The CGI in this movie, being from 1982, is fucking astounding. It looks better than a lot of CGI from the 90's and early 2000's. I used to think it was practical effects and camera tricks growing up, and it blew my mind they actually used CGI.

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bro, they programmed it all on fucking PUNCH CARDS

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I wonder if they laid them out in a grid

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It's more like animation than CGI, really. It looks great.
I think the only real CGI was the bike scene, with the background grid.

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just checked Wiki and surprisingly there is 15-20 minutes of CGI in Tron. Basically anything that contains a vehicle (light bikes, tanks, recognizers etc) or anything that contains a patterned computer background.

If I remember correctly, Tron was refused any kind of animation Oscar because they used computers and that was considered cheating.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Nice, thanks for checking. That's cool stuff.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Those flying vehicle things are CGI. That's why it blew my mind. I thought those were real models and then post processed, but they're fully computer generated.

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago

It's the first feature film with a completely cgi sequence.