[Klug-general] Tron

[James Blake]

I travelled all of the way from Dorset to see the Tron premier in
Leicester Square when I was 12, and likewise I went to see the 12:15
AM showing at the IMAX in Waterloo on the first day of release ;)

I was a huge Tron fan as a kid and watching the film again as you grow
up you start the realise that is was a little deeper (i.e. the I/O
towers to communicate with the users and the use of the logic probe to
break through the defences).

I too noticed the Ubuntu logo.  Loved Castor's character - he was
outrageous.  I have to say, I wasn't disappointed by the sequel and
Daft Punk did an excellent job on the soundtrack.

Jimmy


On 7 July 2011 17:19, james snyder <snyder.webmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have just watched the film "Tron Legacy" again and notice that the
> character Castor, (if you have not seen this film, Castor is a
> vivacious and renowned program in "The Grid" who runs the "End of Line
> Club" at the top of a tower in the system), has the symbol of Ubuntu
> Linux on his forehead engraved in white!
> [I recall we played http://www.gltron.org at a KLUG meet in Rochester,
> anyone remember? - Is anyone in KLUG old enough to remember the thrill
> of going to the cinema in the early 80's to see the original "Tron"
> film?]
>
> So does anyone know if there is any connection between Mark
> Shuttleworth's Canonical company, and Tron?
>
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