Tron and the Fetish of User Control
A hacker's program is represented as an obedient and faithful servant to its user, even in the face of deletion by a totalitarian super-computer.
- from Tron (1982)
- Creator: Steven Lisberger
- Distributor: Walt Disney Productions
- Posted by Jason Lipshin
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A particularly elaborate visualization of computational processing
by Critical Commons ManagerTron presented a uniquely personified vision of the functioning of both hardware and software systems within a computer, via anthropomorphized characters and epic narrative struggles. Cinematically, the interface between operator and system combines the mundane drudgery of command line typing with visual spectacles of computer generated imagery.
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