From: utzoo!utcsrgv!utcsstat!barry
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: TRON: a review, not a spoiler
Article-I.D.: utcsstat.241
Posted: Fri Jul  9 20:40:39 1982
Received: Fri Jul  9 21:28:17 1982



  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
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