Tron: Legacy 412
In preparation for this weekend's release of Legacy, I re-watched the original Tron. Yes, I own the DVD. I thought I would watch it ironically and sarcastically, but it turns out I just can't. I really like the original. As for the sequel, I'm not going to write a full review, but I'll say that the visuals were pretty amazing. The CG Jeff Bridges was pretty darn close, but just not quite there. And the light cycles were awesome. What are your thoughts?
Re:Real Unix! (Score:4, Informative)
During one of the brief looks at the console, it noted that it was "SolarOS", which I think is a nice reference to SunOS, which would've been around at the time Kevin Flynn disappeared (1989).
Re:Thoughts? (Score:5, Informative)
Yeah, since when did Slashdot become CmdTaco's blog?
In the unlikely case you are not joking, I'll answer with a citation from Wikipedia: [wikipedia.org]
Slashdot was founded in 1997 as a blog, Chips & Dips, by Hope College computer science student Rob Malda, also known as "Commander Taco".
Re:Daft Punk (Score:4, Informative)
The movie flattens well. Do yourself a favor, though, and make sure you're going to a theater with a top-drawer sound system. Seeing it in IMAX 3d the first time, with a killer sound system, spoiled me.
Re:Great, but... (Score:4, Informative)
find 3D gives me a headache and sore eyes for several hours after.
That's because stereovision isn't really 3D. Your eyes/brain use a lot of different cues to discern depth; some like the various forms of perspective work in a true 2D environment.
Stereoscopy is one kind of rangefinder, but your eyes/brain also measure where the eyes focus.
So you go see a "3D" movie with the screen n meters away and the objects x meters away, and the focusing muscles are fighting with the movement muscles, since the focus is fixed on the screen itself, while objects portrayed on the screen appear to be in front of or behind the screen.
The good news is, if you're over 45 it's not likely to give you eyestrain or headaches, as the eye's lens gets too hard for its muscles to focus, anyway (which is why geezers need reading glasses).
Re:Daft Punk (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Daft Punk (Score:5, Informative)
In that case, you're not listening to the original score very closely.
The original score was written by Wendy Carlos, who is one of the very early pioneers in electronic music. For that particular movie, she created a mix of orchestral sounds with synthesized sounds. Later in her career, as the technology improved, she started creating entirely synthesized music that sounded closer and closer to real orchestral music. Ultimately, some of this work led to the creation of synthetic instruments, whose sound was inspired by real instruments, but was impossible (eg, a percussive woodwind sound).
In my opinion, this is an idea fit for the world of Tron.
(The Daft Punk soundtrack to the new one was also awesome.)