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Speculative fiction film starring | Speculative fiction film starring | ||
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the company's senior vice president. Knowing that Dillinger has continually | the company's senior vice president. Knowing that Dillinger has continually | ||
plagiarized Flynn's work, the MCP engages in blackmail | plagiarized Flynn's work, the MCP engages in blackmail | ||
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attempting to hack the ENCOM system to find evidence of said plagiarism, Flynn | attempting to hack the ENCOM system to find evidence of said plagiarism, Flynn | ||
is digitized by the MCP and downloaded via experimental laser where he finds a | is digitized by the MCP and downloaded via experimental laser where he finds a | ||
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, paralleling the development of William | , paralleling the development of William | ||
Tyler Bell's | Tyler Bell's | ||
[[error]] | [[error|infinity principle]] | ||
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[[terminator | [[terminator|James Cameron] | ||
as a precursor to | as a precursor to | ||
[[terminator]] | [[terminator|SkyNet]]. | ||
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</p> | </p> | ||
<p> | <p><sup>2</sup> | ||
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The MCP's motivation for engaging in blackmail is never | The MCP's motivation for engaging in blackmail is never | ||
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[[steven-bochco]] | [[steven-bochco|Steven Bochco]]'s cyber-based short-lived | ||
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television series | television series | ||
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[[wintermute]] | [[wintermute]] | ||
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Revision as of 14:23, 12 March 2024
Tron
[disambiguation:
Metatron]
Speculative fiction film starring
Jeff Bridges
(Kevin
Flynn) and
advised by famed computer scientist/jazz guitarist Alan Kay released in 1982
to widespread critical apathy. The film centers on the Master Control Program
(MCP) of the computer conglomerate ENCOM
1
- a cyber-entity found to
have become sentient by
Dillinger,
the company's senior vice president. Knowing that Dillinger has continually
plagiarized Flynn's work, the MCP engages in blackmail
2. While
attempting to hack the ENCOM system to find evidence of said plagiarism, Flynn
is digitized by the MCP and downloaded via experimental laser where he finds a
non-spatial cyber-reality characterized by game systems in which the loser is
"derezzed".
Tron
is often cited as the film industry's first attempt
at representing the digitally infinite
3
, paralleling the development of William
Tyler Bell's
infinity principle
.
1 Acknowledged by director [[terminator|James Cameron] as a precursor to SkyNet.
2 The MCP's motivation for engaging in blackmail is never explicitly stated. Speculation has centered on the MCP's frequent and anachronistic employment of outdated and seemingly misguided sexual innuendo.
3 Preceding by a few years Steven Bochco's cyber-based short-lived television series wintermute .