and inside the internet. Technically, we got a taste of that with Wreck it Ralph 2, but it would have been awesome in the Tron universe.
A tale about a computer programmer who finds himself trapped inside a digital world where he must fight with his uniquely special gift to manipulate the code to change things in his favor for the sake of the real world. Sound familiar?
I don't think it's awful, but a lot like Star Trek I, it -is- amazing how many deeply interesting philosophical, religious and political themes it touched on without ever committing to really exploring _any_ of them.
for this time great 😊👍
When this movie came out I was obsessed with it. I was working at a chip fabrication lab in Baltimore. All the tech stuff was brand new. It was an exciting time.
the phone in your pocket is over 10,000 times more powerful than the Cray supercomputer used to render this film.
The irony is that, even with all this CPU power, no one is creating anything as creative, comprehensive, and visually stunning as Tron.
@@BOBMAN1980 yes, very true.
@@BOBMAN1980I guess we all got this in our feed
@@BOBMAN1980Although, I would disagree, there have been some recent movies that were absolutely stunning. Interstellar, Blade Runner 2049, Dune, Into the Spider-Verse (I don’t care about the MCU, but still a visual masterpiece), and many others.
What I would agree with is that despite the insane amount of rendering we have today, VFX is extremely inconsistent in quality with the uncanny valley more often than not ruining the experience.
@@jeffgordon6355 My remark was more about how the resourcefulness and creativity needed to make Tron manifested in both how they utilized the tech in ways it really hadn't been used before, and the stunning way in which they put it to script & film.
Here the medium (CGI) and the message are basically the same, at least thematically. (Even the soundtrack is electronic.)
Also, it was about how even though people have more computing power in their hands, they're not really using it.
And, yeah, there's a lot of films that look good these days and present things in cool ways -- 'photorealistic' or not -- but that's, uh, well. . .alright.
This is such a cool movie. Special effects may look outdated, but I still see it as the amazing cinematic achievement it was for its time. Kind of like Ray Harryhausen stop--motion, this has a unique look. As a kid my dad had taped most of this of one of those public broadcast channels during their fund drive. He missed part of it, so it came in just a little before the first light cycle battle. I carried that tape with me on every vacation so I could watch it wherever I was. And did anyone else hear imagine their bicycle was a light cycle when they rode around the neighborhood?
...at the time the effects were beyond state of the art
I was the state champ of the Arcade Game when this movie was released. I still love this movie. I had a Tron machine for a long time. Had to see in my divorce, sadly. Fortunately I did sell to a friend and get to play it now and then.
thanks for posting!
Now I know where Matt and Trey got Moses, from South Park.
"I desire.. macaroni pictures!"
@@RedheadMetalC I desire...popcorn necklaces!
I thought it was vice versa for a minute
I desire..... Macaroni pictures
And pop corn necklaces
Thank you 😊
And soap sculptures
MWAAAAAHHHHHHH😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This was the comment I came here to find
David Warner elevated every movie he acted in. Just a phenomenal supporting actor.
And a terrific voice actor. He played Jon Irenicus in 'Baldur's Gate II' which has been consistently voted one of the best CRPGs ever.
@@daigriffiths399 Don't forget ra's al ghul for batman tas 😉
When I first saw this when it was first released, it was mind blowing. And, quite frankly, it is still quite a trip. Instead of realistic graphics that mimic reality, you have this wild, primitive, retro glow that is pretty wild.
Only the light cycle scene is CGI. The rest is some of the best hand drawn animation ever produced.
It just amazes me that the futuristic look is in fact a black and white film.
3:30 hey look it's Moses!
The sheer strangeness of the effects (due to the limitations of technology at the time) have somehow made this age better than I thought it would.
I first watched this movie at Steven’s Elementary school when I was a kid. It had a great influence on me to become a software developer.
I liked the part where Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Tron came together to fight Saark and delete the MCP.
Imagine being ten years old and seeing this for the first time. It absolutely blew my young mind. There was nothing else quite like it.
Flaws and all, it was a huge breakthrough in computer effects with some incredibly iconic moments.
Jeez! Imagine going through all that trouble just to get macaroni pictures.
Bro, I forgot about Tron 😆 I saw the thumbnail and all I thought was Moses
Saw this movie as a kid, and tbh I remembered only the bullet points. Seeing this and seeing just how much character the Master Control Program has is cool! Very different than the expectations you'd have of an all-powerful computer entity nowadays.
He’s so goofy looking but he will always have my heart
Man! We GenX had it GOOD didn't we!!??? Growing up with all this new, innovative tech... Music... Art... And films like these were simply ahead of their time! And they STILL bang today!!!
You said it everything from movies, music, cartoons, and the rebirth of video games the 80’s was truly the best. If someone were to think it wasn’t they definitely need a piss test cause they’re tripping 😂
Really high quality upload. Thanks!
I love how MCP is a spinning top plus the David and Goliath references. They totally were not talking about a group of people.
This movie was so dope when I saw it in the theater, there had never been anything like it before.
The only thing Legacy lacked for me where more abstract programs like the MCP or things like the bits. I knew, Flynn shaped the new grid and he had no need to introduce abstract entities but it still felt like a missed opportunity. I still hope that one of the future movies might show a bit of a more abstract, digital ecology somewhere on the fringes of whatever grid might be featured in that.
I worked at the UA Skillman theater in Dallas when this debuted. We had the video game then, too. Good times, Mr. Lebowski.
People walked out of the movie theater in the middle of the movie because they did not understand anything. The movie was very good, but not for the time it was released as most people in those days had no clue about computers. Only those who knew about computers and electronics liked the movie. Today, is just a classic.
MCP, a formidable foe in the Space Paranoids .
I don’t care how primitive it looks compared to today’s movies, or how simplistic the story line was, I still love this flick. Better than the sequels by far
People give the sequel a lot of hate but it was very solid.
I didn’t hate the sequel but it seemed cold. I just didn’t care about the characters
"Is that the best a user can do?"
I’m glad that the OG cast returned to reprise their roles for KH II.
I miss David Warner.
Pretty sure Triple I re-used the Adam Powers model from their Juggler test reel for the MCP's facial mesh. Also, there's additional material that was cut from the movie on the Tron laser disc in the "Computers Are People Too" extra. (Which was originally a promotional television program that aired in 1982 before the release of the film.)
I feel like I got this in my feed for recently playing System Shock.
MCP needs to be what we call the first full time functional Quantum computer.....
I still can't break the Tron association with 'MCP' when looking at parts from Microchip corp, all of which use the prefix... MCP.
It kills me that Disney bailed in making a third Trin Movie. They hinted the MCP would return, and the battle would be beyond the grid and inside the internet. Technically, we got a taste of that with Wreck it Ralph 2, but it would have been awesome in the Tron universe.
You know, once he understands digital watches,
video cassette recorders, car telephones, and computers,
HE will be the supreme being!
King over Slugs
Omg thats where moses comes from!!!!
Years later Terra-Xehanort would resurrect the MCP into Ansem The Wise’s copy of encom’s system
This and Lawnmower Man scared the crap outta me as a kid, those creepy digitised faces
Another load-bearing main bad guy.
I was 7 - and became addicted to computers and graphix (although CGA was the best for mortals at that time)
TRON missed being the first motion picture with a fully CGI rendered scene by 35 days, losing to Star Trek 2 with the Genesis scene.
The writers of Tron Movie went to Glen A Larson and created Automan.
This video was [-_-] MCP approved.
Looks fantastic, still
No cake for the impurity!
It's like Pinhead but cyber
End Of Line.
South park gigatron
A tale about a computer programmer who finds himself trapped inside a digital world where he must fight with his uniquely special gift to manipulate the code to change things in his favor for the sake of the real world. Sound familiar?
Tron backwards is norT.
Love rotoscoped shit
And... Trump is back!
South Park jewbilee scouts episode!!!!!!!
Once you get out of the "this is a roots classic in computer animation" mindset, you start to realize that this is truly awful dreck.
Nah, it's a fantastic movie. A lot of fun.
I don't think it's awful, but a lot like Star Trek I, it -is- amazing how many deeply interesting philosophical, religious and political themes it touched on without ever committing to really exploring _any_ of them.