A popular scifi franchise (as well as a movie and character with the same name). Consists of at least two films and multiple games.
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Is Quorra's name a reference to anything?
Many of the names of things/characters on the grid are references to various things/people related to computers, like Zuse after Konrad Zuse and Alan Bradley after Alan Kay.
Is there a ...
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Do Programs/Users need to eat or drink?
I originally understood the digitization process of Tron/Tron: Legacy to create digital representations of the users, but now I'm not so sure (especially since Sam is shown to bleed on The Grid).
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Is the inner world of Tron a simulation or an alternate reality?
At first it seems that the inner world of the Tron movies are obviously simulations inside a computer/network but there are a couple of oddities that don't fit well with this point of view where ...
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Is Quorra human now?
As a corollary to my other question I was wondering about this:
Once Quorra enters the real world does she become human or is she something else? i.e. Is she a living, breathing, human being with ...
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How does Sam bleed?
During the arena sequence in Tron Legacy we see Sam take a grazing hit from a disk and bleed a few drops of blood, thus identifying him as a User.
From a plot and drama point of view this is very ...
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Do you think this is air you're breathing?
Please excuse the misquote from another film but reading this question has inspired me to ask if the Grid simulates air and the quote is kind of related as both movies share a similar concept of a ...
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What happens to the grid if the system is shut down [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What happened to the Grid at the end of Tron Legacy?
I was wondering, what happens to the grid if the system is shutdown.
Some says the programs don't die, they simply ...
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Does the disc always return to the thrower?
It seems like in Tron and Tron Legacy the identity discs always return to their thrower. Regardless of how many times they ricochet or which direction they travel.
Will the disc always return to the ...
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What idea about the ISOs were the authors trying to convey in Tron: Legacy?
In the sci-fi movie Tron: Legacy, Flynn creates a virtual world with its own rules and physical laws, and as a side effect he discovers (or creates) a strange race of conscious creatures called ISOs.
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Is the movie TRON based from the movie Ra.One?
Sometimes I see Western movies that look like a direct copy from the source of an Eastern movie.
As an example, is the American movie TRON a direct copy of the Ra.One? Are there differences?
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Did Ram become the Bit in the Recognizer?
In Tron the character Ram is seen to fade away inside of the damaged recognizer that Flynn restored. Shortly after this a Bit arrives to accompany Flynn on his trip to the I/O tower. Did Ram become ...
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Is an Identity Disc a long term requirement in the Grid?
In Tron and Tron: Legacy all people (programs, users, ISOs) are fitted with an Identity Disc. This disc apparently records everything that a person does, and if that disc is lost or damaged the person ...
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Why did they switch colors during the production of the first Tron movie?
I had heard about this color switch before, and here's a quote from Wikipedia article about Tron.
The original script called for "good" programs to be colored yellow and "evil" programs (those ...
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In Tron: Legacy, how did Kevin Flynn recognize Rinzler as [REDACTED]?
This here is some padding to hide the spoiler in the question from being visible on the question page. The question follows.
Shortly after Quorra, Kevin, and Sam get off the transport, Rinzler ...
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Spanish subtitles for Tron: The next day
Does a Spanish subtitled version of Tron: The Next Day exist?
Alternatively, are there Spanish transcriptions or subtitles available?
Tron: The Next Day is a 10 minute short film "bridge" between ...
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What was the importance of the ISOs in Tron: Legacy?
I never really understood what the movie said about what makes the ISOs special. Flynn found them to be something amazing, but I don't think the movie made it clear what made them even more fantastic ...
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What happened to the deleted Tron trailer?
Before Tron: Legacy came out, I saw this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1IpPpB3iWI
I don't recall seeing it in the movie, was it deleted, or abandoned?
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Is there a disconnect between how the original Tron movie end and the new one began?
I saw the, uh, what are they calling it -- sequel -- and was curious as to how the original movie ended. I can't find a rental copy anywhere and it's not streaming on Netflix anymore.
