VFX Artists React to TRON Bad & Great CGi

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Wren, Niko, and Sam compare the original Tron (1982) and the most recent installment to the franchise (Tron: Legacy).

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[CorridorCrew]

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[xDmparto]

Fun Fact: Tron was rejected for the Oscars (for special effects) because back in the day the use of digital effects were considered "cheating"

[megamanu]

"If you guys wanna see us try to recreate some shots from the original TRON..."
YES OH MY GOD YES PLEASE

[candycorn]

Tron: Legacy is probably one of my most favorite movies. Only gets better with every watch

[HarryUK]

1 hour to remake a Tron shot? On your marks, get set,

[jamesdelahoussaye]

"If you guys want to see us try to recrea...."
"Yes"

"Yeah but you don't even know wha..."
"Just do it. Just make the thing. It'll be great"

[KiskeyaLife]

Redo the TRON shots! Or more, do your own TRON short film, Digital Corridor style!

[nicoledenel]

TRON: Legacy is a guilty pleasure of mine, the effects and the soundtrack is glorious

[DavesChaoticBrain]

"If you guys wanna see us try to recreate some shots from the original TRON..."

Why is this a question?

[Triforcefilms]

Of course you GOTTA compare Bladerunner and Bladerunner 2049.

[STruscott]

"I feel I could pump out a chunk of this whole scene in an hour..." We want to see that. Do it.

[justsomeguywhodoesart]

That moment when Tron said "I fight for the users" is the best line in the entire film.

[fingolfin]

The original Tron wasn't nominated for special effects oscar because the academy thought using computers was "CHEATING".

[edavidrowley]

You guys should totally re-create some Tron scenes.

[psyberplaylist]

I wrote code back in the 70’s and 80’s.
(0:44) it wasn’t “Tron” for electronic, Tron was a command code “Tron/Troff” stood for “Tron” Tracer-on, and “Troff” Tracer-off. Which back at that time (80’s when the movie was made), most code was written in some variant of basic for “high level” user code. When you ran a program it would stream the code on the screen as it ran, to show you what was going on when your system crashed due to whatever bugs was accidentally written in, so you could determine where the bad line of code was when it crashed.
It was a debugging feature.
In the movie Tron’s function was, to monitor what was going on and shut down any unauthorized activity (Allen’s program) which would and did take down the MCP which was hijacking the “System” which is why Tron was represented as a “warrior”, it’s sole purpose was tracking and taking down rogue code.
(Edited for typos)

[yousufownzu]

Tron legacy one of the most underrated movies ever. This movie was made in 2010... look at the visuals !!!! The soundtrack ... amazing art

[douglasschlindwein]

So, about you guys recreating the bike scene: YES PLEASE

[Sceadusawol]

You didn't mention of how Tron was denied an Academy Award for best special effects (didn't even get a nomination) because the Academy felt that using computer effects was "cheating".

[nutsostoik]

Niko: If you guys wanna see--
Me: YES
Niko: I haven't fini-
Me:

[briandecker]

"TRON" is actually a key concept of the film - it's a debugging command that was used in many dialects of BASIC that is the mnemonic for "TRace ON". When TRON is flagged the terminal prints the current line number being executed onscreen (or on paper if printing). This is a bit of an easter egg to the computer geeks watching the movie as the TRON character is "debugging" the MCP. TRON also has a mirror command "TROFF" - which sets the TRON flag off when done debugging.