Tron: The Story So Far
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Since its release in 1982, Tron has become an influential part of pop culture and changed the way movies are made. This is because it was the first feature film to use computer-generated graphics, and took place within the cyber world long before we started using modern computers or began surfing the Internet. The story of Tron is centered on a gifted hacker and arcade owner named Kevin Flynn, played by Jeff Bridges, who is digitally broken down into a data stream by a villainous artificial intelligence called the Master Control Program. Digitized within the world of the computers he comes across the blazingly colorful, geometrically landscapes of cyberspace and must join forces with a security program called Tron to survive the games and defeat the evil program in order to escape. Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we guide you through the events of the first film and explain the plot of its stunning sequel Tron: Legacy.
Tron: The Story So Far
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Since its release in 1982, Tron has become an influential part of pop culture and changed the way movies are made. This is because it was the first feature film to use computer-generated graphics, and took place within the cyber world long before we started using modern computers or the Internet.
The story of Tron is centered on a gifted young ENCOM software engineer Kevin Flynn, played by Jeff Bridges, who aspires to create his own software company.
As the story begins, we learn that Flynn has created his own series of cutting edge games. However, another programmer named Dillinger steals his work and passes it off as his own, earning himself a huge promotion.
As a result, Flynn fled the company to open his own arcade and dedicate his time to hacking into their mainframe computer to find evidence of the theft. However, Dillinger's supercomputer "Master Control Program" stops his every attempt.
Because of this, Flynn enlists the help of his programmer friends Lora, and her boyfriend Alan help him break into ENCOM to shut down the Master Control Program. His plan is to use a security program named "TRON."
In response, the Master Control uses a matter transmission laser to convert Flynn into data, pulling him into the world within the computer.
There, he discovers an electronic reality that is ruled by the Master Control Program and his evil henchmen, who have been created in the image of the ENCOM staff.
Even more diabolical is the Master Control’s plan to break into the Pentagon and assert its authority over the world’s most powerful military weapons.
Forced to play games that will eventually lead to his death, Flynn encounters a humanoid version of Tron, who is both heroic and fearless. And in the process Flynn learns that as a real-world user he possesses god-like powers.
Eventually finding a way out of the games, they destroy the evil software and liberate the system from its control.
Returning to the real world, Flynn discovers the evidence he needs, and uses it to become the CEO of the corporation.
While this adventure was dazzling for its time, its sequel ‘Tron legacy’, which is set 28 years after the events of the first film, is centered on Kevin’s son Sam.
Haunted by his father’s disappearance two decades earlier, he investigates a message sent to him from Flynn’s abandoned arcade. There he discovers his father’s hidden research and is pulled into cyberspace. Once digitized, he reunites with his dad, who has become trapped in a much more advanced computer system.
Together, the pair must embark on a deadly journey across an incredibly massive digital universe. Combating new challenges and facing awe-inspiring technological creations, they must stop a ruthless duplicate of Kevin called Clu 2. Originally created as a hacking program, it now has its own plans for amassing unstoppable power.
