Tron - Simulation

1982

Man is transported into hyper-real world.

2012

Our sense of hyper-reality has become stronger

Wreck It Ralph 

We've become so okay with the sense of simulation/artificialness/fakeness that we've got a computer character who's become humanised. 

Ralph is a arcade character transported into another arcade game.

Do you think Ralph references Tron?

- Intertexual reference of Wreck It Ralph,

- Baudrillard theories

Both Tron and Wreck It Ralph are Disney films which means they believe in happy endings and good and evil.

Discuss relationship of the film to Tron

How is the clip postmodern?

• Religion (grand narratives) - laser beams going above - in space, to God. Wreck It Ralph sacrifices himself in the volcanoe
• Collapse boundaries between 2 worlds - Tron character tries to break out of the prison, tried to believe in humanity, modern views but still worried that that world still has a system.
• Heightened augmented reality - 
• Human or Technology ('User' or 'Programme')
• Simulation (faces, clouds & cities, people)
• Audience sense of nostalgia (Retro)

Synopsis of Tron

• We see the evolution of MCP becoming more powerful, and eventually is able to gain enough knowledge to overpower and control Dillinger;
• MCP wanted to kill Flynn in the computer world to prove his strength;
• Tron, the program, is the real hero, not Flynn, the user;
• Due to Tron’s success, not only is the “grid” safe, but he also saved the humans and “real-life” by killing the MCP.