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TRON (1982) - Full Watch Along (Patreon)

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2025-09-27 18:38:09
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And now step into a computer with me… haha. This one I need your help with - I’m in two minds about this reaction and would love to hear your thoughts on if I should make an edit for YouTube? While it was probably super exciting in 1982, it wasn’t so mind blowing for me. So let me know if it’s still fun enough to make a reaction highlights video for next Friday Oct 3rd if you give it the go ahead! 🖤

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TRON (1982) - Full Watch Along

Tron is a 1982 American science fiction action adventure film written and directed by Steven Lisberger from a story by Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird. The film stars Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer where he interacts with programs in his attempt to escape. It also stars Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, and Barnard Hughes. Tron was one of cinema's earliest films to use extensive computer-generated imagery (CGI).

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Chase Street

Here's my honest thought... I might at least consider not giving this one a premiere on Youtube. I ONLY say that because a lot of people LOVE this movie! I loved it as a kid and a teenager, but it gradually lost appeal for me over the years. I still like the movie, but there are so many other movies I'd watch before Tron these days. I didn't even pre-order the 4K release, lol. All that to say... A lot of people are protective of this film. I know that we, being your regular community, love your honesty and all your reactions (Pro-movie or not)... But I also know that random people are likely to be gripey about people not enjoying Tron. So, its one of those things where I think your regular fans will still enjoy the reaction a lot. Its just whether its worth having to deal with a lot of possible 'mean' comments. I support you either way, Coby! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to finish watching your reaction!

Mark Knight

I liked it as a kid, but even then I knew it was a stupid movie. The technology needed for this thing didn’t exist, so there’s a lot of traditional animation mixed in with the digital stuff. Ambitious, but George Lucas they were not. Even Jeff Bridges couldn’t legitimize it. There’s a quote from Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20 where he said, “It made a better game than a movie, saw the movie once, played the video game a thousand times.” Never a good sign.

Frankie Crews
>>188573959

I played the video game a ton as a kid, but I never really loved the movie itself. I don't hate it, but it's just not one of the movies from that era that I hold in high regard. I agree that this might be one to pass on when it comes to a YouTube edit. I enjoyed the reaction, though, because it's a reminder that Coby is honest with her reactions and doesn't pretend to love things that she doesn't.

Yoshio

I get it, I've never been a fan even when the movie first came out. The best things about Tron to me are 1) the awesome video game that my friends and I loved playing in arcades and 2) it sets you up for a true sequel in Tron Legacy which is a beautiful movie and captures how Tron was meant to look, and bonus has an amazing score by Daft Punk which is one of my favorite soundtracks today.

Ron

It's not my favorite movie, but I enjoy it of for nostalgia reasons. I started programming in 1979 on terminals connected to a mainframe computer over a 300 baud (300 bits per second or about 30 characters per second) over a regular phone line. The terminal (TTY 33) had a roll of paper for keyboard input/output and punched tape for storage. By the time of TRON in 1982, comptuter games 8-bit arcade games with expensive custom hardware and home computers like the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 1 and Apple II. The TRS-80 (128x48, B&W, no shades of gray) and the Apple II (280x192 in 4 colors). At this point, with 1 exception, there were no fully 3D games -- only 2D. (Maze came out in 1974 but was limited to computer labs with mainframe computers with a vector graphics display.) The arcade game, Battlezone, came out in 1980 and also used vector graphics (lines only) and no occlusion (i.e., you can see through everything). When I saw TRON in a theater, I went more to see the graphics than the story. The story always seemed a little silly to me with it's religious allegory and programs being proxies for their programmers. But, the AI commentary on identifying with AI entities I think is forward looking if not well explored here. (See Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) and Demon Seed (1977) for a more doomer, effective altruistic take.) Some trivia: * TRON (1982) was the first movie (and definitely TV show) to use feature computer rendered imagery. * The graphics for TRON took several minutes to 6 hours per frame to render for the 15 minutes of CGI in the film. * ReBoot (1994) was the first show that fully used CGI characters and worlds. * Texture mapping (where an image is "painted" on the surface of a 3D model) first appeared in 1985's Young Sherlock Holmes ("Stained Glass Window" scene). * TRON's 3d models were created using a very limited set of primitive geometric shapes (spheres, cubes, pyramids, etc.) and boolean operations (AND, OR, NOT) on combinations of them. These "models" were created via code and not in an 3D model tool (e.g., Maya, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Blender, etc.). * Also, there was no lighting model. All of the apparent lighting on these models was created post-render via traditional techniques (airbrushing and animation). * The games of this era were 8-bit games. In-world featured games in TRON were Snake and (sorta) Breakout. * While not computer generated, the music was created using a blend of analog and digital music synthesizers along with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Wendy Carlos was a pioneer in electronic music. P.S.: I could never get over the name TRON which was an actual command in MS BASIC: TRON==Trace On which was a debugging feature (e.g., TRON to enable trace mode to show line numbers and TROFF to turn it off).

Doug Fisher

LOVE TRON!! The Sequel is great too. "TRON" was the first movie to make extensive use of CGI. It would take up to six hours to render a single frame and if it didn't turn out they would have to redo it. I spent a small fortune on this game in the Arcade. It makes me a little sad when people can't get over their modern day bias in terms of effects. You should definitely NOT watch "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" then since that was stop motion which also wouldn't meet your modern effects requirements. "TRON: Legacy" is more to your modern liking.

Jay Robert

You've seen the actress who played Lora/Yori before. She was the blonde in Caddyshack.

The Illiterate Mediums

So I didn’t get a chance to watch this today. I’ll watch it tomorrow and let you know. On one hand, I agree with Chase and I admit that I do get a little pissed when I see the negative comments. But I also know you have a thick skin. I’ll watch it tomorrow and let you know if it’s a good idea or not. 😘

Brandan Wakefield

“It’s space?” No it’s nonsense. It’s a terrible movie.

Larrys1254

In my opinion, no! I’d prefer you spend your time on better movies or shows.

Mark Knight

It’s weird because as a kid when I saw it, I thought it was great, but it just doesn’t hold up to me now. I think people are more nostalgic for the video game than movie itself. Although the actors did a good job it didn’t have the emotional impact of something like Star Wars. Also it didn’t help that the MCP looked like a trippy version of the Kool-Aid man. I’m glad you got through this Coby, I had a feeling it would be a struggle for you. Hope you enjoy the next movie better.

Duke Pootentooter

Coby, even though you didn't like movie, I still enjoyed your reaction. Your constant pained expressions at being forced to ingest so much cheese (e.g. "bit brain") were entertaining. And your descriptions/references were spot on (Devo, Power Rangers, M & Ms, flying fax machine). However, I am in the camp to leave this off of Youtube. People tend to either love this movie or hate it, and only the ones who love the movie are likely to watch your reaction. Even though you did some admirable tap-dancing in the outro to explain your overall opinion, many won't make it that far before they form a negative opinion of this reaction (and maybe your channel overall).

Dave Beth

I liked this reaction. Remember that your channel is "The Coby Show" and not "Only things Coby Likes"! It's OK to dislike movies or find faults.

John A

The TRON Movie and the TRON videogame came out in the same year. So these games are in the video game TRON, which I loved playing. The movie I was not a fan of, even watching it again now, I not really care for it. It was one of the first movies to use so much computer imagery CGI in a movie, so it was a head of it's time. I fun movie with a lot less of computer graphics would be "The Last Starfighter" (1984) which came out 2 years after TRON. That was a fun movie and I just met the cast earlier this month for a Last Starfighter reunion.

John A

TRON did cost a lot to make and was considered groundbreaking. Tron was nominated for Best Costume Design and Best Sound at the 55th Academy Awards. It was disqualified from the Best Visual Effects category because the Academy felt that since it was using computer animation that it was cheating.

John A

Coby, be super honest about it and just say you did not like it hahaha. I struggled watching it again with you lol The the woman in the movie is Cindy Morgan, you seen her in Caddyshack