I came across this story a little while ago:

http://popcultureaddict.com/comic-con-international-san-diego-comic-tron-in-3d-by-janet-l-hetherington/
And saw a picture of some concept art images that I hadn't previously seen.

The image isn't hotlinked in the story but here's the path to the stored image:

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x9/blackcanary2000/more%20pca/July_22-1-TRON_017.jpg
If you look closely at the images, it seems that there was a little more circuitry than what we see in the images from the film. Maybe Mr. Neville Page and Traahn were thinking along the same lines (no pun intended!) after all!

P.S. Is that a picture of you in the story, BlueTronWarrior?
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Oh wow! How the light shines on the disk is epic! What is it made out of? It makes for a great picture. And I bet it must be fun seeing yourself featured on quite a bit of sites! :3

neomanga Wrote:Oh wow! How the light shines on the disk is epic! What is it made out of? It makes for a great picture. And I bet it must be fun seeing yourself featured on quite a bit of sites! :3

My disc is made of resin. I read on one of the sites that the person who took that pic added that light flare after the pic was taken. Its still a great shot though, I've gotten a lot of complements on it.

OMG. The suit looks so much better with more circuity! That's what WAS MISSING.

Sad to hear that they had to reduce the lines because of that.


(Funny how they're able to do in Tron Legacy what they couldn't in Tron and now there's new stuff that they can't do in TL :P)

Though, really, couldn't they have added the extra lines via CGI? (I like having a good amount of circuity, darn it, not something that looks like an Apple product XP *gets an apple to the head, ow*)

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BlueTronWarrior Wrote:LOL, yeah that's me. I was also on G4. Here's a shot from Fox Channel 5 News in San Diego: The light catches just right to where it looks like my disc is really glowing!

Dang man I was about to get a pic with you too. I was right there after the panel was done!

ShadowDragon1 Wrote:What I've dug up is that they did make suits exactly like in that concept art, but that the rubbery electro-luminesent tape kept breaking during filming of live action stunts/fighting scenes, and they had to be wired to a power supply because the battery pack kept draining to fast. They had to re-design the suits so the "trace lines" wouldn't keep breaking and that battery power would last at least 12 minutes. Originally Joe wanted to film "cyberspace" scenes with rain, but as soon as water got on the suits they wouldn't run properly at all. So that idea was scrapped.

Hey Shadow,

Do you remember where you got that info from? Was it one of the "Set Visits"? Maybe a video interview? That sounds like it would be an interesting read/watch! I'd be interested in visiting the links if you could post them. If not, no big deal.

I don't think a lot of people realize how much money, time, and effort go into designing and producing costumes, sets, etc. for a major film production. I'm a bit awestruck when I think about the amount of engineering and creativity that went into designing and producing the suits for TRON: Legacy. Of course, it also give me pause as I contemplate attempting to create my own TRON: Legacy costume...LOL!


BlueTronWarrior, that's an awesome costume! That pic looks great, man! You must be stoked to see yourself all over the internet!


Kia, I think, as Shadow pointed out, it has something to do with the fact that they filmed in "TRUE" 3-D (using the Cameron/Pace Fusion Camera system), meaning they literally had two cameras side-by-side (mounted together in one unit), one representing the left eye, the other representing the right. Since the cameras see and records the same scene from a slightly different perspective, this gives depth perception, or 3-D. My guess is that adding CGI elements would have taken a ridiculous amount of time and would have been exorbitantly expensive. They probably COULD have done it TECHNICALLY, it just ended up being cost-prohibitive. I'm sure there's probably a number of other reasons as to why they didn't add more circuitry via CGI, but overall, I'm pretty happy with what I see so far. Except for CLU's mouth...what the heck is up with that?....LOL!

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The info is from what I got from talking with Joseph Kosinski himself; some info from an article about when a few members where allowed to visit on the set, I don't remember which one; and comments gleened from one of the video interviews with Garret and Olivia, sorry I didn't bookmark them.

Traahn Wrote:Paint intricate green lines on suits, film suits with both cameras, tell computer to make green lines glow blue, orange and red, problem solved. Not as big of deal as they made it sound. Rotoscoping was 1982. This is 2010. They don't need to rotoscope anymore, nor do they need EL wire and tape for all the lines. Nor should it cost millions of dollars and countless hours of post-production. Don't believe the hype.

I have no idea how a CGI production pipeline works, so I'm clueless on the ease of the process. If it's really that simple, then maybe Kosinski just wanted a different look. I know that, due to his architectural background, that he likes practical sets, so maybe he just likes practical props and costuming, ones that actually light up themselves? Maybe that was a strong driver in his mind for not doing everything CGI? I'm just guessing though.where to buy abortion pill abortion types buy abortion pill online