I just found this site a week ago and I've been enjoying all of the discussions about Tron Legacy so I figure that I finally join in the mix. (I'm normally defending/analyzing this film in the CHUD message boards and unnecessarily tearing my hair out reading a few trollish posts in IMDb.)

First of all, my apologies if this topic has been discussed, but I wasn't able to find it as the Search function isn't working for me. But I'd like to discuss the ISOs tattoo/mark on their arm.

In an older thread, FlynnsWrist said this:

Just got the sound track and it really grows on me. beautiful. To add, I notice the ISOs tattoo to be somehwat interesting. like an "OI-" a mutated binary code where the "I" had a middle dash "-" perhaps saying that electrical impulses have 3 directions than just a linear current stream. Ok, i flunked at electrical engineering but thats what gave me the impression.

My personal reading of the ISOs' light tattoo is more symbolic/religious in nature. If Quorra would stretch her arm outwards, it would look like this:

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m562/Gizm072/QuorraLightTattoo.jpg
(EDIT: Can someone teach me how to post an image?)

I am reading it as "OT," such as the Old Testament in the Christian/Catholic bible. One of the reasons I'm keen on such an interpretation is due to the very nature of the ISOs. Whatever the "conditions" might be which "manifested" the ISOs, one thing is very clear: they came into being because of Kevin Flynn, which BASICally (sorry) makes him God or a god.

And does anybody know if the mark is just on one of their arms or both? As a symbolism nerd, I'm digging the look of ISOs with both arms outstretched -- posing as a "crucifix" with two "OT" marks glowing... It's like a combination of both the OT and the NT (New Testament, due to Christ's crucifixion).

Since there are biblical symbolisms in both films, I was just wondering if this was intentionally created by the writers. Or I could be completely wrong and it's a "binary code" as mentioned by FlynnsWrist. Or could it be both? Or could it be something else entirely? Thoughts?where to buy abortion pill abortion types buy abortion pill online

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I don't agree with the biblical comparisons. No offense.
Iso's manifested in and were born from the Sea of Simulation, a kind of digital "primordial soup", life evolved from it, similar to how organic compounds and simple organisms evolved from a primoridal soup on Earth.

The Iso tattoo most likely is just a simple "marker", probably imprinted on them by The Grid itself to denote that they are not User created. It's probably a simple glyph to indicate this.

One *possible* meaning:
hexagon and a "T" may mean Hexgon= digital DNA construct and "T" = contains digital T cells ( T cells in humans are key components that are part of a person's immune system) maybe they may have a digital version of T cells or digital stem cells.

Or Maybe the system divided by zero and it spat out Isomorphic algorythms (Isos)... :/

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Ah ok.

Director Joe Kosinski is a huge admirerer of Stanley Kubrick and his film 2001: A Space Odyssey. So one can see alot of elements of Kubricks works in Tron Legacy's thematic, symbolic and and visual tapestry. Flynn's safe house was a blatantly obvious hint to that.

typicaltronname Wrote: voltes5 Wrote:I just found this site a week ago and I've been enjoying all of the discussions about Tron Legacy so I figure that I finally join in the mix. (I'm normally defending/analyzing this film in the CHUD message boards and unnecessarily tearing my hair out reading a few trollish posts in IMDb.) First of all, my apologies if this topic has been discussed, but I wasn't able to find it as the Search function isn't working for me. But I'd like to discuss the ISOs tattoo/mark on their arm. In an older thread, FlynnsWrist said this Just got the sound track and it really grows on me. beautiful. To add, I notice the ISOs tattoo to be somehwat interesting. like an "OI-" a mutated binary code where the "I" had a middle dash "-" perhaps saying that electrical impulses have 3 directions than just a linear current stream. Ok, i flunked at electrical engineering but thats what gave me the impression. My personal reading of the ISOs' light tattoo is more symbolic/religious in nature. If Quorra would stretch her arm outwards, it would look like this: I am reading it as "OT," such as the Old Testament in the Christian/Catholic bible. One of the reasons I'm keen on such an interpretation is due to the very nature of the ISOs. Whatever the "conditions" might be which "manifested" the ISOs, one thing is very clear: they came into being because of Kevin Flynn, which BASICally (sorry) makes him God or a god. And does anybody know if the mark is just on one of their arms or both? As a symbolism nerd, I'm digging the look of ISOs with both arms outstretched -- posing as a "crucifix" with two "OT" marks glowing... It's like a combination of both the OT and the NT (New Testament, due to Christ's crucifixion). Since there are biblical symbolisms in both films, I was just wondering if this was intentionally created by the writers. Or I could be completely wrong and it's a "binary code" as mentioned by FlynnsWrist. Or could it be both? Or could it be something else entirely? Thoughts? Sorry, had to fix your post. basically when quoting or doing img tags, don't capitalize anything, for some reason, it won't work

The symbols are the digital equivalents of the human male (mars) and female (venus) symbols. Instead of having a circle they used a hexagon. We talked a little about this in an older thread.

c1 Wrote:

.... I agree

RenegadeProgram Wrote:I second the sentiment that the Light Tattoo is akin to a gender designation in regards to the ISOs.

Third-ed

typicaltronname Wrote: RenegadeProgram Wrote:I second the sentiment that the Light Tattoo is akin to a gender designation in regards to the ISOs. Third-ed

Fourth-ed haha

Kat Wrote:Of course, the other question could be, does every ISO have the same symbol, or is it unique to each? And the next logical question is...how many of you are now going out and getting ISO tattoos with that UV-reactive ink??

from the movie, we have two scene showing the tattoo(one from Quorra and another from unknown ISO) and it is the same. Not sure the others though.

Maybe the one who write the story simply want something to specify ISO to other programs.

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