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[madopal]

[thename]

[IAmError]

[IAmError]

[cinderbike]

[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.

[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...

[xombiekitty]

[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

[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.

[tymantyman]

There seemed to be quite a few for Star Wars as well.

[stinji]

I saw so many things that we saw in the arg. I totally felt like I was part of the movie. From all the symbols and logos, to the coaster, to the arcade, and i loved the end of line club. almost identical to san diego CC. Awsome!!

[wayfarer]

It was fun seeing all the ARG elements peppered throughout TL. There's the obvious inclusion of the 89 symbol on the back of Sam's motorcycle helmet. I noticed that his apartment was made from a Dumont shipping container. Dumont being the Tower Guardian from the original film.
One of my favourite "easter eggs" was the addition of Dillinger Jnr. I've read complaints that this is an obvious set up for a potential second sequel. I have no trouble with this at all.

[Euchre]

I have a bit of a chicken/egg quandry about the symbols and items we saw n the film that were prominent in the ARG events. The 'sector' being basically a EOLC coaster with a middle seemed like something the ARG folks got to make based on knowledge of things in the film. We also knew about a new version of Encom OS, something never really talked about in the trailers or lead up to the film. What I really wonder about is the 89 Forever logo - there was nothing specifically said about it in the film. No explanation (which of course we DID get in the ARG). That symbol appeared at a VERY early point in the ARG, so I tend to wonder if that was created more for the ARG and incorporated into the film as a nod.

[confusion]