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Tron (1982) Full Length Reaction (Patreon)

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2025-09-05 00:27:58
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Umm WHY haven't I watched this til now, it's so cool!! Totally unique, crazy visuals, cool sound design - I really had a fun time with this one! Definitely gonna check out Tron Legacy very soon. Was your mind blown when you saw this one the first time?

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Yann Laliberte

I saw it in theaters in 1982... I was 6 years old. Visually I thought it was awesome but did not understand a single thing. It's only when I rewatched it in my 20s when I started working in VfX that I really appreciated this movie on every levels. It's one of my ATF

Dylan

This movie was amazing back in the 80s. There was nothing like it, I was so blown away when I saw it for the first time, it was so groundbreaking. Also you’re gonna love TRON legacy, the soundtrack is amazing 🔥🔥🔥

Rob Nichols

There was a lot of hype over the "computer animation" in this but it wasn't as much as you'd think. It was mostly traditional optical effects.

Jason Scade

😃 Will catch this, when time permits! 🏍-------------------------------- End of line.

Beau Boyd

The movie is notorious for being snubbed at the Oscars because it didn't even get a nomination for best visual effects that year!

Kane

Happy to see you enjoyed this, not sure if it's a popular or unpopular opinion but I think the second one is at least as good as this one and the soundtrack to the second one slaps.

Tom W.

This movie was a staple for me growing up. The story was always a little weak, but the visuals were stunning at the time.

Thadman

Saw this in the theater when I was a sophomore in high-school and it was the first movie that I saw 4x in the theater. My dad was a computer programmer/systems analyst and we had a home PC at the time (Commodore 64), so this movie spoke to me on every level. I only saw the original Star Wars 2x in the theater and I was blown away by that. I'm excited to see your reaction.

Bammer

Dillinger/Sark was played by David Warner, who has also played Federation Ambassador St. John Talbot in "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier", Klingon Chancellor Gorkon in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country", and Cardassian Gul Madred in the "Star Trek: TNG" episodes "Chain of Command" part 1 and 2. Alan/Tron was played by Bruce Boxleitner, who goes on to star in the T.V. shows "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (1983-1987) and "Babylon 5" (1993-1998). Lora/Yori was played by Cindy Morgan, who played Lacey in "Caddyshack."

Curran Dobbs

Big Beautiful Brain would be a good name for a band.

Harvey Lee

Yes my mind was melting from the visuals 🤯 !! What an amazing movie and it still looks very unique . I was just a child when i first saw this i even had the flipbook for it and wanted throw that frisbee thing around ! thankfully i did that outdoors lol!!😅 Amazing sound design just adds to making this a cult classic !!

Geoff S.

And Dr. Alfred Necessiter in Man With Two Brains!

Shawn C

When Tron first hit theaters, I was only a year old, too young to know a digital dream had just been born. I didn’t find it until I was nine, stuck in bed with a broken foot. (I’d fallen out of my treehouse, not a daring leap, though I wish the story sounded that cool.) One afternoon, the TV flickered to life and Tron appeared. Neon grids, light cycles, a whole world unlike anything I’d seen, I was transfixed. By the time the credits rolled, I was buzzing with awe. I shouted for my Ma, who came running, expecting disaster. Instead she found me wide-eyed and breathless, declaring: “I know what movie I want to rent on Friday.” That VHS became my weekend universe. I wore it out, rewinding again and again, until Monday dragged me back to the real world, though a part of me never left the Grid.

1B2C3

OHHH wow! It's TRON time! THank god. This is one of the greatest, interesting cool movies ever made *esp* for it's time frame. SO super glad you're watching it, Jen! :))))

1B2C3

My own personal take......Tron Legacy is not as well constructed (narratively) and the characters not quite as well balanced and conceived. So noy as good as the one true clasic Tron. But still a beautiful and halfway decent sequel. Prob worth a watch at least. But this one....nothing matches this one. And Wendy Carlos' music.......OMG. It's....just........unparalleled. By like anything. It is half of why this movie is so special (the other half is it's humanity........."Wooooohh, GREATINGS programs!" :) <3

Noremac

I never saw movie this before. I would say this is a case of style over substance, but I think in this instance the style is the substance. Anyone ever played Discs of Tron?

Geoff S.

Another great overlooked sci fi movie from 1979 is The Black Hole. It freaked me out as a kid because of some of the scary overtones in it. It’s a great adventure though, made in the years right after the sci fi craze that Star Wars created.

Rob Nichols

Awesome score by John Barry from the Bond films.

Geoff S.

The Deep is another great Barry score. Been hoping for a long time it would be on the channel.

Rob Nichols

'82 was a stacked year for VFX films. E.T. won the Oscar beating out Wrath Of Khan, Blade Runner and Poltergeist. Tron was cool but you've got to admit it looked crude by comparison.

Jesse Hamm

Believe it or not, TRON was actually a financial flop back in 1982, although it has developed a considerable cult following since. I was 6 years-old when the film was first released, and wound up seeing it twice in the theaters with my family. The movie was fairly well received by critics at the time (Roger Ebert gave it 4 stars), but for reasons unknown, it failed to summon much of a turnout during its theatrical run. TRON was also symbolic of a new trend in Walt Disney films, in that their releases were becoming slightly edgier with more adult themes, while still remaining accessible to children. This trend began with the 1979 release of "The Black Hole", then proceeded into the early 80's with movies like "Tex", "Night Crossing", and "Never Cry Wolf". It was speculated that this fundamental turn had compromised traditional perceptions of the company as largely oriented toward child-friendly entertainment, and might have explained the lackluster theatrical response. Thus, after "Never Cry Wolf" was released in 1983, Disney formed the Touchstone Pictures division, intended as an outlet for its more adult-related content, while the Walt Disney label would continue as geared toward child-oriented films.

Over50Gamer

Yep! Barely remember it, but i played it. I was more into the regular TRON game that put you through a bunch of mini-games.

Jeremy V.

This was so fun. I love it when you absolutely geek out over something. Visually this film is just amazing. People will say oh it’s amazing for the time but now it was amazing and holds up. Considering I guess now you can call it a period piece The 80s. And yes, I like it better than the sequel.

Lintrinsic

I was eleven when this was released, I don't think I saw it in the cinema, I watched it later on TV and I remember reading the book. I've always loved it, it's truly unique and I think all things considered and thanks to the style choices it's aged somewhat better than most movies of that era. You probably recognised Dillinger/Sark (David Warner) from a lot of things including Star Trek. He was Talbot in the V The Final Frontier, VI as Chancellor Gorkon, and TNG Chain of Command as Gul Madred, the Cardassian torturing Picard.

Major Peril

David Warner played Evil Genius in Time Bandits (1981), one of my all-time favorites. Such a great character actor. RIP David Warner.

Lintrinsic

I remember him most from The Omen (1976) and Time After Time (1979), and of course Tron. So many great performances. RIP

Major Peril

+1 for The Deep (1977). 👍 Would also like to see a reaction for The Black Hole (1979) although I wasn't overly impressed with it after Star Wars, et al. Still it's a pretty good kid-friendly ride.

Bryan Tuck

Glad you enjoyed this movie. It's hard for me to be objective about it, because I first saw when I was very young. But it remains a fascinating time capsule, as there's really no other movie that was ever made quite the same way before or after. It actually wasn't quite a "flop" when it came out. Blade Runner and The Thing were flops. Tron did okay relative to its budget, but it did "underperform," as they say. Of course, nearly everything was dwarfed by E.T. that summer anyway. :)

Major Peril

Great reaction! It was wonderful to see you geeking out to this classic! Oh, by the way… No, you’re NOT talking too much. In my opinion, it’s what we come to see and hear. Yes!! The “GORT. KLAATU BARADA NIKTO.“ sign on the cubicle wall is a quote from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) which you watched a few months back. I am so thrilled that you recognized that little easter egg. You have made my day! 😃 Another young Jeff Bridges movie from the same time would be Starman (1984). A truly under-rated sci-fi film and so under-watched by reactors, yet I feel one of John Carpenter’s best.

John DiGiantomasso

Nice reaction! I started as a computer programmer in 1976. I worked in a computer room with the raised floor and washing machine sized disk drives for many years. I saw this on the big screen, and by that time I was doing computer graphics. The "CGI" (before it was called CGI) took literally YEARS to render for this movie, one frame at a time. It was quite revolutionary. You'll love TRON Legacy. Also I can't recommend STARMAN strongly enough. Jeff Bridges best performance by far. Also starring Karen Allen (Marion in Indiana Jones films) it's a mix of ET, Close Encounters, and a love story all in one. You should do that one, too!

Thadman

Yeah, I remember the grid bugs actually had a section in the original Tron game. Of course, the lightcycles were my favorite.

1B2C3

Just finished listening to the video. heh heh. You got a Villain's Lair (the MCP mesa, I dare say, heh)....and a big explosion (TM), Jen. :) This movie is one of the greats. :)

ED209

Even worse, the movie did fine. 33 million dollars at the North American box-office with 17 more internationally totalling 50 mil on a 17 mil budget. Tron did 3x its budget and an additional 70 mil in merch/video games sales. It was the most successful live-action Disney film in over 5 years. However the Disney execs didn't want a movie that did fine, they wanted a blockbuster and scuttled any further development on future Tron projects for decades. The same thing happened with Tron: Legacy. It did ok but not great at the box-office but with all the ads and merch they invested for the movie they wanted a mega-hit and again we had to wait years for a revamped Tron project. Disney put Tron aside and bought Star Wars as a ready-made blockbuster franchise instead of nurturing Tron or developping another original property.

ED209

The music was composed by Wendy Carlos, one of the great synth pioneers of the 1960's. Born Walter Carlos in 1939, she was one of the first artists to see synths not as only science projects but actual musical instruments that could produce something actually pleasant for the ears. Her first album "Switched-On Bach" (1968) was a selection of Bach compositions played with her synths which became quite popular and drew the attention of director Stanley Kubrick who hired her to provide synth versions of classical music pieces for his films "A Clockwork Orange" and "The Shining". She went through gender-affirming care in the late 60's during production of her first album but only came out publicly a decade later continuing to work under Walter Carlos until 1980 where she professionally changed to Wendy for her album "Switched-On Brandenburgs" and "The Shining". "Tron" has a special place among her film work. Of the 3 movies she worked on, it's the only one which is entirely made up of original compositions. Here's a 1970 interview she did for the BBC about her process (with bonus fake sideburns to boot!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsW2EDGbDqg And a 1989 interview (with bonus cat-lady powers!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cab5IcCy8

Anthony Lawson

They filmed with white and grey suits. Animators went in and colored in each frame by hand! They did use computers for certain scenes and the Oscars didn't nominate the film for best effects because they thought that was "cheating". I loved Tron all my life and later ended up becoming friends with Peter, who played Crom (also Londo on Babylon 5) and he told me lots of cool stories about filming. Sorry about the rambling. I could write a thesis on this franchise. Thanks for the reaction!

Nicholas Bielik

Tron had a rough time at the box office despite good reviews and cool visuals. It was up against some real intense competition that summer including: E.T., Poltergeist, Rocky III, The Thing, Blade Runner, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan just to name a few. It just happened to come out during an explosion of amazing genre films, and it got overlooked.

Over50Gamer

I actually DID NOT KNOW John Carpenter did Starman! That movie is so unlike any of his other works. Truly a multi-faceted director!

Over50Gamer

Jen, I'm late to the Tron party, but i wanted a good time to sit and watch this one. Great reaction and, no, you're not talking too much. You geeking out over this is why I'm a fan! There's a number of games related to this, with a free, lightweight and good one being GLTron. It's a lightcycle gane that runs on all major platforms and it's really cool! I played it constantly during Tron: Legacy's time and I think I should revisit it soon. Bruce Boxleitner (Tron) went on to play Capt. John Sheridan from season two until the end of Babylon 5. Highly recommended for fans of Trek-like sci-fi.

William Rosmer

as someone who's job title is master control, i can confirm that i am in fact an animated swirling vortex