My first actual computer!

On the surface it is the typical Joesph Campbell Hero’s Journey: reluctant Hero (sam) gets a message(page to Alan Bradley) to set him off on his quest, meets wise old wizard (kevin) and mythical creature (Quorra) on the way to defeat the baddie (Clu) and save the kingdom along the way a lost warrior returns to the light to redeem himself. But deeper it is the primal story mix of Lucifer trying to overthrow God and rule the kingdom of heaven and Hitler trying to rule the world with his perfect solution. Clu is not some cookie cutter mustache twirling villain at his base core he is the illegitimate son trying to win the love and respect of his father and know he did right. He does what he does fanatically because he is limited by his program, he can’t think outside the box and hates the Iso because they now have God’s love (who also have free will like Man)

Have we solved the uncanny valley with Clu (Bridge’s deaging) not completely but at the same time we know he is a program limited by that programing code so the fact he looks a little off actually works for me.

definitely go see it in the theater, the acting is not Shakespeare, but did anyone compare Mark Hamill in Star Wars to Laurence Olivier? Tron has always held a special place in my heart as that is about the time I started programing (BASIC on a TRS-80) and it showed the wonders of the inside of computer. Tron Legacy is the next evolution has us question what is digital life, with all our social and virtual interactions of cyberspace these days does our cyberself represent us or something more.

I’ll agree that watching the original might heighten the appreciation for this sequel, but it was great, nonetheless. I don’t really go to the movie theatre much anymore – few movies are worth the $10+/person price tag, and even fewer are worth the $3-4 surcharge for 3D. The last two movies I saw at the theatre were Avatar and Inception, both at the IMAX, and both worth every penny. TRON: Legacy is on the same level – hugely entertaining and captivating the entire time. There wasn’t a single point where I was tempted to check my watch or my phone in the middle of the show.

The only 2 complaints that I have is that A. they didn’t show the girls in white enough (no, there is no ‘enough’ of them, lol) and B. they didn’t really do much with the white lightcycle.

I’m kinda glad it didn’t go the same route as the matrix. The matrix bent a bit philosphical, but only in a sophmoreish level. It was unfortunate since it could have gone so much farther… instead “because I chose to” was even more anticlimactic and unfortunate than the ending of the second LOTR movie where the best Sam can come up with is that there’s still good in this world and it’s worth fighting for. Tossing out a lot of deep questions giving either no answer or unsatisfactory answers is just not what I consider entertaining fare. By all means, come to conclusions I disagree with… but at least come to a real conclusion… anything else is kinda like what the Heinlin (sp?) meant in Stranger in a Strange land, where a writer mocks a story that ends “and the boy woke up”.