that's the arena for him. And at the same time I was interested in the early phases of computer generated animation, which I got into at MIT in Boston, and when I got into that I met a bunch of programmers who were into all that. And they really inspired me, by how much they be...
Tron: Directed by Steven Lisberger. With Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan. A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of
In the years since Tron, of course, video games have come closer and closer to approximating reality, and computer-graphics in movies have gone further still—and, in a way, this is the problem with Tron: Legacy. Yes, the lavishly designed, cutting-edge graphics are impressive, and there’...
which focused on a video game programmer named Kevin Flynn (played by Jeff Bridges) who gets sucked into the computer world, and must fight his way out playing by the rules of the gaming grid. At the time, no one had seen anything like it on the big screen, but its...
The fragments heard in the screened clips were cleverly intertwined with the action on the screen: a chase sequence was almost a traditional orchestral arrangement, while a fight scene in a futuristic stadium seemed entirely computer-generated. Trending on Billboard Daft Punk recorded the score ...
build css images js src .gitignore Gruntfile.js Procfile README.md heroku-config.sh index.html package.json stream-server.js Encom Boardroom An HTML5 recreation of theBoardroom Scenein Disney'sTron: Legacy. It currently displays realtime data from GitHub and Wikipedia to make it a bit more...
The Encom Globe is a WebGL-based clone of the globe from the boardroom scene in Tron: Legacy. If you don't recall that scene, check out Bradley Munkowitz's excellent writeup about its production for more information.This version attempts to stay as true to the in-movie original as possi...
And while the original “Tron” was ahead of its time back in 1982–one of the first movies to use computer-graphics, inspiring many films to come–by 2010, even with fancy ultra-VFX, sequel “Tron: Legacy” fell behind its predecessors. “The Giver” footage shown in Hall H (...
The originalTronwas praised for its groundbreaking use of computer-generated visuals, paving the way for everything from Pixar movies toAvengers: Endgame. ThoughTron: Legacysuffers a bit from the uncanny valley effect when it comes to Clu, the film still manages to present a massive, vi...
Tron Legacy is a great movie, with lots of great moments. I liked the sense of humor a lot too. "You're messing with my zen thing" was just great. The music was amazing. I'm glad I managed to drag my wife to watch it. She's an absolutely non-computer-person and she liked it...