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It may be a bad movie, but
Tron is one of the
best science fiction films of all time. Stunningly creative, from
the premise to the production to the fantastic
Wendy Carlos score.
Sure the plot may be awful, but it's so beautiful! Trivia: it was made with essentially zero digital effects or
computer graphics.
Update: Dan corrects me -
there are many computer graphics bits in the films, and in fact it was
one of the first features with lots of CG. The central
look of the film (lighting, characters, sets, etc) are all traditional film
techniques, but many of the details in the computer world (light
cycles, recognizers, etc) are rendered.
Tron is an important waystation in cyberpunk, borrowing heavily from Metropolis in its milieu and design (particularly the character makeup!) and The Wizard of Oz for the fantasy story. In turn it has inspired films such as the animation in Johnny Mnemonic and the navigational scenes in The Second Renaissance (The Animatrix). The cast is surprisingly good, too: David Warner, Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, even Barnard Hughes is fun as that guy. The new Tron 2.0 PC game is a pleasure. There was talk of a Tron movie sequel but now the rumour is there is no film. Probabaly just as well. |
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