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#tron 82 #this redesign fucks extremely but #it's always funny when promotional-style artwork shows sark with the like. face shield helmet attachment equipped #he wears that version for like 2 minutes in the movie lmao

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the grid and encom system...Tron basically falls under the isekai category

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Just wanted to share this plush toy of Bit (from the "TRON" series) that I designed from scratch and hand-sewed over a decade ago. Next time I'd probably use fabric stiffener to help it keep its shape better after stuffing, but I still love it.

(The tag reads "Bit" in binary code.)

#omggg i love it...and the little bits next to it #actually the phrase ''little bit'' just brought back an old old memory #when i was like 2-3 yrs old this older lady monette who was a family friend would always call me ''the little bit'' #now i feel like im gonna cry #tron 82

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The way it works on most computers, when you "delete" a file or program (including emptying the "recycle bin" in Windows), it's not actually instantly erased from the memory on the hard drive. It just means that the part of the memory that's occupied by the file/program is marked as being available to be overwritten by new data if necessary. The deleted object becomes part of the "free memory" on the hard drive, in other words. This is why it's possible to perform "data recovery" of deleted files, if you can locate the part of the memory that they were stored in, and they haven't been overwritten with new data yet. It also means that if you really want something to be truly, irrevocably removed from your computer memory, you can use "file shredder" software to make sure that it's overwritten (but even then, there are apparently some advanced data recovery techniques that might be able to recover the erased stuff, completely or partially).

What would this mean in the Tron universe? If we assume that "derez" is just another word for "delete", it could be possible that the Programs we see getting "killed" might be "resurrected" through data recovery. When we see Programs fade away, maybe they've just been relocated to some kind of shadowy limbo in the system memory, awaiting their final overwriting by new data.

Take poor Ram, for example. When Flynn has returned to the Real World after his adventures, it might be possible for him to restore the friendly actuarial Program if he can locate the memory in which he was stored (which shouldn't be too hard for a genius programmer/hacker, right?). He would have to be quick about it, however, since I imagine that deleted files could be overwritten fairly soon in a big corporate network with multiple Users like the ENCOM system. Once he's gotten over the thrill of being back home and having defeated Dillinger, I'd like to think that he hurries over to a computer in the empty offices and does his best to restore his digital companion during the same night, since it might be too late once the building opens for business the next day. I'm sure Roy Kleinberg would appreciate it as well.

I also like to imagine what would happen if you're not quick enough to restore a derezzed program, if their data has already been partially overwritten. Would they show up missing an arm or a leg, or a chunk of their head? Would their mind have been altered in some way?

This could also mean that the digital world has their own versions of "ghosts", depending on what happens to derezzed-but-not-yet-overwritten Programs. Maybe there are stories going around about feeling the presence of dead Programs in places where they used to live, or seeing shadowy images of them in the corner of your eye, or hearing their voices whisper from far away.

Also, in this case a "file shredder" Program would probably be a pretty intimidating figure: A sinister "ghost hunter" who goes around the system, with the goal of making sure that the dead stay dead, their memories and secrets being buried with them.

#fucked up if true!!! #tron 82 #potential io lore to be mined here re: data restoration #is she like...diving into that liminal plane to pull programs back out...godddddd!! #lore

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dissonance

#tronzler #wowoowo really good art #tron legacy

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I said I’d do it.

#SARK W/O HELMET??!?!??! #i go crazeeee!!! aoooughha #tron 82 #sark my beloved

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Info about how they found Bruce tron costume and how they made the costume including the disc. 

#tron 82

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There was a boy

A very strange enchanted boy

They say he wandered very far

Over land and sea

A little shy

And sad of eye

But very wise was he

And then one day

One magic day he passed my way

And while we spoke of many things

Fools...

...and kings.

This he said to me

The greatest thing you'll ever learn

Is just to love

And be loved in return

#scream!! #tron

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hadn't drawn Yori yet, so had to fix that

I'll probably change the lightlines later but ta-da!

#omggggggg #yori

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is this even remotely funny

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I attended a lecture not too long ago from a well-known animator, who talked about the technique of "digitizing humans" for animation back in the 70s.

Well, that wasn't quite what they did in the original Tron, but the comparison was too amusing to ignore. So, whilst listening to the lecture, I sketched Flynn trying to explain the concept to Tron.

Just something fun I thought I'd share.

Tron lives!

#omggg #tron #flynn #tron 82

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Early TRON: concepts and some images from the promo/animated logo for Lisberger Studios, which features a proto-Tron.

#early tron concept designs are so bionicle coded...

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Michael Craig-Martin (Irish/British, 1941), Saenredam (black), 2022. Pigment print on Somerset Satin photo paper 300gsm, 50 x 76 cm. Edition of 10

#troncore

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Get in the Time Machine we’re going shopping

#tron 82 #the helmet?? hello!?!

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hey i’m going to bed can you look after my orange please? thanks!! goodnight everyone!!

#the orange...

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The beautiful world of TRON (1982).

#they really went so hard with the backgrounds #lmao i remember seeing the third-to-last pic in like. synthwave song thumbnails on youtube #before i even saw tron. i just thought it looked cool #tron 82

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#he was simp #clu #tron 82