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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Tron Legacy: WTF?

A man releasing a disc upwards into the air, embraced by a woman

Recognize this?

Last month, all geeks were incredibly happy. Why? Tron lah! TRON LEGACY! The epic sequel to the awesome 1982 movie that is Tron.


Yes, yes, trivialities out of the way, the movie is about this dude, Sam Flynn.


Apparently, he's daddy's little boy, all grown up. Btw, did I mention that his daddy is Kevin Flynn? A godlike Figure in the Grid? Protagonist of Tron?

Half-length portrait of younger man with shoulder-length hair and beard, with right hand raised over what appears to be a red flame. The upper background is gold. Around his head is a golden halo containing an equal-armed cross with three arms visible; the arms are decorated with ovals and squares.

Guess which dude he is? No, not the dude on the left, that's Jesus by the way, a totally more awesome dude. But yes, Kevin Flynn plays the role of Christ just as well.

Most people already seen the movie, so SPOILER ALERT!

OK, Sam enters The Grid, namely this place.


For Kingdom Hearts Players, hey, I knew you were there! Well, The Grid "vaguely" resembles the KH world of "The World That Never Was". Recognize the Tower? It's the Memory Skyscraper, copied bit by bit...... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANYWAYS, Back to Tron Legacy.

The ONLY best thing about the movie is this. Quorra.
Yes, Quorra.
Ok, stop. Quorra is a Kick-ass Program from The Grid. Played by Olivia Wilde.


Ok, fanboys, stop drooling.

Well, in the end of the movie, Sam brings Quorra to our world. Wow, a romance story, love, all that Jazz. But let us consider the facts of Quorra.

  1. She's a program, who has never seen the Real World before.
  2. She has no ID, no passport, no money. Ok, so she's in love with a multibillionaire, but HEY! NO ID?!
  3. She doesn't know how to use a bloody computer.
  4. Did I mention she's an ISO?
Another Bloody amazing fact is The Grid. According to the movie, The Grid was made in 1989. Full stop. 1989. And then research discontinued because Kevin "Jesus" Flynn was sucked into the world. OK.....a quick wikipedia search.

Se30.jpg
Ah, the Mac SE/30. Most advanced model, for $6500. Wow. Let's look at its specs.

Logic BoardPortsPower
Processor:68030, 16
PMMU:integrated
FPU:68882
Data Path:32, 16
L1 Cache:0.5K
L2 Cache:none
2nd Processor:none
Slots:1 SE/30 PDS
USB:
ADB:2
Video:none
Floppy:DB-19
SCSI:DB-25
Geoports:
Ethernet:none
FireWire:
Mic Type:none
AirPort Ready:
Other Ports:Printer
Modem
Speaker
,
Max Watts:75
Amps:.63
BTU per Hr:256.5
Voltage:120-240
Freq Range:48-62 Hz
Battery Type:3.6V lithium
MemoryVideo Memory
Logic Board:none
RAM Slots:8, 30-pin SIMM
Min - Max RAM:1 MB - 32 MB
Min RAM Speed:120
RAM Sizes:256 K, 1, 4 MB
Install in Groups of:4
ResolutionVideo Memory
built-in CRT
(built in)
512 x 3841-bit
640 x 400n/a-bit
640 x 480n/a-bit
800 x 600n/a-bit
832 x 624n/a-bit
1024 x 768n/a-bit
1152 x 870n/a-bit
1280 x 1024n/a-bit

Notes: Screen size is 512x342.
PhysicalSoftwareStorage
Introduced:1/19/1989
Discontinued:10/21/1990
Form Factor:SE
Gestalt ID:9
Weight (lbs):19.5
Dimensions (in):13.6 H x 9.6 W x 10.9 D
Notes:Support Discontinued 9/1/98
Addressing Modes:24-bit
Orig SSW:6.0.3
Orig Enabler:none
ROM ID:$0178
ROM Ver:n/a
ROM Size:256K
AppleTalk Ver:49
Mac OS
Supported:
6.0.5
6.0.7
6.0.8
7.0
7.0.1
7.1
7.1.1 (Pro)
7.5
6.0.3
6.0.4
7.5.1
7.5.3
7.5.5
Floppy Size:1.44MB
Floppy Inject:auto
Min. Int HD Size:40-80MB
Int HD Interface:SCSI
Orig CD Speedn/a
Int CD Support:

Okay. Alotta technical stuff. But look at the RAM. 1MB MIN, 32MB MAX.

So, the computers available at the time had only 1/2000 of my current LAPTOP's Ram. Wow. And he could still create The Grid. Amazing.

What's more, The Grid can be saved into a memory card. Wow. That must make it less than 16GB. Than again, did we forget that the Mac SE/30 had only80MB of internal mem at maximum?

WOWEE! I admit, he could've used a supercomputer. But then....how did he afford it? See? I just poked a hole in the logic.

Anyways, A great film, deserves all the credit for Tron! YAY! One last pic for all you peoples

There. I'm DONE! GO TRON!

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