I just saw Disney's Tron today, and I recommend it. The plot is a little
thin, and character development is virtually non-existant, but the computer
graphics are very good. The idea, that of a human being (designated a "user")
being trapped in a computer along with a series of programs, some of which he
wrote, is an interesting one. Interesting also is the artists conception of
some of our cherished concepts like bits, I/O control, control programs, and
so on. There are a few stabs at programmers which raised some chuckles from
the audience as well. I will be interested to see what Disney, and the others,
do with the ideas being presented in the film.
Barry Lay
University of Toronto Computing Services
!utzoo!utcsrgv!utcsstat!barry
The film has two drawing cards: (1) one gets to see the current
level of mis-understanding that Hollywood has about the computer
industry (no spinning magtapes, only a few magtape drives, and
one or two ubiquitous pdp-11's). (2) the Graphics were outstanding.
MAGI-SYNTHEVISION stuff is superb. I look forward to seeing
them at SIGGRAPH.
- steve
Andy
p.s. I was very disapointed by Tron and find it some what depressing that a
studio can take such a terrific, unique idea for a movie and turn it into two
hours of record breaking boredom.
George Otto
Bell Labs, Indian Hill
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