Yeah, I was pretty darned excited, too.
So, I ran out and bought the special edition 2 DVD set, only to find out that Disney appears to have messed it up royally (again).
The frame has been severely squeezed horizontally. To prove this, just check out the additional production information on disc 2. It looks fine.
I can only hope that it's just my copy of the movie, but I don't think it's just mine.
-- a very disappointed Rorian.:[
I'm really don't think the script is quite as bad as you seem to suggest. I've taken a good close look at the film TRON for some years now, and I have to say -- there are some remarkable elements to the screenplay.
I think one of the most notable things is the detailed and excellent work that was done in the area of drawing parallels between the real world and the computer world. Everything from each real-world character having a computer-world counterpart (right down to Sark's second-in-command doubled as Dillinger's assistant Peter, and the guy in the next cubicle to Allan as Ram in the computer universe).
Even the flow of time relative to the two worlds makes sense. Continuity is remarkably well handled.
Insipid? No. I don't think so. There's more in this film than meets the eye, and I can certainly say that a hell of alot of remarkable artistic expression meets the eye throughout. The design work is top-notch, and still blows away most of today's motion picture design work (and that's coming from someone who does visual FX for a living).
This film deserves more than a little bit of respect.
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Yeah, I was pretty darned excited, too. So, I ran out and bought the special edition 2 DVD set, only to find out that Disney appears to have messed it up royally (again). The frame has been severely squeezed horizontally. To prove this, just check out the additional production information on disc 2. It looks fine. I can only hope that it's just my copy of the movie, but I don't think it's just mine. -- a very disappointed Rorian. :[
I'm really don't think the script is quite as bad as you seem to suggest. I've taken a good close look at the film TRON for some years now, and I have to say -- there are some remarkable elements to the screenplay.
I think one of the most notable things is the detailed and excellent work that was done in the area of drawing parallels between the real world and the computer world. Everything from each real-world character having a computer-world counterpart (right down to Sark's second-in-command doubled as Dillinger's assistant Peter, and the guy in the next cubicle to Allan as Ram in the computer universe).
Even the flow of time relative to the two worlds makes sense. Continuity is remarkably well handled.
Insipid? No. I don't think so. There's more in this film than meets the eye, and I can certainly say that a hell of alot of remarkable artistic expression meets the eye throughout. The design work is top-notch, and still blows away most of today's motion picture design work (and that's coming from someone who does visual FX for a living).
This film deserves more than a little bit of respect.
-- R. Deevrah.