Tron (DVD, 2002, 2-Disc Set, 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)

A masterpiece of breakthrough CGI ingenuity - Disney celebrates the 20th anniversary of "TRON" - a dazzling film at the flashpoint of a continuing revolution in its genre. Packed with five hours of bonus features; including exclusive, never-before-seen material, this feature-rich collector's edition showcases an epic adventure inside a brave new world where the action is measured in microseconds. When Flynn (Jeff Bridges) hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer to prove his work was stolen by another executive, he finds himself on a much bigger adventure. Beamed inside by a power-hungry Master Control Program, he joins computer gladiators on a deadly game grid, complete with high-velocity "Light Cycles" and TRON (Bruce Boxleitner), a specialized security program. Together, they fight the ultimate battle with the MCP to decide the fate of both the electronic world and the real world! This outstanding 2-disc DVD set contains the original 1982 motion picture, presented in its widescreen letterbox format; "The Making Of TRON" featurette with exclusive interviews; deleted scenes; audio commentary from various crew members; storyboard to film comparisos; and much more. It was written and directed by Steven Lisberger. "TRON" has a distinctive visual style, as it was one of the first films from a major studio to use computer graphics extensively. Many of the actors played people in the real world and the programs they have written which appear in physical form in the digital world; for example, Bruce Boxleitner plays programmer Alan Bradley and his program TRON. A milestone in cinematic history that has influenced generations of visual effects in films for more than 25 years.

It's been about 27 years since this movie first came out and it is still one of my favorites. Jeff Bridges is great in this film as well as (Warner) the evil one.

It was the summer of '81, I graduated High School and the next year I was in college. I went to see this movie in the theater and I can still remember the joy and surprise of being inside a mainframe computer. Long before things like the Matrix came out, the idea of the master control program was amazing. This movie inspired my to become interested in computers and was and still is one of my favorite past-times.

Bally or some other computer software company soon came out with an arcade game of TRON which I dearly loved to play.

This was the first computer animation movie of its kind, by the way.

5/5 is the only score I can think of on this movie.

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Tron has a great premise with a great story and was actually cast pretty well in the early 80's (1982) - The visuals were way ahead of it's time and the game Tron (released by Bally Midway) was my favorite game as a child in the era of arcades.

I just watched this movie again a few nights ago. I had forgotten how cheesey the film actually was. The concepts were certainly different than any other movie before it, but now I see that the writing of the screenplay is where the movie really failed. With modern special effects and renewed interest in gaming - this should be a no brainer for a remake.

The movie is about a hacker named Flynn (played by Jeff Bridges) who is physically transported into a surreal world of computing and gaming by an ego maniacal server called "The Master Control Program". The movie follows Flynn's adventures in this "world" to stop the MCP and reppace him with a safety program called Tron.


The movie could be made much more plausible if Flynn were instead plugged into the Master Control Program's "world" Matrix style.

* I play a 3D Tron light cycle game on my Mac on a weekly basis...you can download it for free for Mac or PC ... just Google for GL Tron

* I have the movie poster from this film which I consider one of my favorites as far as artwork:

* Since this movie is also a Disney property ... I see this movie making a great ride experience at Disney theme parks. Could you imagine a light cycle roller coaster?

Though it came out in 1982, the original TRON is not dated. Unlike most computer graphics in films since, TRON does not try to make the computer world imitate the real world. The viewer understands that Flynn is in a computer world, and by accepting that fact, the scenery and situations are surprisingly believable, and the film holds up against later films. No film like has or will ever be made again, so with nothing to compare it to, it is much more of a timeless film than one made with technology that kept improving in subsequent features. Of course, there is some cheese -- "the system has more bugs than a bait shop" -- but that's just another great part of the experience. All in all, well worth the $75.00 I paid for it, especially considering its scarcity nowadays, thanks to Disney's inexplicable decision not to re-release it in conjunction with TRON:Legacy. A pioneering film that combines live-action and CG, great performances by Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner, and disc-fights that will leave you wondering how they managed that in '82. Enjoy;)

First, it's an absolutely classic, groundbreaking special effects film. This is the mother of all cypher-punk and computers-vs-humans movies. It looks a little retro today, but that just enhances it's appeal for most. The fact that it is a thoroughly fun, well acted sci-fi action movie that is fun for the whole family is reason enough to buy it. Geeks, animators, gamers, kids, and sci-fi fans will love it. Every open-minded action fan will at least find it interesting and enjoyable.

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Tron was initially unsuccessful, only grossing approximately double its budget in the USA ($33,000,000). For example, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four out of four stars and described the film as "a dazzling movie from Walt Disney in which computers have been used to make themselves romantic and glamorous. Here's a technological sound-and-light show that is sensational and brainy, stylish, and fun. However, near the end of his review he noted (in a positive tone) that "This is an almost wholly technological movie. Although it's populated by actors who are engaging (Bridges, Cindy Morgan) or sinister (Warner), it is not really a movie about human nature. Like Star Wars or The Empire Strikes Back, but much more so, this movie is a machine to dazzle and delight us.