Trek,Tron and Rock n Roll: TRON (1982)

Sunday, June 5, 2011

TRON (1982)

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Kevin Flynn (A brilliant game designer, Kevin Flynn left ENCOM after being fired by Ed Dillinger who claimed to have created several of Flynn's games. When Flynn broke into the company to prove Dillinger a thief, he became the first human-being to enter the astonishing digital world of the Grid) (Jeff Bridges)

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Flynn (Jeff Bridges) in the Grid after Master Control Program zapped him into it

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CLU (was originally a search program created by Kevin Flynn to explore inside the ENCOM mainframe for proof he created ENCOM's most-popular games) (CLU was found and destroyed by the Master Control Program) (Jeff Bridges)

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Alan Bradley (skilled ENCOM programmer grew from Kevin Flynn's rival to his best friend after Flynn teamed up with Alan's "TRON" program inside the Grid in 1982 to overcome the Master Control Program) (Bruce Boxleitner)

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TRON (was created by Alan Bradley to ensure the Master Control Program was functioning normally, correctly and within the rules of its programming) (Bruce Boxleitner)
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Ed Dillinger (An ENCOM executive who stole Kevin Flynn's game designs and used them to level himself into the position of Senior Executive Vice President) (David Warner)

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SARK (The security program working for the Master Control Program, who forces Kevin Flynn to compete in the Game Grid. SARK, a program written by Ed Dillinger, looked very much like its user) (David Warner)

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Master Control Program (More widely referred to as the MCP, the Master Control Program was a despotic program that ruled the Grid with an iron fist during the Ed Dillinger years at ENCOM while it reached beyond the main frame of ENCOM to gain power and control over the world's data systems)

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Dr. Walter Gibbs (The computer genius behind the establishment of ENCOM — later demoted by executive Ed Dillinger) (Barnard Hughes)

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DUMONT (was the Grid's Input-Output Tower guardian who controlled access to communication with Users in the real world. He agreed to help TRON communicate with Alan Bradley, but it came at a price) (Barnard Hughes)

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Dr. Lora Baines (A one-time flame of Kevin Flynn's, who remained his friend and helped him sneak into ENCOM. Lora was romantically involved with Alan Bradley at the time and later married him) (Cindy Morgan)

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YORI (A program created by Dr. Lora Baines who assists TRON and Kevin Flynn in defeating SARK and the Master Control Program) (Cindy Morgan)

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RAM (An accounting Program forced to compete on the Game Grid who becomes Kevin Flynn's friend and ally. RAM and CROM met Kevin Flynn while awaiting their turns in the games) (Dan Shor)

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CROM (was a compound interest program from a savings-and-loan who firmly believed in the Users as almost god-like figures who commanded their programs. CROM was introduced to Kevin Flynn and RAM while reluctantly awaiting his turn in the Grid Games. Sadly, CROM was derezzed during a game with Flynn, revealing that the virtual world was cold, calculating and dangerous) (Peter Jurasik)

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