annoyingthemesong: SUBLIME CINEMA #328 - TRONThe original Tron was a milestone, but like a lot of gr
annoyingthemesong: SUBLIME CINEMA #328 - TRONThe original Tron was a milestone, but like a lot of great science fiction it was kind of overlooked when it first came out. It was skipped over in the special effects category at the Oscars (same year as Blade Runner and ET), because voters at the time thought that using computers to create special effects was cheating. It was only years later that it became recognized as a massive technical achievement - as the first film to employ a fully CGI environment, and its odd, dreamy vibe which is completely singular. -- source link