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Smithsonian Museum to show Tron, March 16th

posted 13 years ago by Nazanin114
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In conjunction with The Art of Video Games exhibit just about to open, the Smithsonian is hosting a free screening of the original Tron on the evening of March 16th at the Museum of American Art.

More info on the screening: http://si.edu/Events/Calendar/?trumbaEmbed=filter3%3D_17044_&filte rfield3%3D11223#/?i=1
Art of Video Games exhibit: http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/

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[–] Nazanin114 13 years ago

Despite the late time (8:30 - 10pm), there were quite a few parents bringing their children; also (from a few people I talked with) several teens coming to see it for the first time, along with people from my cohort who had seen it as a kid.

Staff handed out glow-necklaces at the doors, which was a nice touch. The concessions stand was also selling candy-colored martinis named after characters, although they did it by alliteration and not by color in the film (yellow = Yori, red = Ram, blue = Clu) -- but I guess only a dork like me gets annoyed at something like that.

When Ram said "Oh my User!" while dying in the recognizer, the audience laughed at the phrase -- poor Ram! The biggest laugh was probably at Flynn in red-solider gear trying to trail Sark, peeking out from behind a wall.

I saw it with a friend who pronounced it, "The cheesiest movie I've ever seen, by a mile." But I don't mind his cynical comment -- it was all great fun.

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[–] OrinAGN 13 years ago

The concessions stand was also selling candy-colored martinis named after characters, although they did it by alliteration and not by color in the film (yellow = Yori, red = Ram, blue = Clu) -- but I guess only a dork like me gets annoyed at something like that.

I would have been annoyed too.

When Ram said "Oh my User!" while dying in the recognizer, the audience laughed at the phrase -- poor Ram!

I would have been mad about that.

The biggest laugh was probably at Flynn in red-solider gear trying to trail Sark, peeking out from behind a wall.

I'm fine with that. It was meant to be theatrical and over the top. It reminded me of when he was "sneaking" with Laura near the beginning of the film.

I saw it with a friend who pronounced it, "The cheesiest movie I've ever seen, by a mile." But I don't mind his cynical comment

I would have popped in him the shoulder. I do have issues with cynical comments like that. My friends all know it too. LOL

-- it was all great fun.

Sounds like it! Lucky devil you! I wish I could have gone.
I'll ask my local art house theater.

[–] Nazanin114 13 years ago

The martinis -- much as I wish they'd gone by circuit-color, I guess nobody wants to drink a Sark martini. ;) Still, it really annoyed me. Someone savvy to the movie could have backronymed "MCP" to be "martini something something" and made that the red one.

I can't fault the audience too much for laughing at "Oh my User" -- I hear it all the time in fandom, but I guess it sounds pretty silly if you're not already drawn into the 'verse. I knew Ram was about to die, but others didn't necessarily -- I guess in lots of Disney movies, the character who gets a drawn-out death scene bounces right back into action after the drama has been milked.

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