Ya know what?  In all the time leading up to this release, and not once during the (cough, 15 hours of so, cough) time I was doing the enhancement, did I remember why I happen to have a copy of Tron to begin with.  It occurred to me after I sent Teague the file, that I bought Tron about three years ago when they were going to do it on Geekza.  That's a long time to wait.  That copy by the way, survived the culling of my massive DVD collection prior to my move to LA, not so much because I love Tron and just had to own my own copy, but I think because I knew someday this day would come, and it would finally get the commentary it deserved.  Thanks guys, it was all worth it.

On the subject of 1982 movie releases:

http://boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view … amp;p=.htm

Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Blade Runner
The Thing

Those four movies came out in the span of four weeks of one another, with Blade Runner and The Thing released on the same fucking weekend. It's not to outlandish to say that June of 1982 might have the been the best month in the history of cinema. And it's certainly not outlandish to say 1982 was the best year for movies ever. Along with the four aforementioned films, the following noteworthy (names that stand out to me) all came out that year too:

The Road Warrior
First Blood
Tron
Sophie's Choice
Gandhi
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
48 Hours
The Dark Crystal
Conan the Barbarian
Airplane II: The Sequel
Poltergeist
The King of Comedy
Creepshow
Rocky III
Friday The 13th Part III
Tootsie
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Porky's
Annie

On top of that, the following three films all received re-releases during the year:

Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Bambi
Star Wars

And in a bit of irony, My Favorite Year was also released in 1982.

Last edited by Ewing (2010-12-13 06:30:47)

Wow.  Nice research there Ewing.

Let's see, I vaguely remember Firefox, not from seeing it that year (I was 5), but on cable and such.  I would have loved to be in the audience for Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl.  I was there for the premier of Iron-Man 2; had no idea it was a a venue for live performances.  I actually just finished watching Monty Python: Almost The Truth, a six hour documentary on the troupe.  Very interesting stuff.

Glad you like sir, you're quite welcome.  I haven't listened to the director commentary in quite a while, but from what I remember it is pretty interesting stuff.  All that stuff Eddie mentioned about having to bolt the camera to the floor so it wouldn't move, wild; if only they'd had Boujou.  Amazing how far we've come.

After hearing you guys comment on no subtitles for either this or Reservoir Dogs... have you tried just using the closed captioning on the TV? That's how I got subtitles on Reservoir Dogs while listening to you guys.

On the subject that was brought up during the discussion about the occurrence of the hero having to realize his heroic duty/potential by assisting another to complete the quest/save the day.

A fantasy novel that approaches this on two fronts is that of Mistborn, the back of the book quote that kinda sold the idea to me was ... wow this is from memory so ... There was a hero that was destined to defeat the great evil and save the world, there is always a hero, but what if in this story he failed, and now we live in the world that is left.

It is a interesting series if you haven't read it, and to make it germain it approaches this concept both in the primary story with the main cast, as well as eventually through flashbacks to the failed hero.

Come to think of it, I think that's how their labeled on Tron, as closed captions.  Might be why they got overlooked, but I kind of figured that sort of thing was understood by now. *shrug

Which is a bit like saying "Who would spend money on a forklift when you can get a cheap van off Craigslist?" Because even if the van runs great, it can't do what a forklift does. And a $10k forklift is better than none at all.

Boujou isn't the only name in the game these days, though. It was the first big one so it's synonymous with matchmoving, but honestly whenever I've used it, I've hated it. I've gotten better results, and faster, with SynthEyes and/or the new hotness, PFMatchIt. Which goes to Matt's point about how far we've come, since both programs sell for under a grand.

Maya used to cost like $16,000 for a one-year license, too.

Which brings to mind what someone said about the high price of Apple's photo software Aperture, to the effect that if it's too expensive then you're not a professional. Which I think finally made my ex-brother in law realize his hobby was still just that...

Actually it reminded me of the 1991 anime film 'Roujin Z', written by Katsuhiro Otomo of 'AKIRA' fame. A new computerized hospital bed breaks out of the hospital with an old invalid in it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roujin_Z

I do find it kind of interesting that you bring Blender up in a conversation about Motion tracking software...seeing as Blender doesn't even have the beginnings of a rudimentary tracking system.