Tron - UHD BD Combo Digital Steelbook

First, this is a fantastic classic from the dawn of the computer age as we know it today. The movie came out just after the birth of the IBM PC. Back in those days the concept of distributed computing was unknown outside of the computer room. Main frame and mini-computers lived in air conditioned secured rooms, hosting a bunch of dumb video terminals for the users. Most people had no idea of how they worked and they were usually found only in big companies. Even today the special effects, though quaint by modern standards, are still impressive and the story line is pretty good. But the visual concepts from back then of what it would be like to actually be inside of a computer is what makes this movie really special and fascinating. To say the movie was conceptually far ahead of it's time is an understatement. The video quality in this version is great and looks impressive on my 65" screen with the upscaling provided by my Blu Ray player. Color saturation is rich but not overdone and the images are crisp and clean although you can see the black outline around each character from the matting process. The 5.1 sound is also very clear and clean with good surround sound effect. All in all, it's a terrific movie that all sci-fi fans should have in their library. As for the exorbitant prices being charged for the movie now, bear in mind that it is not Disney that's setting those stupid prices even though they undoubtedly contributed to the situation by not producing any more copies of this movie and/or forcing distributors to return unsold stock. But the prices you see are being set by greedy resellers, for the few copies they have left in stock, who are basing them on the law of supply and demand and hoping they can find enough suckers who want a copy of this movie badly enough to pay them such ridiculous prices. I'm just thankful that I bought my copy from Amazon before these greedy moron resellers jacked up their prices. You'll notice that Amazon is not selling this particular movie; they are just providing access to other resellers who are. Actually I think Disney is being very short sighted and greedy itself in trying to prevent sales of this movie because they think it will negatively impact their revenue from the new Tron Legacy release. It they were really smart, they would have done a digitally remastered Blu Ray version and promoted that to drum up additional interest in the new movie. That way they would have made even more money off both products. I know I certainly would have bought a remastered Blu Ray version and also gone to see the new movie. Bottom line, just don't buy this movie until the prices come back down to a reasonable level. I think that after the new movie has been out for a few months, these prices will come back down to a reasonable level, especially if no one buys from these greedy resellers until they bring the prices back to down to reasonable levels. Read more

this cult-classic movie is everything you want in a sci-fi movie. it is so good that you can watch it over and over again. recommend this movie to sci-fi and Disney fans. also, recommend the sequels, Tron: Legacy and Tron: Ares! Read more

Good movie for its time Read more

Classic Disney movie based on cyberspace staring Jeff Daniels Read more

This is an old movie. Special effects and animation are archaic and almost comical. But if you want to see the original this is it. I saw it when it first came out and watched it again. Despite the drawbacks the movie is enjoyable. Funny seeing Jeff Bridges in his early 20'x. Read more

A great scifi movie…moves right along…great story. Action ahead of its time! Read more

Writers Steven Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird had a great visionary story, and as a director Steven knew how to bring his imagination to life through cgi. What Steven didn't know was how to communicate his ideas to experienced, solid actors. Lisberger did his best (see the disc Extras), working on blank sets that wouldn't be filled in by cgi for another year, but his actors couldn't uniformly agree on what that world they needed to interact with would look like, and Steven couldn't communicate it any better. Everything we see within the computer world of TRON is what the actors couldn't see. The movie suffers for it, both in the different actors muddled reactions to the same thing, as well as some horribly awkward dialog, so out of place with the events happening to the character. Our modern superhero / comic book cinema era was grandly laid out for generations before it reached this blockbuster point, and there was tons of missteps throughout the decades. Few remember that Marvel didn't get solidly on its feet until 2008. Like Star Wars, TRON laid the groundwork for everything that would come after and build upon it. Unlike Star Wars, the actors were as out of their depth with the story as the director was out of his in directing it. What likely helped Star Wars was all if its practical effects, giving the actors Some Thing to work with. A young Tim Burton wanted to direct TRON as his first feature, and Steven was happy to let him have at it (see the disc Extras), but a bad short film Tim made with live actors at the time gave the Disney bosses cold feet. So what does all of this ancient triva mean for the viewer? Is TRON entertaining or not? It's quite entertaining as the world Steve created back in the late 70s, early 80s is in many ways more compelling than cgi worlds we have today. It looks now like a computer savvy person of this era would expect a computerized world to look. By comparison TRON: Legacy was one note and while written better, drew upon shallow, ugly-hearted characters that no one could care about. Unlike Legacy, Steve didn't want his computer world to look like a realistic version of earth, which would have been easy enough at the time with mere neon and light panels. TRON takes us fully into an imaginary world, far more fantastic than Alice's Wonderland – even if the computer characters all talk like they just stepped off the set of Bonanza. TRON remains a rich landscape, flawed yet beautiful, worth repeated visits, and the extras are great! Read more

Amazing movie the cover art is fantastic Read more