From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!menlo70!nsc!katic@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.movies Title: TRON flame Article-I.D.: nsc.212 Posted: Mon Aug 2 14:44:30 1982 Received: Wed Aug 4 01:28:09 1982 Having seen TRON for the first time last nite, I am now ready to discuss it. Yes, the acting isn't the best--but its ok. Given the difficulty of working in an environment totally divorced from the major data inputs for the actors (sets, etc), the acting wad pretty good. Yes, the plot is weak. But so what--it is good enough to be minimally believeable. At least it HAD a plot, and it was internally consistant and carried thru the entire film consistently. Yes, the computer graphics were great. I haven't enjoyed anything so much in a long time. So, what am I going to flame about?? FLAME ON FLAME ON FLAME ON FLAME ON FLAME ON Having gotten enough of the pseudomystical religious nonsense from the churchs, the "fair" press we have, TV "ministers" and all sorts of other worthless huchsters, I had intended to have a nite of pure enjoyment. What I got instead was the Judeo-Christian savour myth, served up in an asinine setting. Do a bit of substitution: user christ program person MCP devil io channel church (fuzzy here, I can't remember what they called the place where the old man was.) computer universe And you are back in sunday school, being told to swallow all that guff we were all fed as children. I am afraid that I had come to expect a lot more from Disney, and stopped seeing thier movies a few years ago when I stopped seeing it. I was hoping TRON was better, but appearently somebody sold out to Falwell & crowd. FLAME OFF FLAME OFF FLAME OFF FLAME OFF FLAME OFF I would like to here this subject debated over the net because I am becomming increasingly concerned about the seemingly great rise in (what I see as) the dangerous trends of repression engendered by the "Moral Majority" types. If free people are to remain free, the atmosphere must be kept clear or EVERYONE trying to restrict personal liberties. The fact that--should I want one--I may have to go to ridiculous extents to get a Playboy or Hustler makes me nervous. Well, enough for now. katic (....!nsc!katic)