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Just watched TRON
« on: November 07, 2010, 07:10:13 am »

The original that is  ;D

I haven't seen it since it was first screened. While the story is so-so, the effects still look great, don't they? And the amount of computer animation boggles the mind, especially now knowing how much effort it took back then to make it. I believe each frame had to be drawn by computer, and then photographed individually, at some mind bogglingly slow rate...


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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2010, 11:14:23 pm »
I think it holds up well.  Some of the verbiage is a little odd when heard today.  Flynn's use of the word "memories" always grates on me for example.  Still a great movie.  It is really something to see if you can catch it in HD.

Will be watching it with the family some time in the next few weeks.  Part of the deal if they want to see the new one.   ;D

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2010, 07:37:15 am »

Was just watching bits and bobs of Tron again before I return it to the video store. And noticed this:



Obviously I'm not the first. I'm sure some of you would have noticed it back in the day, but I've never been all that observant. How about this one (",)



Cool, eh?


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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2010, 11:56:23 am »
I had always heard the Pac-Man wanka wanka sounds but never saw the game on there.  Very cool.

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2010, 09:30:06 pm »
I'd seen the Pac Man but not Mickey Mouse.  That is pretty cool. Hopefully they will include something similar in the new movie.

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2010, 04:39:49 am »
I don't remember whether noticed the Pac-Man one as a kid. I remember seeing it the last time I watched it. The Mickey Mouse one I had to watch twice, and cheat by looking at the title after the first time. Sheesh.
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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2010, 06:23:35 am »

I definitely didn't notice any of these things when I was a kid. But saw the pac man one without ever hearing about it. I was a bit pleased with myself for that  ;D


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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2010, 06:48:44 pm »

The original that is  ;D

I haven't seen it since it was first screened. While the story is so-so, the effects still look great, don't they? And the amount of computer animation boggles the mind, especially now knowing how much effort it took back then to make it. I believe each frame had to be drawn by computer, and then photographed individually, at some mind bogglingly slow rate...

Danny,

Grab the double DVD release of Tron with the 'making of' documentary on it. It runs through the whole process. Great viewing.

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2010, 07:50:37 pm »
I want a tron car for christmas...that LIGHTS UP!! :hissy: liek deez :hissy:

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2010, 06:09:01 am »

The original that is  ;D

I haven't seen it since it was first screened. While the story is so-so, the effects still look great, don't they? And the amount of computer animation boggles the mind, especially now knowing how much effort it took back then to make it. I believe each frame had to be drawn by computer, and then photographed individually, at some mind bogglingly slow rate...

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Grab the double DVD release of Tron with the 'making of' documentary on it. It runs through the whole process. Great viewing.

The rental I had was supposd to have two disks in it, but didn't. Which was a bummber, because quite often the bonus disks are more interesting than the movie itself! I may try and pick one up cheap on ebay, or try a different video store...


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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2010, 10:39:09 am »
I want a tron car from christmas...that LIGHTS UP!! :hissy: liek deez :hissy:

Automan had it first.  "Cursor, Autocar!"

Damn, I feel old.

 :-\ ;) ;D

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2010, 10:42:22 am »
I want a tron car from christmas...that LIGHTS UP!! :hissy: liek deez :hissy:

Automan had it first.  "Cursor, Autocar!"

Damn, I feel old.

 :-\ ;) ;D
Another Glen A Larson show!

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2010, 10:49:30 am »
 :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

 Ohh man, I cant believe it!  I remember seeing Automan as a kid, and in disbelief at how Tronish it was.  I never could remember the name of that show.

 Much worse however was some show, I think was called: "Manimal".
Which I think was made very close in proximity to Automan.

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2010, 10:52:21 am »
:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

 Ohh man, I cant believe it!  I remember seeing Automan as a kid, and in disbelief at how Tronish it was.  I never could remember the name of that show.

 Much worse however was some show, I think was called: "Manimal".
Which I think was made very close in proximity to Automan.

Manimal was another Glen A. Larson show!  He had some good ones and then quite a few duds.

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2010, 10:53:40 am »
Much worse however was some show, I think was called: "Manimal". Which I think was made very close in proximity to Automan.

Another Larson classic.  And HEY, I enjoyed Manimal.  It was a good show, for how old I was, and how bad it was.

Err.

 :D

(I also watched Airwolf - the Jan-Michael Vincent years - Street Hawk, etc. etc.)
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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2010, 11:04:03 am »
Airwolfe was good.  Battlestar was awesome, Voyagers was great, Buck Rogers was good (Eric Gray was hot!), Magnum, The Fall Guy, etc.  Man, he had some good ones.

And some crap, too!

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #16 on: November 16, 2010, 11:08:38 am »
Airwolfe was good.  Battlestar was awesome, Voyagers was great, Buck Rogers was good (Eric Gray was hot!), Magnum, The Fall Guy, etc.  Man, he had some good ones.

I was JUST looking up Voyagers!  I can't believe they canceled that show.  I always thought Jon Erik Hexum had killed himself (death by misadventure / moronism) and that's what led to the death (ha!) of the show.  (I wonder if DrVenture would create a nice Omni replica for me.  Ha!)

-1 for Rick's quotefu   ;)

I don't know what you're talking about.

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p.s. You spelled "Airwolf" incorrectly.

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2010, 11:21:23 am »
p.s. You spelled "Airwolf" incorrectly.
 ;D
It's the multiculturalism of the boards... I'm trying to be nice to people who put extra vowels in.

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2010, 11:25:56 am »
I remember watching Cover Up with the hot, hot ladies and when he got killed, it was pretty sad.  He was good in Voyagers and in Cover Up (good being relative to a 10 or 12 year old) so I was pretty sad when he died.

Edit: Typo!
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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2010, 01:05:21 pm »
Damn, I have NO idea what the hell you guys are talking about.  :lol
Pictures are overrated anyway.

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2010, 01:08:11 pm »
Damn, I have NO idea what the hell you guys are talking about.  :lol
Damn kids today.... They have no history of bad quality 80s tv!

Go watch Logan's Run and then come back to us.  We'll start there.

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2010, 01:09:08 pm »
Damn, I have NO idea what the hell you guys are talking about.  :lol

Jon Erik Hexum was an actor, who died in a stupid accident.  From Wikipedia:

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Hexum became restless and impatient during the delay and began playing around to lighten the mood. Apparently, he had unloaded all but one (blank) round, spun it, and in what would appear to be a game of Russian roulette, at 5:15 p.m., he put the revolver to his right temple and pulled the trigger.

Hexum was apparently unaware that blanks use paper or plastic wadding to seal gun powder into the shell, and that this wadding is propelled from the barrel of the gun with enough force to cause severe injury or death if the weapon is fired within a few inches of the body, especially if pointed at a particularly vulnerable spot, such as the temple or the eye. Although the paper wadding in the blank that Hexum discharged did not penetrate his skull, the wad struck him in the temple with enough blunt force trauma to shatter a quarter-sized piece of his skull and propel the pieces into his brain, causing massive hemorrhaging.

Hexum was rushed to Beverly Hills Medical Center, where he underwent five hours of surgery to repair his wounds. On October 18, six days after the accident, Hexum was declared brain dead.

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2010, 02:08:45 pm »
Damn, I have NO idea what the hell you guys are talking about.  :lol
Damn kids today.... They have no history of bad quality 80s tv!

Go watch Logan's Run and then come back to us.  We'll start there.

Haha Im not exactly a "kid" Im 28, but yeah, I have heard of Logans Run, I was looking forward to Bryan Singer remaking it, but I dont think he is going to. Ill check it out and come back here so we can talk about it.  ;D

Jesus no kidding, what a dumbass. That sucks though.
Pictures are overrated anyway.

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2010, 03:37:41 pm »
Damn, I have NO idea what the hell you guys are talking about.  :lol
Damn kids today.... They have no history of bad quality 80s tv!

Go watch Logan's Run and then come back to us.  We'll start there.

Haha Im not exactly a "kid" Im 28, but yeah, I have heard of Logans Run, I was looking forward to Bryan Singer remaking it, but I dont think he is going to. Ill check it out and come back here so we can talk about it.  ;D

Jesus no kidding, what a dumbass. That sucks though.
NOT just the movie, the tv show too.  It's a part of the 70s and 80 sci-fi spectacular!

Throw in some Space 1999 while you're at it.

Sorry about the kid comment.  You're a toddler!   ;D

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #24 on: November 16, 2010, 05:58:25 pm »
Haha toddler!? Ok, perhaps, considering I dont know anything AT ALL about what you guys are referring to.  :laugh2:
Pictures are overrated anyway.

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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #25 on: November 16, 2010, 06:12:18 pm »
In all seriousness, those are really some classic shows that you should watch.  The original Battlestar was awesome.  Glen A. Larson was the Exec Producer for a number of Sci-fi shows that were mostly good.

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« Reply #26 on: November 16, 2010, 06:27:26 pm »
Yeah Ill check em out. Im REALLY bored at work, do you know if they are on netflix? I sit here for hours and watch stuff on my phone. Ill check it out.
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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #27 on: November 17, 2010, 02:27:35 am »
Airwolfe was good.  Battlestar was awesome, Voyagers was great, Buck Rogers was good (Eric Gray was hot!), Magnum, The Fall Guy, etc.  Man, he had some good ones.

And some crap, too!

-1 for Rick's quotefu   ;)

Well, I suppose Eric was ok looking, if you're into that sort of thing. Erin on the other hand- CORRR!!!

I remember Manimal, which was ok. Loved the Fall Guy show. I had no idea all these shows were linked in any way!


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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #28 on: November 17, 2010, 06:50:34 am »
I'm watching Time Bandits, which came out in '81. The guy who played Evil also played Dillinger/Sark in Tron the following year. What's really cute, is that about 40 minutes into Time Bandits, Evil says...'...when I have the map, I will be free...because I have understanding"...."of what master?"...."of digital watches....and soon I shall have understanding of video cassette recorders and car telephones.....and when I have understanding of them, I shall have understanding of computers.....AND when I have understanding of computers, *I* shall be the Supreme Being."
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Re: Just watched TRON
« Reply #29 on: November 17, 2010, 08:26:01 am »
I'm watching Time Bandits, which came out in '81. The guy who played Evil also played Dillinger/Sark in Tron the following year. What's really cute, is that about 40 minutes into Time Bandits, Evil says...'...when I have the map, I will be free...because I have understanding"...."of what master?"...."of digital watches....and soon I shall have understanding of video cassette recorders and car telephones.....and when I have understanding of them, I shall have understanding of computers.....AND when I have understanding of computers, *I* shall be the Supreme Being."

Awesome movie...  ...and if you need to get your Wife/GF/significant other into watching TRON, you can let her know Dillinger/Sark went on to play the bad-guy cop/bodyguard in Titanic.

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« Reply #30 on: November 17, 2010, 08:32:22 am »
Well, I suppose Eric was ok looking, if you're into that sort of thing. Erin on the other hand- CORRR!!!

I remember Manimal, which was ok. Loved the Fall Guy show. I had no idea all these shows were linked in any way!
Whoops!  Good catch.  I should go watch some Silver Spoons as EriN Gray is in that too.