i wasn't terribly interested in finishing tron

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12/15/2010 2:10:29 PM

While we're on the topic of movies from the 80s, anyone who hasn't seen War Games should GIT OUT

12/15/2010 2:12:59 PM

i liked that when i was a kid.

i can imagine it would be painful to watch now.

12/15/2010 2:13:38 PM

12/15/2010 3:50:00 PM

okay, if you're want to talk about great 80's movies, here's a great 80's movie

12/16/2010 11:05:31 AM

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"Seems as though everyone under 24 or so hasn't heard of Tron. Makes me want to punch them in the face"

dude i work with is 28 & a few months older than i am

12/16/2010 11:29:10 AM

I was met with this same reaction when I told people I hadn't seen the movie, so I looked it up online and it sounds really stupid. But I really like Jeff Bridges, so I may watch anyway.

12/16/2010 12:00:55 PM

I could see why people who would watch it for the 1st time today wouldn't like it. When it first came out most people didn't have a computer at home, much less work with one at their workplace.

12/16/2010 12:04:10 PM

the original movie is seriously dated. it only has value for historians and comic book neckbeards. Jeff Bridges is young and dorky and not impressive. the characters have no development, the plot is weak. but if all you want is to be overloaded with flashy computer animation from 1982 , then maybe you'll dig it.

12/16/2010 12:15:58 PM

I remember when Tron came out...

I was 4...it wasn't something I understood or cared to see...I wanted to go see E.T. instead...

I was 6 when we got a satellite dish and it came out on The Disney Channel...

it scared me so I decided not to ever watch it...


this is probably because around the same time in my life I had a nightmare that my Speak-n-Spell tried to kill me, so I was pretty much terrified of anything involving computers

12/16/2010 12:17:45 PM

I have no interest in seeing the original, but will go see this one...


side note, watching an interview of Bridges- he seems more and more like the Dude in real life the older he gets

12/16/2010 12:20:05 PM

i had never heard of tron until very recently.


which is bad because I'm a 3D animator and supposedly this movie was revolutionary for its time or something?

::shrug::

12/16/2010 12:20:08 PM

I remember they played the fuck out of this movie on HBO for years. that's where i saw so many movies.

12/16/2010 12:20:32 PM

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"which is bad because I'm a 3D animator and supposedly this movie was revolutionary for its time or something?"

from what i've read, it wasnt really all that revolutionary. most of it was done using lighting and film tricks. surprisingly little computer animation was actually used. and what they did wasn't especially innovative, just state-of-the-art for that time.

probably the most revolutionary thing was that they convinced Disney to hand over $15 million to a team of outside animators. Apparently, that was unheard of.

12/16/2010 12:25:49 PM

I watched the original TRON last night for the first time. I enjoyed it.

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"TRIPPY AS FUCK"

12/16/2010 3:01:44 PM

But have you ever watched TRON... on weeeeeeeeeeeeeeed?

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"this is probably because around the same time in my life I had a nightmare that my Speak-n-Spell tried to kill me, so I was pretty much terrified of anything involving computers "

hahaha that would make a great horror movie or cut scene on Family Guy

12/16/2010 4:46:39 PM

I had never heard of it. I think it was made for boys and esp. geeky ones.

12/16/2010 5:02:49 PM

i had heard of it, didn't know what it was

doesn't look like anything i'd have cared about back whenever it was popular

12/16/2010 5:04:48 PM

I do have a small recollection of possibly watching part of it at some point as my dad had it recorded on VHS. But I'm not entirely sure.

But I'm still excited for this one and plan to see it in Imax

12/16/2010 5:07:46 PM

I have no interest in seeing the original, but will go see this one... nor the new one either

12/16/2010 5:09:07 PM

You sure do pick the ones to miss...

12/16/2010 5:20:51 PM

no interest in comic book or video game movies

12/16/2010 5:22:52 PM

ONLY HIPSTERS SEE COMIC BOOK MOVIES!!!11

12/16/2010 5:23:38 PM

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"NeuseRvrRat laid back 23040 Posts user info edit post i watched half of it before i fell asleepgot bored and turned it off 12/3/2010 1:54:02 AM "

12/16/2010 5:44:58 PM

yeah, I really dont see how people havent heard of Tron before "the hype for the remake" (which isnt a remake)

Were you all raised fucking Amish?

Not seeing it is weird enough, but never even hearing of it? impossible

12/16/2010 5:47:14 PM

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"no interest in comic book or video game movies"

you sound like an old fart

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12/16/2010 5:47:42 PM

^^ I'm guessing most of these kids are too young to be privy to the awesomeness that was scifi movies of the early 80s.

12/16/2010 5:49:25 PM

I wasnt around in the early 70s but I know of movies that were around then and earlier.

Shit came on ALL the time on HBO, the fucking arcade games stuck around forever

12/16/2010 5:57:19 PM

is 27 and 31 too young? Cause my (27) memory is fuzzy, and my brother (31) doesn't recall seeing it at all, but we've certainly HEARD of the movie (and heard of it b4 this 2nd one). I don't think that's too young; we were just interested in other things at the time and haven't gotten around to it since then.

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12/16/2010 6:00:54 PM

Naw, if you've at least heard of it then you're not too young

12/16/2010 6:10:11 PM

28 yrs old. heard of it. never saw it. I do have the slightest memory of the bikes though.

12/16/2010 6:54:38 PM

31 too young??

Once what this crap was explained to me, I think they had it at the epcot center when we were kids, but we didn't know what it was. They had M.Jackson and that was the bomb!
and 3D stuff!!

srsly NEVER ever even heard of this Tron before.

12/16/2010 6:59:07 PM

26 and I've seen it several times. I too am surprised at the amount of people my age who have never even heard of the original.

12/16/2010 7:05:50 PM

if you stepped into an arcade before 2000 you probably saw a Tron game

12/16/2010 9:25:34 PM

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"heres the real challenge watch the original Tron, but skip the first 20-30 minutes and see if you have a fucking clue whats even going on"

I tried doing this... My stepdad and Eric were watching it and I came in about half an hour into the movie. After I realized I had no f'ing clue what was going on, i just appreciated it for how it looked

12/16/2010 11:12:09 PM

Never seen it. Or War Games, for the dude who told me to git out.



But I have seen The Last Starfighter.

12/16/2010 11:26:15 PM

Saw it, and War Games, on LD. Meh.

12/17/2010 1:40:47 AM

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"i just appreciated it for how it looked"

which is the definition of crap to me, sorry I'm not ammused by pretty lights

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12/17/2010 1:52:14 AM

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"if you stepped into an arcade before 2000 you probably saw a Tron game"

Do they even have arcades anymore?

12/17/2010 10:03:15 AM

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"which is the definition of crap to me, sorry I'm not ammused by pretty lights "

says the guy who would go on and on about the light shows at phish concerts

12/17/2010 10:04:21 AM

LOL

12/17/2010 10:35:50 AM

>.<

12/17/2010 10:41:40 AM

what's that mean? that your butt hurts?

12/17/2010 10:44:48 AM

Tron is a shit movie from a shit decade. Who honestly gives a fuck.

12/17/2010 10:50:05 AM

^^really??? has pwnt so sour died off??

12/17/2010 11:09:50 AM

12/17/2010 11:27:56 AM

I've heard of tron since I was a fairly young kid, when Dexter's Laboratory did an episode parodying it.

Seriously, how have some of you made it 25+ years without even accidentally finding out what Tron was?

12/17/2010 11:32:10 AM

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"I really dont see how people havent heard of Tron before "the hype for the remake" (which isnt a remake) Were you all raised fucking Amish? Not seeing it is weird enough, but never even hearing of it? impossible"

12/17/2010 4:28:58 PM

Hibbert: Homer, this is your physician, Dr. Julius Hibbert. Can you tell us what it's like in there?
Homer: Uh...it's like...did anyone see the movie "Tron"?
Hibbert: No.
Lisa: No.
Marge: No.
Wiggum: No.
Bart: No.
Patty: No.
Wiggum: No.
Ned: No.
Selma: No.
Frink: No.
Lovejoy: No.
Wiggum: Yes. I mean -- um, I mean, no.

12/19/2010 1:49:50 PM

set em up

12/19/2010 1:50:15 PM