Why isn't Tron out on DVD?
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I agree it's a bit muddy, but I didn't expect a thesis on Kevin Flynn's business model. However, what I did take away from Legacy is that between his original "Playing games in the Arcade" self and coming back from the original Grid, he had a profound change in the way that he saw the world (hence the comments about changing religion, science etc.).
I would envision that Flynn would have given away say, the OS, but charged for specialized programs like the Encom equivalent of say, Microsoft Project. Certain institutions such as educational ones may have gotten significant discounts and/or free copies. Flynn wasn't an idiot, clealry Encom needed money to run and he had hundreds (judging by the size of the Encom tower) of employees to feed.
That said, the prequel comic books did show Flynn slowly losing his way in terms of figuring out how to have Encom make profits. He became ultra idealistic, pulling out investments on non-environmentally friendly initiatives and so on (this is from my memory, I don't have the issues in front of me) so had his hubris continued, I do think Encom would have gone bye bye.
Hopefully Sam will continue his father's ideals, but also manage the company in a realistic way. I suspect htis will be a major story point in the next film.
I got both Tron and Tron Legacy's individual releases on BD through Amazon at a price that was half of what the combined set cost (which included versions of the movie I did not need like the DC and the 3D BD) the DVDs I got I gave to a co-worker.
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I mean, I could almost see how it works when you look at a company like Google whose major claim to fame, their search engine, is free. But an O/S strike me as orders of magnitude more complicated to just "give away" unless, like Google, it had some in-system advertising or a pay-version that gets rid of the advertising/offers more features.
It'd certainly be possible to find a balance between making things available to a consumer at a reasonable price and still pulling a profit, but giving it away on the labor of many seems... odd.
I paid about half as well but without the unneeded 3D copy.
I think God Magnus has it bang on about what Kevin's plan was in the movie. He was written as a flawed visionary who really was prepping his son to take up his "legacy" and vision. This movie is really about Sam Flynn...he's the "legacy" in question.
I don't agree. I thought that the fact everything looked different - yet in many ways was the same - worked perfectly with the concept that this is 28 years later. Go back to 1982 and people were still working with Apple II+ and Commodore PET computers. Pick up an iPad or a laptop, or a multi-Terabyte desktop and as you play Portal2 or Call of Duty, tell me that it seems even in the same dimension as the days of Little Brick Out, Odyssey The Compleat Apventure and the original Zork.
The original Tron had a 1920s silent film look about it that I loved. But one of the things I was skeptical about when they announced the sequel was whether they would be able to replicate that look without it looking stupid. They didn't go that route and I'm thankful.
In my opinion, prior to Tron Legacy, the original Tron was headed down the road of being dismissed as kitschy and dated-looking. Still to be admired for its groundbreaking nature, to be sure, and the story remains strong. But in a culture that demands that the original Star Trek be altered in order to become acceptable to today's audiences, Tron was fast heading towards irrelevance.
But Tron Legacy, perhaps intentionally, perhaps unintentionally, rescued the original Tron by inherently making the original -- with all its dated-ness -- part of the story. As a result, the first and second movie now make a whole.
Put another way - Tron 1.0 was the black and white opening of The Wizard of Oz; Tron Legacy was the colourful arrival in Oz.
Alex
I'll just add to my thought about Sam is that Quorra is also part of the "legacy" but the legacy of the Grid and the ultimate culmination of Flynn's creation.
You still have to live, sustain a business, pay rent and pay employees. Not saying he needed to become mega rich just that giving a product away for free isn't a great way to operate a business. Hell, it was already pretty apparently that he lived a fairly modest life-style while running Encom.
Fucking nerds.
That's mature.
^ No kidding.
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