Tron: Legacy
Posted: December 19th, 2010 | Author: miconian | Filed under: Movies | Tags: archetypes, christopher vogler, hero's journey, joseph campbell, movie, science fiction, sequel, star wars, tron | 4 Comments »The original Tron (1982) was not a great movie. But it articulated some ideas that were big at the time, and thus came to be widely remembered as better than it actually was. The central conceit – that a man can be transported inside of a computer, and interact with programs as if they were people – was a ready-made fantasy for a generation of children who came to believe that global technological advances were directly tied to their own journey into adulthood.
The original Tron was the story of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), a professional programmer, hacker, championship video gamer, video game arcade owner, lady’s man and general wise-ass. In short, he was exactly the type of adult that every geekboy wanted to grow up to be. Flynn lived in an apartment above his arcade, with windows around the perimeter, through which he could look down on the gamers. It was the sort of thing that makes sense to those who have many years to speculate about what their own future dwelling-place is going to be like. Read the rest of this entry »
