Wolf.PA@sri-unix (07/13/82)
I saw "TRON" this weekend; it is a terrible movie. It involves the viewer emotionally as much as a "Beverly Hillbillies" rerun. The acting is wooden, except for Jeff Bridges, who plays the protagonist as a warmed over Harrison Ford with a dash o
MMartinez.es@sri-unix (07/14/82)
AREN'T YOU ONE OF THOSE WALL STREET ANALYSTS THAT PLAYED HAVOC WITH MY DISNEY STOCK? //Mark
gaw@sri-unix (07/22/82)
From what I have read on the net, it seems I have something to offer to readers in netland. There is a video game out in arcades now called TRON. A friend told me to go drop a few dollars in the game and learn how to play it before going to see the movie. The movie is supposed to make more sense this way. I haven't seen the movie yet, so I don't know if it true or not. I did play the game though, and it is very amusing. It follows TRON's theme in that it is a contest between human and computer, with the human have a lot of flexibility and the computer performing defined functions. I recommend the game to anyone who has seen TRON or is thinking of seeing TRON. P.S. There is no need to flame this article, saying it is not a movie review, because it does relate to the movie and it was the only logical place for it.
ARPAVAX:mo (07/25/82)
Regarding the Japanese credits: with all the rotoscoping that had to be done, I understand that most of it was done in Japan, thus the Japanese credits. Those are ostensibly the credits for the cast of thousands of cell painters who laboriously hand-painted those glowing strips on the costumes. The live action was shot through heavy filters and then rotoscoped and optically printed together with the other stuff. It was interesting about the first 3 minutes, but really another example of its fraudulent computerism. -Mike