Posted on 12/18/2010 7:08:50 PM PST by Walter Scott Hudson
Featuring computer graphics which where state-of-the-art in 1982, Disney’s Tron became a cult classic among science fiction fans. While the film has not aged well, its high-concept has contributed to its endurance.
Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of Tron was its role as religious allegory. The film depicted a computer-generated world where programs were created in the image of their human users. Those users were thus viewed as deities from the programs’ perspective. The villains in the film were aberrant programs who sought to wrest control of the system in which they operated. To this end, they propagated the idea that the users did not exist. When programmer Kevin Flynn is pulled into their digital realm, he takes on the role of religious avatar, challenging the programs’ paradigm.
The long-awaited sequel, Tron: Legacy, takes the allegory much further. The Judeo-Christian references are quite bold for a modern Hollywood production. Yet the writers are clearly not attempting to evangelize a particular faith. Quite the contrary, the religious legacy of Tron is an ecumenical mix of various faiths which dispenses with the notion of an all-powerful God. The film suggests that creation is an unpredictable phenomenon which can baffle and surpass its creator. As we consider how this plays out, be warned, there will be spoilers.
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I dunno... It's still a tech-geek cult classic. Best of all is the bizarre plot line trying to understand what the heck the tech company ENCOM really does. The Wendy Carlos score is a compelling classic. Still a great classic movie all around.
Just saw it today. We were big fans of the original movie and were not disappointed by the sequel. Jeff Bridges did a great job. Saw the 3D version.
And this is the religious legacy of who, exactly?
Spoilers ahead:
Interesting comments. I think he takes it a little too far however. Quorra was clearly checking how well Sam filled out his costume on their little drive to his dad and that doesn’t really fit with an analogy of the relationship between Christ and the church. There was no hooking up between them because they wanted a PG rating.
I saw it more as an allegory of the Book of Revelation. The programs knew Flynn was their creator, but they were in rebellion against him. The result was the end of their world and the lifting of the one was faithful to them up to ‘heaven’.
I saw the 2D version today. It was ok. To answer some questions here, Emcom makes operating systems.
I heard two geeks talking before the movie. They were seeing it for the second time that day.
I saw the 2D version today. It was ok. To answer some questions here, Emcom makes operating systems.
I heard two geeks talking before the movie. They were seeing it for the second time that day.
FYI... If you are going to put Olivia Wilde in a black body suit, at least let her show it off.
Buddhist, Daoist, all forms of ancestor worship come to mind.
I think he is saying that the movie dispenses with the notion of an all-powerful God, not the faith traditions it draws on.
The first movie did the same thing, Tron thinks everything Flynn is doing is according to a plan, and Flynn tells him, nope, he’s just making it up as he goes along. It has always been in the Troniverse that programs look to users as gods, but it really goes too far to suggest the movie writers are trying to say something about God and religion in the real world.
In the original TRON, the effects were CGI and looked like it. In TRON LEGACY, the effects are so real, they look real.
Some liked it better with the old look. Some like the new better.
The plot? Plots are a dime a dozen.
Hot chicks, Hot Bikes, Ultimate Disc Golf throws and Recognizers in IMAX 3D are what TRON LEGACY is about.
I went on record with hubby with a guess.
Haven’t seen TRON yet, but the commercials lead me to believe a veiled Gospel story line ie. Creator’s Son sacrifices himself to save his Father’s creation.
Father sacrifices his life with his son to protect his ultimate creation (Ms. Wilde) as well as his son. Father also admits there is no such thing as creation and ends his life to save others as an act of redemption.
My son saw it today. Loved it. He said there were a few strange lines in it, but otherwise great. He’s been waiting for this film forever - the original Tron was his favorite movie.
He said everyone in the theatre laughed at a line about evil corporations protecting their copywritten investments. I mean, like Disney?
Just got home from seeing it with a couple of friends. All of us loved it and are hoping that the loose threads they left at the end of the movie means that there will be a sequel.
What next? We bring Elvis back?
Screw ASKIE .... EBCDIC forever!
Met Cindy Morgan from the original “TRON”. She was strikingly beautiful in it, costume and all. Then she showed up in “Caddy Shack”.
Need I say anything more?
{Also met Bruce Boxleiter, a very nice person).
WOuld like to meet Jeff Bridges, a very versatile actor (Iceman, Against All Odds, etc).
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>>I heard two geeks talking before the movie.<<
How do you know they were geeks?
>>They were seeing it for the second time that day.<<
Oh, Never mind. ;)
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