Many of you may have heard a lot of hype about a sequel to the movie Tron coming out soon. Now Tron came out in 1982, the year I was born, so I obviously wasn't with it when this supposedly groundbreaking movie came out, and obviously was totally in the dark with all of the geek sites were freaking out about a sequel. So, being the worldly man that I am, I decided that I needed to watch this movie for myself to understand what the fuss is all about. And I still don't know...
The movie was made in 1982 so obviously the special effects are lacking a little, but for 1982 they are pretty good, or maybe they are just so weird that you have nothing to compare them too. I think this movie was such a hit back in the day because it's about computers and computers were just now getting "popular."
I'm going to try to explain the basic premise to you, but you're probably going to think I just ate some mushrooms because its that weird. Basically, computer programs and systems are their own little world, there are evil over lords, foot soldiers, outlaws, Wizard of Oz types, and they all look like people, more precisely the look like their programmer. Well, some how a human gets transported into the computer world, and joins with other computer programs to fight the evil Master Control program and free all of the other computer programs. In this world, the "people" were weird white suits and helmets that are trimmed in bright neon colors. That's really all I need to tell you because that's really all I can even put into words without my brain cramping.
Basically, this is Star Wars on acid. There are evil, all powerful over lords, minions, good guys who fly little jets, etc etc. But all this in a black world with neon trimmed suits that is actually just the inside of a computer system where programs look like us. Weird. But now having seen this I kind of want to see what Tron 2 will look like given our current technology.
If you are just curious to see how weird this movie is, if you want to do drugs and trip out, if you want to see The Dude (Jeff Bridges) from 1982, or if you like the hot blond from Caddyshack (she only has a small part and doesn't take her clothes off, Tron is PG) then rent this movie. You probably still wont be thrilled but at least you'll be able to say you saw Tron.
If you do not fall into any of the above categories, don't waste your time, you'll just be weirded out.
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