The Story of Tron

An anonymouse reader writes "Tom's Hardware has a feature up on the makings of Tron which may interest latent fans. Through interviews with the creators they explore the makings of Tron, from how it came to be picked up by Disney to how the effects were put together ('While the majority of the film takes place in the computer world, only 15 minutes worth of footage actually used CGI', because it would have taken years to make the film otherwise). They then explore why the film flopped at the box office. 'It was like we put LSD in the punch at the school prom and it was just way more than they can handle,' said Steven Lisberger."

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Re:Easy answer

[gowen]

nor the sub plot of romance between not only the real life characters but between their programs

We'll have to agree to differ on that. Even at age 10, I thought the love affair between avatars was completely laughable, and I haven't revised my opinion in the intervening 20+ years.

And however good the background plot, it becomes irretrievably stupid if the method of resolution is DayGlo Frisbees.