TRON (1982)
alt Disney Productions (WDP), 1982
TRON is one of the first films in history to use 3D computer graphics extensively. TRON has a distinctive visual style. The general story was criticized at the time for being incoherent, but it has since gained a cult following and is considered to be a pioneer in computer animation.
The author, Steve Lisberger was frustrated by the clique-ish nature of computers and video games and wanted to create a film that would open this world up to everyone. Lisberger and his business partner Donald Kushner moved to the West Coast in 1977 to set up an animation studio, and develop TRON
Disney’s “TRON”
Released on July 9, 1982, this original Disney film chronicles the adventures of Kevin Flynn, a brilliant video game maker who hacks the mainframe of his former employer ENCOM looking for evidence that the video game programs he wrote were stolen by a company executive named Ed Dillinger
TRON Legacy (2010)
The film’s plot involves Kevin’s son Sam investigating his father’s disappearance, when he finds himself digitized into the Tron system. Upon arrival, he encounters Clu, a corrupt digital doppelganger of Sam’s father, who will stop at nothing to prevent Sam or his father from escaping from the system.
TRON ARES ( Dec 19, 2025)
DAFT PUNK
TRON: Legacy was a visually stunning interpretation of the world that couldn’t be fully realized in the 1982 version, complete with a Daft Punk cameo as DJs inside a nightclub. The duo also composed the film’s soundtrack, which some argue was better than the film itself.Jul 25, 2020
Song by Daft Punk & Julian Casablancas
How much time passed between Tron and Tron: Legacy?
It was followed by the 2010 sequel film Tron: Legacy, which takes place 28 years after the events of the first film and depicts the attempts of Flynn’s son Sam in retrieving his lost father from within the Grid, now ruled by a corrupt program.
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. They achieved early popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement, combining elements of house music with funk, disco, techno, rock and synth-pop.[1] The duo garnered further acclaim and commercial success and are now regarded as one of the most influential acts in dance music history.[2]
Daft Punk formed after Bangalter and de Homem-Christo’s former indie rock band, Darlin’, disbanded. Their debut studio album, Homework, was released by Virgin Records in 1997 to positive reviews, backed by the singles “Around the World” and “Da Funk“. From 1999, Daft Punk assumed robot personas for public appearances, with helmets, outfits and gloves to disguise their identities; they made few media appearances. They were managed from 1996 to 2008 by Pedro Winter, the head of Ed Banger Records.
Daft Punk’s second album, Discovery (2001), earned acclaim and further success, with the hit singles “One More Time“, “Digital Love” and “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger“. It became the basis for an animated film, Interstella 5555, supervised by the Japanese artist Leiji Matsumoto. Daft Punk’s third album, Human After All (2005), received mixed reviews, though the singles “Robot Rock” and “Technologic” achieved success in the United Kingdom. Daft Punk directed an avant-garde science-fiction film, Electroma, released in 2006. They toured throughout 2006 and 2007 and released the live album Alive 2007, which won a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album; the tour is credited for popularising dance music in North America. Daft Punk composed the score for the 2010 film Tron: Legacy.
In 2013, Daft Punk left Virgin for Columbia Records and released their fourth and final album, Random Access Memories, to acclaim; the lead single, “Get Lucky“, reached the top 10 in the charts of 27 countries. Random Access Memories won five Grammy Awards in 2014, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Get Lucky”. In 2016, Daft Punk gained their only number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Starboy“, a collaboration with the Weeknd. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked them the 12th greatest musical duo of all time; the same publication has included two of their albums on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. They announced their split in 2021.
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