more Tron thoughts
Training new security programs before and after
So, Early Tron, He's just happy. It's safe, and he's fulfilling his purpose, protecting The Grid. The new moniters rezz in, sure they have all the knowledge, the moves, but they don't know anything yet, they don't know HOW to fight. So they train, and the first thing he does, is let them all try to beat him. They all lose of course.
He laughs, and teaches them how to fight. They run through senario after senario, and sometimes he shows off a little. A flip there, a jump here, but the new moniters? They eat it up, they want to do the same, protect, fight, and show off. He's happy to be their model.
Later Tron is more cautious. He's not the only one in charge of security anymore, and he can't tell which ones will get "transferred" to Clu. He teaches the necessities, and the few who stand out get brought into his squads quickly and viciously. He can't keep them all safe, but he tried his best.
Uprising Tron only trains Beck. All his past monitors are derezzed or rectified. He hates how weak he feels, he can't even train Beck one on one, relying on simulation after simulation. He's proud, and Beck learns so quickly, but if Tron could just train him like he used to, it would go faster. Beck wouldn't just survive each encounter, he could win. But Tron is crumbling to his scars, and Beck can't devote all his time to being the Renegade. They make do with half measures and patches.
Rinzler doesn't train anyone, not really. Some other program teaches the rectified to fight, and Clu sends them to him. He doesn't really fight, shows off for Clu, but always, about half are derezzed. The survivors move on, are sent out, the rest are swept off the platform. He doesn't care, not really. Just another fight, another game to play. He always tries to stay and watch the voxels fall into the pits as the janitors clean. Sometimes Clu doesn't let him.
For fun, Clu will make him fight old squad members. Rinzler doesn't know who they are, neither do they. But he figures it out quickly, they move too similarly to him. Clu stops the fight before they get derezzed, usually.
Tronzler hates training. He knows too much, is too fast and too deadly. Easy for him is death to another. He only fights the best, they barely survive. If he could never train them, he would, but The Grid needs it's protection, and he will fulfill his purpose.
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I’ll also go on record to say that I think Beck and Cyrus’ dynamic is extremely funny to me. It’s the equivalent of a literal random guy having beef w you for being a friend of someone they knew. BECK DOESNT EVEN KNOW HIS NAME UNTIL EPISODE 18. I THINK THATS HILARIOUS AND WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT
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The Tron Legacy: Out of the Dark book is so funny in so many unintended ways. It’s my new favorite thing.
Exhibit A:
Dhagrhjfjajhddjs “Flynn left anyway”
Exhibit B:
They replaced Sam’s beer with what appears to be Wendy’s fries, a Taco Bell cup and both a taco and a hamburger. He’s at the Wendy’s, he’s at the Taco Bell. He’s at the combination Wendy’s and Taco Bell.
Also Marv looks genuinely horrifying.
Exhibit C, this bold lie:
And last but not least, exhibit D:
They make it seem like a fun little surprise party for him, a little birthday treat, a little fun secret just for him! Sam got a surprise! His presumed dead father who’s been missing since he was a child was there! Trapped in a digital world of his own making by a being of his own creation! Surprise!
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I like this exchange in Tron (1982) ::-]
- If you are a User, then everything you've done has been according to a plan, right?
- You wish. Well, you guys know what it's like. You just keep doing what it looks like you're supposed to be doing, no matter how crazy it seems.
- Well, that's the way it is for Programs, yes.
- I hate to disappoint you, pal, but most of the time, that's the way it is for Users, too.
- Stranger and stranger...
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There is some really neat imagery and symbolism in 1982, but to be honest most of it is just an ablsoote technological DREAM. When doing research for a project I realized, for perhaps the first time, that some of the ENCOM grid’s architecture looks almost Art Deco and i suddenly realized how badily I want
1) Tron x bioshock
2) to start mixing Tron with every astetic I can get my hands on holy SHIT
3) go FULL Tron art deco
4) (wait, tron x historical costumes? Like I know it kinda goes against the skin tight vibes Tron ushally has but, like, imagen it, just… the Tron light lines and tech vibes but it’s also draped in whatever historical era or fashion style suits your fancy? Tron but I get to draw a ballgown? Tron but DnD? TRON BUT STEAMPUNK??????)
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Separate Ways coming on at the barcade tonight and I'm just sitting here shaking trying to pretend I'm a normal person
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