lurkinghorror Wrote:

It's 1984! 1984!

Okay... since I have no idea what's going on in the comic currently (Postmen steal my stuff when I order it form the Internet and my city is too stupid and small to get it) but judging from that, I'd say there's going to be some dictators or something in issue numero deux.

BTW, did you come up with a name for that jet yet? ^^;;

~Kamui.EXE

Kamui Wrote:I'd say there's going to be some dictators or something in issue numero deux.

It's true. there will be something in issue 2.

redrain85 Wrote:Three letters.

Ahhh... But there are many words that only have three letters.

Compucore Wrote:Unless reddrain85 meant an acronymn which contains three letters hence unpacked its something else. Raising an eyebrow like Spock from Star trek. lurkinghorror Wrote: Kamui Wrote:I'd say there's going to be some dictators or something in issue numero deux. It's true. there will be something in issue 2. redrain85 Wrote:Three letters. Ahhh... But there are many words that only have three letters.

Arg! *Covers ears* No acronyms and weird three lettered grammatical guessing games! I hear nothing! *Covers eyes* And I don't see anything! *Walks in to a jet wall*

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Compucore Wrote:But thats half the fun Kamui.exe?? Whats a little acronym between programs?

Sah Mwa fwag gahhhh! *Coveres ears* Everything's wrong! The universe and everything will explode and Lurk will eat babies and the MCP and Sark will become a stand up comedy team with really bad jokes and Tron would veg out and spend his entire time eating tofu burgers! That will all happen if you keep hinting like that! *Starts singing* Oh! I'm a virus and I'm okay! I corrupt the night and corrupt the day....!

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FreedomForever Wrote: Kamui Wrote:and Tron would veg out and spend his entire time eating tofu burgers! ~Kamui.EXE 2. There are tofu burgers in the digital world?

YES! So very YES! *Curls up in a little ball*

~Kamui.EXE

Compucore Wrote:Unless reddrain85 meant an acronymn which contains three letters hence unpacked its something else. Raising an eyebrow like Spock from Star trek.

Like S.O.L?

Anyway, recognizers?? I heard that they had become obsolete by the Tron 2.0.

I kinda miss the pre-2.0 Tron world anyway. None of this Thorne/Corruption/Super-User-In-A-Box stuff.

: prepares to be wiped out like CROM:

Strange first post, eh?

--Multi-year lurker

Thing is, computers have changed significantly since 82.

You've probably been asked this before and I've missed it, but do you ever get the feeling that you're playing with someone else's toys with this?

PS: On the first issue 2 sneak peak, the thing that looked immediately un-TRONish was the jet flames, simply because I don't recall any analogue to them in the film.

But, should that be a straightjacket for you? After all, this isn't TRON. This is TRON: the Ghost in the Machine.
;-)
A real smiley! How's THAT for nostalgia?

--Multi-year lurker...

JJ Gregarius Wrote:Thing is, computers have changed significantly since 82.

Yes and no. They are significantly more advanced, that is true. But the fundamentals remain the same. Regardless, the world of Tron is not literal. The technology is an analogy. There never was such a thing as a solar sailor, by way of example. Not literally. From my perspective, the purpose of the sailor was to transport data from one networked machine to another. Other than speed, this function is unchanged in modern computers. A human being enters the digital realm and his/her perception takes this universe of pure information and translates it into something they can relate to. There are no recognizers or light cycles or walking talking programs. There is information. There was Flynn, the only foreign being to this land, And conveniently he encounters "tech" that is primarily of his own design.

The most logical upgrade of the digital universe (for if we measure the advancement of computers and apply it properly) would be for the digital realm to visually mirror the real world. If we suggest that tanks/recognizers/light cycles exist as Flynn saw simply because they looked that way on the game screen, we introduce the notion that RTS games should now be represented with medieval sections and miniature vikings, or the Sims style of appearance, or really pretty much anything, because with computers, we can create anything. Thus we have something that ceases to be what we consider the Tron look. Therefore the universe must be an analogous one. And with that we lose an imperative to show progress.

JJ Gregarius Wrote:You've probably been asked this before and I've missed it, but do you ever get the feeling that you're playing with someone else's toys with this?

Oh sure. We are. We're lucky to have the opportunity.

JJ Gregarius Wrote:PS: On the first issue 2 sneak peak, the thing that looked immediately un-TRONish was the jet flames, simply because I don't recall any analogue to them in the film.

I can see that. And of course, the irony is that the vehicle you're referring too really looks like an updated mach2 style recognizer to me. But I had nothing to do with design. I simply wrote the vehicles appearance and function. I don't dictate design. This is one of the reason I feel comfortable discussing and even debating this aspect. I'm not making this aprticular decision in the final product. I really don't know what these things will look like in the book until I recieve them. I try to push things in a direction, I confess. But we try to leave the final say to Louie. He's the one who has to draw it and he should have the final say.

JJ Gregarius Wrote:But, should that be a straightjacket for you? After all, this isn't TRON. This is TRON: the Ghost in the Machine.

True, and honestly our only worry is appealing to the largest common denominator with this while still producing something we're proud of. We have to do it this way. Otherwise, the book won't sell and will disappear. If this means that 90% of the comic buying public want the MCP to show up as a special guest complete with a top hat and a sinister mustache, so be it. If we can find a way to make it work in the story, that is. If we can't... well, that's when we quit. So far, no one has put any actual restrictions on us at all. Which is good as we have a fairly cemented concept of what we want to do. But we feel a responsibility to our publisher to maintain a certain design.

JJ Gregarius Wrote:A real smiley! How's THAT for nostalgia?

That's it. We're officially kicking it old school here.

redrain85 Wrote:I disagree . . . computers have evolved so much, the visuals should reflect that in certain cases. A total makeover isn't necessary, but some visual cues should be there. The firewall in the game, was a perfect visual metaphor for the real world

Ah okay thought you were asking if programs ate it too. Lurking Horror when is that next edition coming out again? Sometime in July???

Kamui Wrote: Compucore Wrote:I tried the tufu thing at one point because of my kid bro wanted to go that way. I personally didn'tlike it. It was a phase that my kid bro went through too. God I love my meat sometimes. No offense to you that you decided to go that route. Since it is your opinion to go that way and I won't argue against it either to each their own I always say. Kamui Wrote: FreedomForever Wrote: Kamui Wrote:and Tron would veg out and spend his entire time eating tofu burgers! ~Kamui.EXE 2. There are tofu burgers in the digital world? YES! So very YES! *Curls up in a little ball* ~Kamui.EXE I wasn't suggesting there was a problem with tofu. It's only problematic if Tron eats it... or it eats Tron.... ~Kamui.EXE