From: utzoo!watmath!bstempleton
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Re: TRON flame
Article-I.D.: watmath.3201
Posted: Wed Aug  4 16:34:43 1982
Received: Wed Aug  4 23:35:01 1982
References: houxn.227

Well, I thought that the 'Flynn as Christ' in TRON was fairly obvious
as well.  This suprised me, for when I recall my days in High School English
classes, I remember how funny I thought it was that teachers like to link
central characters in books to Christ.  Here it was, right in the open.

Allusions to Christianity are quite common in literature, perhaps more common
than they should be.  It's hard to deny the amount of influence those religions
have had on western culture, of course, so it's not too surprising to find
literature reflecting them.  What is true is that most christ figures in books
only bear a small resemblance to old Jesus.  It is thus not too surprising to
find differences between TRON and real Christianity.

It is quite possible that the authors of TRON did not even do it on purpose -
perhaps this myth is so engrained into society that they did it by accident.
Even though I am not religious in any way, the symbolism did not bother me
at all, unlike the flamer to whom I am responding.
At any rate, I don't think there's a real big deal.  TRON was just a fantasy,
and a very enjoyable one at that.