A full write up on the tools and processes used to develop the Tron Legacy visual effects that includes a large number of beautiful art from the movie. I find it interesting to the read the perspective of the artist and what drove him sweat each pixel.
I take representing digital culture in film very seriously in lieu of having grown up in a world of very badly researched user interface greeble. I cringed during the part in Hackers (1995) when a screen saver with extruded “equations” is used to signify that the hacker has reached some sort of neural flow or ambiguous destination. I cringed for Swordfish and Jurassic Park as well. I cheered when Trinity in The Matrix used nmap and ssh (and so did you).
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