Such a reaction tempered any excitement I had for a sequel to Tron, Joseph Kosinski’s Tron: Legacy. Every awkward bit of dialogue that was sort of charming on tape, clunked when presented with crystal clear audio. The format was simply too good for the movie, as the limitations of VHS had worked along with the limitations of the film. When I saw Tron on DVD, cleaned up and in widescreen, it looked wrong. Don’t get me wrong, the movie was still corny and the effects amusingly antiquated, but the constant panning and scanning of the image lent the film a real feeling of watching a primitive video game. ![]() I didn’t see the movie again until college, on a grainy, cropped VHS, and it went beyond the feeling of nostalgia, almost to the point of legitimate entertainment. The movie was Steven Lisberger’s Tron and though I can’t recall my initial reaction to the film, I’d assume that I enjoyed it, seeing as that’s the level the movie is pitched at. ![]() My first memory of seeing a movie in the theater was when I was 4 years old.
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