Ahh the 80's, when creativity mattered and great movies were made.

I think it's about time the Academy put Tron into the special effects Hall Of Fame, in recognition of how groundbreaking the use of CGI in a feature film was, what an incredible example of an emerging artform Tron was and in explicit recognition of it having been banned from teh awards when it was a new release.

Freakin love Tron! It is mandatory to watch it in my house to be part of the family. If not then you get de-rezed. Nice pull Minty. 👍🏼

I love Tron. I remember when I was much younger and being enthralled with the animation and the effects. To this day I still watch it with the same wonder.

The biggest thing with cult classics is: they're always ahead of their time.

Tron has always been one of my favorite movies of all time.

Tron and Tron: Legacy are both great films!

Tron today...is STILL AMAZING!!! Then again, I'm an 80's kid, so I love a lot of 80's movies. For real though, TRON IS AMAZING!

Tron, ET, Star Trek 2, Poltergeist, Blade Runner all coming out the same year, what a great year to be a kid. I spent my allowance watching these movies over and over.

Re: Pacman cameo Mind blown. Childhood favourite. Finding this out 30years later. I watch it at least twice a year. Was so happy with the sequel. Need number 3

Personally, as much as I loved E.T., honestly I liked TRON more. Still do.

#11: If you were a bedroom coder back in the 80's, you would have probably been familiar with the 'TRON' and 'TROFF' commands. 'TRON' stood for 'TRaceON' and 'TROFF' stood for 'TRaceOFF'. Basically, you'd run those commands so that you could trace or step through your program and find any bugs or issues that you might not catch if the program was running in a normal execution state. The cool thing about the choice of the name 'Tron' was that Tron was sort of the security program, making sure that the other programs were behaving as expected and not interfering with each other, so not only was the name cool, it also had some meaning in the programming world.

I was in college at the time Tron came out, so it really struck a chord with me. The notion that a person’s computer programs were literally a virtual replication of the person was an interesting concept at the time. Given the set up with the characters in the real world and Flynn’s interactions with the programs there are a number of scenes (such as the scene where Flynn gives Yori a kiss) can get somewhat Freudian.

Wendy / Walter Carlos (changed in the middle of filming Tron) was actually an early innovator in MIDI and utilized tons of new computer technology in creating the soundtrack to Tron. Her work was revolutionary for its day and helped pave the way for the synthesizer integration with computers and the 80's synth wave.

Fun fact: In the Captain Marvel movie, when she's applying a new colour scheme to her uniform, she briefly sports a Tron-like design.

I feel like there is an alternate timeline where E.T. under-performed and this is the movie that took the entire world by storm.

Tron is a masterpiece I remember watching this on cable every chance I could

Seems to me there should be a special effects award given retroactively.

I was twelve when Tron came out, and it was a favorite for me. I have always loved the film, and yes, discovered deeper meanings when I got older. It still holds up as a great film!

A: It stars the Dude! B: Lacy from Cady Shack That's all you need to know.

I bought a broken Tron upright and fixed it. I now happily play it at my leisure!

Tron vs E.T. vs Poltergeist vs Blade Runner vs The Thing I swear movies in the early 1980's had the bar set so high. Imagine walking in a theater and seeing that lineup.

Damn, 1982 was an awesome year for movies when you look at the lineup. Even Secret of Nihm is one of my favorites.

I remember first seeing this when it premiered on the Disney Channel around 1984. Our family turned out the lights and watched it on your 19 inch TV! I was an instant fan!

I loved Tron when it first came out , and still do. I would say I wore out at least two VHS tapes of the movie. I just turned 60yr's old and would watch it again.

There's also a reference to the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still, which was also used in Evil Dead. There's a cubicle in the Enron building with "Klaatu Barada Nikto" pinned to the wall.

Yes, Tron is indeed a masterpiece. There is something timeless and indescribable captured in this film. In some ways it makes 1982 seem more cutting edge than current time. And Tron legacy, albeit to a lesser extent, is similarly successful. I’m looking forward to watching this again.

Classic. I love TRON Legacy too and its soundtrack by Daft Punk, so cool.

Actually, the two Journey songs were "Only Solutions" and "1990's Theme." "Separate Ways" made an appearance in Tron Legacy. I absolutely LOVED this movie when it first came out. When I see it today, I can see its flaws, but it's still a favorite, and it still looks STUNNING. (And Wendy Carlos' score is still fantastic.)

I remember that summer! Coke Slerppies ,hanging out at 7-11 playing TRON and watching girls! It was a good summer!

I'm 53 & was apart of the arcade revolution & the excitement when a new game was introduced. There'd be lines of kids waiting to have a go, it was a good time to be a kid. Tron, Bladerunner & Big Trouble in little China are my go to movies on rainy days.

I'm a supervisor at a nuclear power plant. I started watching these videos a week ago, haven't been to work since. We had a meltdown, I had to turn my ringer off. Keep it up, Minty!

I remember seeing it at a local movie theater, coming out and finding a Tron game in the lobby...good times...

TRON - one of my most favorite movies ever!!! The creators of the film knew there's no problems, only solutions ;) it's incredibly laughable the film did NOT get a Oscar Nomination because the academy claimed the filmmakers cheated by using computers.The MPA does not compute.

I completely agree. TRON has always had a place of honor in my films collection as a masterpiece ahead of its time.

Tron is one of my favorite movies of all time. When I completed building my home movie room with 90 inch HD projection screen it was the very first movie I played. This movie is the forerunner of all modern CGI movies and because 1982 was one of the best years for movies ever it got lost in the sea of great films.

I guess I'm one of the few that actually saw this movie in the theater. I was 7 at the time. It was awesome! I remember that when I came out everything looked red and blue for a while, kinda felt like I was in a game:) Thanks for doing this video.

Tron is a victim of the old guard feeling threatened.

Tron is one of my most favorite movies of all time. Plus it was made around the time where Disney actually tried to make original movies rather than unneeded remakes and killing beloved franchises.

I was 11 yrs old when Tron came out and it looked so freakin cool. It was way ahead of it's time in look, concept, & filming techniques. Plus, both it's storyline and it's visuals foreshadowed virtual reality and the amazing game graphics that were to come. The fact that they were snubbed by the Oscars just shows how ahead of their time they were. The 1982 film industry had no idea the future was going that way. Bottom line, Tron deserves it's cult status for MANY reasons.

The effects in Tron Legacy were very polished, but Tron (1982) is still my favourite of the two, and one of my favourite 80's movies overall. Cindy Morgan was then, and still is, a gorgeous lady.

Sucks that Disney won't green light the sequel to Tron Legacy. Legacy did more than respectable (box office) especially considering how long ago the original hit. Disney won't pay attention to anything but Star wars and live action remakes...

I still remember watching this with my dad when I was 9 years old at the movie theater... and it's been one of my all time favorite movies ever since!

There was a second TRON video game released in 1983 that was arguably better than the one we all know and love. It was called Discs of Tron and the original "cabinets" included a "photobooth" style build where you would actually "enter" the game, adding to the immersion of being 'in the game'. It was essentially the disc battle scene from the movie that would have you throwing your disc at your opponent and also bounce off the walls to attack. It was one of the earliest games that had an actual 3D environment where your sprite and your opponent were 2D, but the discs moved in 3D space. It was extremely unique and presented the player with an entirely new playing experience like Battlezone in 1980 (again, an extremely early version of real 3D), Dragon's Lair in 1983 (and the other laserdisc games that followed) and then Afterburner II in 1987. I love your videos, but I sure do wish you would invest in a microphone for the shots when you're on camera.

This movie is the true example of being ahead of its time.

I love Tron still, I have the original and "Tron Legacy"on DVD. Waiting or the third movie.

Holy balls. All this time, I had NO idea you could pass through the tanks in that segment of the TRON videogame. You really do learn something new every day.

I loved the movie . I saw it opening day with my dad. My Christmas present was the light cycle toys along with all action figures. Omg I miss this time period. Growing up as a kid in the eighties can never be replicated. You’d have to live in the period to understand what I mean.

Loved Tron.. thanks for the info!

I feel for all you kids that will never know what the eighties were like. You guys will never experience the pride and joy of being American. It was the best 10 years in American history.

@8:15: I actually found one of these in the basement of a ski resort in Colorado back in 1990. I went nuts about it ('cause the movie is awesome) and actually hacked my parents off when I told them I wanted to spend 1 day playing the game instead of skiing. We lived in Missouri at the time, and I genuinely loved skiing in Colorado, so they were completely baffled as to why I was so enamored with it. Good video!

The blu ray clean up of this movie is astonishingly good, one of the best digital remasterings I’ve ever seen.

I saw Tron in a theater when it first came out and have the Blu Ray I also saw Tron Legacy in IMAX and have THAT Blu Ray

About time Minty!!! You forget that the special effects would inspire the short live tv series of 1983 Automan.

I didn't realize 1982 was such a massive year for movies. More fantastic films were released just in that summer than in the entire last ten years. Moviemaking has truly fallen off a cliff.

Great video! Back in 1979 my friend and I stumbled across an Apple ][ computer in a side room off the library at our Jr High school. We spent hours teaching ourselves BASIC programming after school and created some simple but fun games. When Tron came out it totally captured my imagination. Thanks for the blast from the past. Incidentally, in 2003 Buena Vista games released Tron 2.0 for PC. It was fantastic and totally captured the feel of the Tron world in a FPS. Still have it around here somewhere....

TRON: Uprising was a worthy successor to the story.

At 5:36 you immediately recognize Syd Mead's work. Awesome stuff!

Tron was huge to me when it came out. I was 9 years old and it blew my kid mind!!! **** waiting patiently for Tron 3.0

Excellent presentation! Tron is one of my favorite movies and the DVD is part of my collection. Thank you!

There were TWO arcade games based on Tron. The multi-game Tron (several minigames), and the singular game Discs of Tron. That one featured a game based loosely on the battles and the bouncing ball game that they had to hit the other player's platform. You'd jump between platforms, aim the disc, and fling it at the enemy, hoping to knock him off his platform. Great game for its time.

ground-breaking film; way ahead of its time, which is why it's gained popularity as time has gone by...

One of my favorite movies as kid, still one of my all time favorites as an adult!

TRON had such an effect on me, I had the VHS video on order for near on 10 months and it cost ~AUD80, the first 'commercial/cinema feature' I bought. It also helped that I was all over the IBM PC release at the time.. and I was hugely into synthesizers following hearing Carlos' "Switched On Bach" (in 1970) and other synthesists, like Jean-Michel Jarre, Isao Tomita, Vangelis, etc... Such a great conglomeration of music, art and computing..

Journey's _Separate Ways_ was NEVER a part of the movie. The two songs were _Only Solutions_ which was at the end of the credits and _1990_ an instrumental that was used during the early arcade scene at Flynn's.

Unlike many I loved the sequel and wanted the franchise to continue.

I showed Tron to a 14 year old and she totally dug it. Liked it more than the sequel. There is hope for humanity yet..

I love Tron. Looking forward to see 10 things about Tron Legacy sometime in the future.

I'd much rather watch Tron over E.T. The Extra Testicle anyway.

I did my part for Tron's Box Office numbers. I saw the movie in theaters twice. Granted, it was the Sunday matinee and only cost me $1.50 for each ticket, but hey, I was a kid. Lawnmowing income didn't stretch very far. But I did love the movie. To make up for it, I'm pretty sure I dropped at least $2 Grand in quarters into the video game. It was one of my favorites.

Great job, Minty! Thank you for showcasing one of my all time favorite movies!

The visuals in the first Tron still look awesome even in 2021. The combination of the B/W film with the stark blue and red colorized images and the early CGI, it just looks awesome.

A modern classic. I remember watching this for the first time as a kid and found it unwatchable at the time. I think the brightness of the lights did something to my vision. No problems today of course.

I remember that oscars thing when I was a kid. I argued with older people allot over it. I guess they thought you just punch a few buttons on a keyboard and an image magically appears. Not to mention how hard it was back then to transfer a digital image to film. Watch the documentary on the DVD. It's longer than the movie.

Thanks for another great video, man. Tron has been a favourite of mine since it blew my immature 11-year-old mind when I plunked myself down in that theatre seat back in July 1982.

Fun facts: 1. TRON was originally to have a short feature film added after the movie called "Computers Are People Too" but it got axed. 2. The TRON arcade cabinets had blacklight bulbs & an internally lit joystick. Your white clothes would glow while in front of it, similar to the movie style. 3. Don Bluth -> the Dragon's Lair & Space Ace laserdisc arcade games. Look closely at the Secret of Nimh and you'll see the artwork & lettering looks extremely similar to Dragon's Lair if you've seen it. 4. There were little fold-out promotional posters for the movie. I had one I got on eBay some few years ago. There were also toys like the light cycles & figures that were cool looking. The figures each came with their own disc. 5. There are other Disney easter eggs in the move so Pac-Man isn't the only easter egg in it. Sadly the sequel, TRON: Legacy, didn't live up to it's potential. It's still a fun one to watch anyway & has some nice effects in it.

8:00 - Journey recorded "Only Solutions" and the instrumental "1990's Theme" (heard in the arcade sequences) for the soundtrack. "Only Solutions" was later remixed for inclusion on Journey's 'Time3' box set and is a lesser version IMO. "Separate Ways" was on the 'Frontiers' album and featured in the arcade scene of 'Tron Legacy', but was never on the soundtrack. Nitpicking, I know.

Tron is one of my favourite films, the new Tron Legacy is OK but not on par with the original.....End of Line.

I remember seeing the preview for Tron when I was a kid and being kinda freaked out by it. Everything was black and neon and was just different looking than the world I was familiar with. It took me a long time to see this, but when I did I loved it! I finally saw it in college when Babylon 5 was in full swing; I enjoyed seeing Bruce Boxleitner as Tron, but was happily surprised to see his B5 co-star Peter Jurasik as the discus player Flynn defeats in his first game. That show is a classic too and has a lot of great computer effects.

Those computer graphics were impossible in home back when this came out. It was pretty impressive. It was a era of discovery for the computer and TRON was a dream of what might be.

nice dude / big fan of Tron

Tron (and it's dope sequel!!!) will always be amazing to me, saw it on home video in the 80's as a kid and was BLOWN AWAY!!! That movie always made me think that playing Oregon trail at school might have real people inside, the stakes were high!!!

That was a wild summer! ET was huge, I remember all the ads for kids toys related to it not to mention reeses' peices. That year yielded some of the greatest movies of that decade, and a large number of them too. The Christmas ads were so awsome as a kid that year, and I spent a lot of time flipping through them too!

Love your shows. Keep up the good work. Would love to see you do a segment of what year had the best movie releases over all years.

Great vid Minty, Love Tron and got to see it in theatres back when I was a young kid. Here are some more facts for everyone to enjoy. 1 - Not only does Pac Man make a cameo. There is a Mickey Mouse head in the background of the solar sailor sequence. 2 - The band Journey who did two songs for this movie about video games. In fact got their own arcade game one year later in 83. 3 - Wendy Carlos the films composer was in fact born Walter. Making her one of Hollywood's first successful transgender composers. Last if you love Tron like I do and have not seen the sequel. Please do so, it too is a very underrated movie.

"ONLY Solutions" and "1999 Theme." "Separate Ways" was composed for it, but wasn't used, instead becoming a hit for the band on the Frontiers album. It was later used in the TRON: Legacy sequel.

In 1985, I bought a Tron (standup version) from Bally, while I worked at a Le Man's Family Fun Center. I had it in my apartment for a couple years, and ended up selling it to my room mate. Today, he owns the 1984 Arcade, in Springfield, MO, and that same Tron one of over 100 video games they have (plus 20-something pinball machines). These days, I have a sit-down Ms. Pac-Man that I converted to a flat screen, and put a Game Elf inside, so now I have 412 classic video games in one cabinet, including Tron. From time to time, I drive down to Springfield, and play my old Tron game.

This video, and the comments, are so great to see. This movie meant a lot to me when I went to see it in the movie theater back in 82. Still does now.

I got to see Tron when it came out . I have always loved this movie . I even liked the sequel .

I saw Tron several times in the theatre in 1982 but my father had a friend who owned a theater. I also saw Road Warrior and Blade Runner in the same theatre and many Kung Fu movies there as well

Thank you for the awesome video, brought back my childhood in the 80s. Keep up the superb work

11: The memory of the computers at that time were so limited, they couldn't put both wheels on the lightcycles. The rear wheels had to be animated by hand. 12: There was no graphical interface for the rendering software at that time so the animators couldn't tell where in the world the models were. They had to go strictly by world coordinates.

You're awesome man. I watch your videos to see how you mispronounce words as much as for the info !

Love this movie.

You're the man Minty, keep up the good work. All the way from Atlanta, Ga.

Thanks for doing this one minty great video.. this is one of my all time favorite movies

The '80s were such a great time for film.

Wendy Carlos is a genius and was way ahead of her time in regards to electronic music. Using the technology when it was seen as little more than a gimmick. Her album Switched On To Bach is well worth checking out.

Tron was ahead of it's time, now that people familiar with computers and VR it now relates.

so much mind blowing information here !!! thank you minty!! ❤❤❤