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7th April 2011

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I watched Tron: Legacy for the second time tonight and I couldn’t help but notice how damned similar it was to my favorite movie, which is Blade Runner. Similar in a way that a scatterbrained four-year old tries to imitate its twentysomething brother who is studying philosophy at Oxford. Sam = DeckardQuorra = Rachel ISOs (+CLU and Tron) = ReplicantsPrograms = J.F. Sebastian’s Genetic Toys CLU = Roy BattyKevin Flynn = Eldon Tyrell Daft Punk = VangelisBlade Runner End TitlesTron: Legacy End Titles They even ride off on a highway into a picturesque sunrise at the end!Blade RunnerTron: Legacy

I watched Tron: Legacy for the second time tonight and I couldn’t help but notice how damned similar it was to my favorite movie, which is Blade Runner. Similar in a way that a scatterbrained four-year old tries to imitate its twentysomething brother who is studying philosophy at Oxford.

Sam = Deckard
Quorra = Rachel

ISOs (+CLU and Tron) = Replicants
Programs = J.F. Sebastian’s Genetic Toys

CLU = Roy Batty
Kevin Flynn = Eldon Tyrell

Daft Punk = Vangelis
Blade Runner End Titles
Tron: Legacy End Titles

They even ride off on a highway into a picturesque sunrise at the end!
Blade Runner
Tron: Legacy