TRON (1982) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

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00:00 - Intro
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31:31 - Review

[@tremorsfan]

When this movie was submitted to the Academy Awards for a Best Visual Effects nomination, the Academy rejected it because they thought CGI was "cheating".

[@joewhitehead3]

That’s crazy

[@t0dd000]

Well. It kinda is. :)

[@Dularr]

They still do that for makeup. To much CGI.

[@goldenager59]

How often the Academy seems full of snobbish, stick-in-the-mud soreheads. It can really get quite depressing at times! 😒 🧐

[@lechat8533]

@tremorsfan Well, the Academy has been dumb in many of its decisions. I guess, the real questions are "What is cheating in art?" and "When does cheating in art begin?" If the Camera Obscura is considered cheating, the whole history of fine art must be rewritten.

[@curtismartin2866]

Across the hall from where Tron was being edited, a young animator was working as an "in-betweener" on "The Fox and the Hound". But once he got a glimpse of Tron, his mind was utterly blown. THIS was the way stories would be told from now on! He went to his superiors and would not shut up about computer animation. Being fed up, Disney fired the guy. Sooo..... the young man moved to the bay area and went to work for George Lucas. Eventually, his computer animation unit was sold to Apple. After working on several computer animated shorts, it was time to create a feature length computer animated story. Toy Story was that movie and that guy from across the hall? John Lassiter.

[@davidjuby7392]

excellent story telling

[@bloomingnut23]

😮

[@ArthurHILL-xp8bv]

Tron July 9,1982 of the movie. I really like the Tron the movie with the Tron 2.0 Killer gameboy advance.

[@ArthurHILL-xp8bv]

Cindy Morgan is rip in December 30,2023.

[@TheGoauldApophis]

​​​@@ArthurHILL-xp8bvthere have been 2 movies. Neither had a Gameboy Advance..

[@cikame]

Just for reference, computers at the time couldn't do 3D animation, so values were entered for each frame and then rendered out which could take up to 6 hours for a single complex frame, this is literally the work of leading computer graphics engineers and hundreds of artists doing something impossible at the time.

[@Elchupanibres]

they could, just it would take to long to make it work, so ppl didnt use those computers for 3D

[@gnericgnome4214]

it could take a *week* to render some of the frames of animation.

[@StaticBlaster]

1982 was a truly phenomenal year for cinematic movies: 1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 2. Blade Runner 3. The Thing 4. Poltergeist 5. Gandhi 6. Tootsie 7. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 8. Annie 9. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 10. First Blood 11. Tron 12. The Verdict 13. 48 Hrs. 14. Conan the Barbarian 15. The Dark Crystal 16. An Officer and a Gentleman 17. Sophie's Choice 18. Rocky III 19. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 20. The Secret of NIMH 21. Firefox 22. The World According to Garp 23. The Last Unicorn 24. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy 25. Airplane II: The Sequel

[@CDMVIDZ]

WOW, laid out like this it's absolutely mind-blowing what a year it was for film! I saw all but 4 of these in the theater that year, what an incredible run!

[@StaticBlaster]

@@CDMVIDZ Which four haven't you seen?

[@CDMVIDZ]

@@StaticBlaster I've seen all of them *now*, most many times, but the year they came out I didn't get to see Whorehouse (I was 13 years old that year!), Sex Comedy, Garp, or Officer and a Gentleman. I snuck into Blade Runner and The Thing with my older cousin, but the rest I saw mostly with my dad, who was (and is) a huge film buff. Spent most weekends of my childhood at the movies with my dad. What about you, have you seen them all?

[@StaticBlaster]

@@CDMVIDZ Unfortunately, I couldn't see these movies in theaters because I was born at the tail end of 1989 so I'm barely an 80s baby. And truthfully, I've only seen five movies on this list. The five I've seen are E.T., The Dark Crystal, Tron, Poltergeist and 48 hours. I've heard 1982 was a phenomenal year for film but I believe it because many classic films often surpass contemporary movies in quality.

[@CDMVIDZ]

​@@StaticBlaster Do yourself a favor and watch THE VERDICT if it's not one of the five you've seen. One of my favorite films of all time, phenomenal story and Paul Newman is incredible. Even at 13 I was instantly enthralled.

[@liambishop496]

R.I.P. Cindy Morgan (Lora Baines) I met her at a con years ago and she was very nice. This and Caddyshack were her two most famous films. May she rest in peace.

[@fredfredburger5150]

Wait...Lacey Underall is dead!?!?!?!

[@lurkerrekrul]

@@fredfredburger5150 Unfortunately, yes. :(

[@lurkerrekrul]

I know most people would pick Caddyshack as her sexiest role because of the nudity, but for me, I always thought she was cuter in this. I had a huge crush on her when I saw this.

[@Johnny_Socko]

She came across as very charming in the Tron anniversary Blu-Ray special features. My favorite anecdote was how all of the actors panicked when they realized that the "program" costumes were basically leotards, and so they all immediately hit the gym. She said that Jeff Bridges told her that she had nothing to worry about, lol.

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

Rest in Peace Cindy Morgan

[@dcXero]

This made me tear up a little. Cindy Morgan (Lora/Yori) just passed a few weeks ago (12/30/2023). RIP Cindy!!!!

[@SJHFoto]

So sad. I didn't appreciate her beauty back then (the girls I found attractive were my age-she was an "old woman" to me)

[@dcXero]

I love all woman!!!!!!!!@@SJHFoto

[@Thingamajiik]

Yes that is a Great Loss, sadly her Career wasn't taking off. Probably only because Tron did kinda Flop even though they've kinda reached a break even. And so even though the Film had made back its Expenses they've had made no Money Back because every Kind of Merchandising also Flopped (as did Black Hole) BASICALLY ANYONE I'VE MET EVEN THE ONES NOT VERSED IN SCI-FI AND COMPUTERS DIDN'T KNOW AND BELIEVED THAT IT WAS! PS: I was 7 when we've recorded it off tv i saw the Trailer on Vhs before and realized back then that some of the Scenes weren't in the Movied - i've realized that the Scenes not Appearing where Specifically shot for the Trailer... And Ohh no... I've never thought that she looked old, no i simply thought She's simply an Attractive Adult woman and Concentrated on the Film again. That is because i don't look at women laden with Prejudices... 🤔

[@dcXero]

So... I'm guessing you didn't enjoy Caddyshack?@@Thingamajiik

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

What?! Nooooooo! 😢 R.I.P. Beautiful lady.

[@stokepogue]

Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek fame sent a letter to the director/special effects team on this film after it was released saying: "Congratulations! You really outdid yourselves with this."

[@rubadub79]

In the early days of computing, all software used to be open. You could look at the code of the software and change it to what you needed, or fix it if it was broken. Over the years companies started to close it all down, and users no longer had access to this code. Steve Lisberger worked with a company that did computer graphics for some commercials that he made. He would listen to the programmers complain and tell stories about things getting more restrictive and how they were getting locked out of the system. He wrote it all down, made a movie about it, and that's what Tron's all about.

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

I've seen comments in other reacts that reduce that down into a funny. Instead of all that they say it's a movie that ignores the AI and teleporter tech to focus on game IP copyrights or some such. lol

[@ramonacosta2647]

Thanks to Bill Gates.

[@rubadub79]

@@ramonacosta2647 Yup, Bill started it all with his famous letter to the Homebrew Computer Club.

[@stupidsmart-phone6911]

Many say "it shows its age" but the very spartan, unitarian visuals is a great interpretation of a program's world and remains timeless.

[@chrisbergsten1429]

It shows its age in a good way, Computer graphics back then had a very specific look that we hardly see anymore, all neon and stark geometry and dark sci-fi landscapes, and TRON is a perfect example (several perfect examples, really, since we get to see multiple CG art styles that were all of their time). Every frame of it looks like an OMNI cover.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

Like a lot of things, an attempt at realism will pretty much always age worse than something heavily stylised like this.

[@fllthdcrb]

@@chrisbergsten1429 It was also very bold. No one could ever see the CG in this as anything other than CG. But rather than try to hide it like one would these days, they owned the look as part of a computer world. And that's what I love about it.

[@Pokeysaurus]

Only in a couple ways. Like the “bugs” that really weren’t necessary. But I’d say that for the most part the live-action shots hold up.

[@patreekotime4578]

​@@Pokeysaurusthose were traditional animation. The Disney folks had to do *something*!

[@The_Book_Of_M]

Bruce Boxlietner (Alan and Tron) and Peter Jurasik (Crom) later appeared together playing John Sheridan and Londo Mollari on Babylon 5.

[@RangerChris61]

Glad someone made the comment

[@kelaarin]

David Warner (Sark) also guest starred in one episode of B5.

[@wolfofthewest8019]

Neat! I had never noticed that Peter Jurasik plays Crom. Didn't recognize him without the fan hair.

[@Vyp3Rau]

​@@wolfofthewest8019He is so young here (they all were really) but you can't mistake that voice. I'm almost expecting him to yell for Vir. Londo: This is like being nibbled to death by... what are those Earth creatures called? Feathers, long bill, webbed feet... go 'quack'? Vir: Cats Londo: Cats, being nibbled to death by cats!

[@GriggsC123]

Actor Michael Dudikoff from American Ninja cameo @13:19 standing behind Jeff Bridges.

[@Yggdrasil42]

The sequel Tron Legacy has one of the best soundtracks ever imho. Daft Punk really did an amazing job.

[@paulwalsh2344]

Can we get a little appreciation for the beautiful, mesmerizing musical score for Tron too, by Wendy Carlos !

[@ImWithTeamTrinity]

If you havent seen it, watch The Dark Crystal. Being a kid in the 80s was the best. It feels like it was the peak of creativity, now its rare to find movies that have the same charm.

[@stanleydavidlepretre4241]

Ah the 80's the best movies and music the fashion though... not so much, lol. I tell people that while I'm not over the hill I certainly can see the top of it. Stay safe wish you and those close to you nothing but the best.

[@Jackalblade9]

I'll second a recommendation for The Dark Crystal. Masterclass in world building.

[@coloneljackmustard]

Great decade to be a kid! Best animated series ever with Dungeons and Dragons and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe! It was magical to be there!@@stanleydavidlepretre4241 But, like you said, the fashion was indeed horrible...

[@TroyConvers5000]

Cassie, you'd probably like 'Lawnmower Man' too.

[@DaveWeston]

And then follow it up with Dark Crystal Age of Rebellion - an absolute masterpiece of creativity. It took everything good from the film and updated it with modern techniques and a stellar cast.

[@bodine57]

If you like Jeff Bridges, I can't recommend "Starman" highly enough. Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark) co-stars. It's a wonderful movie!

[@daffy72]

Cassie would love that one I bet!

[@weldonwin]

It's a movie of many tones and emotions. It starts scary as heck, then funny, then heart warming and then heart-breaking

[@user-ih5jr8rt5q]

ehhh, it's poor Loved it as a kid, watched it a lot, but, rewatching it in the past year, it's written and directed poorly - good ideas not well thought out and poorly executed.

[@stevenprice8253]

Yes to Starman, and I will add The Fabulous Baker Boys as another great Jeff Bridges movie (in which he co-stars with his older brother Beau). I follow many reaction channels, Cassie, and yours is the most enjoyable. Thank you!

[@Mcvthree3]

Cassie would ADORE The Fabulous Baker Boys. And it would introduce her to Jeff Bridges' brother, Beau. And Michelle Pfeiffer SINGING. Her sultriest role.

[@SadBnnuy]

I love the soundtrack for this movie. Wendy Carlos did an amazing job of blending analogue, digital electronic music and the philharmonic orchestra. She was a pioneer of electronic music and also wrote the scores to A Clockwork Orange and The Shining

[@bmoney7764]

TRON LEGACY is hands down my favorite movie, the music, father and son bond.

[@ConradsStudio]

Many of the FX are traditional animation, but the CG (tanks, bikes) were (shockingly) done without tools. They'd work stuff out on graph paper then read coordinates and such over the phone to the computer center. So the first time they saw them was in 70mm. Mind boggling. The VFX crew deserved a medal.

[@JasonHauser125]

Even the glow in their suits required a HUGE amount of editing, layering, etc etc etc. Just crazy meticulous details.

[@christopherwall2121]

This movie is so old it predates most of the animation tools we take for granted today. Punching in the numbers and crossing your fingers was basically the only way to get it done.

[@patreekotime4578]

​​@@JasonHauser125The glow was hand cut with SCAPELS directly onto the 70mm film masks. In scenes with multiple colors of glow, each color was cut into a separate mask and then everything was composited with colored light through each mask. Per frame. And then each frame had its own sets of masks, which is why the glow doesnt stay the same exposure, but sort of pulses. Beyond insane how much work went into it.

[@factzilla1868]

Unfortunately both the VFX and the plot itself aged very poorly when compared with other movies of the same year like E.T. and Blade Runner. Despite how groundbreaking and important it was at the time. It's almost like Tron was really an R&D project that happened to release a movie.

[@patreekotime4578]

@@factzilla1868 I'm not sure how you can even begin to compare the VFX of a film that is meant to represent an alternative version the real physical world vs a film that was meant to represent the inside of a virtual world that has no tangible analogs to the real world. It is MEANT to look like a more realistic video game... a solid decade before video game graphics were even capable of anything like that! Heck, TRON depicted a digital world better than any movie in the two decades that followed. Lawnmower Man?? Johnny Mnemonic?? The first movie to one-up TRON was the Matrix which just cheated by making OUR world the digital world. It really wasn't until the TRON sequel that Hollywood finally outdid the original vision!

[@deangelomckersley5333]

This and the Matrix are what inspired me to leave Nursing (right before beginning the program) and pursue my Bachelor's in Computer Science. Graduated on Christmas 2023. Great movie. RIP David Warner, Barnard Hughes and Cindy Morgan🌹🌹🌹

[@eclat4641]

Cool! Also i heard the woman in this movie also passed on?

[@deangelomckersley5333]

@@eclat4641 Yep

[@wild_lee_coyote]

TRON Legacy is a sequel to this film. Not only is it worthy of the original it takes it so much further. And has one of the best soundtracks of all time.

[@richardbeling1835]

I hope daft punk does pt3

[@sebahabu]

True. @user:wild_lee_coyote

[@motleykingdom9394]

@@richardbeling1835 Worth noting, the soundtrack was the combined work of Daft Punk AND Joseph Trapanese, who also did Tron Uprising which also has a great soundtrack.

[@motleykingdom9394]

Also the animated series TRON Uprising takes place between the two and is a devastatingly underrated show.

[@hurinthalion5984]

@@motleykingdom9394 to bad they never finished the story. The timeline is forever incomplete now.

[@SmokeNoMirrors]

I love how Cassie says Master Commander no matter how many times the real name is said :). Just like Tum-Tums lol

[@MysterClark]

"John Hancock... It's HERBIE Hancock." I kept thinking about this every time she said Master Commander. I know names can be tricky sometimes but they kept on saying it. Wasn't like it was a foreign language or anything. Hopefully she'll have an easier time in Tron: Legacy.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

​@@MysterClarkshe'll probably keep calling Clu Q or something.

[@shainewhite2781]

RIP, David Warner, Bernard Hughes and now, Cindy Morgan.😢

[@ben2741]

David?! Awww man….

[@markmcgee2417]

"Do you think I could have some of your popcorn?" A fitting line for this reaction video. ❤

[@touchstoneaf]

This movie holds a special place in my heart because it was one of the last films my father worked on as a grip before started working specifically mostly on TV shows... and then the handheld camera was developed, the entire industry changed overnight, and his job basically got eliminated. He was so incredibly proud of that job, and he was really excited about working on this cutting edge movie. He got to help do all the lighting, which was really crazy considering the way everything looked on the sets. He said he had a blast on this one.

[@jrod112278]

Love this classic sci-fi gem. Hopefully a reaction to Tron Legacy isn't too far behind.

[@jonjohns65]

If you check the community tab (www.youtube.com/@PopcornInBed/community) you'll see what's coming next. "Legacy" will be on Patreon this week, and to KZbin next week. -Jon

[@jian5568]

What about uprising? I love that show, and is that forgotten?

[@jonjohns65]

@@jian5568 she is not planning on watching that anime series.

[@StevenHouse1980]

The behind the scenes video of them making this the first TRON is up on You Tube and it's an interesting watch.

[@jian5568]

@jonjohns65 it's not a anime it's a americanize show

[@kurtgriffin8365]

If you want more Jeff Bridges, Starman is right up your alley.

[@starman6092]

Yes Starman!

[@selardohr7697]

Everytime I hear the town name "Winslow" i pronounce it like he does in Starman: "WIN-SLOW"

[@ziggystardog]

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot’s a heist movie with him and Clint Eastwood she might like too.

[@matt01506]

R.I.P.D is a must for a great Jeff bridges character.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@selardohr7697 Speaking of Winslow, _Phantom of the Paradise_ is worth a look!

[@leosarmiento4823]

I was 11 when I saw this in theaters in 82. This one blew my mind. Killer, futuristic, visuals, and a hero to cheer on. As one of many sci-fi influences (that included the likes of Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, and Space: 1999), it would eventually lead me to a career in IT. Enjoyed how you were able to grasp and follow the story. Your cinematic IQ has beautifully evolved over the years...and it has been a pleasure to see your continued growth. I'm looking forward to your reaction to "Legacy".

[@cobaltplasma]

This is the era of stuff I grew up in, the thriving arcade scene, Tron and my folks, all cemented in me a deep love of video games and it's interesting seeing how much of the future got foreshadowed with this film.

[@PerfectHandProductions]

I cannot express to you how much I loved this film as a child. It's probably bizarre to modern viewers, but these visuals were groundbreaking at the time. The theological themes are interesting to consider as well.

[@SJHFoto]

Indeed. This and the Last Starfighter were basically the only CGI films of the mid-80s. For context, they had to borrow the CRAY supercomputer to make the visuals for the Last Starfighter, and it kept the system busy for evenings for MONTHS. The home computer than that I had the Commodore VIC-20, and then Commodore 64 had RAM measured in kilobytes

[@u.n.i.p.o.d]

Tron was a pioneering film using computer generated graphics for its special effects. I still vividly remember sitting in the theater being blown away by what I was seeing on the big screen.

[@HarrisMiller-qw6xh]

Like most things Disney did back in the day was innovative, setting targets for others to follow and improve, things at Disney certainly have changed since then🇬🇧

[@thomasharfst3381]

Same here. The graphics/effects at the time when it came out were mind-blowing.

[@christopherwall2121]

@@HarrisMiller-qw6xh Back then, Disney was in a position where they really had nothing big on the table, so they took a lot of chances, and a lot of them had not paid off. They'd spent most of the 70s stagnating, almost like they were in a decade-long hangover after Walt's death, and that led to cheaper movies with less original animation, and then a walkout of loads of animators. Movies like this, _The Black Hole_ , and _Something Wicked This Way Comes_ were a result.

[@enriquecarro8413]

I saw this in theaters, 6 year old me, and I vividly remember that I understood almost nothing, but I didn't care. I was blown away since the minute the light cycles appeared. Truly a masterpiece well ahead of its time. Bruce Boxleitner (Alan/Tron) has commented that he understood nothing of the script, and thought it wasn't that good of a movie, but, as time passed, people stopped him in the streets only to say how they loved Tron, so he ended up realizing this role would be his legacy, the one for which he will be remembered.

[@FlyingTigress]

When this movie came out, I, my fiancé and their fellow computer science Masters students went to see it. They joked that the script seemed to written by someone who simply used a highlighter on all the cool words in one of their textbooks.

[@chrisbrass8930]

We had a home computer when this was released and my dad said essentially the same thing. Needless to say that war games was much more popular in our home

[@christopherwall2121]

I believe Lisberger has admitted that is exactly how he wrote the technobabble in this movie.

[@kj6446]

Rest in Peace Cindy Morgan...you made us all wish we could be computer programmers...or computer programs...or caddies at a snooty country club.

[@joebalusikiii5811]

When this came out I was given the choice to see TRON or E.T. I chose TRON. One of the best decisions I ever made.

[@ForceMaximus84]

I wish I was alive when I had to make a decision like that. I would’ve chosen both, though.

[@koffeekat]

I wish I was given a choice. But my parents decided we should go see Poltergeist during the summer of 82. I had to wait for it on VHS to see it.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

This movie remains one of the most beautiful and mind-bending sci-fi creations. The 80s videogame visuals are so essential to its look and atmosphere that today's more advanced CGI would only ruin it.

[@Metzwerg74]

well they did a pretty good job on tron legacy and tron uprising... it´s not the cgi itself, it´s if the art department can restrain themselves and stick to the original asthetics...

[@TeenWithACarrotIDK]

I also think the themes are something we should really be listening to now more than ever.

[@wesbeuning1733]

Jeff Bridges "Fearless" is incredible.

[@brianknight7897]

Tron is played by Bruce Boxleitner, starred with Kenny Rogers in the 'Gambler'. Had two big TV series 'Scrarecrow and Mrs. King and then played Captain Sheridan on the Babylon 5 series, which competed against Star Trek Next Generation in the 1990s.

[@michaelrichardson6569]

Babylon 5 competed even more with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. However, there were plenty of actors for both that made guest star appearances in the Babylon 5 TV series. 😀

[@danielyoung1846]

Then he reteamed with Cindy Morgan on the Indiana Jones-inspired TV show "Bring 'Em Back Alive"

[@The--Dude]

Watch "Starman" with Jeff Bridges! Really good movie!

[@les4767]

Hi Cassie. Yep, back in 1982, the videogame arcade experience was exactly like Flynn's place.

[@AceAcabras]

Fantastic review. In case you did not make the connection Programs retain the form of their creator and look like them in the computer world. There is a deleted scene where right as Tron enters the I/O tower where it switches back to real word And you see Alan Bradley upload the Tron program with what he needs. The voice you heard was what he would have typed into system to communicate with Tron.

[@Save_One]

Tron Legacy is one of my favourite movies, if just for the soundtrack on it's own, by Daft Punk. The visuals are crazy and it's a lot of fun. Don't make us wait too long for the sequel!

[@dennisswainston411]

Alan/Tron is Bruce Boxleitner "Captain Sheridan" on "Babylon 5" TV series.

[@wolfofthewest8019]

This movie helped create the internet age. When this movie came out, nobody knew what "cyberpunk" was, there was no "internet," nobody was talking about "virtual reality," and "CGI" was an unknown term. When this came out, I knew one person -- a professional software engineer, dad of a friend -- who actually owned a PC. And while this movie failed commercially because most people didn't get it, so many of the people who *did* get it went into programming and computer science. I remember seeing this as a kid and instantly needing to have a computer. I learned to code in BASIC because of this movie!

[@RetroJack]

Fun fact: the lab scenes, including that ginormous door (which actually exists), were filmed at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.

[@charleshartley9597]

Ha, I still use that line from the movie "That's a really big door!" and of course think of this movie and smile!

[@YTWanderer]

If you want see more of Jeff Bridges early work I highly recommend *Thunderbolt And Lightfoot* (1974) He's co-starring with Clint Eastwood. Magnificent movie, great performances..

[@Rocknelson4]

One of the craziest things about this movie to me is that the people who animated all the 3d effects, like the lightcycles and ships, were just writing code that they thought up. They couldnt see what they had animated until all the work was already done and they plugged it in to a screen. So it was a lot of trial and error to get things to look the way they wanted.

[@jxchamb]

One of my favorite movies of all time. Saw back around when it first came out and I've adored it ever since. This and War Games turned me into a computer geek back in the 80's.

[@phillipray4380]

War Games needs a popcorn reaction.

[@Fulschermd]

Same..

[@jedijones]

WarGames made me a computer nerd, but this movie I could never get into.

[@kpmac1]

Wow, me too. I had just gotten into computers the year before war games came out and was heavily into online BBSs and stuff with my awesome 300 baud modem. I loved those times and sometimes miss them.

[@mikey6214]

Same here

[@flrrb]

I got to see this in the theater it's opening weekend. After the movie, my dad took me to the arcade afterward and gave me $20 in quarters. It was a magical evening.

[@Alexandrashepiro]

Tron was groundberaking when it came out! I saw it in the theater as a kid and was BLOWN AWAY! No one knew what to expect, and everyone was just gobsmacked! Even the making of the movie was something! I was sooo good at the arcade game!

[@ramonacosta2647]

Same here, except I sucked at the video game.

[@user-mb3sy2jz1d]

Jeff bridges and Clint Eastwood “ thunderbolt and light foot “ 1974 , the ending has a bite

[@RageousMode]

This was really groundbreaking for it's time and not really everyone took to it. But it gained a cult following in later years. You'll really enjoy Tron: Legacy as the visuals are beautiful and the Daft Punk soundtrack is so fitting. Glad you're watching this Cass! 🙂

[@Ezekielepharcelis]

Perfect Movie Soundtrack like in Blade Runner (Vangelis) and Dune (TOTO).

[@Corey313]

I definitely love the Daft Punk soundtracks to Legacy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@KevyNova]

I know I’m in the minority but I HATE the Legacy soundtrack. It just sounds like typical EDM to me. The Wendy Carlos score for the first film is magical and it really bothers me that Daft Punk didn’t use any of her themes in the sequel.

[@lewisner]

I saw this when it was released and it was a groundbreaking movie. The light cycle scene was mind boggling on the big screen.

[@garybass821]

I was fortunate to have been involved with this movie in two ways. First, since I was working at Disneyland in the Character Dept. (the costumed characters in the park) a bunch of us got to wear the original screen-used Tron costumes at the Tron premiere at the Disney Studio. Since I’m 6’3” tall, I wore a guard outfit (the big hooded guys whose face you can’t see). I remember the guy who played Tron looked inside the helmet and it said “Boxleitner.” We even had people playing the weird characters that Flynn encounters right after crashing the recognizer, including the one known as “Shower Curtain Lady.” The second way I was involved with the film was I got to sing as part of the choir on the Tron soundtrack. I was a music student at UCLA and they used the UCLA Chorus (recorded inside Royce Hall). Sadly, we were never credited on the film.

[@Michijere77]

It was a pretty bad week…then you said ‘mothers milk power juice”. And I smiled. And then everything was better.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

So here's a little Fun Fact: the older engineer working in the laser room department, is also in the movie The Lost Boys; he plays the Grandfather.

[@AsylumSaint]

"One thing I could never stomach about The Grid, all the damn vampires."

[@crescentfreshbret]

Dumont?

[@chilliconn071]

And Bruce Boxleitner starred in Babylon 5.

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

Huh! Interesting

[@JnEricsonx]

@@chilliconn071 Oh, he's not the only B5 main cast member in this movie.

[@Sheol-uk3bu]

THIS IS cgi!!!! .. . an EARLY FORM of it.

[@Citizenesse8]

Love, love, love this film. And that game Flynn played when first arrived in the system was almost one on one jai alai.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Cooper hockey helmets!

[@ArtisticMysticSoul]

Oh! If you like Jeff Bridges, check out Starman. Very cool movie, and I haven't seen anyone do it.

[@jonmercano1138]

I had no Clu we were getting this reaction Ram’s user was the guy who asked Allan for some popcorn

[@thomasschieck7335]

Tron is very omg. no greenscreen tech and cgi, no, 24-25 movie-layer on top of each other. that´s amazing and a amazing cult movie. 😎

[@BigMike246]

I've always loved this movie. I was 22 when it came out. 1982 may have been the greatest year for movies ever. Tron, Raiders of the Lost Arc, Star Trek 2, the Wrath of Kahn, Blade Runner, Time Bandits (which I think you would like), Chariots of Fire, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and tons more. It was like every Friday I was going out to see a movie that would end up being among my lifetime favorites.

[@smavtmb2196]

Cassie remember this was 1982. Tron might look a bit dated by today's standard but used a little very early cgi and cool animation techniques to make a unique and fun sci-fi movie. I look forward to your Tron Legacy reaction aswell.

[@synaesthesia2010]

and i'm looking forward to her reaction for Tron: Ares which has just started filming

[@thefearhawk8805]

I think what is even more wild then the graphics, is the worldbuilding, tech babble and rules of the universe. Today where every random person has a basic understanding how computers function its just bizarre.

[@dustinheese]

​@@synaesthesia2010but Jared Leto..

[@ForceMaximus84]

Even to this day, nothing looks like it, not even the sequel. That’s something to be proud of.

[@jcraigie]

00:50

[@maestro80smusic93]

David Warner (Dillinger / Sark) will be in Star trek V & VI... First watched him in Time Bandits...

[@jefetters7182]

He is incredible in Time After Time , a time travel romance about HG Wells and Jack the Ripper, directed by the guy who did Star Trek II.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

He was in a TNG episode too.

[@Stormonu]

"Our spirit remains in every program we design" - Dumont. Always wonder how long it takes people to figure out that the actors in the "real world" are playing the programs their characters wrote in the Tron world. Truly, created in their own image.

[@algomaone121]

To properly put the time period of this movie in its place, this movie was the first video tape I ever owned...on BETA MAX.

[@martinbraun1211]

I would love to see you react to "Short Circuit" (1986). It's one of my favorite childhood movies.

[@NimpanZ]

Used to watch it all the time along with batteries not included

[@smavtmb2196]

It be fun to see Cassie react to Short Circuit. Part of Disney's Wall-E physical appearance is definitely based on Johnny 5.

[@Vincent_N89]

Johnny #5 🤖

[@NimpanZ]

I don't think Cassie has seen the neverending story either.

[@smavtmb2196]

@@Vincent_N89 Yes Johnny (number) 5 (not) hashtag 5 as many today especially younger people would think you meant 😅

[@trancetechkid]

This was my favorite movie growing up. My parents were into movies and took me when I was 2. I wore out the VHS and had the Disney read-along cassette book. I was lucky enough to work at Digital Domain on the sequel Tron: Legacyand as a fan it was really special. Unfortunately it well received. Fun fact this movie wasn’t allowed to be nominated by the Academy for special effects because they believed using computers for the effects was cheating.. lol. If you watch bts videos about this you can see how crazy the process was for making this film with the backlit animation. They stated at the time that a movie had never been made like this and never would be again as technology would catch up, and it did. Definitely a product of its time and I loved it!

[@rama30]

Hope you enjoy your trip to Disney. One sci-fi that should be on everyone's required watch list is the original "The Day the Earth Stood Still" from the early 50's. 5 out of 5 stars. You won't be disappointed!

[@TimothySmiths]

RIP Cindy Morgan, I had the pleasure in the mid 2000's having a conversation with her, she was a very sweet person and was quite genuine and kind..

[@terrylandess6072]

TRON. I was 24 and already an arcade veteran with a bad case of 'Defender Knuckle' (where a finger joint gets a knotty callous from rubbing against the game cabinet) when this released. Yeah - It was cool and still has a nostalgic feel for me. "All that is visible must grow beyond itself and extend into the realm of the invisible".

[@7thwheel]

When it was released Tron was disqualified from receiving an Academy Award nomination for special effects, because the Academy felt at the time that using computer generated effects was "cheating".

[@terrylandess6072]

A bit like Fellowship/Two Towers not getting best picture even if deserved because they 'knew' Return would win everything. Funny how the Academy cherry picks.

[@7thwheel]

@@terrylandess6072 Yes but they were both nominated.

[@mykal.7424]

I'm so glad you chose Tron ! It's one of my top 5 favorite films of all time. If you're not an 80's kid it's hard to understand the impact . RIP Cindy Morgan ❤

[@pringals]

Another classic ROM-COM with Jeff Bridges to watch is "Kiss Me Goodbye" (1982) staring Sally Field, James Caan and Jeff Bridges. It has a special place in my heart since I was a little kid.

[@Everywhere.]

You gotta give it the Blade Runner treatment: Watch the original AND the (very) later sequel. Trust me, Tron Legacy definitely still holds up today, and the CGI, though over 10 years old now, still beats other Hollywood mainstream movies' SFX imo. Legacy is a trip that needs to be had 😎

[@davidblauyoutube]

Yep, I definitely recommend the sequel.

[@Arthezius]

De-aged Jeff Bridges is awful, but overall, a fun movie!

[@SquigglyP]

The score alone is worth it, but coupled with the movie it's definitely a good watch. It's one of the only 3D movies I've ever seen that felt like it had a genuinely great use of 3D as well. The real world stuff is all 2D, and then you get sucked into the computer world and suddenly the movie is in 3D, and it's crazy awesome. I imagine it was how people watching the Wizard Of Oz must have felt when the picture goes to color. There were color films prior to that, but that one hit different. Same with Tron: Legacy.

[@josiahferrell5022]

It would be pretty much a waste of time to watch Tron on its own. Legacy is definitely good, though.

[@Stubbies2003]

@@Arthezius This. It looks good enough until he talks and then it is full on uncanny valley. They needed to spend a LOT more time on that speech sequence for it to not look off.

[@Dave.S.Cramer]

OMG! I can't beleive you're watching this! It's one of my favorite movies of all time! I saw it in the theater in 1982 with my best friend. It was one of those 'magical' experiences you never forget.

[@CDMVIDZ]

That was a weird and magical summer, man. I was staying with my grandparents in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that year and dragged my old grandpa to see both TRON and the ridiculously bad (but hilarious) teen romp ZAPPED! in the theater. He HATED the former and laughed himself sick in the latter, but I was in absolute heaven. TRON changed my life, along with WARGAMES and, a few years later, William Gibson's NEUROMANCER. Magical times.

[@richardb.7054]

I was a sophomore in highschool when this came out. I remember the reviews were pretty harsh, but I loved it. Back then vector graphics games ruled, and Tron was so cool. I still have a Starlog magazine with Tron on the cover. Disney made good stuff back in the day.

[@boywndr52]

This movie was my favorite as a kid. I was completely mesmerized by those visuals. It's a stylistic form that still holds up in my opinion

[@corygasparich]

This is the origin of CGI.. the next big movie was The Last Starfighter. Wonderful movie with Robert Preston AKA The Music Man.

[@shainewhite2781]

This was the first Disney movie to use CGI animation effects. Over 200 scenes alone had CGI backgrounds. They filmed the movie in Black and White with a complete black background, while the effects team used rotoscoping and CGI animation for the costumes, which were grey in color.

[@mego73]

The costume glows were hand animated too. Actually, they were achieved by making hold out mattes from the white designs and backit animating them. In the end there was only a few minutes of CGI in TRON. The whole effort was painstaking.

[@kp4588]

Disney is as lame as this film.

[@kp4588]

You are running out of movies.

[@matman730]

This was the first movie, period, to have shots that were entirely CGI. Before that, rudimentary CGI was pretty much only used for computer displays like in Star Wars. The thing that gets me is the full color 3d graphics for Space Paranoids. Nothing comparable would be seen in arcades until the 90's. Edit: I take it back. Wrath of Khan beats Tron by a month with the Genesis Device sequence. But Tron uses a lot more CGI to depict "real" scenes.

[@brettmuir5679]

​@@kp4588you must be young and ignorant

[@liljenborg2517]

"A piece of our soul remains in every program we've written." That's why the programs look like the people who programmed them.

[@djgizmoe]

Tron is one of the few movies where nostalgia has completely blinded me, and I can't see it as anything but awesome. A classic good vs. evil story with fun characters and a mind-blowing/charming aesthetic.

[@charlesballard5251]

In '86 I saw ALIENS on opening day. The SULACO looked hauntingly familiar. So much so that over many years and DOZENS of viewings its familiarity always nagged at me. Then at some point TRON is released on DVD and I get it as soon as I can make it to the store. And during my first viewing it hits me!!!!! The SULACO looked familiar because its the same configuration as SARK's LIGHT CARRIER!!!!!! They were both designed by Syd Mead!!!!!

[@randallwright1973]

The SADDEST day of my life was when I showed ALIENS to my nephew for the first time. He saw the Sulaco and said without hesitation, “Hey, they stole that ship design from Halo!” I groaned and shook my head and said, “No, Halo stoke that design from Aliens.” I wish I had put together that it was also Sark’s ship, so thank you for expanding my geek knowledge.

[@logandarklighter]

I beg to differ - but only in detail. The Sulaco is definitely not the same design as Sark's carrier. BUT - It does share the same DESIGN LANGUAGE of the great Syd Mead! So in that sense, yes - it's not surprising you'd see a similarity! And yeah - Halo took some design cues from Aliens. Of COURSE it did. There's no great sin in this. There is never anything completely new and original. All art is inspired by that which came before. Going back to the original cave paintings. As long as no outright COPYING is going on - it's more than acceptable. One could argue that the most original Space Ship in modern Science fiction is the original Enterprise from the original 1960s Star Trek TV series. And even THAT calls back to "flying saucers" in at least it's primary hull. It's the WAY the elements were put together that was so original!

[@michaelg2529]

An incredibly moving Jeff Bridges movie: The Fisher King. A little remembered gem. Thanks Cassie.

[@7thwheel]

Cassie would LOVE The Fisher King

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*_Thunderbolt and Lightfoot_** (1974). Bridges and Clint Eastwood in a heist movie!* NO SPOILERS.

[@jodonnell64]

@@hulkhatepunybanner Saw that one in the theater when it came out. I've seen it a couple of times since. Also enjoyed The Fisher King.

[@user-ih5jr8rt5q]

not little remembered a masterpiece intense drama, one of my all-time favorites!

[@mrbiggin747]

I wonder what she would think of "The Men Who Stare at Goats"? 🙂

[@matt01506]

The voice of the scientist with the laser/"dumont" sounded familiar so I did a quick search and it's Barnard Hughes. I recognised his voice because he played the grandad in "the lost boys" ! (Jeff bridges movie R.I.P.D is a fun film) (it even has a love story in it for you) !

[@FrethKindheart]

As a boy who had a fascination with computers, this movie was so cool. In order to understand how amazing it was, realize that Tron was made in 1982. The first IBM PC came out in 1981. In the early 80's, I remember going to the local department store and seeing Commodore 64, Vic-20 and Amiga computers. Radio Shack sold PC compatible computers, and I ended up purchasing one at age 16 in 1987 with summer job money some 5 years after the movie released. In the early 80's the video game craze was taking hold with the first arcade games like Pong, Pac Man, Donkey Kong and Centipede showing up in gas stations, stores and malls. Arcades started popping up everywhere. Home gaming consoles like Atari 2600, Colecovision and Intellivision were finding their way into homes, and I would play them every chance I got when I was at a person's house that could afford them. Anyway, my point is... it was a time of wonder for a kid growing up in that technological age, both with computers and video games. Having lived through having a rotary home phone, a black and white TV and no computer, then seeing all of these advances, Tron was just awesome for a boy like me.

[@paulhammond6978]

Yup, Speccies had only just come out in 1982. I had a Vic-20 in those early days. 3.5K memory, but a proper keyboard. Maybe you didn't have ZX Spectrum in the US? They were a big deal over here in the UK - I think the most popular home computer in Britain in the early days of PCs.

[@bluegnoll4515]

This was unexpected, but very cool to step back 42 years or so and see it with fresh eyes; fun movie

[@namelessjedi2242]

The original Tron! Cool to see you watching this.

[@namco003]

FYI: Cassie, while i'm not directly connected with the movie, a buddy of mine met with the original Tron World artist(not the vehicle ship design as that was Sid Mead) and was given some of the graphic designs and original prints from the arcade scene used IN the movie. The background art lines and such were also used in the arcade version of the game. He has a ton of stuff, usually video game related. He brought them out during an arcade party night. We're both arcade collectors and I think he has two Tron machines and I have one i am currently restoring. Same buddy WAS the world record holder for Afterburner arcade(1988), at least up until the last 5 or so years. He's a scorekeeper for the Kong off Donkey Kong tournaments at Funspot.

[@MichaelKelly-eg6jo]

I remember seeing this in a nearly-empty theater back in the day. I don't recall much of the movie, other than the light cycles. But as the credits began to roll, I was treated to a (then) new Journey song, Only Solutions. That really stayed with me. Sitting in the dark, letting that moody tune wash over me.

[@DP-hy4vh]

Here's some other Jeff Bridges movies to check out; Starman (1984) Tucker: The Man And His Dream (1988) Blown Away (1994) Arlington Road (1999)

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

_Hearts of the West,_ _Winter Kills,_ and _Last Picture Show_

[@hackerx7329]

There are two official and completely different sequel stories. One is in The sequel movie Tron Legacy and the animated series Tron Uprising that is set between the two movies. The other story was in the form of the video game Tron 2.0 which was awesome and expanded on the world of Tron a massive amount and had gobs of story telling throughout the game with conversations between characters while you are playing, cutscenes, and e-mails you can find and read. The game came out years before Legacy and for some reason they forgot they had made it and just ignored all the plot from it even though they brought back characters from the first movie and had them voice by their actors. The good news is you can still buy the game for 10 dollars even when it isn't on sale and like 2.50 when it is on sale and since it came out 20 years ago even most of the most low en computers now should run it just fine.

[@icooley7391]

I loved this movie! Back then I was still under the illusion that the 2000s would be like Space 1999 or Star Trek, so this was another great futuristic idea. Great review, as always.

[@haunted_autumn]

My mother worked on the Cray 1 Supercomputer that was used to generate some of the graphics for Tron... the closest connection I have to the film industry lol

[@Billis75]

This will hopefully be amazing. Tron was such a big influence on me. I got my first computer the year this was released. And a nerd ever since.

[@terrylandess6072]

Hewlett Packard?

[@MagsonDare]

@@terrylandess6072 This was long enough ago that an Apple 2e, "IBM PC," Radio Shack TRS-80, Texas Instruments... uh.. don't remember that model number..., or the Commodore 64 would be more likely.

[@wl3933]

My dad took me to this hoping I would be scared of being dragged into a computer and stop “playing” on them so much. Had the opposite effect.

[@Billis75]

@@terrylandess6072 Atari 800. It had a cassette drive for saving programs. I would get a 5.25 floppy for Christmas that year.

[@terrylandess6072]

@@Billis75 Ah - Commodore 64 here with the 1571 5.25 floppy drive (please insert disk 7). :)

[@FeaturingRob]

Actress Cindy Morgan (Lora & Yori) just passed away in December 2023. All of the scenes in the computer world were filmed in black and white, with black backgrounds, and white costumes. The footage was then broken down frame by frame, blown up to a much larger size, the values reversed so that everything black was white and vice versa. Then, each frame of film. or cell, was hand painted and then refilmed using rotoscoping...in effect making this a live-action/animated hybrid. There were instances of actual CGI, but those shots are few and very short. Tron: Legacy is an amazing film with some great actors...and it was written and directed by Joseph Kozinski, the director of Top Gun: Maverick.

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

He also directed Tom in "Oblivion", a great film, it's got Morgan Freeman too

[@sithlordkaeyl21]

I watched this movie in theaters when it came out, and I immediately fell in love with everything about it. It was right up my alley as a kid that loved being in an arcade for hours and hours a day. I also lost track of how much money I spent playing this video game back in the day at the arcades.

[@paulwalsh2344]

OH YEAH !... Spent SO SO SO MANY hours and quarters just trying to beat the third lightcycle level ! The blue lightcycles got so much smarter !

[@inuyashason81]

This movie was the reason I got into playing video games as a kid. And my father was into electronics back when this movie came out. I would never had the game consoles from Atari to Nintendo to Xbox to playstation

[@DanielTate-wt9jt]

I didn't know you loved Jeff Bridges. There's a great Rom-com with him Sally Field and James Caan from the 80's called "Kiss me Goodbye". He's also in a romantic sci-fi with Karen Allen from the 80's called "Starman". Both are great films.

[@silvervibranium2832]

One of the animators came to my class an talked. He said that it was so primitive back then. When they shot a scene and animated it, they would find a week later that the actor's feet went through the floor! There were no quick previews!

[@deano42]

I was a teenager when Tron came out. The arcades carried 2 Tron games at the time ... Tron, which was a series of mini games strung together on your way to destroy the MCP with a story thread to carry you through. But the better one was a 2 player game called Discs of Tron where you and your opponent had three platforms that you hopped back and forth on to try and derezz each other by throwing data discs at each other. Each player had 3 discs. My friends and I developed a backyard version of this, which was essentially Dodgeball with Frisbees. Man I miss the Eighties.

[@GreatGabboVideos]

Lol, my neighborhood made this a game. Everyone had a nerf bat and frisbee. You could only take 1 hit from a frisbee, but 3 hits from a bat. Bats are used to block. Sometimes, bats were thrown.

[@deano42]

@@GreatGabboVideos I don't believe Nerf bats were around yet when we played. We would have had to use plastic Wiffle Ball bats, and I would not have played if those were being thrown around. The frisbees were bad enough. We blocked with the frisbees as well as throwing them. It was strategic to never throw your last frisbee, no matter how clean a shot you thought you had, because then you would be defenseless.

[@GreatGabboVideos]

@deano42 lol, we had a rule of no head shots. We also had a rule of you can only have 1 bat and frisbee. There's strategy on throwing, but there's a huge disadvantage if you miss.

[@Johnny82Utah]

Tron was groundbreaking for it's time, a true classic of the 80s.