2/5/2008 - Tron Project (1999)

It's probably safe to say that Tron was the movie that started it all... well, the trend of movies being completely or mostly computer-generated, that is. Tron was released at a time when arcade games were all the rage, and it definitely took advantage of what was in fashion. It's use of computer terminology was loose, to say the least, but for moviegoers back the, it's "special effects" were like nothing they've ever seen. Looking back at it now, the graphics do seem quaint... in fact, they can be reproduced by an out-of-date PC with only a Pentium 2 and 128MB of RAM, as this video shows:



That's a pretty great re-creation of perhaps the most memorable scene in the movie. And you can bet that they had this as a stage in the arcade game.