History Film / Tron

Despite its bold look and bolder ambitions, especially for how the Walt Disney Company which was sinking further into irrelevance at that time, ''TRON'' was a commercial disappointment (it didn't lose money, but wasn't the hit they had intended it to be). To add insult to injury, [[AcademyAwards the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] considered it "cheating" to have used computers to create the special effects, resulting in the film not getting nominated for Best Special Effects. ''TRON'''s failure put CGI development on the back burner for years; while a few later productions made use of CGI elements (''YoungSherlockHolmes'', ''FlightOfTheNavigator'' and, most notably, ''TheLastStarfighter''), it would not be until 1989's ''TheAbyss'', and later 1991's ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgement Day'' and 1993's megahit ''JurassicPark'', that computer-generated effects would become feasible in the eyes of Hollywood and the public. This development and the film's persistent [[CultClassic cult fandom]] would cause the film to be popularly [[VindicatedByHistory reevaluated]] as a bold experiment in computer visual effects.

''TRON'' appeared as a level in ''KingdomHeartsII'' (the game director's admitted first choice for the series, but couldn't find a way to put it in the first game).

** In a similar conversation in the real world, Gibbs admits he occasionally longs to return to the days when Encom was a tiny company run out of his garage. Dillinger darkly implies "[[OtherStockPhrases that can be arranged]], Walter."

** Once Flynn's in cyberspace, there's buckets of HoYay when he allies himself with Ram and Tron. The scene at the [[HealingSpring Power Pool]]? Three pretty men in skintight, neon-lit spandex gasping and giggling over how good [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin power from a "pure source"]] is.
** And after [[spoiler: Ram dies]] and Flynn's found Tron and Yori? Well, see the arcade scene above. Tron and Yori are doppelgangers of Alan and Lora and in an established relationship already. Doesn't slow down any of the HoYay from earlier, nor does it stop Flynn from giving Yori a very passionate LastKiss before making [[spoiler: what he believes to be]] a HeroicSacrifice to save them all.

* YearInsideHourOutside. They kind of got this one right; computer processes are so fast that subjectively, the perception of time would be vastly different. Programs reference time in "microcycles" and "nanoseconds". Of course, the speed of a computer program depends entirely on the complexity of the program and the power of the hardware running it. These programs were full-blown A.I. (including the actuarial programs, somehow) and they were running on 1980's hardware. So realistically a lot of things should've been ''slower'' than real life, not faster.

''TRON'' has spawned two ([[CanonDiscontinuity mutually exclusive]]) sequels, the 2003 video game ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh TRON 2.0]]'' (in which Alan and Lora's son Jethro is transported into the cyber-world) and the continuity consisting of (in order of publication) the film ''TronLegacy'', the graphic novel ''Tron: Betrayal'', the video game ''TronEvolution'', and the television series ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising''.

* YearInsideHourOutside. They kind of got this one right; computer processes are so fast that subjectively, the perception of time would be vastly different. Programs reference time in "microcycles" and "nanoseconds".
** Of course, the speed of a computer program depends entirely on the complexity of the program and the power of the hardware running it. These programs were full-blown AIs (including the actuarial programs, somehow) and they were running on 1980's hardware. So realistically a lot of things should've been ''slower'' than real life, not faster.

''TRON'' has spawned two ([[CanonDiscontinuity mutually exclusive]]) sequels, the 2003 video game ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh TRON 2.0]]'' (in which Alan and Lora's son Jethro is transported into the cyber-world) and the continuity consisting of (in order of publication) the film ''TronLegacy'', the graphic novel ''Tron: Betrayal'', the video game ''TronEvolution'', and the television series ''TronUprising''.

''TRON'' has spawned three ([[CanonDiscontinuity mutually exclusive]]) sequels, the 2003 video game ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh TRON 2.0]]'' (in which Alan and Lora's son Jethro is transported into the cyber-world), the 2010 film ''Film/TronLegacy'' (in which Flynn's son Sam is transported into the cyber-world), and the upcoming animated series ''[[WesternAnimation/TronUprising Tron: Uprising]]'' (set in the Legacy timeline focusing on the period between the films).
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''TRON'' has spawned three ([[CanonDiscontinuity mutually exclusive]]) sequels, the 2003 video game ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh TRON 2.0]]'' (in which Alan and Lora's son Jethro is transported into the cyber-world), the 2010 film ''Film/TronLegacy'' (in which Flynn's son Sam is transported into the cyber-world), and the upcoming animated series ''[[WesternAnimation/TronUprising Tron: Uprising]]''.

''TRON'' has spawned three ([[CanonDiscontinuity mutually exclusive]]) sequels, the 2003 video game ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh TRON 2.0]]'' (in which Alan and Lora's son Jethro is transported into the cyber-world), the 2010 film ''Film/TronLegacy'' (in which Flynn's son Sam is transported into the cyber-world), and the upcoming animated series ''Tron: Uprising''.

''TRON'' has spawned two ([[CanonDiscontinuity mutually exclusive]]) sequels, the 2003 video game ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh TRON 2.0]]'' (in which Alan and Lora's son Jethro is transported into the cyber-world) and the 2010 film ''Film/TronLegacy'' (in which Flynn's son Sam is transported into the cyber-world).

Despite its bold look and bolder ambitions, especially for how the Walt Disney Company which was sinking further into irrelevance at that time, ''TRON'' was a commercial disappointment (it didn't lose money, but wasn't a hit). To add insult to injury, [[AcademyAwards the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] considered it "cheating" to have used computers to create the special effects, resulting in the film not getting nominated for Best Special Effects. ''TRON'''s failure put CGI development on the back burner for years; while a few later productions made use of CGI elements (''YoungSherlockHolmes'', ''FlightOfTheNavigator'' and, most notably, ''TheLastStarfighter''), it would not be until 1989's ''TheAbyss'', and later 1991's ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgement Day'' and 1993's megahit ''JurassicPark'', that computer-generated effects would become feasible in the eyes of Hollywood and the public. This development and the film's persistent [[CultClassic cult fandom]] would cause the film to be popularly [[VindicatedByHistory reevaluated]] as a bold experiment in computer visual effects.

* ZeroesAndOnes: Bit, who can only say "yes" and "no". Complicating things, he apparently has a "neutral" state, so he's technically a ternary bit. But whatever.

Despite its bold look and bolder ambitions, especially for the Walt Disney Company which was sinking further into irrelevance at that time, ''TRON'' was something of a commercial flop (its earnings offset its budget, but was still below expectations). To add insult to injury, [[AcademyAwards the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] considered it "cheating" to have used computers to create the special effects, resulting in the film not getting nominated for Best Special Effects. ''TRON'''s failure put CGI development on the back burner for years; while a few later productions made use of CGI elements (''YoungSherlockHolmes'', ''FlightOfTheNavigator'' and, most notably, ''TheLastStarfighter''), it would not be until 1989's ''TheAbyss'', and later 1991's ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgement Day'' and 1993's megahit ''JurassicPark'', that computer-generated effects would become feasible in the eyes of Hollywood and the public. This development and the film's persistent cult fandom would cause the film to be popularly [[VindicatedByHistory reevaluated]] as a bold experiment in computer visual effects.

Despite its bold look and bolder ambitions, especially for the Walt Disney Company which was sinking further into irrelevance at that time, ''TRON'' was something of a commercial flop (its earnings offset its budget, but was still below expectations). To add insult to injury, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences considered it "cheating" to have used computers to create the special effects, resulting in the film not getting nominated for Best Special Effects. ''TRON'''s failure put CGI development on the back burner for years; while a few later productions made use of CGI elements (''YoungSherlockHolmes'', ''FlightOfTheNavigator'' and, most notably, ''TheLastStarfighter''), it would not be until 1989's ''TheAbyss'', and later 1991's ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgement Day'' and 1993's megahit ''JurassicPark'', that computer-generated effects would become feasible in the eyes of Hollywood and the public. This development and the film's persistent cult fandom would cause the film to be popularly [[VindicatedByHistory reevaluated]] as a bold experiment in computer visual effects.

** Actually, when Flynn is Logic Bombing the MCP at the beginning he's not trying to cause a meltdown, he's trying to tie up the MCP's processes so the MCP can't interfere with his search. That's not a totally unrealistic to do. If enough of the MCP's processes were tied up in the logic loop, the MCP would be slowed to the point that it wouldn't be able to react quickly enough to stop/prevent Flynn from obtaining the information he needed. THAT's what Flynn was after.

** Subverted. The MCP tortures Sark by "depriving him of cycles". In this case, he RUNS on electricity, so this requires the opposite action to get the desired effect.

* AndYouWereThere: The programs are all dead ringers for the people who wrote them: Clu for Flynn, Tron for Alan, Yori for Lora, Sark for Dillinger, Dumont for Gibbs... and, down at the level where you'd need freeze-frame to notice, Sark's henchman for Dillinger's PA and Ram for Alan's cubicle neighbor (''Flynn Lives'' in ''TronLegacy'' gives his name as Roy). The MCP, a product of numerous man-hours by various people, has a geometric abstraction of a face, but [[spoiler:when it falls apart at the end, the original core program can be briefly seen, and it has Gibbs's face]].\\\

* AndYouWereThere: The programs are all dead ringers for the people who wrote them: Clu for Flynn, Tron for Alan, Yori for Lora, Sark for Dillinger, Dumont for Gibbs... and, down at the level where you'd need freeze-frame to notice, Sark's henchman for Dillinger's PA and Ram for Alan's cubicle neighbor. The MCP, a product of numerous man-hours by various people, has a geometric abstraction of a face, but [[spoiler:when it falls apart at the end, the original core program can be briefly seen, and it has Gibbs's face]].\\\

* HollywoodHacking: Perhaps the creator, though really Flynn's methods aren't too unrealistic. While at Laura's terminal he was getting ready to put the MCP into a logic loop so he could search for his file uninhibited. Had he not been sitting in front of the digitizing laser, he might have succeeded. Furthermore, Clu is an actual hacking program, albeit a custom one.

* HumansAreCthulhu

** CLU has the old color scheme of yellow, but might be [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as he was an infiltration program. However, considering what [[Film/TronLegacy his sucessor]] became, it also works as accidental {{Foreshadowing}}.