The World of Tron Explained

[@GmbtEXE]

I see a hour long video about the grid in my feed, I will watch it, because I watch Legacy in it's entirety every year

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

That's awesome!

[@evans.mp3645]

Unbelievably based

[@josedavidcastillo9241]

Just once per year?

[@darkwinter8]

The first Tron was so ahead of its time.

[@jtjames79]

It's a thing now. AI labs are running thousands of agents, with economies and everything, in simulated space. Minecraft is a popular choice. Not that far removed from the vector graphics of TRON. With Neuralink it's entirely possible to interact in real time in the simulation. The future was yesterday. 🤙

[@fen4554]

@@jtjames79 "Minecraft is a popular choice. Not that far removed from the vector graphics of TRON." Tell me you were born after 2000 without telling me. My nephews were so confused when I told them that Minecraft's simplicity was an esthetic choice, not because that's how primitive graphics were at the time lol

[@jtjames79]

@@fen4554 You're not even wrong.

[@_martian101]

the sequel would probably stand way longer than the first tron

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Agreed!

[@huntsurveys7477]

This is really really good. Tron was a super cool idea that was way ahead of its time and the timeline is a reasonably good story, considering. Thanks for doing this.

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Thank you for the kind words, glad you liked it!

[@AgingPurse]

Tron has a timeline? I though it was just about cool lights, and bikes.

[@Danilio.]

It's a way of life.

[@sillyjellyfish2421]

This honesty

[@sirsplintfastthepungent1373]

and frisbee.

[@damenwhelan3236]

Bikes?

[@frankwolftown]

We have a whole world to show you!

[@ImJCyo]

Honestly when Clu-2 asked if he was to create the perfect system, Flynn shouldn't have answered affirmatively and awkwardly. He should have told him that the plan is changing. Be firm and stand your ground. You're the user, they're the program. Of course Clu-2 would have an issue with it, but it probably would have turned out much better this way.

[@carljhirst]

I was shoked that Flynn couldn't design another CLU2 to fight for him, and keep creating better n better things to fight for him. Sure, that CLU couldn't conceive of what Flynn could. Or even his Son could even help to use up-to-date ideas from the 21st century

[@nicholasczech6973]

Tron Legacy was incredible. Quite fascinating to which we all try within deciphering its hidden imperious meaning. "The grid of Time takes all, though the mind will always wander amongst impressive valuable memories." Absolutely mental to how relevant Tron is in our modern messed up world today.

[@visionary4787]

Tron is a fascinating tapestry of technology, philosophy, and storytelling that transcends mere entertainment. The evolution from the original 1982 film to the expansive universe we see today is nothing short of remarkable. It’s not just about light cycles and digital battles; it’s a profound commentary on creation, identity, and the consequences of unchecked ambition. Dr. Walter Gibbs’ quote about computers and programs thinking while people stop resonates deeply in our current AI-driven world. The isos, as a new life form, challenge our understanding of existence and freedom. Tron isn’t just a nostalgic trip; it’s a mirror reflecting our own digital age dilemmas.

[@larrystouder-studenmund6489]

I'd agree, the concepts do seem to have taken on a timeless quality that I'm not sure could have been anticipated when the first movie was made, but aligns so well with so many of the issues we see arising today from our increasingly technological-focused world.

[@CallMeSkinny]

Please do make more!!! Tron is my favorite series/movies and i cannot wait until Tron 3 i hope they do it justice like the 2010 version did

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

I'm so glad to hear that!

[@pixelpoppers0]

This video is "iconic"

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

lol

[@escos0410]

I was blown away with Tron legacy The visuals/looks was absolutely brilliant I’d say Iv not seen a movie since that’s made me feel the same too

[@sleepysartorialist]

Grace Hopper invented the term "computer bug" when she literally found a moth jamming up the physical tubes and stuff of a NASA/DARPA computer project. EVERYTHING in Tron is a very nerdy reference. I've been learning computer science and it gets funnier and funnier every time I watch because I get more and more references. It's great. Anyway I enjoyed this thank you for posting it, you have great goofy energy and that's very pleasant. Too many super serious explainers of fun things like this. Thanks for keeping it light and silly.

[@zembryoz]

Don't forget TRON's name is a command that stands for Trace On - tracing is a form of logging or recording information about an active program's memory usage.

[@cephaccino]

There's a character named Hopper after her in Tron Uprising, even.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

It appears your “learning” is a bit off, starting with the fact DARPA didn’t exist at the claimed time of Hopper, 1947 (it was created in 1958). Do a little more digging into the “facts” you’re presented. Edison referred to a “bug” as far back as 1878, but that doesn’t fit your narrative, does it. 3 decades in tech, do better. Oh, NASA didn’t exist in 1947 either, its forerunner, NACA, did but it was aviation focused.

[@sighberspook2021]

Hell yeah an hour long video all about tron lore, love this franchise, its so unique and has so much potential and it's just never gotten the chance to really be everything that it could, the movies are never huge financial hits and the series got cancelled but the style and the world and the concepts are all so unique, it really deserves more respect than it gets

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Right? Love this series

[@0Lurk]

Terrifying that I was just thinking about Tron and this is the first thing I see on KZbin.

[@chaebae-il6qe]

@@sirsplintfastthepungent1373 I never think about Rome but I think about Tron every day.

[@Wintermute909]

Huh, I was just thinking about someone thinking about Tron and then seeing this video. Then I saw this video and this comment! ......Nbut now I'm getting paranoid that someone is thinking about somebody thinking about some dude thinking about Tron and seeing the video and comment.

[@Krypto.Bluebeam]

Same

[@Ahrpigi]

Memento Mori ⚪⚫

[@DR.slzzzp]

the computers are learning

[@valentine1062]

"Am I still the creator of the perfect system?!" Long ass awkward pause* "Yeeah?" Cracks me up every time lmao

[@theickystickie]

"Am I still to create the perfect system?!" *

[@RedTail1-1]

​@@theickystickieannoying isn't it?.. People just quote the video, getting it wrong 9/10 times, and all the mindless zombies just click like because they see quotation marks.

[@henrydawson8767]

@@RedTail1-1 I feel people liked it so much not because they are mindless zombies, but because they were able to realise the misquote was still referencing a hilarious scene and was validating everyones shared unspoken reaction from it.

[@fen4554]

Am I missing it, or did he completely overlook Tron 2.0, released in the 2000's? That was an amazing game that was looking to tell the next act of the story. I believe is or was canon. I loved that during the course of gameplay, you at one point boot up the old Tron 1.0 servers, showing the bridge between the new and old.

[@FigmentForever]

After development began on Tron: Legacy, Tron 2.0 was removed as canon officially.

[@SymbioteMullet]

​@@FigmentForeverbut it was still _really cool_ and well worth a look.

[@CosmicCleric]

@@SymbioteMullet I think by talking about a timeline its meant to be just canon events.

[@FigmentForever]

@@SymbioteMullet I completely agree!

[@fen4554]

@@CosmicCleric right, I wasn't sure if it had been removed from canon, what a shame

[@alzeraph4305]

i rewatch tron and this comes out? perfect timing

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

🥳🥳

[@rafalitoelsenor6278]

You also forgot about Tron Identity which is an interesting visual novel that came out last year that give some new interesting tidbits about the lore

[@Sh1ranu1]

Care to offer said tidbits?

[@adventwolfbane]

And yet you say nothing about it. Either you are making it up or using it to farm interactions.

[@mrcheese5383]

@@adventwolfbaneGoogle it

[@henrydawson8767]

@@adventwolfbane Christ, or they just don't want to spoil the story of the game. And if you took the 2 mins to google it, you'd find it is an actually game that does "uncovers many secrets about the world he and other programs inhabit".

[@Fyre19]

@@adventwolfbane cuz revealing it offers up spoilers for those who have not played it

[@ShaggyMummy]

KZbin is scary good with recommendations, I JUST watched Tron Legacy, in 3D in VR, and mentioned it out loud. And within hours received this video in my recommended feed. First video ive seen from this channel too, and i have not searched the topic at all recently.

[@RedTail1-1]

Yep. Your phone is ALWAYS listening.

[@fragrancefree]

Def more Tron videos. Very under rated series. Love it. Great video.

[@41Vega]

Tron was groundbreaking when I was child and it was amazing, seeing part 2 was honestly a lot better than I expected..I loved Tron Legacy. Hopefully Tron 3 will be just as good, fingers crossed

[@augmented_alex]

I wish this would have also included the events of the Tron Evolution game. It gave a lot more depth to the outlands and the coup, Zeus, and viruses corrupting the Grid.

[@rodneymckay8860]

We need an A.I. versus video. MCP v SkyNet v The Architect of the Matrix v Nimrod (X-Men) v Ultron v Brianiac

[@sirsplintfastthepungent1373]

AM from I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream.

[@popepimpler3467]

@@sirsplintfastthepungent1373 wouldn’t work out so well tryna scale

[@CommanderRedEXE]

​@@popepimpler3467 the entire premise wouldn't work. Every AI that op listed has fully enslaved/conquered the world and only fallen due to plot convenience.

[@BlackenedGold]

roughly 8-9 mins in *"Oh no... they're gunna know"* just woke a couple people in the house at 3 am in the morning gut wrenching with laughter, haha.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

I remember taking my good friend, martial artist, and associate (R.I.P.) to see "Tron Legacy" in 3D. I thought it was a blast, and it fit well enough with the original's story and setup (loose as it had to be) to make it really fun. Seeing Boxleitner return was great, Olivia Wilde is wonderful as always (even though her character WAS merely posed as eye candy), and Bridges was clearly able to apply everything he'd learned as an actor over the decades beyond his initial appearance as "Flynn". And, as always, the graphical work pushed industry standards once again. Great stuff given the year. On that note, I didn't know about all the other projects (Evolution, Next Day, Uprising, etc.). No idea what those are like, of course.

[@slimeplayz164]

Finally more content on tron this is definitely gonna blow up around the time ares drops.

[@Roadiedave]

Knowing some chemistry, I think I know why Gallium City is isolated far from the rest of the grid.

[@jasonharrop5309]

A big thank you so very much for making and putting this KZbin and video together. I have enjoyed watching it from beginning to end On my favourite franchise of all time. I was born in 1973 so I just love everything about Tron 🙂👍

[@ONEPEAKFRFR]

As a massive tron fan, THANK YOU ❤

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Thank you for watching!

[@KryptonianAI]

13:26 Minor correction. He jumps off of Sark’s carrier. Not a solar sailer The sailer was used to cross the sea of simulation and got gobbled up by Sark’s carrier.

[@MarcioHuser]

That was a quite fascinating recounting of the story. Nice job

[@Angel-ik3vq]

About to learn everything about tron while sleeping(not a dis just a comfy video that put me to sleep)

[@Saint_Mono]

liked the video overall, would have been nice to see Abraxis covered, and some of the other events of tron evolution since it's linked in the description

[@lasplagashope6112]

Please add Tron Evolution’s storyline about the Abraxas virus! Loved the video! We do not get enough content out here!

[@xdragoonzero0]

CLU 2 is '2' because all the original CLUs were iterations. So CLU 1.0, CLU 1.1, CLU 1.12, CLU 1.2, etc. He didn't get to the 2.0 update until he made Legacy's CLU.

[@Shinobi831]

Would definitely love more tron videos. We need more tron content. This video was great !

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Thank you, will do!

[@IdgaradLyracant]

Tidbit about Group 7 access. In Unix there are bits used to control access in Octal. Read Write and Execute usually. With an Octal bit 7 would be 111 for Read, Write, and Execute commands. Someone on the staff likely knew their Unix permissions and assumed that Group 7 access would be a pretty high access level. In reality it was likely a RACF profile simply called Group 7. I'd wager a guess as, going back to Unix Permissions, Group 7 was likely an aggregate of Business Line, Tester, Developer bits being all on. So someone who was Business Line and Developer but not tester might be a Group 5 user. Or a Business Line + Tester but not developer might be a Group 6 user. With Business Line being just Group 4.

[@WhenGoatsWentBaa]

Cool idea

[@stanshatter3875]

Crazy how every scene in Uprising was a screen saver. The cover page, too, was wallpage worthy.

[@Sinreven]

Group 7 Access was set up by the MCP, as a set of permissions to regulate access between Users and Programs on the Encom Mainframe and employees with Group 7 were usually programmers like Flynn. Hope that helps you Sir ^-^

[@CosmicCleric]

Hot take incoming... The one offputting thing about Tron Legacy that made me not enjoy it completely was that I was expecting any Users to be more powerful than they actually were, Jedi like levels. They showed Kevin Flynn do a few manipulative things to the virtual world he was in, but that was just it, just minor stuff. Users create, they have that power, and they had THE creator of that specific virtual world there in the virtual world, and he really didn't do much. Was a bit of a disappointment for me.

[@TooManyHobbiesJeremy]

One word - iconic 😂 Thanks for the informative & entertaining Tron video. I'm a fan of the original & Legacy movies.

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

So glad you liked it! 🥳

[@elim.6609]

I have never been more excited to watch a video

[@andrewfornes5320]

You put in all this work, you got a new subscriber. I hardly ever sub to anyone but wow dude, this is great.

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

That is awesome to hear, thank you!

[@MichaelBiggerstaff-h5i]

Great video. Thank you for teaching me so much I didn't know, about an IP I've always had a fascination with, but haven't delved all that deeply in to. You may have inspired me to do just that. Thanks, and yes, keep making this content. I'll keep watching it, as I begin my deeper dive, for the sole purposes of becoming a 3 week genius to erroneously argue with all your conclusions, right here, in the comment section. Oh I can't wait!

[@ZylonBane]

In the original Tron the computer world was NOT called "the grid". It was instead referred to, repeatedly, as "the system". "The grid" was shorthand for _the game grid,_ a subsection of the system where rebellious programs were sent to play video games. The sequel screwed up this nomenclature, retconning "the grid" to refer to everything inside the computer.

[@velmad3894]

Your videos are so well made

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Thank you.so much!

[@SuperheroWannabe]

oh baby I've been dying for this video forever

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Hope it was worth the wait!

[@SuperheroWannabe]

@@BryceEdwardBrown it was iconic. Great video!

[@smosmo4617]

I've honestly waited years for this vid to be made lol. So much untapped potential.

[@russellmeyer1]

Big fan of all things From since the original. I was not aware of comic. I hope I can find it to read. If you have more to say/teach about it...bring it on!

[@wolf_quill]

Delicious recap and lore video ❤ I would love more Tron vids!

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

More on the way!

[@jamespostlewate2776]

Well done. Very enjoyable, TY...

[@FelanLP]

Tron Legacy is one of my most favorit Movies. I wish we would get more from this universe more often.

[@TheBirdKhan]

what about Tron 2.0? I know it is not canon, but in my opinion, it still tells a very compelling story

[@PyroMancer2k]

His fixation on Rome is pretty common and often clouds people's view of history. One of the reasons it's hard to pin down the fall of Rome is because it had a bunch of ups and downs with huge changes. Kinda like how you have the old Monarch England, then have the colonial England which controlled much of the sea and had territories all over the world, then you have the modern England which is more a democracy with Monarch being more of figure heads. All 3 are still England but the ups and downs of each are a product of their times both in tech but also in global trade and diplomacy. Rome is the same as it had phases of expansion and decline. There was even a point where it split in two. So people will point to some decline that happen centuries before the final fall as a tipping point that lead to the inevitable decline. But it isn't really accurate as it's a bit like finding a body that had terminal cancer that was shot and then hit by a car. And you go people arguing the cancer or the shot made the person to weak to avoid the car and would have kill the person eventual without the car while others insist it was clearly the car that ultimately did them in. All 3 would have lead to death and it's just a matter of nitpicking. The problem with Rome fixation is it clouds history to the point that in the public consciousness there is the "Dark Ages" which isn't a real period in actual History circles. It was a term created by an author who romanticized Rome and when it fell considered it "Dark Ages" and people have built up this myth that technology and science regressed during this time which is not true. Progress marched onward during this period but because of the author's view he pretty much classified the period between Rome's fall and Renaissance which began to take a lot of inspiration from Rome as the "Dark Ages". Every time I hear in stories people talking about "Dark Ages" setting back our progress I gotta roll my eyes at the continue perpetuation of this myth.

[@bjrmagic1]

So so good…thx for the hard work in this :)

[@phoenixfox20k90]

I actually like this series keep it up

[@hellothere4781]

Uprising was so good, it sucks it got cancelled.

[@roodkaak771]

great video, well made and lots of humor. learned a lot about a franchise I thought I knew.

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

That's mean a lot, thank you!

[@andersistbesser]

I love the tron universe. Everything is so well thought out. Dieney should do much more with tron

[@electricmind2861]

Thank you this was intense . I never seen the animated tron before..I'm going to look it up. Please make more vids this was highly interesting..thank you.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Okay, but is Tron 2.0 canon? It's nice to see someone trying to pull all the pieces together and smooth out the rough patches, because as a kid raised on the original movie growing into an adult that had high hopes for the franchises continuation the Legacy movie was a bumpy ride of mixed feelings. The Revolution series did a lot to help repair the uneven feeling, but being shut down early and having no other movie announcement until recently really shook my faith in seeing any further developments or clarifications for the story going forward.

[@joeyc.9622]

I think it is interesting that the movie took in Jeff Bridges "Buddhistly bent beliefs" and made Kevin and Clu form a sort of Yin Yang. An out of balance one. While Kevin is very adaptable and open minded, he is shown to be too passive and reactive. While Clu is rigid and unflinching, he is also very driven and proactive. And their shared fate is very reminiscent of another movie. The Dark Crystal. There, the Mystics and Skesis, shown in the end to be two parts of a whole, also are antagonistic until they come together at the end into a sort of ascension. Such an underappreciated movie.

[@ironfan998]

2 am youtube has blessed me

[@CosmicCleric]

A good video, enjoyed watching it. Thanks for making it.

[@BrianJNelson]

I didn't get the impression that Gibb was "removed". More that he wanted to tinker and create and he couldn't do that while running a company. That's why he was working on the laser. I feel like Dillinger was promoted to the spot when he stepped down, but then morphed into his final form of the corporate dictator.

[@Neos1heOne]

Thanks again Bryce! Keep them coming 👊🏻👌🏻

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Thank you for the support! 🥳

[@HunterDrone]

i would argue, he's clu 2.0 all of the clu's from the first one were various clu 1.x iterations

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Fair enough

[@Duraltia]

@03:17 It just dawned on me why I dig MineCraft so much... This landscape with the blocky clouds looks like one of my most favorite movies might have inspired it 🤣

[@Mighty_Dork]

First time watching, I love the vibe. "You wanna destroy my watchtime? Feel free to"

[@darthmart6834]

I ran into this on my feed and it was awesome thank you for making it

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

So glad to hear that!

[@jbolin75]

Clu2: "Am I still to create the perfect system?" Flynn: "Yeah" Tron: "WTF" That part killed me. Well done.

[@Ironica82]

Just finished the wonderful video. Surprised that you mention the game at the start but never dove much into it. Maybe the bug that you mention affecting the ISO towns were in reference to the game and I am just realizing it as I am typing, but surprised that you didn't mention the playable character and how he is referred to in Legacy as the sympathetic program who helped Korra escape.

[@PsychoNeko011]

You just unlocked a core memory the time I used a skin pack in Minecraft years ago to try and build the Tron tower..... God that was a long time ago

[@Mike_Metzler73]

You answered so many questions I had…Great video!!! BTW Did anyone ever tell you that you sound just like Jeff Goldblum?

[@JoshPlaysVideoGames]

Great video always been curious about how it all connects

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Thank you!!

[@Scimarad]

Iconic video.

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

lol

[@urbanprimate1022]

I'm surprised you made no mention of the arcade games! The standard one with four mini games was okay, but if you never saw it, there was a much rarer title called Discs of Tron, and that thing was mind-blowing by 1983 standards. In terms of enjoyable gameplay, I'd say it would hold up incredibly well even now.

[@lordterra1377]

I love both Tron movies. Wish we could have got a 3rd movie.

[@GadgetBeat30]

One of my favorite movie series. I hope Ares is good too. ❤

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Same!

[@loganfair4708]

Great video essay!

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Thank you!!

[@teemoore4967]

This whole story was..."iconic "

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

lol

[@Soporbum42]

Great Video. I'm only slightly disappointed by the lack of Smashing Pumpkins nod for "now we're in 1979"

[@alexvarlotta9586]

im still in the intro to your video and had to pause because i laugh easy. i lost it when you said "if you want to destroy my watch time". also its like 12:30 am and i have autism. and im 29..... and im still typing...

[@upsidedownnugget9531]

You forgot to mention the band regurgitator made a tron inspired music video for their song everday formula. Pretty sure it’s canon.

[@Hexterguard99]

Hey you forgot about the 2004 PC game Tron 2.0.

[@ItachiUchiha-zi5op]

"Because why not I'm not doing anything rn." Top tier

[@gregmarsters2434]

Bryce, I thought you were a young Paul Reiser :D

[@alphamike87]

I'm amazed The Recognizer wasn't in a game where you use it for a Claw in a Claw Machine game

[@kingofjuice4087]

This was really good

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Thank you so much!

[@basilelrobeh946]

An hour of tron talk? Yes

[@thatsav6801]

Loved the video.

[@KingKai133]

This guys videos go in super hard 😂

[@Million97]

Love the channel

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

💙

[@hircenedaelen]

Holy hell, I saw an old tron thing as kid, and it stuck in my brain, but I didn't know what it was lol

[@simpinator4411]

make more dude im so hyped for the new movie

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Will do!

[@ryanantranxia7044]

that was wonderful! thank you

[@MemeticsX]

Yay, more Tron!

[@animeperson6381]

I've loved tron sense i was a kid. Started with tron legacy and so on. But i genuinely can't watch the first movie it hurts my eyes too much. I was hoping for a remaster or something to sum the story, and this was perfect.

[@marsfrommars6925]

That was a nice way to spend an hour

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

I'm happy to hear that!

[@3soczek]

good job

[@knuckles_fails]

Video was 2 hrs short of a perfect runtime!

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

lol