Comments on: Tron - the story behind it http://www.filmdailies.com/archives/tron-the-story-behind-it/ Low/no budget filmmaker blogs daily on subjects like video production, HD cameras, screenwriting, etc. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:05:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: christopher http://www.filmdailies.com/archives/tron-the-story-behind-it/#comment-612 christopher Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:50:54 +0000 http://www.filmdailies.com/?p=158#comment-612 agreed. however tron is an exception. it's still looks surprisingly good. agreed. however tron is an exception. it’s still looks surprisingly good.

]]> By: Administrator http://www.filmdailies.com/archives/tron-the-story-behind-it/#comment-595 Administrator Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:15:30 +0000 http://www.filmdailies.com/?p=158#comment-595 Hi Christopher, thanks for the interesting (and thoughtful) comment. I definitely plan to see Tron. My only concern is that sci-fi movies usually age much quicker than other genre flicks (e.g. film noir).. Hi Christopher, thanks for the interesting (and thoughtful) comment. I definitely plan to see Tron. My only concern is that sci-fi movies usually age much quicker than other genre flicks (e.g. film noir)..

]]> By: christopher http://www.filmdailies.com/archives/tron-the-story-behind-it/#comment-593 christopher Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:34:45 +0000 http://www.filmdailies.com/?p=158#comment-593 tron was a seminal film for me. i saw a 'making of' on tv before i saw the film, which demonstrated how some of the effects were done. i was blown away. but it was in some ways the beginning of a disappointment. interestingly enough, i was just discussing tron in this very respect yesterday with a friend. there are two early seminal moments in my sci-fi film-watching life where i really thought things were going to change. one was watching the making of tron, the other the making of the first all cg shot, the genesis effect from 'star trek II.' both movies came out about the same time and i remembered thinking, "this is it. we're going to see the most amazing movies now, because we can do anything - we can manipulate pixels!" i thought we'd suddenly be deluged with amazing stories of far-away lands and incredible visuals. that now story-tellers could spin yarns with abandon. but it turns out - no such thing happened. i guess in retrospect it was nieve of me to think that. story-tellers weren't being held back this whole time by lack of cgi. the imagination limits of story-tellers have never been limited by technology, just the human capability for seeing the future. tron was a seminal film for me. i saw a ‘making of’ on tv before i saw the film, which demonstrated how some of the effects were done. i was blown away. but it was in some ways the beginning of a disappointment. interestingly enough, i was just discussing tron in this very respect yesterday with a friend.

there are two early seminal moments in my sci-fi film-watching life where i really thought things were going to change. one was watching the making of tron, the other the making of the first all cg shot, the genesis effect from ’star trek II.’ both movies came out about the same time and i remembered thinking, “this is it. we’re going to see the most amazing movies now, because we can do anything - we can manipulate pixels!”

i thought we’d suddenly be deluged with amazing stories of far-away lands and incredible visuals. that now story-tellers could spin yarns with abandon.

but it turns out - no such thing happened. i guess in retrospect it was nieve of me to think that. story-tellers weren’t being held back this whole time by lack of cgi. the imagination limits of story-tellers have never been limited by technology, just the human capability for seeing the future.

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