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« Last post by |iR|Focalor on January 30, 2026, 07:47:58 PM »Tron (1982)
Downloaded it from a torrent - not sure what the source was. Did they update this thing or something? Maybe it's just been so long that I don't remember it, but it seems like they rearranged parts of the movie, added scenes, etc, I'm not really sure. It had a couple of parts in it with animations that looked a little out of place and too advanced, but then again... this movie was WAY ahead of it's time when it came out. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid although I so seldom watched it because they so rarely ever played the whole thing on the Disney channel back in the 80's, and I didn't have a VHS copy of it. It's just a great all around movie. Kids and casual moviegoers like it because of all the stuff about video games and the cool special effects. But there's also plenty of embedded religious and philosophical subtext to unpack as well if you're into examining movies that deeply.
Also... Looking at it now, it makes me wonder if the story wasn't a veiled representation of the evil corporate Bill Gates (Dillinger) vs the heroic independent Steve Jobs (Flynn).
Some "prophesy" from the movies dialogue:
Dr. Walter Gibbs: "After all, computers are just machines, they can't think."
Alan Bradley: "Some programs will be thinking soon."
Dr. Walter Gibbs: "Won't that be grand... computers and the programs will start thinking, and the people will stop."
Yep. That's social media alright.
Just wanted to highlight that in yellow to reiterate my point I made to 2dum in his Palestinian Victimhood thread about him relying on ai assistant apps.
But back on topic...
Always been a fan of the original Tron since i was a kid. They did a sequel back in 2010 called Tron: Legacy that was really good too. Surprisingly, it was almost as good as the original.
They made a 3rd one last year, Tron: Ares, starring Jared Leto. As of writing this, I'm a little less than halfway through the movie and my verdict so far... not good.
I saw that the opening credits mentioned Trent Reznor as some kinda executive producer or something so I looked up some info on the movie and apparently Disney specifically commissioned "Nine Inch Nails" (THE band name, not just Trent, they want THE BAND NAME attached to the movie) did the music, and it's the first music score Nine Inch Nails as the band name has done since the Quake1 soundtrack. And it's still not enough to save this movie. The plot is pretty bad. I've seen reviews that seem to like what this movie did with the Tron narrative, but... no. I disagree So far it's just bad. Very simplistic and dumbed down story. So far its just rehashed tron cycles and light suits with too many greenscreen effects and animation. And being that it's Disney in 2025, of course they gotta add their woke racial subtext... the bad guy (grandson who runs Dillinger corp) is a white male tyrant, who for no apparent reason starts to look more sickly with dark circles under his eyes like he's going psychotic with greed. Meanwhile the good girl (who runs Flynn) is a female (feminist box CHECKED), asian (ethnic box CHECKED), only interested in doing good and serving others (collectivism good, altruism good... and yet Christianity and loving thy neighbor as thyself is somehow evil and wrong), and of course all of her coworkers and friends are very nonconspicuously diverse... so very diverse. Yeah, lets make sure we all notice how diverse they are... but pretend that "diversity" is a normal thing even though it was obviously a conscious decision here. And theres nothing wrong with selecting people based on their race... because somehow that isn't racist if it's done "properly." Yes, apparently there's a right way and wrong way to pick people based on their race.
Yeah, IMDB has the rating on this thing at 6.2/10.
No way. The plot is simplistic and juvenile, like someone tried to dumb down Tron for kids. 3 or 4 from me so far. Will add more when I finish the movie.ADDED:
NOPE! Didn't really get any better. Silly nonsense plot stays pretty nonsense. It's just that the other two movies had something DEEPER going on with them. Sure there was the idea of this whole other world inside the machine, but when you try to put programs from inside the machine into the outside world... plausibility disappears and that suspension of disbelief is impossible to maintain. A laser that can 3D print a real tree with real oranges growing on it! SURE! They obviously had a group of people with a cursory knowledge of computers devise a story where they said, "Okay... THIS TIME... they go OUT of the computer grid! AMAZING, RIGHT!?!" NO! It's a stupid premise! Can't believe Jared Leto did this movie. Can't believe Trent Reznor put his name and music on it too.
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