{"id":530,"date":"2022-10-04T13:07:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T04:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=530"},"modified":"2024-10-10T15:14:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T06:14:36","slug":"i-frickin-love-tron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/10\/04\/i-frickin-love-tron\/","title":{"rendered":"I frickin’ love Tron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In 1982, I saw the trailers for the movie on TV and wanted to see the movie so badly. My sister was 3 years older than me and had decided that since the movie was about computers, it would be too complex and I wouldn’t understand it. Yet she hadn’t seen it either, so how would she know? Older sibling syndrome, I guess. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn’t until later when Tron came to the Disney Channel that I finally got to see it. It was a celebration of early ’80s video game culture. Fantastic. Recently I did a search for Tron stuff on Pinterest and wanted to post some of the cooler images I found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve never seen this poster image before. Super neat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jean “Moebius” Giraud did a lot of the designs for Tron. His graphic novel, The Long Tomorrow,<\/em> was a visual inspiration for Blade Runner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More Moebius art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And speaking of Blade Runner, Syd Mead also did design work for Tron, with these black & white illustrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve never seen this poster with Flynn, either. Perhaps this is fan art?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This poster for the “Space Paranoids” arcade game featured in the movie. It’s amusing since arcade games back then did NOT look like that, unless it was supposed to be a laserdisc game. There is no way we had FPS-style games like that back then!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But we did get an actual Tron arcade game by Bally Midway in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The design of this arcade cabinet is simply captivating, complete with the blacklights and lighted joystick. While it was cool, I really enjoyed the Discs of Tron game far better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was a step-in, environmental cabinet. It really blew me a way the first time I saw it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Too bad Disney is more preoccupied with sexualizing children and wrecking Marvel and Star Wars to make anything cool anymore. At least a good sequel was made before Disney went down the crapper, although that movie and its spin-off cartoon weren’t enough to sustain interest in Tron. As for me, 40 years later, Tron remains dear to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is my DVD signed by Bruce Boxleitner. I only talked to him briefly, but I could tell he is BASED.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In 1982, I saw the trailers for the movie on TV and wanted to see the movie so badly. My sister was 3 years older than me and had decided that since the movie was about computers, it would be too complex and I wouldn’t understand it. Yet she hadn’t seen it either, so how … <\/p>\n

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