[RustyMuffler]

A few homages I noticed...

One obvious one, loved it when Kevin showed little Sam the Tron figure and he did the "Bom Bom Bom, Bom... Boooooom" Wendy Carlos cue.

Also, there were two sound design nods I noticed in the light cycle scene. One, before the cycles got started, there was the countdown sound from the original (as well as the game). And when the cycles went over the arrow patterns, there was an original arcade sound present.

[thebruce]

Oh another thing I noticed for which I let out a spontaneous squee - Watch for the End Of Line Club coaster awesome. That just added a little value to the coasters handed out this year at sdcc, I think

[xombiekitty]

Cchinese Pirate wrote:

I mentioned in another post... but I saw at least 4 or 5 things that I felt were TOTALLY homages to Blade runner, including a particular riff in Daft Punk's score... perhaps I'm reading into things, but they seemed blatant tributes to me...

Nope, you're not imagining it... or if you are, I am too
Seeing/hearing two of my favourite films in a mash-up homage-y way was epically cool

[Cchinese Pirate]

I mentioned in another post... but I saw at least 4 or 5 things that I felt were TOTALLY homages to Blade runner, including a particular riff in Daft Punk's score... perhaps I'm reading into things, but they seemed blatant tributes to me...

[RHT1]

Not a huge thing, but watch for Steven Lisberger (writer/director of the original Tron) as the bartender at the End Of The Line Club. Nice little cameo, just wanted to mention it in case no one else did.

[cinderbike]

LordIllidan wrote:

If anyone out there is an architecture student, there was apparently a massive amount of research that went into the movie. I know absolutely jack about architecture myself, but my friend tells me that the whole thing was an architect's dream come true, similar to what Inception was.~ Look for a lot of influence from 50's-60's era Modernism, and pay super-close attention to the design and the furniture in Kevin Flynn's little hideaway on the Grid. Also, expect things to be made out of glass. Lots of things. Including the people. Because even this wannabe writer here knows that Glass is the go-to material for instantly making a building's design look cool.

Are you referring to Flynn's hideout looking like the room from 2001 or something else?

[IAmError]

SanyuMiyazaki wrote:

This may or may not have been mentioned here already, but I'm going to post it (in spoiler tags) anyway; but this does tie into the ARG: Spoiler (Rollover to View): In the movie, when Sam finds the device used to enter Cyberspace, it shows that it had been active for eight days. Looking from the release date of the movie (December 17, 2010), what did we do in the ARG eight days before?

Not 8 days from Monday, but 8 Days from official release date to everyone. Think about it

[IAmError]

OU812 wrote:

Did any of you guys see anything about Cillian Murphy playing baby Dillenger? That kinda surprised me.

Ditto, A "OH MY GOD WHATS HE DOING THERE" moment. And if his role in all of it wasn't foreshadowing of a potential sequel? ..... C'mon.

[thename]

madopal wrote:

It's hard to catch, so I'll be eager to listen for it on my further viewings. But I could be wrong, I realize. I'm definitely not 100% on it.

Nah, I'm totally with you. I heard it and immediately pegged it as a Wilhelm.

[madopal]

eblkheart wrote:

madopal wrote: thebruce wrote: madopal wrote: Oh, one of the most fun uses of a Wilhelm scream ever. Aw really? I missed it! Man, I can usually pick those out instantly. I must have been too engrossed in the movie this time, hehe. Don't say where it is (or spoiler it), I want to pick it out tomorrow I'm 90 it was there, but it's pretty obscured. I'll give you a small hint. It's post Solar Sailer in the film. I heard the scream as well but didn't think it was a Wilhelm scream, though the sound mixing was done at Skywalker Sound, so who knows

It's hard to catch, so I'll be eager to listen for it on my further viewings. But I could be wrong, I realize. I'm definitely not 100% on it.

[eblkheart]

madopal wrote:

thebruce wrote: madopal wrote: Oh, one of the most fun uses of a Wilhelm scream ever. Aw really? I missed it! Man, I can usually pick those out instantly. I must have been too engrossed in the movie this time, hehe. Don't say where it is (or spoiler it), I want to pick it out tomorrow I'm 90 it was there, but it's pretty obscured. I'll give you a small hint. It's post Solar Sailer in the film.

I heard the scream as well but didn't think it was a Wilhelm scream, though the sound mixing was done at Skywalker Sound, so who knows

[madopal]

thebruce wrote:

madopal wrote: Oh, one of the most fun uses of a Wilhelm scream ever. Aw really? I missed it! Man, I can usually pick those out instantly. I must have been too engrossed in the movie this time, hehe. Don't say where it is (or spoiler it), I want to pick it out tomorrow

I'm 90 it was there, but it's pretty obscured. I'll give you a small hint. It's post Solar Sailer in the film.

[thebruce]

madopal wrote:

Oh, one of the most fun uses of a Wilhelm scream ever.

Aw really? I missed it! Man, I can usually pick those out instantly. I must have been too engrossed in the movie this time, hehe. Don't say where it is (or spoiler it), I want to pick it out tomorrow

[madopal]

Oh, one of the most fun uses of a Wilhelm scream ever.

[LordIllidan]

If anyone out there is an architecture student, there was apparently a massive amount of research that went into the movie. I know absolutely jack about architecture myself, but my friend tells me that the whole thing was an architect's dream come true, similar to what Inception was.~

Look for a lot of influence from 50's-60's era Modernism, and pay super-close attention to the design and the furniture in Kevin Flynn's little hideaway on the Grid.

Also, expect things to be made out of glass. Lots of things. Including the people. Because even this wannabe writer here knows that Glass is the go-to material for instantly making a building's design look cool.